In the Senate of the United States,
July 30, 1998.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 4194) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for
the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards,
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.’’, do pass
with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and for sundry independent agencies, com-
missions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1999, and for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the payment of compensation benefits to or on be-
half of veterans and a pilot program for disability examina-
tions as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 11, 13,
18, 51, 53, 55, and 61); pension benefits to or on behalf
of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 15,
51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 2508); and burial benefits,
emergency and other officers’ retirement pay, adjusted-serv-
ice credits and certificates, payment of premiums due on
commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under the
provisions of Article IV of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil
Relief Act of 1940, as amended, and for other benefits as
authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106,
chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 50 U.S.C. App. 540–548;
43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 735; 76 Stat. 1198);
$21,857,058,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $24,534,000 of the amount appro-
priated shall be reimbursed to ‘‘General operating expenses’’
and ‘‘Medical care’’ for necessary expenses in implementing
those provisions authorized in the Omnibus Budget Rec-
onciliation Act of 1990, and in the Veterans’ Benefits Act
of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapters 51, 53, and 55), the funding
source for which is specifically provided as the ‘‘Compensa-
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tion and pensions’’ appropriation: Provided further, That
such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying pa-
tient basis, shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical facilities revolv-
ing fund’’ to augment the funding of individual medical
facilities for nursing home care provided to pensioners as
authorized.
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation
benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by 38
U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and
61, $1,175,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That funds shall be available to pay any court
order, court award or any compromise settlement arising
from litigation involving the vocational training program
authorized by section 18 of Public Law 98–77, as amended.
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES
For military and naval insurance, national service life
insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled veter-
ans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as au-
thorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 19; 70 Stat. 887; 72 Stat.
487, $46,450,000, to remain available until expended.
VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums
as may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized
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by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended: Provided, That such
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That during fiscal
year 1999, within the resources available, not to exceed
$300,000 in gross obligations for direct loans are authorized
for specially adapted housing loans: Provided further, That
during 1999 any moneys that would be otherwise deposited
into or paid from the Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund, the
Guaranty and Indemnity Fund, or the Direct Loan Revolv-
ing Fund shall be deposited into or paid from the Veterans
Housing Benefit Program Fund: Provided further, That
any balances in the Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund, the
Guaranty and Indemnity Fund, or the Direct Loan Revolv-
ing Fund on the effective date of this Act may be transferred
to and merged with the Veterans Housing Benefit Program
Fund.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $159,121,000,
which may be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’.
EDUCATION LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, $1,000, as authorized by
38 U.S.C. 3698, as amended: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined
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in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as
amended: Provided further, That these funds are available
to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of
direct loans not to exceed $3,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct loan program, $206,000, which may
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
‘‘General operating expenses’’.
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, $55,000, as authorized by
38 U.S.C. chapter 31, as amended: Provided, That such
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are
available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct loans not to exceed $2,401,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct loan program, $400,000, which may
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
‘‘General operating expenses’’.
NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct
loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, sub-
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chapter V, as amended, $515,000, which may be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General operat-
ing expenses’’.
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
MEDICAL CARE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper-
ation of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facili-
ties; for furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and
outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, including care and treatment
in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Department;
and furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and equip-
ment; funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto
for beneficiaries receiving care in the Department; adminis-
trative expenses in support of planning, design, project
management, real property acquisition and disposition,
construction and renovation of any facility under the juris-
diction or for the use of the Department; oversight, engineer-
ing and architectural activities not charged to project cost;
repairing, altering, improving or providing facilities in the
several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the
Department, not otherwise provided for, either by contract
or by the hire of temporary employees and purchase of ma-
terials; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by
5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; aid to State homes as authorized by
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38 U.S.C. 1741; administrative and legal expenses of the
Department for collecting and recovering amounts owed the
Department as authorized under 38 U.S.C. chapter 17, and
the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 2651 et
seq.; and not to exceed $8,000,000 to fund cost comparison
studies 
as 
referred 
to 
in 
U.S.C. 
8110(a)(5);
$17,250,000,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That of
the funds made available under this heading, $687,000,000
is for the equipment and land and structures object classi-
fications only, which amount shall not become available for
obligation until August 1, 1999, and shall remain available
until September 30, 2000: Provided further, That of the
funds made available under this heading, $14,000,000 shall
be for the homeless grant program and $6,000,000 shall be
for the homeless per diem program: Provided further, That
such funds may be used for vocational training, rehabilita-
tion, and outreach activities in addition to other authorized
homeless assistance activities: Provided further, That of the
funds made available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall
be for implementation of the Primary Care Providers In-
centive Act, contingent upon enactment of authorizing legis-
lation.
In addition, in conformance with Public Law 105–33
establishing the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical
Care Collections Fund, such sums as may be deposited to
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such Fund pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1729A may be transferred
to this account, to remain available until expended for the
purposes of this account.
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of
medical and prosthetic research and development as author-
ized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 73, to remain available until
September 30, 2000, $310,000,000, plus reimbursements.
MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses in the administration of the
medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction,
supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad-
ministrative expenses in support of planning, design,
project management, architectural, engineering, real prop-
erty acquisition and disposition, construction and renova-
tion of any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including site acqui-
sition; engineering and architectural activities not charged
to project cost; and research and development in building
construction technology; $60,000,000, plus reimbursements.
GENERAL POST FUND, NATIONAL HOMES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, $7,000, as authorized by
Public Law 102–54, section 8, which shall be transferred
from the ‘‘General post fund’’: Provided, That such costs,
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including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are
available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct loans not to exceed $70,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct loan programs, $54,000, which shall be trans-
ferred from the ‘‘General post fund’’, as authorized by Pub-
lic Law 102–54, section 8.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary operating expenses of the Department of
Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including uni-
forms or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses; hire of passenger
motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services
Administration for security guard services, and the Depart-
ment of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail;
$854,661,000: Provided, That funds under this heading
shall be available to administer the Service Members Occu-
pational Conversion and Training Act.
NATIONAL CEMETERY SYSTEM
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper-
ation of the National Cemetery System, not otherwise pro-
vided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor;
cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of six
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passenger motor vehicles for use in cemeterial operations;
and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $92,006,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $36,000,000.
