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be collected, and may utilize such sums for occupational
safety and health training and education grants: Provided,
Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Sec-
retary of Labor is authorized, during the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1997, to collect and retain fees for services
provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories,
and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provi-
sions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and inter-
national laboratory recognition programs that ensure the
safety of equipment and products used by workers in the
workplace: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this paragraph shall be obligated or ex-
pended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any
standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Occupa-
tional Safety and Health Act of 1970 which is applicable
to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which
does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs
ten or fewer employees: Provided further, That no funds
appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or
expended to administer or enforce any standard, rule, reg-
ulation, or order under the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970 with respect to any employer of ten
or fewer employees who is included within a category hav-
ing an occupational injury lost workday case rate, at the
most precise Standard Industrial Classification Code for
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which such data are published, less than the national aver-
age rate as such rates are most recently published by the
Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
in accordance with section 24 of that Act (29 U.S.C. 673),
except—
(1) to provide, as authorized by such Act, con-
sultation, technical assistance, educational and train-
ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies;
(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in
response to an employee complaint, to issue a cita-
tion for violations found during such inspection, and
to assess a penalty for violations which are not cor-
rected within a reasonable abatement period and for
any willful violations found;
(3) to take any action authorized by such Act
with respect to imminent dangers;
(4) to take any action authorized by such Act
with respect to health hazards;
(5) to take any action authorized by such Act
with respect to a report of an employment accident
which is fatal to one or more employees or which re-
sults in hospitalization of two or more employees,
and to take any action pursuant to such investiga-
tion authorized by such Act; and
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(6) to take any action authorized by such Act
with respect to complaints of discrimination against
employees for exercising rights under such Act:
Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not
apply to any person who is engaged in a farming operation
which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and em-
ploys ten or fewer employees.
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and
Health Administration, $191,810,000 $195,724,000, in-
cluding purchase and bestowal of certificates and trophies
in connection with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the
hire of passenger motor vehicles; the Secretary is author-
ized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other con-
tributions from public and private sources and to pros-
ecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal,
State, or private; the Mine Safety and Health Administra-
tion is authorized to promote health and safety education
and training in the mining community through cooperative
programs with States, industry, and safety associations;
and any funds available to the Department may be used,
with the approval of the Secretary, to provide for the costs
of mine rescue and survival operations in the event of a
major disaster: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
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priated under this paragraph shall be obligated or ex-
pended to carry out section 115 of the Federal Mine Safe-
ty and Health Act of 1977 or to carry out that portion
of section 104(g)(1) of such Act relating to the enforce-
ment of any training requirements, with respect to shell
dredging, or with respect to any sand, gravel, surface
stone, surface clay, colloidal phosphate, or surface lime-
stone mine.
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics, including advances or reimbursements to State,
Federal, and local agencies and their employees for serv-
ices rendered, $302,947,000
(reduced
by
$300,000)
$299,665,000, of which $16,145,000 shall be for expenses
of revising the Consumer Price Index and shall remain
available until September 30, 1998, together with not to
exceed $52,053,000 $51,665,000, which may be expended
from the Employment Security Administration account in
the Unemployment Trust Fund.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage-
ment, including the hire of three sedans, and including
up to $4,271,000 $4,358,000 for the President’s Commit-
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tee on Employment of People With Disabilities,
$137,504,000 $142,211,000; together with not to exceed
$297,000, which may be expended from the Employment
Security Administration account in the Unemployment
Trust Fund: Provided, That no funds made available by
this Act may be used by the Solicitor of Labor to partici-
pate in a review in any United States court of appeals
of any decision made by the Benefits Review Board under
section 21 of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Com-
pensation Act (33 U.S.C. 921) where such participation
is precluded by the decision of the United States Supreme
Court in Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Pro-
grams v. Newport News Shipbuilding, 115 S. Ct. 1278
(1995): Provided further, That no funds made available by
this Act may be used by the Secretary of Labor to review
a decision under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Com-
pensation Act (33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) that has been appealed
and that has been pending before the Benefits Review Board
for more than 12 months: Provided further, That any such
decision pending a review by the Benefits Review Board
for more than one year shall be considered affirmed by the
Benefits Review Board on that date, and shall be considered
the final order of the Board for purposes of obtaining a
review in the United States courts of appeals: Provided fur-
ther, That these provisions shall not be applicable to the
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review of any decision issued under the Black Lung Benefits
Act (30 U.S.C. 901 et seq.): Provided further, That
$1,000,000 shall be for a Commission on Retirement Income
Policy, if authorized.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR VETERANS EMPLOYMENT
AND TRAINING
Not 
to 
exceed 
$178,149,000
(increased
by
$3,800,000) $174,225,000 may be derived from the Em-
ployment Security Administration account in the Unem-
ployment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 38
U.S.C. 4100–4110A and 4321–4327, and Public Law
103–353, and which shall be available for obligation by
the States through December 31, 1997.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, $42,938,000, together
with not to exceed $3,543,000, which may be expended
from the Employment Security Administration account in
the Unemployment Trust Fund.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated in this title
for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the compensation
of an individual, either as direct costs or any proration
as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of $125,000.
