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Union Calendar No. 290
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3908
[Report No. 106–521]
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 14, 2000
Mr. YOUNG of Florida, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the
following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
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TITLE I
COUNTERNARCOTICS
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $299,698,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $282,500,000 shall be deposited in the
Telecommunications Carrier Compliance Fund: Provided,
That of such amount, $293,048,000 shall be available only
to the extent that an official budget request for a specific
dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
President to the Congress: Provided further, That the en-
tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended.
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CHAPTER 2
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—MILITARY
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES,
DEFENSE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for ‘‘Drug Interdiction and
Counter-Drug Activities, Defense’’, $185,800,000, to re-
main available for obligation until expended: Provided,
That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That the Secretary of Defense may transfer the funds pro-
vided herein only to appropriations for military personnel;
operation and maintenance; procurement; research, devel-
opment, test and evaluation; the Defense Health Program;
and working capital funds: Provided further, That the
funds transferred shall be merged with and shall be avail-
able for the same purposes and for the same time period,
as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided fur-
ther, That the transfer authority provided under this head-
ing is in addition to any other transfer authority available
to the Department of Defense.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER
Sec. 1201. (a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT.—
Of the amount appropriated in this Act for the Depart-
ment of Defense, not to exceed $50,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the provision of support for counter-drug activities
of the Government of Colombia. The support provided
under this section shall be in addition to support provided
for counter-drug activities of the Government of Colombia
under any other provision of law.
(b) TYPES OF SUPPORT.—The support that may be
provided using this section shall be limited to the types
of support specified in section 1033(c)(1) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public
Law 105–85; 111 Stat. 1882). In addition, using unobli-
gated balances from the Department of Defense Appro-
priations Act, 1999 (Public Law 106–79), the Secretary
of Defense may transfer one light observation aircraft to
Colombia for counter-drug activities.
(c) CONDITIONS ON PROVISION OF SUPPORT.—(1)
The Secretary of Defense may not obligate or expend
funds appropriated in this Act to provide support under
this section for counter-drug activities of the Government
of Colombia until the end of the 15-day period beginning
on the date on which the Secretary submits the written
certification for fiscal year 2000 pursuant to section
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1033(f)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105–85; 111 Stat. 1882).
(2) The elements of the written certification sub-
mitted for fiscal year 2000 described in section 1033(g)
of that Act shall apply to, and the written certification
shall address, the support provided under this section for
counter-drug activities of the Government of Colombia.
CHAPTER 3
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
ASSISTANCE FOR PLAN COLOMBIA AND FOR ANDEAN
REGIONAL COUNTERNARCOTICS ACTIVITIES
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support Plan Co-
lombia and for Andean regional counternarcotics activi-
ties, $1,099,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing, not less than $57,000,000 shall be made available for
assistance for Bolivia, of which not less than $49,000,000
shall be made available for alternative economic develop-
ment activities: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, not less than $20,000,000
shall be made available for assistance for Ecuador, of
which not less than $8,000,000 shall be made available
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for alternative economic development and similar activi-
ties: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated
under this heading, up to $42,000,000 shall be made
available for assistance for Peru: Provided further, That
of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less
than $18,000,000 shall be made available for assistance
for other countries in South and Central America and the
Caribbean which are cooperating with United States coun-
ternarcotics objectives: Provided further, That funds under
this heading shall be in addition to amounts otherwise
available for such purposes: Provided further, That section
482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not
apply to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided
further, That for purposes of supporting Plan Colombia
and for Andean regional counternarcotics activities, any
agency of the United States Government to which funds
are transferred or allocated under any authority of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may utilize, in addition
to any authorities available for carrying out section 481,
any authorities available to that agency for carrying out
related activities, including utilization of such funds for
administrative expenses: Provided further, That funds ap-
propriated under this heading shall be utilized for the pro-
curement of and support for two UH–60 Blackhawk heli-
copters for use by the Colombian National Police which
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shall be utilized only for counternarcotics operations in
southern Colombia: Provided further, That procurement of
UH–60 Blackhawk helicopters from funds made available
under this heading shall be managed by the United States
Defense Security Cooperation Agency: Provided further,
That the President shall ensure that if any helicopter pro-
cured with funds under this heading is used to aid or abet
the operations of an illegal self-defense group or security
cooperative, then such helicopter shall be immediately re-
turned to the United States: Provided further, That funds
obligated after February 6, 2000, and prior to the date
of enactment of this Act for administrative expenses in
support of Plan Colombia and for Andean regional coun-
ternarcotics activities may be finally charged to funds
made available for such purposes by this Act: Provided
further, That the Secretary of State, in consultation with
the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the
U.S. Agency for International Development, shall provide
to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
Committees on Appropriations not later than 30 days
after the date of enactment of this Act and prior to the
initial obligation of any funds appropriated under this
heading, a report on the proposed uses of all funds under
this heading on a country-by-country basis for each pro-
posed program, project or activity: Provided further, That
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funds appropriated under this heading shall be subject to
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations: Provided further, That the entire amount
is designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended: Provided further, That the entire amount pro-
vided shall be available only to the extent an official budg-
et request that includes designation of the entire amount
of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to
the Congress.
CHAPTER 4
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE–WIDE
Not withstanding any other provision of law, for an
additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, Defense-
Wide,’’ $116,523,000, to remain available until September
30, 2004: Provided, That such amount is 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: Provided
further, That the entire amount shall be available only to
the 
extent 
that 
an 
official 
budget 
request 
for
$116,523,000, that includes designation of the entire
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amount of the request as an emergency requirement as
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
President to the Congress.
TITLE II
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS IN KOSOVO
AND 
OTHER 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY
MATTERS
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
SECURITY AND MAINTENANCE OF UNITED STATES
MISSIONS
Notwithstanding section 15 of the State Department
Basic Authorities Act of 1956, an additional amount for
‘‘Security and Maintenance of United States Missions’’,
$104,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the entire amount is designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
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CHAPTER 2
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—MILITARY
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Army’’, $19,532,000: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Navy’’, $20,565,000: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Marine Corps’’, $37,155,000: Provided, That the
entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended.
