individuals served by the projects, reduced the num-
ber of unintended pregnancies, reduced the number
of abortions, and reduced the number of cases of
sexually transmitted diseases.
(5) The extent to which the availability of fam-
ily planning services from such projects has reduced
Federal and State expenditures for—
(A) the program under title XIX of the So-
cial Security Act (commonly known as the Med-
icaid program); and
(B) the programs under title IV of such
Act (commonly referred to as welfare pro-
grams).
SEC. 215. Amounts available in this title for congres-
sional and legislative affairs, public affairs, and intergov-
ernmental affairs activities are hereby reduced by
$2,000,000.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health
and Human Services Appropriations Act, 1997’’.
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION REFORM
For carrying out activities authorized by the School-
to-Work Opportunities Act, $175,000,000, which shall be-
come available on July 1, 1997, and remain available
through September 30, 1998.
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED
For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965, $7,204,130,000 (increased
by $20,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), of which
$5,895,244,000 (increased by $20,000,000) (increased by
$1,000,000) shall become available on July 1, 1997, and
shall remain available through September 30, 1998, and
of which $1,298,386,000 shall become available on Octo-
ber 1, 1997 and shall remain available through September
30, 1998, for academic year 1997–1998: Provided, That
$6,042,766,000 (increased by $1,000,000) shall be avail-
able for basic grants under section 1124: Provided further,
That up to $3,500,000 of these funds shall be available
to the Secretary on October 1, 1996, to obtain updated
local-educational-agency-level census poverty data from
the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That
$684,082,000 (increased by $20,000,000) shall be avail-
able for concentration grants under section 1124(A) and
$7,000,000 shall be available for evaluations under section
1501.
IMPACT AID
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to
federally affected schools authorized by title VIII of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965,
$728,000,000, of which $615,500,000 shall be for basic
support payments under section 8003(b), $40,000,000
shall be for payments for children with disabilities under
section 8003(d), $50,000,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be for payments under section 8003(f),
$5,000,000 shall be for construction under section 8007,
and $17,500,000 shall be for Federal property payments
under section 8002.
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
For carrying out school improvement activities au-
thorized by titles IV–A–1, V–A, VI, IX, X and XIII of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; the
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; and the
Civil Rights Act of 1964; $1,235,383,000 of which
$1,071,495,000 shall become available on July 1, 1997,
and remain available through September 30, 1998: Pro-
vided, That of the amount appropriated, $606,517,000
shall be for innovative education program strategies State
grants under title VI–A: Provided further, That the per-
centage of the funds appropriated under this heading for
innovative education program strategies State grants that
are allocated to any State or territory shall not be less
than the percentage allocated to such State or territory
from the total of the funds appropriated in appropriation
laws for fiscal year 1996 for the combined totals of such
grants plus Eisenhower professional development State
grants, foreign language assistance grants, and the star
schools program.
BILINGUAL AND IMMIGRANT EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, bilingual and immigrant education activities author-
ized by parts A and C of title VII of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act, without regard to section
7103(b), $167,190,000, of which $50,000,000 shall be for
immigrant education programs authorized by part C: Pro-
vided, That State educational agencies may use all, or any
part of, their part C allocation for competitive grants to
local educational agencies: Provided further, That the De-
partment of Education should only support instructional
programs which ensure that students completely master
English in a timely fashion (a period of three to five years)
while meeting rigorous achievement standards in the aca-
demic content areas.
SPECIAL EDUCATION
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (except part I), $3,246,315,000, of which
$3,000,000,000 shall become available for obligation on
July 1, 1997, and shall remain available through Septem-
ber 30, 1998.
REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Technology-Re-
lated Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act, and
the Helen Keller National Center Act, as amended,
$2,509,447,000.
SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND
For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as
amended (20 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $6,680,000.
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF
For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf
under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act
of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $43,041,000: Provided,
That from the amount available, the Institute may at its
discretion use funds for the endowment program as au-
thorized under section 207.
