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issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower
than to subscribers who are not members; construction, alteration,
repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed
$75,000 per project; and not to exceed $6,000 for official reception
and representation expenses, $1,848,000,000, which shall remain
available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That the obligated
balance of such sums shall remain available through September
30, 2007 for liquidating obligations made in fiscal years 1999 and
2000: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by
this Act shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees,
or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in preparation
for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol which was adopted on
December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan at the Third Conference of
the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Cli-
mate Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for
advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II, section
2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and which has
not entered into force pursuant to article 25 of the Protocol: Provided
further, That none of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to implement or administer the interim guidance issued
on February 5, 1998 by the Environmental Protection Agency relat-
ing to title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and designated
as the ‘‘Interim Guidance for Investigating Title VI Administrative
Complaints Challenging Permits’’ with respect to complaints filed
under such title after the date of the enactment of this Act and
until guidance is finalized. Nothing in this proviso may be construed
to restrict the Environmental Protection Agency from developing
or issuing final guidance relating to title VI of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation,
and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project,
$31,154,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000: Pro-
vided, That the obligated balance of such sums shall remain avail-
able through September 30, 2007 for liquidating obligations made
in fiscal years 1999 and 2000.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration,
and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by,
the Environmental Protection Agency, $56,948,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(CERCLA), as amended, including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6),
and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and for construction, alteration, repair,
rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000
per project; not to exceed $1,500,000,000, consisting of $650,000,000
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as appropriated under this heading in Public Law 105–65, notwith-
standing the second proviso under this heading of said Act, and
not to exceed $850,000,000 (of which $100,000,000 shall not become
available until September 1, 1999), all of which is to remain avail-
able until expended, consisting of $1,175,000,000, as authorized
by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by Public Law 101–508,
and $325,000,000 as a payment from general revenues to the
Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as authorized by sec-
tion 517(b) of SARA, as amended by Public Law 101–508: Provided,
That funds appropriated under this heading may be allocated to
other Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of
CERCLA: Provided further, That $12,237,000 of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of
Inspector General’’ appropriation to remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 2000: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 111(m)
of CERCLA or any other provision of law, $76,000,000 of the funds
appropriated under this heading shall be available to the Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to carry out activities
described in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of CERCLA
and section 118(f ) of SARA: Provided further, That $40,000,000
of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be transferred
to the ‘‘Science and Technology’’ appropriation to remain available
until September 30, 2000: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated under this heading shall be available for the Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to issue in excess of
40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA dur-
ing fiscal year 1999: Provided further, That an additional amount,
$650,000,000, shall become available for obligation on October 1,
1999, only upon enactment by August 1, 1999, of specific legislation
which reauthorizes the Superfund program: Provided further, That
if such reauthorization does not occur on or before August 1, 1999,
such additional amount to be made available on October 1, 1999,
is rescinded and the Congressional Budget Office is directed to
make the appropriate scorekeeping adjustment no later than August
5, 1999.
Section 119(e)(2)(C) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended,
(42 U.S.C. 9619(e)(2)(C)) is amended by deleting ‘‘, and before Janu-
ary 1, 1996’’.
Section 
119(g)(5) 
of 
the 
Comprehensive 
Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended,
(42 U.S.C. 9619(g)(5)) is amended by deleting ‘‘, or after December
31, 1995’’.
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground stor-
age tank cleanup activities authorized by section 205 of the Super-
fund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and for the
uses authorized under section 9004(f ) of the Solid Waste Disposal
Act, and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and
renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project,
$72,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
hereafter, the Administrator is authorized to enter into assistance
agreements with Federally recognized Indian tribes on such terms
and conditions as the Administrator deems appropriate for the
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same purposes as are set forth in section 9003(h)(7) of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act.
OIL SPILL RESPONSE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,
$15,000,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund,
and to remain available until expended.
