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In addition, $35,000,000 to be derived from administration fees
in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected pursuant
to section 1616(d) of the Social Security Act or section 212(b)(3)
of Public Law 93–66, which shall remain available until expended.
To the extent that the amounts collected pursuant to such section
1616(d) or 212(b)(3) in fiscal year 1998 exceed $35,000,000, the
amounts shall be available in fiscal year 1999 only to the extent
provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, $10,164,000, together with not to exceed
$38,260,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized by sec-
tion 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Federal Old-
Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability
Insurance Trust Fund.
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total
provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the ‘‘Limita-
tion on Administrative Expenses’’, Social Security Administration,
to be merged with this account, to be available for the time and
purposes for which this account is available: Provided, That notice
of such transfers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House and Senate.
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Institute of Peace
as authorized in the United States Institute of Peace Act,
$11,160,000.
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Serv-
ices, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances
of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appro-
priations provided in this Act: Provided, That such transferred
balances are used for the same purpose, and for the same periods
of time, for which they were originally appropriated.
SEC. 502. 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. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive-
legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for
the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet,
publication, radio, television, or video presentation designed to sup-
port or defeat legislation pending before the Congress or any State
legislature, except in presentation to the Congress or any State
legislature itself.
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract
recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity
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designed to influence legislation or appropriations pending before
the Congress or any State legislature.
SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are each
authorized to make available not to exceed $15,000 from funds
available for salaries and expenses under titles I and III, respec-
tively, for official reception and representation expenses; the Direc-
tor of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized
to make available for official reception and representation expenses
not to exceed $2,500 from the funds available for ‘‘Salaries and
expenses, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service’’; and the
Chairman of the National Mediation Board is authorized to make
available for official reception and representation expenses not to
exceed $2,500 from funds available for ‘‘Salaries and expenses,
National Mediation Board’’.
SEC. 505. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
no funds appropriated under this Act shall be used to carry out
any program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for the
hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.
SEC. 506. Section 505 is subject to the condition that after
March 31, 1998, a program for exchanging such needles and
syringes for used hypodermic needles and syringes (referred to
in this section as an ‘‘exchange project’’) may be carried out in
a community if—
(1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines
that exchange projects are effective in preventing the spread
of HIV and do not encourage the use of illegal drugs; and
(2) the project is operated in accordance with criteria estab-
lished by such Secretary for preventing the spread of HIV
and for ensuring that the project does not encourage the use
of illegal drugs.
SEC. 507. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND
PRODUCTS.—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.
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial assistance
to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using funds
made available 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.
(c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS FALSELY LABEL-
ING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—If it has been finally deter-
mined by a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally
affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any
inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United States, the
person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract
made with funds made available in this Act, pursuant to the debar-
ment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in sections
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 508. When issuing statements, press releases, requests
for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing
projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal
money, all grantees receiving Federal funds included in this Act,
including but not limited to State and local governments and recipi-
ents of Federal research grants, shall clearly state: (1) the percent-
age of the total costs of the program or project which will be
financed with Federal money; (2) the dollar amount of Federal
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funds for the project or program; and (3) percentage and dollar
amount of the total costs of the project or program that will be
financed by nongovernmental sources.
SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds appropriated under this Act
shall be expended for any abortion.
(b) None of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be
expended for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of
abortion.
(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the package
of services covered by a managed care provider or organization
pursuant to a contract or other arrangement.
SEC. 510. (a) The limitations established in the preceding sec-
tion shall not apply to an abortion—
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or
incest; or
(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical
disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-
endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the
pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place
the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed.
(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as
prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private
person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State’s or
locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching funds).
(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as
restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering
abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract
separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds
(other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching
funds).
SEC. 511. Notwithstanding any other provision of law—
(1) no amount may be transferred from an appropriation
account for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education except as authorized in this or any
subsequent appropriation Act, or in the Act establishing the
program or activity for which funds are contained in this Act;
(2) no department, agency, or other entity, other than the
one responsible for administering the program or activity for
which an appropriation is made in this Act, may exercise
authority for the timing of the obligation and expenditure of
such appropriation, or for the purpose for which it is obligated
and expended, except to the extent and in the manner otherwise
provided in sections 1512 and 1513 of title 31, United States
Code; and
(3) no funds provided under this Act shall be available
for the salary (or any part thereof) of an employee who is
reassigned on a temporary detail basis to another position
in the employing agency or department or in any other agency
or department, unless the detail is independently approved
by the head of the employing department or agency.
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to enforce the requirements of section 428(b)(1)(U)(iii) of
the Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to any lender when
it is made known to the Federal official having authority to obligate
or expend such funds that the lender has a loan portfolio under
part B of title IV of such Act that is equal to or less than $5,000,000.
