H. R. 2684
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
An Act
Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions,
corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of Veterans Affairs
and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent
agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of
veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as author-
ized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and
61); pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized
by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 2508);
and burial benefits, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay,
adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment of premiums due
on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under the provi-
sions of Article IV of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act
of 1940, as amended, and for other benefits as authorized by law
(38 U.S.C. 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 23, 51, 53, 55,
and 61; 50 U.S.C. App. 540–548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 735;
76 Stat. 1198), $21,568,364,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That not to exceed $17,932,000 of the amount appro-
priated shall be reimbursed to ‘‘General operating expenses’’ and
‘‘Medical care’’ for necessary expenses in implementing those provi-
sions authorized in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990,
and in the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapters
51, 53, and 55), the funding source for which is specifically provided
as the ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’ appropriation: Provided fur-
ther, That such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying
patient basis, shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical facilities revolving
fund’’ to augment the funding of individual medical facilities for
nursing home care provided to pensioners as authorized.
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READJUSTMENT BENEFITS
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits
to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapters
21, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61, $1,469,000,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds shall
be available to pay any court order, court award or any compromise
settlement arising from litigation involving the vocational training
program authorized by section 18 of Public Law 98–77, as amended.
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES
For military and naval insurance, national service life insur-
ance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance,
and veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized by 38 U.S.C.
chapter 19; 70 Stat. 887; 72 Stat. 487, $28,670,000, to remain
available until expended.
VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as
may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by 38
U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided
further, That during fiscal year 2000, within the resources available,
not to exceed $300,000 in gross obligations for direct loans are
authorized for specially adapted housing loans.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct
and guaranteed loan programs, $156,958,000, which may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General operating
expenses’’.
EDUCATION LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, $1,000, as authorized by 38 U.S.C.
3698, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost
of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided fur-
ther, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations
for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $3,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry
out the direct loan program, $214,000, which may be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General operating
expenses’’.
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, $57,000, as authorized by 38
U.S.C. chapter 31, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 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 $2,531,000.
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In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry
out the direct loan program, $415,000, which may be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General operating
expenses’’.
NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan pro-
gram authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter V, as
amended, $520,000, which may be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’.
GUARANTEED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING LOANS FOR HOMELESS
VETERANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the Budget Enforce-
ment Act of 1990, including the cost of modifying loans, of guaran-
teed loans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37 subchapter VI,
$48,250,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
no more than five loans may be guaranteed under this program
prior to November 11, 2001: Provided further, That no more than
15 loans may be guaranteed under this program: Provided further,
That the total principal amount of loans guaranteed under this
program may not exceed $100,000,000: Provided further, That not
to exceed $750,000 of the amounts appropriated by this Act for
‘‘General operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Medical care’’ may be expended
for the administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan
program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter VI.
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
MEDICAL CARE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of
hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities; for furnishing,
as authorized by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment
to beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including
care and treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the
department; and furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and
equipment; funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto
for beneficiaries receiving care in the department; administrative
expenses in support of planning, design, project management, real
property acquisition and disposition, construction and renovation
of any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the depart-
ment; oversight, engineering and architectural activities not charged
to project cost; repairing, altering, improving or providing facilities
in the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the
department, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by
the hire of temporary employees and purchase of materials; uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–
5902; aid to State homes as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 1741; adminis-
trative and legal expenses of the department for collecting and
recovering amounts owed the department as authorized under 38
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U.S.C. chapter 17, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act,
42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.; and not to exceed $8,000,000 to fund cost
comparison studies as referred to in 38 U.S.C. 8110(a)(5),
$19,006,000,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That of the funds
made available under this heading, $900,000,000 is for the equip-
ment and land and structures object classifications only, which
amount shall not become available for obligation until August 1,
2000, and shall remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided
further, That of the funds made available under this heading,
not to exceed $900,000,000 shall be available until September 30,
2001: Provided further, That of the funds made available under
this heading, not to exceed $27,907,000 may be transferred to
and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General operating
expenses’’: Provided further, That the department shall conduct
by contract a program of recovery audits for the fee basis and
other medical services contracts with respect to payments for hos-
pital care; and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302(b), amounts col-
lected, by setoff or otherwise, as the result of such audits shall
be available, without fiscal year limitation, for the purposes for
which funds are appropriated under this heading and the purposes
of paying a contractor a percent of the amount collected as a
result of an audit carried out by the contractor: Provided further,
That all amounts so collected under the preceding proviso with
respect to a designated health care region (as that term is defined
in 38 U.S.C. 1729A(d)(2)) shall be allocated, net of payments to
the contractor, to that region.