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS
For constructing, altering, extending and improving
any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the
purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103,
8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of 38 U.S.C., including
planning, architectural and engineering services, mainte-
nance or guarantee period services costs associated with
equipment guarantees provided under the project, services
of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system
construction costs, and site acquisition, where the estimated
cost of a project is $4,000,000 or more or where funds for
a project were made available in a previous major project
appropriation, $142,300,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That except for advance planning of
projects funded through the advance planning fund and the
design of projects funded through the design fund, none of
these funds shall be used for any project which has not been
considered and approved by the Congress in the budgetary
process: Provided further, That funds provided in this ap-
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propriation for fiscal year 1999, for each approved project
shall be obligated (1) by the awarding of a construction doc-
uments contract by September 30, 1999, and (2) by the
awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 2000:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall promptly report
in writing to the Committees on Appropriations any ap-
proved major construction project in which obligations are
not incurred within the time limitations established above:
Provided further, That no funds from any other account
except the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’, may be obligated for
constructing, altering, extending, or improving a project
which was approved in the budget process and funded in
this account until one year after substantial completion and
beneficial occupancy by the Department of Veterans Affairs
of the project or any part thereof with respect to that part
only.
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving
any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including planning,
architectural and engineering services, maintenance or
guarantee period services costs associated with equipment
guarantees provided under the project, services of claims an-
alysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system construc-
tion costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the purposes
set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106,
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8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of 38 U.S.C., where the esti-
mated cost of a project is less than $4,000,000;
$175,000,000, to remain available until expended, along
with unobligated balances of previous ‘‘Construction, minor
projects’’ appropriations which are hereby made available
for any project where the estimated cost is less than
$4,000,000: Provided, That funds in this account shall be
available for (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities
under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department
which are necessary because of loss or damage caused by
any natural disaster or catastrophe, and (2) temporary
measures necessary to prevent or to minimize further loss
by such causes.
PARKING REVOLVING FUND
For the parking revolving fund as authorized by 38
U.S.C. 8109, income from fees collected, to remain available
until expended, which shall be available for all authorized
expenses except operations and maintenance costs, which
will be funded from ‘‘Medical care’’.
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE
FACILITIES
For grants to assist States to acquire or construct
State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re-
model, modify or alter existing hospital, nursing home and
domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care
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to veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8131–8137,
$90,000,000, to remain available until expended.
GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERAN
CEMETERIES
For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding,
or improving State veteran cemeteries as authorized by 38
U.S.C. 2408, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SECTION 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 1999
for ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’,
and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ may be trans-
ferred to any other of the mentioned appropriations.
SEC. 102. Appropriations available to the Department
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1999 for salaries and ex-
penses shall be available for services authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109.
SEC. 103. No appropriations in this Act for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations for
‘‘Construction, major projects’’, ‘‘Construction, minor
projects’’, and the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’) shall be avail-
able for the purchase of any site for or toward the construc-
tion of any new hospital or home.
SEC. 104. No appropriations in this Act for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hos-
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pitalization or examination of any persons (except bene-
ficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits to
veterans, and persons receiving such treatment under 5
U.S.C. 7901–7904 or 42 U.S.C. 5141–5204), unless reim-
bursement of cost is made to the ‘‘Medical care’’ account
at such rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs.
SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Department
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1999 for ‘‘Compensation
and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans in-
surance and indemnities’’ shall be available for payment
of prior year accrued obligations required to be recorded
by law against the corresponding prior year accounts with-
in the last quarter of fiscal year 1998.
SEC. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1999 shall be
available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding
prior year appropriations accounts resulting from title X
of the Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law 100–
86, except that if such obligations are from trust fund ac-
counts they shall be payable from ‘‘Compensation and pen-
sions’’.
SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
during fiscal year 1999, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund (38
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94, and 084B–027–94 from funds made available in the De-
partments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban De-
velopment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act,
1994 (Public Law 103–124) under the heading ‘‘Medical
care’’; and (2) funds obligated by the Department of Veter-
ans Affairs for lease number 084B–002–96 from funds made
available in the Department of Veterans Affairs and Hous-
ing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103–327) under the
heading ‘‘Medical care’’.
SEC. 109. Beginning in fiscal year 1999, and there-
after, funds available in any Department of Veterans Af-
fairs appropriation or fund for salaries and other adminis-
trative expenses shall also be available to reimburse the Of-
fice of Resolution Management and the Office of Employ-
ment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication for all serv-
ices provided at rates which will recover actual costs. Pay-
ments may be made in advance for services to be furnished
based on estimated costs. Amounts received shall be credited
to the General Operating Expenses account for use by the
office that provided the service.
SEC. 110. LAND CONVEYANCE, RIDGECREST CHIL-
DREN’S CENTER, ALABAMA. (a) CONVEYANCE.—The Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs may convey, without consider-
ation, to the Board of Trustees of the University of Ala-
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bama, all right, title, and interest of the United States in
and to the parcel of real property, including any improve-
ments thereon, described in subsection (b).
(b) COVERED PARCEL.—The parcel of real property to
be conveyed under subsection (a) is the following: A parcel
of property lying in the northeast quarter of the southwest
quarter, section 28, township 21 south, range 9 west, Tusca-
loosa County, Alabama, lying along and adjacent to
Ridgecrest (Brewer’s Porch) Children’s Center being more
particularly described as follows: As a point of commence-
ment start at the southeast corner of the north half of the
southwest quarter run in an easterly direction along an eas-
terly projection of the north boundary of the southeast quar-
ter of the southwest quarter for a distance of 888.52 feet
to a point; thence with a deflection angle to the left of 134
degrees 41 minutes run in a northwesterly direction for a
distance of 1164.38 feet to an iron pipe; thence with a de-
flection angle to the left of 75 degrees 03 minutes run in
a southwesterly direction for a distance of 37.13 feet to the
point of beginning of this parcel of property; thence con-
tinue in this same southwesterly direction along the projec-
tion of the chainlink fence for a distance of 169.68 feet to
a point; thence with an interior angle to the left of 63 de-
grees 16 minutes run in a northerly direction for a distance
of 233.70 feet to a point; thence with an interior angle to
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the left of 43 degrees 55 minutes run in a southeasterly di-
rection for a distance of 218.48 feet to the point of begin-
ning, said parcel having an interior angle of closure of 72
degrees 49 minutes, said parcel containing 0.40 acres more
or less, said parcel of property is also subject to all rights-
of-way, easements, and conveyances heretofore given for this
parcel of property.
(c) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary may require such additional terms and conditions
in connection with the conveyance under subsection (a) as
the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests
of the United States.