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SEC. 513. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act
may be used for—
(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research
purposes; or
(2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are
destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury
or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses
in utero under 45 CFR 46.208(a)(2) and section 498(b) of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)).
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human embryo
or embryos’’ include any organism, not protected as a human subject
under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of this Act,
that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any
other means from one or more human gametes or human diploid
cells.
SEC. 514. (a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PROMOTION
OF LEGALIZATION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.—None of the funds
made available in this Act may be used for any activity when
it is made known to the Federal official having authority to obligate
or expend such funds that the activity promotes the legalization
of any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the sched-
ules of controlled substances established by section 202 of the
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812).
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitation in subsection (a) shall not
apply when it is made known to the Federal official having authority
to obligate or expend such funds that there is significant medical
evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use of such drug or
other substance or that federally sponsored clinical trials are being
conducted to determine therapeutic advantage.
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with
an entity when it is made known to the Federal official having
authority to obligate or expend such funds that—
(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United
States and is subject to the requirement in section 4212(d)
of title 38, United States Code, regarding submission of an
annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employment
of certain veterans; and
(2) such entity has not submitted a report as required
by that section for the most recent year for which such require-
ment was applicable to such entity.
SEC. 516. (a) FEES FOR FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION OF STATE
SUPPLEMENTARY SSI PAYMENTS.—
(1) OPTIONAL STATE SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENTS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 1616(d)(2)(B) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382e(d)(2)(B)) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (iii);
and
(ii) by striking clause (iv) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(iv) for fiscal year 1997, $5.00;
‘‘(v) for fiscal year 1998, $6.20;
‘‘(vi) for fiscal year 1999, $7.60;
‘‘(vii) for fiscal year 2000, $7.80;
‘‘(viii) for fiscal year 2001, $8.10;
‘‘(ix) for fiscal year 2002, $8.50; and
‘‘(x) for fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal year—
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‘‘(I) the applicable rate in the preceding fiscal year,
increased by the percentage, if any, by which the Consumer
Price Index for the month of June of the calendar year
of the increase exceeds the Consumer Price Index for the
month of June of the calendar year preceding the calendar
year of the increase, and rounded to the nearest whole
cent; or
‘‘(II) such different rate as the Commissioner deter-
mines is appropriate for the State.’’.
(B) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 1616(d)(2)(C)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382e(d)(2)(C)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘(B)(iv)’’ and inserting ‘‘(B)(x)(II)’’.
(2) MANDATORY STATE SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENTS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 212(b)(3)(B)(ii) of Public Law
93–66 (42 U.S.C. 1382 note) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause (III);
and
(ii) by striking subclause (IV) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(IV) for fiscal year 1997, $5.00;
‘‘(V) for fiscal year 1998, $6.20;
‘‘(VI) for fiscal year 1999, $7.60;
‘‘(VII) for fiscal year 2000, $7.80;
‘‘(VIII) for fiscal year 2001, $8.10;
‘‘(IX) for fiscal year 2002, $8.50; and
‘‘(X) for fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal year—
‘‘(aa) the applicable rate in the preceding fiscal year,
increased by the percentage, if any, by which the Consumer
Price Index for the month of June of the calendar year
of the increase exceeds the Consumer Price Index for the
month of June of the calendar year preceding the calendar
year of the increase, and rounded to the nearest whole
cent; or
‘‘(bb) such different rate as the Commissioner deter-
mines is appropriate for the State.’’.
(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 212(b)(3)(B)(iii)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382 note) is amended by striking
‘‘(ii)(IV)’’ and inserting ‘‘(ii)(X)(bb)’’.
(b) USE
OF NEW FEES TO DEFRAY
THE SOCIAL SECURITY
ADMINISTRATION’S ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—
(1) CREDIT TO SPECIAL FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998 AND
SUBSEQUENT YEARS.—
(A) OPTIONAL STATE SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENT FEES.—
Section 1616(d)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1382e(d)(4)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(4)(A) The first $5 of each administration fee assessed pursuant
to paragraph (2), upon collection, shall be deposited in the general
fund of the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.
‘‘(B) That portion of each administration fee in excess of $5,
and 100 percent of each additional services fee charged pursuant
to paragraph (3), upon collection for fiscal year 1998 and each
subsequent fiscal year, shall be credited to a special fund established
in the Treasury of the United States for State supplementary pay-
ment fees. The amounts so credited, to the extent and in the
amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts, shall be avail-
able to defray expenses incurred in carrying out this title and
related laws.’’.
