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H.R. 1469 (eh); Making emergency supplemental appropriations for recovery from natural disasters, and for overseas peace by congressbills5
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105th Congress H.R. 1469 (eh): Making emergency supplemental appropriations for recovery from natural disasters, and for overseas peacekeeping efforts, including those in Bosnia, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. [Engrossed in House] 1997 - 1998
H. R. 1469
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for recovery from natural disasters, and for overseas peacekeeping efforts, including those in Bosnia, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for recovery from natural disasters, and for overseas peacekeeping efforts, including those in Bosnia, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for re3 covery from natural disasters, and for overseas peacekeep4 ing efforts, including those in Bosnia, for the fiscal year 5 ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes, 6 namely: 7 TITLE I
8 EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS 9 10 11 12 13 14 FOR RECOVERY FROM NATURAL DISASTERS
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FARM SERVICE AGENCY EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM For an additional amount for ‘‘Emergency Conserva-
15 tion Program’’ for expenses, including livestock carcass re16 moval, resulting from flooding and other natural disasters, 17 $65,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro18 vided, That the entire amount shall be available only to 19 the extent an official budget request for $65,000,000, that 20 includes designation of the entire amount of the request 21 as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced 22 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 23 amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: 24 Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by
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3 1 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec2 tion 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of such Act. 3 4
For assistance to small orchardists to replace or reha-
5 bilitate trees and vineyards damaged by weather and relat6 ed conditions, $9,000,000, to remain available until ex7 pended: Provided, That the entire amount shall be avail8 able only to the extent an official budget request for 9 $9,000,000, that includes designation of the entire 10 amount of the request as an emergency requirement as 11 defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 12 Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the 13 President to the Congress: Provided further, That the en14 tire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency 15 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of such 16 Act. 17 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 18 19 WATERSHED
20 Prevention Operations’’ to repair damages to the water21 ways and watersheds resulting from flooding and other 22 natural disasters, $150,700,000, to remain available until 23 expended: Provided, That the entire amount shall be avail24 able only to the extent an official budget request for 25 $150,700,000, that includes designation of the entire 26 amount of the request as an emergency requirement as
4 1 defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 2 Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the 3 President to the Congress: Provided further, That the en4 tire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency 5 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of such 6 Act: Provided further, That if the Secretary determines 7 that the cost of land and farm structures restoration ex8 ceeds the fair market value of an affected cropland, the 9 Secretary may use sufficient amounts, not to exceed 10 $10,000,000, from funds provided under this heading to 11 accept bids from willing sellers to provide floodplain ease12 ments for such cropland inundated by floods: Provided fur13 ther, That none of the funds provided under this heading 14 shall be used for the salmon memorandum of understand15 ing. 16 17 18 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM Notwithstanding section 520 of the Housing Act of
19 1949, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 1490) the College Station 20 area of Pulaski County, Arkansas shall be eligible for 21 loans and grants available through the Rural Housing 22 Service.
5 1 2 3 4 FOOD AND CONSUMER SERVICE SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM WOMEN, INFANTS,
For an additional amount for the Special Supple-
5 mental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Chil6 dren (WIC) as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nu7 trition Act of 1966, as amended (42 U.S.C. et seq.), 8 $38,000,000 (increased by $38,000,000), to remain avail9 able through September 30, 1998: Provided, That the Sec10 retary shall allocate such funds through the existing for11 mula or, notwithstanding sections 17(g), (h), or (i) of such 12 Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder, such 13 other means as the Secretary deems necessary. 14 15 16 17 18
For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Develop-
19 ment Assistance Programs’’ for emergency infrastructure 20 expenses and the capitalization of revolving loan funds re21 lated to recent flooding and other natural disasters, 22 $49,700,000, to remain available until expended, of which 23 not to exceed $2,000,000 may be available for administra24 tive expenses and may be transferred to and merged with 25 the appropriations for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’: Provided,
6 1 That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an 2 emergency requirement pursuant to section
3 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 4 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, 5 That the entire amount shall be available only to the ex6 tent an official budget request, for a specific dollar 7 amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of 8 the request as an emergency requirement as defined in 9 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 10 of 1985, as amended, is transmitted to Congress. 11 NATIONAL INSTITUTE 12 13
Of the amount provided under this heading in Public
14 Law 104–208 for the Advanced Technology Program, not 15 to exceed $35,000,000 shall be available for the award of 16 new grants. 17 18 19 20 NATIONAL OCEANIC
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’ for
21 emergency expenses resulting from flooding and other nat22 ural disasters, $10,800,000, to remain available until ex23 pended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated 24 by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
7 1 section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY CORPS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control, Mis-
11 sissippi River and Tributaries, Arkansas, Illinois, Ken12 tucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee’’ 13 for emergency expenses due to flooding and other natural 14 disasters, $20,000,000, to remain available until ex15 pended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated 16 by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 17 section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 18 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 19 20
21 tenance, General’’ for emergency expenses due to flooding 22 and other natural disasters, $150,000,000, to remain 23 available until expended: Provided, That of the total 24 amount appropriated, the amount for eligible navigation 25 projects which may be derived from the Harbor Mainte26 nance Trust Fund pursuant to Public Law 99–662, shall
8 1 be derived from that fund: Provided further, That the en2 tire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency 3 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 4 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 5 1985, as amended. 6 7
For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control and
8 Coastal Emergencies’’ due to flooding and other natural 9 disasters, $415,000,000, to remain available until ex10 pended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated 11 by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 12 section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 13 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 14 15 16 17 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU
18 tenance’’, $7,355,000, to remain available until expended, 19 to repair damage caused by floods and other natural disas20 ters: Provided, That of the total appropriated, the amount 21 for program activities that can be financed by the Rec22 lamation Fund shall be derived from that fund: Provided 23 further, That the entire amount is designated by Congress 24 as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 25 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 26 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
9 1 2 GENERAL PROVISIONS, CHAPTER 3 SEC. 301. Beginning in fiscal year 1997 and there-
3 after, the United States members and the alternate mem4 bers appointed under the Susquehanna River Basin Com5 pact (Public Law 91–575), and the Delaware River Basin 6 Compact (Public Law 87–328), shall be officers of the 7 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who hold Presidential ap8 pointments as Regular Army officers with Senate con9 firmation, and who shall serve without additional com10 pensation. 11 SEC. 302. Section 2.2 of Public Law 87–328 (75
12 Stat. 688, 691) is amended by striking the words ‘‘during 13 the term of office of the President’’ and inserting the 14 words ‘‘at the pleasure of the President’’. 15 16 17 18 19
For an additional amount for construction to repair
20 damage caused by floods and other natural disasters, 21 $4,796,000, to remain available until expended, of which 22 $3,003,000 is to be derived by transfer from unobligated 23 balances of funds, under the heading ‘‘Oregon and Califor24 nia Grant Lands’’, made available as supplemental appro25 priations in Public Law 104–134: Provided, That the en•HR 1469 EH
10 1 tire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency 2 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 3 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 4 1985, as amended. 5 6 OREGON
CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS
For an additional amount for Oregon and California
7 grant lands to repair damage caused by floods and other 8 natural disasters, $2,694,000, to remain available until ex9 pended and to be derived by transfer from unobligated bal10 ances of funds, under the heading ‘‘Oregon and California 11 Grant Lands’’, made available as supplemental appropria12 tions in Public Law 104–134: Provided, That the entire 13 amount is designated by Congress as an emergency re14 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Bal15 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 16 as amended. 17 UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 18 19 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT For an additional amount for resource management,
20 $2,250,000, to remain available until September 30, 1998, 21 for technical assistance and fish replacement made nec22 essary by floods and other natural disasters: Provided, 23 That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an 24 emergency requirement pursuant to section
11 1 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 2 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 3 4 For an CONSTRUCTION additional amount for construction,
5 $81,000,000, to remain available until expended, to repair 6 damage caused by floods and other natural disasters: Pro7 vided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress 8 as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 9 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 10 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 11 12 LAND ACQUISITION For an additional amount for land acquisition,
13 $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the 14 cost-effective emergency acquisition of land and water 15 rights necessitated by floods and other natural disasters: 16 Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Con17 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 18 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 19 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 20 21 22 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONSTRUCTION For an additional amount for construction for emer-
23 gency expenses resulting from flooding and other natural 24 disasters, $186,912,000, to remain available until ex25 pended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated
12 1 by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 2 section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 3 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Pro4 vided further, That of this amount, $30,000,000 shall be 5 available only to the extent an official budget request for 6 a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the 7 entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement 8 as defined in such Act, is transmitted by the President 9 to Congress, and upon certification by the Secretary of 10 the Interior to the President that a specific amount of 11 such funds is required for (1) repair or replacement of 12 concession use facilities at Yosemite National Park if the 13 Secretary determines, after consulting with the Director 14 of the Office of Management and Budget, that the repair 15 or replacement of those facilities cannot be postponed until 16 completion of an agreement with the Yosemite Conces17 sions Services Corporation or any responsible third party 18 to satisfy its repair or replacement obligations for the fa19 cilities, or (2) the Federal portion, if any, of the costs of 20 repair or replacement of such concession use facilities: 21 Provided further, That nothing herein should be construed 22 as impairing in any way the rights of the United States 23 against the Yosemite Concession Services Corporation or 24 any other party or as relieving the Corporation or any 25 other party of its obligations to the United States: Pro•HR 1469 EH
13 1 vided further, That prior to any final agreement by the 2 Secretary with the Corporation or any other party con3 cerning its obligation to repair or replace concession use 4 facilities, the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior 5 shall certify that the agreement fully satisfies the obliga6 tions of the Corporation or third party: Provided further, 7 That nothing herein, or any payments, repairs, or replace8 ments made by the Corporation or a third party in fulfill9 ment of the Corporation’s obligations to the United States 10 to repair and replace damaged facilities, shall create any 11 possessory interest for the Corporation or such third party 12 in such repaired or replaced facilities: Provided further, 13 That any payments made to the United States by the Cor14 poration or a third party for repair or replacement of con15 cession use facilities shall be deposited in the General 16 Fund of the Treasury or, where facilities are repaired or 17 replaced by the Corporation or any other third party, an 18 equal amount of appropriations shall be rescinded. 19 For an additional amount for construction,
20 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, to make 21 repairs, construct facilities, and provide visitor transpor22 tation and for related purposes at Yosemite National 23 Park.