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance,
including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and
performance partnership grants, $3,386,750,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $1,350,000,000 shall be for making
capitalization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds
under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amend-
ed, and $775,000,000 shall be for capitalization grants for the
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the
Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, except that, notwithstanding
section 1452(n) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, none
of the funds made available under this heading in this Act, or
in previous appropriations acts, shall be reserved by the Adminis-
trator for health effects studies on drinking water contaminants,
$50,000,000 for architectural, engineering, planning, design,
construction and related activities in connection with the construc-
tion of high priority water and wastewater facilities in the area
of the United States-Mexico Border, after consultation with the
appropriate border commission, $30,000,000 for grants to the State
of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure
needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages, $301,750,000 for making
grants for the construction of wastewater and water treatment
facilities and groundwater protection infrastructure in accordance
with the terms and conditions specified for such grants in the
joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accom-
panying this Act (H.R. 4194); and $880,000,000 for grants, including
associated program support costs, to States, federally recognized
tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollution control
agencies for multi-media or single media pollution prevention, con-
trol and abatement and related activities, including activities pursu-
ant to the provisions set forth under this heading in Public Law
104–134, and for making grants under section 103 of the Clean
Air Act for particulate matter monitoring and data collection activi-
ties: Provided, That, consistent with section 1452(g) of the Safe
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(g)), section 302 of the Safe
Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 (Public Law 104–182)
and the accompanying joint explanatory statement of the committee
of conference (H. Rept. No. 104–741 to accompany S. 1316, the
Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996), and notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, beginning in fiscal year 1999 and
thereafter, States may combine the assets of State Revolving Funds
(SRFs) established under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water
Act, as amended, and title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act, as amended, as security for bond issues to enhance the lending
capacity of one or both SRFs, but not to acquire the state match
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for either program, provided that revenues from the bonds are
allocated to the purposes of the Safe Drinking Water Act and
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act in the same portion as
the funds are used as security for the bonds: Provided further,
That, notwithstanding the matching requirement in Public Law
104–204 for funds appropriated under this heading for grants to
the State of Texas for improving wastewater treatment for the
Colonias, such funds that remain unobligated may also be used
for improving water treatment for the Colonias, and shall be
matched by State funds from State resources equal to 20 percent
of such unobligated funds: Provided further, That, hereafter the
Administrator is authorized to enter into assistance agreements
with Federally recognized Indian tribes on such terms and condi-
tions as the Administrator deems appropriate for the development
and implementation of programs to manage hazardous waste, and
underground storage tanks: Provided further, That beginning in
fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, pesticide program implementation
grants under section 23(a)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide
and Rodenticide Act, as amended, shall be available for pesticide
program development and implementation, including enforcement
and compliance activities: Provided further, That, notwithstanding
section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as
amended, the limitation on the amounts in a State water pollution
control revolving fund that may be used by a State to administer
the fund shall not apply to amounts included as principal in loans
made by such fund in fiscal year 1999 and prior years where
such amounts represent costs of administering the fund, to the
extent that such amounts are or were deemed reasonable by the
Administrator, accounted for separately from other assets in the
fund, and used for eligible purposes of the fund, including adminis-
tration.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
Under this heading in Public Law 104–204, after the phrase,
‘‘that such fund shall be paid in advance’’, insert ‘‘or reimbursed’’.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
Not later than March 31, 1999, the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency shall issue regulations amending
40 C.F.R. 112 to comply with the requirements of the Edible Oil
Regulatory Reform Act (Public Law 104–55). Such regulations shall
differentiate between and establish separate classes for animal
fats and oils and greases, and fish and marine mammal oils (as
described in that Act), and other oils and greases, and shall apply
standards to such different classes of fats and oils based on dif-
ferences in the physical, chemical, biological, and other properties,
and in the environmental effects, of the classes. None of the funds
made available by this Act or in subsequent Acts may be used
by the Environmental Protection Agency to issue or to establish
an interpretation or guidance relating to fats, oils, and greases
(as described in Public Law 104–55) that does not comply with
the requirements of the Edible Oil Regulatory Reform Act.