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)
For activities and assistance to prevent the involun-
tary displacement of low-income families, the elderly and
the disabled because of the loss of affordable housing stock,
expiration of subsidy contracts (other than contracts for
which amounts are provided under another heading in this
Act) or expiration of use restrictions, or other changes in
housing assistance arrangements, and for other purposes,
$10,013,542,030, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the total amount provided under this head-
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ing, $9,540,000,000 shall be for assistance under the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437) (the ‘‘Act’’
herein) for use in connection with expiring or terminating
section 8 subsidy contracts, for enhanced vouchers as pro-
vided under the ‘‘Preserving Existing Housing Investment’’
account in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Hous-
ing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1997, (Public Law 104–204), and con-
tracts entered into pursuant to section 441 of the Stewart
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: Provided further,
That the Secretary may determine not to apply section
8(o)(6)(B) of the Act to housing vouchers during fiscal year
1999: Provided further, That of the total amount provided
under this heading, $433,542,030 shall be for section 8 rent-
al assistance under the Act including assistance to relocate
residents of properties (i) that are owned by the Secretary
and being disposed of or (ii) that are discontinuing section
8 project-based assistance; for the conversion of section 23
projects to assistance under section 8; for funds to carry
out the family unification program; and for the relocation
of witnesses in connection with efforts to combat crime in
public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from a
law enforcement or prosecution agency: Provided further,
That of the total amount made available in the preceding
proviso, up to $40,000,000 shall be made available to non-
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elderly disabled families affected by the designation of a
public housing development under section 7 of such Act, the
establishment of preferences in accordance with section 651
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992
(42 U.S.C. 1361l), or the restriction of occupancy to elderly
families in accordance with section 658 of such Act, and
to the extent the Secretary determines that such amount is
not needed to fund applications for such affected families,
to other nonelderly disabled families: Provided further, That
the amount made available under the fifth proviso under
the heading ‘‘Prevention of Resident Displacement’’ in title
II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 1997, Public Law 104–204, shall also be made
available to nonelderly disabled families affected by the re-
striction of occupancy to elderly families in accordance
with section 658 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1992: Provided further, That to the extent the
Secretary determines that the amount made available under
the fifth proviso under the heading ‘‘Prevention of Resident
Displacement’’ in title II of the Departments of Veterans
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Inde-
pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, Public Law
104–204, is not needed to fund applications for affected
families described in the fifth proviso, or in the preceding
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proviso under this heading in this Act, the amount not
needed shall be made available to other nonelderly disabled
families: Provided further, That of the total amount under
this heading, $40,000,000 shall be made available on a fair
share basis (except as otherwise provided in this proviso)
to public housing agencies as section 8 assistance for fami-
lies on waiting lists who agree to participate in local self-
sufficiency/welfare-to-work initiatives, of which $4,000,000
shall be made available each to public housing agencies for
demonstration local self-sufficiency/welfare-to-work initia-
tives in Los Angeles, California; Cleveland, Ohio; Kansas
City, Missouri; Charlotte, North Carolina; Miami/Dade
County, Florida; Prince Georges County, Maryland; New
York City, New York; and Anchorage, Alaska.
From the sources and in the order hereinafter specified,
$1,400,000,000 is rescinded: Provided further, That the first
source shall be amounts that are available or may be recap-
tured from project-based contracts for section 8 assistance
that expired or were terminated during fiscal year 1999
or any prior year: Provided further, That after all amounts
that are available or may be recaptured from the first
source have been exhausted, the second source shall be unob-
ligated amounts from amendments to contracts for project-
based section 8 assistance, other than contracts for projects
developed under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959,
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other than amounts described as the fourth source, in the
fourth proviso in this paragraph, that are carried over into
1999: Provided further, That after all amounts that are
available from the second source are exhausted, the third
source shall be amounts recaptured from section 8 reserves
in the section 8 moderate rehabilitation program: Provided
further, That after all amounts that are available or may
be recaptured from the third source have been exhausted,
the fourth source shall be all unobligated amounts for
project-based assistance that are earmarked under the third
proviso under this heading in Public Law 105–65, 111
Stat. 1351 (approved October 27, 1997): Provided further,
That any amounts that are available or recaptured in con-
nection with the first or third provisos of this paragraph
that are in the Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing
account, and are required to be rescinded by this para-
graph, shall be rescinded from the Annual Contributions for
Assisted Housing account.
SECTION 8 RESERVE PRESERVATION ACCOUNT
The amounts recaptured during fiscal years 1998 and
1999 that were heretofore made available to public housing
agencies for tenant-based assistance under the section 8 ex-
isting housing certificate and housing voucher programs
from the Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing ac-
count shall be collected in the account under this heading,
for use as provided for under this heading, as set forth
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under the Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing head-
ing in title II, chapter 11 of Public Law 105–18, approved
June 12, 1997.
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program for
modernization of existing public housing projects as author-
ized under section 14 of the United States Housing Act of
1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437), $2,550,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of the total
amount, up to $100,000,000 shall be for carrying out activi-
ties under section 6(j) of such Act and technical assistance
for the inspection of public housing units, contract exper-
tise, and training and technical assistance directly or indi-
rectly, under grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements,
to assist in the oversight and management of public housing
(whether or not the housing is being modernized with assist-
ance under this proviso) or tenant-based assistance, includ-
ing, but not limited to, an annual resident survey, data
collection and analysis, training and technical assistance
by or to officials and employees of the Department and of
public housing agencies and to residents in connection with
the public housing programs and for lease adjustments to
section 23 projects: Provided further, That of the amount
available under this heading, up to $5,000,000 shall be for
the Tenant Opportunity Program: Provided further, That
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all balances, as of September 30, 1997, of funds heretofore
provided for section 673 public housing service coordinators
shall be transferred to and merged with amounts made
available under this heading.