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(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended) which are
appropriated for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of Labor in this Act may be transferred between ap-
propriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased
by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided,
That the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of
Congress are notified at least fifteen days in advance of
any transfer.
SEC. 103. Funds shall be available for carrying out
title IV–B of the Job Training Partnership Act, notwith-
standing section 427(c) of that Act, if a Job Corps center
fails to meet national performance standards established
by the Secretary.
SEC. 104. No funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this title shall be disbursed without the ap-
proval of the Department’s Chief Financial Officer or his
delegatee.
SEC. 105. (a) GENERAL RULE.—In the administra-
tion and enforcement of the child labor provisions of the
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, employees who are 16
and 17 years of age shall be permitted to load materials,
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but not operate or unload materials, into scrap paper
balers and paper box compactors—
(1) that are safe for 16- and 17-year-old em-
ployees loading the scrap paper balers or paper box
compactors, and
(2) that cannot operate while being loaded.
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of subsection (a),
scrap paper balers and paper box compactors shall be con-
sidered safe for 16- or 17-year-old employees to load only
if—
(1) such scrap paper balers and paper box com-
pactors are in compliance with the current safety
standard
established
by
the
American
National
Standards Institute;
(2) such scrap paper balers and paper box com-
pactors include an on-off switch incorporating a
keylock or other system and the control of such sys-
tem is maintained in the custody of employees who
are 18 years of age or older;
(3) the on-off switch of such scrap paper balers
and paper box compactors is maintained in an off
condition when such scrap paper balers and paper
box compactors are not in operation; and
(4) the employer of 16- and 17-year-old employ-
ees provides notice, and posts a notice, on such
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scrap paper balers and paper box compactors stating
that—
(A) such scrap paper balers and paper box
compactors meet the current safety standard
established by the American National Stand-
ards Institute;
(B) 16- and 17-year-old employees may
only load such scrap paper balers and paper
box compactors; and
(C) any employee under the age of 18 may
not operate or unload such scrap paper balers
and paper box compactors:
Provided, That this section is not to be construed as af-
fecting the exemption for apprentices and student learners
published at 29 Code of Federal Regulations 570.63.
SEC. 106. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be obligated or expended by the Department of Labor
for the purposes of enforcement and the issuance of fines
under Hazardous Occupation Order Number 2 (HO 2)
with respect to incidental and occasional driving by minors
under age 18, unless the Secretary finds that the oper-
ation of a motor vehicle is the primary duty of the minor’s
employment.
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SEC. 107. EXEMPTION OF INMATES FROM THE MINIMUM
WAGE AND OVERTIME REQUIREMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13(a) of the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (16) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(17) any individual who is an inmate of a penal
or other correctional institution, and who participates
in a correctional work program that is sanctioned by
a Federal or State corrections agency or that is ad-
ministered by a nonprofit organization authorized by
State law to conduct a correctional work program on
behalf of the State, except that this paragraph shall
not apply to a convict or prisoner who participates
in a prison work pilot program pursuant to section
1761(c) of title 18, United States Code.’’.
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a)(2) shall take effect as if enacted on the date of
enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29
U.S.C. 201 et seq.).
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor
Appropriations Act, 1997’’.