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY
For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School,
the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial
support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of
the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301
et seq.), $79,182,000: Provided, That from the amount
available, the University may at its discretion use funds
for the endowment program as authorized under section
207.
VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Tech-
nology Education Act and the Adult Education Act,
$1,329,669,000, of which $1,326,750,000 shall become
available on July 1, 1997 and shall remain available
through September 30, 1998: Provided, That no funds
shall be awarded to a State Council under section 112(f)
of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology
Education Act, and no State shall be required to operate
such a Council.
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
For carrying out subparts 1 and 3 of part A, part
C and part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of
1965, as amended, $6,630,407,000, which shall remain
available through September 30, 1998.
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall
be eligible during award year 1997–1998 shall be $2,500:
Provided, That notwithstanding section 401(g) of the Act,
if the Secretary determines, prior to publication of the
payment schedule for such award year, that the amount
included within this appropriation for Pell Grant awards
in such award year, and any funds available from the fis-
cal year 1996 appropriation for Pell Grant awards, are
insufficient to satisfy fully all such awards for which stu-
dents are eligible, as calculated under section 401(b) of
the Act, the amount paid for each such award shall be
reduced by either a fixed or variable percentage, or by a
fixed dollar amount, as determined in accordance with a
schedule of reductions established by the Secretary for this
purpose.
FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out
guaranteed student loans authorized by title IV, part B,
of the Higher Education Act, as amended, $29,977,000.
HIGHER EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, parts A and B of title III, without regard to section
360(a)(1)(B)(ii), titles IV, V, VI, VII, and IX, part A and
subpart 1 of part B of title X, and title XI of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended, and the Mutual Edu-
cational 
and 
Cultural 
Exchange 
Act 
of 
1961;
$829,497,000, of which $15,673,000 for interest subsidies
under title VII of the Higher Education Act, as amended,
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That
funds available for part D of title IX of the Higher Edu-
cation Act shall be available to fund noncompeting con-
tinuation awards for academic year 1997–1998 for fellow-
ships awarded originally under parts B and C of title IX
of said Act, under the terms and conditions of parts B
and C, respectively.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C.
121 et seq.), $187,348,000: Provided, That from the
amount available, the University may at its discretion use
funds for the endowment program as authorized under the
Howard University Endowment Act (Public Law 98–480).
HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES LOANS
The Secretary is hereby authorized to make such ex-
penditures, within the limits of funds available under this
heading and in accord with law, and to make such con-
tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi-
tation, as provided by section 104 of the Government Cor-
poration Control Act (31 U.S.C. 9104), as may be nec-
essary in carrying out the program for the current fiscal
year.
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS
PROGRAM
For administrative expenses to carry out the existing
direct loan program of college housing and academic facili-
ties loans entered into pursuant to title VII, part C, of
the Higher Education Act, as amended, $698,000.
COLLEGE HOUSING LOANS
Pursuant to title VII, part C of the Higher Education
Act, as amended, for necessary expenses of the college
housing loans program, the Secretary shall make expendi-
tures and enter into contracts without regard to fiscal year
limitation using loan repayments and other resources
available to this account. Any unobligated balances becom-
ing available from fixed fees paid into this account pursu-
ant to 12 U.S.C. 1749d, relating to payment of costs for
inspections and site visits, shall be available for the operat-
ing expenses of this account.
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY
CAPITAL FINANCING, PROGRAM ACCOUNT
The total amount of bonds insured pursuant to sec-
tion 724 of title VII, part B of the Higher Education Act
shall not exceed $357,000,000, and the cost, as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
of such bonds shall not exceed zero.
For administrative expenses to carry out the Histori-
cally Black College and University Capital Financing Pro-
gram entered into pursuant to title VII, part B of the
Higher Education Act, as amended, $104,000.
EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND IMPROVEMENT
For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu-
cational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Im-
provement Act of 1994; the National Education Statistics
Act of 1994; section 2102(c)(11), sections 3136 and 3141,
parts A, B, and section 10601 of title X, and part C of
title XIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965, as amended, and title VI of Public Law 103–
227, $319,264,000: Provided, That $48,000,000 shall be
for sections 3136 and 3141 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act: Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated in this paragraph may be obligated or
expended for the Goals 2000 Community Partnerships
Program.
