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pursuant to this paragraph only if the contract
is consistent with—
‘‘(i) the public housing agency plan for
the agency approved under section 5A; and
‘‘(ii) the goal of deconcentrating pov-
erty and expanding housing and economic
opportunities.
‘‘(D) INCOME MIXING REQUIREMENT.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not more than 25
percent of the dwelling units in any build-
ing may be assisted under a housing assist-
ance payment contract for project-based as-
sistance pursuant to this paragraph.
‘‘(ii) 
EXCEPTIONS.—The 
limitation
under clause (i) shall not apply in the case
of assistance under a contract for housing
consisting of single family properties or for
dwelling units that are specifically made
available for households comprised of elderly
families, disabled families, and families re-
ceiving supportive services.
‘‘(E) RESIDENT CHOICE REQUIREMENT.—A
housing assistance payment contract pursuant to
this paragraph shall provide as follows:
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‘‘(i) 
MOBILITY.—Each 
low-income
family occupying a dwelling unit assisted
under the contract may move from the hous-
ing at any time after the family has occu-
pied the dwelling unit for 12 months.
‘‘(ii) CONTINUED ASSISTANCE.—Upon
such a move, the public housing agency
shall provide the low-income family with
tenant-based rental assistance under this
section or such other tenant-based rental as-
sistance that is subject to comparable in-
come, assistance, rent contribution, afford-
ability, and other requirements, as the Sec-
retary shall provide by regulation. If such
rental assistance is not immediately avail-
able to fulfill the requirement under the pre-
ceding sentence with respect to a low-income
family, such requirement may be met by
providing the family priority to receive the
next voucher or other tenant-based rental
assistance amounts that become available
under the program used to fulfill such re-
quirement.
‘‘(F) CONTRACT TERM.—A housing assist-
ance payment contract pursuant to this para-
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graph between a public housing agency and the
owner of a structure may have a term of up to
10 years, subject to the availability of sufficient
appropriated funds for the purpose of renewing
expiring contracts for assistance payments, as
provided in appropriations Acts and in the
agency’s annual contributions contract with the
Secretary, and to annual compliance with the
inspection requirements under paragraph (8),
except that the agency shall not be required to
make annual inspections of each assisted unit in
the development. The contract may specify addi-
tional conditions for its continuation. If the
units covered by the contract are owned by the
agency, the term of the contract shall be agreed
upon by the agency and the unit of general local
government or other entity approved by the Sec-
retary in the manner provided under paragraph
(11).
‘‘(G) EXTENSION OF CONTRACT TERM.—A
public housing agency may enter into a contract
with the owner of a structure assisted under a
housing assistance payment contract pursuant to
this paragraph to extend the term of the under-
lying housing assistance payment contract for
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such period as the agency determines to be ap-
propriate to achieve long-term affordability of
the housing or to expand housing opportunities.
Such a contract shall provide that the extension
of such term shall be contingent upon the future
availability of appropriated funds for the pur-
pose of renewing expiring contracts for assist-
ance payments, as provided in appropriations
Acts, and may obligate the owner to have such
extensions of the underlying housing assistance
payment contract accepted by the owner and the
successors in interest of the owner.
‘‘(H) RENT CALCULATION.—A housing as-
sistance payment contract pursuant to this para-
graph shall establish rents for each unit assisted
in an amount that does not exceed 110 percent
of the applicable fair market rental (or any ex-
ception payment standard approved by the Sec-
retary pursuant to paragraph (1)(D)), except
that if a contract covers a dwelling unit that has
been allocated low-income housing tax credits
pursuant to section 42 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 42) and is not located
in a qualified census tract (as such term is de-
fined in subsection (d) of such section 42), the
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rent for such unit may be established at any
level that does not exceed the rent charged for
comparable units in the building that also re-
ceive the low-income housing tax credit but do
not have additional rental assistance. The rents
established by housing assistance payment con-
tracts pursuant to this paragraph may vary
from the payment standards established by the
public housing agency pursuant to paragraph
(1)(B), but shall be subject to paragraph (10)(A).
‘‘(I) RENT ADJUSTMENTS.—A housing as-
sistance payments contract pursuant to this
paragraph shall provide for rent adjustments, ex-
cept that—
‘‘(i) the adjusted rent for any unit as-
sisted shall be reasonable in comparison
with rents charged for comparable dwelling
units in the private, unassisted, local mar-
ket and may not exceed the maximum rent
permitted under subparagraph (H); and
‘‘(ii) 
the 
provisions 
of 
subsection
(c)(2)(C) shall not apply.
‘‘(J) TENANT SELECTION.—A public hous-
ing agency shall select families to receive project-
based assistance pursuant to this paragraph
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from its waiting list for assistance under this
subsection. Eligibility for such project-based as-
sistance shall be subject to the provisions of sec-
tion 16(b) that apply to tenant-based assistance.
The agency may establish preferences or criteria
for selection for a unit assisted under this para-
graph that are consistent with the public housing
agency plan for the agency approved under sec-
tion 5A. Any family that rejects an offer of
project-based assistance under this paragraph or
that is rejected for admission to a structure by
the owner or manager of a structure assisted
under this paragraph shall retain its place on
the waiting list as if the offer had not been
made. The owner or manager of a structure as-
sisted under this paragraph shall not admit any
family to a dwelling unit assisted under a con-
tract pursuant to this paragraph other than a
family referred by the public housing agency
from its waiting list. Subject to its waiting list
policies and selection preferences, a public hous-
ing agency may place on its waiting list a fam-
ily referred by the owner or manager of a struc-
ture and may maintain a separate waiting list
for assistance under this paragraph, but only if
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all families on the agency’s waiting list for as-
sistance under this subsection are permitted to
place their names on the separate list.