In addition, in conformance with Public Law 105–33 estab-
lishing the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections
Fund, such sums as may be deposited to such Fund pursuant
to 38 U.S.C. 1729A may be transferred to this account, to remain
available until expended for the purposes of this account.
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical
and prosthetic research and development as authorized by 38 U.S.C.
chapter 73, to remain available until September 30, 2001,
$321,000,000, plus reimbursements.
MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING
EXPENSES
For necessary expenses in the administration of the medical,
hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, supply, and
research activities, as authorized by law; administrative expenses
in support of capital policy activities, $59,703,000 plus reimburse-
ments: Provided, That project technical and consulting services
offered by the Facilities Management Service Delivery Office,
including technical consulting services, project management, real
property administration (including leases, site acquisition and dis-
posal activities directly supporting projects), shall be provided to
Department of Veterans Affairs components only on a reimbursable
basis, and such amounts will remain available until September
30, 2000.
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GENERAL POST FUND, NATIONAL HOMES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, $7,000, as authorized by Public
Law 102–54, section 8, which shall be transferred from the ‘‘General
post fund’’: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modi-
fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional 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 $70,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct
loan programs, $54,000, which shall be transferred from the ‘‘Gen-
eral post fund’’, as authorized by Public Law 102–54, section 8.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary operating expenses of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or
allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official reception
and representation expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and
reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security
guard services, and the Department of Defense for the cost of
overseas employee mail, $912,594,000: Provided, That of the funds
made available under this heading, not to exceed $45,600,000 shall
be available until September 30, 2001: Provided further, That funds
under this heading shall be available to administer the Service
Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act.
NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of
the National Cemetery Administration, not otherwise provided for,
including uniforms or allowances therefor; cemeterial expenses as
authorized by law; purchase of two passenger motor vehicles for
use in cemeterial operations; and hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$97,256,000: Provided, That of the amount made available under
this heading, not to exceed $117,000 may be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
$43,200,000: Provided, That of the amount made available under
this heading, not to exceed $30,000 may be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’.
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS
For constructing, altering, extending and improving any of the
facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department
of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections
316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122
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of title 38, United States Code, including planning, architectural
and engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period services
costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under the
project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage
system construction costs, and site acquisition, where the estimated
cost of a project is $4,000,000 or more or where funds for a project
were made available in a previous major project appropriation,
$65,140,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
except for advance planning of projects (including market-based
assessments of health care needs which may or may not lead
to capital investments) funded through the advance planning fund
and the design of projects funded through the design fund, none
of these funds shall be used for any project which has not been
considered and approved by the Congress in the budgetary process:
Provided further, That funds provided in this appropriation for
fiscal year 2000, for each approved project shall be obligated: (1)
by the awarding of a construction documents contract by September
30, 2000; and (2) by the awarding of a construction contract by
September 30, 2001: Provided further, That the Secretary shall
promptly report in writing to the Committees on Appropriations
any approved major construction project in which obligations are
not incurred within the time limitations established above: Provided
further, That no funds from any other account except the ‘‘Parking
revolving fund’’, may be obligated for constructing, altering,
extending, or improving a project which was approved in the budget
process and funded in this account until 1 year after substantial
completion and beneficial occupancy by the Department of Veterans
Affairs of the project or any part thereof with respect to that
part only.
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of
the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department
of 
Veterans 
Affairs, 
including 
planning, 
architectural 
and
engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period services
costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under the
project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage
system construction costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the
purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106,
8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, United States Code, where
the estimated cost of a project is less than $4,000,000, $160,000,000,
to remain available until expended, along with unobligated balances
of previous ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ appropriations which are
hereby made available for any project where the estimated cost
is less than $4,000,000: Provided, That funds in this account shall
be available for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities
under the jurisdiction or for the use of the department which
are necessary because of loss or damage caused by any natural
disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary measures necessary to
prevent or to minimize further loss by such causes.
