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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
The Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban De-
velopment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000
(Public Law 106–74) is amended under the heading ‘‘Corporation
for National and Community Service, National and Community
Service Programs Operating Expenses’’ in title III by reducing to
$229,000,000 the amount available for grants under the National
Service Trust program authorized under subtitle C of title I of the
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (the ‘‘Act’’) (with a
corresponding reduction to $40,000,000 in the amount that may be
used to administer, reimburse, or support any national service pro-
gram authorized under section 121(d)(2) of the Act), and by increas-
ing to $33,500,000 the amount available for quality and innovation
activities authorized under subtitle H of title I of the Act, with the
increase in subtitle H funds made available to provide a grant cov-
ering a period of three years to support the ‘‘P.A.V.E. the Way’’
project described in House Report 106–379.
COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the operation of the United States
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized by 38 U.S.C.
7251–7298, $12,445,000, of which $895,000 shall be available for
the purpose of providing financial assistance as described, and in
accordance with the process and reporting procedures set forth,
under this heading in Public Law 102–229.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for maintenance,
operation, and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and
Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including the pur-
chase of two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, and
not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $17,949,000, to remain available until expended.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES
For necessary expenses for the National Institute of Environ-
mental Health Sciences in carrying out activities set forth in sec-
tion 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, $63,000,000.
AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set forth in sec-
tions 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of the Comprehensive Envi-
ronmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(CERCLA), as amended; section 118(f) of the Superfund Amend-
ments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended; and
section 3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended,
$75,000,000, to be derived from the Hazardous Substance Super-
fund Trust Fund pursuant to section 517(a) of SARA (26 U.S.C.
9507): Provided, That not withstanding any other provision of law,
in lieu of performing a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of
CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct other appro-
priate health studies, evaluations, or activities, including, without
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limitation, biomedical testing, clinical evaluations, medical moni-
toring, and referral to accredited health care providers: Provided
further, That in performing any such health assessment or health
study, evaluation, or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall
not be bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA:
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 pur-
suant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2001, and ex-
isting profiles may be updated as necessary.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
For science and technology, including research and development
activities, which shall include research and development activities
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act of 1980, as amended; necessary expenses for per-
sonnel and related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms,
or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not
to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate pay-
able for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; procurement of
laboratory equipment and supplies; other operating expenses in
support of research and development; construction, alteration, re-
pair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed
$75,000 per project, $696,000,000, which shall remain available
until September 30, 2002.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT
For environmental programs and management, including nec-
essary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel and re-
lated costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or allowances
therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the
per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior
level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of re-
prints; library memberships in societies or associations which issue
publications to members only or at a price to members lower than
to subscribers who are not members; construction, alteration, re-
pair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed
$75,000 per project; and not to exceed $6,000 for official reception
and representation expenses, $2,087,990,000, which shall remain
available until September 30, 2002: Provided, 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 implemen-
tation, 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 Climate 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 Agen-
cy relating 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 October 21, 1998, and until guidance is final-
ized. Nothing in this proviso may be construed to restrict the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency from developing or issuing final guid-
ance relating to title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Provided
further, That notwithstanding section 1412(b)(12)(A)(v) of the Safe
Drinking Water Act, as amended, the Administrator shall promul-
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gate a national primary drinking water regulation for arsenic not
later than June 22, 2001.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in car-
rying 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,
$34,094,000, to remain available until September 30, 2002.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by, the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, $23,931,000, to remain available
until expended.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive Environ-
mental 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; $1,270,000,000 (of which $100,000,000 shall not become
available until September 1, 2001), to remain available until ex-
pended, consisting of $635,000,000, as authorized by section 517(a)
of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
(SARA), as amended by Public Law 101–508, and $635,000,000 as
a payment from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance
Superfund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA,
as amended: Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading
may be allocated to other Federal agencies in accordance with sec-
tion 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, $11,500,000 shall be transferred to the
‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appropriation to remain available
until September 30, 2002, and $36,500,000 shall be transferred to
the ‘‘Science and technology’’ appropriation to remain available
until September 30, 2002.
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground storage
tank cleanup activities authorized by section 205 of the Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and for construc-
tion, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities,
not to exceed $75,000 per project, $72,096,000, to remain available
until expended.
OIL SPILL RESPONSE
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,
to remain available until expended.
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, in-
cluding capitalization grants for State revolving funds and perform-
ance partnership grants, $3,628,740,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $1,350,000,000 shall be for making capitaliza-
tion grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title
VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended;
$825,000,000 shall be for capitalization grants for the Drinking
Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the Safe Drink-
ing Water Act, as amended, except that, notwithstanding section
1452(n) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, none of the
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funds made available under this heading in this Act, or in previous
appropriations Acts, shall be reserved by the Administrator for
health effects studies on drinking water contaminants; $75,000,000
shall be for architectural, engineering, planning, design, construc-
tion and related activities in connection with the construction of
high priority water and wastewater facilities in the area of the
United States-Mexico Border, after consultation with the appro-
priate border commission; $35,000,000 shall be for grants to the
State of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater infra-
structure needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages; $335,740,000
shall be for making grants for the construction of wastewater and
water treatment facilities and groundwater protection infrastruc-
ture in accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such
grants in the conference report and joint explanatory statement of
the committee of conference accompanying this Act, except that,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds herein and
hereafter appropriated under this heading for such special needs
infrastructure grants, the Administrator may use up to 3 percent
of the amount of each project appropriated to administer the man-
agement and oversight of construction of such projects through con-
tracts, allocation to the Corps of Engineers, or grants to States; and
$1,008,000,000 shall be 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, control and
abatement and related activities, including activities pursuant 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 activities: Pro-
vided, 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 in-
cluded as principal in loans made by such fund in fiscal year 2001
and prior years where such amounts represent costs of admin-
istering 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 administration: Provided further, That for fiscal
year 2001, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, as amended, the Administrator is authorized
to use the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section
319 of that Act to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant to section
319(h) and 518(e) of that Act: Provided further, That for fiscal year
2001, notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in section 518(c)
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, up to a
total of 11⁄2 percent of the funds appropriated for State Revolving
Funds under Title VI of that Act may be reserved by the Adminis-
trator for grants under section 518(c) of such Act: Provided further,
That no funds provided by this legislation to address the water,
wastewater and other critical infrastructure needs of the colonias
in the United States along the United States-Mexico border shall
be made available after June 1, 2001 to a county or municipal gov-
ernment unless that government has established an enforceable
local ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents in that juris-
diction the development or construction of any additional colonia
areas, or the development within an existing colonia the construc-
tion of any new home, business, or other structure which lacks
water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all claims
for principal and interest registered through any current grant dis-
pute or any other such dispute hereafter filed by the Environ-
mental Protection Agency relative to construction grants numbers
C–180840–01, C–180840–04, C–470319–03, and C–470319–04, are
hereby resolved in favor of the grantee: Provided further, That
EPA, in considering the local match for the $5,000,000 appro-