14 1 2 3 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS,
For an additional amount for surveys, investigations,
4 and research, $4,290,000, to remain available until Sep5 tember 30, 1998, to repair or replace damaged equipment 6 and facilities caused by floods and other natural disasters: 7 Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Con8 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 9 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 10 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 11 12 13 BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS OPERATION
For an additional amount for operation of Indian
14 programs, $11,100,000, to remain available until Septem15 ber 30, 1998, for emergency response activities, including 16 emergency school operations, heating costs, emergency 17 welfare assistance, and to repair and replace facilities and 18 resources damaged by snow, floods, and other natural dis19 asters: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by 20 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec21 tion 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer22 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 23 24 For an CONSTRUCTION additional amount for construction,
25 $5,554,000, to remain available until expended, to make
15 1 repairs caused by floods and other natural disasters: Pro2 vided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress 3 as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 5 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 6 7 8 9 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM For an additional amount for National forest system
10 for emergency expenses resulting from flooding and other 11 natural disasters, $37,107,000, to remain available until 12 expended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated 13 by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 14 section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 15 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 16 17 RECONSTRUCTION
For an additional amount for reconstruction and con-
18 struction for emergency expenses resulting from flooding 19 and other natural disasters, $32,334,000, to remain avail20 able until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is 21 designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pur22 suant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget 23 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
16 1 2 3 4 5 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES For an additional amount for Indian health services
6 for emergency expenses resulting from flooding and other 7 natural disasters, $1,000,000, to remain available until ex8 pended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated 9 by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 10 section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 11 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 12 13 INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES For an additional amount for Indian health facilities
14 for emergency expenses resulting from flooding and other 15 natural disasters, $2,000,000, to remain available until ex16 pended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated 17 by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 18 section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 19 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 20 21 GENERAL PROVISION, CHAPTER 4 SEC. 401. Section 101(c) of Public Law 104–134 is
22 amended as follows: Under the heading ‘‘Title III—Gen23 eral Provisions’’ amend sections 315(c)(1)(A) and 24 315(c)(1)(B) by striking in each of those sections ‘‘104 25 percent’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘100 percent’’; by
17 1 striking in each of those sections ‘‘1995’’ and inserting 2 in lieu thereof ‘‘1994’’; and by striking in each of those 3 sections ‘‘and thereafter annually adjusted upward by 4 4 percent,’’. 5 6
SEC. 402. (a) EXTENSION.—Section 3711(b)(1) of
7 the San Carlos Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act 8 of 1992 (106 Stat. 4752) is amended by striking ‘‘June 9 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 1999’’. 10 11 (b) EXTENSION FOR RIVER SYSTEM GENERAL ADJUDICATION.—Section
3711 of such Act is amended by add-
12 ing at the end the following new subsection: 13 14 ‘‘(c) EXTENSION
JUDICATION.—If, FOR
RIVER SYSTEM GENERAL AD-
at any time prior to March 31, 1999,
15 the Secretary notifies the Committee on Indian Affairs of 16 the United States Senate or the Committee on Resources 17 in the United States House of Representatives that the 18 Settlement Agreement, as executed by the Secretary, has 19 been submitted to the Superior Court of the State of Ari20 zona in and for Maricopa County for consideration and 21 approval as part of the General Adjudication of the Gila 22 River System and Source, the March 31, 1999, referred 23 to in subsection (b)(1) shall be deemed to be changed to 24 December 31, 1999.’’.
18 1 (c) COUNTIES.—Section 3706(b)(3) of such Act is
2 amended by inserting ‘‘Gila, Graham, Greenlee,’’ after 3 ‘‘Maricopa,’’. 4 (d) PARTIES
AGREEMENT.—Section 3703(2) of
5 such Act is amended by adding at the end the following 6 new sentence: ‘‘The Gila Valley Irrigation District and the 7 Franklin Irrigation District shall be added as parties to 8 the Agreement, but only so long as none of the aforemen9 tioned parties objects to adding the Gila Valley Irrigation 10 and/or the Franklin Irrigation District as parties to the 11 Agreement.’’. 12 (e) CONDITIONS.—Section 3711 of such Act, as
13 amended by subsection (b) of this Act, is further amended 14 by adding at the end the following new subsections: 15 ‘‘(d) CONDITIONS.—(1) IN GENERAL.—The June 30,
16 1997, deadline has been extended based on the following 17 conditions. The provisions and agreements set forth or re18 ferred to in paragraph (2), (3), and (4) below shall be 19 enforceable against the United States, and the conditions 20 and agreements set forth or referred to in paragraphs (3) 21 and (4) shall be enforceable against the Tribe, in United 22 States District Court, and the immunity of the United 23 States and the Tribe for such purposes is hereby waived. 24 ‘‘(2) INTERIM
PERIOD.—Prior
to March 31, 1999, or
25 the execution of a final Agreement under paragraph (3)
19 1 below, whichever comes first, the following conditions shall 2 apply: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ‘‘(A) As of July 23, 1997, Phelps Dodge shall vacate the reservation and no longer rely upon permit #2000089, dated July 25, 1944, except as provided in subparagraph (F) and the Tribe will stay any further prosecution of any claims or suits filed by the Tribe in any court with respect to the Black River facilities or the flowage of water on Eagle Creek. The United States, with the permission of the Tribe, shall enter and operate the Black River pump station, outbuildings, the pipeline, related facilities, and certain caretaker quarters (hereinafter referred to collectively as the ‘Black River facilities’). ‘‘(B) As of July 23, 1997, the United States, through the Bureau of Reclamation, shall operate and maintain the Black River facilities. The United States and Phelps Dodge shall enter into a contract for delivery of water pursuant to subparagraph (C), below. Water for delivery to Phelps Dodge from the Black River shall not exceed an annual average of 40 acre feet per day, or 14,000 acre feet per year. All diversions from Black River to Phelps Dodge shall be junior to the Tribe’s right to divert and use of 7300 acre feet per year for the San Carlos
20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Apache Tribe, and no such diversion for Phelps Dodge shall cause the flow of Black River to fall below 20 cubic feet per second. The United States shall account for the costs for operating and maintaining the Black River facilities, and Phelps Dodge shall reimburse the United States for such costs. Phelps Dodge shall pay to the United States, for delivery to the Tribe, the sum of $20,000 per month, with an annual CPI adjustment, for purposes of compensating the Tribe for United States use and occupancy of the Black River facilities. Phelps Dodge shall cooperate with the United States in effectuating an orderly transfer of the operations of the Black River facilities from Phelps Dodge to the United States. ‘‘(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, that contract referred to in subparagraph (B) between the United States and Phelps Dodge providing for the diversion of water from the Black River into the Black River facilities, and the delivery of such water to Phelps Dodge at that location where the channel of Eagle Creek last exits the reservation for use in the Morenci mine complex and the towns of Clifton and Morenci and at no other location is ratified and confirmed. The United States/Phelps
21 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Dodge contract shall have no bearing on potential claims by the United States, Phelps Dodge or the Tribe regarding any aspect of the Black River facilities in the event that a final agreement is not reached among the parties under paragraph (3) below. ‘‘(D) The power line right-of-way over the Tribe’s Reservation which currently is held by Phelps Dodge shall remain in place. During the interim period, Phelps Dodge shall provide power to the United States for operation of the pump station and related facilities without charge, and Phelps Dodge shall pay a monthly right-of-way fee to the Tribe of $5000 per month, with an annual CPI adjustment. ‘‘(E) Any questions regarding the water claims associated with Phelps Dodge’s use of the Eagle Creek wellfield, its diversions of surface water from Eagle Creek, the San Francisco River, Chase Creek, and/or its use of other water supplies are not addressed in this title. No provision in this subsection shall affect or be construed to affect any claims by the Tribe, the United States, or Phelps Dodge to groundwater or surface water.