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TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
For carrying out titles II, III, VII, VIII, X, XII, XVI,
XIX, and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, section
427(a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act,
title V of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care
Quality Improvement Act of 1986, as amended, Public
Law 101–527, and the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act
of 1988, as amended, $3,082,190,000 $3,213,096,000, of
which $297,000 shall remain available until expended for
interest subsidies on loan guarantees made prior to fiscal
year 1981 under part B of title VII of the Public Health
Service Act: Provided, That the Division of Federal Occu-
pational Health may utilize personal services contracting
to employ professional management/administrative and oc-
cupational health professionals: Provided further, That of
the funds made available under this heading, $2,828,000
$828,000 shall be available until expended for facilities
renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease Cen-
ter: Provided further, That in addition to fees authorized
by section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Improvement
Act of 1986, fees shall be collected for the full disclosure
of information under the Act sufficient to recover the full
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costs of operating the National Practitioner Data Bank,
and shall remain available until expended to carry out that
Act: Provided further, That no more than $5,000,000 is
available for carrying out the provisions of Public Law
104–73: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-
able under this heading, $192,592,000 $198,452,000 shall
be for the program under title X of the Public Health
Service Act to provide for voluntary family planning
projects: Provided further, That amounts provided to said
projects under such title shall not be expended for abor-
tions, that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirective,
and that such amounts shall not be expended for any ac-
tivity (including the publication or distribution of lit-
erature) that in any way tends to promote public support
or opposition to any legislative proposal or candidate for
public 
office: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$75,000,000
$117,000,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance
Programs authorized by section 2616 of the Public Health
Service Act and shall be distributed to States as author-
ized by section 2618(b)(2) of such Act: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
made available under this heading may be used to continue
operating the Council on Graduate Medical Education es-
tablished by section 301 of Public Law 102–408: Provided
further, That, of the funds made available under this head-
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ing, not more than $8,000,000 shall be made available and
shall remain available until expended for loan guarantees
for loans made by non-Federal lenders for the construction,
renovation, and modernization of medical facilities that are
owned and operated by health centers funded under part
A of title XVI of the Public Health Service Act as amended,
and, subject to authorization, for loans made to health cen-
ters for the costs of developing and operating managed care
networks or plans, and that such funds be available to sub-
sidize guarantees of total loan principal in an amount not
to exceed $80,000,000.
MEDICAL FACILITIES GUARANTEE AND LOAN FUND
FEDERAL INTEREST SUBSIDIES FOR MEDICAL FACILITIES
For carrying out subsections (d) and (e) of section
1602 of the Public Health Service Act, $7,000,000, to-
gether with any amounts received by the Secretary in con-
nection with loans and loan guarantees under title VI of
the Public Health Service Act, to be available without fis-
cal year limitation for the payment of interest subsidies.
During the fiscal year, no commitments for direct loans
or loan guarantees shall be made.
HEALTH EDUCATION ASSISTANCE LOANS PROGRAM
For the cost of guaranteed loans, such sums as may
be necessary to carry out the purpose of the program, as
authorized by title VII of the Public Health Service Act,
as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost
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of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obli-
gations for the total loan principal any part of which is
to be guaranteed at not to exceed $140,000,000. In addi-
tion, for administrative expenses to carry out the guaran-
teed loan program, $2,688,000.