‘‘(K) 
VACATED
UNITS.—Notwithstanding
paragraph (9), a housing assistance payment
contract pursuant to this paragraph may pro-
vide as follows:
‘‘(i) PAYMENT FOR VACANT UNITS.—
That the public housing agency may, in its
discretion, continue to provide assistance
under the contract, for a reasonable period
not exceeding 60 days, for a dwelling unit
that becomes vacant, but only (I) if the va-
cancy was not the fault of the owner of the
dwelling unit, and (II) the agency and the
owner take every reasonable action to mini-
mize the likelihood and extent of any such
vacancy. Rental assistance may not be pro-
vided for a vacant unit after the expiration
of such period.
‘‘(ii) REDUCTION
OF
CONTRACT.—
That, if despite reasonable efforts of the
agency and the owner to fill a vacant unit,
no eligible family has agreed to rent the
unit within 120 days after the owner has
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notified the agency of the vacancy, the agen-
cy may reduce its housing assistance pay-
ments contract with the owner by the
amount equivalent to the remaining months
of subsidy attributable to the vacant unit.
Amounts deobligated pursuant to such a
contract provision shall be available to the
agency to provide assistance under this sub-
section.
Eligible applicants for assistance under this sub-
section may enforce provisions authorized by this
subparagraph.’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—In the case of any dwelling unit
that, upon the date of the enactment of this Act, is assisted
under a housing assistance payment contract under section
8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) as in effect before such enactment, such
assistance may be extended or renewed notwithstanding the
requirements under subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E) of
such section 8(o)(13), as amended by subsection (a).
DISPOSITION OF HUD-HELD AND HUD-OWNED
MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS FOR THE ELDERLY OR DISABLED
SEC. 233. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
in managing and disposing of any multifamily property
that is owned or held by the Secretary and is occupied pri-
marily by elderly or disabled families, the Secretary of
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Housing and Urban Development shall maintain any rent-
al assistance payments under section 8 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 that are attached to any dwelling
units in the property. To the extent the Secretary deter-
mines that such a multifamily property owned or held by
the Secretary is not feasible for continued rental assistance
payments under such section 8, the Secretary may, in con-
sultation with the tenants of that property, contract for
project-based rental assistance payments with an owner or
owners of other existing housing properties or provide other
rental assistance.
FAMILY UNIFICATION PROGRAM
SEC. 234. Section 8(x)(2) of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C 1437f(x)(2)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘any family (A) who is otherwise
eligible for such assistance, and (B)’’ and inserting
‘‘(A) any family (i) who is otherwise eligible for such
assistance, and (ii)’’; and
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the
following: ‘‘and (B) for a period not to exceed 18
months, otherwise eligible youths who have attained
at least 18 years of age and not more than 21 years
of age and who have left foster care at age 16 or
older’’.
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PERMANENT EXTENSION OF FHA MULTIFAMILY MORTGAGE
CREDIT DEMONSTRATIONS
SEC. 235. Section 542 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1707 note) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘dem-
onstrate the effectiveness of providing’’ and in-
serting ‘‘provide’’; and
(B) in the second sentence, by striking
‘‘demonstration’’ and inserting ‘‘the’’;
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘deter-
mine the effectiveness of’’ and inserting ‘‘pro-
vide’’; and
(B) by striking paragraph (5), and insert-
ing the following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) INSURANCE
AUTHORITY.—Using any au-
thority provided in appropriation Acts to insure
mortgages under the National Housing Act, the Sec-
retary may enter into commitments under this sub-
section for risk-sharing units.’’;
(3) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘test the
effectiveness of’’ and inserting ‘‘provide’’; and
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(B) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) INSURANCE
AUTHORITY.—Using any au-
thority provided in appropriation Acts to insure
mortgages under the National Housing Act, the Sec-
retary may enter into commitments under this sub-
section for risk-sharing units.’’;
(4) by striking subsection (d);
(5) by striking ‘‘pilot’’ and ‘‘PILOT’’ each place
such terms appear; and
(6) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘DEM-
ONSTRATIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘PROGRAMS’’.
TITLE III—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of
the American Battle Monuments Commission, including the
acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries;
purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national
cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and
its territories and possessions; rent of office and garage
space in foreign countries; purchase (one for replacement
only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and insurance
of official motor vehicles in foreign countries, when required
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by law of such countries, $28,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur-
suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including
hire of passenger vehicles, and for services authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed
the per diem equivalent to the maximum rate payable for
senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, $7,500,000,
$5,000,000 of which to remain available until September
30, 2001 and $2,500,000 of which to remain available until
September 30, 2002: Provided, That the Chemical Safety
and Hazard Investigation Board shall have not more than
three career Senior Executive Service positions: Provided
further, That there shall be an Inspector General at the
Board who shall have the duties, responsibilities, and au-
thorities specified in the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended: Provided further, That an individual appointed
to the position of Inspector General of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency (FEMA) shall, by virtue of such
appointment, also hold the position of Inspector General of
the Board: Provided further, That the Inspector General of
the Board shall utilize personnel of the Office of Inspector
General of FEMA in performing the duties of the Inspector
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General of the Board, and shall not appoint any individ-
uals to positions within the Board.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
To carry out the Community Development Banking
and Financial Institutions Act of 1994, including services
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for
ES–3, $118,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2002, of which $5,000,000 shall be for technical assist-
ance and training programs designed to benefit Native
American Communities, and up to $8,750,000 may be used
for administrative expenses, up to $19,750,000 may be used
for the cost of direct loans, and up to $1,000,000 may be
used for administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan
program: Provided, That the cost of direct loans, including
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided
further, That these funds are available to subsidize gross
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to
exceed $53,000,000.
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to
the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase
of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials’ con-
tributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed $500
for 
official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses,
$52,500,000.
