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Q: SECTION 1. TEACHER RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND TRAINING.

    (a) In General.--Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating part E as part F;
            (2) by redesignating sections 2401 and 2402 as sections 
        2501 and 2502, respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after part D the following:

         ``PART E--TEACHER RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND TRAINING

``SEC. 2401. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary is authorized to make grants to 
local educational agencies to permit such agencies to recruit, retain, 
and train high-quality teachers by carrying out one or more of the 
activities described in subsection (b).
    ``(b) Uses of Funds.--
            ``(1) Recruitment, retention, and training activities.--A 
        local educational agency that receives a grant under this part 
        may use the grant funds for any of the following recruitment, 
        retention, and training activities:
                    ``(A) Providing signing bonuses for teachers.
                    ``(B) Carrying out merit pay programs.
                    ``(C) Providing performance bonuses to teachers.
                    ``(D) Providing scholarships to teachers to pursue 
                advanced course work.
                    ``(E) Providing mentoring programs for teachers.
                    ``(F) Coordinating with institutions of higher 
                education to provide professional development for 
                teachers.
                    ``(G) Any other activity that the local educational 
                agency believes to be effective in recruiting, 
                retaining, or training high-quality teachers.

``SEC. 2402. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part such 
sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2004.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 2003 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6603) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``part C)'' and 
        inserting ``parts C and E)''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ``(other than parts C 
        and E)'' after ``title''.

SEC. 2. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR TEACHERS.

    (a) Elimination of New Borrower Restrictions.--
            (1) FFEL program.--Section 428J(b) of the Higher Education 
        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-10(b)) is amended by striking ``for 
        any new borrower on or after October 1, 1998, who'' and 
        inserting ``for any borrower who''.
            (2) Federal direct loan program.--Section 460(b)(1) of such 
        Act (20 U.S.C. 1087j(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``for any 
        new borrower on or after October 1, 1998, who'' and inserting 
        ``for any borrower who''.
    (b) Expansion of Eligible Teaching Locations and Subjects; 
Eliminating Delay in Service Benefit.--
            (1) FFEL program.--Section 428J(b)(1) of such Act is 
        amended by striking everything preceding subparagraph (B) and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(1) has been employed as a full-time teacher--
                    ``(A)(i) in a school that qualifies under section 
                465(a)(2)(A) for loan cancellation for Perkins loan 
                recipients who teach in such schools;
                    ``(ii) as a full-time special education teacher, as 
                described in section 465(a)(2)(C); or
                    ``(iii) as a full-time teacher in any field of 
                expertise where the State educational agency determines 
                there is a shortage of qualified teachers;''.
            (2) Federal direct loan program.--Section 460(b)(1)(A) of 
        such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087j(b)(1)(A)) is amended by striking 
        everything preceding clause (ii) and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) has been employed as a full-time teacher--
                            ``(i)(I) in a school that qualifies under 
                        section 465(a)(2)(A) for loan cancellation for 
                        Perkins loan recipients who teach in such 
                        schools;
                            ``(II) as a full-time special education 
                        teacher, as described in section 465(a)(2)(C); 
                        or
                            ``(III) as a full-time teacher in any field 
                        of expertise where the State educational agency 
                        determines there is a shortage of qualified 
                        teachers;''.
    (c) Amounts Subject to Forgiveness.--
            (1) FFEL program.--Section 428J(c) of the Higher Education 
        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-10(c)) is amended by striking 
        paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) Amount and rate of repayment.--The Secretary shall 
        repay an amount that is not more than $20,000 in the aggregate 
        of the loan obligation on a loan made under section 428 or 428H 
        that is outstanding after the completion of the first complete 
        school year of teaching described in subsection (b)(1) for 
        which the borrower seeks repayment under this section. Such 
        amount shall be repaid at the rate of 15 percent for the first 
        or second year of such service, 20 percent for the third or 
        fourth year of such service, and 30 percent for the fifth year 
        of such service. No borrower may receive a reduction of loan 
        obligations under both this section and section 460.''.
            (2) Federal direct loan program.--Section 460(c) of such 
        Act (20 U.S.C. 1087j(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (1) 
        and inserting the following:
            ``(1) Amount and rate of repayment.--The Secretary shall 
        cancel an amount that is not more than $20,000 in the aggregate 
        of the loan obligation on a loan made under section 428 or 428H 
        that is outstanding after the completion of the first complete 
        school year of teaching described in subsection (b)(1)(A). Such 
        amount shall be canceled at the rate of 15 percent for the 
        first or second year of such service, 20 percent for the third 
        or fourth year of such service, and 30 percent for the fifth 
        year of such service.''.