LIBRARIES
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, titles I, III, and IV of the Library Services and Con-
struction Act, and title II–B of the Higher Education Act,
$108,000,000, of which $2,500,000 shall be for section
222 and $1,000,000 shall be for section 223 of the Higher
Education Act.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in-
cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia and hire of two passenger motor vehicles,
$320,152,000 (decreased by $20,000,000) (decreased by
$1,000,000) (reduced by $1,923,000).
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil
Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department
of Education Organization Act, $54,171,000.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector
General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department
of Education Organization Act, $27,143,000, together
with any funds, to remain available until expended, that
represent the equitable share from the forfeiture of prop-
erty in investigations in which the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral participated, and which are transferred to the Office
of the Inspector General by the Department of Justice,
the Department of the Treasury, or the United States
Postal Service.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be
used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for
the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in
order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school
system, or for the transportation of students or teachers
(or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation)
in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any
school or school system.
SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act
shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the trans-
portation of any student to a school other than the school
which is nearest the student’s home, except for a student
requiring special education, to the school offering such
special education, in order to comply with title VI of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section
an indirect requirement of transportation of students in-
cludes the transportation of students to carry out a plan
involving the reorganization of the grade structure of
schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools,
or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing or clus-
tering. The prohibition described in this section does not
include the establishment of magnet schools.
SEC. 303. No funds appropriated under this Act may
be used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol-
untary prayer and meditation in the public schools.
SEC. 304. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds available under section 458 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act shall not exceed $420,000,000 for fiscal year
1997. The Department of Education shall use at least
$134,000,000 for payment of administrative cost allow-
ances owed to guaranty agencies for fiscal years 1996 and
1997. The Department of Education shall pay administra-
tive cost allowances to guaranty agencies, to be paid quar-
terly. Receipt of such funds and uses of such funds by
guaranty agencies shall be in accordance with section
428(f) of the Higher Education Act.
Notwithstanding section 458 of the Higher Education
Act, the Secretary may not use funds available under that
section or any other section for subsequent fiscal years
for administrative expenses of the William D. Ford Direct
Loan Program. The Secretary may not require the return
of guaranty agency reserve funds during fiscal year 1997,
except after consultation with both the Chairmen and
ranking members of the House Economic and Educational
Opportunities Committee and the Senate Labor and
Human Resources Committee. Any reserve funds recov-
ered by the Secretary shall be returned to the Treasury
of the United States for purposes of reducing the Federal
deficit.
No funds available to the Secretary may be used for
(1) the hiring of advertising agencies or other third parties
to provide advertising services for student loan programs,
or (2) payment of administrative fees relating to the Wil-
liam D. Ford Direct Loan Program to institutions of high-
er education.
SEC. 305. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be obligated or expended to carry out sections 727,
932, and 1002 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and
section 621(b) of Public Law 101–589.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 306. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended) which are
appropriated for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of Education in this Act may be transferred between
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be in-
creased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Pro-
vided, That the Appropriations Committees of both
Houses of Congress are notified at least fifteen days in
advance of any transfer.
SEC. 307. (a) Section 8003(f)(3)(A)(i) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7703(f)(3)(A)(i)) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by
striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘greater of—’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘The Secretary, in conjunction with the local edu-
cational agency, shall first determine each of the fol-
lowing:’’;
(2) in each of subclauses (I) through (III), by
striking ‘‘the average’’ each place it appears the first
time in each such subclause and inserting ‘‘The av-
erage’’;
(3) in subclause (I), by striking the semicolon
and inserting a period;
(4) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘: or’’ and in-
serting a period; and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘The local educational agency shall select one
of the amounts determined under subclause (I),
(II), or (III) for purposes of the remaining
computations under this subparagraph.’’.
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply with respect to fiscal years beginning with fiscal
year 1995.