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS
OPERATING EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service (referred to in the matter
under this heading as the ‘‘Corporation’’) in carrying out
programs, activities, and initiatives under the National
and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred to in the mat-
ter under this heading as the ‘‘Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 12501 et
seq.), $458,500,000, to remain available until September
30, 2002: Provided, That not more than $31,000,000 shall
be available for administrative expenses authorized under
section 501(a)(4) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12671(a)(4)) with
not less than $2,000,000 targeted for the acquisition of a
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cost accounting system for the Corporation’s financial man-
agement system, an integrated grants management system
that provides comprehensive financial management infor-
mation for all Corporation grants and cooperative agree-
ments, and the establishment, operation and maintenance
of a central archives serving as the repository for all grant,
cooperative agreement, and related documents, without re-
gard to the provisions of section 501(a)(4)(B) of the Act:
Provided further, That not more than $2,500 shall be for
official reception and representation expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than $70,000,000, to remain available
without fiscal year limitation, shall be transferred to the
National Service Trust account for educational awards au-
thorized under subtitle D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C.
12601 et seq.), of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be
available for national service scholarships for high school
students performing community service: Provided further,
That not more than $231,000,000 of the amount provided
under this heading shall be available for grants under the
National Service Trust program authorized under subtitle
C of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) (relating
to activities including the AmeriCorps program), of which
not more than $45,000,000 may be used to administer, re-
imburse, or support any national service program author-
ized under section 121(d)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
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12581(d)(2)); and not more than $25,000,000 may be made
available to activities dedicated to developing computer and
information technology skills for students and teachers in
low-income communities: Provided further, That not more
than $10,000,000 of the funds made available under this
heading shall be made available for the Points of Light
Foundation for activities authorized under title III of the
Act (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.): Provided further, That no
funds shall be available for national service programs run
by Federal agencies authorized under section 121(b) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 12571(b)): Provided further, That to the
maximum extent feasible, funds appropriated under subtitle
C of title I of the Act shall be provided in a manner that
is consistent with the recommendations of peer review pan-
els in order to ensure that priority is given to programs
that demonstrate quality, innovation, replicability, and
sustainability: Provided further, That not more than
$21,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading
shall be available for the Civilian Community Corps au-
thorized under subtitle E of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C.
12611 et seq.): Provided further, That not more than
$43,000,000 shall be available for school-based and commu-
nity-based service-learning programs authorized under sub-
title B of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.): Pro-
vided further, That not more than $28,500,000 shall be
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available for quality and innovation activities authorized
under subtitle H of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12853 et
seq.): Provided further, That not more than $5,000,000 shall
be available for audits and other evaluations authorized
under section 179 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12639): Provided
further, That to the maximum extent practicable, the Cor-
poration shall increase significantly the level of matching
funds and in-kind contributions provided by the private
sector, shall expand significantly the number of educational
awards provided under subtitle D of title I, and shall reduce
the total Federal costs per participant in all programs: Pro-
vided further, That of amounts available in the National
Service Trust account from previous appropriations Acts,
$30,000,000 shall be rescinded: Provided further, That not
more than $7,500,000 of the funds made available under
this heading shall be made available to America’s Prom-
ise—The Alliance for Youth, Inc. only to support efforts to
mobilize individuals, groups, and organizations to build
and strengthen the character and competence of the Nation’s
youth: Provided further, That not more than $5,000,000 of
the funds made available under this heading shall be made
available to the Communities In Schools, Inc. to support
dropout prevention activities: Provided further, That not
more than $2,500,000 of the funds made available under
this heading shall be made available to the Parents as
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Teachers National Center, Inc. to support childhood parent
education and family support activities: Provided further,
That not more than $2,500,000 of the funds made available
under this heading shall be made available to the Boys and
Girls Clubs of America to establish an innovative outreach
program designed to meet the special needs of youth in pub-
lic and Native American housing communities: Provided
further, That not more than $1,500,000 of the funds made
available under this heading shall be made available to the
Youth Life Foundation to meet the needs of children living
in insecure environments.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $5,000,000, which shall be available for obligation
through September 30, 2002.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
The Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–74) is amended under the
heading ‘‘Corporation for National and Community Serv-
ice, National and Community Service Programs Operating
Expenses’’ in title III by reducing to $229,000,000 the
amount available for grants under the National Service
Trust program authorized under subtitle C of title I of the
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (the ‘‘Act’’)
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(with a corresponding reduction to $40,000,000 in the
amount that may be used to administer, reimburse, or sup-
port any national service program authorized under section
121(d)(2) of the Act), and by increasing to $33,500,000 the
amount available for quality and innovation activities au-
thorized under subtitle H of title I of the Act, with the in-
crease in subtitle H funds made available to provide a grant
covering a period of three years to support the ‘‘P.A.V.E.
the Way’’ project described in House Report 106–379.
COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the operation of the United
States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized
by 38 U.S.C. 7251–7298, $12,445,000, of which $895,000
shall be available for the purpose of providing financial as-
sistance as described, and in accordance with the process
and reporting procedures set forth, under this heading in
Public Law 102–229.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for
maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington Na-
tional Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home Na-
tional Cemetery, including the purchase of two passenger
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motor vehicles for replacement only, and not to exceed
$1,000 for official reception and representation expenses,
$17,949,000, to remain available until expended.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
SCIENCES
For necessary expenses for the National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities
set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980,
as amended, $63,000,000.
AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub-
stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out ac-
tivities set forth in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and
111(c)(14) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as
amended; section 118(f) of the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended; and sec-
tion 3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended,
$75,000,000, to be derived from the Hazardous Substance
Superfund Trust Fund pursuant to section 517(a) of SARA
(26 U.S.C. 9507): Provided, That not withstanding any
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other provision of law, in lieu of performing a health assess-
ment under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Adminis-
trator of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health
studies, evaluations, or activities, including, without limi-
tation, biomedical testing, clinical evaluations, medical
monitoring, and referral to accredited health care providers:
Provided further, That in performing any such health as-
sessment or health study, evaluation, or activity, the Ad-
ministrator of ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines
in section 104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be
available for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursu-
ant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2001,
and existing profiles may be updated as necessary.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
For science and technology, including research and de-
velopment activities, which shall include research and devel-
opment activities under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs
and travel expenses, including uniforms, or allowances
therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals
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not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum
rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376;
procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies; other
operating expenses in support of research and development;
construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renova-
tion of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project,
$696,000,000, which shall remain available until September
30, 2002.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT
For environmental programs and management, in-
cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
personnel and related costs and travel expenses, including
uniforms, or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but
at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level po-
sitions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase
of reprints; library memberships in societies or associations
which issue publications to members only or at a price to
members lower than to subscribers who are not members;
construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renova-
tion of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; and not
to exceed $6,000 for official reception and representation
expenses, $2,087,990,000, which shall remain available
until September 30, 2002: Provided, That none of the funds
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appropriated by this Act shall be used to propose or issue
rules, regulations, decrees, or orders for the purpose of im-
plementation, or in preparation for implementation, of the
Kyoto Protocol which was adopted on December 11, 1997,
in Kyoto, Japan at the Third Conference of the Parties to
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for ad-
vice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II, sec-
tion 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and
which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25 of
the Protocol: Provided further, That none of the funds made
available in this Act may be used to implement or admin-
ister the interim guidance issued on February 5, 1998, by
the Environmental Protection Agency relating to title VI
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and designated as the ‘‘In-
terim Guidance for Investigating Title VI Administrative
Complaints Challenging Permits’’ with respect to com-
plaints filed under such title after October 21, 1998, and
until guidance is finalized. Nothing in this proviso may
be construed to restrict the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy from developing or issuing final guidance relating to
title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Provided further,
That notwithstanding section 1412(b)(12)(A)(v) of the Safe
Drinking Water Act, as amended, the Administrator shall
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promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation
for arsenic not later than June 22, 2001.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, and for construction, alteration,
repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to
exceed $75,000 per project, $34,094,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2002.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of,
or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency,
$23,931,000, to remain available until expended.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sections
111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and
for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and ren-
ovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project;
$1,270,000,000 (of which $100,000,000 shall not become
available until September 1, 2001), to remain available
until expended, consisting of $635,000,000, as authorized
by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reau-
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thorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by Public Law
101–508, and $635,000,000 as a payment from general rev-
enues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes
as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA, as amended: Pro-
vided, That funds appropriated under this heading may be
allocated to other Federal agencies in accordance with sec-
tion 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading, $11,500,000 shall
be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appro-
priation to remain available until September 30, 2002, and
$36,500,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Science and tech-
nology’’ appropriation to remain available until September
30, 2002.
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under-
ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by section
205 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
of 1986, and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilita-
tion, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per
project, $72,096,000, to remain available until expended.
OIL SPILL RESPONSE
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental
Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution
Act of 1990, $15,000,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill
Liability trust fund, to remain available until expended.
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STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For environmental programs and infrastructure as-
sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolving
funds and performance partnership grants, $3,628,740,000,
to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended, 
of 
which
$1,350,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for
the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI of
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended;
$825,000,000 shall be for capitalization grants for the
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452
of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, except that,
notwithstanding section 1452(n) of the Safe Drinking
Water Act, as amended, none of the funds made available
under this heading in this Act, or in previous appropria-
tions Acts, shall be reserved by the Administrator for health
effects studies on drinking water contaminants; $75,000,000
shall be for architectural, engineering, planning, design,
construction and related activities in connection with the
construction of high priority water and wastewater facili-
ties in the area of the United States-Mexico Border, after
consultation with the appropriate border commission;
$35,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska to
address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure
needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages; $335,740,000
shall be for making grants for the construction of waste-
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water and water treatment facilities and groundwater pro-
tection infrastructure in accordance with the terms and
conditions specified for such grants in the conference report
and joint explanatory statement of the committee of con-
ference accompanying this Act, except that, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, of the funds herein
and hereafter appropriated under this heading for such spe-
cial needs infrastructure grants, the Administrator may use
up to 3 percent of the amount of each project appropriated
to administer the management and oversight of construction
of such projects through contracts, allocation to the Corps
of Engineers, or grants to States; and $1,008,000,000 shall
be for grants, including associated program support costs,
to States, federally recognized tribes, interstate agencies,
tribal consortia, and air pollution control agencies for
multi-media or single media pollution prevention, control
and abatement and related activities, including activities
pursuant to the provisions set forth under this heading in
Public Law 104–134, and for making grants under section
103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate matter monitoring
and data collection activities: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act, as amended, the limitation on the amounts in
a State water pollution control revolving fund that may
be used by a State to administer the fund shall not apply
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to amounts included as principal in loans made by such
fund in fiscal year 2001 and prior years where such
amounts represent costs of administering the fund to the
extent that such amounts are or were deemed reasonable by
the Administrator, accounted for separately from other as-
sets in the fund, and used for eligible purposes of the fund,
including administration: Provided further, That for fiscal
year 2001, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of the Fed-
eral Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the Adminis-
trator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for
any fiscal year under section 319 of that Act to make grants
to Indian tribes pursuant to section 319(h) and 518(e) of
that Act: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2001, not-
withstanding the limitation on amounts in section 518(c)
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended,
up to a total of 11⁄2 percent of the funds appropriated for
State Revolving Funds under Title VI of that Act may be
reserved by the Administrator for grants under section
518(c) of such Act: Provided further, That no funds pro-
vided by this legislation to address the water, wastewater
and other critical infrastructure needs of the colonias in
the United States along the United States-Mexico border
shall be made available after June 1, 2001 to a county or
municipal government unless that government has estab-
lished an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule,
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which prevents in that jurisdiction the development or con-
struction of any additional colonia areas, or the develop-
ment within an existing colonia the construction of any
new home, business, or other structure which lacks water,
wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all
claims for principal and interest registered through any
current grant dispute or any other such dispute hereafter
filed by the Environmental Protection Agency relative to
construction grants numbers C–180840–01, C–180840–04,
C–470319–03, and C–470319–04, are hereby resolved in
favor of the grantee: Provided further, That EPA, in consid-
ering the local match for the $5,000,000 appropriated in
fiscal year 1999 for the City of Cumberland, Maryland, to
separate and relocate the city’s combined sewer and
stormwater system, shall take into account non-federal
money spent by the City of Cumberland for combined sewer,
stormwater and wastewater treatment infrastructure on or
after October 1, 1999, and that the fiscal year 1999 and
any subsequent funds may be used for any required non-
federal share of the costs of projects funded by the federal
government under Section 580 of Public Law 106–53.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
For fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, the obligated bal-
ances of sums available in multiple-year appropriations ac-
counts shall remain available through the seventh fiscal
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year after their period of availability has expired for liqui-
dating obligations made during the period of availability.