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND
For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation
Program Trust Fund, such sums as may be necessary for
claims associated with vaccine-related injury or death with
respect to vaccines administered after September 30,
1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the Public
Health Service Act, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not
to exceed $3,000,000 shall be available from the Trust
Fund to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION
For payment of claims resolved by the United States
Court of Federal Claims related to the administration of
vaccines before October 1, 1988, $110,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING
To carry out titles II, III, VII, XI, XV, XVII, and
XIX of the Public Health Service Act, sections 101, 102,
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103, 201, 202, and 203 203, 301, and 501 of the Federal
Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, and sections 20, 21
and 22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act and
section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of
1980; including insurance of official motor vehicles in for-
eign countries; and hire, maintenance, and operation of
aircraft, 
$2,153,376,000
$2,168,948,000, 
of 
which
$8,353,000 $7,553,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for equipment and construction and renovation of
facilities, and of which $32,000,000 shall remain available
until expended for mine safety and health activities, and
in addition, such sums as may be derived from authorized
user fees, which shall be credited to this account: Provided,
That in addition to amounts provided herein, up to
$48,400,000 $53,063,000 shall be available from amounts
available under section 241 of the Public Health Service
Act, to carry out the National Center for Health Statistics
surveys: Provided further, That none of the funds made
available for injury prevention and control at the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention may be used to advo-
cate or promote gun control: Provided further, That the
Director may redirect the total amount made available
under authority of Public Law 101–502, section 3, dated
November 3, 1990, to activities the Director may so des-
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ignate: Provided further, That the Congress is to be notified
promptly of any such transfer: Provided further, That the
functions described in clause (1) of the first proviso under
the subheading ‘‘MINES AND MINERALS’’ under the heading
‘‘BUREAU OF MINES’’ in the text of title I of the Department
of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1996, as enacted by section 101(c) of the Omnibus Consoli-
dated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996 (Public
Law 104–134), are hereby transferred to, and vested in, the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, subject to section
1531 of title 31, United States Code.
In addition, $33,642,000 $41,000,000, to be derived
from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, for carry-
ing out sections 40151 and 40261 of Public Law 103–
322.
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic 
Health 
Service 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
cancer,
$2,385,741,000 $2,102,949,000.
NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung,
and blood diseases, and blood and blood products,
$1,438,265,000 $1,344,742,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL RESEARCH
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to dental disease,
$195,596,000 $177,701,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND
KIDNEY DISEASES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to diabetes and diges-
tive and kidney diseases, $819,224,000 $787,473,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
AND STROKE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to neurological dis-
orders and stroke, $725,478,000 $683,721,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS
DISEASES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to allergy and infec-
tious diseases, $1,256,149,000 $595,016,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to general medical
sciences, $1,003,722,000 $953,214,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to child health and
human development, $631,989,000 $554,251,000.
NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to eye diseases and
visual disorders, $333,131,000 $315,948,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
SCIENCES
For carrying out sections 301 and 311 and title IV
of the Public Health Service Act with respect to environ-
mental health sciences, $308,258,000 $294,745,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to aging, $484,375,000
$470,256,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND
MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to arthritis and mus-
culoskeletal 
and 
skin 
diseases, 
$257,637,000
$247,731,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to deafness and other
communication disorders, $189,243,000 $182,693,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to nursing research,
$59,715,000 $52,936,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND
ALCOHOLISM
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to alcohol abuse and
alcoholism, $212,079,000 $195,891,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to drug abuse,
$487,341,000 $317,936,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to mental health,
$701,247,000 $589,187,000.
NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to research resources
and general research support grants, $416,523,000
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$324,844,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be
used to pay recipients of the general research support
grants program any amount for indirect expenses in con-
nection with such grants: Provided further, That
$37,000,000 $10,000,000 shall be for extramural facilities
construction grants.
NATIONAL CENTER FOR HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to human genome re-
search, $189,267,000 $180,807,000.
JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER
For carrying out the activities at the John E.
Fogarty International Center, $26,707,000 $16,838,000.
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to health information
communications, $150,093,000 $142,070,000, of which
$4,000,000 shall be available until expended for improve-
ment of information systems: Provided, That in fiscal year
1997, the Library may enter into personal services con-
tracts for the provision of services in facilities owned, oper-
ated, or constructed under the jurisdiction of the National
Institutes of Health.
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OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of
the Director, National Institutes of Health, $275,423,000
$243,319,000: Provided, That funding shall be available for
the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles
for replacement only: Provided further, That the Director
may direct up to 1 percent of the total amount made avail-
able in this Act to all National Institutes of Health appro-
priations to activities the Director may so designate: Pro-
vided further, That no such appropriation shall be in-
creased or decreased by more than 1 percent by any such
transfers and that the Congress is promptly notified of
the transfer: Provided further, That NIH is authorized to
collect third party payments for the cost of clinical services
that are incurred in National Institutes of Health research
facilities and that such payments shall be credited to the
National Institutes of Health Management Fund: Pro-
vided further, That all funds credited to the NIH Manage-
ment Fund shall remain available for one fiscal year after
the fiscal year in which they are deposited: Provided fur-
ther, That up to $200,000 shall be available to carry out
section 499 of the Public Health Service Act.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For the study of, construction of, and acquisition of
equipment for, facilities of or used by the National Insti-
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tutes of Health, including the acquisition of real property,
$200,000,000 $180,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $90,000,000 $70,000,000 shall be for the
clinical research center: Provided, That, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, a single contract or related con-
tracts for the development and construction of the clinical
research center may be employed which collectively include
the full scope of the project: Provided further, That the
solicitation and contract shall contain the clause ‘‘avail-
ability of funds’’ found at 48 CFR 52.232–18.
