I
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3424
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 17, 1999
Mr. YOUNG of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Appropriations
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Education, and related agen-
cies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Educaiton, and realted agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment
Act, including the purchase and hire of passenger motor
vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repair of build-
ings and other facilities, and the purchase of real property
for training centers as authorized by the Workforce In-
vestment Act; the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assist-
ance Act; the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontradi-
tional Occupations Act; the National Skill Standards Act
of 1994; and the School-to-Work Opportunities Act;
$3,002,618,000 
plus 
reimbursements, 
of 
which
$1,650,153,000 is available for obligation for the period
July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001; of which
$1,250,965,000 is available for obligation for the period
April 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001; of which
$35,500,000 is available for the period July 1, 2000
through June 30, 2003 including $34,000,000 for nec-
essary expenses of construction, rehabilitation, and acqui-
sition of Job Corps centers, and $1,500,000 under author-
ity of section 171(d) of the Workforce Investment Act for
use by the Organizing Committee for the 2001 Special
Olympics World Winter Games in Alaska to promote em-
ployment opportunities for individuals with disabilities and
for Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Activi-
ties under section 132(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998 may be distributed for Dislocated Work-
er Projects under section 171(d) of the Act without regard
to the 10 percent limitation contained in section 171(d)
of the Act.
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment
Act, including the purchase and hire of passenger motor
vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repair of build-
ings and other facilities, and the purchase of real property
for training centers as authorized by the Workforce In-
vestment Act; $2,463,000,000 plus reimbursements, of
which $2,363,000,000 is available for obligation for the
period October 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001; and of
which $100,000,000 is available for the period October 1,
2000 through June 30, 2003, for necessary expenses of
construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps
centers.
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER
AMERICANS
To carry out the activities for national grants or con-
tracts with public agencies and public or private nonprofit
organizations under paragraph (1)(A) of section 506(a)
of title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended,
or to carry out older worker activities as subsequently au-
thorized, $343,356,000.
To carry out the activities for grants to States under
paragraph (3) of section 506(a) of title V of the Older
Americans Act of 1965, as amended, or to carry out older
worker activities as subsequently authorized, $96,844,000.
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES
For payments during the current fiscal year of trade
adjustment benefit payments and allowances under part
I; and for training, allowances for job search and reloca-
tion, and related State administrative expenses under part
II, subchapters B and D, chapter 2, title II of the Trade
Act of 1974, as amended, $415,150,000, together with
such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the
subsequent appropriation for payments for any period sub-
sequent to September 15 of the current year.
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT
SERVICE OPERATIONS
For 
authorized 
administrative 
expenses,
$163,452,000, 
together 
with 
not 
to 
exceed
$3,090,288,000 (including not to exceed $1,228,000
which may be used for amortization payments to States
which had independent retirement plans in their State em-
ployment service agencies prior to 1980), which may be
expended from the Employment Security Administration
account in the Unemployment Trust Fund including the
cost of administering section 1201 of the Small Business
Job Protection Act of 1996, section 7(d) of the Wagner-
Peyser Act, as amended, the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended, the Immigration Act of 1990, and the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act, as amended, and of which the
sums available in the allocation for activities authorized
by title III of the Social Security Act, as amended (42
U.S.C. 502–504), and the sums available in the allocation
for necessary administrative expenses for carrying out 5
U.S.C. 8501–8523, shall be available for obligation by the
States through December 31, 2000, except that funds
used for automation acquisitions shall be available for obli-
gation by the States through September 30, 2002; and
of which $163,452,000, together with not to exceed
$738,283,000 of the amount which may be expended from
said trust fund, shall be available for obligation for the
period July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001, to fund ac-
tivities under the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended, in-
cluding the cost of penalty mail authorized under 39
U.S.C. 3202(a)(1)(E) made available to States in lieu of
allotments for such purpose, and of which $125,000,000
shall be available only to the extent necessary for addi-
tional State allocations to administer unemployment com-
pensation laws to finance increases in the number of un-
employment insurance claims filed and claims paid or
changes in a State law: Provided, That to the extent that
the Average Weekly Insured Unemployment (AWIU) for
fiscal year 2000 is projected by the Department of Labor
to exceed 2,638,000, an additional $28,600,000 shall be
available for obligation for every 100,000 increase in the
AWIU level (including a pro rata amount for any incre-
ment less than 100,000) from the Employment Security
Administration Account of the Unemployment Trust
Fund: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this
Act which are used to establish a national one-stop career
center network may be obligated in contracts, grants or
agreements with non-State entities: Provided further, That
funds appropriated under this Act for activities authorized
under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, and title III
of the Social Security Act, may be used by the States to
fund integrated Employment Service and Unemployment
Insurance automation efforts, notwithstanding cost alloca-
tion principles prescribed under Office of Management
and Budget Circular A–87.
ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND
OTHER FUNDS
For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust
Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the
Social Security Act, as amended, and to the Black Lung
Disability Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended; and
for nonrepayable advances to the Unemployment Trust
Fund as authorized by section 8509 of title 5, United
States Code, and to the ‘‘Federal unemployment benefits
and allowances’’ account, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2001, $356,000,000.
In addition, for making repayable advances to the
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal
year after September 15, 2000, for costs incurred by the
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal
year, such sums as may be necessary.
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For expenses of administering employment and train-
ing programs, $100,944,000, including $6,431,000 to sup-
port up to 75 full-time equivalent staff, the majority of
which will be term Federal appointments lasting no more
than 1 year, to administer welfare-to-work grants, to-
gether with not to exceed $45,056,000, which may be ex-
pended from the Employment Security Administration ac-
count in the Unemployment Trust Fund.
PENSION AND WELFARE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Pension and Welfare
Benefits Administration, $99,000,000.
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is author-
ized to make such expenditures, including financial assist-
ance authorized by section 104 of Public Law 96–364,
within limits of funds and borrowing authority available
to such Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C.
9104), as may be necessary in carrying out the program
through September 30, 2000, for such Corporation: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $11,155,000 shall be available
for administrative expenses of the Corporation: Provided
further, That expenses of such Corporation in connection
with the termination of pension plans, for the acquisition,
protection or management, and investment of trust assets,
and for benefits administration services shall be consid-
ered as non-administrative expenses for the purposes here-
of, and excluded from the above limitation.
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Employment Stand-
ards Administration, including reimbursement to State,
Federal, and local agencies and their employees for inspec-
tion services rendered, $337,260,000, together with
$1,740,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund
in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d) and 44( j) of the
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act: Pro-
vided, That $2,000,000 shall be for the development of
an alternative system for the electronic submission of re-
ports as required to be filed under the Labor-Management
Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, as amended, and
for a computer database of the information for each sub-
mission by whatever means, that is indexed and easily
searchable by the public via the Internet: Provided further,
That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to accept, re-
tain, and spend, until expended, in the name of the De-
partment of Labor, all sums of money ordered to be paid
to the Secretary of Labor, in accordance with the terms
of the Consent Judgment in Civil Action No. 91–0027 of
the United States District Court for the District of the
Northern Mariana Islands (May 21, 1992): Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to estab-
lish and, in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3302, collect and
deposit in the Treasury fees for processing applications
and issuing certificates under sections 11(d) and 14 of the
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (29
U.S.C. 211(d) and 214) and for processing applications
and issuing registrations under title I of the Migrant and
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C.
1801 et seq.).
SPECIAL BENEFITS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex-
penses (except administrative expenses) accruing during
the current or any prior fiscal year authorized by title 5,
chapter 81 of the United States Code; continuation of ben-
efits as provided for under the heading ‘‘Civilian War Ben-
efits’’ in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act,
1947; the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appro-
priation Act, 1944; sections 4(c) and 5(f ) of the War
Claims Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); and 50 per-
cent of the additional compensation and benefits required
by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’
Compensation Act, as amended, $79,000,000 together
with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to
the subsequent year appropriation for the payment of
compensation and other benefits for any period subse-
quent to August 15 of the current year: Provided, That
amounts appropriated may be used under section 8104 of
title 5, United States Code, by the Secretary of Labor to
reimburse an employer, who is not the employer at the
time of injury, for portions of the salary of a reemployed,
disabled beneficiary: Provided further, That balances of re-
imbursements unobligated on September 30, 1999, shall
remain available until expended for the payment of com-
pensation, benefits, and expenses: Provided further, That
in addition there shall be transferred to this appropriation
from the Postal Service and from any other corporation
or instrumentality required under section 8147(c) of title
5, United States Code, to pay an amount for its fair share
of the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary
determines to be the cost of administration for employees
of such fair share entities through September 30, 2000:
Provided further, That of those funds transferred to this
account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of ad-
ministration, $21,849,000 shall be made available to the
Secretary as follows: (1) for the operation of and enhance-
ment to the automated data processing systems, including
document imaging and medical bill review, in support of
Federal Employees’ Compensation Act administration,
$13,433,000; (2) for program staff training to operate the
new imaging system, $1,300,000; (3) for the periodic roll
review program, $7,116,000; and (4) the remaining funds
shall be paid into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts:
Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any
person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits
under chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, or 33
U.S.C. 901 et seq., provide as part of such notice and
claim, such identifying information (including Social Secu-
rity account number) as such regulations may prescribe.
BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For payments from the Black Lung Disability Trust
Fund, $1,013,633,000, of which $963,506,000 shall be
available until September 30, 2001, for payment of all
benefits as authorized by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (4), and
(7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended,
and interest on advances as authorized by section
9501(c)(2) of that Act, and of which $28,676,000 shall
be available for transfer to Employment Standards Ad-
ministration, Salaries and Expenses, $20,783,000 for
transfer to Departmental Management, Salaries and Ex-
penses, $312,000 for transfer to Departmental Manage-
ment, Office of Inspector General, and $356,000 for pay-
ment into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the
Department of Treasury, for expenses of operation and
administration of the Black Lung Benefits program as au-
thorized by section 9501(d)(5) of that Act: Provided,
That, in addition, such amounts as may be necessary may
be charged to the subsequent year appropriation for the
payment of compensation, interest, or other benefits for
any period subsequent to August 15 of the current year.
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, $382,000,000, including not
to exceed $82,000,000 which shall be the maximum
amount available for grants to States under section 23(g)
of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, which grants
shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of State occu-
pational safety and health programs required to be in-
curred under plans approved by the Secretary under sec-
tion 18 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970; and, in addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302,
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration may
retain up to $750,000 per fiscal year of training institute
course tuition fees, otherwise authorized by law to be col-
lected, and may utilize such sums for occupational safety
and health training and education grants: Provided, That,
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary of Labor
is authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30,
2000, to collect and retain fees for services provided to
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may uti-
lize such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29
U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and international lab-
oratory recognition programs that ensure the safety of
equipment and products used by workers in the workplace:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated
under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to
prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any standard, rule,
regulation, or order under the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970 which is applicable to any person who
is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain
a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employ-
ees: Provided further, That no funds appropriated under
this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to admin-
ister or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order
under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
with respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees
who is included within a category having an occupational
injury lost workday case rate, at the most precise Stand-
ard Industrial Classification Code for which such data are
published, less than the national average rate as such
rates are most recently published by the Secretary, acting
through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in accordance
with section 24 of that Act (29 U.S.C. 673), except—
(1) to provide, as authorized by such Act, con-
sultation, technical assistance, educational and train-
ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies;
(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in
response to an employee complaint, to issue a cita-
tion for violations found during such inspection, and
to assess a penalty for violations which are not cor-
rected within a reasonable abatement period and for
any willful violations found;
(3) to take any action authorized by such Act
with respect to imminent dangers;
(4) to take any action authorized by such Act
with respect to health hazards;
(5) to take any action authorized by such Act
with respect to a report of an employment accident
which is fatal to one or more employees or which re-
sults in hospitalization of two or more employees,
and to take any action pursuant to such investiga-
tion authorized by such Act; and
(6) to take any action authorized by such Act
with respect to complaints of discrimination against
employees for exercising rights under such Act:
Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not
apply to any person who is engaged in a farming operation
which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and em-
ploys 10 or fewer employees.
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and
Health Administration, $228,373,000, including purchase
and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection
with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; including not to exceed $750,000
may be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety
Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training
materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to
be available for mine safety and health education and
training activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302; the
Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equip-
ment, and other contributions from public and private
sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other
agencies, Federal, State, or private; the Mine Safety and
Health Administration is authorized to promote health
and safety education and training in the mining commu-
nity through cooperative programs with States, industry,
and safety associations; and any funds available to the de-
partment may be used, with the approval of the Secretary,
to provide for the costs of mine rescue and survival oper-
ations in the event of a major disaster.
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics, including advances or reimbursements to State,
Federal, and local agencies and their employees for serv-
ices rendered, $357,781,000, of which $6,986,000 shall be
for expenses of revising the Consumer Price Index and
shall remain available until September 30, 2001, together
with not to exceed $55,663,000, which may be expended
from the Employment Security Administration account in
the Unemployment Trust Fund.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage-
ment, including the hire of three sedans, and including
up to $7,250,000 for the President’s Committee on Em-
ployment of People With Disabilities, and including the
management or operation of Departmental bilateral and
multilateral foreign technical assistance, $241,478,000;
together with not to exceed $310,000, which may be ex-
pended from the Employment Security Administration ac-
count in the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, That
no funds made available by this Act may be used by the
Solicitor of Labor to participate in a review in any United
States court of appeals of any decision made by the Bene-
fits Review Board under section 21 of the Longshore and
Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 921)
where such participation is precluded by the decision of
the United States Supreme Court in Director, Office of
Workers’ Compensation Programs v. Newport News Ship-
building, 115 S. Ct. 1278 (1995), notwithstanding any
provisions to the contrary contained in Rule 15 of the Fed-
eral Rules of Appellate Procedure: Provided further, That
no funds made available by this Act may be used by the
Secretary of Labor to review a decision under the
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (33
U.S.C. 901 et seq.) that has been appealed and that has
been pending before the Benefits Review Board for more
than 12 months: Provided further, That any such decision
pending a review by the Benefits Review Board for more
than 1 year shall be considered affirmed by the Benefits
Review Board on the 1-year anniversary of the filing of
the appeal, and shall be considered the final order of the
Board for purposes of obtaining a review in the United
States courts of appeals: Provided further, That these pro-
visions shall not be applicable to the review or appeal of
any decision issued under the Black Lung Benefits Act
(30 U.S.C. 901 et seq.).
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR VETERANS EMPLOYMENT
AND TRAINING
Not to exceed $184,341,000 may be derived from the
Employment Security Administration account in the Un-
employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 38
U.S.C. 4100–4110A, 4212, 4214, and 4321–4327, and
Public Law 103–353, and which shall be available for obli-
gation by the States through December 31, 2000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, $48,095,000, together
with not to exceed $3,830,000, which may be expended
from the Employment Security Administration account in
the Unemployment Trust Fund.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated in this title
for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the compensation
of an individual, either as direct costs or any proration
as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level
II.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended)
which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for the
Department of Labor in this Act may be transferred be-
tween appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be
increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer:
Provided, That the Appropriations Committees of both
Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad-
vance of any transfer.