For fiscal year 2001, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.
6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s
function to implement directly Federal environmental pro-
grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an
acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree-
ments to federally-recognized Indian Tribes or Intertribal
consortia, if authorized by their member Tribes, to assist
the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental
programs for Indian Tribes required or authorized by law,
except that no such cooperative agreements may be awarded
from funds designated for State financial assistance agree-
ments.
Section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(6) Notwithstanding paragraph 5, this sub-
section shall not apply with respect to an area des-
ignated nonattainment under section 107(d)(1) until
one year after that area is first designated nonattain-
ment for a specific national ambient air quality
standard. This paragraph only applies with respect to
the national ambient air quality standard for which
an area is newly designated nonattainment and does
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not affect the area’s requirements with respect to all
other national ambient air quality standards for
which the area is designated nonattainment or has
been redesignated from nonattainment to attainment
with a maintenance plan pursuant to section 175(A)
(including any pre-existing national ambient air
quality standard for a pollutant for which a new or
revised standard has been issued).’’.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na-
tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and
Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 and 6671), hire of
passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and
representation expenses, and rental of conference rooms in
the District of Columbia, $5,201,000.
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned
to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of En-
vironmental Quality pursuant to the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality Im-
provement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of
1977, $2,900,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any
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other provision of law, no funds other than those appro-
priated under this heading shall be used for or by the Coun-
cil on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental
Quality: Provided further, That notwithstanding section
202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970, the
Council shall consist of one member, appointed by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
serving as chairman and exercising all powers, functions,
and duties of the Council.
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, $33,660,000, to be derived from
the Bank Insurance Fund, the Savings Association Insur-
ance Fund, and the FSLIC Resolution Fund.
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
DISASTER RELIEF
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $300,000,000, and, notwithstanding
42 U.S.C. 5203, to remain available until expended, of
which not to exceed $2,900,000 may be transferred to
‘‘Emergency management planning and assistance’’ for the
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consolidated emergency management performance grant
program; and up to $15,000,000 may be obligated for flood
map modernization activities following disaster declara-
tions: Provided, That of the funds made available under this
heading in this and prior Appropriations Acts and under
section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act to the State of Florida,
$3,000,000 shall be for a hurricane mitigation initiative
in Miami-Dade County.
For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster relief’’,
$1,300,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, 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 Def-
icit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for a specific dollar amount,
that includes designation of the entire amount of the request
as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $1,678,000, as authorized
by section 319 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined
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in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as
amended: Provided further, That these funds are available
to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of
direct loans not to exceed $25,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct loan program, $427,000.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in-
cluding hire and purchase of motor vehicles as authorized
by 31 U.S.C. 1343; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed
the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable
for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; expenses of
attendance of cooperating officials and individuals at meet-
ings concerned with the work of emergency preparedness;
transportation in connection with the continuity of Govern-
ment programs to the same extent and in the same manner
as permitted the Secretary of a Military Department under
10 U.S.C. 2632; and not to exceed $2,500 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, $215,000,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $10,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the Inspector General of the
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Federal Emergency Management Agency shall also serve as
the Inspector General of the Chemical Safety and Hazard
Investigation Board.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to
carry out activities under the National Flood Insurance Act
of 1968, as amended, and the Flood Disaster Protection Act
of 1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards Reduc-
tion Act of 1977, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as
amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), the Defense Production
Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), sec-
tions 107 and 303 of the National Security Act of 1947,
as amended (50 U.S.C. 404–405), and Reorganization Plan
No. 3 of 1978, $269,652,000: Provided, That for purposes
of pre-disaster mitigation pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5131(b)
and (c) and 42 U.S.C. 5196(e) and (i), $25,000,000 of the
funds made available under this heading shall be available
until expended for project grants.
RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND
The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2001,
as authorized by Public Law 106–74, shall not be less than
100 percent of the amounts anticipated by FEMA necessary
for its radiological emergency preparedness program for the
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next fiscal year. The methodology for assessment and collec-
tion of fees shall be fair and equitable; and shall reflect costs
of providing such services, including administrative costs
of collecting such fees. Fees received pursuant to this section
shall be deposited in the Fund as offsetting collections and
will become available for authorized purposes on October
1, 2001, and remain available until expended.
EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM
To carry out an emergency food and shelter program
pursuant to title III of Public Law 100–77, as amended,
$140,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That total administrative costs shall not exceed 31⁄2
percent of the total appropriation.
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act
of 1968, the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as
amended, not to exceed $25,736,000 for salaries and ex-
penses associated with flood mitigation and flood insurance
operations, and not to exceed $77,307,000 for flood mitiga-
tion, including up to $20,000,000 for expenses under section
1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act, which amount
shall be available for transfer to the National Flood Mitiga-
tion Fund until September 30, 2002. In fiscal year 2001,
no funds in excess of: (1) $55,000,000 for operating ex-
penses; (2) $455,627,000 for agents’ commissions and taxes;
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and (3) $40,000,000 for interest on Treasury borrowings
shall be available from the National Flood Insurance Fund
without prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations.
In addition, up to $17,730,000 in fees collected but un-
expended during fiscal years 1994 through 1998 shall be
transferred to the Flood Map Modernization Fund and
available for expenditure in fiscal year 2001.