OFFICE OF AIDS RESEARCH
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For carrying out part D of title XXIII of the Public
Health Service Act, $1,460,312,000: Provided, That the Di-
rector of the Office of AIDS Research shall transfer from
this appropriation the amounts necessary to carry out sec-
tion 2353(d) of the Act.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
For carrying out titles V and XIX of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to substance abuse and
mental health services, the Protection and Advocacy for
Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986, and section 301 of
the Public Health Service Act with respect to program
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management, $1,849,235,000 $1,873,943,000, of which
$5,000,000 shall be for grants to rural and Native American
projects.
RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public
Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by
law, and for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s
Family Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan and for
medical care of dependents and retired personnel under
the Dependents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), and
for payments pursuant to section 229(b) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), such amounts as may be
required during the current fiscal year.
AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE POLICY AND RESEARCH
HEALTH CARE POLICY AND RESEARCH
For carrying out titles III and IX of the Public
Health Service Act, and part A of title XI of the Social
Security Act, $90,469,000
$83,463,000; in addition,
amounts received from Freedom of Information Act fees,
reimbursable and interagency agreements, and the sale of
data tapes shall be credited to this appropriation and shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That the
amount made available pursuant to section 926(b) of the
Public Health Service Act shall not exceed $34,700,000
$60,124,000.
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HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION
GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles
XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $75,056,618,000,
to remain available until expended.
For making, after May 31, 1997, payments to States
under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the last
quarter of fiscal year 1997 for unanticipated costs, in-
curred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be
necessary.
For making payments to States under title XIX of
the Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year
1998, $27,988,993,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
Payment under title XIX may be made for any quar-
ter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment in
effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to such
quarter and approved in that or any subsequent quarter.
PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS
For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance and
the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust
Funds, as provided under sections 217(g) and 1844 of the
Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the So-
cial Security Amendments of 1965, section 278(d) of Pub-
lic Law 97–248, and for administrative expenses incurred
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pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social Security Act,
$60,079,000,000.
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles
XI, XVIII, and XIX of the Social Security Act, title XIII
of the Public Health Service Act, and the Clinical Labora-
tory Improvement Amendments of 1988, not to exceed
$1,733,125,000 $1,729,584,000, to be transferred from the
Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supple-
mentary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as authorized by
section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with
all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the
Public Health Service Act, the latter funds to remain
available until expended, together with such sums as may
be collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data,
which shall remain available until expended: Provided,
That all funds derived in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701
from organizations established under title XIII of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act are to be credited to and available
for carrying out the purposes of this appropriation.
HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION LOAN AND LOAN
GUARANTEE FUND
For carrying out subsections (d) and (e) of section
1308 of the Public Health Service Act, any amounts re-
ceived by the Secretary in connection with loans and loan
guarantees under title XIII of the Public Health Service
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Act, to be available without fiscal year limitation for the
payment of outstanding obligations. During fiscal year
1997, no commitments for direct loans or loan guarantees
shall be made.
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
FAMILY SUPPORT PAYMENTS TO STATES
For making payments to States or other non-Federal
entities, except as otherwise provided, under titles I, IV–
A (other than section 402(g)(6)) and D, X, XI, XIV, and
XVI of the Social Security Act, and the Act of July 5,
1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), $13,301,000,000,–to remain
available until expended.
For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year,
payments to States or other non-Federal entities under
titles I, IV–A and D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social
Security Act, for the last three months of the current year
for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal
year, such sums as may be necessary.