A: Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a new program for teacher recruitment, retention, and training. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies to recruit, retain, and train high-quality teachers through one or more specified types of activities.Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise student loan forgiveness for teachers under the Federal Family Education Loan and Federal Direct Loan programs. Expands forgiveness eligibility by: (1) eliminating requirements allowing only certain new borrowers to participate; and (2) increasing the types of eligible teaching locations and subjects. Eliminates a service requirement that an individual teach at least five consecutive complete school years before being eligible for program benefits. Increases to $20,000 the aggregate amount of an individual teacher's student loan obligation which may be forgiven, and revises the rate of repayment.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Women's Health Research and 
Prevention Amendments of 1998''.

  TITLE I--PROVISIONS RELATING TO WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH AT NATIONAL 
                          INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

    SEC. 101. RESEARCH ON DRUG DES; NATIONAL PROGRAM OF EDUCATION.
    (a) Research.--Section 403A(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 283a(e)) is amended by striking ``1996'' and inserting ``2003''.
    (b) National Program for Education of Health Professionals and 
Public.--Title XVII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:


                        ``education regarding des

    ``Sec. 1710. (a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the 
heads of the appropriate agencies of the Public Health Service, shall 
carry out a national program for the education of health professionals 
and the public with respect to the drug diethylstilbestrol (commonly 
known as DES). To the extent appropriate, such national program shall 
use methodologies developed through the education demonstration program 
carried out under section 403A. In developing and carrying out the 
national program, the Secretary shall consult closely with 
representatives of nonprofit private entities that represent 
individuals who have been exposed to DES and that have expertise in 
community-based information campaigns for the public and for health 
care providers. The implementation of the national program shall begin 
during fiscal year 1999.
    ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2003. The 
authorization of appropriations established in the preceding sentence 
is in addition to any other authorization of appropriation that is 
available for such purpose.''.
    SEC. 102. RESEARCH ON OSTEOPOROSIS, PAGET'S DISEASE, AND RELATED 
      BONE DISORDERS.
    Section 409A(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
284e(d)) is amended by striking ``and 1996'' and inserting ``through 
2003''.

SEC. 103. RESEARCH ON CANCER.

    (a) Research on Breast Cancer.--Section 417B(b)(1) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 286a-8(b)(1)) is amended--
        (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and 1996'' and inserting 
    ``through 2003''; and
        (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and 1996'' and inserting 
    ``through 2003''.
    (b) Research on Ovarian and Related Cancer Research.--Section 
417B(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 286a-8(b)(2)) is 
amended by striking ``and 1996'' and inserting ``through 2003''.
    SEC. 104. RESEARCH ON HEART ATTACK, STROKE, AND OTHER 
      CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES IN WOMEN.
    Subpart 2 of part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 285b et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 424 the 
following:


    ``heart attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women

    ``Sec. 424A. (a) In General.--The Director of the Institute shall 
expand, intensify, and coordinate research and related activities of 
the Institute with respect to heart attack, stroke, and other 
cardiovascular diseases in women.
    ``(b) Coordination With Other Institutes.--The Director of the 
Institute shall coordinate activities under subsection (a) with similar 
activities conducted by the other national research institutes and 
agencies of the National Institutes of Health to the extent that such 
Institutes and agencies have responsibilities that are related to heart 
attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women.
    ``(c) Certain Programs.--In carrying out subsection (a), the 
Director of the Institute shall conduct or support research to expand 
the understanding of the causes of, and to develop methods for 
preventing, cardiovascular diseases in women. Activities under such 
subsection shall include conducting and supporting the following:
        ``(1) Research to determine the reasons underlying the 
    prevalence of heart attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular 
    diseases in women, including African-American women and other women 
    who are members of racial or ethnic minority groups.
        ``(2) Basic research concerning the etiology and causes of 
    cardiovascular diseases in women.
        ``(3) Epidemiological studies to address the frequency and 
    natural history of such diseases and the differences among men and 
    women, and among racial and ethnic groups, with respect to such 
    diseases.
        ``(4) The development of safe, efficient, and cost-effective 
    diagnostic approaches to evaluating women with suspected ischemic 
    heart disease.
        ``(5) Clinical research for the development and evaluation of 
    new treatments for women, including rehabilitation.
        ``(6) Studies to gain a better understanding of methods of 
    preventing cardiovascular diseases in women, including applications 
    of effective methods for the control of blood pressure, lipids, and 
    obesity.
        ``(7) Information and education programs for patients and 
    health care providers on risk factors associated with heart attack, 
    stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women, and on the 
    importance of the prevention or control of such risk factors and 
    timely referral with appropriate diagnosis and treatment. Such 
    programs shall include information and education on health-related 
    behaviors that can improve such important risk factors as smoking, 
    obesity, high blood cholesterol, and lack of exercise.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2003. The 
authorization of appropriations established in the preceding sentence 
is in addition to any other authorization of appropriation that is 
available for such purpose.''.

SEC. 105. AGING PROCESSES REGARDING WOMEN.

    Section 445H of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285e-10) 
is amended--
        (1) by striking ``The Director'' and inserting ``(a) The 
    Director''; and
        (2) by adding at the end the following subsection:
    ``(b) For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of 
the fiscal years 1999 through 2003. The authorization of appropriations 
established in the preceding sentence is in addition to any other 
authorization of appropriation that is available for such purpose.''.

SEC. 106. OFFICE OF RESEARCH ON WOMEN'S HEALTH.

    Section 486(d)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
287d(d)(2)) is amended by striking ``Director of the Office'' and 
inserting ``Director of NIH''.

TITLE II--PROVISIONS RELATING TO WOMEN'S HEALTH AT CENTERS FOR DISEASE 
                         CONTROL AND PREVENTION

SEC. 201. NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS.

    Section 306(n) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242k(n)) 
is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``through 1998'' and 
    inserting ``through 2003''; and
        (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``through 1998'' and 
    inserting ``through 2003''.

SEC. 202. NATIONAL PROGRAM OF CANCER REGISTRIES.

    Section 399L(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280e-
4(a)) is amended by striking ``through 1998'' and inserting ``through 
2003''.
    SEC. 203. NATIONAL BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER EARLY DETECTION 
      PROGRAM.
    (a) Services.--Section 1501(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300k(a)(2)) is amended by inserting before the semicolon the 
following: ``and support services such as case management''.
    (b) Providers of Services.--Section 1501(b) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300k(b)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``through grants'' and all 
    that follows and inserting the following: ``through grants to 
    public and nonprofit private entities and through contracts with 
    public and private entities.''; and
        (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
        ``(2) Certain applications.--If a nonprofit private entity and 
    a private entity that is not a nonprofit entity both submit 
    applications to a State to receive an award of a grant or contract 
    pursuant to paragraph (1), the State may give priority to the 
    application submitted by the nonprofit private entity in any case 
    in which the State determines that the quality of such application 
    is equivalent to the quality of the application submitted by the 
    other private entity.''.
    (c) Authorizations of Appropriations.--
        (1) Supplemental grants for additional preventive health 
    services.--Section 1509(d)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
    U.S.C. 300n-4a(d)(1)) is amended by striking ``through 1998'' and 
    inserting ``through 2003''.
        (2) General program.--Section 1510(a) of the Public Health 
    Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300n-5(a)) is amended by striking ``through 
    1998'' and inserting ``through 2003''.
    SEC. 204. CENTERS FOR RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION OF HEALTH 
      PROMOTION.
    Section 1706(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u-
5(e)) is amended by striking ``through 1998'' and inserting ``through 
2003''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.