PARKING REVOLVING FUND
For the parking revolving fund as authorized by 38 U.S.C.
8109, income from fees collected, to remain available until expended,
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which shall be available for all authorized expenses except oper-
ations and maintenance costs, which will be funded from ‘‘Medical
care’’.
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES
For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State nursing
home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify or alter
existing hospital, nursing home and domiciliary facilities in State
homes, for furnishing care to veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C.
8131–8137, $90,000,000, to remain available until expended.
GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS CEMETERIES
For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding, or
improving State veteran cemeteries as authorized by 38 U.S.C.
2408, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2000 for ‘‘Compensa-
tion and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans insur-
ance and indemnities’’ may be transferred to any other of the
mentioned appropriations.
SEC. 102. Appropriations available to the Department of
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2000 for salaries and expenses
shall be available for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 103. No appropriations in this Act for the Department
of Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations for ‘‘Construction,
major projects’’, ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’, and the ‘‘Parking
revolving fund’’) shall be available for the purchase of any site
for or toward the construction of any new hospital or home.
SEC. 104. No appropriations in this Act for the Department
of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hospitalization or examina-
tion of any persons (except beneficiaries entitled under the laws
bestowing such benefits to veterans, and persons receiving such
treatment under 5 U.S.C. 7901–7904 or 42 U.S.C. 5141–5204),
unless reimbursement of cost is made to the ‘‘Medical care’’ account
at such rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2000 for ‘‘Compensation and pen-
sions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans insurance and
indemnities’’ shall be available for payment of prior year accrued
obligations required to be recorded by law against the corresponding
prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 1999.
SEC. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the Department
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2000 shall be available to pay
prior year obligations of corresponding prior year appropriations
accounts resulting from title X of the Competitive Equality Banking
Act, Public Law 100–86, except that if such obligations are from
trust fund accounts they shall be payable from ‘‘Compensation
and pensions’’.
SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during
fiscal year 2000, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, from the
National Service Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1920), the Vet-
erans’ Special Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1923), and the United
States Government Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), reimburse
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the ‘‘General operating expenses’’ account for the cost of administra-
tion of the insurance programs financed through those accounts:
Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the surplus
earnings accumulated in an insurance program in fiscal year 2000,
that are available for dividends in that program after claims have
been paid and actuarially determined reserves have been set aside:
Provided further, That if the cost of administration of an insurance
program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accumulated in
that program, reimbursement shall be made only to the extent
of such surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Secretary
shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 2000,
which is properly allocable to the provision of each insurance pro-
gram and to the provision of any total disability income insurance
included in such insurance program.
SEC. 108. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Congress supports efforts to
implement improvements in health care services for veterans in
rural areas.
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—(1) Not later than 6 months after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate
and the House of Representatives a report on the impact of the
allocation of funds under the Veterans Equitable Resource Alloca-
tion (VERA) funding formula on the rural subregions of the health
care system administered by the Veterans Health Administration.
(2) The report shall include the following:
(A) An assessment of impact of the allocation of funds
under the VERA formula on—
(i) travel times to veterans health care in rural areas;
(ii) waiting periods for appointments for veterans
health care in rural areas;
(iii) the cost associated with additional community-
based outpatient clinics;
(iv) transportation costs; and
(v) the unique challenges that Department of Veterans
Affairs medical centers in rural, low-population subregions
face in attempting to increase efficiency without large
economies of scale.
(B) The recommendations of the Secretary, if any, on how
rural veterans’ access to health care services might be
enhanced.
SEC. 109. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out
a major medical facility project to renovate and construct facilities
at the Olin E. Teague Department of Veterans Affairs Medical
Center, Temple, Texas, for a joint venture Cardiovascular Institute,
in an amount not to exceed $11,500,000. In order to carry out
that project, the amount of $11,500,000 appropriated for fiscal year
1998 and programmed for the renovation of Building 9 at the
Waco, Texas, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center is
hereby made available for that project.
SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in
this Act for the Medical Care appropriation of the Department
of Veterans Affairs may be obligated for the realignment of the
health care delivery system in VISN 12 until 60 days after the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs certifies that the department has:
(1) consulted with veterans organizations, medical school affiliates,
employee representatives, State veterans and health associations,
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and other interested parties with respect to the realignment plan
to be implemented; and (2) made available to the Congress and
the public information from the consultations regarding possible
impacts on the accessibility of veterans health care services to
affected veterans.