SEC. 103. The Secretary of Labor shall transfer,
without charge or consideration, to the City of Salinas in
the State of California, all right, title, and interest (includ-
ing any equitable interest) the United States holds in the
real property located at 342 Front Street, Salinas, Cali-
fornia (Reference No. SSL–493), to the extent such right,
such title, or such interest was acquired as a result of any
loan, grant, guarantee, or other benefit provided by the
Secretary to or for the benefit of such city.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor
Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
For carrying out titles II, III, VII, VIII, X, XII, XIX,
and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, section
427(a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act,
title V and section 1820 of the Social Security Act, the
Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, as amend-
ed, and the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988,
as amended, $4,584,721,000, of which $150,000 shall re-
main available until expended for interest subsidies on
loan guarantees made prior to fiscal year 1981 under part
B of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and of
which $122,182,000 shall be available for the construction
and renovation of health care and other facilities, and of
which $25,000,000 from general revenues, notwith-
standing section 1820( j) of the Social Security Act, shall
be available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital
flexibility grants program under section 1820 of such Act:
Provided, That the Division of Federal Occupational
Health may utilize personal services contracting to employ
professional management/administrative and occupational
health professionals: Provided further, That of the funds
made available under this heading, $250,000 shall be
available until expended for facilities renovations at the
Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease Center: Provided further,
That in addition to fees authorized by section 427(b) of
the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, fees
shall be collected for the full disclosure of information
under the Act sufficient to recover the full costs of oper-
ating the National Practitioner Data Bank, and shall re-
main available until expended to carry out that Act: Pro-
vided further, That no more than $5,000,000 is available
for carrying out the provisions of Public Law 104–73: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available under this
heading, $238,932,000 shall be for the program under
title X of the Public Health Service Act to provide for
voluntary family planning projects: Provided further, That
amounts provided to said projects under such title shall
not be expended for abortions, that all pregnancy coun-
seling shall be nondirective, and that such amounts shall
not be expended for any activity (including the publication
or distribution of literature) that in any way tends to pro-
mote public support or opposition to any legislative pro-
posal or candidate for public office: Provided further, That
$528,000,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance
Programs authorized by section 2616 of the Public Health
Service Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding sec-
tion 502(a)(1) of the Social Security Act, not to exceed
$109,307,000 is available for carrying out special projects
of regional and national significance pursuant to section
501(a)(2) of such Act: Provided further, That of the
amount provided under this heading, $40,000,000 shall be
available for children’s hospitals graduate medical edu-
cation payments, subject to authorization: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount provided under this heading,
$900,000 shall be for the American Federation of Negro
Affairs Education and Research Fund.
MEDICAL FACILITIES GUARANTEE AND LOAN FUND
FEDERAL INTEREST SUBSIDIES FOR MEDICAL FACILITIES
For carrying out subsections (d) and (e) of section
1602 of the Public Health Service Act, $1,000,000, to-
gether with any amounts received by the Secretary in con-
nection with loans and loan guarantees under title VI of
the Public Health Service Act, to be available without fis-
cal year limitation for the payment of interest subsidies.
During the fiscal year, no commitments for direct loans
or loan guarantees shall be made.
HEALTH EDUCATION ASSISTANCE LOANS PROGRAM
Such sums as may be necessary to carry out the pur-
pose of the program, as authorized by title VII of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act, as amended. For administrative ex-
penses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, includ-
ing section 709 of the Public Health Service Act,
$3,688,000.
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND
For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation
Program Trust Fund, such sums as may be necessary for
claims associated with vaccine-related injury or death with
respect to vaccines administered after September 30,
1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the Public
Health Service Act, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not
to exceed $3,000,000 shall be available from the Trust
Fund to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING
To carry out titles II, III, VII, XI, XV, XVII, XIX
and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, sections 101,
102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 of the Federal
Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, sections 20, 21, and
22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970,
title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act and sec-
tion 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980;
including insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign
countries; and hire, maintenance, and operation of air-
craft, $2,910,761,000 of which $60,000,000 shall remain
available until expended for equipment and construction
and renovation of facilities, and in addition, such sums
as may be derived from authorized user fees, which shall
be credited to this account: Provided, That in addition to
amounts provided herein, up to $71,690,000 shall be
available from amounts available under section 241 of the
Public Health Service Act, to carry out the National Cen-
ter for Health Statistics surveys: Provided further, That
none of the funds made available for injury prevention and
control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
may be used to advocate or promote gun control: Provided
further, That the Director may redirect the total amount
made available under authority of Public Law 101–502,
section 3, dated November 3, 1990, to activities the Direc-
tor may so designate: Provided further, That the Congress
is to be notified promptly of any such transfer: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
a single contract or related contracts for the development
and construction of the infectious disease laboratory
through the General Services Administration may be em-
ployed which collectively include the full scope of the
project: Provided further, That the solicitation and con-
tract shall contain the clause ‘‘availability of funds’’ found
at 48 CFR 52.232–18: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $10,000,000 may be available for making grants
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL
RESEARCH
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to dental disease,
$270,253,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND
KIDNEY DISEASES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to diabetes and diges-
tive and kidney disease, $1,147,588,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
AND STROKE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to neurological dis-
orders and stroke, $1,034,886,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS
DISEASES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to allergy and infec-
tious diseases, $1,803,063,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to general medical
sciences, $1,361,668,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to child health and
human development, $862,884,000.
NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to eye diseases and
visual disorders, $452,706,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
SCIENCES
For carrying out sections 301 and 311 and title IV
of the Public Health Service Act with respect to environ-
mental health sciences, $444,817,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic 
Health 
Service 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
aging,
$690,156,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND
MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to arthritis and mus-
culoskeletal and skin diseases, $351,840,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to deafness and other
communication disorders, $265,185,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to nursing research,
$90,000,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND
ALCOHOLISM
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to alcohol abuse and
alcoholism, $293,935,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to drug abuse,
$689,448,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to mental health,
$978,360,000.
NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to human genome re-
search, $337,322,000.
NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to research resources
and general research support grants, $680,176,000: Pro-
vided, That none of these funds shall be used to pay recipi-
ents of the general research support grants program any
amount for indirect expenses in connection with such
grants: Provided further, That $75,000,000 shall be for
extramural facilities construction grants.
JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER
For carrying out the activities at the John E.
Fogarty International Center, $43,723,000.
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to health information
communications, $215,214,000, of which $4,000,000 shall
be available until expended for improvement of informa-
tion systems: Provided, That in fiscal year 2000, the Li-
brary may enter into personal services contracts for the
provision of services in facilities owned, operated, or con-
structed under the jurisdiction of the National Institutes
of Health.
NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act with respect to complementary and
alternative medicine, $68,753,000.
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of
the Director, National Institutes of Health, $283,509,000,
of which $44,953,000 shall be for the Office of AIDS Re-
search: Provided, That funding shall be available for the
purchase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles for
replacement only: Provided further, That the Director may
direct up to 1 percent of the total amount made available
in this or any other Act to all National Institutes of
Health appropriations to activities the Director may so
designate: Provided further, That no such appropriation
shall be decreased by more than 1 percent by any such
transfers and that the Congress is promptly notified of
the transfer: Provided further, That the National Insti-
tutes of Health is authorized to collect third party pay-
ments for the cost of clinical services that are incurred
in National Institutes of Health research facilities and
that such payments shall be credited to the National Insti-
tutes of Health Management Fund: Provided further, That
all funds credited to the National Institutes of Health
Management Fund shall remain available for one fiscal
year after the fiscal year in which they are deposited: Pro-
vided further, That up to $500,000 shall be available to
carry out section 499 of the Public Health Service Act:
Provided 
further, 
That, 
notwithstanding 
section
499(k)(10) of the Public Health Service Act, funds from
the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health may
be transferred to the National Institutes of Health.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For the study of, construction of, and acquisition of
equipment for, facilities of or used by the National Insti-
tutes of Health, including the acquisition of real property,
$135,376,000, to remain available until expended.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
For carrying out titles V and XIX of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to substance abuse and
mental health services, the Protection and Advocacy for
Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986, and section 301 of
the Public Health Service Act with respect to program
management, $2,654,953,000.
AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE POLICY AND RESEARCH
HEALTH CARE POLICY AND RESEARCH
For carrying out titles III and IX of the Public
Health Service Act, and part A of title XI of the Social
Security Act, $111,424,000; in addition, amounts received
from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and
interagency agreements, and the sale of data tapes shall
be credited to this appropriation and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the amount made
available pursuant to section 926(b) of the Public Health
Service Act shall not exceed $88,576,000.
HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION
GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles
XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $86,087,393,000,
to remain available until expended.
For making, after May 31, 2000, payments to States
under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the last
quarter of fiscal year 2000 for unanticipated costs, in-
curred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be
necessary.
For making payments to States or in the case of sec-
tion 1928 on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social
Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2001,
$30,589,003,000, to remain available until expended.
Payment under title XIX may be made for any quar-
ter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment in
effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to such
quarter and approved in that or any subsequent quarter.
PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS
For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance and
the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust
Funds, as provided under sections 217(g) and 1844 of the
Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the So-
cial Security Amendments of 1965, section 278(d) of Pub-
lic Law 97–248, and for administrative expenses incurred
pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social Security Act,
$69,289,100,000.
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles
XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles
XIII and XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and
the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of
1988, not to exceed $1,994,548,000, to be transferred
from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Sup-
plementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as authorized
by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with
all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the
Public Health Service Act and such sums as may be col-
lected from authorized user fees and the sale of data,
which shall remain available until expended, and together
with administrative fees collected relative to Medicare
overpayment recovery activities, which shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That all funds derived in
accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations estab-
New Hampshire, to assist in the development of rural
emergency medical services: Provided further, That
$250,000 of the amount available for research, demonstra-
tion, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to the Uni-
versity of Missouri-Kansas City to test behavorial inter-
ventions of nursing home residents with moderate to se-
vere dementia: Provided further, That $1,000,000 of the
amount available for research, demonstration, and evalua-
tion activities shall be awarded for a children’s hospice
care demonstration program in Virginia, Florida, Ken-
tucky, New York, and Utah: Provided further, That
$150,000 of the amount available for research, demonstra-
tion, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to L.A.
Care Health Plan in Los Angeles, California for a Med-
icaid outreach demonstration project to provide access to
medical care for uninsured workers: Provided further,
That $500,000 of the amount available for research, dem-
onstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to
the Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts
for the Partners for a Healthier Community childhood im-
munization demonstration project: Provided further, That
$250,000 shall be awarded to the Shelby County Regional
Medical Center to establish a Master Patient Index to de-
termine patient Medicaid/TennCare eligibility: Provided
further, That the Secretary of Health and Human Services
is directed to collect, in aggregate, $95,000,000 in fees
in fiscal year 2000 from Medicare∂Choice organizations
pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act
and from eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts
under section 1876 of that Act pursuant to section
1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act.
HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION LOAN AND LOAN
GUARANTEE FUND
For carrying out subsections (d) and (e) of section
1308 of the Public Health Service Act, any amounts re-
ceived by the Secretary in connection with loans and loan
guarantees under title XIII of the Public Health Service
Act, to be available without fiscal year limitation for the
payment of outstanding obligations. During fiscal year
2000, no commitments for direct loans or loan guarantees
shall be made.
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT
ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS
For making payments to States or other non-Federal
entities under titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the
Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24
U.S.C. ch. 9), for the first quarter of fiscal year 2001,
$650,000,000.
For making payments to each State for carrying out
the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children
under title IV–A of the Social Security Act before the ef-
fective date of the program of Temporary Assistance to
Needy Families (TANF) with respect to such State, such
sums as may be necessary: Provided, That the sum of the
amounts available to a State with respect to expenditures
under such title IV–A in fiscal year 1997 under this ap-
propriation and under such title IV–A as amended by the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconcili-
ation Act of 1996 shall not exceed the limitations under
section 116(b) of such Act.
For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year,
payments to States or other non-Federal entities under
titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security
Act and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), for
the last 3 months of the current year for unanticipated
costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as
may be necessary.
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE
For making payments under title XXVI of the Omni-
bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, $1,100,000,000,
to be available for obligation in the period October 1, 2000
through September 30, 2001.
For making payments under title XXVI of such Act,
$300,000,000: Provided, That these funds are hereby des-
ignated by Congress to be emergency requirements pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further,
That these funds shall be made available only after sub-
mission to Congress of a formal budget request by the
President that includes designation of the entire amount
of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985.
The $1,100,000,000 provided in the first paragraph
under this heading in the Departments of Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section
101(f ) of division A of Public Law 105–277) is hereby
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided,
That such funds shall be available only if the President
submits to the Congress one official budget request for
$1,100,000,000 that includes designation of the entire
amount as an emergency requirement pursuant to such
section: Provided further, That such funds shall be distrib-
uted in accordance with section 2604 of the Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8623),
other than subsection (e) of such section.
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE
For making payments for refugee and entrant assist-
ance activities authorized by title IV of the Immigration
and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–422),
$419,005,000: Provided, That funds appropriated pursu-
ant to section 414(a) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act under Public Law 105–78 for fiscal year 1998 and
under Public Law 105–277 for fiscal year 1999 shall be
available for the costs of assistance provided and other ac-
tivities through September 30, 2001.
For carrying out section 5 of the Torture Victims Re-
lief Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–320), $7,500,000.
The $426,505,000 provided under this heading is
hereby designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:
Provided, That such funds shall be available only if the
President submits to the Congress one official budget re-
quest for $426,505,000 that includes designation of the
entire amount as an emergency requirement pursuant to
such section.
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
For carrying out sections 658A through 658R of the
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (The Child
Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990), to be-
come available on October 1, 2000 and remain available
through September 30, 2001, $1,182,672,000: Provided,
That $19,120,000 shall be available for child care resource
and referral and school-aged child care activities: Provided
further, That of the funds provided for fiscal year 2001,
$172,672,000 shall be reserved by the States for activities
authorized under section 658G of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981 (The Child Care and Develop-
ment Block Grant Act of 1990), such funds to be in addi-
tion to the amounts required to be reserved by the States
under section 658G: Provided further, That of the funds
provided for fiscal year 2000 under Public Law 105–277,
$500,000 shall be for a toll-free child care services pro-
gram hotline to be operated by Child Care Aware.
SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
For making grants to States pursuant to section
2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,775,000,000: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding section 2003(c) of such Act,
as amended, the amount specified for allocation under
such section for fiscal year 2000 shall be $1,775,000,000.
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, the Head
Start Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act,
the Native American Programs Act of 1974, title II of
Public Law 95–266 (adoption opportunities), the Adoption
and Safe Families Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–89), the
Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, part B(1) of
title IV and sections 413, 429A, 1110, and 1115 of the
Social Security Act; for making payments under the Com-
munity Services Block Grant Act, section 473A of the So-
cial Security Act, and title IV of Public Law 105–285;
and for necessary administrative expenses to carry out
said Acts and titles I, IV, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX of
the Social Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960 (24
U.S.C. ch. 9), the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1981, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, sec-
tion 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980,
section 5 of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 (Public
Law 105–320), sections 40155, 40211, and 40241 of Pub-
lic Law 103–322 and section 126 and titles IV and V of
Public 
Law 
100–485, 
$6,734,133,000, 
of 
which
$43,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001, shall be for grants to States for adoption incentive
payments, as authorized by section 473A of title IV of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 670–679); of which
$587,065,000 shall be for making payments under the
Community Services Block Grant Act; and of which
$5,267,000,000 shall be for making payments under the
Head Start Act, of which $1,400,000,000 shall become
available October 1, 2000 and remain available through
September 30, 2001: Provided, That to the extent Com-
munity Services Block Grant funds are distributed as
grant funds by a State to an eligible entity as provided
under the Act, and have not been expended by such entity,
they shall remain with such entity for carryover into the
next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity consistent
with program purposes: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall establish procedures regarding the disposition
of intangible property which permits grant funds, or intan-
gible assets acquired with funds authorized under section
680 of the Community Services Block Grant Act, as
amended, to become the sole property of such grantees
after a period of not more than 12 years after the end
of the grant for purposes and uses consistent with the
original grant: Provided further, That $1,700,000,000 of
the amount provided for making payments under the
Head Start Act is hereby designated by Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985: Provided further, That such funds shall be
available only if the President submits to the Congress one
official budget request for $1,700,000,000 that includes
designation of the entire amount as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to such section.
In addition, $101,000,000, to be derived from the
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund for carrying out sec-
tions 40155, 40211, and 40241 of Public Law 103–322.
Funds appropriated for fiscal year 2000 under sec-
tion 429A(e), part B of title IV of the Social Security Act
shall be reduced by $6,000,000.
Funds appropriated for fiscal year 2000 under sec-
tion 413(h)(1) of the Social Security Act shall be reduced
by $15,000,000.
PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES
For carrying out section 430 of the Social Security
Act, $295,000,000.
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION
ASSISTANCE
For making payments to States or other non-Federal
entities under title IV–E of the Social Security Act,
$4,307,300,000 of which $105,000,000 shall be for mak-
ing payments under sections 470 and 477 of title IV–E
of the Social Security Act;
For making payments to States or other non-Federal
entities under title IV–E of the Social Security Act, for
the first quarter of fiscal year 2001, $1,538,000,000.