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For payments to public housing agencies for operating
subsidies for low-income housing projects as authorized by
section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g), $2,818,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
DRUG ELIMINATION GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For grants to public housing agencies, Indian Tribes
and their tribally designated housing entities for use in
eliminating crime in public housing projects authorized by
42 U.S.C. 11901–11908, for grants for federally assisted
low-income housing authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11909, and for
drug information clearinghouse services authorized by 42
U.S.C. 11921–11925, $310,000,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $10,000,000 shall be for grants,
technical assistance, contracts and other assistance, train-
ing, and program assessment and execution for or on behalf
of public housing agencies, resident organizations, and In-
dian Tribes and their tribally designated housing entities
(including the cost of necessary travel for participants in
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such training); $10,000,000 shall be used in connection with
efforts to combat violent crime in public and assisted hous-
ing under the Operation Safe Home Program administered
by the Inspector General of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development; $10,000,000 shall be provided to the
Office of Inspector General for Operation Safe Home; and
$20,000,000 shall be available for a program named the
New Approach Anti-Drug program which will provide com-
petitive grants to entities managing or operating public
housing developments, federally assisted multifamily hous-
ing developments, or other multifamily housing develop-
ments for low-income families supported by non-Federal
governmental entities or similar housing developments sup-
ported by nonprofit private sources in order to provide or
augment security (including personnel costs), to assist in
the investigation and/or prosecution of drug related crimi-
nal activity in and around such developments, and to pro-
vide assistance for the development of capital improvements
at such developments directly relating to the security of such
developments: Provided, That grants for the New Approach
Anti-Drug program shall be made on a competitive basis
as specified in section 102 of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989: Provided fur-
ther, That the term ‘‘drug-related crime’’, as defined in 42
U.S.C. 11905(2), shall also include other types of crime as
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determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding section 5130(c) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act
of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11909(c)), the Secretary may determine
not to use any such funds to provide public housing youth
sports grants.
REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC
HOUSING (HOPE VI)
For grants to public housing agencies for assisting in
the demolition of obsolete public housing projects or portions
thereof, the revitalization (where appropriate) of sites (in-
cluding remaining public housing units) on which such
projects are located, replacement housing which will avoid
or lessen concentrations of very low-income families, and
tenant-based assistance in accordance with section 8 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937; and for providing re-
placement housing and assisting tenants displaced by the
demolition, $600,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which the Secretary may use up to $15,000,000
for technical assistance and contract expertise, to be pro-
vided directly or indirectly by grants, contracts or coopera-
tive agreements, including training and cost of necessary
travel for participants in such training, by or to officials
and employees of the Department and of public housing
agencies and to residents: Provided, That for purposes of
environmental review pursuant to the National Environ-
ment Policy Act of 1969, a grant under this head or under
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prior appropriations Acts for this head shall be treated as
assistance under title I of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 and shall be subject to regulations issued by the
Secretary to implement section 26 of such Act: Provided
further, That no funds appropriated under this heading
shall be used for any purpose that is not provided for here-
in, in the United States Housing Act of 1937, in the Appro-
priations Acts for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agen-
cies, for the fiscal years 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1997, and
the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations
Act of 1996: Provided further, That none of such funds shall
be used directly or indirectly by granting competitive ad-
vantage in awards to settle litigation or pay judgments, un-
less expressly permitted herein.
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro-
gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996
(Public Law 104–330), $600,000,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $6,000,000 shall be used to support
the inspection of Indian housing units, contract expertise,
training, and technical assistance in the oversight and
management of Indian housing and tenant-based assist-
ance, including up to $200,000 for related travel: Provided,
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That of the amount provided under this heading,
$6,000,000 shall be made available for the cost of guaran-
teed notes and other obligations, as authorized by title VI
of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1996: Provided further, That such costs,
including the costs of modifying such notes and other obli-
gations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further,
That these funds are available to subsidize the total prin-
cipal amount of any notes and other obligations, any part
of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $217,000,000:
Provided further, That the funds made available in the first
proviso are for a demonstration on ways to enhance eco-
nomic growth, to increase access to private capital, and to
encourage the investment and participation of traditional
financial institutions in tribal and other Native American
areas.
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec-
tion 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1992 (106 Stat. 3739), $6,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the
costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:
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HUD Reform Act: Provided further, That all funds unobli-
gated as of October 1, 1998 under the fifth paragraph of
the Community Development Block Grants account in the
Departments of Veterans Affairs, and Housing and Urban
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–65; October 27, 1997) shall be
transferred to this account to be awarded to state housing
finance agencies for activities under this heading with any
outstanding earmarks for a state to be awarded to that
state’s housing finance agency.
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per-
sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Hous-
ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901), $225,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Sec-
retary may use up to 1 percent of the funds under this head-
ing for technical assistance: Provided further, That within
30 days of the close of fiscal year 1999, the Secretary shall
submit a report to the Congress summarizing all technical
assistance provided during the fiscal year.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For grants to States and units of general local govern-
ment and for related expenses, not otherwise provided for,
to carry out a community development grants program as
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authorized by title I of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1974, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’ herein) (42
U.S.C. 5301), $4,750,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2001: Provided, That $67,000,000 shall be
for grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding section
106(a)(1) of such Act; $3,000,000 shall be available as a
grant to the Housing Assistance Council; $1,800,000 shall
be available as a grant to the National American Indian
Housing Council; $32,000,000 shall be for grants pursuant
to section 107 of such Act including $10,000,000 for histori-
cally black colleges and universities, including $1,800,000
for Dillard University in New Orleans: Provided further,
That all funding decisions under section 107 except as spec-
ified herein shall be subject to approval through a re-
programming letter unless otherwise specified in this bill
or the Committee report to this bill (S. 2168): Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with
funds appropriated herein (other than a grant made avail-
able under the preceding proviso to the Housing Assistance
Council or the National American Indian Housing Council,
or a grant using funds under section 107(b)(3) of the Hous-
ing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended)
shall be expended for ‘‘Planning and Management Develop-
ment’’ and ‘‘Administration’’ as defined in regulations pro-
mulgated by the Department.
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Of the amount made available under this heading,
$25,000,000 shall be made available for ‘‘Capacity Building
for Community Development and Affordable Housing,’’ as
authorized by section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of
1993 (Public Law 103–120), as in effect immediately before
June 12, 1997, with not less than $10,000,000 of the fund-
ing to be used in rural areas, including tribal areas.