22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ‘‘(F) If a final agreement is not reached by March 31, 1999, the terms set forth in subparagraphs (A) through (E) shall no longer apply. Under such circumstances, the occupancy of the Black River facilities shall revert to Phelps Dodge on March 31, 1999, and the Tribe and/or Phelps Dodge shall be free to prosecute litigation regarding the validity of Phelps Dodge use of the Black River facilities. In any such event, the Tribe, the United States, and Phelps Dodge shall have the same rights with respect to the Black River facilities as each had prior to the enactment of this subsection and nothing in this subsection shall be construed as altering or affecting such rights nor shall anything herein be admissible or otherwise relevant for the purpose of determining any of their respective rights. ‘‘(3) FINAL
AGREEMENT.—The
18 Phelps Dodge, and the Tribe intend to enter into a Final 19 Agreement on or before March 31, 1999, which Agreement 20 shall include the following terms: 21 22 23 24 25 ‘‘(A) The United States shall hold the Black River facilities in trust for the Tribe, without cost to the Tribe or the United States. ‘‘(B) Responsibility for operation of the Black River facilities shall be transferred from the United
23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 States to the Tribe. The United States shall train Tribal members during the Interim Period, and the responsibility to operate the Black River facilities shall be transferred upon satisfaction of two conditions: (i) entry of the Final Agreement described in this subsection; and (ii) a finding by the United States that the Tribe has completed necessary training and is qualified to operate the Black River facilities. ‘‘(C) Power lines currently operated by Phelps Dodge on the Tribe’s Reservation, and the right of way associated with such power lines, shall be surrendered by Phelps Dodge to the Tribe, without cost to the Tribe. Concurrently with the transfer of the power lines and the right of way, Phelps Dodge shall construct a switch station at the boundary of the reservation at which the Tribe may switch power on or off and shall deliver ownership and control of such switch station to the Tribe. Subsequent to the transfer of the power lines and the right of way and the delivery of ownership and control of the switch station to the Tribe, Phelps Dodge shall have no further obligation or liability of any nature with respect to the ownership, operation or maintenance of the power lines, the right of way or the switch station.
24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ‘‘(D) The Tribe and Phelps Dodge intend to enter into a contract covering the lease and delivery of CAP water from the Tribe to Phelps Dodge on the terms recommended by the United States, the trustee for the Tribe. Water for delivery to Phelps Dodge from the Black River shall not exceed an annual average of 40 acre feet per day, or 14,000 acre feet per year. All diversions from Black River to Phelps Dodge shall be junior to the Tribe’s right to divert and use of 7300 acre feet per year for the San Carlos Apache Tribe, and no such diversions for Phelps Dodge shall cause the flow of Black River to fall below 20 cubic feet per second. It is intended that the water subject to the contract shall be CAP water that is controlled by the Tribe. The Tribe and/ or the United States intend to enter into an exchange agreement with the Salt River Project which will deliver CAP water to the Salt River Project in return for the diversion of water from the Black River into the Black River facilities. The lease and delivery contract between Phelps Dodge and the Tribe is intended to be based on a long-term lease of CAP water at prevailing market rates for municipal and industrial uses of CAP water. The parties will discuss the potential imposition of capital costs
25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 as part of the contract. It is intended that the contract price shall include operation, maintenance and replacement (OM&amp;R) charges associated with the leased CAP water, and it is intended that the contract will take into account reasonable charges associated with the Tribe’s operations and maintenance of the Black River facilities, and a credit for power provided for such facilities. It is intended that the water delivered under this contract will be utilized in the Morenci mine complex and the towns of Clifton and Morenci, and for no other purpose. ‘‘(E) Any questions regarding the water claims associated with Phelps Dodge’s use of the Eagle Creek wellfield, its diversions of surface water from lower Eagle Creek, the San Francisco River, Chase Creek, and/or its use of other groundwater supplies are not addressed by this title. No provision in this subsection shall affect or be construed to affect any claims by the Tribe, the United States, or Phelps Dodge to groundwater or surface water. ‘‘(4) EAGLE
CREEK.—From
22 subsection, the Tribe covenants not to impede, restrict, or 23 sue the United States regarding, the passage of water 24 from the Black River facilities into those portions of the 25 channels of Willow Creek and Eagle Creek which flow
26 1 through the Tribe’s lands. The Tribe covenants not to im2 pede, restrict, or sue Phelps Dodge regarding, the passage 3 of historic maximum flows, less transportation losses, from 4 the existing Phelps Dodge Upper Eagle Creek Wellfield, 5 except that (i) Phelps Dodge shall pay to the United 6 States, for delivery to the Tribe, $5000 per month, with 7 an annual CPI adjustment, to account the passage of such 8 flows; and (ii) the Tribe and the United States reserve 9 the right to challenge Phelps Dodge’s claims regarding the 10 pumping of groundwater from the upper Eagle Creek 11 wellfield, in accordance with paragraphs (2)(E) and (3)(E) 12 above. Nothing in this subsection shall affect or be con13 strued to affect the rights of the United States, the Tribe, 14 or Phelps Dodge to flow water in the channel of Eagle 15 Creek in the absence of this subsection. 16 ‘‘(5) RELATIONSHIP
TO SETTLEMENT.—In
17 that Phelps Dodge and the Tribe execute a Final Agree18 ment pursuant to paragraph (3) on or before March 3, 19 1999— 20 21 22 23 24 ‘‘(A) effective on the date of execution of such Final Agreement, the term ‘Agreement’, as defined by section 3703(2), shall not include Phelps Dodge; and ‘‘(B) section 3706(j) shall have no effect.’’.
27 1 (f) REPEAL.—Subsection (f) of section 3705 of such
2 Act is hereby repealed. 3 (g) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 3702(a)(3) is
4 amended by striking ‘‘qualification’’ and inserting ‘‘quan5 tification’’. 6 7 8 9 10
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COAST GUARD RETIRED PAY For an additional amount for ‘‘Retired Pay’’,
11 $4,200,000. 12 13 14 15 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION FACILITIES
For additional necessary expenses for ‘‘Facilities and
16 Equipment’’, $40,000,000, to be derived from the Airport 17 and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex18 pended: Provided, That these funds shall only be available 19 for non-competitive contracts or cooperative agreements 20 with air carriers and airport authorities, which provide for 21 the Federal Aviation Administration to purchase and as22 sist in installation of advanced security equipment for the 23 use of such entities.