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For activities and assistance to prevent the involuntary
displacement of low-income families, the elderly and the disabled
because of the loss of affordable housing stock, expiration of subsidy
contracts (other than contracts for which amounts are provided
under another heading in this Act) or expiration of use restrictions,
or other changes in housing assistance arrangements, and for other
purposes, $11,376,695,000 and amounts that are recaptured in this
account, and recaptured under the appropriation for ‘‘Annual con-
tributions for assisted housing’’, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That of the total amount provided under this heading,
$10,990,135,000, of which $6,790,135,000 shall be available on
October 1, 1999 and $4,200,000,000 shall be available on October
1, 2000, shall be for assistance under the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (‘‘the Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 1437) for use in connection
with expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy contracts, for amend-
ments to section 8 subsidy contracts, for enhanced vouchers
(including amendments and renewals) under any provision of law
authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (47 U.S.C. 1437f(t)), as added by section
538 of title V of this Act, and contracts entered into pursuant
to section 441 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance
Act: Provided further, That amounts available under the first pro-
viso under this heading may be available for section 8 rental assist-
ance under the United States Housing Act of 1937: (1) to relocate
residents of properties: (A) that are owned by the Secretary and
being disposed of; or (B) that are discontinuing section 8 project-
based assistance; (2) for relocation and replacement housing for
units that are demolished or disposed of: (A) from the public housing
inventory (in addition to amounts that may be available for such
purposes under this and other headings); or (B) pursuant to section
24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or to other authority
for the revitalization of severely distressed public housing, as set
forth in the Appropriations Acts for the Departments of Veterans
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent
Agencies for fiscal years 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1997, and in the
Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996;
(3) for the conversion of section 23 projects to assistance under
section 8; (4) for funds to carry out the family unification program;
(5) for the relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to
combat crime in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request
from a law enforcement or prosecution agency; and (6) for the
1-year renewal of section 8 contracts for units in a project that
is subject to an approved plan of action under the Emergency
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Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income
Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990:
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this
heading, $40,000,000 shall be made available to nonelderly disabled
families affected by the designation of a public housing development
under section 7 of such Act, the establishment of preferences in
accordance with section 651 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 1361l), or the restriction of
occupancy to elderly families in accordance with section 658 of
such Act, and to the extent the Secretary determines that such
amount is not needed to fund applications for such affected families,
to other nonelderly disabled families: Provided further, That
amounts available under this heading may be made available for
administrative fees and other expenses to cover the cost of admin-
istering rental assistance programs under section 8 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937: Provided further, That the fee otherwise
authorized under section 8(q) of such Act shall be determined in
accordance with section 8(q), as in effect immediately before the
enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act
of 1998: Provided further, That all balances for the section 8 rental
assistance, section 8 counseling, section 8 new construction, section
8 substantial rehabilitation, relocation/replacement/demolition, sec-
tion 23 conversions, rental and disaster vouchers, loan management
set-aside, section 514 technical assistance, and other programs pre-
viously funded within the ‘‘Annual Contributions’’ account shall
be transferred to this account, to be available for the purposes
for which they were originally appropriated: Provided further, That
all balances in the ‘‘Section 8 Reserve Preservation’’ account shall
be transferred to this account, to be available for the purposes
for which they were originally appropriated: Provided further, That
the unexpended amounts previously appropriated for special pur-
pose grants within the ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’
account shall be recaptured and transferred to this account, to
be available for assistance under the Act for use in connection
with expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy contracts: Provided
further, That of the amounts previously appropriated for property
disposition within the ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’
account, up to $79,000,000 shall be transferred to this account,
to be available for assistance under the Act for use in connection
with expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy contracts: Provided
further, That of the unexpended amounts previously appropriated
for carrying out the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident
Homeownership Act of 1990 and the Emergency Low Income
Housing Preservation Act of 1987, other than amounts made avail-
able for rental assistance, within the ‘‘Annual Contributions for
Assisted Housing’’ and ‘‘Preserving Existing Housing Investments’’
accounts, shall be recaptured and transferred to this account, to
be available for assistance under the Act for use in connection
with expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy contracts: Provided
further, That of the total amount provided under this heading,
$346,560,000 shall be made available for incremental vouchers
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 on
a fair share basis and administered by public housing agencies:
Provided further, That of the balances remaining from funds appro-
priated under this heading or the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions
for Assisted Housing’’ during fiscal year 2000 and prior years,
$2,243,000,000 is rescinded: Provided further, That of the amount
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rescinded under the previous proviso, $1,300,000,000 shall be from
amounts recaptured and the Secretary shall have discretion to
specify the amounts to be rescinded from each of the foregoing
accounts, $505,000,000 shall be from unobligated balances, and
$438,000,000 shall be from amounts that were appropriated in
fiscal year 1999 and prior years for section 8 assistance including
assistance to relocate residents of properties that are owned by
the Secretary and being disposed of or that are discontinuing section
8 project-based assistance, for relocation and replacement housing
for units that are demolished or disposed of from the public housing
inventory, and for enhanced vouchers as provided under the ‘‘Pre-
serving Existing Housing Investment’’ account in the Departments
of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–
204).