ADMINISTRATION ON AGING
AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and
section 
398 
of 
the 
Public 
Health 
Service 
Act,
$934,285,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section
308(b)(1) of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amend-
ed, the amounts available to each State for administration
of the State plan under title III of such Act shall be re-
duced not more than 5 percent below the amount that was
available to such State for such purpose for fiscal year
1995: Provided further, That in considering grant applica-
tions for nutrition services for elder Indian recipients, the
Assistant Secretary shall provide maximum flexibility to
applicants who seek to take into account subsistence, local
customs, and other characteristics that are appropriate to
the unique cultural, regional, and geographic needs of the
American Indian, Alaska and Hawaiian Native commu-
nities to be served.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for
general departmental management, including hire of six
sedans, and for carrying out titles III, XVII, and XX of
the Public Health Service Act, and the United States-Mex-
ico Border Health Commission Act, $227,051,000, of
which $20,000,000 shall become available on October 1,
2000, and shall remain available until September 30,
2001, together with $5,851,000, to be transferred and ex-
pended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social
Security Act from the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and
the Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund: Pro-
vided, That $450,000 shall be for a contract with the Na-
tional Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of the pro-
posed tuberculosis standard promulgated by the Occupa-
tional Safety and Health Administration: Provided further,
That said contract shall be awarded not later than 60 days
after the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That
said study shall be submitted to the Congress not later
than 12 months after award of the contract: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available under this heading
for carrying out title XX of the Public Health Service Act,
$10,569,000 shall be for activities specified under section
2003(b)(2), of which $9,131,000 shall be for prevention
service demonstration grants under section 510(b)(2) of
title V of the Social Security Act, as amended, without
application of the limitation of section 2010(c) of said title
XX: Provided further, That $500,000 shall be available to
the Office of the Surgeon General, within the Office of
Public Health and Science, to prepare and disseminate the
findings of the Surgeon General’s report on youth violence,
and to coordinate activities across the Department of
Health and Human Services: Provided further, That the
Secretary may transfer a portion of such funds to other
Federal entities for youth violence prevention coordination
activities: Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be
available to the Lawton Chiles Foundation.
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, $31,500,000.
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil
Rights, $18,838,000, together with not to exceed
$3,314,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized
by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplemental
Medical Insurance Trust Fund.
POLICY RESEARCH
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, research studies under section 1110 of the Social
Security Act, $17,000,000.
RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public
Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by
law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family
Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, for medical
care of dependents and retired personnel under the De-
pendents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), and for
payments pursuant to section 229(b) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), such amounts as may be re-
quired during the current fiscal year.
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY
FUND
For expenses necessary to support activities related
to countering potential biological, disease and chemical
threats to civilian populations, $214,600,000: Provided,
That this amount is distributed as follows: Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, $155,000,000, of which
$30,000,000 shall be for the Health Alert Network,
$1,000,000 shall be for the Carnegie Mellon Research In-
stitute, $1,000,000 shall be for the St. Louis University
School of Public Health, $1,000,000 shall be for the Uni-
versity of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, $1,000,000
shall be for the Noble Army Hospital of Alabama bioter-
rorism program and $1,000,000 shall be for the Johns
Hopkins University Center for Civilian Biodefense; Office
of the Secretary, $30,000,000, Agency for Health Care
Policy and Research, $5,000,000, and Office of Emer-
gency Preparedness, $24,600,000. In addition, for ex-
penses necessary for the portion of the Global Health Ini-
tiative conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, $69,000,000: Provided further, That this
amount is distributed as follows: $35,000,000 shall be for
international HIV/AIDS programs, $9,000,000 shall be
for malaria programs, $5,000,000 shall be for global
micronutrient malnutrition programs and $20,000,000
shall be for carrying out polio eradication activities. In ad-
dition, $150,000,000 for carrying out the Department’s
Year 2000 computer conversion activities, $5,000,000 for
the environmental health laboratory at the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, $50,000,000 for minority
AIDS prevention and treatment activities, $20,000,000
for the National Institutes of Health challenge grant pro-
gram, and $75,000,000 to support the Ricky Ray Hemo-
philia Relief Fund Act of 1998: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to
$10,000,000 of the amount provided for the Ricky Ray
Hemophilia Relief Fund Act may be available for adminis-
trative expenses: Provided further, That the entire amount
under this heading is hereby designated by the Congress
to be emergency requirements pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That the entire amount under this heading shall be made
available only after submission to the Congress of a formal
budget request by the President that includes designation
of the entire amount of the request as an emergency re-
quirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided
further, That no funds shall be obligated until the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services submits an operating
plan to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be
available for not to exceed $37,000 for official reception
and representation expenses when specifically approved by
the Secretary.
SEC. 202. The Secretary shall make available through
assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public
Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to
work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided
by the Agency for International Development, the United
Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the
World Health Organization.
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this
Act may be used to implement section 399L(b) of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act or section 1503 of the National In-
stitutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993, Public Law
103–43.
SEC. 204. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
for the National Institutes of Health and the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall
be used to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant
or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Ex-
ecutive Level II.
SEC. 205. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the Public
Health Service Act, except for funds specifically provided
for in this Act, or for other taps and assessments made
by any office located in the Department of Health and
Human Services, prior to the Secretary’s preparation and
submission of a report to the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and of the House detailing the planned
uses of such funds.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 206. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended)
which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for the
Department of Health and Human Services in this Act
may be transferred between appropriations, but no such
appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent
by any such transfer: Provided, That the Appropriations
Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified at
least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
SEC. 207. The Director of the National Institutes of
Health, jointly with the Director of the Office of AIDS
Research, may transfer up to 3 percent among institutes,
centers, and divisions from the total amounts identified
by these two Directors as funding for research pertaining
to the human immunodeficiency virus: Provided, That the
Congress is promptly notified of the transfer.
SEC. 208. Of the amounts made available in this Act
for the National Institutes of Health, the amount for re-
search related to the human immunodeficiency virus, as
jointly determined by the Director of the National Insti-
tutes of Health and the Director of the Office of AIDS
Research, shall be made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS
Research’’ account. The Director of the Office of AIDS
Research shall transfer from such account amounts nec-
essary to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the Public
Health Service Act.
SEC. 209. 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 the applicant for the
award certifies to the Secretary that it encourages family
participation in the decision of minors to seek family plan-
ning services and that it provides counseling to minors on
how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging in
sexual activities.
SEC. 210. The final rule entitled ‘‘Organ Procure-
ment and Transplantation Network’’, promulgated by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services on April 2, 1998
(63 Fed. Reg. 16295 et seq.) (relating to part 121 of title
42, Code of Federal Regulations), together with the
amendments to such rules promulgated on October 20,
1999 (64 Fed. Reg. 56649 et seq.) shall not become effec-
tive before the expiration of the 42 day period beginning
on the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 211. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
(including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be
used to carry out the Medicare+Choice program if the
Secretary denies participation in such program to an oth-
erwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Or-
ganization) because the entity informs the Secretary that
it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide
referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall
make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capita-
tion payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially
sound estimate of the expected costs of providing the serv-
ice to such entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That noth-
ing in this section shall be construed to change the Medi-
care program’s coverage for such services and a
Medicare+Choice organization described in this section
shall be responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain
information about all Medicare covered services.
SEC. 212. (a) MENTAL HEALTH.—Section 1918(b)
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–7(b))
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) MINIMUM ALLOTMENTS FOR STATES.—With re-
spect to fiscal year 2000, the amount of the allotment of
a State under section 1911 shall not be less than the
amount the State received under section 1911 for fiscal
year 1998.’’.
(b) SUBSTANCE ABUSE.—Section 1933(b) of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–33(b)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) MINIMUM ALLOTMENTS
FOR STATES.—Each
State’s allotment for fiscal year 2000 for programs under
this subpart shall be equal to such State’s allotment for
such programs for fiscal year 1999, except that, if the
amount appropriated in fiscal year 2000 is less than the
amount appropriated in fiscal year 1999, then the amount
of a State’s allotment under section 1921 shall be equal
to the amount that the State received under section 1921
in fiscal year 1999 decreased by the percentage by which
the amount appropriated for fiscal year 2000 is less than
the amount appropriated for such section for fiscal year
1999.’’.
SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no provider of services under title X of the Public
Health Service Act shall be exempt from any State law
requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child
molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.
SEC. 214. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN ADJUDICATION
PROVISIONS.—The Foreign Operations, Export Financ-
ing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990
(Public Law 101–167) is amended—
(1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)—
(A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking
‘‘1997, 1998, and 1999’’ and inserting ‘‘1997,
1998, 1999, and 2000’’; and
(B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘October
1, 1999’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘October 1, 2000’’; and
(2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in
subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘September 30, 1999’’
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2000’’.
SEC. 215. None of the funds provided in this Act or
in any other Act making appropriations for fiscal year
2000 may be used to administer or implement in Arizona
or in the Kansas City, Missouri or in the Kansas City,
Kansas area the Medicare Competitive Pricing Dem-
onstration Project (operated by the Secretary of Health
and Human Services under authority granted in section
4011 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law
105–33)).
SEC. 216. Of the funds appropriated for the National
Institutes of Health for fiscal year 2000, $3,000,000,000
shall not be available for obligation until September 29,
2000. Of the funds appropriated for the Health Resources
and Services Administration for fiscal year 2000,
$450,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until
September 29, 2000. Of the funds appropriated for the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for fiscal year
2000, $500,000,000 shall not be available for obligation
until September 29, 2000. Of the funds appropriated for
the Children and Families Services Programs for fiscal
year 2000, $400,000,000 shall not be available for obliga-
tion until September 29, 2000. Of the funds appropriated
for the Social Services Block Grant for fiscal year 2000,
$425,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until
September 29, 2000. Of the funds appropriated for the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administra-
tion for fiscal year 2000, $200,000,000 shall not be avail-
able for obligation until September 29, 2000. Such funds
delayed by this section shall be available for obligation
until October 15, 2000.
SEC. 217. STUDY AND REPORT ON THE GEOGRAPHIC
ADJUSTMENT FACTORS UNDER
THE MEDICARE PRO-
GRAM. (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall conduct a study on—
(1) the reasons why, and the appropriateness of
the fact that, the geographic adjustment factor (de-
termined under paragraph (2) of section 1848(e) (42
U.S.C. 1395w–4(e)) used in determining the amount
of payment for physicians’ services under the Medi-
care program is less for physicians’ services provided
in New Mexico than for physicians’ services provided
in Arizona, Colorado, and Texas; and
(2) the effect that the level of the geographic
cost-of-practice adjustment factor (determined under
paragraph (3) of such section) has on the recruit-
ment and retention of physicians in small rural
States, including New Mexico, Iowa, Louisiana, and
Arkansas.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 3 months after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall submit a report to Congress on the
study conducted under subsection (a), together with any
recommendations for legislation that the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate as a result of such study.
SEC. 218. WITHHOLDING
OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE
FUNDS. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be used to withhold substance
abuse funding from a State pursuant to section 1926 of
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–26) if such
State certifies to the Secretary of Health and Human
Services that the State will commit additional State funds,
in accordance with subsection (b), to ensure compliance
with State laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco products
to individuals under 18 years of age.
(b) AMOUNT OF STATE FUNDS.—The amount of
funds to be committed by a State under subsection (a)
shall be equal to 1 percent of such State’s substance abuse
block grant allocation for each percentage point by which
the State misses the retailer compliance rate goal estab-
lished by the Secretary of Health and Human Services
under section 1926 of such Act, except that the Secretary
may agree to a smaller commitment of additional funds
by the State.
(c) SUPPLEMENT
NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts ex-
pended by a State pursuant to a certification under sub-
section (a) shall be used to supplement and not supplant
State funds used for tobacco prevention programs and for
compliance activities described in such subsection in the
fiscal year preceding the fiscal year to which this section
applies.
(d) ENFORCEMENT OF STATE EXPENDITURE.—The
Secretary shall exercise discretion in enforcing the timing
of the State expenditure required by the certification de-
scribed in subsection (a) as late as July 31, 2000.
SEC. 219. None of the funds made available under
this title may be used to carry out the transmittal of Au-
gust 13, 1997 (relating to self-administered drugs) of the
Deputy Director of the Division of Acute Care of the
Health Care Financing Administration to regional offices
of such Administration or to promulgate any regulation
or other transmittal or policy directive that has the effect
of imposing (or clarifying the imposition of ) a restriction
on the coverage of injectable drugs under section
1861(s)(2) of the Social Security Act beyond the restric-
tions applied before the date of such transmittal.
SEC. 220. In accordance with section 1557 of title
31, United States Code, funds obligated and awarded in
fiscal years 1994 and 1995 under the heading ‘‘National
Cancer Institute’’ for the Cancer Therapy and Research
Center in San Antonio, Texas, grant numbers 1 C06
CA58690–01 and 3 C06 CA58690–01S1, shall be exempt
from subchapter IV of chapter 15 of such title and the
obligated unexpended dollars shall remain available to the
grantee for expenditure without fiscal year limitation to
fulfill the purpose of the award.