28 1 2 3 4 5 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM
For an additional amount for the Emergency Relief
6 Program for emergency expenses resulting from flooding 7 and other natural disasters, as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 8 125, $650,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 9 Fund and to remain available until expended, of which 10 $374,000,000 shall be available only to the extent an offi11 cial budget request for a specific dollar amount, that in12 cludes designation of the entire amount of the request as 13 an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced 14 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 15 amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: 16 Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the 17 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec18 tion 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer19 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided 20 further, That 23 U.S.C. 125(b)(1) shall not apply to 21 projects resulting from the December 1996 and January 22 1997 flooding in the western States: Provided further, 23 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, a project 24 to repair or reconstruct any portion of a Federal-aid pri25 mary route in San Mateo County, California, which was
29 1 destroyed as a result of a combination of storms in the 2 winter of 1982–1983 and a mountain slide which, until 3 its destruction, had served as the only reasonable access 4 between two cities and as the designated emergency evacu5 ation route of one such cities shall be eligible for assist6 ance under this head. 7 8 9 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
The limitation under this heading in Public Law
10 104–205 is increased by $318,077,043: Provided, That 11 notwithstanding any other provision of law, such addi12 tional authority shall be distributed to ensure that States 13 receive amounts that they would have received had the 14 Highway Trust Fund fiscal year 1995 income statement 15 not been revised on December 24, 1996. 16 17 18 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION EMERGENCY RAILROAD REHABILITATION
For necessary expenses to repair and rebuild freight
19 rail lines of regional and short line railroads damaged as 20 a result of the floods in the northern plains States in the 21 spring of 1997, $10,000,000, to be awarded subject to the 22 discretion of the Secretary on a case-by-case basis: Pro23 vided, That funds provided under this head shall be avail24 able for rehabilitation of railroad rights-of-way which are 25 part of the general railroad system of transportation, and
30 1 primarily used by railroads to move freight traffic: Pro2 vided further, That railroad rights-of-way owned by class 3 I railroads, passenger railroads, or by tourist, scenic, or 4 historic railroads are not eligible for funding under this 5 section: Provided further, That these funds shall be avail6 able only to the extent an official budget request, for a 7 specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the en8 tire amount as an emergency requirement as defined in 9 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 10 of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to 11 the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount 12 is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 13 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced 14 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 15 amended: Provided further, That all funds made available 16 under this head are to remain available until September 17 30, 1997. 18 19 20 21 RELATED AGENCY NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
22 penses’’, for emergency expenses resulting from the crash23 es of TWA Flight 800 and ValuJet 592, and for assistance 24 to families of victims of aviation accidents as authorized 25 by Public Law 105–265, $23,300,000, of which
31 1 $4,877,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro2 vided, That these funds shall be available only to the ex3 tent an official budget request, for a specific dollar 4 amount, that includes designation of the entire amount as 5 an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced 6 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 7 amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: 8 Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by 9 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec10 tion 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer11 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided 12 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 13 up to $10,330,000 shall be provided by the National 14 Transportation Safety Board to the Department of the 15 Navy as reimbursement for costs incurred in connection 16 with recovery of wreckage from TWA Flight 800 and shall 17 be credited to the appropriation contained in the Omnibus 18 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997, which is available 19 for the same purpose as the appropriation originally 20 charged for the expense for which the reimbursements are 21 received, to be merged with, and to be available for the 22 same purpose as the appropriation to which such reim23 bursements are credited: Provided further, That notwith24 standing any other provision of law, of the amount pro25 vided $3,100,000 shall be made available to Metropolitan
32 1 Dade County, Florida as reimbursement for costs incurred 2 in connection with the crash of ValuJet Flight 592: Pro3 vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 4 of law, of the unobligated balances under this heading 5 from amounts made available in this or any other Act for 6 fiscal year 1997 or any prior fiscal year, $300,000 shall 7 be made available to Monroe County, Michigan, as reim8 bursement for costs incurred in connection with the crash 9 of Comair Flight 3272. 10 11 GENERAL PROVISIONS, CHAPTER 5 SEC. 501. In title I of Public Law 104–205, under
12 the heading ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Discre13 tionary Grants’’, strike ‘‘$661,000,000 for the DeKalb 14 County, Georgia light rail project;’’ and insert ‘‘$661,000 15 for the DeKalb County, Georgia light rail project;’’. 16 SEC. 502. In section 325 of title III of Public Law
17 104–205, strike ‘‘That in addition to amounts otherwise 18 provided in this Act, not to exceed $3,100,000 in expenses 19 of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics necessary to 20 conduct activities related to airline statistics may be in21 curred, but only to the extent such expenses are offset by 22 user fees charged for those activities and credited as off23 setting collections.’’. 24 SEC. 503. Section 410(j) of title 23, United States
25 Code, is amended by striking the period after ‘‘1997’’ and
33 1 inserting ‘‘, and an additional $500,000 for fiscal year 2 1997.’’. 3 SEC. 504. Section 30308(a) of title 49, United States
4 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘and 1996’’ and inserting 5 ‘‘, 1996, and 1997’’. 6 7 8 9 10
PAYMENTS TO THE POSTAL SERVICE PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
For an additional amount for the Postal Service
11 Fund for revenue foregone on free and reduced rate mail, 12 $5,300,000. 13 14 15 16 17 18 COUNTER-TERRORISM AND DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
19 Public Law 104–208, $16,000,000 shall be available until 20 September 30, 1998 to develop further the Automated 21 Targeting System. 22 23 24 GENERAL PROVISION, CHAPTER 6 SEC. 601. CLARIFYING CONGRESSIONAL INTENT RESPECTING
25 PAPER.—In fiscal year 1997 and thereafter—
34 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 (1) for the purposes of section 622(a) of Public Law 100–202, a corporation or other entity shall be not deemed to be owned or controlled by persons not citizens of the United States, if— (A) that corporation or entity is created under the laws of the United States or any one of its States or other territories and possessions; and (B) more than 50 percent of that corporation or entity is held by United States citizens; and (2) the Secretary of the Treasury shall use the authority provided under Federal Acquisition Regulation, Part 45.302.1(c) and Part 45.302.1(a)(4) to induce competition, to a level the Secretary determines is appropriate, among those desiring to provide distinctive currency paper to the United States.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION COMPENSATION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Compensation and
23 pensions’’, $753,000,000, to remain available until ex24 pended.
35 1 2 3 4 5 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HOUSING PROGRAMS PRESERVING EXISTING HOUSING INVESTMENT For an additional amount for ‘‘Preserving existing
6 housing investment’’, to be made available for use in con7 junction with properties that are eligible for assistance 8 under the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resi9 dent Homeownership Act of 1990 or the Emergency Low 10 Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987, $3,500,000, 11 to remain available until expended: Provided, That up to 12 such amount shall be for a project in Syracuse, New York, 13 the processing for which was suspended, deferred or inter14 rupted for a period of nine months or more because of 15 differing interpretations, by the Secretary of Housing and 16 Urban Development and an owner, concerning the timing 17 of the ability of an uninsured section 236 property to pre18 pay, or by the Secretary and a State rent regulatory agen19 cy concerning the effect of a presumptively applicable 20 State rent control law or regulation on the determination 21 of preservation value under section 213 of such Act, if the 22 owner of such project filed a notice of intent to extend 23 the low-income affordability restrictions of the housing on 24 or before August 23, 1993, and the Secretary approved 25 the plan of action on or before July 25, 1996.
36 1 2 3 4 DRUG ELIMINATION GRANTS HOUSING
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) FOR
For an additional amount for ‘‘Drug Elimination
5 Grants for Low-Income Housing’’ for activities authorized 6 under 42 U.S.C. 11921–25, $30,200,000, to remain avail7 able until expended, and to be derived by transfer from 8 the Homeownership and Opportunity for People Every9 where Grants account. 10 11 12 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS FUND For an additional amount for ‘‘Community develop-
13 ment block grants fund’’ as authorized under title I of the 14 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 15 $500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 16 2000, for use only for buy-outs, relocation, long-term re17 covery, and mitigation in communities affected by the 18 flooding in the upper Midwest and other disasters in fiscal 19 year 1997 and such natural disasters designated 30 days 20 prior to the start of fiscal year 1997: Provided, That in 21 administering these amounts, the Secretary may waive, or 22 specify alternative requirements for, any provision of any 23 statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in 24 connection with the obligation by the Secretary or the use 25 by the recipient of these funds, except for statutory re•HR 1469 EH
37 1 quirements related to civil rights, fair housing and non2 discrimination, the environment, and labor standards, 3 upon a finding that such waiver is required to facilitate 4 the use of such funds, and would not be inconsistent with 5 the overall purpose of the statute: Provided further, That 6 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 7 publish a notice in the Federal Register governing the use 8 of community development block grant funds in conjunc9 tion with any program administered by the Director of the 10 Federal Emergency Management Agency for buyouts for 11 structures in disaster areas: Provided further, That for any 12 funds under this head used for buyouts in conjunction 13 with any program administered by the Director of the 14 Federal Emergency Management Agency, each State or 15 unit of general local government requesting funds from the 16 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for buyouts 17 shall submit a plan to the Secretary which must be ap18 proved by the Secretary as consistent with the require19 ments of this program: Provided further, That the Sec20 retary of Housing and Urban Development and the Direc21 tor of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall 22 submit quarterly reports to the House and Senate Com23 mittees on Appropriations on all disbursement and use of 24 funds for or associated with buyouts: Provided further, 25 That, hereafter, for any amounts made available under
38 1 this head and for any amounts made available for any fis2 cal year under title I of the Housing and Community De3 velopment Act of 1974 that are used in communities af4 fected by the flooding and disasters referred to in this 5 head for activities to address the damage resulting from 6 such flooding and disasters, the Secretary of Housing and 7 Urban Development shall waive the requirement under 8 such title that the activities benefit persons of low- and 9 moderate-income and the requirements that grantees and 10 units of general local government hold public hearings: 11 Provided further, That, hereafter, for any amounts made 12 available for any fiscal year under the HOME Investment 13 Partnerships Act that are used in communities affected 14 by the flooding and disasters referred to in this head to 15 assist housing used as temporary housing for families af16 fected by such flooding and disasters, the Secretary of 17 Housing and Urban Development shall waive (during the 18 period, and to the extent, that such housing is used for 19 such temporary housing) the requirements that the hous20 ing meet the income targeting requirements under section 21 214 of such Act, the requirements that the housing qualify 22 as affordable housing under section 215 of such Act, and 23 the requirements for documentation regarding family in24 come and housing status and shall permit families to self25 certify such information: Provided further, That the Sec•HR 1469 EH
39 1 retary of Housing and Urban Development may make a 2 grant from the amount provided under this head to restore 3 electrical and natural gas service to areas damaged by the 4 flooding and natural disasters: Provided further, That the 5 entire amount made available under this head is des6 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 7 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced 8 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 9 amended. 10 11 12 13 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
From the amounts appropriated under this heading
14 in prior appropriation Acts for the Center for Ecology Re15 search and Training (CERT), the Environmental Protec16 tion Agency (EPA) shall, after the closing of the period 17 for filing CERT-related claims pursuant to the Uniform 18 Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Poli19 cies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.), obligate the 20 maximum amount of funds necessary to settle all out21 standing CERT-related claims against the EPA pursuant 22 to such Act. To the extent that unobligated balances then 23 remain from such amounts previously appropriated, the 24 EPA is authorized beginning in fiscal year 1997 to make 25 grants to the City of Bay City, Michigan, for the purpose
40 1 of EPA-approved environmental remediation and rehabili2 tation of publicly owned real property included in the 3 boundaries of the CERT project. 4 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 5 6
For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Relief ’’,
7 $3,567,677,000 (reduced by $500,000,000) to remain 8 available until expended: Provided, That $2,387,677,000 9 shall become available for obligation on September 30, 10 1997: Provided further, That the entire amount is des11 ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu12 ant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 13 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 14 15
16 penses’’, $5,000,000. 17 18
In the case only of new contracts for flood insurance
19 coverage under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 20 entered into during the period beginning on January 1, 21 1997, and ending on June 30, 1997, and any modifica22 tions to coverage under existing contracts made during 23 such period, section 1306(c)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 24 4013(c)(1)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘15-day pe25 riod’’ for ‘‘30-day period’’.