Section 1309(a)(2) of the National Flood Insurance
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a)(2)), as amended by Public
Law 104–208, is further amended by striking ‘‘September
30, 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2001’’.
The first sentence of section 1376(c) of the National
Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C.
4127(c)), is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2000’’ and
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2001’’.
NATIONAL FLOOD MITIGATION FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Notwithstanding 
sections 
1366(b)(3)(B)–(C) 
and
1366(f) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as
amended, $20,000,000 to remain available until September
30, 2002, for activities designed to reduce the risk of flood
damage to structures pursuant to such Act, of which
$20,000,000 shall be derived from the National Flood Insur-
ance Fund.
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
FEDERAL CONSUMER INFORMATION CENTER FUND
For necessary expenses of the Federal Consumer Infor-
mation Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, $7,122,000, to be deposited into the Federal Consumer
Information Center Fund: Provided, That the appropria-
tions, revenues, and collections deposited into the Fund
shall be available for necessary expenses of Federal Con-
sumer Information Center activities in the aggregate
amount of $12,000,000. Appropriations, revenues, and col-
lections accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2001 in
excess of $12,000,000 shall remain in the Fund and shall
not be available for expenditure except as authorized in ap-
propriations Acts.
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in
the conduct and support of human space flight research and
development activities, including research, development, op-
erations, and services; maintenance; construction of facili-
ties including revitalization and modification of facilities,
construction of new facilities and additions to existing fa-
cilities, facility planning and design, and acquisition or
condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; space
flight, spacecraft control and communications activities in-
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cluding operations, production, and services; and purchase,
lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission and
administrative aircraft, $5,462,900,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2002.
SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in
the conduct and support of science, aeronautics and tech-
nology research and development activities, including re-
search, development, operations, and services; maintenance;
construction of facilities including revitalization, and
modification of facilities, construction of new facilities and
additions to existing facilities, facility planning and de-
sign, and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as
authorized by law; space flight, spacecraft control and com-
munications activities including operations, production,
and services; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and
operation 
of 
mission 
and 
administrative 
aircraft,
$6,190,700,000, to remain available until September 30,
2002.
MISSION SUPPORT
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in
carrying out mission support for human space flight pro-
grams and science, aeronautical, and technology programs,
including research operations and support; maintenance;
construction of facilities including revitalization and modi-
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fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and addi-
tions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, en-
vironmental compliance and restoration, and acquisition or
condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; pro-
gram management; personnel and related costs, including
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
5901–5902; travel expenses; purchase, lease, charter, main-
tenance, and operation of mission and administrative air-
craft; not to exceed $40,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; and purchase (not to exceed 33 for re-
placement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$2,608,700,000 to remain available until September 30,
2002.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $23,000,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of
funds appropriated for ‘‘Human space flight’’, ‘‘Science,
aeronautics and technology’’, or ‘‘Mission support’’ by this
appropriations Act, when any activity has been initiated
by the incurrence of obligations for construction of facilities
as authorized by law, such amount available for such activ-
ity shall remain available until expended. This provision
does not apply to the amounts appropriated in ‘‘Mission
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support’’ pursuant to the authorization for minor revital-
ization and construction of facilities, and facility planning
and design.
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of
funds appropriated for ‘‘Human space flight’’, ‘‘Science,
aeronautics and technology’’, or ‘‘Mission support’’ by this
appropriations Act, the amounts appropriated for construc-
tion of facilities shall remain available until September 30,
2003.
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of
funds appropriated for ‘‘Mission support’’ and ‘‘Office of
Inspector General’’, amounts made available by this Act for
personnel and related costs and travel expenses of the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall remain
available until September 30, 2001 and may be used to
enter into contracts for training, investigations, costs asso-
ciated with personnel relocation, and for other services, to
be provided during the next fiscal year. Funds for an-
nounced prizes otherwise authorized shall remain available,
without fiscal year limitation, until the prize is claimed
or the offer is withdrawn.
Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the joint
explanatory statement of the committee of conference accom-
panying this Act, no part of the funds appropriated for
‘‘Human space flight’’ may be used for the development of
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the International Space Station in excess of the amounts
set forth in the budget estimates submitted as part of the
budget request for fiscal year 2001.
No funds in this or any other Appropriations Act may
be used to finalize an agreement prior to December 1, 2001
between NASA and a nongovernment organization to con-
duct research utilization and commercialization manage-
ment activities of the International Space Station.
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION
CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
During fiscal year 2001, gross obligations of the Cen-
tral Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new di-
rect loans to member credit unions, as authorized by 12
U.S.C. 1795 et seq., shall not exceed $1,500,000,000: Pro-
vided, That administrative expenses of the Central Liquid-
ity Facility shall not exceed $296,303: Provided further,
That $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the Community De-
velopment Revolving Loan Fund, of which $650,000, to-
gether with amounts of principal and interest on loans re-
paid, shall be available until expended for loans to commu-
nity development credit unions, and $350,000 shall be
available until expended for technical assistance to low-in-
come and community development credit unions.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C.