Of the amount provided under this heading, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development may use up to
$55,000,000 for a public and assisted housing self-suffi-
ciency program, of which up to $5,000,000 may be used
for the Moving to Work Demonstration, and at least
$10,000,000 shall be used for grants for service coordinators
and congregate services for the elderly and disabled: Pro-
vided, That for self-sufficiency activities, the Secretary may
make grants to public housing agencies (including Indian
tribes and their tribally designated housing entities), non-
profit corporations, and other appropriate entities for a
supportive services program to assist residents of public and
assisted housing, former residents of such housing receiving
tenant-based assistance under section 8 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), and other low-in-
come families and individuals: Provided further, That the
program shall provide supportive services, principally for
the benefit of public housing residents, to the elderly and
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the disabled, and to families with children where the head
of household would benefit from the receipt of supportive
services and is working, seeking work, or is preparing for
work by participating in job training or educational pro-
grams: Provided further, That the supportive services may
include congregate services for the elderly and disabled,
service coordinators, and coordinated education, training,
and other supportive services, including academic skills
training, job search assistance, assistance related to retain-
ing employment, vocational and entrepreneurship develop-
ment and support programs, transportation, and child
care: Provided further, That the Secretary shall require ap-
plications to demonstrate firm commitments of funding or
services from other sources: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall select public and Indian housing agencies to
receive assistance under this heading on a competitive basis,
taking into account the quality of the proposed program,
including any innovative approaches, the extent of the pro-
posed coordination of supportive services, the extent of com-
mitments of funding or services from other sources, the ex-
tent to which the proposed program includes reasonably
achievable, quantifiable goals for measuring performance
under the program over a three-year period, the extent of
success an agency has had in carrying out other comparable
initiatives, and other appropriate criteria established by the
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Secretary (except that funds under this proviso shall not
be used for renewal of grants for service coordinators and
congregate services for the elderly and disabled).
Of the amount made available under this heading, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, $40,000,000 shall
be available for YouthBuild program activities authorized
by subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act, as amended, and such activities
shall be an eligible activity with respect to any funds made
available under this heading: Provided, That, local
YouthBuild programs that demonstrate an ability to lever-
age private and nonprofit funding shall be given a priority
for YouthBuild funding.
Of the amount made available under this heading,
$85,000,000 shall be available for the Economic Develop-
ment Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety of efforts, includ-
ing $67,000,000 for making grants for targeted economic
investments in accordance with the terms and conditions
specified for such grants in the Senate committee report ac-
companying this Act.
Of the amount made available under this heading, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, $70,000,000 shall
be available for the lead-based paint hazard reduction pro-
gram as authorized under sections 1011 and 1053 of the
Residential Lead-Based Hazard Reduction Act of 1992:
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Provided, That none of these funds shall be available for
the Healthy Homes Initiative.
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $29,000,000, as au-
thorized by section 108 of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1974: Provided, That such costs, including
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as
amended: Provided further, That these funds are available
to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to
be guaranteed, not to exceed $1,261,000,000, notwithstand-
ing any aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations
guaranteed in section 108(k) of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1974: Provided further, That in
addition to the other amounts appropriated under this
heading, for administrative expenses to carry out the guar-
anteed loan program, $1,000,000, which shall be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for departmental sal-
aries and expenses.
For any fiscal year, of the amounts made available
as emergency funds under the heading ‘‘Community Devel-
opment Block Grants Fund’’ and notwithstanding any
other provision of law, not more than $250,000 may be used
for the non-Federal cost-share of any project funded by the
Secretary of the Army through the Corps of Engineers.
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BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT
For Economic Development Grants, as authorized by
section 108(q) of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1974, as amended, for Brownfields redevelopment
projects, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall make these grants available on a competitive
basis as specified in section 102 of the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as
authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101–625), as amended,
$1,550,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That up to $7,000,000 of these funds shall be avail-
able for the development and operation of integrated com-
munity development management information systems:
Provided further, That up to $25,000,000 of these funds
shall be available for Housing Counseling under section 106
of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968.
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For the emergency shelter grants program (as author-
ized under subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act, as amended); the supportive hous-
ing program (as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of
such Act); the section 8 moderate rehabilitation single room
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occupancy program (as authorized under the United States
Housing Act of 1937, as amended) to assist homeless indi-
viduals pursuant to section 441 of the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter plus care program
(as authorized under subtitle F of title IV of such Act),
$1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not less than 30 percent of these funds shall
be used for permanent housing, and all funding for services
must be matched by 25 percent in funding by each grantee.
HOUSING PROGRAMS
HOUSING FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For assistance for the purchase, construction, acquisi-
tion, or development of additional public and subsidized
housing units for low income families not otherwise pro-
vided for, $870,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That of the total amount provided under this
heading, $676,000,000 shall be for capital advances, includ-
ing amendments to capital advance contracts, for housing
for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Housing
Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental assistance,
and amendments to contracts for project rental assistance,
for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act
of 1959, and for supportive services associated with the
housing; and $194,000,000 shall be for capital advances, in-
cluding amendments to capital advance contracts, for sup-
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portive housing for persons with disabilities, as authorized
by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act, for project rental assistance, for amendments
to contracts for project rental assistance, and supportive
services associated with the housing for persons with dis-
abilities as authorized by section 811 of such Act: Provided
further, That the Secretary may designate up to 25 percent
of the amounts earmarked under this paragraph for section
811 of such Act for tenant-based assistance, as authorized
under that section, including such authority as may be
waived under the next proviso, which assistance is five
years in duration: Provided further, That the Secretary
may waive any provision of section 202 of the Housing Act
of 1959 and section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act (including the provisions governing
the terms and conditions of project rental assistance and
tenant-based assistance) that the Secretary determines is
not necessary to achieve the objectives of these programs,
or that otherwise impedes the ability to develop, operate or
administer projects assisted under these programs, and may
make provision for alternative conditions or terms where
appropriate.
FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Any collections from the Rental Housing Assistance
Fund made during fiscal year 1999 shall be transferred to
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the Flexible Subsidy Fund, as authorized by section 236(g)
of the National Housing Act, as amended.
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION
FHA—MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
During fiscal year 1999, commitments to guarantee
loans to carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the Na-
tional Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed a loan
principal of $110,000,000,000.
During fiscal year 1999, obligations to make direct
loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the Na-
tional Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed
$100,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing amount shall be
for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connec-
tion with sales of single family real properties owned by
the Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual Mort-
gage Insurance Fund.
For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
guaranteed and direct loan program, $328,888,000, to be
derived from the FHA-mutual mortgage insurance guaran-
teed loans receipt account, of which not to exceed
$324,866,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for
departmental salaries and expenses; and of which not to
exceed $4,022,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation
for the Office of Inspector General.