For making payments to States or other non-Federal
entities under titles I, IV-A (other than section 402(g)(6))
and D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act
and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9) for the
first quarter of fiscal year 1998, $4,700,000,000, to re-
main available until expended.
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND BASIC SKILLS
For carrying out aid to families with dependent chil-
dren work programs, as authorized by part F of title IV
of the Social Security Act, $1,000,000,000.
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE
For making payments under title XXVI of the Omni-
bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, $900,000,000
$700,000,000, together with $300,000,000 appropriated
under this heading in Public Law 104–134: Provided, That
the provisions under this heading in Public Law 104–134
designating the $300,000,000 by Congress to be emergency
requirements pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
and providing that these funds shall be made available only
after submission to Congress of a formal budget request by
the President 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, are hereby repealed.
For making payments under title XXVI of the Omni-
bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, $300,000,000 to be
available for obligation in the period of October 1, 1996
through September 30, 1997: Provided, That all of the funds
available under this paragraph are hereby designated by
Congress to be emergency requirements pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Defi-
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cit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That these funds
shall be made available only after submission to Congress
of a formal budget request by the President that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emer-
gency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
For making payments under title XXVI of the Omni-
bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, $1,000,000,000, to
be available for obligation in the period October 1, 1997
through September 30, 1998.
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE
For making payments for refugee and entrant assist-
ance activities authorized by title IV of the Immigration
and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–422),
$412,076,000 $385,609,000: Provided, That funds appro-
priated pursuant to section 414(a) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act under Public Law 103–333 for fiscal year
1995 shall be available for the costs of assistance provided
and other activities conducted in such year and in fiscal
years 1996 and 1997.
CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
For carrying out sections 658A through 658R of the
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (The Child
Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990),
$950,000,000,–which shall be available for obligation
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under the same statutory terms and conditions applicable
in the prior fiscal year, of which $937,000,000 shall become
available on October 1, 1997, and shall remain available
through September 30, 1998: Provided, That $13,000,000
$19,120,000 shall become available for obligation on Octo-
ber 1, 1996 for child care resource and referral and school-
age child care activities, of which, $6,120,000 shall be de-
rived from an amount that shall be transferred from the
amount appropriated under section 452(j) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 652(j)) for fiscal year 1996 and re-
maining available for expenditure.
SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
For making grants to States pursuant to section
2002 of the Social Security Act, $2,480,000,000: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding section 2003(c) of such Act,
the amount specified for allocation under such section for
fiscal year 1997 shall be $2,480,000,000 $2,240,000,000:
Provided, That notwithstanding section 2003(c) of such Act,
as amended, the amount specified for allocation under such
section for fiscal year 1997 shall be $2,240,000,000.
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING RESCISSION)
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, the Head
Start Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act,
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the Temporary Child Care for Children with Disabilities
and Crisis Nurseries Act of 1986, section 429A, part B of
title IV of the Social Security Act, section 413 of Public
Law 104–193, the Family Violence Prevention and Serv-
ices Act, the Native American Programs Act of 1974, title
II of Public Law 95–266 (adoption opportunities), the
Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, and part B(1)
of title IV of the Social Security Act; for making payments
under the Community Services Block Grant Act; and for
necessary administrative expenses to carry out said Acts
and titles I, IV, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX of the Social
Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9),
the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, title IV
of the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 501 of
the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, and sec-
tion 126 and titles IV and V of Public Law 100–485,
$4,854,036,000 (increased by $2,399,000), of which
$531,941,000 $4,806,434,000 of which $461,432,000 shall
be for making payments under the Community Services
Block Grant Act: Provided, That to the extent Community
Services Block Grant funds are distributed as grant funds
by a State to an eligible entity as provided under the Act,
and have not been expended by such entity, they shall re-
main with such entity for carryover into the next fiscal
year for expenditure by such entity consistent with pro-
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gram purposes: Provided further, That of the amount ap-
propriated for fiscal year 1997 under section 672(a) of the
Community Services Block Grant Act, the Secretary shall
use up to one percent of the funds available to correct alloca-
tion errors that occurred in fiscal year 1995 and fiscal year
1996 to ensure that the minimum allotment to each State
for each of fiscal years 1995 and 1996 would be $2,222,460:
Provided further, That no more than one-half of one percent
of the funds available under section 672(a) shall be used
for the purposes of section 674(a) of the Community Serv-
ices Block Grant Act.