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Air Force’’, $30,065,000: Provided, That the en-
tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to provide assistance to
Vieques, Puerto Rico, including a study of the health of
Vieques residents; fire-fighting related equipment and fa-
cilities at Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport; construction
or refurbishment of a commercial ferry pier and terminal
and associated navigational improvements; establishment
and construction of an artificial reef; reef conservation,
restoration, and management activities; payments to reg-
istered Vieques commercial fishermen of an amount deter-
mined by the National Marine Fisheries Service for each
day they are unable to use existing waters because the
Navy is conducting training; expansion and improvement
of major cross-island roadways and bridges; an apprentice-
ship/training program for young adults; preservation and
protection of natural resources; an economic development
office and economic development activities; and conducting
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a referendum among the residents of Vieques regarding
further use of the island for military training programs,
$40,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2003: Provided, That such funds shall be in addition to
amounts otherwise available for such purposes: Provided
further, That the Secretary of Defense may transfer funds
provided under this heading to any agency or office of the
United States Government in order to implement the
projects for which funds are provided: Provided further,
That the transfer authority provided under this heading
is in addition to any other transfer authority available to
the Department of Defense: Provided further, That for
purposes of providing assistance to Vieques, any agency
or office of the United States Government to which these
funds are transferred may utilize, in addition to any au-
thorities available under this heading, any authorities
available to that agency or office for carrying out related
activities, including utilization of such funds for adminis-
trative expenses: Provided further, That any amounts
transferred to the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment, ‘‘Community development block grants’’, shall
be available only for assistance to Vieques, notwith-
standing section 106 of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds made
available under this heading may be used to make direct
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payments to registered Vieques commercial fishermen:
Provided further, That the Department of the Navy may
provide fire-fighting training and funds provided under
this heading may be used to provide fire-fighting related
facilities at the Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available under this head-
ing may be used to construct or modify a commercial ferry
pier and terminal and associated navigational improve-
ments: Provided further, That except for amounts provided
for the health study, fire-fighting related equipment and
facilities, and certain activities in furtherance of the pres-
ervation and protection of natural resources, funds pro-
vided in this paragraph shall not become available until
the Secretary of the Navy has certified to the Director,
Office of Management and Budget, that the integrity and
accessibility of the training range is uninterrupted, and
trespassing and other intrusions on the range have ceased:
Provided further, That the entire amount is 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.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Army Reserve’’, $2,174,000: Provided, That the
entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
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gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL
GUARD
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Army National Guard’’, $2,851,000: Provided,
That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS TRANSFER FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Overseas Contin-
gency Operations Transfer Fund’’, $2,050,400,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended: Provided further, That the Secretary of De-
fense may transfer the funds provided herein only to ap-
propriations for military personnel; operation and mainte-
nance, including Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and
Civic Aid; procurement; research, development, test and
evaluation; the Defense Health Program; and working
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capital funds: Provided further, That the funds transferred
shall be merged with and shall be available for the same
purposes and for the same time period, as the appropria-
tion to which transferred: Provided further, That the
transfer authority provided in this paragraph is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority available to the De-
partment of Defense: Provided further, That upon a deter-
mination that all or part of the funds transferred from
this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes pro-
vided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to
this appropriation.
PROCUREMENT
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement,
Air Force’’, $73,000,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2001: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended.
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Health Pro-
gram’’, $3,533,000: Provided, That the entire amount is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
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pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 2201. (a) MINIMUM RATES OF BASIC ALLOW-
ANCE FOR HOUSING FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED
SERVICES.—During the period beginning on January 1,
2000, and ending on September 30, 2001 (or such earlier
date as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate),
a member of the uniformed services entitled to a basic al-
lowance for housing for a military housing area in the
United States shall be paid the allowance at a monthly
rate not less than the rate in effect on December 31, 1999,
in that area for members serving in the same pay grade
and with the same dependency status as the member.
(b) ANNUAL LIMITATION ON ALLOWANCE.—In light
of the rates for the basic allowance for housing authorized
by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may exceed
the limitation on the total amount paid during fiscal year
2000 and 2001 for the basic allowance for housing in the
United 
States 
otherwise 
applicable 
under 
section
403(b)(3) of title 37, United States Code.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 2202. In addition to amounts appropriated or
otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act for the De-
partment of Defense or in the Department of Defense Ap-
propriations 
Act, 
2000 
(Public 
Law 
106–79),
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$1,556,200,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department
of Defense for the ‘‘Defense-Wide Working Capital Fund’’
and shall remain available until expended, for price in-
creases resulting from worldwide increases in the price of
petroleum: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall
transfer $1,556,200,000 in excess collections from the
‘‘Defense-Wide Working Capital Fund’’ not later than
September 30, 2001 to the operation and maintenance;
research, development, test and evaluation; and working
capital funds: Provided further, That the transfer author-
ity provided in this section is in addition to the transfer
authority provided to the Department of Defense in this
Act or any other Act: Provided further, That the entire
amount made available in this section is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 2203. (a) The Secretary of Defense may trans-
fer up to $90,000,000 to the account ‘‘Aircraft Procure-
ment, Air Force 2000/2002’’, from funds specified in sub-
section (b). Amounts so transferred shall be merged with,
and shall be available for obligation for the same period
as, the account to which transferred.
(b) Amounts which may be transferred under this
section are unobligated amounts that would otherwise ex-
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pire for obligation on September 30, 2000, that were ap-
propriated for Air Force or Defense-Wide accounts in the
following provisions of law:
(1) Titles I and II of the Department of De-
fense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–
79).
(2) Title IV of the Department of Defense Ap-
propriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–262).
(3) Title III of the Department of Defense Ap-
propriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–56).
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 2204. The Secretary of Defense shall transfer
$125,000,000 from unobligated funds in the National De-
fense Stockpile Transaction Fund to ‘‘Procurement of
Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army 2000/
2002’’ only for procurement, advance procurement, or eco-
nomic order quantity procurement of Abrams M1A2 SEP
Upgrades under multiyear contract authority provided
under section 8008 of the Department of Defense Appro-
priations Act, 2000: Provided, That amounts so trans-
ferred shall be merged with, and shall be available for obli-
gation for the same period as, the account to which trans-
ferred: Provided further, That none of the funds made
available under this section shall be obligated until the
Secretary of the Army certifies to the congressional de-
fense committees that these funds will be used to upgrade
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vehicles for an average unit cost (for 307 vehicles) that
does not exceed $5,900,000.
SEC. 2205. In addition to the amounts provided in
the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000
(Public Law 106–79), $854,500,000 is hereby appro-
priated for ‘‘Defense Health Program’’, to remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2001: Provided,
That such funds shall be available only for the purposes
described and in accordance with section 2206 of this
chapter: Provided further, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
SEC. 2206. (a) Of the amounts provided in section
2205 of this chapter for ‘‘Defense Health Program’’—
(1) not to exceed $90,300,000 shall be available
for obligations and adjustments to obligations re-
quired to cover unanticipated increases in TRICARE
contract costs that (but for insufficient funds) would
have been properly chargeable to the Defense Health
Program account for fiscal year 1998 or fiscal year
1999; and
(2) not to exceed $764,200,000 shall be avail-
able for obligations and adjustments to obligations
required 
to 
cover 
unanticipated 
increases 
in
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TRICARE contract costs that are properly charge-
able to the Defense Health Program account for fis-
cal year 2000 or fiscal year 2001.
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall notify the congres-
sional defense committees before charging an obligation
or an adjustment to obligations under this section.