SEC. 221. Not later than January 15, 2000, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall transfer
$20,000,000 from the appropriation in this Act for ‘‘Na-
tional Institutes of Health—National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases’’ to the appropriation in this Act
for ‘‘Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Disease
Control, Research, and Training’’.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health
and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION REFORM
For carrying out activities authorized by titles III
and IV of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, the
School-to-Work Opportunities Act, and sections 3122,
3132, 3136, and 3141, parts B, C, and D of title III,
and part I of title X of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, $1,768,370,000, of which
$456,500,000 for the Goals 2000: Educate America Act
and $55,000,000 for the School-to-Work Opportunities
Act shall become available on July 1, 2000 and remain
available through September 30, 2001, and of which
$109,500,000 shall be for section 3122: Provided, That
none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall
be obligated or expended to carry out section 304(a)(2)(A)
of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, except that no
more than $1,500,000 may be used to carry out activities
under section 314(a)(2) of that Act: Provided further,
That section 315(a)(2) of the Goals 2000: Educate Amer-
ica Act shall not apply: Provided further, That up to one-
half of 1 percent of the amount available under section
3132 shall be set aside for the outlying areas, to be distrib-
uted on the basis of their relative need as determined by
the Secretary in accordance with the purposes of the pro-
gram: Provided further, That if any State educational
agency does not apply for a grant under section 3132, that
State’s allotment under section 3131 shall be reserved by
the Secretary for grants to local educational agencies in
that State that apply directly to the Secretary according
to the terms and conditions published by the Secretary
in the Federal Register: Provided further, That of the
funds made available to carry out section 3136 and not-
withstanding any other provision of law, $500,000 shall
be awarded to the Houston Independent School District
for technology infrastructure, $8,000,000 shall be award-
ed to the I CAN LEARN program, $3,000,000 shall be
awarded to the Linking Education Technology and Edu-
cational Reform (LINKS) project for educational tech-
nology, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Center for Ad-
vanced Research and Technology (CART) for comprehen-
sive secondary education reform, $250,000 shall be award-
ed to the Vaughn Reno Starks Community Center in Eliz-
abethtown, Kentucky for a technology program, $125,000
shall be awarded to the Wyandanch Compel Youth Acad-
emy Educational Assistance Program in New York,
$3,000,000 shall be awarded to Hi-Technology High
School in San Bernardino County, California for tech-
nology enhancement, $300,000 shall be awarded to the
Long Island 21st Century Technology and E-Commerce
Alliance, $800,000 shall be awarded to Montana State
University-Billings for a distance learning initiative,
$2,000,000 for the Tupelo School District in Tupelo, Mis-
sissippi for technology innovation in education, $900,000
for the University of Alaska at Anchorage for distance
learning education, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the
Seton Hill College in Greensburg, Pennsylvania for a
model education technology training program, $500,000
shall be awarded to the University of Alaska-Fairbanks,
in Fairbanks, Alaska for a teacher technology training
program, $200,000 shall be awarded to the Alaska De-
partment of Education for the Alaska State Distance Edu-
cation Technology Consortium, $1,000,000 shall be
awarded to the North East Vocational Area Cooperative
in Washington State for a multi-district technology edu-
cation center, $400,000 shall be awarded to the University
of Vermont for the Vermont Learning Gateway Program,
$2,500,000 shall be awarded to the State University of
New Jersey for the RUNet 2000 project at Rutgers for
an integrated voice-video-data network to link students,
faculty and administration via a high-speed, broad band
fiber optic network, $500,000 shall be awarded to the
Iowa Area Education Agency 13 for a public/private part-
nership to demonstrate the effective use of technology in
grades 1–3, $235,000 shall be for the Louisville Deaf Oral
School for technology enhancements: Provided further,
That in the State of Alabama $50,000 shall be awarded
to the Bibb County Board of Education for technology en-
hancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the Calhoun
County Board of Education for technology enhancements,
$50,000 shall be awarded to the Chambers County Board
of Education for technology enhancements, $50,000 shall
be awarded to the Chilton County Board of Education for
technology enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the
Clay County Board of Education for technology enhance-
ments, $50,000 shall be awarded to the Cleburne County
Board of Education for technology enhancements,
$50,000 shall be awarded to the Coosa County Board of
Education for technology enhancements, $50,000 shall be
awarded to the Lee County Board of Education for tech-
nology enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the
Macon County Board of Education for technology en-
hancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the St. Clair
County Board of Education for technology enhancements,
$50,000 shall be awarded to the Talladega County Board
of Education for technology enhancements, $50,000 shall
be awarded to the Tallapoosa County Board of Education
for technology enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded
to the Randolph County Board of Education for tech-
nology enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the
Russell County Board of Education for technology en-
hancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the Alexander
City Board of Education for technology enhancements,
$50,000 shall be awarded to the Anniston City Board of
Education for technology enhancements, $50,000 shall be
awarded to the Lanett City Board of Education for tech-
nology enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the
Pell City Board of Education for technology enhance-
ments, $50,000 shall be awarded to the Roanoke City
Board of Education for technology enhancements,
$50,000 shall be awarded to the Talledega City Board of
Education for technology enhancements, $500,000 shall
be to continue a state-of-the-art information technology
system at Mansfield University, Mansfield, Pennsylvania,
$250,000 shall be awarded to the Chicago Public School
Science and Technology Academy to establish a cur-
riculum of math, science, and technology, $500,000 shall
be awarded to Prairie Hills, Illinois Elementary School
District 144 for a public/private teacher technology train-
ing program, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to Adelphi Uni-
versity in New York for the Information Commons project,
$250,000 shall be awarded to the Oakland School District
in California to support a distance education initiative,
$800,000 shall be awarded to the Kennedy Krieger Career
and Technology Center in Maryland for a distance learn-
ing project, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to Augsburg Col-
lege and Twin Cities Public Television to demonstrate
interactive technology to assist teachers and parents in ef-
fectively using emerging innovations in education,
$100,000 shall be awarded to the Santa Barbara Industry
Education Council in California to provide technology edu-
cation to area students and teachers, $200,000 shall be
awarded to the Nebraska Community College for tech-
nology training, and $250,000 shall be awarded to the
Providence Public School System, in partnership with the
Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center, for
Project Family Net to provide computer technology train-
ing to children and their parents: Provided further, That
of the funds made available to carry out title III, part
B of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 and notwithstanding any other provision of law,
$750,000 shall be awarded to the Technology Literacy
Center at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago,
$1,000,000 shall be awarded to an on-line math and
science training program at Oklahoma State University,
$4,000,000 shall be awarded to continue and expand the
Iowa Communications Network State-wide fiber optic
demonstration project, and $250,000 shall be awarded to
the WinstonNet distance learning project in Winston
Salem, North Carolina: Provided further, That of the
funds made available for title X, part I of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $6,000 shall be
awarded to the Study Partners Program, Inc., in Louis-
ville, Kentucky, $12,000 shall be awarded to the Shawnee
Gardens Tenants Association Inc., in Louisville, Kentucky
for a tutorial program, $12,000 shall be awarded to the
100 Black Men of Louisville, Kentucky for a mentoring
and leadership training program, $500,000 shall be
awarded to the Omaha, Nebraska Public Schools for the
OPS 21st Century Learning Grant, $25,000 shall be for
the Plymouth Renewal Center in Kentucky for a tutoring
program, $25,000 shall be for the Canaan Community De-
velopment Corporation’s Village Learning Center Pro-
gram, $25,000 shall be for the St. Stephen Life Center
After School Program, $25,000 shall be for the Louisville
Central Community Centers Youth Education Program,
$15,000 shall be for the Trinity Family Life Center tutor-
ing program, $15,000 shall be for the New Zion Commu-
nity Development Foundation, Inc., after school men-
toring program, $20,000 shall be for the St. Joseph
Catholic Orphan Society program for abused and ne-
glected children, $25,000 shall be for the Portland Neigh-
borhood House after school program, $25,000 shall be for
the St. Anthony Community Outreach Center, Inc., for the
Education PAYs program, $250,000 shall be awarded to
the Harvey Public School District 152 in Chicago, Illinois
for the ‘‘Project CAFE´’’ after-school program, $200,000
shall be awarded to the St. Clair County, Michigan Inter-
mediate School District for after-school programs,
$400,000 shall be awarded to the Macomb County, Michi-
gan Intermediate School District for after-school pro-
grams, $200,000 shall be awarded to the Danbury Public
School System in Connecticut for an ESCAPE Arts after-
school program, $50,000 shall be awarded to the
Tuckahoe School District for an after-school program in
Eastchester, New York, $100,000 shall be awarded to In-
novative Directions, an Educational Alliance (IDEA),
based at the City Island School (P.S. 175) in the Bronx,
New York City, New York, $250,000 shall be awarded to
the New York Hall of Science in Queens, New York for
after-school education programs, $60,000 shall be award-
ed to the Mamaroneck School District in Mamaroneck,
New York for expansion of an after-school program,
$250,000 shall be awarded to the White Plains School
District for an after-school program in White Plains, New
York, $200,000 shall be awarded to the New Rochelle
School District for an after-school program in New Ro-
chelle, New York, $250,000 shall be awarded to the Com-
munity School District 30 in Queens, New York for the
expansion of after-school activities, $500,000 shall be
awarded to the Jefferson Elementary School for a joint
after-school program with the Madison Elementary School
in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, $400,000 shall be awarded
to the School District of Superior in Wisconsin for an
after-school center, $100,000 shall be awarded to the
Independence School District in Kansas City, Missouri for
an after-school program, and $500,000 shall be awarded
to the Clark County School District in Nevada for an
after-school program.
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED
For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965, and section 418A of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, $8,700,986,000, of which
$2,461,823,000 shall become available on July 1, 2000,
and shall remain available through September 30, 2001,
and of which $6,204,763,000 shall become available on
October 1, 2000 and shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2001, for academic year 2000–2001: Provided,
That $6,783,000,000 shall be available for basic grants
under section 1124: Provided further, That $134,000,000
shall be allocated among the States in the same proportion
as funds are allocated among the States under section
1122, to carry out section 1116(c): Provided further, That
100 percent of these funds shall be allocated to local edu-
cational agencies for the purposes of carrying out section
1116(c) and that local educational agencies shall provide
all students enrolled in a school identified under section
1116(c) with the option to transfer to another public
school within the local educational agency, including a
public charter school, that has not been identified for
school improvement under section 1116(c): Provided fur-
ther, That if the local educational agency demonstrates to
the satisfaction of the State educational agency that the
local educational agency lacks the capacity to provide all
students with the option to transfer to another public
school, and after giving notice to the parents of children
affected that it is not possible, consistent with State and
local law, to accommodate the transfer request of every
student, the local educational agency shall permit as many
students as possible (who shall be selected by the local
educational agency on an equitable basis) to transfer to
a public school that has not been identified for school im-
provement under section 1116(c): Provided further, That
up to $3,500,000 of these funds shall be available to the
Secretary on October 1, 1999, to obtain updated local-edu-
cational-agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau
of the Census: Provided further, That $1,158,397,000
shall be available for concentration grants under section
1124A: Provided further, That $8,900,000 shall be avail-
able for evaluations under section 1501 and not more than
$8,500,000 shall be reserved for section 1308, of which
not more than $3,000,000 shall be reserved for section
1308(d): Provided further, That grant awards under sec-
tions 1124 and 1124A of title I of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall be made to each
State and local educational agency at no less than 100
percent of the amount such State or local educational
agency received under this authority for fiscal year 1999:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, grant awards under section 1124A of title I
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
shall be made to those local educational agencies that re-
ceived a Concentration Grant under the Department of
Education Appropriations Act, 1998, but are not eligible
to receive such a grant for fiscal year 2000: Provided fur-
ther, That each such local educational agency shall receive
an amount equal to the Concentration Grant the agency
received in fiscal year 1998, ratably reduced, if necessary,
to ensure that these local educational agencies receive no
greater share of their hold-harmless amounts than other
local educational agencies: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall not take into account the hold harmless provi-
sions in this section in determining State allocations under
any other program administered by the Secretary in any
fiscal year: Provided further, That $170,000,000 shall be
available under section 1002(g)(2) to demonstrate effec-
tive approaches to comprehensive school reform to be allo-
cated and expended in accordance with the instructions
relating to this activity in the statement of the managers
on the conference report accompanying Public Law 105–
78 and in the statement of the managers on the conference
report accompanying Public Law 105–277: Provided fur-
ther, That in carrying out this initiative, the Secretary and
the States shall support only approaches that show the
most promise of enabling children served by title I to meet
challenging State content standards and challenging State
student performance standards based on reliable research
and effective practices, and include an emphasis on basic
academics and parental involvement.
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,
$910,500,000, of which $737,200,000 shall be for basic
support payments under section 8003(b), $50,000,000
shall be for payments for children with disabilities under
section 8003(d), $76,000,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be for payments under section 8003(f ),
$10,300,000 shall be for construction under section 8007,
$32,000,000 shall be for Federal property payments under
section 8002 and $5,000,000 to remain available until ex-
pended shall be for facilities maintenance under section
8008: Provided, That of the funds available for section
8007 and notwithstanding any other provision of law,
$500,000 shall be awarded to the Fort Sam Houston
Independent School District, Texas, $800,000 shall be
awarded to the Hays Lodgepole School District, Montana,
and $2,000,000 shall be awarded to the North Chicago
Community Unit SD 187: Provided further, That these
funds shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Education shall treat as timely
filed, and shall process for payment, an application for a
fiscal year 1999 payment from the local educational agen-
cy for Brookeland, Texas under section 8002 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 if the Sec-
retary has received that application not later than 30 days
after the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That
section 8002(f ) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 is amended by adding a new paragraph
‘‘(3)’’ at the end to read as follows:
‘‘(3) For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal
year 2000, the Secretary shall treat the Central
Union, California; Island, California; Hill City,
South Dakota; and Wall, South Dakota local edu-
cational agencies as meeting the eligibility require-
ments of subsection (a)(1)(C) of this section.’’:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Education shall
consider all payments received by the educational agency
for Hatboro-Horsham and Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania
for fiscal year 1995 under section 8002(a) of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7702(a)), and all payments under section 8002(h)(2)(A)
for subsequent years through fiscal year 1999, to be cor-
rect: Provided further, That section 8002(f ) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amend-
ed by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph (4) to
read as follows:
‘‘(4) For the purposes of payments under this
section for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year
2000, the Secretary shall treat the Hot Springs,
South Dakota local educational agency as if it had
filed a timely application under section 8002 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
for fiscal year 1994 if the Secretary has received the
fiscal year 1994 application, as well as Exhibits A
and B not later than December 1, 1999.’’:
Provided further, That section 8002(f ) of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by add-
ing at the end thereof a new paragraph (5) to read as
follows:
‘‘(5) For purposes of payments under this sec-
tion for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year
2000, the Secretary shall treat the Hueneme, Cali-
fornia local educational agency as if it had filed a
timely application under section 8002 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 if
the Secretary has received the fiscal year 1995 ap-
plication not later than December 1, 1999.’’:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Education shall
treat as timely filed, and shall process for payment, an
application for a fiscal year 1998 payment from the local
educational agency for Hydaburg, Alaska, under section
8003 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 if the Secretary has received that application not
later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Education shall treat
as timely, and process for payment, an application for fis-
cal years 1996 and 1997 payment from the local education
agency for Fallbrook Unified High School District, Cali-
fornia, under section 8002 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965, if the Secretary has re-
ceived that application not later than 30 days after the
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That for the pur-
pose of computing the amount of a payment for a local
educational agency for children identified under section
8003 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965, children residing in housing initially acquired or
constructed under section 801 of the Military Construc-
tion Authorization Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–115)
(‘‘Build to Lease’’ program) shall be considered as chil-
dren described under section 8003(a)(1)(B) if the prop-
erty described is within the fenced security perimeter of
the military facility upon which such housing is situated:
Provided further, That if such property is not owned by
the Federal Government, is subject to taxation by a State
or political subdivision of a State, and thereby generates
revenues for a local educational agency which received a
payment from the Secretary under section 8003, the Sec-
retary shall: (1) require such local educational agency to
provide certification from an appropriate official of the
Department of Defense that such property is being used
to provide military housing; and (2) reduce the amount
of such payment by an amount equal to the amount of
revenue from such taxation received in the second pre-
ceding fiscal year by such local educational agency, unless
the amount of such revenue was taken into account by
the State for such second preceding fiscal year and already
resulted in a reduction in the amount of State aid paid
to such local educational agency.
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
For carrying out school improvement activities au-
thorized by titles II, IV, V–A and B, VI, IX, X, and XIII
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(‘‘ESEA’’); the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assist-
ance Act; and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and part B
of title VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965;
$3,026,884,000, of which $975,300,000 shall become
available on July 1, 2000, and remain available through
September 30, 2001, and of which $1,515,000,000 shall
become available on October 1, 2000 and shall remain
available through September 30, 2001 for academic year
2000–2001: Provided, That of the amount appropriated,
$335,000,000 shall be for Eisenhower professional devel-
opment State grants under title II–B and $1,680,000,000
shall be for title VI and up to $750,000 shall be for an
evaluation of comprehensive regional assistance centers
under title XIII of ESEA: Provided further, That of the
amount made available for title VI $1,300,000,000 shall
be available, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
to carry out title VI of Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 in accordance with section 310 of this
Act, in order to reduce class size, particularly in the early
grades, using highly qualified teachers to improve edu-
cational achievement for regular and special needs chil-
dren.
READING EXCELLENCE
For necessary expenses to carry out the Reading Ex-
cellence Act, $65,000,000, which shall become available on
July 1, 2000 and shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2001 and $195,000,000 which shall become
available on October 1, 2000 and remain available through
September 30, 2001.
INDIAN EDUCATION
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent
not otherwise provided, title IX, part A of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended,
$77,000,000.
BILINGUAL AND IMMIGRANT EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, bilingual, foreign language and immigrant edu-
cation activities authorized by parts A and C and section
7203 of title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965, without regard to section 7103(b),
$406,000,000: Provided, That State educational agencies
may use all, or any part of, their part C allocation for
competitive grants to local educational agencies.
SPECIAL EDUCATION
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, $6,036,646,000, of which $2,047,885,000
shall become available for obligation on July 1, 2000, and
shall remain available through September 30, 2001, and
of which $3,742,000,000 shall become available on Octo-
ber 1, 2000 and shall remain available through September
30, 2001, for academic year 2000–2001: Provided, That
$1,500,000 shall be for the recipient of funds provided by
Public Law 105–78 under section 687(b)(2)(G) of the Act
to provide information on diagnosis, intervention, and
teaching strategies for children with disabilities: Provided
further, That $1,500,000 shall be awarded to the Orga-
nizing Committee for the 2001 Special Olympics World
Winter Games in Alaska and $1,000,000 shall be awarded
to the Salt Lake City Organizing Committee for the VIII
Paralympic Winter Games: Provided further, That
$1,000,000 shall be for the Early Childhood Development
Project of the National Easter Seal Society for the Mis-
sissippi Delta Region, which funds shall be used to provide
training, technical support, services and equipment to ad-
dress personnel and other needs: Provided further, That
$1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Center for Literacy
and Assessment at the University of Southern Mississippi
for research dissemination and teacher and parent train-
ing.
REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Tech-
nology Act of 1998, and the Helen Keller National Center
Act, $2,707,522,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 105(b)(1) of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998
(‘‘the AT Act’’), each State shall be provided $50,000 for
activities under section 102 of the AT Act: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds available for section 303 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and notwithstanding any other
provision of law, $750,000 shall be awarded to the
Krasnow Institute at George Mason University for a Re-
ceptive Language Disorders research center, $1,000,000
shall be awarded to the University of Central Florida for
a virtual reality-based education and training program for
the deaf, $2,000,000 shall be awarded to the Seattle
Lighthouse for the Blind for interpreter, orientation, mo-
bility, and education services for deaf, blind and other vis-
ually impaired adults, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the
Professional Development and Research Institute on
Blindness in Louisiana for the training of professionals
in the field of education and rehabilitation of blind adults
and children, $600,000 shall be awarded to the Alaska
Center for Independent Living in Anchorage, Alaska to
develop capacity to implement a self-directed model for
personal assistance services, including training of self-em-
ployed personal assistants and their clients, and $250,000
shall be awarded to the Center for Discovery International
Family Institute in Sullivan County, New York to provide
educational opportunities and support to individuals with
severe mental and physical disabilities: Provided further,
That of the funds available for section 305 of the Rehabili-
tation Act of 1973 and notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the California
State University at Northridge for a Western Center for
Adaptive Therapy: Provided further, That of the funds
available for title II of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $500,000
shall be awarded to the Albert Einstein Medical Center
healthcare network in Philadelphia for research on post
polio syndrome.
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.), $10,100,000.
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.), $48,151,000, of which
$2,651,000 shall be for construction and shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That from the total
amount available, the Institute may at its discretion use
funds for the endowment program as authorized 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.), $85,980,000, of which $2,500,000 shall be for
construction and shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That from the total amount available, the Uni-
versity 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 Technical Edu-
cation Act, the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act,
and title VIII–D of the Higher Education Act of 1965,
as amended, and Public Law 102–73, $1,681,750,000, of
which $3,500,000 shall remain available until expended,
and of which $858,150,000 shall become available on July
1, 2000 and shall remain available through September 30,
2001 and of which $791,000,000 shall become available
on October 1, 2000 and shall remain available through
September 30, 2001: Provided, That of the amounts made
available for the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical
Education Act, $4,600,000 shall be for tribally controlled
vocational institutions under section 117: Provided further,
That of the $450,000,000 for Adult Education State
Grants, 30 percent of the amount exceeding the amount
appropriated in fiscal year 1999 shall be made available
for integrated English literacy and civics education serv-
ices to immigrants and other limited English proficient
populations: Provided further, That of the amount re-
served for integrated English literacy and civics education,
half shall be allocated to the States with the largest abso-
lute need for such services and half shall be allocated to
the States with the largest recent growth in need for such
services, based on the best available data, notwithstanding
section 211 of the Adult Education and Family Literacy
Act: Provided further, That $9,000,000 shall be for car-
rying out section 118 of such act for all activities con-
ducted by and through the National Occupational Infor-
mation Coordinating Committee: Provided further, That of
the amounts made available for the Adult Education and
Family Literacy Act, $14,000,000 shall be for national
leadership activities under section 243 and $6,000,000
shall be for the National Institute for Literacy under sec-
tion 242: Provided further, That $19,000,000 shall be for
Youth Offender Grants, of which $5,000,000, which shall
become available on July 1, 2000, and remain available
through September 30, 2001, shall be used in accordance
with section 601 of Public Law 102–73 as that section
was in effect prior to the enactment of Public Law 105–
220.
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
For carrying out subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part A, part
C and part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of
1965, as amended, $9,435,000,000, which shall remain
available through September 30, 2001.
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall
be eligible during award year 2000–2001 shall be $3,300:
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 1999 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.
For an additional amount for ‘‘STUDENT FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE’’ for payment of allocations to institutions of
higher education for Federal Supplemental Educational
Opportunity Grants for award years 1999–2000 and
2000–2001, made under title IV, part A, subpart 3, of
the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended,
$10,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary of Education may waive
or modify any statutory or regulatory provision applicable
to the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity
Grant program and the determination of need for such
grants, that the Secretary deems necessary to assist indi-
viduals who suffered financial harm resulting from the
hurricanes, and the flooding associated with the hurri-
canes, that struck the eastern United States in August
and September 1999, and who, at the time of the disaster
were residing, attending an institution of higher edu-
cation, or employed within an area affected by such a dis-
aster on the date which the President declared the exist-
ence of a major disaster (or, in the case of an individual
who is a dependent student, whose parent or stepparent
suffered financial harm from such disaster, and who re-
sided, or was employed in such an area at that time): Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 437 of the
General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232) and
section 553 of title 5, United States Code, the Secretary
shall, by notice in the Federal Register, exercise this au-
thority, through publication of waivers or modifications of
statutory and regulatory provisions, as the Secretary
deems necessary to assist such individuals: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding section 413D of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, allocations from such additional
amount shall not be taken into account in determining in-
stitutional allocations under such section in future years:
Provided further, That the entire amount made available
under this paragraph is designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, and that the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent an official budget request for the entire
amount, that includes designation of the entire amount as
an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress.
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 of 1965, as amended,
$48,000,000.
HIGHER EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, section 121 and titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and
VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended,
and the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act
of 1961; $1,533,659,000, of which $12,000,000 for inter-
est subsidies authorized by section 121 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965, shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That of the funds available for part A, subpart
2 of title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965,
$10,000,000 shall be available to fund awards for aca-
demic year 2000–2001, and $10,000,000 to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2001, shall be available to
fund awards for academic year 2001–2002, for fellowships
under part A, subpart 1 of title VII of said Act, under
the terms and conditions of part A, subpart 1: Provided
further, That section 852(b)(1) of the Higher Education
Amendments of 1998 is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
by striking ‘‘14’’ and inserting ‘‘16’’;
(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’
after the semicolon;
(3) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period
and inserting a semicolon; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(G) one member shall be appointed by the
Chairperson of the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate from
among members of the Senate; and
‘‘(H) one member shall be appointed by
the Chairperson of the Committee on Education
and the Workforce of the House of Representa-
tives from among members of the House of
Representatives.’’:
Provided further, That the matter preceding paragraph (1)
of section 853(b) of the Higher Education Amendments
of 1998 is amended by striking ‘‘6 months’’ and inserting
‘‘12 months’’: Provided further, That the amounts pro-
vided under this heading in division A, section 101(f ) of
Public Law 105–277 for the Web-Based Education Com-
mission, authorized by part J of title VIII of the Higher
Education Amendments of 1998, shall remain available
through September 30, 2000: Provided further, That
$3,000,000 is for data collection and evaluation activities
for programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965,
including such activities needed to comply with the Gov-
ernment Performance and Results Act of 1993: Provided
further, That of the funds available for title IV, part A,
subpart 8 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and not-
withstanding any other provision of law, $3,000,000 shall
be awarded to the University of South Florida for a dis-
tance learning program, $190,000 shall be awarded to the
New York Global Communication Center in West Islip,
New York for a distance learning program, $2,000,000
shall be awarded to the Alliance for Technology, Learning
and Society (ATLAS) at the University of Colorado for
technology-enhanced learning, $2,500,000 shall be award-
ed to the Illinois Community College Board to develop a
systemwide, on-line virtual degree program for the com-
munity college system in Illinois, and $1,250,000 shall be
made available to the University of Idaho Interactive
Learning Environments to develop and improve Internet-
based delivery of education programs.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C.
121 et seq.), $219,444,000, of which not less than
$3,530,000 shall be for a matching endowment grant pur-
suant to the Howard University Endowment Act (Public
Law 98–480) and shall remain available until expended.
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS
PROGRAM
For Federal administrative expenses authorized
under section 121 of the Higher Education Act of 1965,
$737,000 to carry out activities related to existing facility
loans entered into under the Higher Education Act of
1965.
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY
CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT
The total amount of bonds insured pursuant to sec-
tion 344 of title III, part D of the Higher Education Act
of 1965 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 III, part D of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, $207,000.
EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND IMPROVEMENT
For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu-
cational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Im-
provement Act of 1994, including part E; the National
Education Statistics Act of 1994, including sections 411
and 412; section 2102 of title II, and parts A, B, and
K and section 10102, section 10105, and 10601 of title
X, and part C of title XIII of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, and title VI
of Public Law 103–227, $596,892,000: Provided, That
$50,000,000 shall be available to demonstrate effective ap-
proaches to comprehensive school reform, to be allocated
and expended in accordance with the instructions relating
to this activity in the statement of managers on the con-
ference report accompanying Public Law 105–78 and in
the statement of the managers on the conference report
accompanying Public Law 105–277: Provided further,
That the funds made available for comprehensive school
reform shall become available on July 1, 2000, and remain
available through September 30, 2001, and in carrying out
this initiative, the Secretary and the States shall support
only approaches that show the most promise of enabling
children to meet challenging State content standards and
challenging State student performance standards based on
reliable research and effective practices, and include an
emphasis on basic academics and parental involvement:
Provided further, That $30,000,000 of the funds provided
for the national education research institutes shall be allo-
cated notwithstanding section 912(m)(1)(B–F) and sub-
paragraphs (B) and (C) of section 931(c)(2) of Public
Law 103–227: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under section 10601 of title X of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended,
$1,500,000 shall be used to conduct a violence prevention
demonstration 
program: 
Provided 
further, 
That
$45,000,000 shall be available to support activities under
section 10105 of part A of title X of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, of which up to
$2,250,000 may be available for evaluation, technical as-
sistance, and school networking activities: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available to local educational agen-
cies under this section shall be used only for activities re-
lated to establishing smaller learning communities in high
schools: Provided further, That funds made available for
section 10105 of part A of title X of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall become available
on July 1, 2000, and remain available through September
30, 2001: Provided further, That of the funds available
for part A of title X of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, $10,000,000 shall be awarded to
the National Constitution Center, established by Public
Law 100–433, for exhibition design, program planning
and operation of the center, $10,000,000 shall be provided
to continue a demonstration of public school facilities to
the Iowa Department of Education, $1,000,000 shall be
made available to the New Mexico Department of Edu-
cation for school performance improvement and drop-out
prevention, $300,000 shall be made available to Semos
Unlimited, Inc., in New Mexico to support bilingual edu-
cation and literacy programs, $700,000 shall be awarded
to Loyola University Chicago for recruitment and prepara-
tion of new teacher candidates for employment in rural
and inner-city schools, $500,000 shall be awarded to
Shedd Aquarium/Brookfield Zoo for science education/ex-
posure programs for local elementary school students,
$3,000,000 shall be awarded to Big Brothers/Big Sisters
of America to expand school-based mentoring, $2,500,000
shall be awarded to the Chicago Public School System to
support a substance abuse pilot program in conjunction
with Elgin and East Aurora School Systems, $1,000,000
shall be awarded to the University of Virginia Center for
Governmental Studies for the Youth Leadership Initiative,
$800,000 shall be awarded to the Institute for Student
Achievement at Holmes Middle School and Annandale
High School in Virginia for academic enrichment pro-
grams, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Mountain Arts
Center for educational programming, $1,500,000 shall be
awarded to the University of Louisville for research in the
area of academic readiness, $500,000 shall be awarded to
the West Ed Regional Educational Laboratory for the 24
Challenge and Jumping Levels Math Demonstration
Project, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to Central Michigan
University for a charter schools development and perform-
ance institute, $950,000 shall be awarded to the Living
Science Interactive Learning Model partnership in Indian
River, Florida for a science education program, $825,000
shall be awarded to the North Babylon Community Youth
Services for an educational program, $1,000,000 shall be
awarded to the Los Angeles County Office of Education/
Educational Telecommunications and Technology for a
pilot program for teachers, $650,000 shall be awarded to
the University of Northern Iowa for an institute of tech-
nology for inclusive education, $500,000 shall be awarded
to Youth Crime Watch of America to expand a program
to prevent crime, drugs and violence in schools, $892,000
shall be awarded to Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania
for an environmental science program, $560,000 shall be
awarded to the Western Suffolk St. Johns-LaSalle Acad-
emy Science and Technology Mentoring Program,
$4,000,000 shall be awarded to the National Teaching
Academy of Chicago for a model teacher recruitment,
preparation and professional development program,
$2,000,000 shall be awarded to the University of West
Florida for a teacher enhancement program, $1,000,000
shall be awarded to Delta State University in Mississippi
for innovative teacher training, $1,000,000 shall be
awarded to the Alaska Humanities Forum, Inc., in An-
chorage, Alaska, $250,000 shall be awarded to An Achiev-
able Dream in Newport News, Virginia to improve aca-
demic performance of at-risk youths, $250,000 shall be
awarded to the Rock School of Ballet in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, to expand its community-outreach programs
for inner-city children and underprivileged youth in Cam-
den, New Jersey and southern New Jersey, $1,000,000
shall be awarded to the University of Maryland Center for
Quality and Productivity to provide a link for the Blue
Ribbon Schools, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Con-
tinuing Education Center and Teachers’ Institute in
South Boston, Virginia to promote participation among
youth 
in 
the 
United 
States 
democratic 
process,
$1,000,000 shall be for the National Museum of Women
in the Arts to expand its ‘‘Discovering Art’’ program to
elementary and secondary schools and other educational
organizations, $400,000 shall be awarded to the Alaska
Department of Education’s summer reading program,
$400,000 shall be awarded to the Partners in Education,
Inc., to foster successful business-school partnerships,
$250,000 shall be for the Kodiak Island Borough School
District for development of an environmental education
program, $2,000,000 shall be for the Reach Out and Read
Program to expand literacy and health awareness for at-
risk families, $1,000,000 shall be for the Virginia Living
Museum in Newport News, Virginia for an educational
program, $450,000 shall be for the Challenger Learning
Center in Hardin County, Kentucky for technology assist-
ance and teacher training, $250,000 shall be for the
Crawford County School System in Georgia for technology
and curriculum support, $500,000 shall be for the Berrien
County School System in Georgia for technology develop-
ment, $35,000 shall be for the Louisville Salvation Army
Boys and Girls Club Diversion Enhancement Program,
$100,000 shall be awarded to the Philadelphia Orchestra’s
Philly Pops to operate the Jazz in the Schools program
in the Philadelphia school district, $500,000 for the Mis-
sissippi Delta Education for a teacher incentive program
initiative, $500,000 shall be for A Community of Agile
Partners in Education and the Pennsylvania Tele-
communications Exchange Network for a technology re-
source sharing initiative, $500,000 shall be for enhanced
teacher training in reading in the District of Columbia,
$100,000 shall be awarded to the Project 2000 D.C. men-
toring project, and $1,250,000 shall be awarded to Helen
Keller World Wide to expand the ChildSight vision screen-
ing program and provide eyeglasses to additional children
whose educational performance may be hindered by poor
vision, $750,000 shall be awarded to the Explornet Tech-
nology Learning Project in North Carolina, $1,750,000
shall be awarded to the Connecticut Early Reading Suc-
cess Institute to broaden the training of professionals in
best practices in reading instruction, $400,000 shall be
awarded to the National Academy of Recording Artists
and Sciences Foundation for the GRAMMY in the Schools
program to provide music education to high school stu-
dents, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Rosa and Ray-
mond Parks Institute for Self-Development for the Path-
ways to Freedom program for civil rights education for
young people and for community learning centers,
$500,000 shall be awarded to the Milton S. Eisenhower
Foundation to replicate and scientifically evaluate full-
service community schools, $500,000 shall be awarded to
the Henry Abbott Technical High School in Danbury,
Connecticut for workforce education and training activi-
ties, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Educational Per-
formance Foundation, CPI music education program
called ‘‘From the Top’’, $250,000 shall be awarded to the
Mount Vernon School District in Mount Vernon, New
York for the Institute of Student Achievement program,
$2,000,000 shall be awarded to the National Council of
La Raza for a project to improve educational outcomes
and opportunities for Hispanic children, $250,000 shall
be awarded to the Oakland Unified School District in Cali-
fornia for an African American Literacy and Culture
Project, $300,000 shall be awarded to the Vasona Center
Youth Science Institute, $750,000 shall be awarded to the
Life Learning Academy Charter School in San Francisco,
California, $250,000 shall be awarded to the National
Urban Coalition Say YES To A Youngster’s Future Pro-
gram to provide math and science education, $750,000
shall be awarded to the Wisconsin Academy Staff Develop-
ment Initiative in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin to provide
math, science, and technology teacher training, $500,000
shall be awarded to the University of Missouri-St. Louis
to develop a plan to improve the education system in the
City of St. Louis, Missouri, $313,000 shall be awarded
to the City of Houston for the ASPIRE after-school pro-
gram, $900,000 shall be awarded to the Boston Music
Education Collaborative comprehensive interdisciplinary
music program and teacher resource center in Boston,
Massachusetts, $250,000 shall be awarded to the Balti-
more Reads after-school tutoring program in Baltimore,
Maryland, $300,000 shall be awarded to the School of
International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont to develop
an education curriculum addressing child labor issues in
collaboration with the Brattleboro Union High School,
$750,000 shall be awarded to the University of Puerto
Rico for the continuation and expansion of the Hispanic
Educational Linkages Program in New York City, includ-
ing the South Bronx, New York, $250,000 shall be award-
ed to the Community Service Society of New York for
mentoring, tutoring and technology activities in New York
City public schools, including schools in the South Bronx,
$250,000 shall be awarded to the Smithsonian Institution
for a jazz music education program in Washington, D.C.,
$500,000 shall be awarded to Johnson Elementary School
in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to develop an innovative arts edu-
cation model which could be replicated in other schools,
$2,000,000 shall be awarded to the Boys and Girls Clubs
of America for after-school programs, $500,000 shall be
for the University of New Orleans for a teacher prepara-
tion and educational technology initiative, and $250,000
shall be for the Florida Department of Education for an
Internet-based teacher recruitment model, $250,000 shall
be awarded to the Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts for the ‘‘Make a Ballet’’ arts education program in
the New York City area: Provided further, That of the
funds available for section 10601 of title X of such Act,
$2,000,000 shall be awarded to the Center for Edu-
cational Technologies for production and distribution of
an effective CD-ROM product that would complement the
‘‘We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution’’ cur-
riculum: Provided further, That, in addition to the funds
for title VI of Public Law 103–227 and notwithstanding
the provisions of section 601(c)(1)(C) of that Act,
$1,000,000 shall be available to the Center for Civic Edu-
cation to conduct a civic education program with Northern
Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and, consistent with
the civics and Government activities authorized in section
601(c)(3) of Public Law 103–227, to provide civic edu-
cation assistance to democracies in developing countries.