OFFSETS AND RESCISSIONS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY FUND
Of the funds provided on January 1, 1997 for section
7 793 of Public Law 104–127, Fund for Rural America, not 8 more than $80,000,000 shall be available: Provided, That 9 in addition to activities described in subsections (c)(1) and 10 (c)(2) of section 793, the Secretary may use these funds 11 for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for 12 Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). 13 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 14 15 WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM Of the funds made available in Public Law 104–37
16 for the Wetlands Reserve Program, $19,000,000 may not 17 be obligated: Provided, That none of the funds made avail18 able in Public Law 104–37 for this account may be obli19 gated after September 30, 1997. 20 21 22 FOOD AND CONSUMER SERVICE THE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Notwithstanding section 27(a) of the Food Stamp
23 Act, the amount specified for allocation under such section 24 for fiscal year 1997 shall be $80,000,000.
42 1 2 3 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE EXPORT CREDIT None of the funds made available in the Agriculture,
4 Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 5 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, Public Law 6 104–180, may be used to pay the salaries and expenses 7 of personnel to carry out a combined program for export 8 credit guarantees, supplier credit guarantees, and emerg9 ing democracies facilities guarantees at a level which ex10 ceeds $3,500,000,000. 11 12 EXPORT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
13 available in Public Law 104–180 shall be used to pay the 14 salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out an export 15 enhancement program if the aggregate amount of funds 16 and/or commodities under such program exceeds
17 $10,000,000. 18 19 20 21 22 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
WORKING CAPITAL FUND (RESCISSION)
23 heading, $6,400,000 are rescinded.
43 1 2 3 4 LEGAL ACTIVITIES
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND (RESCISSION)
Of the amounts made available to the Attorney Gen-
5 eral on October 1, 1996, from surplus balances declared 6 in prior years pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 524(c), authority to 7 obligate $3,000,000 of such funds in fiscal year 1997 is 8 rescinded. 9 10 11 12 IMMIGRATION
CONSTRUCTION (RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances under this heading from
13 amounts made available in Public Law 103–317, 14 $1,000,000 are rescinded. 15 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
16 NATIONAL INSTITUTE 17 18 19
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this for the Advanced Technology Program,
21 $7,000,000 are rescinded.
44 1 2 3 4 5 6 NATIONAL OCEANIC
FLEET MODERNIZATION, SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION (RESCISSION)
7 heading, $2,000,000 are rescinded. 8 9 10 11 12 RELATED AGENCIES FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES (RESCISSION)
13 heading, $1,000,000 are rescinded. 14 15 16 OUNCE
Of the amounts made available under this heading
17 in Public Law 104–208, $1,000,000 are rescinded. 18 19 20 21 22 23 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ENERGY PROGRAMS
ENERGY SUPPLY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES (RESCISSION)
24 Public Law 104–206 and prior years’ Energy and Water 25 Development Appropriations Acts, $22,532,000 are re26 scinded.
45 1 2 3 4 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY
5 obligation in fiscal year 1997 or prior years, $17,000,000 6 are rescinded: Provided, That funds made available in pre7 vious appropriations Acts shall be available for any ongo8 ing project regardless of the separate request for proposal 9 under which the project was selected. 10 11 12 STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
13 previous appropriations Acts, $11,000,000 are rescinded. 14 15 16 17 18 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND
(LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE) (RESCISSION)
19 ‘‘Repairs and Alterations, Basic Repairs and Alterations,’’ 20 in Public Law 104–208, $1,400,000 is rescinded: Pro21 vided, That these funds shall be reduced from the amounts 22 made available for the renovation of the Agricultural Re23 search Service Laboratory in Ames, Iowa.
46 1 2 3 EXPENSES, PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION
4 Public Law 104–208, $5,600,000 are rescinded. 5 6 7 8 9 10 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HOUSING PROGRAMS
ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING (RESCISSION)
Of the amounts recaptured under this heading during
11 fiscal year 1997 and prior years, with the exception of the 12 recaptures specified in section 214 of Public Law 104– 13 204, $3,823,440,000 are rescinded: Provided, That of this 14 amount, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop15 ment shall recapture $3,573,440,000 in amounts here16 tofore made available to housing agencies for tenant-based 17 assistance under the section 8 existing housing certificate 18 and housing voucher programs (42 U.S.C. 1437f and 19 1437f(o) respectively): Provided further, That the fore20 going recaptures shall be from amounts in the annual con21 tributions contract (ACC) reserve accounts established 22 and maintained by HUD.
47 1 2 3 4 5 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES NATIONAL AERONAUTICS
NATIONAL AERONAUTICAL FACILITIES (RESCISSION)
6 the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 7 Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appro8 priations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103–327), $38,000,000 9 is rescinded. 10 11 12
For an additional amount for the operations of the
13 Commission on the Advancement of Federal Law Enforce14 ment, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended. 15 TITLE II
16 EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS 17 18 19 20 21 22 FOR PEACEKEEPING
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—MILITARY MILITARY PERSONNEL MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel,
23 Army’’, $306,800,000: Provided, That such amount is des24 ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu25 ant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 26 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
48 1 2 MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel,
3 Navy’’, $7,900,000: Provided, That such amount is des4 ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu5 ant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 6 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 7 8 MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel,
9 Marine Corps’’, $300,000: Provided, That such amount is 10 designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pur11 suant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget 12 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 13 14 MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel,
15 Air Force’’, $29,100,000: Provided, That such amount is 16 designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pur17 suant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget 18 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 19 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
20 OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS TRANSFER FUND 21 22
For an additional amount for ‘‘Overseas Contingency
23 Operations Transfer Fund’’, $1,566,300,000: Provided, 24 That the Secretary of Defense may transfer these funds 25 only to operation and maintenance and DoD working cap•HR 1469 EH
49 1 ital fund accounts: Provided further, That the funds trans2 ferred shall be merged with and shall be available for the 3 same purposes and for the same time period, as the appro4 priation to which transferred: Provided further, That the 5 transfer authority provided in this paragraph is in addi6 tion to any other transfer authority available to the De7 partment of Defense: Provided further, That such amount 8 is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 9 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced 10 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 11 amended. 12 13 OPLAN 34A/35 P.O.W. PAYMENTS For payments to individuals under section 657 of
14 Public Law 104–201, $20,000,000, to remain available 15 until expended. 16 17 18 REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS RESERVE MOBILIZATION INCOME INSURANCE FUND For an additional amount for the Reserve Mobiliza-
19 tion Income Insurance Fund, $72,000,000, to remain 20 available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount 21 is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 22 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced 23 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 24 amended.