1861–1875), and the Act to establish a National Medal of
Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881); services as authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109; authorized travel; maintenance and oper-
ation of aircraft and purchase of flight services for research
support; acquisition of aircraft; $3,350,000,000, of which
not to exceed $275,592,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for Polar research and operations support, and for
reimbursement to other Federal agencies for operational
and science support and logistical and other related activi-
ties for the United States Antarctic program; the balance
to remain available until September 30, 2002: Provided,
That receipts for scientific support services and materials
furnished by the National Research Centers and other Na-
tional Science Foundation supported research facilities
may be credited to this appropriation: Provided further,
That to the extent that the amount appropriated is less than
the total amount authorized to be appropriated for included
program activities, all amounts, including floors and ceil-
ings, specified in the authorizing Act for those program ac-
tivities or their subactivities shall be reduced proportion-
ally: Provided further, That $65,000,000 of the funds avail-
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able under this heading shall be made available for a com-
prehensive research initiative on plant genomes for eco-
nomically significant crops: Provided further, That no
funds in this or any other Act shall be used to acquire or
lease a research vessel with ice-breaking capability built or
retrofitted by a shipyard located in a foreign country if
such a vessel of United States origin can be obtained at
a cost no more than 50 per centum above that of the least
expensive technically acceptable foreign vessel bid: Provided
further, That, in determining the cost of such a vessel, such
cost be increased by the amount of any subsidies or financ-
ing provided by a foreign government (or instrumentality
thereof ) to such vessel’s construction: Provided further, That
if the vessel contracted for pursuant to the foregoing is not
available for the 2002–2003 austral summer Antarctic sea-
son, a vessel of any origin may be leased for a period of
not to exceed 120 days for that season and each season
thereafter until delivery of the new vessel.
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT
For necessary expenses of major construction projects
pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950,
as amended, including authorized travel, $121,600,000, to
remain available until expended.
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES
For necessary expenses in carrying out science and en-
gineering education and human resources programs and ac-
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tivities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act
of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), including
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, authorized travel,
and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia,
$787,352,000, to remain available until September 30,
2002: Provided, That to the extent that the amount of this
appropriation is less than the total amount authorized to
be appropriated for included program activities, all
amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified in the au-
thorizing Act for those program activities or their subactivi-
ties shall be reduced proportionally: Provided further, That
$10,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Innovation
Partnerships.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses necessary in carrying out
the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended
(42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); services authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $9,000
for official reception and representation expenses; uniforms
or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–
5902; rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum-
bia; reimbursement of the General Services Administration
for security guard services; $160,890,000: Provided, That
contracts may be entered into under ‘‘Salaries and ex-
penses’’ in fiscal year 2001 for maintenance and operation
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of facilities, and for other services, to be provided during
the next fiscal year.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, $6,280,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2002.
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT
CORPORATION
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as
authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $90,000,000, of which
$5,000,000 shall be for a homeownership program that is
used in conjunction with section 8 assistance under the
United States Housing Act of 1937: Provided, That of the
amount made available, $2,500,000 shall be for an endow-
ment to establish the George Knight Scholarship Fund for
the Neighborhood Reinvestment Training Institute.
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System,
including expenses of attendance at meetings and of train-
ing for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Serv-
ice System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for civil-
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ian employees; and not to exceed $1,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; $24,480,000: Provided,
That during the current fiscal year, the President may ex-
empt this appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C.
1341, whenever he deems such action to be necessary in the
interest of national defense: Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated by this Act may be expended for
or in connection with the induction of any person into the
Armed Forces of the United States.
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. Where appropriations in titles I, II, and
III of this Act are expendable for travel expenses and no
specific limitation has been placed thereon, the expenditures
for such travel expenses may not exceed the amounts set
forth therefore in the budget estimates submitted for the ap-
propriations: Provided, That this provision does not apply
to accounts that do not contain an object classification for
travel: Provided further, That this section shall not apply
to travel performed by uncompensated officials of local
boards and appeal boards of the Selective Service System;
to travel performed directly in connection with care and
treatment of medical beneficiaries of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs; to travel performed in connection with major
disasters or emergencies declared or determined by the
President under the provisions of the Robert T. Stafford
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Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; to travel
performed by the Offices of Inspector General in connection
with audits and investigations; or to payments to inter-
agency motor pools where separately set forth in the budget
schedules: Provided further, That if appropriations in titles
I, II, and III exceed the amounts set forth in budget esti-
mates initially submitted for such appropriations, the ex-
penditures for travel may correspondingly exceed the
amounts therefore set forth in the estimates in the same pro-
portion.
SEC. 402. Appropriations and funds available for the
administrative expenses of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development and the Selective Service System shall
be available in the current fiscal year for purchase of uni-
forms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 403. Funds of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development subject to the Government Corporation
Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall
be available, without regard to the limitations on adminis-
trative expenses, for legal services on a contract or fee basis,
and for utilizing and making payment for services and fa-
cilities of Federal National Mortgage Association, Govern-
ment National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan
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Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal
Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home Loan
banks, and any insured bank within the meaning of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended
(12 U.S.C. 1811–1831).
SEC. 404. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 405. No funds appropriated by this Act may be
expended—
(1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or
employee of the United States unless—
(A) such certification is accompanied by, or
is part of, a voucher or abstract which describes
the payee or payees and the items or services for
which such expenditure is being made; or
(B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to
such certification, and without such a voucher or
abstract, is specifically authorized by law; and
(2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit by
the General Accounting Office or is specifically ex-
empt by law from such audit.
SEC. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act to
any department or agency may be expended for the trans-
portation of any officer or employee of such department or
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agency between their domicile and their place of employ-
ment, with the exception of any officer or employee author-
ized such transportation under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or 5 U.S.C.
7905.
SEC. 407. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be used for payment, through grants or contracts, to recipi-
ents that do not share in the cost of conducting research
resulting from proposals not specifically solicited by the
Government: Provided, That the extent of cost sharing by
the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of interest of the
grantee or contractor and the Government in the research.
SEC. 408. None of the funds in this Act may be used,
directly or through grants, to pay or to provide reimburse-
ment for payment of the salary of a consultant (whether
retained by the Federal Government or a grantee) at more
than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for level IV of
the Executive Schedule, unless specifically authorized by
law.
SEC. 409. None of the funds provided in this Act shall
be used to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate,
non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudica-
tory proceedings. Nothing herein affects the authority of the
Consumer Product Safety Commission pursuant to section
7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2056 et
seq.).