TITLE III-A—WOMEN’S EDUCATIONAL EQUITY
INCREASE
The amount provided in title III for ‘‘School Improve-
ment Programs’’ (including for activities authorized by
title V–B of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965) is increased, and the amount provided in title
III for ‘‘Education Research, Statistics, and Improve-
ment’’ is reduced; by $2,000,000, and $2,000,000, respec-
tively.
These titles may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation Appropriations Act, 1997’’.
TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home to operate and maintain the United States
Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home and the United States Naval
Home, to be paid from funds available in the Armed
Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $53,184,000, of
which $432,000 shall remain available until expended for
construction and renovation of the physical plants at the
United States Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home and the Unit-
ed States Naval Home: Provided, That this appropriation
shall not be available for the payment of hospitalization
of members of the Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home in United
States Army hospitals at rates in excess of those pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the Army upon recommenda-
tion of the Board of Commissioners and the Surgeon Gen-
eral of the Army.
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAMS, OPERATING
EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service to carry out the provisions
of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amend-
ed, $202,046,000 (increased by $1,923,000).
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad-
casting, as authorized by the Communications Act of
1934, an amount which shall be available within limita-
tions specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 1999,
$250,000,000: Provided, That no funds made available to
the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by this Act shall
be used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms
of entertainment for Government officials or employees:
Provided further, That none of the funds contained in this
paragraph shall be available or used to aid or support any
program or activity from which any person is excluded,
or is denied benefits, or is discriminated against, on the
basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex.
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation
and Conciliation Service to carry out the functions vested
in it by the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (29
U.S.C. 171–180, 182–183), including hire of passenger
motor vehicles; and for expenses necessary for the Labor-
Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a);
and for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out
the functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act,
Public Law 95–454 (5 U.S.C. chapter 71), $32,579,000
including $1,500,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 1998, for activities authorized by the Labor-
Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a):
Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees
charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training ac-
tivities and for arbitration services shall be credited to and
merged with this account, and shall remain available until
expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitration serv-
ices shall be available only for education, training, and
professional development of the agency workforce: Pro-
vided further, That the Director of the Service is author-
ized to accept on behalf of the United States gifts of serv-
ices and real, personal, or other property in the aid of any
projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdiction.
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW
COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety
and Health Review Commission (30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.),
$6,060,000.
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND
INFORMATION SCIENCE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the National Commission
on Libraries and Information Science, established by the
Act of July 20, 1970 (Public Law 91–345, as amended
by Public Law 102–95), $812,000.
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the National Council on
Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, as amended, $1,757,000.
NATIONAL EDUCATION GOALS PANEL
For expenses necessary for the National Education
Goals Panel, as authorized by title II, part A of the Goals
2000: Educate America Act, $974,000.
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-
tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended (29
U.S.C. 141–167), and other laws, $144,692,000: Pro-
vided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available
to organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers or
used in connection with investigations, hearings, direc-
tives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of
agricultural laborers as referred to in section 2(3) of the
Act of July 5, 1935 (29 U.S.C. 152), and as amended
by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as amend-
ed, and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25,
1938 (29 U.S.C. 203), and including in said definition em-
ployees engaged in the maintenance and operation of
ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when main-
tained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at
least 95 per centum of the water stored or supplied there-
by is used for farming purposes: Provided further, That
none of the funds made available by this Act shall be used
in any way to promulgate a final rule (altering 29 CFR
part 103) regarding single location bargaining units in
representation cases.
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151–
188), including emergency boards appointed by the Presi-
dent, $7,656,000.
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW
COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety
and Health Review Commission (29 U.S.C. 661),
$7,753,000.
PHYSICIAN PAYMENT REVIEW COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1845(a)
of the Social Security Act, $2,920,000, to be transferred
to this appropriation from the Federal Supplementary
Medical Insurance Trust Fund.
PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT ASSESSMENT COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1886(e)
of the Social Security Act, $3,263,000, to be transferred
to this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance
and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust
Funds.