A: TABLE OF CONTENTS: 
     Title I:  Provisions Relating to Women's Health Research at 
          National Institutes of Health 
     Title II:  Provisions Relating to Women's Health at Centers 
          for Disease Control and Prevention 
Women's Health Research and Prevention Amendments of 1998 - 
Title I:  Provisions Relating to Women's Health Research at National Institutes of Health
 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for programs regarding diethylstilbestrol (DES). 
Mandates a program of education of health professionals and the public concerning DES.  Authorizes appropriations. 
(Sec. 102) Extends the authorizations of appropriations for:  (1) research on osteoporosis, Paget's disease, and related bone disorders; (2) breast cancer programs; and (3) programs on ovarian and other cancers of the reproductive system of women. 
(Sec. 104) Mandates expansion, intensification, and coordination of research and related activities of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute regarding heart attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women.  Authorizes appropriations. 
(Sec. 105) Extends the authorization of appropriations for research on the aging processes of women. 
(Sec. 106) Requires that the Director of the National Institutes of Health (currently, the Director of the Office of Research on Women's Health) appoint members of the Advisory Committee on Women's Health. 
Title II:  Provisions Relating to Women's Health at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 - Extends the authorization of appropriations for the National Center for Health Statistics and the National Program of Cancer Registries. 
(Sec. 203) Authorizes grants to States to ensure the provision to women screened for breast or cervical cancer of support services such as case management.  Allows certain breast and cervical cancer programs to be carried out through grants to public and nonprofit private entities and contracts with public or private entities (currently, through grants and contracts with public or nonprofit private entities).  Allows a State to give priority to a nonprofit entity over an entity that is not a nonprofit if the quality of the entities' applications are equivalent.  Extends authorizations of appropriations for:  (1) annual evaluations of programs relating to preventive health measures regarding breast and cervical cancers; and (2) various breast and cervical cancer preventive health measures. 
(Sec. 204) Extends the authorization of appropriations for centers for research and demonstration regarding health promotion and disease prevention.
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Q: TITLE I--DEFENSE

SEC. 101. RECOVERY OF FULL COST OF MILITARY EXPORTS.

    (a) Recoupment of Certain Nonrecurring Costs in Commercial Export 
Sales of Major Defense Equipment.--
            (1) In general.--Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act 
        (22 U.S.C. 2778) is amended by adding at the end the following 
        new subsection:
    ``(i)(1) Any sale involving the export of major defense equipment 
pursuant to a license or other approval granted under this section 
shall include an appropriate charge for a proportionate amount of the 
nonrecurring costs incurred by the United States in the research, 
development, and production of such equipment. Such charge shall be 
comparable to the charge imposed pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(B) of 
this Act relating to government-to-government sales of major defense 
equipment.
    ``(2) The charge provided for in paragraph (1) shall not apply with 
respect to major defense equipment that is wholly paid for from funds 
transferred under section 503(a)(3) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2311(a)(3)) or from funds made available on a grant or 
other nonrepayable basis under section 23 of this Act.''.
            (2) Effective date.--Section 38(i) of the Arms Export 
        Control Act, as added by paragraph (1), applies with respect to 
        major defense equipment sold pursuant to a contract entered 
        into on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Recovery of Certain Administrative Expenses in Connection With 
Foreign Military Sales.--Section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2792(b)) is amended--
            (1) by adding ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1);
            (2) by striking ``; and'' at the end of paragraph (2) and 
        inserting a period; and
            (3) by striking paragraph (3).

                 TITLE II--OTHER DISCRETIONARY ACCOUNTS

SEC. 201. TERMINATION OF SPACE STATION PROGRAM.

    (a) Termination.--The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration shall terminate the participation of the United 
States in the International Space Station program.
    (b) Termination Costs.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
$700,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 for costs associated with carrying 
out subsection (a).

SEC. 202. ELIMINATION OF LOAN SUBSIDIES AVAILABLE UNDER THE RURAL 
              ELECTRIFICATION ACT OF 1936.

    (a) In General.--Title I of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
(7 U.S.C. 901-946) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 19. INTEREST RATE ON LOANS AND ADVANCES UNDER THIS ACT.