(c) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report on obligations
made under this section no later than 30 days after the
end of fiscal year 2000.
CHAPTER 3
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses
of 
the 
Agency 
for 
International 
Development’’,
$13,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001: Provided, That the entire amount is 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.
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OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC
STATES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Assistance for East-
ern Europe and the Baltic States’’, $95,825,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That
this amount shall only be available for assistance for Mon-
tenegro and Croatia, assistance to promote democratiza-
tion in Serbia including support for nongovernmental or-
ganizations and independent media, and not to exceed
$12,400,000 for assistance for Kosovo: Provided further,
That the amount specified in the previous proviso for as-
sistance for Kosovo may be made available only for police
activities: Provided further, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
MILITARY ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING
For an additional amount for ‘‘International Military
Education and Training’’, $2,875,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2001, for grants to countries of the
Balkans and southeast Europe: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
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requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended.
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM
For an additional amount for ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
nancing Program’’, to enable the President to carry out
section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, $31,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2001, for grants
to countries of the Balkans and southeast Europe: Pro-
vided, That these funds shall be nonrepayable, notwith-
standing sections 23(b) and 23(c) of the Act: Provided fur-
ther, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
CHAPTER 4
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE
SEC. 2401. In addition to amounts appropriated or
otherwise made available in the Military Construction Ap-
propriations Act, 2000, $6,700,000 is hereby appropriated
to the Department of Defense, to cover incremental Oper-
ation and Maintenance costs to family housing, as author-
ized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, as
follows:
‘‘Family Housing, Army’’, $2,000,000,
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‘‘Family Housing, Navy and Marine Corps’’,
$3,000,000; and
‘‘Family Housing, Air Force’’, $1,700,000:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That the entire amount shall be available only to the ex-
tent that an official budget request for $6,700,000, that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request
as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
SEC. 2402. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to use funds
received pursuant to section 2601 of Title 10, United
States Code, for the construction, improvement, repair,
and maintenance of Quarters Number 6, located at Ma-
rine Corps Barracks, 8th and I Street, Washington, D.C.:
Provided, That the Secretary notifies the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress thirty days in advance of the intended
use of such funds.
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BROOKS AIR FORCE BASE DEVELOPMENT
DEMONSTRATION PROJECT
SEC. 2403. (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this sec-
tion is to evaluate and demonstrate methods for more effi-
cient operation of military installations through improved
capital asset management and greater reliance on the pub-
lic or private sector for less-costly base support services,
where available. The section supersedes, and shall be used
in lieu of the authority provided in, section 8168 of the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public
Law 106–79; 113 Stat. 1277).
(b) AUTHORITY.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4), the
Secretary of the Air Force may carry out at Brooks Air
Force Base, Texas, a demonstration project to be known
as the ‘‘Base Efficiency Project’’ to improve mission effec-
tiveness and reduce the cost of providing quality installa-
tion support at Brooks Air Force Base.
(2) The Secretary may carry out the Project in con-
sultation with the Community to the extent the Secretary
determines such consultation is necessary and appro-
priate.
(3) The authority provided in this section is in addi-
tion to any other authority vested in or delegated to the
Secretary, and the Secretary may exercise any authority
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or combination of authorities provided under this section
or elsewhere to carry out the purposes of the Project.
(4) The Secretary may not exercise any authority
under this section until after the end of the 30-day period
beginning on the date the Secretary submits to the appro-
priate committees of the Congress a master plan for the
development of the Base.
(c) EFFICIENT PRACTICES.—(1) The Secretary may
convert services at or for the benefit of the Base from ac-
complishment by military personnel or by Departmental
civilian employees (appropriated fund or non-appropriated
fund), to services performed by contract or provided as
consideration for the lease, sale, or other conveyance or
transfer of property.
(2) Notwithstanding section 2462 of title 10, United
States Code, a contract for services may be awarded based
on ‘‘best value’’ if the Secretary determines that the award
will advance the purposes of a joint activity conducted
under the project and is in the best interest of the Depart-
ment.
(3) Notwithstanding that such services are generally
funded by local and State taxes and provided without spe-
cific charge to the public at large, the Secretary may con-
tract for public services at or for the benefit of the Base
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in exchange for such consideration, if any, the Secretary
determines to be appropriate.
(4)(A) The Secretary may conduct joint activities
with the Community, the State, and any private parties
or entities on or for the benefit of the Base.
(B) Payments or reimbursements received from par-
ticipants for their share of direct and indirect costs of joint
activities, including the costs of providing, operating, and
maintaining facilities, shall be in an amount and type de-
termined to be adequate and appropriate by the Secretary.
(C) Such payments or reimbursements received by
the Department shall be deposited into the Project Fund.
(d) LEASE AUTHORITY.—(1) The Secretary may
lease real or personal property located on the Base and
not required at other Air Force installations to any lessee
upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers
appropriate and in the interest of the United States, if
the Secretary determines that the lease would facilitate
the purposes of the Project.
(2) Consideration for a lease under this subsection
shall be determined in accordance with subsection (g).
(3) A lease under this subsection—
(A) may be for such period as the Secretary de-
termines is necessary to accomplish the goals of the
Project; and
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(B) may give the lessee the first right to pur-
chase the property at fair market value if the lease
is terminated to allow the United States to sell the
property under any other provision of law.
(4)(A) The interest of a lessee of property leased
under this subsection may be taxed by the State or the
Community.
(B) A lease under this subsection shall provide that,
if and to the extent that the leased property is later made
taxable by State governments or local governments under
Federal law, the lease shall be renegotiated.
(5) The Department may furnish a lessee with utili-
ties, custodial services, and other base operation, mainte-
nance, or support services performed by Department civil-
ian or contract employees, in exchange for such consider-
ation, payment, or reimbursement as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate.
(6) All amounts received from leases under this sub-
section shall be deposited into the Project Fund.
(7) A lease under this subsection shall not be subject
to the following provisions of law:
(A) Section 2667 of title 10, United States
Code, other than subsection (b)(1) of that section.
(B) Section 321 of the Act of June 30, 1932
(40 U.S.C. 303b).
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(C) The Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.).
(e) PROPERTY DISPOSAL.—(1) The Secretary may
sell or otherwise convey or transfer real and personal prop-
erty located at the Base to the Community or to another
public or private party during the Project, upon such
terms and conditions as the Secretary considers appro-
priate for purposes of the Project.
(2) Consideration for a sale or other conveyance or
transfer of property under this subsection shall be deter-
mined in accordance with subsection (g).
(3) The sale or other conveyance or transfer of prop-
erty under this subsection shall not be subject to the fol-
lowing provisions of law:
(A) Section 2693 of title 10, United States
Code.
(B) The Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.).
(4) Cash payments received as consideration for the
sale or other conveyance or transfer of property under this
subsection shall be deposited into the Project Fund.