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(B) MANDATORY
STATE
SUPPLEMENTARY
PAYMENT
FEES.—Section 212(b)(3)(D) of Public Law 93–66 (42 U.S.C.
1382 note) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(D)(i) The first $5 of each administration fee assessed pursuant
to subparagraph (B), upon collection, shall be deposited in the
general fund of the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous
receipts.
‘‘(ii) The portion of each administration fee in excess of $5,
and 100 percent of each additional services fee charged pursuant
to subparagraph (C), upon collection for fiscal year 1998 and each
subsequent fiscal year, shall be credited to a special fund established
in the Treasury of the United States for State supplementary pay-
ment fees. The amounts so credited, to the extent and in the
amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts, shall be avail-
able to defray expenses incurred in carrying out this section and
title XVI of the Social Security Act and related laws.’’.
(2) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
From amounts credited pursuant to section 1616(d)(4)(B) of
the Social Security Act and section 212(b)(3)(D)(ii) of Public
Law 93–66 to the special fund established in the Treasury
of the United States for State supplementary payment fees,
there is authorized to be appropriated an amount not to exceed
$35,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, and such sums as may be
necessary for each fiscal year thereafter, for administrative
expenses in carrying out the supplemental security income
program under title XVI of the Social Security Act and related
laws.
SEC. 517. Section 520(c)(2)(D) of the Departments of Labor,
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1997, is amended by striking ‘‘September 30,
1997’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘December 31, 1997’’.
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to pay the expenses of an election officer appointed by
a court to oversee an election of any officer or trustee for the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
SEC. 519. Subsection (k) of section 9302 of the Balanced Budget
Act of 1997, as added by section 1604(f)(3) of the Taxpayer Relief
of Act of 1997, is repealed.
TITLE VI—OTHER PROVISIONS
SEC. 601. The amount of the DSH allotment for the State
of Minnesota for fiscal year 1998, specified in the table under
section 1923(f)(2) of the Social Security Act (as amended by section
4721(a)(1) of Public Law 105–33) is deemed to be $33,000,000.
SEC. 602. Notwithstanding section 1923(f)(2) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–4(f)(2)) (as amended by section 4721(a)(1)
of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–33; 111 Stat.
511)), the amount of the DSH allotment for Wyoming for fiscal
year 1998 is deemed to be $67,000.
PARKINSON’S DISEASE RESEARCH
SEC. 603. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the
‘‘Morris K. Udall Parkinson’s Disease Research Act of 1997’’.
(b) FINDING AND PURPOSE.—
(1) FINDING.—Congress finds that to take full advantage
of the tremendous potential for finding a cure or effective
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treatment, the Federal investment in Parkinson’s disease must
be expanded, as well as the coordination strengthened among
the National Institutes of Health research institutes.
(2) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to provide
for the expansion and coordination of research regarding
Parkinson’s disease, and to improve care and assistance for
afflicted individuals and their family caregivers.
(c) PARKINSON’S DISEASE RESEARCH.—Part B of title IV of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284 et seq.) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘PARKINSON’S DISEASE
‘‘SEC. 409B. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of NIH shall estab-
lish a program for the conduct and support of research and training
with respect to Parkinson’s disease (subject to the extent of amounts
appropriated under subsection (e)).
‘‘(b) INTER-INSTITUTE COORDINATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of NIH shall provide for
the coordination of the program established under subsection
(a) among all of the national research institutes conducting
Parkinson’s disease research.
‘‘(2) CONFERENCE.—Coordination under paragraph (1) shall
include the convening of a research planning conference not
less frequently than once every 2 years. Each such conference
shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Appropriations
and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the
Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and the Commit-
tee on Commerce of the House of Representatives a report
concerning the conference.
‘‘(c) MORRIS K. UDALL RESEARCH CENTERS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of NIH is authorized to
award Core Center Grants to encourage the development of
innovative multidisciplinary research and provide training
concerning Parkinson’s disease. The Director is authorized to
award not more than 10 Core Center Grants and designate
each center funded under such grants as a Morris K. Udall
Center for Research on Parkinson’s Disease.
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to Parkinson’s disease,
each center assisted under this subsection shall—
‘‘(i) use the facilities of a single institution or a
consortium of cooperating institutions, and meet such
qualifications as may be prescribed by the Director
of the NIH; and
‘‘(ii) conduct basic and clinical research.