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FHA—GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec-
tions 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
1715z–3 and 1735c), including the cost of loan guarantee
modifications (as that term is defined in section 502 of the
Congressional 
Budget 
Act 
of 
1974, 
as 
amended),
$81,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That these funds are available to subsidize total loan prin-
cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, of up to
$18,100,000,000: Provided further, That any amounts made
available in any prior appropriations Act for the cost (as
such term is defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974) of guaranteed loans that are obliga-
tions of the funds established under section 238 or 519 of
the National Housing Act that have not been obligated or
that are deobligated shall be available to the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development in connection with the
making of such guarantees and shall remain available until
expended, notwithstanding the expiration of any period of
availability otherwise applicable to such amounts.
Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct
loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238(a), and
519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed
$120,000,000; of which not to exceed $100,000,000 shall be
for bridge financing in connection with the sale of multi-
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family real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly
insured under such Act; and of which not to exceed
$20,000,000 shall be for loans to nonprofit and govern-
mental entities in connection with the sale of single-family
real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly in-
sured under such Act.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs,
$211,455,000, 
of 
which 
$193,134,000, 
including
$25,000,000 for the enforcement of housing standards on
FHA-insured multifamily projects, shall be transferred to
the appropriation for departmental salaries and expenses;
and of which $18,321,000 shall be transferred to the appro-
priation for the Office of Inspector General.
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION
GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN
GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
During fiscal year 1999, new commitments to issue
guarantees to carry out the purposes of section 306 of the
National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)),
shall not exceed $150,000,000,000.
For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
guaranteed 
mortgage-backed 
securities 
program,
$9,383,000, to be derived from the GNMA-guarantees of
mortgage-backed securities guaranteed loan receipt account,
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of which not to exceed $9,383,000 shall be transferred to
the appropriation for departmental salaries and expenses.
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro-
grams of research and studies relating to housing and
urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized
by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act of
1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including
carrying out the functions of the Secretary under section
1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968,
$36,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000:
Provided, That no funds under this heading may be used
to fund a demonstration program, except subject to re-
programming.
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not other-
wise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing
Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended,
$35,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1999,
of which $15,000,000 shall be to carry out activities pursu-
ant to such section 561. No funds made available under this
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heading shall be used to lobby the executive or legislative
branches of the Federal government in connection with a
specific contract, grant or loan.
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary administrative and non-administrative
expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed
$7,000 for official reception and representation expenses,
$992,826,000, of which $518,000,000 shall be provided from
the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration,
$9,383,000 shall be provided from funds of the Government
National Mortgage Association, $1,000,000 shall be pro-
vided from the ‘‘Community Development Grants Program’’
account, $200,000 shall be provided by transfer from the
‘‘Title VI Indian Federal Guarantees Program’’ account,
and $400,000 shall be provided by transfer from the ‘‘In-
dian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund Program’’ account:
Provided, That the Department is prohibited from employ-
ing more than 77 schedule C and 20 noncareer Senior Exec-
utive Service employees.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
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amended, $66,850,000, of which $22,343,000 shall be pro-
vided from the various funds of the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration: Provided, That $10,000,000 shall also be
transferred to this account from the amount earmarked for
Operation Safe Home in the ‘‘Drug Elimination Grants for
Low Income Housing’’ account.
OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprise Fi-
nancial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, $16,000,000, to
remain available until expended, to be derived from the
Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Fund: Provided,
That not to exceed such amount shall be available from the
General Fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to
incur obligations and make expenditures pending the re-
ceipt of collections to the Fund: Provided further, That the
General Fund amount shall be reduced as collections are
received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final
appropriation from the General Fund estimated at not
more than $0.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. EXTENDERS. (a) ONE-FOR-ONE REPLACE-
MENT OF PUBLIC HOUSING.—Section 1002(d) of Public
Law 104–19 is amended by striking ‘‘1998’’ and inserting
‘‘1999’’.
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(b) STREAMLINING SECTION 8 TENANT-BASED ASSIST-
ANCE.—Section 203(d) of the Departments of Veterans Af-
fairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independ-
ent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996, is amended by
striking ‘‘1997, and 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1997, 1998, and
1999’’.
(c) PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING RENTS, INCOME
ADJUSTMENTS AND PREFERENCES.—
(1) Section 402(a) of The Balanced Budget
Downpayment Act, I is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal
years 1997 and 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years
1997, 1998, and 1999’’.
(2) Section 402(f) of The Balanced Budget
Downpayment Act, I is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal
years 1996, 1997, and 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal
years 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999’’.
SEC. 202. FINANCING ADJUSTMENT FACTORS.—Fifty
percent of the amounts of budget authority, or in lieu there-
of 50 percent of the cash amounts associated with such
budget authority, that are recaptured from projects de-
scribed in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (Public Law
100–628, 102 Stat. 3224, 3268) shall be rescinded, or in
the case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such
amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not
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rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State
housing finance agencies or local governments or local hous-
ing agencies with projects approved by the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development for which settlement oc-
curred after January 1, 1992, in accordance with such sec-
tion. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Secretary
may award up to 15 percent of the budget authority or cash
recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury
to provide project owners with incentives to refinance their
project at a lower interest rate.
SEC. 203. FAIR HOUSING AND FREE SPEECH.—None
of the amounts made available under this Act may be used
during fiscal year 1998 to investigate or prosecute under
the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged
in by one or more persons, including the filing or maintain-
ing of a nonfrivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely
for the purpose of achieving or preventing action by a gov-
ernment official or entity, or a court of competent jurisdic-
tion.
SEC. 204. REQUIREMENT FOR HUD TO MAINTAIN
PUBLIC NOTICE AND COMMENT RULEMAKING.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, for fiscal year 1998
and for all fiscal years thereafter, the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development shall maintain all current require-
ments under part 10 of the Department of Housing and
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Urban Development regulations (24 CFR part 10) with re-
spect to the Department’s policies and procedures for the
promulgation and issuance of rules, including the use of
public participation in the rulemaking process.
SEC. 205. BROWNFIELDS AS ELIGIBLE CDBG ACTIV-
ITY.—For fiscal years 1998 and 1999, States and entitle-
ment communities may use funds allocated under the com-
munity development block grants program under title I of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 for
environmental cleanup and economic development activities
related to Brownfields projects in conjunction with the ap-
propriate environmental regulatory agencies, as if such ac-
tivities were eligible under section 105(a) of such Act.
SEC. 206. ENHANCED DISPOSITION AUTHORITY.—Sec-
tion 204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Hous-
ing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1997, is amended by inserting after
‘‘owned by the Secretary’’ the following: ‘‘, including, for
fiscal years 1998 and 1999, the provision of grants and
loans from the General Insurance Fund (12 U.S.C. 1735c)
for the necessary costs of rehabilitation or demolition,’’.