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors
Insurance and the Federal Disability Insurance trust
funds, as provided under sections 201(m), 228(g), and
1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $20,923,000.
In addition, to reimburse these trust funds for admin-
istrative expenses to carry out sections 9704 and 9706 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, $10,000,000, to re-
main available until expended.
SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS
For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety
and Health Act of 1977, $460,070,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
For making, after July 31 of the current fiscal year,
benefit payments to individuals under title IV of the Fed-
eral Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, for costs in-
curred in the current fiscal year, such amounts as may
be necessary.
For making benefit payments under title IV of the
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 for the first
quarter of fiscal year 1998, $160,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se-
curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212
of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of
Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu-
rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur-
suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act,
$19,422,115,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State
in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State
during that year shall be returned to the Treasury.
In addition, $25,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 1998, for continuing disability reviews as
authorized by section 103 of Public Law 104–121. The
term ‘‘continuing disability reviews’’ has the meaning
given such term by section 201(g)(1)(A) of the Social Se-
curity Act.
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year,
benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So-
cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
For carrying out title XVI of the Social Security Act
for the first quarter of fiscal year 1998, $9,690,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two pas-
senger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $10,000 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses, not more than
$5,899,797,000 may be expended, as authorized by sec-
tion 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act or as necessary
to carry out sections 9704 and 9706 of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1986 from any one or all of the trust funds
referred to therein: Provided, That reimbursement to the
trust funds under this heading for administrative expenses
to carry out sections 9704 and 9706 of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1986 shall be made, with interest, not later
than September 30, 1998: Provided further, That not less
than $1,500,000 shall be for the Social Security Advisory
Board.
From funds provided under the previous paragraph,
not less than $200,000,000 shall be available for conduct-
ing continuing disability reviews.
In addition to funding already available under this
heading, and subject to the same terms and conditions,
$160,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
1998, for continuing disability reviews as authorized by
section 103 of Public Law 104–121. The term ‘‘continuing
disability reviews’’ has the meaning given such term by
section 201(g)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act.
In addition to funding already available under this
heading, and subject to the same terms and conditions,
$250,073,000, which shall remain available until ex-
pended, to invest in a state-of-the-art computing network,
including related equipment and administrative expenses
associated solely with this network, for the Social Security
Administration and the State Disability Determination
Services, may be expended from any or all of the trust
funds as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Se-
curity Act.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, $6,335,000, together
with not to exceed $21,089,000, to be transferred and ex-
pended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social
Security Act from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors In-
surance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance
Trust Fund.
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac-
count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re-
tirement Act of 1974, $223,000,000, which shall include
amounts becoming available in fiscal year 1997 pursuant
to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi-
tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount
provided herein, shall be available proportional to the
amount by which the product of recipients and the average
benefit received exceeds $223,000,000: Provided, That the
total amount provided herein shall be credited in 12 ap-
proximately equal amounts on the first day of each month
in the fiscal year.
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT
ACCOUNTS
For payment to the accounts established in the
Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad
Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated
checks, $300,000, to remain available through September
30, 1998, which shall be the maximum amount available
for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98–
76.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement
Board for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act
and 
the 
Railroad 
Unemployment 
Insurance 
Act,
$87,898,000, to be derived in such amounts as determined
by the Board from the railroad retirement accounts and
from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment insur-
ance administration fund.
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector
General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, not more than $5,268,000, to be derived from
the railroad retirement accounts and railroad unemploy-
ment insurance account: Provided, That none of the funds
made available in this Act may be transferred to the Office
from the Department of Health and Human Services, or
used to carry out any such transfer: Provided further, That
none of the funds made available in this paragraph may
be used for any audit, investigation, or review of the Medi-
care program.
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 Services, and Education are authorized to transfer
unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts
corresponding to current appropriations 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 recog-
nized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or
propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or
use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, tele-
vision, or video presentation designed to support or defeat
legislation pending before the Congress, except in presen-
tation to the Congress 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 recipi-
ent, related to any activity designed to influence legislation
or appropriations pending before the Congress.