    ``The rate of interest on any loan made under this Act on or after 
the date of the enactment of this section, and the rate of interest on 
any advance made under this Act on or after such date under loan 
commitments made at any time, shall equal the coupon equivalent yield 
on obligations of the Treasury of the United States of comparable 
maturity, at the most recent auction of such obligations by the 
Department of the Treasury.

``SEC. 20. LOAN ORIGINATION FEES.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary and the Governor of the telephone 
bank shall charge and collect a loan origination fee, in an amount 
determined by use of the schedule prescribed under subsection (b), from 
each borrower to whom a loan is made under this Act on or after the 
date of the enactment of this section.
    ``(b) Fee Schedule.--The Secretary shall prescribe a schedule of 
loan origination fees to be collected under subsection (a), which shall 
be calculated so as to result in the collection of amounts sufficent to 
cover the cost of defaults on loans made under this Act on or after the 
date of the enactment of this section.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 305(a) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 935(a)) is amended 
        by striking ``and at the interest rates hereinafter provided''.
            (2) Section 305(c)(1) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 935(c)(1)) is 
        amended by striking ``of 5 percent per year'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``determined pursuant to section 19''.
            (3) Section 305(c)(2)(A) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
        935(c)(2)(A)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``the interest rate described in 
                subparagraph (B)'' and inserting ``an interest rate 
                determined pursuant to section 19''; and
                    (B) by striking ``(C)'' and inserting ``(B)'';
            (4) Section 305(c)(2)(C)(i) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
        935(c)(2)(C)(i)) is amended by striking ``subparagraph (B)'' 
        and inserting ``section 19''.
            (5) Section 305(c)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 935(c)(2)) is 
        amended by striking subparagraph (B) and redesignating 
        subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), 
        respectively.
            (6) Section 305(d)(1)(A) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 935(d)) is 
        amended by striking ``of 5 percent per year'' and inserting 
        ``determined pursuant to section 19''.
            (7) Section 305(d)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 935(d)(2)) is 
        amended by striking ``equal to the then current cost of money 
        to the Government of the United States for loans of similar 
        maturity, but not more than 7 percent per year,'' and inserting 
        ``determined pursuant to section 19''.
            (8) Section 305(d)(3)(C) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
        935(d)(3)(C)) is amended by striking ``408(b)(4)(C)'' and 
        inserting ``408(b)(3)(C)''.
            (9) Section 306C(c)(1) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 936c(c)(1)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``the interest rate described in 
                paragraph (2)'' and inserting ``an interest rate 
                determined pursuant to section 19''; and
                    (B) by striking ``(3)'' and inserting ``(2)''.
            (10) Section 306C(c)(3)(A) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
        936c(c)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and 
        inserting ``section 19''.
            (11) Section 306C(c)(4) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 936c(c)(4)) 
        is amended by striking ``(3)'' and inserting ``(2)''.
            (12) Section 306C(c) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 936c(c)) is 
        amended by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraphs 
        (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively.
            (13) Section 306C of such Act (7 U.S.C. 936c) is amended by 
        striking subsection (d).
            (14) Section 310 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 940) is amended by 
        striking ``provided in section 305'' and inserting ``determined 
        pursuant to section 19''.
            (15) Section 408(b)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 948(b)(2)) is 
        amended by striking ``, however, to'' and inserting ``to 
        section 19 and''.
            (16) Section 408(b) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 948(b)) is 
        amended by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating paragraphs 
        (4) through (8) as paragraphs (3) through (7), respectively.
            (17) Section 408(e) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 948(e)) is 
        amended by striking the 1st and 2nd sentences.

SEC. 203. ELIMINATION OF BELOW-COST SALES OF TIMBER FROM NATIONAL 
              FOREST SYSTEM LANDS.

    The National Forest Management Act of 1976 is amended by inserting 
after section 14 (16 U.S.C. 472a) the following new section:

``SEC. 14A. ELIMINATION OF BELOW-COST TIMBER SALES FROM NATIONAL FOREST 
              SYSTEM LANDS.