SEC. 207. HUD RENT REFORM.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development may provide tenant-based assistance to
eligible tenants of a project insured under either sections
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221(d)(3) or 236 of the National Housing Act in the same
manner as if the owner had prepaid the insured mortgage
to the extent necessary to minimize any rent increases or
to prevent displacement of low-income tenants in accord-
ance with a transaction approved by the Secretary provided
that the rents are no higher than the published section 8
fair market rents, as of the date of enactment, during the
tenants’ occupancy of the property.
SEC. 208. HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS
WITH AIDS GRANTS.—(a) ELIGIBILITY.—Notwithstanding
section 854(c)(1)(A) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act
(42 U.S.C. 12903(c)(1)(A)), from any amounts made avail-
able under this title for fiscal year 1999 that are allocated
under such section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development shall allocate and make a grant, in the
amount determined under subsection (b), for any State
that—
(1) received an allocation for fiscal year 1998
under clause (ii) of such section;
(2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for
fiscal year 1999 under such clause (ii) because the
State does not have the number of cases of acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome required under such
clause; and
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(3) would meet such requirement if the cases in
the metropolitan statistical area for any city within
the State, which city was not eligible for an allocation
for fiscal year 1998 under clause (i) of such section
but is eligible for an allocation for fiscal year 1999
under such clause, were considered to be cases outside
of metropolitan statistical areas described in clause
(i) of such section.
(b) AMOUNT.—The amount of the allocation and grant
for any State described in subsection (a) shall be the
amount that is equal to the lesser of—
(1) the difference between—
(A) the total amount allocated for such
State under section 854(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the AIDS
Housing Opportunity Act for fiscal year 1997;
and
(B) the total amount allocated for the city
described in subsection (a)(3) of this section
under section 854(c)(1)(A)(i) of such Act for fis-
cal year 1998 (from amounts made available
under this title); and
(2) $300,000.
SEC. 209. SECTION 236 PROGRAM REFORM.—Section
236 of the National Housing Act is amended to add a sub-
section in the appropriate place as follows:
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‘‘(g) The project owner shall, as required by the Sec-
retary, accumulate, safeguard, and periodically pay the
Secretary or such other entity as determined by the Sec-
retary and upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary
deems appropriate, all rental charges collected on a unit-
by-unit basis in excess of the basic rental charges. Unless
otherwise directed by the Secretary, such excess charges shall
be credited to a reserve fund to be used by the Secretary
to make additional assistance payments as provided in
paragraph (3) of subsection (f). Notwithstanding any other
requirements of this subsection, a project owner with a
mortgage insured under this section or insured under sec-
tion 207 of this Act pursuant to section 223(f) of this Act
may retain some or all of such excess charges for project
use if authorized by the Secretary and upon such terms and
conditions as established by the Secretary.’’.
SEC. 210. FHA MULTIFAMILY MORTGAGE CREDIT
DEMONSTRATIONS.—Section 542 of the Housing and Com-
munity Development Act of 1992 is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(5) by adding before the pe-
riod at the end of the first sentence ‘‘, and not more
than an additional 25,000 units over fiscal year
1999’’, and
(2) in the first sentence of subsection (c)(4) in-
serting after ‘‘fiscal year 1997’’ the following: ‘‘and
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not more than an additional 25,000 units during fis-
cal year 1999’’.
SEC. 211. CALCULATION OF DOWNPAYMENT.—Section
203(b)(10) of the National Housing Act is amended by—
(1) striking out ‘‘Alaska and Hawaii’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Calculation of Downpay-
ment’’; and
(2) striking out in subparagraph (A) ‘‘originated
in the State of Alaska or the State of Hawaii and en-
dorsed for insurance in fiscal years 1997 and 1998,’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘executed for insurance
in fiscal years 1998, 1999, and 2000’’.
SEC. 212. STATE CDBG IDIS FUNDING.—During fis-
cal year 1999, from amounts received by a State under sec-
tion 106(d)(1) of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1974 for distribution in nonentitlement areas, the
State may deduct an amount, not to exceed the greater of
0.25 percent of the amount so received or $50,000, for im-
plementation of the integrated disbursement and informa-
tion system established by the Secretary, in addition to any
amounts used for this purpose from amounts retained by
the State for administrative expenses under section
106(d)(3)(A).
SEC. 213. NURSING HOME LEASE TERMS. (a) TECH-
NICAL CORRECTION.—Section 216 of the Departments of
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Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998, is amend-
ed by striking out ‘‘fifty years from the date’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘fifty years to run from the date’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall be construed to have taken effect on October
27, 1997.
SEC. 214. EMPOWERMENT ZONES AS CRITERIA.—The
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is prohibited
from using as a grant criteria for any program adminis-
tered by the Secretary the use of program funds in an em-
powerment zone or enterprise community.
SEC. 215. GRANT ANNOUNCEMENTS.—The Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development shall provide all grant
announcements to the Senate and House Appropriations
Subcommittees on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies at
least twenty-four hours before the Department of Housing
and Urban Development publicly or privately makes an an-
nouncement of any grant award.
SEC. 216. TECHNICAL FOR EMERGENCY CDBG PRO-
GRAM.—For purposes of eligibility for funding under the
heading ‘‘Community Development Block Grants’’ in the
1998 Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act
(Public Law 105–174; May 1, 1998) the term ‘‘states’’ shall
be deemed to include ‘‘Indian tribes’’ as defined under sec-
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tion 102(a)(17) of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 and Guam, the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa: Provided,
That amounts made available by this section are designated
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
SEC. 217. ACCOUNT TRANSITION.—The amount of ob-
ligated balances in appropriations accounts, as set forth in
title II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs, and Housing
and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1998 and prior Acts that are recaptured here-
after, to the extent not governed by the specific language
in an account or provision in the Act, shall be held in re-
serve subject to reprogramming, notwithstanding any other
provision of law.
SEC. 218. PROHIBITION ON UNIVERSITY FUNDING.—
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is pro-
hibited from paying directly or indirectly any university
the cost of room and board and tuition for training associ-
ated with senior community builders or any similar pro-
gram except that the Secretary may fund education and
training programs associated with the Community Develop-
ment Block Grant program, the Community First Leader-
ship program and the Junior Community Builders pro-
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gram, subject to the Secretary submitting to the Committees
on Appropriations an action plan identifying all funding
to be used and the education and training programs for
which the funding will be provided.