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, respectively, for official reception
and representation expenses; the Director 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 ‘‘Sala-
ries 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 Medi-
ation 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 nee-
dles for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug unless
the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines
that such programs are effective in preventing the spread
of HIV and do not encourage the use of illegal drugs.
SEC. 506. (a) PURCHASE
OF
AMERICAN-MADE
EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip-
ment 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 en-
tity 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 state-
ment made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing 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 con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 507. When issuing statements, press releases,
requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu-
ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or
in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal
funds, including but not limited to State and local govern-
ments and recipients of Federal research grants, shall
clearly state (1) the percentage of the total costs of the
program or project which will be financed with Federal
money, (2) the dollar amount of Federal 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. 508. None of the funds appropriated under this
Act shall be expended for any abortion except when it is
made known to the Federal entity or official to which
funds are appropriated under this Act that such procedure
is necessary to save the life of the mother or that the preg-
nancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.
SEC. 509. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law—
(1) no amount may be transferred from an ap-
propriation account for the Departments of Labor,
Health and Human Services, and Education except
as authorized in this or any subsequent appropria-
tion 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 tim-
ing of the obligation and expenditure of such appro-
priation, or for the purposes for which it is obligated
and expended, except to the extent and in the man-
ner 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. 510. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for the expenses of an electronic benefit
transfer (EBT) task force.
SEC. 511. 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.
SEC. 512. (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 em-
bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly sub-
jected 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.
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used by the National Labor Relations Board
to assert jurisdiction over any labor dispute when it is
made known to the Federal official having authority to
obligate or expend such funds that—
(1) the labor dispute does not involve any class
or category of employer over which the Board would
assert jurisdiction under the standards prevailing on
August 1, 1959, with each financial threshold
amount adjusted for inflation by—
(A) using changes in the Consumer Price
Index for all urban consumers published by the
Department of Labor;
(B) using as the base period the later of
(i) the most recent calendar quarter ending be-
fore the financial threshold amount was estab-
lished; or (ii) the calendar quarter ending June
30, 1959; and
(C) rounding the adjusted financial thresh-
old amount to the nearest $10,000; and
(2) the effect of the labor dispute on interstate
commerce is not otherwise sufficiently substantial to
warrant the exercise of the Board’s jurisdiction.
SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to provide any direct benefit or assistance
to any individual in the United States when it is made
known to the Federal official having authority to obligate
or expend such funds that—
(1) the individual is not lawfully within the
United States; and
(2) the benefit or assistance to be provided is
other than emergency medical assistance; a benefit
mandated by the federal courts to be provided by the
State; or public health assistance for immunizations
with respect to immunizable diseases, testing and
treatment for communicable diseases, and treatment
for symptoms of communicable diseases whether or
not such symptoms are actually caused by a commu-
nicable disease.
SEC. 515. The Mine Safety and Health Administra-
tion shall not close or relocate any safety and health tech-
nology center until after submitting to the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives a detailed
analysis of the cost savings anticipated from such action
and the effects of such action on the provision of services,
including timely on-site assistance during mine emer-
gencies.
SEC. 516. (a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR
PROMOTION OF LEGALIZATION OF CONTROLLED SUB-
STANCES.—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
schedules 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 offi-
cial having authority to obligate or expend such funds that
there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic ad-
vantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that
Federally-sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to
determine therapeutic advantage.
SEC. 517. (a) DENIAL OF FUNDS FOR PREVENTING
ROTC ACCESS TO CAMPUS.—None of the funds made
available in this Act may be provided by contract or by
grant (including a grant of funds to be available for stu-
dent aid) to an institution of higher education when it is
made known to the Federal official having authority to
obligate or expend such funds that the institution (or any
subelement thereof) has a policy or practice (regardless
of when implemented) that prohibits, or in effect pre-
vents—
(1) the maintaining, establishing, or operation
of a unit of the Senior Reserve Officer Training
Corps (in accordance with section 654 of title 10,
United States Code, and other applicable Federal
laws) at the institution (or subelement); or
(2) a student at the institution (or subelement)
from enrolling in a unit of the Senior Reserve Offi-
cer Training Corps at another institution of higher
education.