50 1 2 GENERAL PROVISIONS, CHAPTER 1 SEC. 2101. No part of any appropriation contained
3 in this title shall remain available for obligation beyond 4 the current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided herein. 5 6
SEC. 2102. The Secretary of the Navy shall transfer
7 up to $23,000,000 to ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Ma8 rine Corps’’ from the following accounts in the specified 9 amounts, to be available only for repairing damage caused 10 by hurricanes, flooding, and other natural disasters during 11 1996 and 1997 to real property and facilities at Marine 12 Corps facilities (including Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; 13 Cherry Point, North Carolina; and the Mountain Warfare 14 Training Center, Bridgeport, California): 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ‘‘Military $4,000,000; ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’, $11,000,000; ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps, 1996/1998’’, $4,000,000; and ‘‘Procurement, $4,000,000. SEC. 2103. In addition to the amounts appropriated Marine Corps, 1996/1998’’, Personnel, Marine Corps’’,
24 in title VI of the Department of Defense Appropriations 25 Act, 1997 (as contained in section 101(b) of Public Law 26 104–208), under the heading ‘‘Defense Health Program’’,
51 1 $21,000,000 is hereby appropriated and made available 2 only for the provision of direct patient care at military 3 treatment facilities. 4 SEC. 2104. In addition to the amounts appropriated
5 in title II of the Department of Defense Appropriations 6 Act, 1997 (as contained in section 101(b) of Public Law 7 104–208), under the heading ‘‘Operation and Mainte8 nance, Defense-Wide’’, $10,000,000 is hereby appro9 priated and made available only for force protection and 10 counter-terrorism initiatives. 11 SEC. 2105. Without prior and specific written ap-
12 proval from the Appropriations Committees of Congress, 13 none of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act 14 for any fiscal year may be used to compensate military 15 personnel or civilian employees who (1) are newly assigned 16 to or newly employed by the Office of the Assistant Sec17 retary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptrol18 ler) on or after May 1, 1997, (2) occupy positions in the 19 Department of the Navy’s Financial Management/Comp20 troller organization on May 1, 1997 and who are subse21 quently reassigned to another organization in the Navy for 22 the purpose of compensation yet who otherwise continue 23 to be directed by or report to the Department of the Navy 24 Financial Management/Comptroller organization, or (3) 25 are temporarily assigned from other Department of De•HR 1469 EH
52 1 fense organizations to the Department of the Navy Finan2 cial Management/Comptroller organization on or after 3 May 1, 1997: Provided, That the preceding limitations 4 shall also apply to funds for compensation of military per5 sonnel or civilian employees in the organization of the 6 Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Resources, Warfare 7 Requirements, and Assessments) whose primary function 8 is budgeting or financial management: Provided further, 9 That none of the funds in this or any other Act for any 10 fiscal year may be used to reprogram funds within any 11 Navy appropriation (other than Military Construction and 12 Military Family Housing) under the authority of Depart13 ment of Defense Financial Management Regulation with14 out prior written approval from the Appropriations Com15 mittees of Congress. 16 17 18 19
SEC. 2201. Of the funds provided in the Department
20 of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 (as contained in sec21 tion 101(b) of Public Law 104–208), amounts are hereby 22 rescinded from the following accounts in the specified 23 amounts to reflect savings from revised economic assump24 tions (with each such reduction to be applied proportion-
53 1 ally to each budget activity, activity group, and subactivity 2 group within each such account): 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ‘‘Operation $19,000,000; ‘‘Operation $24,000,000; ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, $18,000,000; ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, $8,000,000; ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve’’, $1,000,000; ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve’’, $1,000,000; ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve’’, $1,000,000; ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard’’, $2,000,000; ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard’’, $3,000,000; ‘‘Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense’’, $2,000,000; ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Army’’, $250,000; ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Navy’’, $250,000; and Maintenance, Navy’’, and Maintenance, Army’’,
54 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ‘‘Environmental $250,000; ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites’’, $250,000; ‘‘Former Soviet Union Threat Reduction’’, $2,000,000; ‘‘Defense Health Program’’, $10,000,000; ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army’’, $8,000,000; ‘‘Missile Procurement, Army’’, $2,000,000; ‘‘Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army’’, $5,000,000; ‘‘Procurement $1,000,000; ‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, $15,000,000; ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, $28,000,000; ‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy’’, $6,000,000; ‘‘Shipbuilding $33,000,000; ‘‘Other Procurement, Navy’’, $8,000,000; ‘‘Aircraft $20,000,000; ‘‘Missile $11,000,000; ‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, $7,000,000; ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, $5,000,000; Procurement, Air Force’’, Procurement, Air Force’’, and Conversion, Navy’’, of Ammunition, Army’’, Restoration, Air Force’’,
55 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ‘‘National Guard and Reserve Equipment’’, $8,000,000; ‘‘Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense’’, $2,000,000; ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army’’, $10,000,000; ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy’’, $9,000,000; ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force’’, $22,000,000; and ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, $15,000,000.
SEC. 2202. Of the funds provided in the Department
15 of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 (as contained in sec16 tion 101(b) of Public Law 104–208), amounts related to 17 foreign currency are hereby rescinded from the following 18 accounts in the specified amounts, except as otherwise 19 provided by law, to reflect savings from revised foreign 20 currency exchange rates: 21 22 23 24 25 ‘‘Military Personnel, Army’’, $37,000,000; ‘‘Military Personnel, Navy’’, $9,000,000; ‘‘Military Personnel, Air Force’’, $12,000,000; ‘‘Operation $124,000,000; and Maintenance, Army’’,
56 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ‘‘Operation $22,000,000; ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, $79,000,000; ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, $14,000,000; and ‘‘Defense Health Program’’, $11,000,000.
Navy’’,
SEC. 2203. Of the funds provided in previous Depart-
10 ment of Defense Appropriations Acts, amounts only asso11 ciated with unobligated balances expected to expire at the 12 end of the current fiscal year are hereby rescinded from 13 the following accounts in the specified amounts: 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army, 1995/1997’’, $1,085,000; ‘‘Missile $2,707,000; ‘‘Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army, 1995/1997’’, $2,296,000; ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Army, 1995/ 1997’’, $3,236,000; ‘‘Other $2,502,000; ‘‘Aircraft $34,000,000; Procurement, Navy, 1995/1997’’, Procurement, Army, 1995/1997’’, Procurement, Army, 1995/1997’’,
57 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy, 1995/1997’’, $16,000,000; ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps, 1995/1997’’, $812,000; ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1993/ 1997’’, $10,000,000; ‘‘Other $4,237,000; ‘‘Procurement, $1,207,000; ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 1995/1997’’, $33,650,000; ‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force, 1995/1997’’, $7,195,000; ‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force, 1995/1997’’, $3,659,000; ‘‘Procurement, $12,881,000; ‘‘National Guard and Reserve Equipment, 1995/1997’’, $5,029,000; ‘‘Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense, 1995/1997’’, $456,000; ‘‘Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense, 1996/1997’’, $652,000; Defense-Wide, 1995/1997’’, Marine Corps, 1995/1997’’, Procurement, Navy, 1995/1997’’,
58 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, 1996/1997’’, $4,366,000; ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy, 1996/1997’’, $14,978,000; ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force, 1996/1997’’, $28,396,000; ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, 1996/1997’’, $55,973,000; ‘‘Developmental Test and Evaluation, Defense, 1996/1997’’, $890,000; and ‘‘Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense, 1996/1997’’, $160,000.
SEC. 2204. Of the funds provided in previous Depart-
15 ment of Defense Appropriations Acts, funds are hereby 16 rescinded from the following accounts in the specified 17 amounts: 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1994/ 1998’’, $28,700,000; ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 1995/1997’’, $14,400,000; ‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force, 1995/1997’’, $4,000,000; ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army, 1996/1998’’, $18,000,000;
59 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ‘‘Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army, 1996/1998’’, $26,000,000; ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Army, 1996/ 1998’’, $34,000,000; ‘‘Other $3,000,000; ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 1996/1998’’, $52,000,000; ‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force, 1996/1998’’, $10,000,000; ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force, 1996/ 1998’’, $21,100,000; ‘‘Procurement, $34,800,000; ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy, 1996/1997’’, $4,500,000; ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force, 1996/1997’’, $2,000,000; ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, 1996/1997’’, $71,200,000; ‘‘Developmental Test and Evaluation, Defense, 1996/1997’’, $12,200,000; ‘‘Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense, 1996/1998’’, $22,000,000; Defense-Wide, 1996/1998’’, Procurement, Navy, 1996/1998’’,
60 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ‘‘National $7,600,000; ‘‘Operation $17,000,000; ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, $10,000,000; ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Army, 1997/ 1999’’, $10,000,000; ‘‘Other $6,000,000; ‘‘Aircraft $48,000,000; ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 1997/1999’’, $35,000,000; ‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force, 1997/1999’’, $120,000,000; ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, 1997/1998’’, $15,000,000; ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy, 1997/1998’’, $28,500,000; ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force, 1997/1998’’, $237,500,000; and ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, 1997/1998’’, $100,000,000. Procurement, Navy, 1997/1999’’, Procurement, Army, 1997/1999’’, and Maintenance, Army’’, Guard Personnel, Air Force’’,
61 1 2 3 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
SEC. 2205. Of the funds appropriated in the Military
4 Construction Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104– 5 32), amounts are hereby rescinded from the following ac6 counts in the specified amounts: 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force Reserve’’, $5,000,000; ‘‘Military $41,000,000; ‘‘Base Realignment and Closure Account, Part II’’, $35,391,000; ‘‘Base Realignment and Closure Account, Part III’’, $75,638,000; and ‘‘Base Realignment and Closure Account, Part IV’’, $22,971,000.
Defense-wide’’,
GENERAL PROVISIONS MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY
SEC. 2301. Of the funds appropriated for ‘‘Military Navy’’ under Public Law 103–307,
22 Construction,
23 $6,480,000 is hereby rescinded.