SEC. 219. FHA SINGLE FAMILY MORTGAGE INSUR-
ANCE LIMITS REFORM.—(a) Section 203(b) of the National
Housing Act is amended by striking out clause (ii) of para-
graph (2)(A) and all that follows through ‘‘applicable size;’’
and inserting the following in lieu thereof:
‘‘(ii) 87 percent of the dollar amount
limitation 
determined 
under 
section
305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mort-
gage Corporation Act for a residence of ap-
plicable size;
except that the applicable dollar amount
limitation in effect for any area under this
subparagraph may not be less than 48 per-
cent of the dollar limitation determined
under section 305(a)(2) of the Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act for a
residence of the applicable size; and’’.
SEC. 220. USE OF HOME FUNDS FOR PUBLIC HOUS-
ING MODERNIZATION.—Notwithstanding section 212(d)(5)
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act,
amounts made available to the City of Bismarck, North Da-
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kota, under subtitle A of title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act for fiscal years 1998,
1999, 2000, 2001 or 2002, may be used to carry out activi-
ties authorized under section 14 of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 14371) for the purpose of mod-
ernizing the Crescent Manor public housing project located
at 107 East Bowen Avenue, in Bismarck, North Dakota,
if—
(1) the Burleigh County Housing Authority (or
any successor public housing agency that owns or op-
erates the Crescent Manor public housing project) has
obligated all other Federal assistance made available
to that public housing agency for that fiscal year; or
(2) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment authorizes the use of those amounts for the
purpose of modernizing that public housing project,
which authorization may be made with respect to 1
or more of those fiscal years.
SEC. 221. CDBG AND HOME EXEMPTION.—The City
of Oxnard, California may use amounts available to the
City under title I of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 and under subtitle A of title II of the
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act) to re-
imburse the City for its cost in purchasing 19.89 acres of
land, more or less, located at the northwest corner of Lom-
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bard Street and Camino del Sol in the City, on the north
side of the 2100 block of Camino del Sol, for the purpose
of providing affordable housing. The procedures set forth in
sections 104(g)(2) and (3) of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974 and sections 288(b) and (c) of the
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act shall
not apply to any release of funds for such reimbursement.
SEC. 222. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE DEPART-
MENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIA-
TIONS ACT, 1998. (a) SECTION 8 CONTRACT RENEWAL POL-
ICY FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 AND SUBSEQUENT YEARS.—
Section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform
and Affordability Act of 1997 is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting after ‘‘Not-
withstanding paragraph (1)’’ the following ‘‘and sub-
ject to section 516 of this subtitle’’; and
(2) by inserting at the end the following new
subsections:
‘‘(b) INAPPLICABILITY TO PROJECTS SUBJECT TO RE-
STRUCTURING.—This section shall not apply to projects re-
structured under this subtitle.
‘‘(c) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—Upon the repeal of this
subtitle pursuant to section 579, the provisions of sections
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512(2) and 516 (as in effect immediately before such repeal)
shall apply with respect to this section.’’.
(b) REPEAL
OF CONTRACT RENEWAL AUTHORITY
UNDER SECTION 405(a).—Section 405(a) of The Balanced
Budget Downpayment Act, I is hereby repealed.
(c) EXEMPTIONS FROM RESTRUCTURING.—(1) Section
514(h)(1) of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Hous-
ing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) The primary financing for the project was
provided by a unit of State government or a unit of
general local government (or an agency or instrumen-
tality of either) and the primary financing involves
mortgage insurance under the National Housing Act,
such that implementation of a mortgage restructuring
and rental assistance sufficiency plan under this Act
would be in conflict with applicable law or agree-
ments governing such financing;’’.
(2) Section 524(a)(2)(B) is amended by striking
‘‘and the financing’’ and inserting ‘‘and the primary
financing’’.
(d) MANDATORY RENEWAL OF PROJECT-BASED AS-
SISTANCE.—Section 515(c)(1) is amended by inserting ‘‘or’’
after the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (b).
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(e) PARTIAL PAYMENTS OF CLAIMS.—Section 514 of
the National Housing Act is amended by—
(1) by striking ‘‘1978 or’’ and inserting ‘‘1978)
or’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘)))’’ and inserting ‘‘))’’.
SEC. 223. CLARIFICATION
OF OWNER’S RIGHT
TO
PREPAY. (a) PREPAYMENT RIGHT.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 211 of the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1987 or section 221 of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1987 (as in effect pursuant to section
604(c) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous-
ing Act), subject to subsection (b), with respect to any
project that is eligible low-income housing (as that term is
defined in section 229 of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1987)—
(1) the owner of the project may prepay, and the
mortgagee may accept prepayment of, the mortgage
on the project, and
(2) the owner may request voluntary termination
of a mortgage insurance contract with respect to such
project and the contract may be terminated notwith-
standing any requirements under sections 229 and
250 of the National Housing Act.
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(b) CONDITIONS.—Any prepayment of a mortgage or
termination of an insurance contract authorized under sub-
section (a) may be made—
(1) only to the extent that such prepayment or
termination is consistent with the terms and condi-
tions of the mortgage on or mortgage insurance con-
tract for the project; and
(2) only if owner of the project involved agrees
not to increase the rent charges for any dwelling unit
in the project during the 60-day period beginning
upon such prepayment or termination.
SEC. 224. PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING DRUG
ELIMINATION ACT. The Public and Assisted Housing Drug
Elimination Act of 1990 is amended—
(1) in section 5123, by inserting ‘‘Indian tribes’’
before ‘‘and private’’;
(2) in section 5124(a)(7), by inserting ‘‘, an In-
dian tribe,’’ before ‘‘or tribally designated’’;
(3) in section 5125, by inserting ‘‘an Indian
tribe’’ before ‘‘or tribally designated’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(6) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’
has the meaning given the term in 25 U.S.C.
4103(12).’’.
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SEC. 415. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to
the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products
purchased with funds made available in this Act should be
American-made.
(b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering
into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail-
able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the
greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a
notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by
the Congress.
SEC. 416. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be used to implement any cap on reimbursements to
grantees for indirect costs, except as published in Office of
Management and Budget Circular A–21.
SEC. 417. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 1999 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.
SEC. 418. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, when
it is made known to the Federal entity or official to which
the funds are made available that the program, project, or
activity is not in compliance with any Federal law relating
to risk assessment, the protection of private property rights,
or unfunded mandates.