(f) LEASEBACK
OF PROPERTY LEASED
OR DIS-
POSED.—(1) The Secretary may lease, sell, or otherwise
convey or transfer real property at the Base under sub-
sections (b) and (e), as applicable, which will be retained
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for use by the Department or by another military depart-
ment or other Federal agency, if the lessee, purchaser, or
other grantee or transferee of the property agrees to enter
into a leaseback to the Department in connection with the
lease, sale, or other conveyance or transfer of one or more
portions or all of the property leased, sold, or otherwise
conveyed or transferred, as applicable.
(2) A leaseback of real property under this subsection
shall be an operating lease for no more than 20 years un-
less the Secretary of the Air Force determines that a
longer term is appropriate.
(3)(A) Consideration, if any, for real property leased
under a leaseback entered into under this subsection shall
be in such form and amount as the Secretary considers
appropriate.
(B) The Secretary may use funds in the Project Fund
or other funds appropriated or otherwise available to the
Department for use at the Base for payment of any such
cash rent.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Department or other military department or other Federal
agency using the real property leased under a leaseback
entered into under this subsection may construct and erect
facilities on or otherwise improve the leased property using
funds appropriated or otherwise available to the Depart-
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ment or other military department or other Federal agen-
cy for such purpose.
(g) CONSIDERATION.—(1) The Secretary shall deter-
mine the nature, value, and adequacy of consideration re-
quired or offered in exchange for a lease, sale, or other
conveyance or transfer of real or personal property or for
other actions taken under the Project.
(2) Consideration may be in cash or in-kind or any
combination thereof. In-kind consideration may include
the following:
(A) Real property.
(B) Personal property.
(C) Goods or services, including operation,
maintenance, protection, repair, or restoration (in-
cluding environmental restoration) of any property
or facilities (including non-appropriated fund facili-
ties).
(D) Base operating support services.
(E) Improvement of Department facilities.
(F) Provision of facilities, including office, stor-
age, or other usable space, for use by the Depart-
ment on or off the Base.
(G) Public services.
(3) Consideration may not be for less than the fair
market value.
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(h) PROJECT FUND.—(1) There is established on the
books of the Treasury a fund to be known as the ‘‘Base
Efficiency Project Fund’’ into which all cash rents, pro-
ceeds, payments, reimbursements, and other amounts
from leases, sales, or other conveyances or transfers, joint
activities, and all other actions taken under the Project
shall be deposited. Subject to paragraph (2), amounts de-
posited into the Project Fund shall be available without
fiscal year limitation.
(2) To the extent provided in advance in appropria-
tions Acts, amounts in the Project Fund shall be available
to the Secretary for use at the base only for operation,
base operating support services, maintenance, repair, or
improvement of Department facilities, payment of consid-
eration for acquisitions of interests in real property (in-
cluding payment of rentals for leasebacks), and environ-
mental protection or restoration. The use of such amounts
may be in addition to or in combination with other
amounts appropriated for these purposes.
(3) Subject to generally prescribed financial manage-
ment regulations, the Secretary shall establish the struc-
ture of the Project Fund and such administrative policies
and procedures as the Secretary considers necessary to ac-
count for and control deposits into and disbursements
from the Project Fund effectively.
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(i) FEDERAL AGENCIES.—(1)(A) Any Federal agen-
cy, its contractors, or its grantees shall pay rent, in cash
or services, for the use of facilities or property at the Base,
in an amount and type determined to be adequate by the
Secretary.
(B) Such rent shall generally be the fair market rent-
al of the property provided, but in any case shall be suffi-
cient to compensate the Base for the direct and overhead
costs incurred by the Base due to the presence of the ten-
ant agency on the Base.
(2) Transfers of real or personal property at the Base
to other Federal agencies shall be at fair market value
consideration. Such consideration may be paid in cash, by
appropriation transfer, or in property, goods, or services.
(3) Amounts received from other Federal agencies,
their contractors, or grantees, including any amounts paid
by appropriation transfer, shall be deposited in the Project
Fund.
(j) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—(1) Section 2662 of
title 10, United States Code, shall apply to transactions
at the Base during the Project.
(k) LIMITATION.—None of the authorities in this sec-
tion shall create any legal rights in any person or entity
except rights embodied in leases, deeds, or contracts.
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(l) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to
enter into a lease, deed, permit, license, contract, or other
agreement under this section shall expire on September
30, 2004.
(m) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘Project’’ means the Base Effi-
ciency Project authorized by this section.
(2) The term ‘‘Base’’ means Brooks Air Force
Base, Texas.
(3) The term ‘‘Community’’ means the City of
San Antonio, Texas.
(4) The term ‘‘Department’’ means the Depart-
ment of the Air Force.
(5) The term ‘‘facility’’ means a building, struc-
ture, or other improvement to real property (except
a military family housing unit as that term is used
in subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, United
States Code).
(6) The term ‘‘joint activity’’ means an activity
conducted on or for the benefit of the Base by the
Department, jointly with the Community, the State,
or any private entity, or any combination thereof.
(7) The term ‘‘Project Fund’’ means the Base
Efficiency Project Fund established by subsection
(h).
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(8) The term ‘‘public services’’ means public
services (except public schools, fire protection, and
police protection) that are funded by local and State
taxes and provided without specific charge to the
public at large.
(9) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of the Air Force or the Secretary’s designee, who
shall be a civilian official of the Department ap-
pointed by the President with the advice and consent
of the Senate.
(10) The term ‘‘State’’ means the State of
Texas.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction,
Army Reserve’’ to cover the incremental costs arising from
the consequences of Hurricane Floyd, $12,348,000, as au-
thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code,
to remain available until September 30, 2004: Provided,
That such amount is designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent an official
budget request for $12,348,000 that includes designation
of the entire amount of the request as an emergency re-
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quirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans-
mitted by the President to the Congress.
TITLE III
NATURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE AND
OTHER EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Inspector
General’’, $2,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2001: Provided, That the entire amount is designated
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Pro-
vided further, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent an official budget request, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended,
is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service Salaries and Expenses’’,
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$7,140,000: Provided, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:
Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent an official budget request, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended,
is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
FARM SERVICE AGENCY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $77,560,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That the entire amount shall be available only to the ex-
tent an official budget request, that includes designation
of the entire amount of the request as an emergency re-
quirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans-
mitted by the President to the Congress.
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EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM
Unobligated balances previously provided under this
heading may be used to repair and reconstruct essential
farm structures and equipment that have been damaged
or destroyed, after a finding by the Secretary of Agri-
culture that: (1) the damage or destruction is the result
of a natural disaster declared by the Secretary or the
President for losses due to Hurricanes Dennis, Floyd, or
Irene; and (2) insurance against the damage or destruc-
tion was not available to the grantee or the grantee lacked
the financial resources to obtain the insurance: Provided,
That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That the entire amount shall be available only to the ex-
tent an official budget request that includes designation
of the entire amount of the request as an emergency re-
quirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans-
mitted by the President to the Congress.