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to carry out
capital and management activities for public housing agencies, as
authorized under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of
1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437), $2,900,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of the total amount, up to
$75,000,000 shall be for carrying out activities under section 9(h)
of such Act, and for lease adjustments to section 23 projects: Pro-
vided further, That no funds may be used under this heading
for the purposes specified in section 9(k) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937: Provided further, That of the total amount,
up to $75,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development to make grants to public housing agencies
for emergency capital needs resulting from emergencies and natural
disasters in fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That all balances
for debt service for Public and Indian Housing and Public and
Indian Housing Grants previously funded within the ‘‘Annual Con-
tributions for Assisted Housing’’ account shall be transferred to
this account, to be available for the purposes for which they were
originally appropriated.
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For payments to public housing agencies for the operation
and management of public housing, as authorized by section 9(e)
of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C.
1437g), $3,138,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That no funds may be used under this heading for the
purposes specified in section 9(k) of the United States Housing
Act of 1937.
DRUG ELIMINATION GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING
For grants to public housing agencies and Indian tribes and
their tribally designated housing entities for use in eliminating
crime in public housing projects authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11901–
11908, for grants for federally assisted low-income housing author-
ized by 42 U.S.C. 11909, and for drug information clearinghouse
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services authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11921–11925, $310,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total amount
provided under this heading, up to $4,500,000 shall be solely for
technical assistance, technical assistance grants, training, and pro-
gram assessment for or on behalf of public housing agencies, resi-
dent organizations, and Indian tribes and their tribally designated
housing entities (including up to $150,000 for the cost of necessary
travel for participants in such training): Provided further, That
of the amount provided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be
used in connection with efforts to combat violent crime in public
and assisted housing under the Operation Safe Home Program
administered by the Inspector General of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That of the
amount under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be provided to the
Office of Inspector General for Operation Safe Home: Provided
further, That of the amount under this heading, $20,000,000 shall
be available for a program named the New Approach Anti-Drug
program which will provide competitive grants to entities managing
or operating public housing developments, federally assisted multi-
family housing developments, or other multifamily housing develop-
ments for low-income families supported by non-Federal govern-
mental entities or similar housing developments supported by non-
profit private sources in order to provide or augment security
(including personnel costs), to assist in the investigation and/or
prosecution of drug related criminal activity in and around such
developments, and to provide assistance for the development of
capital improvements at such developments directly relating to
the security of such developments: Provided further, That grants
for the New Approach Anti-Drug program shall be made on a
competitive basis as specified in section 102 of the Department
of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.
REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING (HOPE VI)
For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, site
revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based assistance
grants to projects as authorized by section 24 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937, $575,000,000 to remain available until
expended of which the Secretary may use up to $10,000,000 for
technical assistance and contract expertise, to be provided directly
or indirectly by grants, contracts or cooperative agreements,
including training and cost of necessary travel for participants
in such training, by or to officials and employees of the department
and of public housing agencies and to residents: Provided, That
none of such funds shall be used directly or indirectly by granting
competitive advantage in awards to settle litigation or pay judg-
ments, unless expressly permitted herein: Provided further, That
of the amount provided under this heading, $1,200,000 shall be
contracted through the Secretary to be used by the Urban Institute
to conduct an independent study on the long-term effects of the
HOPE VI program on former residents of distressed public housing
developments.