62 1 2 FAMILY HOUSING, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS SEC. 2302. For an additional amount for ‘‘Family
3 Housing, Navy and Marine Corps’’ to cover the incremen4 tal Operation and Maintenance costs arising from hurri5 cane damage to family housing units at Marine Corps 6 Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and Marine Corps 7 Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, $6,480,000, as 8 authorized by 10 U.S.C. 2854. 9 10 11 TITLE III GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT SEC. 3001. No part of any appropriation contained
12 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 13 the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 14 15 ASSISTANCE
SEC. 3002. (a) The President may waive any of the
16 earmarks contained in subsections (k) and (l) under the 17 heading ‘‘Assistance for the New Independent States of 18 the Former Soviet Union’’ contained in the Foreign Oper19 ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro20 priations Act, 1997, as included in Public Law 104–208, 21 if he determines, and so reports to the Committees on Ap22 propriations that the Government of Ukraine— 23 24 (1) is not making significant progress toward economic reform and the elimination of corruption;
63 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (2) is not permitting American firms and individuals to operate in Ukraine according to generally accepted business principles; or (3) is not effectively assisting American firms and individuals in their efforts to enforce commercial contracts and resist extortion and other corrupt demands.
BUY-AMERICAN REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 3003. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN
10 ACT.—None of the funds made available in this Act may 11 be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in 12 expending the funds the entity will comply with the Buy 13 American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
In providing financial assistance using funds made available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen•HR 1469 EH
64 1 2 3 4 cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance a notice describing the statement made in paragraph (1) by the Congress. (c) PROHIBITION
5 FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS
6 If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal 7 agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear8 ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription 9 with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped 10 to the United States that is not made in the United 11 States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con12 tract or subcontract made with funds made available in 13 this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli14 gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 15 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations. 16 17
EXTENSION OF SSI REDETERMINATION PROVISIONS
SEC. 3004. (a) Section 402(a)(2)(D)(i) of the Per-
18 sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 19 Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)(D)(i)) is amended— 20 21 22 23 24 25 (1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘the date which is 1 year after such date of enactment,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 1997,’’; and (2) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘the date of the redetermination with respect to such individual’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 1997,’’.
65 1 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be
2 effective as if included in the enactment of section 402 3 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Rec4 onciliation Act of 1996. 5 6 7
JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND BASIC SKILLS (RECISSION)
SEC. 3005. Of the funds made available under this
8 heading in Public Law 104–208, there is rescinded an 9 amount equal to the total of the funds within each State’s 10 limitation for fiscal year 1997 that are not necessary to 11 pay such State’s allowable claims for such fiscal year. 12 Section 403(k)(3)(F) of the Social Security Act (as
13 in effect on October 1, 1996) is amended by adding after 14 the ‘‘,’’ the following: ‘‘reduced by an amount equal to the 15 total of those funds that are within each State’s limitation 16 for fiscal year 1997 that are not necessary to pay such 17 State’s allowable claims for such fiscal year (except that 18 such amount for such year shall be deemed to be 19 $1,000,000,000 for the purpose of determining the 20 amount of the payment under subsection (l) to which each 21 State is entitled),’’. 22 SEC. 3006. (a) Chapter 63 of title 5, United States
23 Code, is amended by adding after subchapter V the follow24 ing:
66 1 2 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER VI—LEAVE TRANSFER IN DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES
3 ‘‘&#167; 6391. Authority for leave transfer program in dis4 5 6 7 8 9
asters and emergencies
‘‘(a) For the purpose of this section— ‘‘(1) ‘employee’ means an employee as defined in section 6331(1); and ‘‘(2) ‘agency’ means an Executive agency. ‘‘(b) In the event of a major disaster or emergency,
10 as declared by the President, that results in severe adverse 11 effects for a substantial number of employees, the Presi12 dent may direct the Office of Personnel Management to 13 establish an emergency leave transfer program under 14 which any employee in any agency may donate unused an15 nual leave for transfer to employees of the same or other 16 agencies who are adversely affected by such disaster or 17 emergency. 18 ‘‘(c) The Office shall establish appropriate require-
19 ments for the operation of the emergency leave transfer 20 program under subsection (b), including appropriate limi21 tations on the donation and use of annual leave under the 22 program. An employee may receive and use leave under 23 the program without regard to any requirement that any 24 annual leave and sick leave to a leave recipient’s credit
67 1 must be exhausted before any transferred annual leave 2 may be used. 3 ‘‘(d) A leave bank established under subchapter IV
4 may, to the extent provided in regulations prescribed by 5 the Office, donate annual leave to the emergency leave 6 transfer program established under subsection (b). 7 ‘‘(e) Except to the extent that the Office may pre-
8 scribe by regulation, nothing in section 7351 shall apply 9 to any solicitation, donation, or acceptance of leave under 10 this section. 11 ‘‘(f) The Office shall prescribe regulations necessary
12 for the administration of this section.’’. 13 (b) The analysis for chapter 63 of title 5, United
14 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow15 ing:
‘‘SUBCHAPTER VI—LEAVE TRANSFER IN DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES ‘‘6391. Authority for leave transfer program in disasters and emergencies.’’.
SEC. 3007. USE OF FUNDS FOR STUDIES OF MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA.
None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be
19 used for any study of the medicinal use of marijuana.
68 1 2 3 4 TITLE IV—COST OF HIGHER EDUCATION REVIEW
SEC. 4001. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
SEC. 4002. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE COST OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
69 1 cation’’ (hereafter in this title referred to as the ‘‘Commis2 sion’’). 3 4
SEC. 4003. MEMBERSHIP OF COMMISSION.
25 members of the Commission shall elect a Chairman and
70 1 a Vice Chairperson. In the absence of the Chairperson, 2 the Vice Chairperson will assume the duties of the Chair3 person. 4 (d) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the
8 section (a) shall be made within 30 days after the date 9 of enactment of this Act. In the event that an officer au10 thorized to make an appointment under subsection (a) has 11 not made such appointment within such 30 days, the ap12 pointment may be made for such officer as follows: 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 (1) the Chairman of the Committee on Education and the Workforce may act under such subsection for the Speaker of the House of Representatives; (2) the Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce may act under such subsection for the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; (3) the Chairman of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources may act under such subsection for the Majority Leader of the Senate; and (4) the Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources may act
71 1 2 3 under such subsection for the Minority Leader of the Senate. (f) VOTING.—Each member of the Commission shall
SEC. 4004. FUNCTIONS OF COMMISSION.
72 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 (2) Innovative methods of reducing or stabilizing tuition. (3) Trends in college and university administrative costs, including administrative staffing, ratio of administrative staff to instructors, ratio of administrative staff to students, remuneration of administrative staff, and remuneration of college and university presidents or chancellors. (4) Trends in (A) faculty workload and remuneration (including the use of adjunct faculty), (B) faculty-to-student ratios, (C) number of hours spent in the classroom by faculty, and (D) tenure practices, and the impact of such trends on tuition. (5) Trends in (A) the construction and renovation of academic and other collegiate facilities, and (B) the modernization of facilities to access and utilize new technologies, and the impact of such trends on tuition. (6) The extent to which increases in institutional financial aid and tuition discounting have affected tuition increases, including the demographics of students receiving such aid, the extent to which such aid is provided to students with limited need in order to attract such students to particular institutions or major fields of study, and the extent to
73 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 which Federal financial aid, including loan aid, has been used to offset such increases. (7) The extent to which Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, or other mandates contribute to increasing tuition, and recommendations on reducing those mandates. (8) The establishment of a mechanism for a more timely and widespread distribution of data on tuition trends and other costs of operating colleges and universities. (9) The extent to which student financial aid programs have contributed to changes in tuition. (10) Trends in State fiscal policies that have affected college costs. (11) The adequacy of existing Federal and State financial aid programs in meeting the costs of attending colleges and universities. (12) Other related topics determined to be appropriate by the Commission. (b) FINAL REPORT.— (1) IN
74 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ings and conclusions of the Commission, including the Commission’s recommendations for administrative and legislative action that the Commission considers advisable. (2) MAJORITY
SEC. 4005. POWERS OF COMMISSION.
23 pose of carrying out this title, hold such hearings and sit 24 and act at such times and places, as the Commission may 25 find advisable.
75 1 (b) RULES
2 may adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary 3 to establish the Commission’s procedures and to govern 4 the manner of the Commission’s operations, organization, 5 and personnel. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 (c) ASSISTANCE FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— (1) INFORMATION.—The Commission may request from the head of any Federal agency or instrumentality such information as the Commission may require for the purpose of this title. Each such agency or instrumentality shall, to the extent permitted by law and subject to the exceptions set forth in section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), furnish such information to the Commission, upon request made by the Chairperson of the Commission. (2) FACILITIES
76 1 2 3 4 5 6 (B) detail any of the personnel of such agency or instrumentality to the Commission, on a nonreimbursable basis, to assist the Commission in carrying out the Commission’s duties under this title. (d) MAILS.—The Commission may use the United
10 and in such amounts as are provided in appropriation 11 Acts, may enter into contracts with State agencies, private 12 firms, institutions, and individuals for the purpose of con13 ducting research or surveys necessary to enable the Com14 mission to discharge the Commission’s duties under this 15 title. 16 (f) STAFF.—Subject to such rules and regulations as
77 1 number, classification, and General Schedule rates) of an 2 Executive Director, and of such additional staff as the 3 Chairperson deems advisable to assist the Commission, at 4 rates not to exceed a rate equal to the maximum rate for 5 level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5332 of 6 such title. 7 8
SEC. 4006. FUNDING OF COMMISSION.