CORPORATIONS
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND
For an additional amount for the Federal Crop In-
surance Corporation Fund, up to $13,000,000, to provide
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premium discounts to purchasers of crop insurance rein-
sured by the Corporation (except for catastrophic risk pro-
tection coverage), as authorized under section 1102(g)(2)
of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1999 (Public Law 105–277): Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended.
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND
The Secretary of Agriculture shall reduce the amount
of any principal due on a loan made by the Department
to a marketing association for the 1999 crop of an agricul-
tural commodity by up to 75 percent if the marketing as-
sociation suffered losses to the agricultural commodity in
a county with respect to which a natural disaster was de-
clared by the Secretary or the President for losses due
to Hurricanes Dennis, Floyd, or Irene.
If the Secretary assigns a grade quality for the 1999
crop of an agricultural commodity marketed by an associa-
tion described in the preceding paragraph that is below
the base quality of the agricultural commodity, and the
reduction in grade quality is the result of damage sus-
tained from Hurricanes Dennis, Floyd, or Irene, the Sec-
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retary shall compensate the association for losses incurred
by the association as a result of the reduction in grade
quality.
Up to $81,000,000 of the resources of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation may be used for the cost of
this provision: Provided, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
RURAL ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM
For the additional cost of water and waste grants,
as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(2), to meet the needs
resulting from natural disasters, $28,000,000 to remain
available until expended; and for an additional amount for
community 
facilities 
grants 
pursuant 
to 
section
381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act (7 U.S.C. 2009d(d)(1)) for emergency needs,
$15,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the entire amount is designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That the entire amount shall be available only to the ex-
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tent an official budget request, that includes designation
of the entire amount of the request as an emergency re-
quirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans-
mitted by the President to the Congress.
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the additional cost of direct loans, as authorized
by title V of the Housing Act of 1949, $15,872,000 from
the Rural Housing Insurance Fund for section 515 rental
housing, to remain available until expended, to address
emergency needs resulting from Hurricanes Dennis,
Floyd, or Irene: 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: Provided
further, That these funds are available to subsidize gross
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans esti-
mated to be $40,000,000: Provided further, That the en-
tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended.
For additional gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct loans as authorized by title V of the
Housing Act of 1949 to be available from funds in the
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rural housing insurance fund to meet the needs resulting
from natural disasters, as follows: $296,000,000 for loans
to section 502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary
and $13,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans.
For the additional cost of direct loans, including the
cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, to meet the needs re-
sulting from natural disasters, to remain available until
expended, as follows: section 502 loans, $25,000,000 and
section 504 loans, $4,000,000: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended: Provided further, That the entire amount
shall be available only to the extent an official budget re-
quest, that includes designation of the entire amount of
the request as an emergency requirement as defined in
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to
the Congress.
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
For an additional amount for ‘‘Rental Assistance
Program’’ for rental assistance agreements entered into
or renewed pursuant to section 521(a)(2) of the Housing
Act of 1949, for emergency needs resulting from Hurri-
canes Dennis, Floyd, or Irene, $13,600,000, to remain
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requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended: Provided further, That the entire amount
shall be available only to the extent an official budget re-
quest, that includes designation of the entire amount of
the request as an emergency requirement as defined in
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to
the Congress.
FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For grants to assist low-income migrant and seasonal
farm workers, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 5177a, to meet
the needs resulting from natural disasters, $5,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended: Provided further, That the entire amount
shall be available only to the extent an official budget re-
quest, that includes designation of the entire amount of
the request as an emergency requirement as defined in
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to
the Congress.
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RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LOANS PROGRAMS ACCOUNT
For the additional cost (as defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a))
of direct loans under section 305 of the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), $1,021,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2001, to enable financing
of the purchase of a utility by a nonprofit cooperative to
address the high cost of electric power in the service area
attributable in part to a hurricane disaster: Provided, That
the amount made available under this heading shall be
made available to subsidize gross obligations for the prin-
cipal 
amount 
of 
direct 
loans 
estimated 
to 
be
$113,250,000: Provided further, That the entire amount
is designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED
PROGRAMS
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE AND GENERAL SALES
MANAGER
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Foreign Agricul-
tural Service and General Sales Manager’’, $2,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided,
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That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That the entire amount shall be available only to the ex-
tent an official budget request, that includes designation
of the entire amount of the request as an emergency re-
quirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans-
mitted by the President to the Congress.
RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Buildings and Facili-
ties’’, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That the entire amount shall be available only to the ex-
tent an official budget request, that includes designation
of the entire amount of the request as an emergency re-
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quirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans-
mitted by the President to the Congress.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 3101. Notwithstanding section 11 of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i),
an additional $35,000,000 shall be provided through the
Commodity Credit Corporation in fiscal year 2000 for
technical assistance activities performed by any agency of
the Department of Agriculture in carrying out the Con-
servation Reserve Program or the Wetlands Reserve Pro-
gram funded by the Commodity Credit Corporation: Pro-
vided, That the entire amount is designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) in the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That the entire amount shall be available only to the ex-
tent an official budget request, that includes designation
of the entire amount of the request as an emergency re-
quirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans-
mitted by the President to the Congress.
SEC. 3102. The Act of August 19, 1958 (7 U.S.C.
1431 note) is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘clause (3) or (4) of’’ the first
place it appears and inserting ‘‘the Food for
Progress Act of 1985,’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘clause (3) or (4) of such’’ and
inserting ‘‘the Food for Progress Act of 1985,
such’’; and
(3) by striking ‘‘to the President’’.
SEC. 3103. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law (including the Federal Grants and Cooperative Agree-
ments Act), the Secretary of Agriculture shall use not
more than $40,000,000 of Commodity Credit Corporation
funds, to remain available until expended, for a coopera-
tive program with the State of Florida to replace commer-
cial trees removed to control citrus canker and to com-
pensate for lost production: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended: Provided further, That the entire amount
shall be available only to the extent an official budget re-
quest, that includes designation of the entire amount of
the request as an emergency requirement as defined in
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to
the Congress.
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SEC. 3104. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the area bounded by West 197th Avenue, North S.W.
232nd Street, East U.S. Highway 1 and S.W. 360th
Street in Dade County, Florida, shall continue to be eligi-
ble to receive business and industry guaranteed loans
under section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932) until such time that
population data is available from the 2000 decennial cen-
sus: Provided, That the entire amount is 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: Provided,
further, That the entire amount shall be available only to
the extent an official budget request, that includes des-
ignation of the entire amount of the request as an emer-
gency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress.