(b) EXCEPTION.—The limitation established in sub-
section (a) shall not apply to an institution of higher edu-
cation when it is made known to the Federal official hav-
ing authority to obligate or expend such funds that—
(1) the institution (or subelement) has ceased
the policy or practice described in such subsection;
or
(2) the institution has a longstanding policy of
pacifism based on historical religious affiliation.
SEC. 518. (a) DENIAL OF FUNDS FOR PREVENTING
FEDERAL MILITARY RECRUITING ON CAMPUS.—None of
the funds made available in this Act may be provided by
contract or grant (including a grant of funds to be avail-
able for student aid) to any institution of higher education
when it is made known to the Federal official having au-
thority to obligate or expend such funds that the institu-
tion (or any subelement thereof) has a policy or practice
(regardless of when implemented) that prohibits, or in ef-
fect prevents—
(1) entry to campuses, or access to students
(who are 17 years of age or older) on campuses, for
purposes of Federal military recruiting; or
(2) access to the following information pertain-
ing to students (who are 17 years of age or older)
for purposes of Federal military recruiting: student
names, addresses, telephone listings, dates and
places of birth, levels of education, degrees received,
prior military experience, and the most recent pre-
vious educational institutions enrolled in by the stu-
dents.
(b) EXCEPTION.—The limitation established in sub-
section (a) shall not apply to an institution of higher edu-
cation when it is made known to the Federal official hav-
ing authority to obligate or expend such funds that—
(1) the institution (or subelement) has ceased
the policy or practice described in such subsection;
or
(2) the institution has a longstanding policy of
pacifism based on historical religious affiliation.
SEC. 519. 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 Sec-
retary 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 requirement was applicable to such en-
tity.
SEC. 520. None of the funds made available in this
Act to the Department of Labor may be used to enforce
section 1926.28(a) of title 29, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, with respect to any operation, when it is made
known to the Federal official having authority to obligate
or expend such funds that such enforcement pertains to
a requirement that workers wear long pants and such re-
quirement would cause workers to experience extreme dis-
comfort due to excessively high air temperatures.
SEC. 521. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to order, direct, enforce, or compel any
employer to pay backpay to any employee for any period
when it is made known to the Federal official to whom
the funds are made available that during such period the
employee was not lawfully entitled to be present and em-
ployed in the United States.
SEC. 522. (a) LIMITATION
ON TRANSFERS
FROM
MEDICARE TRUST FUNDS.—None of the funds made
available in this Act under the heading ‘‘Title II—Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services—Health Care Fi-
nancing Administration—Program Management’’ for
transfer from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund
or the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust
Fund may be used for expenditures for official time for
employees of the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices pursuant to section 7131 of title 5, United States
Code, or for facilities or support services for labor organi-
zations pursuant to policies, regulations, or procedures re-
ferred to in section 7135(b) of such title.
(b) LIMITATION
ON
TRANSFERS
FROM
OASDI
TRUST FUNDS.—None of the funds made available in this
Act under the heading ‘‘Title IV—Related Agencies—So-
cial Security Administration—Limitation on Administra-
tive Expenses’’ for transfer from the Federal Old-Age and
Survivors Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal Disability
Insurance Trust Fund may be used for expenditures for
official time for employees of the Social Security Adminis-
tration pursuant to section 7131 of title 5, United States
Code, or for facilities or support services for labor organi-
zations pursuant to policies, regulations, or procedures re-
ferred to in section 7135(b) of such title.
SEC. 523. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be made available to any entity under title X of the
Public Health Service Act unless it is made known to the
Federal official having authority to obligate or expend
such funds that the applicant for the award certifies to
the Secretary that it encourages family participation in
the decision of the minor to seek family planning services.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor,
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 12 (legis-
lative day of July 11), 1996.
Attest:
Clerk.