The term ‘‘developing countries’’ shall have the same
meaning as the term ‘‘developing country’’ in the Edu-
cation for the Deaf 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,
$383,184,000.
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, $71,200,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector
General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department
of Education Organization Act, $34,000,000.
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-
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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.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended)
which are appropriated for the Department of Education
in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but
no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3
percent by any such transfer: Provided, That the Appro-
priations Committees of both Houses of Congress are noti-
fied at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
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SEC. 305. (a) From the funds appropriated for pay-
ments to local educational agencies under section 8003(f )
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(‘‘ESEA’’) for fiscal year 2000, the Secretary of Edu-
cation shall distribute supplemental payments for certain
local educational agencies, as follows:
(1) First, from the amount of $74,000,000, the
Secretary shall make supplemental payments to the
following agencies under section 8003(f ) of ESEA:
(A) Local educational agencies that re-
ceived assistance under section 8003(f ) for fis-
cal year 1999—
(i) in fiscal year 1997 had at least 40
percent federally connected children de-
scribed in section 8003(a)(1) in average
daily attendance; and in fiscal year 1997
had a tax rate for general fund purposes
which was at least 95 percent of the State
average tax rate for general fund purposes;
or
(ii) whose boundary is coterminous
with the boundary of a Federal military in-
stallation.
(B) Local educational agencies that re-
ceived assistance under section 8003(f ) for fis-
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cal year 1999; and in fiscal year 1997 had at
least 30 percent federally connected children de-
scribed in section 8003(a)(1) in average daily
attendance; and in fiscal year 1997 had a tax
rate for general fund purposes which was at
least 125 percent of the State average tax rate
for general fund purposes.
(C) Any eligible local educational agency
that in fiscal year 1997, which had at least
25,000 children in average daily attendance, at
least 50 percent federally connected children de-
scribed in section 8003(a)(1) in average daily
attendance, and at least 6,000 children de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section
8003(a)(1) in average daily attendance.
(2) From the remaining $2,000,000 and any
amounts available after making payments under
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall then make sup-
plemental payments to local educational agencies
that are not described in paragraph (1) of this sub-
section, but that meet the requirements of para-
graphs (2) and (4) of section 8003(f ) of ESEA for
fiscal year 2000.
(3) After making payments to all eligible local
educational agencies described in paragraph (2) of
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subsection (a), the Secretary shall use any remaining
funds from paragraph (2) for making payments to
the eligible local educational agencies described in
paragraph (1) of subsection (a) if the amount avail-
able under paragraph (1) is insufficient to fully fund
all eligible local educational agencies.
(4) After making payments to all eligible local
educational agencies as described in paragraphs 1
through 3, the Secretary shall use any remaining
funds to increase basic support payments under sec-
tion 8003(b) for fiscal year 2000 for all eligible ap-
plicants.
(b) In calculating the amounts of supplemental pay-
ments for agencies described in subparagraphs (1)(A) and
(B) and paragraph (2) of subsection (a), the Secretary
shall use the formula contained in section 8003(b)(1)(C)
of ESEA, except that—
(1) eligible local educational agencies may count
all children described in section 8003(a)(1) in com-
puting the amount of those payments;
(2) maximum payments for any of those agen-
cies that use local contribution rates identified in
section 8003(b)(1)(C) (i) or (ii) shall be computed
by using four-fifths instead of one-half of those
rates;
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(3) the learning opportunity threshold percent-
age of all such agencies under section 8003(b)(2)(B)
shall be deemed to be 100;
(4) for an eligible local educational agency with
35 percent or more of its children in average daily
attendance described in either subparagraph (D) or
(E) of section 8003(a)(1) in fiscal year 1997, the
weighted student unit figure from its regular basic
support payment shall be recomputed by using a fac-
tor of 0.55 for such children;
(5) for an eligible local educational agency with
fewer than 100 children in average daily attendance
in fiscal year 1997, the weighted student unit figure
from its regular basic support payment shall be re-
computed by multiplying the total number of chil-
dren described in section 8003(a)(1) by a factor of
1.75; and
(6) for an eligible local educational agency
whose total number of children in average daily at-
tendance in fiscal year 1997 was at least 100, but
fewer than 750, the weighted student unit figure
from its regular basic support payment shall be re-
computed by multiplying the total number of chil-
dren described in section 8003(a)(1) by a factor of
1.25.
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(c) For a local educational agency described in sub-
section (a)(1)(C) above, the Secretary shall use the for-
mula contained in section 8003(b)(1)(C) of ESEA, except
that the weighted student unit total from its regular basic
support payment shall be recomputed by using a factor
of 1.35 for children described in subparagraphs (A) and
(B) of section 8003(a)(1) and its learning opportunity
threshold percentage shall be deemed to be 100.
(d) For each eligible local educational agency, the cal-
culated supplemental section 8003(f ) payment shall be re-
duced by subtracting the agency’s fiscal year 2000 section
8003(b) basic support payment.
(e) If the sums described in subsections (a)(1) and
(2) above are insufficient to pay in full the calculated sup-
plemental payments for the local educational agencies
identified in those subsections, the Secretary shall ratably
reduce the supplemental section 8003(f ) payment to each
local educational agency.
SEC. 306. (a) Section 1204(b)(1)(A) of the Elemen-
tary 
and
Secondary 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C.
6364(b)(1)(a)) is amended—
(1) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the
semicolon;
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(2) by striking clause (v) and adding the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(v) 50 percent in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and
eighth such years; and
‘‘(vi) 35 percent in any subsequent such year.’’.
(b) Section 1208(b) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(3) CONTINUING
ELIGIBILITY.—In awarding
subgrant funds to continue a program under this
part after the first year, the State educational agen-
cy shall review the progress of each eligible entity in
meeting the goals of the program referred to in sec-
tion 1207(c)(1)(A) and shall evaluate the program
based on the indicators of program quality developed
by the State under section 1210.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking the last
sentence.
SEC. 307. (a) Notwithstanding sections 401( j) and
435(a)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1070a( j) and 1085(a)(2)) and subject to the requirements
of subsection (b), the Secretary of Education shall—
(1) recalculate the official fiscal year 1996 co-
hort default rate for Jacksonville College of Jackson-
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ville, Texas, on the basis of data corrections con-
firmed by the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Cor-
poration; and
(2) restore the eligibility of Jacksonville College
to participate in the Federal Pell Grant Program for
the 1999–2000 award year and succeeding award
years.
(b) Jacksonville College shall implement a default
management plan that is satisfactory to the Secretary of
Education.
(c) For purposes of determining its Federal Pell
Grant Program eligibility, Jacksonville College shall be
deemed to have withdrawn from the Federal Family Edu-
cation Loan program as of October 6, 1998.
SEC. 308. An amount of $14,500,000 from the bal-
ances of returned reserve funds, formerly held by the
Higher Education Assistance Foundation, that are cur-
rently held in Higher Education Assistance Foundation
Claims Reserves, Treasury account number 91X6192, and
$12,000,000 from funds formerly held by the Higher Edu-
cation Assistance Foundation, that are currently held in
trust, shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treas-
ury.
SEC. 309. Of the funds provided in title III of this
Act, under the heading ‘‘Higher Education’’, for title VII,
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part B of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $250,000
shall be awarded to the Snelling Center for Government
at the University of Vermont for a model school program,
$750,000 shall be awarded to Texas A&M University, Cor-
pus Christi, for operation of the Early Childhood Develop-
ment Center, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to Southeast
Missouri State University for equipment and curriculum
development associated with the University’s Polytechnic
Institute, $800,000 shall be awarded to the Washington
Virtual Classroom Consortium to develop, equip and im-
plement an ecosystem curriculum, $500,000 shall be pro-
vided to the Puget Sound Center for Technology for fac-
ulty development activities for the use of technology in the
classroom, $500,000 shall be awarded to the Center for
the Advancement of Distance Education in Rural Amer-
ica, $3,000,000, to be available until expended, shall be
awarded to the University Center of Lake County, Illinois
and $1,000,000, to be available until expended, shall be
awarded to the Oregon University System for activities au-
thorized under title III, part A, section 311(c)(2), of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, $500,000
shall be awarded to Columbia College Illinois for a fresh-
man retention program, $1,500,000 shall be awarded to
the University of Hawaii at Manoa for a Globalization Re-
search Center, $2,000,000 shall be awarded to the Univer-
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sity of Arkansas at Pine Bluff for technology infrastruc-
ture, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the I Have a Dream
Foundation, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to a demonstra-
tion program for activities authorized under part G of title
VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended,
$3,000,000 shall be awarded to the Daniel J. Evans
School of Public Policy at the University of Washington,
$200,000 shall be awarded to North Dakota State Univer-
sity for the Career Program for Dislocated Farmers and
Ranchers, $350,000 shall be awarded to North Dakota
State University for the Tech-based Industry Traineeship
Program, $3,000,000 shall be awarded to Washington
State University for the Thomas S. Foley Institute to sup-
port programs in congressional studies, public policy, voter
education, and to ensure community access and outreach,
$200,000 shall be awarded to Minot State University for
the 
Rural 
Communications 
Disabilities 
Program,
$300,000 shall be awarded to Bryant College for the Link-
ing International Trade Education Program (LITE),
$1,000,000 shall be awarded to Concord College, West
Virginia for a technology center to further enhance the
technical skills of West Virginia teachers and students,
$200,000 shall be awarded to Peirce College in Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania for education and training programs,
$250,000 shall be awarded to the Philadelphia Zoo for
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educational programs, $800,000 shall be awarded to
Spelman College in Georgia for educational operations,
$1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Philadelphia Univer-
sity Education Center for technology education, $725,000
shall be awarded to Lock Haven University for technology
innovations, $250,000 for Middle Georgia College for an
advanced distributed learning center demonstration pro-
gram, $1,000,000 for the University of the Incarnate
Word in San Antonio, Texas, to improve teacher capabili-
ties in technology, $1,000,000 for Elmira College in New
York for a technology enhancement initiative, $1,000,000
shall be awarded to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Con-
sortium on Higher Education for education programs,
$400,000 shall be awarded to Lehigh University Iacocca
Institute for educational training, $250,000 shall be
awarded to Lafayette College for arts education,
$1,000,000 shall be awarded to Lewis and Clark College
for the Crime Victims Law Institute, $1,650,000 for Rust
College in Mississippi for technology infrastructure,
$500,000 for the University of Notre Dame for a teacher
quality initiative, $2,400,000 shall be awarded to the
Western Governors University for a distance learning ini-
tiative, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Alabama A&M
University for the development of a research institute,
$1,000,000 shall be awarded to Tarleton State University
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in Stephenville, Texas for the Center for Astronomy Edu-
cation and Research summer science programs for stu-
dents and teachers, $1,500,000 shall be awarded to the
Great Plains Network at Kansas University, $350,000
shall be awarded to the Science Education and Literacy
Center at Rider University in New Jersey, $1,500,000
shall be awarded to the Indiana State University
DegreeLink Partnership for a distance learning program,
$1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Ivy Technical State
College in Indiana for a machine tool training program,
$1,250,000 shall be awarded to the Connecticut State
University System Center for Education Technology As-
sessment, $400,000 shall be awarded to Monmouth Uni-
versity in New Jersey for the 21st Century Science Teach-
ers Skills Project, $58,000 shall be awarded to the Black
Hawk College International Business Education Center in
Moline, Illinois for training in international economics,
$325,000 shall be awarded to the World Learning School
of International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont for the
expansion of a language study program, $500,000 shall
be awarded to the Diablo Valley Community College at
Contra-Costa Community College District for a model
teacher program to foster interest in teaching careers
among high school and community college students,
$1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Urban College of Bos-
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ton, Massachusetts, for tutoring and mentoring services
for educationally disadvantaged students, $1,000,000
shall be awarded to the University of Rhode Island Center
for Environmental Design, Planning, and Policy in King-
ston, Rhode Island to foster environmental education,
$800,000 shall be awarded to the Wisconsin Indianhead
Technical College at Ashland and Superior to provide high
technology education and training, $400,000 shall be for
an award to the University of Wisconsin at Superior for
Project SPARKS to link faculty with schools in the Supe-
rior School District in Wisconsin, and $100,000 shall be
awarded to the University of Nevada at Las Vegas for the
Nevada Institute for Children Children’s literacy program.
SEC. 310. (a) From the amount appropriated for title
VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 in accordance with this section, the Secretary of
Education—(1) shall make available a total of $6,000,000
to the Secretary of the Interior (on behalf of the Bureau
of Indian Affairs) and the outlying areas for activities
under this section; and (2) shall allocate the remainder
by providing each State the same percentage of that re-
mainder as it received of the funds allocated to States
under section 307(a)(2) of the Department of Education
Appropriations Act, 1999.
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(b)(1) Each State that receives funds under this sec-
tion shall distribute 100 percent of such funds to local
educational agencies, of which—
(A) 80 percent of such amount shall be allo-
cated to such local educational agencies in propor-
tion to the number of children, aged 5 to 17, who
reside in the school district served by such local edu-
cational agency from families with incomes below the
poverty line (as defined by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget and revised annually in accordance
with section 673(2) of the Community Services
Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to
a family of the size involved for the most recent fis-
cal year for which satisfactory data are available
compared to the number of such individuals who re-
side in the school districts served by all the local
educational agencies in the State for that fiscal year;
and
(B) 20 percent of such amount shall be allo-
cated to such local educational agencies in accord-
ance with the relative enrollments of children, aged
5 to 17, in public and private nonprofit elementary
and secondary schools within the boundaries of such
agencies.
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(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if the award to
a local educational agency under this section is less than
the starting salary for a new fully qualified teacher in that
agency who is certified within the State (which may in-
clude certification through State or local alternative
routes), has a baccalaureate degree, and demonstrates the
general knowledge, teaching skills, and subject matter
knowledge required to teach in his or her content areas,
that agency may use funds under this section to (A) help
pay the salary of a full- or part-time teacher hired to re-
duce class size, which may be in combination with other
Federal, State, or local funds; or (B) pay for activities
described in subsection (c)(2)(A)(iii) which may be related
to teaching in smaller classes.
(c)(1) The basic purpose and intent of this section
is to reduce class size with fully qualified teachers. Each
local educational agency that receives funds under this
section shall use such funds to carry out effective ap-
proaches to reducing class size with fully qualified teach-
ers who are certified within the State, including teachers
certified through State or local alternative routes, and who
demonstrate competency in the areas in which they teach,
to improve educational achievement for both regular and
special needs children, with particular consideration given
to reducing class size in the early elementary grades for
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which some research has shown class size reduction is
most effective.