CHAPTER 2
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Develop-
ment Assistance Programs,’’ $25,800,000, to remain
available until expended, for planning, public works grants
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and revolving loan funds for communities affected by Hur-
ricane Floyd and other recent hurricanes and disasters:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC
ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations, Research
and Facilities,’’ $19,400,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to provide disaster assistance pursuant to section
312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
Management Act, and for repairs to the Beaufort Labora-
tory, resulting from Hurricane Floyd and other recent
hurricanes and disasters: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended.
RELATED AGENCY
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For an additional amount for the cost of direct loans,
$33,300,000, to remain available until expended to sub-
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sidize additional gross obligations for the principal amount
of direct loans: 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; and for di-
rect administrative expenses to carry out the disaster loan
program, an additional $27,600,000, to remain available
until expended, which may be transferred to and merged
with appropriations for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’: Provided
further, That no funds shall be transferred to and merged
with appropriations for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for indi-
rect administrative expenses: Provided further, That the
entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
President to the Congress.
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CHAPTER 3
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS
For an additional amount to conduct a study and re-
port to the Congress on the feasibility of a project to pro-
vide flood damage reduction for the town of Princeville,
North Carolina, $1,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the study of a flood damage reduc-
tion project may include any flood mitigation measures
that the Secretary of the Army determines are necessary
for areas that are affected by the project: Provided further,
That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and main-
tenance, general’’ for emergency expenses due to hurri-
canes and other natural disasters, $27,925,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That of the total
amount appropriated, the amount for eligible navigation
projects which may be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund pursuant to Public Law 99–662 shall
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be derived from that Fund: Provided further, That the en-
tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ENERGY PROGRAMS
URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND
DECOMMISSIONING FUND
For an additional amount for ‘‘Uranium enrichment
decontamination 
and 
decommissioning 
fund’’,
$16,000,000, to be derived from the Fund, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount
is designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other defense activi-
ties’’, $63,000,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $4,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from unobli-
gated balances in the ‘‘Biomass energy development’’ ac-
count: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
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section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided
further, That the Department is authorized to initiate de-
sign of the Highly Enriched Uranium Blend Down
Project.
CHAPTER 4
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Man-
agement’’, $100,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for emergency rehabilitation and wildfire suppres-
sion activities: Provided, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Pro-
vided further, That this amount shall be available only to
the extent that an official budget request for a specific
dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire
amount as an emergency requirement as defined by such
Act, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
CONSTRUCTION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’,
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, to repair
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or replace buildings, equipment, roads, and water control
structures damaged by natural disasters: Provided, That
the entire amount is designated by Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
CONSTRUCTION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’,
$4,000,000, to remain available until expended, to repair
or replace visitor facilities, equipment, roads and trails,
and cultural sites and artifacts at national park units
damaged by natural disasters: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended.
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH
For an additional amount for ‘‘Surveys, Investiga-
tions, and Research’’, $1,800,000, to remain available
until expended, to repair or replace stream monitoring
equipment and associated facilities damaged by natural
disasters: Provided, That the entire amount is designated
by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
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section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
RELATED AGENCY
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Man-
agement’’, $150,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for emergency rehabilitation, presuppression, and
wildfire suppression: Provided, That the entire amount is
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Pro-
vided further, That this amount shall be available only to
the extent that an official budget request for a specific
dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire
amount as an emergency requirement as defined by such
Act, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
CHAPTER 5
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Low Income Home
Energy Assistance’’ for emergency assistance under sec-
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tion 2602(e) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621(e)), $600,000,000: Provided,
That such amount is hereby designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That such amount shall be available only to the extent
an official budget request, that includes designation of the
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement
as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
President to the Congress.
CHAPTER 6
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
COAST GUARD
OPERATING EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating expenses’’,
$37,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001: Provided, That $18,000,000 shall be available only
for costs related to the delivery of health care to Coast
Guard personnel, retirees, and their dependents, and
$19,000,000 shall be available only for aircraft spare
parts: Provided further, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
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ant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For an additional amount for the Emergency Relief
Program for emergency expenses resulting from floods
and other natural disasters, as authorized by 23 U.S.C.
125, $600,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust
Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided,
That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, as amended.
RELATED AGENCY
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and ex-
penses,’’ $24,739,000, for emergency expenses associated
with the investigation of the Egypt Air 990 and Alaska
Air 261 accidents, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall be available for wreckage lo-
cation and recovery, facilities, technical support, testing,
and wreckage mock-up: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
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requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 3601. None of the funds provided in the Trans-
portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000,
shall be available for operation of the transportation com-
puter center.
SEC. 3602. The Executive Draft on Federal Trans-
portation in the National Capital Region which has been
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget by
the Secretary of Transportation shall take effect on the
date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That, not later
than 60 days after the date of enactment of the Act, the
Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the Con-
gress a report on the implementation of Executive Draft
referred to in the preceding proviso.
CHAPTER 7
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM
For an additional amount for the HOME investment
partnerships program, as authorized under title II of the
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act
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(Public Law 101–625), as amended, $36,000,000: Pro-
vided, That of said amount, $11,000,000 shall be provided
to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs and
$25,000,000 shall be provided to the North Carolina
Housing Finance Agency for the purpose of providing
temporary assistance in obtaining rental housing, and for
construction of affordable replacement housing: Provided
further, That assistance provided under this paragraph
shall be for very low-income families displaced by flooding
caused by Hurricane Floyd and surrounding events: Pro-
vided further, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That the entire amount shall be available only to the ex-
tent that an official budget request for a specific dollar
amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of
the request as an emergency requirement as defined in
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to
the Congress.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 3701. (a) Subject to subsection (d) and notwith-
standing any other provision of law, from any amounts
made available for assistance under section 8 of the
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United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f)
that remain unobligated, the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development shall, for each request described in
subsection (b), make a 1-year grant to the entity making
the request in the amount under subsection (c).
(b) A request described in this subsection is a request
for a grant under subtitle C of title IV of the Stewart
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381
et seq.) for permanent housing for homeless persons with
disabilities or subtitle F of such title (42 U.S.C. 11403
et seq.) that—
(1) was submitted in accordance with the eligi-
bility requirements established by the Secretary and
pursuant to the notice of funding availability for fis-
cal year 1999 covering such programs, but was not
approved;
(2) was made by an entity that received such a
grant pursuant to the notice of funding availability
for a previous fiscal year; and
(3) requested renewal of funding made under
such previous grant for use for eligible activities be-
cause funding under such previous grant expires
during calendar year 2000.
(c) the amount under this subsection is the amount
necessary, as determined by the Secretary, to renew fund-
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ing for the eligible activities under the grant request for
a period of only 1 year, taking into consideration the
amount of funding requested for the first year of funding
under the grant request.