    ``(a) Requirement That Sale Revenues Exceed Costs.--On and after 
October 1, 2003, in appraising timber and setting a minimum bid for 
trees, portions of trees, or forest products located on National Forest 
System lands proposed for sale under section 14 or any other provision 
of law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure that the estimated 
cash returns to the United States Treasury from each sale exceed the 
estimated costs to be incurred by the Federal Government in the 
preparation of the sale or as a result of the sale.
    ``(b) Costs To Be Considered.--For purposes of estimating under 
this section the costs to be incurred by the Federal Government from 
each timber sale, the Secretary shall assign to the sale the following 
costs:
            ``(1) The actual appropriated expenses for sale preparation 
        and harvest administration incurred or to be incurred by the 
        Federal Government from the sale and the payments to counties 
        to be made as a result of the sale.
            ``(2) A portion of the annual timber resource planning 
        costs, silvicultural examination costs, other resource support 
        costs, road design and construction costs, road maintenance 
        costs, transportation planning costs, appropriated 
        reforestation costs, timber stand improvement costs, forest 
        genetics costs, general administrative costs (including 
        administrative costs of the national and regional offices of 
        the Forest Service), and facilities construction costs of the 
        Federal Government directly or indirectly related to the timber 
        harvest program conducted on National Forest System lands.
    ``(c) Method of Allocating Costs.--The Secretary shall allocate the 
costs referred to in subsection (b)(2) to each unit of the National 
Forest System, and each proposed timber sale in such unit, on the basis 
of harvest volume.
    ``(d) Transitional Requirements.--To ensure the elimination of all 
below-cost timber sales by the date specified in subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall progressively reduce the number and size of below-cost 
timber sales on National Forest System lands as follows:
            ``(1) In fiscal years 2000 and 2001, the quantity of timber 
        sold in below-cost timber sales on National Forest System lands 
        shall not exceed 75 percent of the quantity of timber sold in 
        below-cost timber sales in the preceding fiscal year.
            ``(2) In fiscal year 2002, the quantity of timber sold in 
        below-cost timber sales on National Forest System lands shall 
        not exceed 65 percent of the quantity of timber sold in below-
cost timber sales in fiscal year 1999.
            ``(3) In fiscal years 2003 and 2004, the quantity of timber 
        sold in below-cost timber sales on National Forest System lands 
        shall not exceed 50 percent of the quantity of timber sold in 
        below-cost timber sales in the fiscal year 2002.
    ``(e) Below-Cost Timber Sale.--For purposes of this section, the 
term `below-cost timber sale' means a sale of timber in which the costs 
to be incurred by the Federal Government exceed the cash returns to the 
United States Treasury.''.

SEC. 204. ELIMINATION OF THE FOREIGN MARKET DEVELOPMENT COOPERATOR 
              PROGRAM.

    Title VII of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5712 et 
seq.) is repealed.

SEC. 205. ELIMINATION OF COCHRAN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.

    Section 1543 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act 
of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 3293) is repealed.

SEC. 206. ELIMINATION OF SUPPORT FOR PRODUCERS AND USERS OF COMMERCIAL 
              AIRLINERS.

    The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration shall not obligate any funds for the Advanced Subsonic 
Technology Program, High-Speed Research, or the National Aeronautics 
Facility.

SEC. 207. ELIMINATION OF APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION.

    Effective September 30, 1999, the Appalachian Regional Development 
Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-4) is repealed.

SEC. 208. ELIMINATION OF FEDERAL FUNDING FOR TVA.

    Section 27 of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 (16 U.S.C. 
831z) is amended to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 27. No appropriations are authorized to carry out the 
provisions of this Act after September 30, 1999.''.

                        TITLE III--ENTITLEMENTS

SEC. 301. SALE AND PURCHASE OF POWER BY FEDERAL POWER MARKETING 
              ADMINISTRATIONS.