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SEC. 410. Except as otherwise provided under existing
law, or under an existing Executive Order issued pursuant
to an existing law, the obligation or expenditure of any ap-
propriation under this Act for contracts for any consulting
service shall be limited to contracts which are: (1) a matter
of public record and available for public inspection; and
(2) thereafter included in a publicly available list of all con-
tracts entered into within 24 months prior to the date on
which the list is made available to the public and of all
contracts on which performance has not been completed by
such date. The list required by the preceding sentence shall
be updated quarterly and shall include a narrative descrip-
tion of the work to be performed under each such contract.
SEC. 411. Except as otherwise provided by law, no
part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be
obligated or expended by any executive agency, as referred
to in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41
U.S.C. 401 et seq.), for a contract for services unless such
executive agency: (1) has awarded and entered into such
contract in full compliance with such Act and the regula-
tions promulgated thereunder; and (2) requires any report
prepared pursuant to such contract, including plans, eval-
uations, studies, analyses and manuals, and any report
prepared by the agency which is substantially derived from
or substantially includes any report prepared pursuant to
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such contract, to contain information concerning: (A) the
contract pursuant to which the report was prepared; and
(B) the contractor who prepared the report pursuant to such
contract.
SEC. 412. Except as otherwise provided in section 406,
none of the funds provided in this Act to any department
or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide a per-
sonal cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to any offi-
cer or employee of such department or agency.
SEC. 413. None of the funds provided in this Act to
any department or agency shall be obligated or expended
to procure passenger automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C.
2001 with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of
less than 22 miles per gallon.
SEC. 414. None of the funds appropriated in title I
of this Act shall be used to enter into any new lease of real
property if the estimated annual rental is more than
$300,000 unless the Secretary submits, in writing, a report
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Congress and
a period of 30 days has expired following the date on which
the report is received by the Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 415. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to
the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products
purchased with funds made available in this Act should be
American-made.
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(b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering
into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail-
able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the
greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a
notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by
the Congress.
SEC. 416. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be used to implement any cap on reimbursements to
grantees for indirect costs, except as published in Office of
Management and Budget Circular A–21.
SEC. 417. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 2001 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.
SEC. 418. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, when
it is made known to the Federal entity or official to which
the funds are made available that the program, project, or
activity is not in compliance with any Federal law relating
to risk assessment, the protection of private property rights,
or unfunded mandates.
SEC. 419. Corporations and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development which are subject
to the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended,
are hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the
limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each
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such corporation or agency and in accord with law, and
to make such contracts and commitments without regard
to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the
Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set
forth in the budget for 2001 for such corporation or agency
except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections
of these corporations and agencies may be used for new loan
or mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent ex-
pressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans are in
support of other forms of assistance provided for in this or
prior appropriations Acts), except that this proviso shall
not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty operations
of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases
are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United
States Government.
SEC. 420. Notwithstanding section 320(g) of the Fed-
eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(g)), funds
made available pursuant to authorization under such sec-
tion for fiscal year 2001 may be used for implementing
comprehensive conservation and management plans.
SEC. 421. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the term ‘‘qualified student loan’’ with respect to national
service education awards shall mean any loan made di-
rectly to a student by the Alaska Commission on Postsec-
ondary Education, in addition to other meanings under
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section 148(b)(7) of the National and Community Service
Act.
SEC. 422. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act,
no part of any appropriation for the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development shall be available for any ac-
tivity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget estimates
submitted to the Congress.
SEC. 423. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act shall be used to promulgate a
final regulation to implement changes in the payment of
pesticide tolerance processing fees as proposed at 64 Fed.
Reg. 31040, or any similar proposals. The Environmental
Protection Agency may proceed with the development of
such a rule.
SEC. 424. Except in the case of entities that are funded
solely with Federal funds or any natural persons that are
funded under this Act, none of the funds in this Act shall
be used for the planning or execution of any program to
pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal
parties to lobby or litigate in respect to adjudicatory pro-
ceedings funded in this Act. A chief executive officer of any
entity receiving funds under this Act shall certify that none
of these funds have been used to engage in the lobbying of
the Federal Government or in litigation against the United
States unless authorized under existing law.
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SEC. 425. No part of any funds appropriated in this
Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, other
than for normal and recognized executive-legislative rela-
tionships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for
the preparation, distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet,
booklet, publication, radio, television or film presentation
designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the
Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself.
SEC. 426. None of the funds provided in title II for
technical assistance, training, or management improve-
ments may be obligated or expended unless HUD provides
to the Committees on Appropriations a description of each
proposed activity and a detailed budget estimate of the costs
associated with each activity as part of the Budget Jus-
tifications. For fiscal year 2001, HUD shall transmit this
information to the Committees by November 1, 2000, for
30 days of review.
SEC. 427. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for the designation, or approval of the des-
ignation, of any area as an ozone nonattainment area
under the Clean Air Act pursuant to the 8-hour national
ambient air quality standard for ozone that was promul-
gated by the Environmental Protection Agency on July 18,
1997 (62 Fed. Reg. 38,356, p. 38855) and remanded by the
District of Columbia Court of Appeals on May 14, 1999,
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in the case, American Trucking Ass’ns. v. EPA (No. 97–
1440, 1999 Westlaw 300618) prior to June 15, 2001 or final
adjudication of this case by the Supreme Court of the
United States, whichever occurs first.
SEC. 428. Section 432 of Public Law 104–204 (110
Stat. 2874) is amended—
(a) in subsection (c) by inserting ‘‘or to restruc-
ture and improve the efficiency of the workforce’’ after
‘‘the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion’’ and before ‘‘the Administrator’’;
(b) by deleting paragraph (4) of subsection (h)
and inserting in lieu thereof—
‘‘(4) The provisions of subsections (1) and
(3) of this section may be waived upon a deter-
mination by the Administrator that use of the
incentive satisfactorily demonstrates downsizing
or other restructuring within the Agency that
would improve the efficiency of agency oper-
ations or contribute directly to evolving mission
requirements.’’
(c) by deleting subsection (i) and inserting in
lieu thereof—
‘‘(i) REPORTS.—The Administrator shall submit a re-
port on NASA’s restructuring activities to the Committee
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the