(d) The entire amount for grants under this section
is designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended. The entire amount for grants under this section
shall be available only to the extent that an official budget
request for a specific dollar amount, that includes designa-
tion of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is trans-
mitted by the President to the Congress.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
DISASTER RELIEF
For an increase in the authority to use unobligated
balances specified under this heading in appendix E, title
I, chapter 2, of Public Law 106–113, in addition to other
amounts made available, up to an additional $77,400,000
may be used by the Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency for the purposes included in said
chapter: Provided, That the entire amount is designated
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by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Pro-
vided further, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent that an official budget request for a
specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the en-
tire amount of the request as an emergency requirement
as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
President to the Congress.
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Human Space Flight’’
to provide for urgent upgrades to the space shuttle fleet,
$25,800,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001: Provided, That the entire amount is 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: Provided
further, That the entire amount shall be available only to
the extent that an official budget request for a specific
dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
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Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
President to the Congress.
SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY
For an additional amount for ‘‘Science, aeronautics
and technology to provide for urgent and unanticipated
program needs, $29,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2001: Provided, That the entire amount is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:
Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent that an official budget request for a
specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the en-
tire amount of the request as an emergency requirement
as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
President to the Congress.
MISSION SUPPORT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Mission Support’’ to
provide for urgent augmentation of personnel required to
support the space shuttle program, $20,200,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That
the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire
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amount shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request for a specific dollar amount, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended,
is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
TITLE IV
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND
OFFSETS
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
WEAPONS ACTIVITIES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Weapons activities’’,
$55,000,000, to remain available until expended.
CHAPTER 2
RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Private
Forestry’’, $500,000, to be derived by transfer from unob-
ligated balances in the Forest Service ‘‘Wildland Fire
Management’’ account and to remain available until ex-
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pended, for volunteer fire assistance programs in eastern
North Carolina.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ENERGY CONSERVATION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Energy Conserva-
tion’’, $19,000,000, to become available on October 1,
2000, and to remain available until expended, for weather-
ization assistance grants.
CHAPTER 3
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The matter under this heading in the Departments
of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as en-
acted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106–
113) is amended by striking ‘‘including not to exceed
$750,000 may be collected by the National Mine Health
and Safety Academy’’ and inserting ‘‘and, in addition, not
to exceed $750,000 may be collected by the National Mine
Health and Safety Academy’’.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
For ‘‘Health Resources and Services’’ for special
projects of regional and national significance under section
501(a)(2) of the Social Security Act, $20,000,000, which
shall become available on October 1, 2000, and shall re-
main available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That
such amount shall not be counted toward compliance with
the allocation required in section 502(a)(1) of such Act:
Provided further, That such amount shall be used only for
making competitive grants to provide abstinence education
(as defined in section 510(b)(2) of such Act) to adoles-
cents and for evaluations (including longitudinal evalua-
tions) of activities under the grants and for Federal costs
of administering the grant: Provided further, That such
grants shall be made only to public and private entities
which agree that, with respect to an adolescent to whom
the entities provide abstinence education under such
grant, the entities will not provide to that adolescent any
other education regarding sexual conduct, except that, in
the case of an entity expressly required by law to provide
health information or services the adolescent shall not be
precluded from seeking health information or services
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from the entity in a different setting than the setting in
which the abstinence education was provided: Provided
further, That the funds expended for such evaluations may
not exceed 2.5 percent of such amount.
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE
Funds appropriated under this heading in the De-
partments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2000 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of Public
Law 106–113) for fiscal year 2000, pursuant to section
414(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, shall be
available for the costs of assistance provided and other ac-
tivities through September 30, 2002.
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION
ASSISTANCE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Payments to States
for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance’’ for payments
for fiscal year 2000, $35,000,000.
ADMINISTRATION ON AGING
AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS
The matter under this heading in the Departments
of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as en-
acted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106–
113) is amended by inserting after ‘‘$934,285,000’’ the
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following: ‘‘, of which $2,200,000 shall be for the Anchor-
age, Alaska Senior Center and shall remain available until
expended’’.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
SEC. 4301. Section 206 of the Departments of Labor,
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law
by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106–113) is amended
by inserting before the period at the end the following:
‘‘: Provided further, That this section shall not apply to
funds appropriated under the heading ‘Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention—Disease Control, Research, and
Training’, funds made available to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention under the heading ‘Public Health
and Social Services Emergency Fund’, or any other funds
made available in this Act to the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention’’.
SEC. 4302. Section 216 of the Departments of Labor,
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law
by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106–113) is repealed.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND IMPROVEMENT
The matter under this heading in the Departments
of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as en-
acted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106–
113) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘North Babylon Community
Youth Services for an educational program’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Town of Babylon Youth Bureau for an edu-
cational program’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘to promote participation among
youth in the United States democratic process’’ and
inserting ‘‘to expand access to and improve advanced
education’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘Oakland Unified School Dis-
trict in California for an African American Literacy
and Culture Project’’ and inserting ‘‘California State
University, Hayward, for an African-American Lit-
eracy and Culture Project carried out in partnership
with the Oakland Unified School District in Cali-
fornia’’; and
(4) by striking ‘‘$900,000 shall be awarded to
the Boston Music Education Collaborative com-
prehensive interdisciplinary music program and
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teacher resource center in Boston, Massachusetts’’
and inserting ‘‘$462,000 shall be awarded to the
Boston Symphony Orchestra for the teacher re-
source center and $370,000 shall be awarded to the
Boston Music Education Collaborative for an inter-
disciplinary music program, in Boston, Massachu-
setts’’.
SEC. 4303. Section 304 of the Departments of Labor,
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law
by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106–113) is repealed.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 4304. Section 513 of the Departments of Labor,
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law
by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106–113) is amended
by inserting before the period at the end the following:
‘‘: Provided further, That the provisions of this section
shall not apply to any funds appropriated to the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention or to the Department
of Education’’.
SEC. 4305. Section 403(a)(5) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)), as amended by section 806(b)
of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Serv-
ices, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations
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Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of
Public Law 106–113) is amended—
(1) 
in 
subparagraph 
(F), 
by 
striking
‘‘$1,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$15,000,000’’;
(2) 
in 
subparagraph 
(G), 
by 
striking
‘‘$900,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$9,000,000’’; and
(3) 
in 
subparagraph 
(H), 
by 
striking
‘‘$300,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,000,000’’.
CHAPTER 4
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
JOINT ITEMS
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD
SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS
For an additional amount for costs associated with
security enhancements to the buildings and grounds of the
Library of Congress, as appropriated under chapter 5 of
title II of division B of the Omnibus Consolidated and
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Pub-
lic Law 105–277), $1,874,000, to remain available until
expended.