‘‘(B) DISCRETIONARY REQUIREMENTS.—With respect to
Parkinson’s disease, each center assisted under this sub-
section may—
‘‘(i) conduct training programs for scientists and
health professionals;
‘‘(ii) conduct programs to provide information and
continuing education to health professionals;
‘‘(iii) conduct programs for the dissemination of
information to the public;
‘‘(iv) separately or in collaboration with other cen-
ters, establish a nationwide data system derived from
patient populations with Parkinson’s disease, and
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where possible, comparing relevant data involving gen-
eral populations;
‘‘(v) separately or in collaboration with other cen-
ters, establish a Parkinson’s Disease Information
Clearinghouse to facilitate and enhance knowledge and
understanding of Parkinson’s disease; and
‘‘(vi) separately or in collaboration with other cen-
ters, establish a national education program that fos-
ters a national focus on Parkinson’s disease and the
care of those with Parkinson’s disease.
‘‘(3) STIPENDS REGARDING TRAINING PROGRAMS.—A center
may use funds provided under paragraph (1) to provide stipends
for scientists and health professionals enrolled in training pro-
grams under paragraph (2)(B).
‘‘(4) DURATION OF SUPPORT.—Support of a center under
this subsection may be for a period not exceeding five years.
Such period may be extended by the Director of NIH for one
or more additional periods of not more than five years if the
operations of such center have been reviewed by an appropriate
technical and scientific peer review group established by the
Director and if such group has recommended to the Director
that such period should be extended.
‘‘(d) MORRIS K. UDALL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN PARKIN-
SON’S DISEASE RESEARCH.—The Director of NIH is authorized to
establish a grant program to support investigators with a proven
record of excellence and innovation in Parkinson’s disease research
and who demonstrate potential for significant future breakthroughs
in the understanding of the pathogensis, diagnosis, and treatment
of Parkinson’s disease. Grants under this subsection shall be avail-
able for a period of not to exceed 5 years.
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purpose of
carrying out this section and section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to research focused on Parkinson’s
disease, there are authorized to be appropriated up to $100,000,000
for fiscal year 1998, and such sums as may be necessary for each
of the fiscal years 1999 and 2000.’’.
SEC. 604. (a) Section 414(a) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1524(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 1995,
fiscal year 1996, and fiscal year 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal
years 1998 and 1999’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect
October 1, 1997.
SEC. 605. Subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 1143(a)(2) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–13(a)(2)(B), (C)) are each
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘employee’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘employer,
employee,’’.
SEC. 606. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
payments described in subsection (b) shall not be considered income
or resources in determining eligibility for, or the amount of benefits
under, a program or State plan under title XVI or XIX of the
Social Security Act.
(b) The payments described in this subsection are payments
made by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to section 657 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public
Law 104–201; 110 Stat. 2584).
SEC. 607. In addition to amounts otherwise made available
for payment of obligations in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 5338(a),
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$50,000,000 shall remain available until expended and to be derived
from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $50,000,000 shall
be paid from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust
Fund to the Federal Transit Administration’s formula grants
account: Provided further, That subsection (c) of section 337 of
the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 1998 is amended by inserting after ‘‘House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations’’, the following: ‘‘and the Senate
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation’’.
SEC. 608. Clauses (i)(I) and (ii)(II) of section 403(a)(5)(A) of
the Social Security Act are amended by striking ‘‘during the fiscal
year’’ in each place it appears and inserting ‘‘during the period
permitted under subparagraph (C)(vii) of this paragraph for the
expenditure of funds under the grant’’.
EMERGENCY STUDENT LOAN CONSOLIDATION
SEC. 609. (a) SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.—This section may
be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Student Loan Consolidation Act of
1997’’. Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this
section an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amend-
ment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference
shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
(b) DEFINITION OF LOANS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSOLIDATION.—Sec-
tion 428C(a)(4) (20 U.S.C. 1078–3(a)(4)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subpara-
graphs (D) and (E), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(C) made under part D of this title, except that loans
made under such part shall be eligible student loans only
for consolidation loans for which the application is received
by an eligible lender during the period beginning on the
date of enactment of the Emergency Student Loan Consoli-
dation Act of 1997 and ending on October 1, 1998;’’.
(c) TERMS OF CONSOLIDATION LOANS.—Section 428C(b)(4)(C)(ii)
is amended—
(1) in subclause (I), by inserting after ‘‘consolidation loan’’
the following: ‘‘for which the application is received by an
eligible lender before the date of enactment of the Emergency
Student Loan Consolidation Act of 1997, or on or after October
1, 1998,’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subclause (I);
(3) by inserting ‘‘or (II)’’ before the semicolon at the end
of subclause (II);
(4) by redesignating subclause (II) as subclause (III); and
(5) by inserting after subclause (I) the following new sub-
clause:
‘‘(II) by the Secretary, in the case of a consolidation
loan for which the application is received by an eligible
lender on or after the date of enactment of the Emer-
gency Student Loan Consolidation Act of 1997 and
before October 1, 1998, except that the Secretary shall
pay such interest only on that portion of the loan