    (a) Market Based Rates.--Notwithstanding sections 4 and 5 of the 
Bonneville Project Act of 1937 (16 U.S.C. 832), sections 9 and 10 of 
the Federal Columbia River Transmission System Act (16 U.S.C. 838 and 
following), the Act of August 31, 1964 (16 U.S.C. 837-837h), section 7 
of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act 
(16 U.S.C. 839-839h), section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, the 
Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 93-454), or any other 
authority of law, for any contract or other arrangement entered into by 
any Federal Power Marketing Administration after October 1, 1999 for 
the sale of electric power--
            (1) the rate for the sale of such power shall be the market 
        rate established by competitive bidding and no discount or 
        special rate shall be provided to any purchaser; and
            (2) no public body or cooperative, Federal agency, 
        investor-owned utility, direct service industrial customer, or 
        other entity shall be entitled to any preference or priority 
        right to contract for or otherwise purchase such power.
Nothing in this subsection shall affect any contract entered into 
before October 1, 1999. Notwithstanding the Federal Power Act or 
section 7 of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 839-839h), the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission shall not be authorized or required to approve or confirm 
any rate for the sale of electric power or transmission services 
established under this subsection.
    (b) Termination of Residential Exchange Program.--Section 5(c) of 
the Pacific Northwest Power Planning and Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
839-839h) shall not apply to any contract or other arrangement for the 
purchase or sale of electric power entered into after October 1, 1999.
    (c) Contract Renewal.--After the enactment of this Act, no Federal 
Power Marketing Administration may enter into or renew any power 
marketing contract for a term that exceeds 5 years.

SEC. 302. ELIMINATION OF MARKET ACCESS PROGRAM.

    Section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) 
is repealed.

SEC. 303. INCREASE IN ASSESSMENTS UNDER TOBACCO PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAM.

    (a) Increase in Assessment Rate.--Section 106(g)(1) of the 
Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445(g)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``.5 percent'' and 
        inserting ``1 percent''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``1 percent'' and 
        inserting ``2 percent''.
    (b) Duration of Assessments.--Such section is further amended by 
striking ``1998 crops'' and inserting ``2004 crops''.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: 
     Title I: Defense 
     Title II: Other Discretionary Accounts 
     Title III: Entitlements 
Title I: Defense
 - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to provide that any sale of major defense equipment approved under such Act shall include an appropriate charge for costs incurred by the United States in the research, development, and production of such equipment. Provides an exception.  Repeals a provision of such Act which allows for the recovery of certain administrative expenses when such expenses are neither salaries of U.S. armed forces nor unfunded estimated costs of civilian retirement and other benefits. 
Title II: Other Discretionary Accounts
 - Requires the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to terminate U.S. participation in the International Space Station program.  Authorizes appropriations for termination costs. 
(Sec. 202) Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to require the interest rates on loans and advances under such Act to equal the coupon equivalent yield on Treasury obligations of comparable maturity at the most recent Treasury auction.  Provides for loan origination fees from borrowers of loans made under such Act. 
Eliminates references to existing interest rates under such Act. 
(Sec. 203) Amends the National Forest Management Act of 1976 to eliminate below-cost timber sales from National Forest System lands. 
(Sec. 204) Repeals provisions of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 regarding the foreign market development cooperator program. 
(Sec. 205) Repeals provisions of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 regarding the Cochran Fellowship Program. 
(Sec. 206) Prohibits the NASA Administrator from obligating funds for the Advanced Subsonic Technology Program, High-Speed Research, or the National Aeronautics Facility. 
(Sec. 207) Repeals the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 effective September 30, 1999. 
(Sec. 208) Amends the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to prohibit the authorization of appropriations to carry out such Act after September 30, 1999. 
Title III: Entitlements
 - Requires, for any arrangement for the sale of electric power entered into by a Federal Power Marketing Administration after October 1, 1999, that: (1) the rate for the sale of power be the market rate established by competitive bidding and no discount be provided to any purchaser; and (2) no entity be entitled to any preference or priority right to contract for or purchase such power. 
Makes certain provisions of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act regarding a residential power exchange program inapplicable to arrangements for the purchase or sale of electric power entered into after October 1, 1999. 
Prohibits Federal Power Marketing Administrations from entering into or renewing a power marketing contract for a term that exceeds five years. 
(Sec. 302) Repeals provisions of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 regarding a market access program. 
(Sec. 303) Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend and increase tobacco price support program marketing assessments on producers, purchasers, and importers.
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