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ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
FIRE SAFETY
For an additional amount for expenses for fire safety,
$15,166,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$7,039,000 shall be for ‘‘CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND
GROUNDS—CAPITOL 
BUILDINGS—SALARIES
AND EXPENSES’’; $4,213,000 shall be for ‘‘HOUSE
OFFICE BUILDINGS’’; $3,000 shall be for ‘‘CAPITOL
POWER PLANT’’; $26,000 shall be for ‘‘BOTANIC
GARDEN—SALARIES 
AND 
EXPENSES’’; 
and
$3,885,000 shall be for ‘‘ARCHITECT OF THE CAP-
ITOL—LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS—
STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE’’: Provided,
That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United
States (41 U.S.C. 5) shall not apply to the funds made
available under this paragraph.
CHAPTER 6
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
MEDICAL CARE
Funds appropriated under this heading in Public
Law 106–74 and for fiscal years 2001 and 2002 shall be
available for use by the Department of Veterans Affairs
to provide assistance with the 2002 Paralympic Games:
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Provided, That such expenditures for fiscal year 2000
shall not exceed $200,000.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS
The referenced statement of the managers in the
sixth paragraph under this heading in title II of the De-
partments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2000 (Public Law 106–74), is deemed to be amended by
striking the word ‘‘Montgomery’’ in reference to the plan-
ning and construction of a regional learning center at
Spring Hill College, and inserting the word ‘‘Mobile’’ in
lieu thereof.
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS
In the third proviso under this heading in Public Law
106–74, add the words ‘‘and management and information
systems’’ after the words ‘‘technical assistance’’.
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION
FHA—GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For an additional amount for FHA—General and
special risk program account for the cost of guaranteed
loans, as authorized by section 238 and 519 of the Na-
tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), in-
cluding the cost of loan modifications (as that term is de-
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fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, as amended), $49,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
Under this heading in Public Law 106–74, add ‘‘,
to remain available until September 30, 2001’’ after the
number ‘‘$83,000,000’’; and add ‘‘of the amounts pro-
vided herein, $6,000,000 shall become available on Octo-
ber 1, 2000: Provided further, That’’ after the words ‘‘Pro-
vided, That’’.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—THIS CHAPTER
Title V, subtitle C, section 538 of Public Law 106–
74, is amended by striking ‘‘during any period that the
assisted family continues residing in the same project in
which the family was residing on the date of the eligibility
event for the project, if’’ and inserting in lieu thereof the
following: ‘‘the assisted family may elect to remain in the
same project in which the family was residing on the date
of the eligibility event for the project, and if, during any
period the family makes such an election and continues
to so reside,’’.
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INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER)
Of the amount appropriated under this heading in
title III of Public Law 106–74, $2,374,900, in addition
to amounts made available for the following in prior Acts,
shall be and have been available to award grants for work
on the Buffalo Creek and other New York watersheds and
for aquifer protection work in and around Cortland Coun-
ty, New York, including work on the Upper Susquehanna
watershed.
Of the amount appropriated under this heading in
title III of Public Law 105–276 to establish a regional
environmental data center and to develop an integrated,
automated water quality monitoring and information sys-
tem 
for 
watersheds 
impacting 
Chesapeake 
Bay,
$2,600,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘State and tribal
assistance grants’’ account to remain available until ex-
pended for grants for wastewater and sewer infrastructure
improvements for Smithfield Township, Monroe County
($800,000); the Municipal Authority of the Borough of
Milford, Pike County ($800,000); the City of Carbondale,
Lackawanna County ($200,000); Throop Borough, Lacka-
wanna County ($200,000); and Dickson City, Lacka-
wanna County ($600,000), Pennsylvania.
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STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
The referenced statement of the managers under this
heading in title III of the Departments of Veterans Affairs
and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–74), is
deemed to be amended by striking the words ‘‘in the town
of Waynesville’’ in reference to water and wastewater in-
frastructure improvements as identified in project number
102, and by inserting the words ‘‘Haywood County’’ in
lieu thereof.
CHAPTER 7
OFFSETS
SEC. 4701. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be used
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out
section 793 of Public Law 104–127, the Fund for Rural
America.
SEC. 4702. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be used
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out
the provisions of section 401 of Public Law 105–185, the
Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND WASTE
MANAGEMENT
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 106–60, $13,000,000 are rescinded.
OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 105–277 to implement a United States/Rus-
sian accord for the disposition of excess weapons pluto-
nium, $40,000,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(RESCISSION)
Of the amounts appropriated under this heading in
title II of the Departments of Labor, Health, and Human
Services, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000
(as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law
106–113), $20,000,000 is rescinded: Provided, That the
amount rescinded is from the amount designated to be-
come available on October 1, 2000, and to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2001.
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SEC. 4703. Of the funds transferred to the Depart-
ment of Transportation for Year 2000 conversion of Fed-
eral information technology systems and related expenses
pursuant to Public Law 105–277, $26,600,000 of the un-
obligated balance are hereby rescinded: Provided, That the
Department of Transportation shall allocate this rescis-
sion among the appropriate accounts within the Depart-
ment and report such allocation to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS AND RELATED
EXPENSES
Under this heading in division B, title III of Public
Law 105–277, strike ‘‘$2,250,000,000’’ and insert
‘‘$2,015,000,000’’.
TITLE V
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT
SEC. 5101. No part of any appropriation contained
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond
the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 5102. Sections 305 and 306 of H.R. 3425 of
the 106th Congress, as enacted into law by section
1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106–113, are hereby repealed.
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SEC. 5103. Section 1001(a) of Public Law 106–113
is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph 4 of subsection
1000(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (5) of section 1000(a),
and the provisions of titles V, VI, and VII of the legisla-
tion enacted in this division by reference in such para-
graph (5),’’. This section shall be deemed to have taken
effect immediately subsequent to the enactment of Public
Law 106–113.
SEC. 5104. Notwithstanding section 251(a)(6) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, there shall be no sequestration under that section
to eliminate a fiscal year 2000 breach that might be
caused by the appropriations or other provisions in this
Act.
SEC. 5105. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel-
ligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized
by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414).
SEC. 5106. The following provisions of law are re-
pealed: sections 8175 and 8176 of the Department of De-
fense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–79), as
amended by sections 214 and 215, respectively, of H.R.
3425 of the 106th Congress (113 Stat. 1501A–297), as
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enacted into law by section 1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106–
113.
SEC. 5107. No funds appropriated to the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission for fiscal year 2000 may be used
to relocate, or to plan or prepare for the relocation of,
the functions or personnel of the Technical Training Cen-
ter from its location at Chattanooga, Tennessee.
SEC. 5108. It is the sense of the Congress that the
Secretary of State should immediately place the United
Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Unidas de
Colombia) on the list of foreign terrorist organizations.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘2000 Emergency Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act’’.
Union Calendar No. 290
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H.R. 3908
[Report No. 106–-521]
A BILL
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and
for other purposes.
MARCH 14, 2000
Reported from the Committee on Appropriations; com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union, and ordered to be printed