(2)(A) Each such local educational agency may use
funds under this section for
(i) recruiting (including through the use of
signing bonuses, and other financial incentives), hir-
ing, and training fully qualified regular and special
education teachers (which may include hiring special
education teachers to team-teach with regular teach-
ers in classrooms that contain both children with
disabilities and non-disabled children) and teachers
of special-needs children, who are certified within
the State, including teachers certified through State
or local alternative routes, have a baccalaureate de-
gree and demonstrate the general knowledge, teach-
ing skills, and subject matter knowledge required to
teach in their content areas;
(ii) testing new teachers for academic content
knowledge, and to meet State certification require-
ments that are consistent with title II of the Higher
Education Act of 1965; and
(iii) providing professional development (which
may include such activities as promoting retention
and mentoring) to teachers, including special edu-
cation teachers and teachers of special-needs chil-
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dren, in order to meet the goal of ensuring that all
instructional staff have the subject matter knowl-
edge, teaching knowledge, and teaching skills nec-
essary to teach effectively in the content area or
areas in which they provide instruction, consistent
with title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
(B)(i) Except as provided under clause (ii) a local
educational agency may use not more than a total of 25
percent of the award received under this section for activi-
ties described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of subparagraph (A).
(ii) A local educational agency in an Ed-Flex Partner-
ship State under Public Law 106–25, the Education Flexi-
bility Partnership Act, and in which 10 percent or more
of teachers in elementary schools as defined by section
14101(14) of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 have not met applicable State and local cer-
tification requirements (including certification through
State or local alternative routes), or if such requirements
have been waived, may apply to the State educational
agency for a waiver that would permit it to use more than
25 percent of the funds it receives under this section for
activities described in subparagraph (A)(iii) for the pur-
pose of helping teachers who have not met the certification
requirements become certified.
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(iii) If the State educational agency approves the
local educational agency’s application for a waiver under
clause (ii), the local educational agency may use the funds
subject to the waiver for activities described in subpara-
graph (A)(iii) that are needed to ensure that at least 90
percent of the teachers in elementary schools are certified
within the State.
(C) A local educational agency that has already re-
duced class size in the early grades to 18 or less children
(or has already reduced class size to a State or local class
size reduction goal that was in effect on the day before
the enactment of the Department of Education Appropria-
tions Act, 2000, if that State or local educational agency
goal is 20 or fewer children) may use funds received under
this section—
(i) to make further class size reductions in
grades kindergarten through 3;
(ii) to reduce class size in other grades; or
(iii) to carry out activities to improve teacher
quality, including professional development.
(D) If a local educational agency has already reduced
class size in the early grades to 18 or fewer children and
intends to use funds provided under this section to carry
out professional development activities, including activities
to improve teacher quality, then the State shall make the
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award under subsection (b) to the local educational agen-
cy.
(3) Each such agency shall use funds under this sec-
tion only to supplement, and not to supplant, State and
local funds that, in the absence of such funds, would oth-
erwise be spent for activities under this section.
(4) No funds made available under this section may
be used to increase the salaries or provide benefits, other
than participation in professional development and enrich-
ment programs, to teachers who are not hired under this
section. Funds under this section may be used to pay the
salary of teachers hired under section 307 of the Depart-
ment of Education Appropriations Act, 1999.
(d)(1) Each State receiving funds under this section
shall report on activities in the State under this section,
consistent with section 6202(a)(2) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965.
(2) Each State and local educational agency receiving
funds under this section shall publicly report to parents
on its progress in reducing class size, increasing the per-
centage of classes in core academic areas taught by fully
qualified teachers who are certified within the State and
demonstrate competency in the content areas in which
they teach, and on the impact that hiring additional highly
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qualified teachers and reducing class size, has had, if any,
on increasing student academic achievement.
(3) Each school receiving funds under this section
shall provide to parents upon request, the professional
qualifications of their child’s teacher.
(e) If a local educational agency uses funds made
available under this section for professional development
activities, the agency shall ensure for the equitable partici-
pation of private nonprofit elementary and secondary
schools in such activities. Section 6402 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall not apply to
other activities under this section.
(f ) ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—A local edu-
cational agency that receives funds under this section may
use not more than 3 percent of such funds for local admin-
istrative costs.
(g) REQUEST FOR FUNDS.—Each local educational
agency that desires to receive funds under this section
shall include in the application required under section
6303 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 a description of the agency’s program to reduce class
size by hiring additional highly qualified teachers.
(h) No funds under this section may be used to pay
the salary of any teacher hired with funds under section
307 of the Department of Education Appropriations Act,
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1999, unless, by the start of the 2000–2001 school year,
the teacher is certified within the State (which may in-
clude certification through State or local alternative
routes) and demonstrates competency in the subject areas
in which he or she teaches.
(i) Titles III and IV of the Goals 2000: Educate
America Act are repealed on September 30, 2000.
LIMITATION ON PUNITIVE DAMAGES AWARDED AGAINST
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
SEC. 311. Section 5 of the Y2K Act (15 U.S.C. 6604)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
punitive damages in a Y2K action may not be
awarded against an instituion of higher education as
defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)).
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not
apply to an institution of higher education if the
Y2K failure in the Y2K action occurred in a com-
puter-based student financial aid system of that in-
stitution of higher education, and the institution—
‘‘(A) has passed Y2K data exchange test-
ing with the Department of Education; or
‘‘(B) is not or was not in the process of
performing data exchange testing with the De-
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partment of Education at the time the Depart-
ment terminates such testing.’’.
SEC. 312. Section 4 of P.L. 106–71 is amended by
striking subsection (c).
SEC. 313. HOLD HARMLESS.
(a) LOCAL CONTRIBUTION RATE.—For purposes of
calculating a payment under section 8003(b) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for fiscal
year 1999 or 2000 with respect to any local educational
agency described in subsection (b), the Secretary of Edu-
cation shall not use a local contribution rate for the fiscal
year that is less than the local contribution rate used for
the local educational agency for fiscal year 1998.
(b) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—A local edu-
cational agency referred to in subsection (a) is any local
educational agency that—
(1) is eligible to receive a payment under sec-
tion 8003(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 for fiscal year 1999 or 2000, as
the case may be; and
(2) received a payment under such section for
fiscal year 1998 that was calculated on the basis of
a local contribution rate based on generally com-
parable school districts using the special additional
factors method.
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall be effective
for fiscal years 1999 and 2000.
SEC. 314. VOTER REGISTRATION OF COLLEGE STUDENTS.
Subparagraph (C) of section 487(a)(23) of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(23)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(C) This paragraph shall apply to general
and special elections for Federal office, as de-
fined in section 301(3) of the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(3)), and
to the elections for Governor or other chief ex-
ecutive within such State).’’.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
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, $68,295,000, of
which $12,696,000 shall remain available until expended
for construction and renovation of the physical plants at
the United States Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home and the
United States Naval Home: Provided, That, notwith-
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standing any other provision of law, a single contract or
related contracts for development and construction, to in-
clude construction of a long-term care facility at the
United States Naval Home, may be employed which collec-
tively include the full scope of the project: Provided fur-
ther, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the
clause ‘‘availability of funds’’ found at 48 CFR 52.232–
18 and 252.232–7007, Limitation of Government Obliga-
tions.
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, $295,645,000: Provided, That none of the funds made
available to the Corporation for National and Community
Service in this Act for activities authorized by part E of
title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973
shall be used to provide stipends to volunteers or volunteer
leaders whose incomes exceed the income guidelines estab-
lished for payment of stipends under the Foster Grand-
parent and Senior Companion programs: Provided further,
That the foregoing proviso shall not apply to the Seniors
for Schools program.
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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 2002,
$350,000,000: 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: Pro-
vided further, That in addition to the amounts provided
above, $10,000,000 shall be for digitalization, only if spe-
cifically authorized by subsequent legislation enacted by
September 30, 2000.
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; for expenses necessary for the Labor-Man-
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agement 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. ch. 71), $36,834,000, in-
cluding $1,500,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2001, 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 other conflict resolution services and technical
assistance, including those provided to foreign govern-
ments and international organizations, and for arbitration
services shall be credited to and merged with this account,
and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That fees for arbitration services shall be available
only for education, training, and professional development
of the agency workforce: Provided further, That the Direc-
tor of the Service is authorized to accept and use on behalf
of the United States gifts of services and real, personal,
or other property in the aid of any projects or functions
within the Director’s jurisdiction.
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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.),
$6,159,000.
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
OFFICE OF LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS AND
ADMINISTRATION
For carrying out subtitle B of the Museum and Li-
brary Services Act, $166,885,000, of which $22,991,000
shall be awarded to national leadership projects, notwith-
standing any other provision of law: Provided, That of the
amount provided, $700,000 shall be awarded to the Li-
brary and Archives of New Hampshire’s Political Tradi-
tion at the New Hampshire State Library, $1,000,000
shall be awarded to the Vermont Department of Libraries
in Montpelier, Vermont, $750,000 shall be awarded to
consolidation and preservation of archives and special col-
lections at the University of Miami Library in Coral Ga-
bles, Florida, $1,900,000 shall be awarded to exhibits and
library improvements for the Mississippi River Museum
and Discovery Center in Dubuque, Iowa, $750,000 shall
be awarded to the Alaska Native Heritage Center in An-
chorage, Alaska, $750,000 shall be awarded to the Pea-
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body-Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, $750,000
shall be awarded to the Bishop Museum in Hawaii,
$200,000 shall be awarded to Oceanside Public Library
in California for a local cultural heritage project,
$1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Urban Children’s Mu-
seum Collaborative to develop and implement pilot pro-
grams dedicated to serving at-risk children and their fami-
lies, $150,000 shall be awarded to the Troy State Univer-
sity Dothan in Alabama for archival of a special collection,
$450,000 shall be awarded to Chadron State College in
Nebraska for the Mari Sandoz Center, $350,000 shall be
awarded to the Alabama A&M University Alabama State
Black Archives Research Center and Museum, $350,000
shall be awarded to Mystic Seaport, the Museum of Amer-
ica and the Sea, in Connecticut to develop an educational
outreach and informal learning laboratory, $100,000 shall
be awarded to the Museum for African Art in New York
City, New York for community programming, $35,000
shall be awarded to the Children’s Museum of Manhattan
in New York City, New York for family programming,
$400,000 shall be awarded to the Full Service Library in
Molalla, Oregon for technology training and community
education programs, $250,000 shall be awarded to Temple
University Libraries African American library digitization
initiative, and $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Natural
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History Museum of Los Angeles County, for a science edu-
cation program that targets a Spanish speaking audience,
$1,000,000 for Dakota Wesleyan University to support
enhanced use of technology in the delivery of library serv-
ices and $500,000 shall be for the Portland State Millar
Library for technology based information and research
networks.
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of
the Social Security Act, $7,015,000, to be transferred to
this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance
and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust
Funds.
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),
$1,300,000.
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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, $2,400,000.
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, $2,250,000.
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, $206,500,000: 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
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ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when main-
tained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at
least 95 percent of the water stored or supplied thereby
is used for farming purposes.
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, $9,600,000: Provided, That unobligated balances at
the end of fiscal year 2000 not needed for emergency
boards shall remain available for other statutory purposes
through September 30, 2001.
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),
$8,500,000.
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, $174,000,000, which shall include
amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2000 pursuant
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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 $174,000,000: 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, $150,000, to remain available through September
30, 2001, 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,
$91,000,000, 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.
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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 $5,400,000, to be derived from
the railroad retirement accounts and railroad unemploy-
ment insurance account: Provided, That none of the funds
made available in any other paragraph of this Act may
be transferred to the Office; used to carry out any such
transfer; used to provide any office space, equipment, of-
fice supplies, communications facilities or services, mainte-
nance services, or administrative services for the Office;
used to pay any salary, benefit, or award for any personnel
of the Office; used to pay any other operating expense of
the Office; or used to reimburse the Office for any service
provided, or expense incurred, by the Office.
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, $20,764,000.
SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS
For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety
and Health Act of 1977, $383,638,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
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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 2001, $124,000,000, 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,
$21,503,085,000, 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.
From funds provided under the previous paragraph,
not less than $100,000,000 shall be available for payment
to the Social Security trust funds for administrative ex-
penses for conducting continuing disability reviews.
In addition, $200,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2001, for payment to the Social Security
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trust funds for administrative expenses for continuing dis-
ability reviews as authorized by section 103 of Public Law
104–121 and section 10203 of Public Law 105–33. The
term ‘‘continuing disability reviews’’ means reviews and
redeterminations as defined under section 201(g)(1)(A) of
the Social Security Act, as amended.
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 making benefit payments under title XVI of the
Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year
2001, $9,890,000,000, 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
$6,111,871,000 may be expended, as authorized by sec-
tion 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one
or all of the trust funds referred to therein: Provided, That
not less than $1,800,000 shall be for the Social Security
Advisory Board: Provided further, That unobligated bal-
ances at the end of fiscal year 2000 not needed for fiscal
year 2000 shall remain available until expended to invest
in the Social Security Administration computing network,
including related equipment and non-payroll administra-
135
tive expenses associated solely with this network: Provided
further, That reimbursement to the trust funds under this
heading for expenditures for official time for employees
of the Social Security Administration pursuant to section
7131 of title 5, United States Code, and for facilities or
support services for labor organizations pursuant to poli-
cies, regulations, or procedures referred to in section
7135(b) of such title shall be made by the Secretary of
the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in the general
fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as possible after
such expenditures are made.
From funds provided under the previous paragraph,
notwithstanding the provision under this heading in Public
Law 105–277 regarding unobligated balances at the end
of fiscal year 1999 not needed for such fiscal year, an
amount not to exceed $100,000,000 from such unobli-
gated balances shall, in addition to funding already avail-
able under this heading for fiscal year 2000, be available
for necessary expenses.
From funds provided under the first paragraph, not
less than $200,000,000 shall be available for conducting
continuing disability reviews.
In addition to funding already available under this
heading, and subject to the same terms and conditions,
$405,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
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2001, for continuing disability reviews as authorized by
section 103 of Public Law 104–121 and section 10203 of
Public Law 105–33. The term ‘‘continuing disability re-
views’’ means reviews and redeterminations as defined
under section 201(g)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act, as
amended.
In addition, $80,000,000 to be derived from adminis-
tration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment
collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Secu-
rity 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 2000 exceed $80,000,000, the
amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2001 only to the
extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
From amounts previously made available under this
heading for a state-of-the-art computing network, not to
exceed $100,000,000 shall be available for necessary ex-
penses under this heading, subject to the same terms and
conditions.
From funds provided under the first paragraph, the
Commissioner of Social Security may direct up to
$3,000,000, in addition to funds previously appropriated
for this purpose, to continue Federal-State partnerships
which will evaluate means to promote Medicare buy-in pro-
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grams targeted to elderly and disabled individuals under
titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act.
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, $15,000,000, together
with not to exceed $51,000,000, 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.
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of
the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred
from the ‘‘Limitation 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 trans-
fers 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, $13,000,000.
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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 or any State legis-
lature, 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 recipi-
ent, related to any activity designed to influence legislation
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or appropriations pending before the Congress or any
State legislature.
SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education
are authorized to make available not to exceed $20,000
and $15,000, respectively, from funds available for sala-
ries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, 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 rep-
resentation expenses not to exceed $2,500 from the funds
available for ‘‘Salaries and expenses, Federal Mediation
and Conciliation Service’’; and the Chairman of the Na-
tional Mediation Board is authorized to make available for
official reception and representation expenses not to ex-
ceed $2,500 from funds available for ‘‘Salaries and ex-
penses, 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 nee-
dles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal
drug.
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-
140
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 enti-
ty 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 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 included in this Act, including but not limited to
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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’’ includes 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. 511. (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 that promotes the legalization
of any drug or other substance included in schedule I of
the schedules of controlled substances established by sec-
tion 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C.
812).
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitation in subsection (a)
shall not apply when 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. 512. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew
a contract with an entity if—
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(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 enti-
ty.
SEC. 513. Except as otherwise specifically provided
by law, unobligated balances remaining available at the
end of fiscal year 2000 from appropriations made avail-
able for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2000 in this
Act, shall remain available through December 31, 2000,
for each such account for the purposes authorized: Pro-
vided, That the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations shall be notified at least 15 days prior to the
obligation of such funds.
SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final stand-
ard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1320d–2(b)) providing for, or providing for the as-
signment of, a unique health identifier for an individual
(except in an individual’s capacity as an employer or a
145
health care provider), until legislation is enacted specifi-
cally approving the standard.
SEC. 515. Section 520(c)(2)(D) of the Departments
of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, as
amended, is further amended by striking ‘‘December 31,
1997’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2000’’.
SEC. 516. The United States-Mexico Border Health
Commission Act (22 U.S.C. 290n et seq.) is amended—
(1) by striking section 2 and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF BORDER HEALTH
COMMISSION.
‘‘Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this section, the President shall appoint the
United States members of the United States-Mexico Bor-
der Health Commission, and shall attempt to conclude an
agreement with Mexico providing for the establishment of
such Commission.’’; and
(2) in section 3—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking the semi-
colon and inserting ‘‘; and’’;
(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘;
and’’ and inserting a period; and
(C) by striking paragraph (3).
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SEC. 517. The applicable time limitations with re-
spect to the giving of notice of injury and the filing of
a claim for compensation for disability or death by an indi-
vidual under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act,
as amended, for injuries sustained as a result of the per-
son’s exposure to a nitrogen or sulfur mustard agent in
the performance of official duties as an employee at the
Department of the Army’s Edgewood Arsenal before
March 20, 1944, shall not begin to run until the date of
the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 518. Section 169(d)(2)(B) of Public Law 105–
220, the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, is amended
by striking ‘‘or Alaska Native villages or Native groups
(as such terms are defined in section 3 of the Alaska Na-
tive Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602)).’’ and in-
serting ‘‘or Alaska Natives.’’.
TITLE VI—EARLY DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND
INTERVENTIONS FOR NEWBORNS AND IN-
FANTS WITH HEARING LOSS
SEC. 601. (a) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of
this section only, the following terms in this section are
defined as follows:
(1) HEARING
SCREENING.—Newborn and in-
fant hearing screening consists of objective physio-
logic procedures to detect possible hearing loss and
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to identify newborns and infants who, after re-
screening, require further audiologic and medical
evaluations.
(2) 
AUDIOLOGIC
EVALUATION.—Audiologic
evaluation consists of procedures to assess the status
of the auditory system; to establish the site of the
auditory disorder; the type and degree of hearing
loss, and the potential effects of hearing loss on
communication; and to identify appropriate treat-
ment and referral options. Referral options should
include linkage to State IDEA part C coordinating
agencies or other appropriate agencies, medical eval-
uation, 
hearing 
aid/sensory 
aid 
assessment,
audiologic rehabilitation treatment, national and
local consumer, self-help, parent, and education or-
ganizations, and other family-centered services.
(3) MEDICAL EVALUATION.—Medical evaluation
by a physician consists of key components including
history, examination, and medical decision making
focused on symptomatic and related body systems
for the purpose of diagnosing the etiology of hearing
loss and related physical conditions, and for identi-
fying appropriate treatment and referral options.
(4) MEDICAL
INTERVENTION.—Medical inter-
vention is the process by which a physician provides
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medical diagnosis and direction for medical and/or
surgical treatment options of hearing loss and/or re-
lated medical disorder associated with hearing loss.
(5) AUDIOLOGIC REHABILITATION.—Audiologic
rehabilitation (intervention) consists of procedures,
techniques, and technologies to facilitate the recep-
tive and expressive communication abilities of a child
with hearing loss.
(6) EARLY INTERVENTION.—Early intervention
(e.g., nonmedical) means providing appropriate serv-
ices for the child with hearing loss and ensuring that
families of the child are provided comprehensive,
consumer-oriented information about the full range
of family support, training, information services,
communication options and are given the oppor-
tunity to consider the full range of educational and
program placements and options for their child.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are to
clarify the authority within the Public Health Service Act
to authorize statewide newborn and infant hearing screen-
ing, evaluation and intervention programs and systems,
technical assistance, a national applied research program,
and interagency and private sector collaboration for policy
development, in order to assist the States in making
progress toward the following goals:
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newborns, infants, toddlers, and children who are
deaf or hard-of-hearing have unique language, learn-
ing, and communication needs, and should be the re-
sult of consultation with pertinent public and private
sectors.
(c) STATEWIDE NEWBORN AND INFANT HEARING
SCREENING, EVALUATION
AND
INTERVENTION
PRO-
GRAMS AND SYSTEMS.—Under the existing authority of
the Public Health Service Act, the Secretary of Health
and Human Services (in this section referred to as the
‘‘Secretary’’), acting through the Administrator of the
Health Resources and Services Administration, shall make
awards of grants or cooperative agreements to develop
statewide newborn and infant hearing screening, evalua-
tion and intervention programs and systems for the fol-
lowing purposes:
(1) To develop and monitor the efficacy of
statewide newborn and infant hearing screening,
evaluation and intervention programs and systems.
Early intervention includes referral to schools and
agencies, including community, consumer, and par-
ent-based agencies and organizations and other pro-
grams mandated by part C of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act, which offer programs
specifically designed to meet the unique language
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and communication needs of deaf and hard-of-hear-
ing newborns, infants, toddlers, and children.
(2) To collect data on statewide newborn and
infant hearing screening, evaluation and intervention
programs and systems that can be used for applied
research, program evaluation and policy develop-
ment.
(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, DATA MANAGEMENT,
AND APPLIED RESEARCH.—
(1) CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PRE-
VENTION.—Under the existing authority of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act, the Secretary, acting through
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, shall make awards of grants or coopera-
tive agreements to provide technical assistance to
State agencies to complement an intramural pro-
gram and to conduct applied research related to
newborn and infant hearing screening, evaluation
and intervention programs and systems. The pro-
gram shall develop standardized procedures for data
management and program effectiveness and costs,
such as—
(A) to ensure quality monitoring of new-
born and infant hearing loss screening, evalua-
tion, and intervention programs and systems;
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(B) to provide technical assistance on data
collection and management;
(C) to study the costs and effectiveness of
newborn and infant hearing screening, evalua-
tion and intervention programs and systems
conducted by State-based programs in order to
answer issues of importance to State and na-
tional policymakers;
(D) to identify the causes and risk factors
for congenital hearing loss;
(E) to study the effectiveness of newborn
and infant hearing screening, audiologic and
medical evaluations and intervention programs
and systems by assessing the health, intellectual
and social developmental, cognitive, and lan-
guage status of these children at school age;
and
(F) to promote the sharing of data regard-
ing early hearing loss with State-based birth de-
fects and developmental disabilities monitoring
programs for the purpose of identifying pre-
viously unknown causes of hearing loss.
(2) NATIONAL
INSTITUTES
OF
HEALTH.—
Under the existing authority of the Public Health
Service Act, the Director of the National Institutes
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of Health, acting through the Director of the Na-
tional Institute on Deafness and Other Communica-
tion Disorders, shall for purposes of this section,
continue a program of research and development on
the efficacy of new screening techniques and tech-
nology, including clinical studies of screening meth-
ods, studies on efficacy of intervention, and related
research.
(e) COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Under the existing authority
of the Public Health Service Act, in carrying out
programs under this section, the Administrator of
the Health Resources and Services Administration,
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, and the Director of the National Insti-
tutes of Health shall collaborate and consult with
other Federal agencies; State and local agencies, in-
cluding those responsible for early intervention serv-
ices pursuant to title XIX of the Social Security Act
(Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis
and Treatment Program); title XXI of the Social Se-
curity Act (State Children’s Health Insurance Pro-
gram); title V of the Social Security Act (Maternal
and Child Health Block Grant Program); and part
C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act;
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consumer groups of and that serve individuals who
are deaf and hard-of-hearing and their families; ap-
propriate national medical and other health and edu-
cation specialty organizations; persons who are deaf
and hard-of-hearing and their families; other quali-
fied professional personnel who are proficient in deaf
or hard-of-hearing children’s language and who pos-
sess the specialized knowledge, skills, and attributes
needed to serve deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns,
infants, toddlers, children, and their families; third-
party payers and managed care organizations; and
related commercial industries.
(2) POLICY DEVELOPMENT.—Under the exist-
ing authority of the Public Health Service Act, the
Administrator of the Health Resources and Services
Administration, the Director of the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention, and the Director of the
National Institutes of Health shall coordinate and
collaborate on recommendations for policy develop-
ment at the Federal and State levels and with the
private sector, including consumer, medical and
other health and education professional-based orga-
nizations, with respect to newborn and infant hear-
ing screening, evaluation and intervention programs
and systems.
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(3) STATE EARLY DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND
INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AND SYSTEMS; DATA COL-
LECTION.—Under the existing authority of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act, the Administrator of the
Health Resources and Services Administration and
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention shall coordinate and collaborate in assist-
ing States to establish newborn and infant hearing
screening, evaluation and intervention programs and
systems under subsection (c) and to develop a data
collection system under subsection (d).
(f ) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to preempt any State law.
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) STATEWIDE NEWBORN AND INFANT HEAR-
ING SCREENING, EVALUATION AND INTERVENTION
PROGRAMS AND SYSTEMS.—For the purpose of car-
rying out subsection (c) under the existing authority
of the Public Health Service Act, there are author-
ized to the Health Resources and Services Adminis-
tration appropriations in the amount of $5,000,000
for fiscal year 2000, $8,000,000 for fiscal year
2001, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 2002.
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(2) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE, DATA
MANAGE-
MENT, AND APPLIED RESEARCH; CENTERS FOR DIS-
EASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.—For the purpose
of carrying out subsection (d)(1) under the existing
authority of the Public Health Service Act, there are
authorized to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 
appropriations 
in 
the 
amount 
of
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $7,000,000 for fis-
cal year 2001, and such sums as may be necessary
for fiscal year 2002.
(3) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE, DATA
MANAGE-
MENT, AND APPLIED RESEARCH; NATIONAL INSTI-
TUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION
DISORDERS.—For the purpose of carrying out sub-
section (d)(2) under the existing authority of the
Public Health Service Act, there are authorized to
the National Institute on Deafness and Other Com-
munication Disorders appropriations for such sums
as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years
2000 through 2002.
TITLE VII—DENALI COMMISSION
SEC. 701. DENALI COMMISSION.—Section 307 of
Title III—Denali Commission of Division C—Other Mat-
ters of Public Law 105–277 is amended by adding a new
subsection at the end thereof as follows:
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‘‘(c) DEMONSTRATION
HEALTH
PROJECTS.—In
order to demonstrate the value of adequate health facilities
and services to the economic development of the region,
the Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized
to make grants to the Denali Commission to plan, con-
struct, and equip demonstration health, nutrition, and
child care projects, including hospitals, health care clinics,
and mental health facilities (including drug and alcohol
treatment centers) in accordance with the Work Plan re-
ferred to under section 304 of Title III—Denali Commis-
sion of Division C—Other Matters of Public Law 105–
277. No grant for construction or equipment of a dem-
onstration project shall exceed 50 percentum of such costs,
unless the project is located in a severely economically dis-
tressed community, as identified in the Work Plan re-
ferred to under section 304 of Title III—Denali Commis-
sion of Division C—Other Matters of Public Law 105–
277, in which case no grant shall exceed 80 percentum
of such costs. To carry out this section, there is authorized
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary.
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TITLE VIII—WELFARE-TO-WORK AND CHILD
SUPPORT AMENDMENTS OF 1999
SEC. 801. FLEXIBILITY IN ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION
IN WELFARE-TO-WORK PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 403(a)(5)(C)(ii) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(C)(ii)) is amend-
ed to read as follows:
‘‘(ii) GENERAL ELIGIBILITY.—An en-
tity that operates a project with funds pro-
vided under this paragraph may expend
funds provided to the project for the ben-
efit of recipients of assistance under the
program funded under this part of the
State in which the entity is located who—
‘‘(I) 
has 
received 
assistance
under the State program funded
under this part (whether in effect be-
fore or after the amendments made by
section 103 of the Personal Responsi-
bility and Work Opportunity Rec-
onciliation Act of 1996 first apply to
the State) for at least 30 months
(whether or not consecutive); or
‘‘(II) within 12 months, will be-
come ineligible for assistance under
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the State program funded under this
part by reason of a durational limit on
such assistance, without regard to any
exemption provided pursuant to sec-
tion 408(a)(7)(C) that may apply to
the individual.’’.
(b) NONCUSTODIAL PARENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 403(a)(5)(C) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(C)) is amended—
(A) by redesignating clauses (iii) through
(viii) as clauses (iv) through (ix), respectively;
and
(B) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(iii) NONCUSTODIAL
PARENTS.—An
entity that operates a project with funds
provided under this paragraph may use the
funds to provide services in a form de-
scribed in clause (i) to noncustodial par-
ents with respect to whom the require-
ments of the following subclauses are met:
‘‘(I) The noncustodial parent is
unemployed, underemployed, or hav-
ing difficulty in paying child support
obligations.
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‘‘(II) At least 1 of the following
applies to a minor child of the non-
custodial parent (with preference in
the determination of the noncustodial
parents to be provided services under
this paragraph to be provided by the
entity to those noncustodial parents
with minor children who meet, or who
have custodial parents who meet, the
requirements of item (aa)):
‘‘(aa) The minor child or the
custodial parent of the minor
child meets the requirements of
subclause (I) or (II) of clause
(ii).
‘‘(bb) The minor child is eli-
gible for, or is receiving, benefits
under the program funded under
this part.
‘‘(cc) The minor child re-
ceived benefits under the pro-
gram funded under this part in
the 12-month period preceding
the date of the determination but
no longer receives such benefits.
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‘‘(dd) The minor child is eli-
gible for, or is receiving, assist-
ance under the Food Stamp Act
of 1977, benefits under the sup-
plemental security income pro-
gram under title XVI of this Act,
medical assistance under title
XIX of this Act, or child health
assistance under title XXI of this
Act.
‘‘(III) In the case of a noncusto-
dial parent who becomes enrolled in
the project on or after the date of the
enactment of this clause, the non-
custodial parent is in compliance with
the terms of an oral or written per-
sonal responsibility contract entered
into among the noncustodial parent,
the entity, and (unless the entity dem-
onstrates to the Secretary that the en-
tity is not capable of coordinating
with such agency) the agency respon-
sible for administering the State plan
under part D, which was developed
taking into account the employment
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and child support status of the non-
custodial parent, which was entered
into not later than 30 (or, at the op-
tion of the entity, not later than 90)
days after the noncustodial parent
was enrolled in the project, and which,
at a minimum, includes the following:
‘‘(aa) A commitment by the
noncustodial parent to cooperate,
at the earliest opportunity, in the
establishment of the paternity of
the minor child, through vol-
untary acknowledgement or other
procedures, and in the establish-
ment of a child support order.
‘‘(bb) A commitment by the
noncustodial parent to cooperate
in the payment of child support
for the minor child, which may
include a modification of an ex-
isting support order to take into
account the ability of the non-
custodial parent to pay such sup-
port and the participation of such
parent in the project.
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‘‘(cc) A commitment by the
noncustodial parent to participate
in employment or related activi-
ties that will enable the noncusto-
dial parent to make regular child
support payments, and if the
noncustodial parent has not at-
tained 20 years of age, such re-
lated activities may include com-
pletion of high school, a general
equivalency degree, or other edu-
cation directly related to employ-
ment.
‘‘(dd) A description of the
services to be provided under this
paragraph, and a commitment by
the noncustodial parent to par-
ticipate in such services, that are
designed to assist the noncusto-
dial parent obtain and retain em-
ployment, increase earnings, and
enhance the financial and emo-
tional contributions to the well-
being of the minor child.
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In order to protect custodial parents
and children who may be at risk of
domestic violence, the preceding provi-
sions of this subclause shall not be
construed to affect any other provi-
sion of law requiring a custodial par-
ent to cooperate in establishing the
paternity of a child or establishing or
enforcing a support order with respect
to a child, or entitling a custodial par-
ent to refuse, for good cause, to pro-
vide such cooperation as a condition
of assistance or benefit under any
program, shall not be construed to re-
quire such cooperation by the custo-
dial parent as a condition of participa-
tion of either parent in the program
authorized under this paragraph, and
shall not be construed to require a
custodial parent to cooperate with or
participate in any activity under this
clause. The entity operating a project
under this clause with funds provided
under this paragraph shall consult
with domestic violence prevention and