In addition, $27,358,000 $82,000,000, to be derived
from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, for carry-
ing out sections 40155, 40211 and 40241 of Public Law
103–322, 30401, 40155, 40211 and 40241 of Public Law
103–322, of which $12,800,000 shall be available for the
Community Schools Youth Services and Supervision Grant
Program; $8,000,000 for Education and Prevention Grants
to Reduce Sexual Abuse of Runaway, Homeless, and Street
Youth; $1,200,000 for the National Domestic Violence Hot-
line; and $60,000,000 for grants to Battered Women’s Shel-
ters.
Funds appropriated for fiscal year 1996 and fiscal
year 1997 under section 429A(e), part B of title IV of the
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Social Security Act shall be reduced by $6,000,000 in each
such year.
Funds appropriated for fiscal year 1997 under section
413(h)(1) of Public Law 104–193 shall be reduced by
$15,000,000.
FAMILY PRESERVATION AND SUPPORT
For carrying out section 430 of the Social Security
Act, $240,000,000.
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION
ASSISTANCE
For making payments to States or other non-Federal
entities, under title IV–E of the Social Security Act,
$4,445,031,000.
For making payments to States or other non-Federal
entities, under title IV–E of the Social Security Act, for
the first quarter of fiscal year 1998, $1,111,000,000.
ADMINISTRATION ON AGING
AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended,
$810,545,000 $830,168,000: Provided, That notwithstand-
ing section 308(b)(1) of such Act, the amounts available to
each State for administration of the State plan under title
III of such Act shall be reduced not more than 5 percent
below the amount that was available to such State for such
purpose for fiscal year 1995: Provided further, That in con-
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sidering grant applications for nutrition services for elder
Indian recipients, the Assistant Secretary shall provide
maximum flexibility to applicants who seek to take into ac-
count subsistence, local customs and other characteristics
that are appropriate to the unique cultural, regional and
geographic needs of the American Indian, Alaskan and Ha-
waiian native communities to be served.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for
general departmental management, including hire of six
sedans, and for carrying out titles III, XVII, and XX of
the 
Public 
Health 
Service 
Act, 
$148,999,000
$153,837,000, together with $5,851,000, to be transferred
and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the
Social Security Act from the Hospital Insurance Trust
Fund and the Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust
Fund:–Provided, That of the funds made available under
this heading for carrying out title XVII of the Public
Health Service Act, $11,500,000 shall be available until
expended for extramural construction: Provided, That not-
withstanding section 2010(b) and (c) under title XX of the
Public Health Service Act, as amended, of the funds made
available under this heading, $9,368,000 shall be for activi-
ties specified under section 2003(b)(2) of title XX of the
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Public Health Service Act, as amended, and of which
$7,500,000 shall be for prevention grants under section
510(b)(2) of title V of the Social Security Act, as amended.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, $29,399,000, together
with any funds, to remain available until expended, that
represent the equitable share from the forfeiture of prop-
erty in investigations in which the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral participated, and which are transferred to the Office
of the Inspector General by the Department of Justice,
the Department of the Treasury, or the United States
Postal Service.
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil
Rights, $16,066,000 $16,366,000, together with not to ex-
ceed $3,314,000, to be transferred and expended as au-
thorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act
from the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supple-
mental Medical Insurance Trust Fund.
POLICY RESEARCH
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, research studies under section 1110 of the Social
Security Act, $9,000,000.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be
available for not to exceed $37,000 for official reception
and representation expenses when specifically approved by
the Secretary.
SEC. 202. The Secretary shall make available through
assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public
Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to
work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided
by the Agency for International Development, the United
Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the
World Health Organization.
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this
Act may be used to implement section 399L(b) of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act or section 1503 of the National In-
stitutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993, Public Law
103–43.
SEC. 204. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to withhold payment to any State under
the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act by reason
of a determination that the State is not in compliance with
section 1340.2(d)(2)(ii) of title 45 of the Code of Federal
Regulations. This provision expires upon the date of enact-
ment of the reauthorization of the Child Abuse Prevention
and Treatment Act.