(a) APPROPRIATION.—There is appropriated, out of
9 any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 10 for fiscal year 1997 for carrying out this title, $650,000, 11 to remain available until expended, or until one year after 12 the termination of the Commission pursuant to section 13 4007, whichever occurs first. 14 (b) RESCISSION.—Of the funds made available for
15 ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION—Federal Family 16 Education Loan Program Account’’ in the Departments 17 of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 18 and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (as con19 tained in section 101(e) of division A of Public Law 104– 20 208), $849,000 is rescinded. 21 22
SEC. 4007. TERMINATION OF COMMISSION.
23 is 60 days after the date on which the Commission is re24 quired to submit its final report in accordance with section 25 4004(b).
78 1 2 3 4 TITLE V—PREVENTION OF GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
SEC. 5001. This title may be cited as the ‘‘Govern-
5 ment Shutdown Prevention Act’’. 6 7
SEC. 5002. (a) If any regular appropriation bill for
8 fiscal year 1998 does not become law prior to the begin9 ning of fiscal year 1998 or a joint resolution making con10 tinuing appropriations is not in effect, there is appro11 priated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise 12 appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other rev13 enues, receipts, and funds, such sums as may be necessary 14 to continue any program, project, or activity for which 15 funds were provided in fiscal year 1997. 16 (b) Appropriations and funds made available, and au-
17 thority granted, for a program, project, or activity for fis18 cal year 1998 pursuant to this title shall be at 100 per 19 cent of the rate of operations that was provided for the 20 program, project, or activity in fiscal year 1997 in the cor21 responding regular appropriation Act for fiscal year 1997. 22 (c) Appropriations and funds made available, and au-
23 thority granted, for fiscal year 1998 pursuant to this title 24 for a program, project, or activity shall be available for 25 the period beginning with the first day of a lapse in appro26 priations and ending with the earlier of—
79 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (1) the date on which the applicable regular appropriation bill for fiscal year 1998 becomes law (whether or not that law provides for that program, project, or activity) or a continuing resolution making appropriations becomes law, as the case may be; or (2) the last day of fiscal year 1998.
SEC. 5003. (a) An appropriation of funds made avail-
10 able, or authority granted, for a program, project, or activ11 ity for fiscal year 1998 pursuant to this title shall be made 12 available to the extent and in the manner which would be 13 provided by the pertinent appropriations Act for fiscal 14 year 1997, including all of the terms and conditions and 15 the apportionment schedule imposed with respect to the 16 appropriation made or funds made available for fiscal year 17 1997 or authority granted for the program, project, or ac18 tivity under current law. 19 (b) Appropriations made by this title shall be avail-
20 able to the extent and in the manner which would be pro21 vided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 22 23
SEC. 5004. Appropriations and funds made available,
24 and authority granted, for any program, project, or activ25 ity for fiscal year 1998 pursuant to this title shall cover 26 all obligations or expenditures incurred for that program,
80 1 project, or activity during the portion of fiscal year 1998 2 for which this title applies to that program, project, or 3 activity. 4 5
SEC. 5005. Expenditures made for a program,
6 project, or activity for fiscal year 1998 pursuant to this 7 title shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, 8 or authorization whenever a regular appropriation bill or 9 a joint resolution making continuing appropriations until 10 the end of fiscal year 1998 providing for that program, 11 project, or activity for that period becomes law. 12 13 14
INITIATING OR RESUMING A PROGRAM, PROJECT, OR ACTIVITY
SEC. 5006. No appropriation or funds made available
15 or authority granted pursuant to this title shall be used 16 to initiate or resume any program, project, or activity for 17 which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not 18 available during fiscal year 1997. 19 20
SEC. 5007. Nothing in this title shall be construed
21 to effect Government obligations mandated by other law, 22 including obligations with respect to Social Security, Medi23 care, Medicaid, and veterans benefits. 24 25
SEC. 5008. In this title, the term ‘‘regular appropria-
26 tion bill’’ means any annual appropriation bill making ap•HR 1469 EH
81 1 propriations, otherwise making funds available, or grant2 ing authority, for any of the following categories of pro3 grams, projects, and activities: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 (1) Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies programs. (2) The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the judiciary, and related agencies. (3) The Department of Defense. (4) The government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of the District. (5) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies. (6) The Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices. (7) Energy and water development. (8) Foreign assistance and related programs. (9) The Department of the Interior and related agencies. (10) Military construction. (11) The Department of Transportation and related agencies.
82 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (12) The Treasury Department, the U.S. Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies. (13) The Legislative Branch.
TITLE VI—ADDITIONAL DISASTER RELIEF PROVISIONS Subtitle A—Depository Institution Disaster Relief
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Depository Institu-
11 tions Disaster Relief Act of 1997’’. 12 13 14
SEC. 6002. TRUTH IN LENDING ACT; EXPEDITED FUNDS AVAILABILITY ACT.
LENDING ACT.—During the 240-day
15 period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the 16 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System may 17 make exceptions to the Truth in Lending Act for trans18 actions within an area in which the President, pursuant 19 to section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 20 and Emergency Assistance Act, has determined, on or 21 after February 28, 1997, that a major disaster exists, or 22 within an area determined to be eligible for disaster relief 23 under other Federal law by reason of damage related to 24 the 1997 flooding of the Red River of the North, the Min25 nesota River, and the tributaries of such rivers, if the
83 1 Board determines that the exception can reasonably be ex2 pected to alleviate hardships to the public resulting from 3 such disaster that outweigh possible adverse effects. 4 (b) EXPEDITED FUNDS AVAILABILITY ACT.—During
5 the 240-day period beginning on the date of enactment 6 of this Act, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 7 System may make exceptions to the Expedited Funds 8 Availability Act for depository institution offices located 9 within any area referred to in subsection (a) of this section 10 if the Board determines that the exception can reasonably 11 be expected to alleviate hardships to the public resulting 12 from such disaster that outweigh possible adverse effects. 13 (c) TIME LIMIT
EXCEPTIONS.—Any exception
14 made under this section shall expire not later than Sep15 tember 1, 1998. 16 (d) PUBLICATION REQUIRED.—The Board of Gov-
17 ernors of the Federal Reserve System shall publish in the 18 Federal Register a statement that— 19 20 21 22 23 (1) describes any exception made under this section; and (2) explains how the exception can reasonably be expected to produce benefits to the public that outweigh possible adverse effects.
SEC. 6003. DEPOSIT OF INSURANCE PROCEEDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The appropriate Federal banking
3 agency may, by order, permit an insured depository insti4 tution to subtract from the institution’s total assets, in 5 calculating compliance with the leverage limit prescribed 6 under section 38 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 7 an amount not exceeding the qualifying amount attrib8 utable to insurance proceeds, if the agency determines 9 that— 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 (1) the institution— (A) had its principal place of business within an area in which the President, pursuant to section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, has determined, on or after February 28, 1997, that a major disaster exists, or within an area determined to be eligible for disaster relief under other Federal law by reason of damage related to the 1997 flooding of the Red River of the North, the Minnesota River, and the tributaries of such rivers, on the day before the date of any such determination; (B) derives more than 60 percent of its total deposits from persons who normally reside within, or whose principal place of business is
85 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 normally within, areas of intense devastation caused by the major disaster; (C) was adequately capitalized (as defined in section 38 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act) before the major disaster; and (D) has an acceptable plan for managing the increase in its total assets and total deposits; and (2) the subtraction is consistent with the purpose of section 38 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. (b) TIME LIMIT
13 made under this section shall expire not later than Feb14 ruary 28, 1999. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: (1) APPROPRIATE
CY.—The FEDERAL BANKING AGEN-
term ‘‘appropriate Federal banking agen-
cy’’ has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. (2) INSURED
term ‘‘insured depository institution’’ has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
86 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
LIMIT.—The
term ‘‘leverage
limit’’ has the same meaning as in section 38 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. (4) QUALIFYING
INSURANCE AMOUNT ATTRIBUTABLE TO
PROCEEDS.—The
‘‘qualifying
amount attributable to insurance proceeds’’ means the amount (if any) by which the institution’s total assets exceed the institution’s average total assets during the calendar quarter ending before the date of any determination referred to in subsection (a)(1)(A), because of the deposit of insurance payments or governmental assistance made with respect to damage caused by, or other costs resulting from, the major disaster.
6004. BANKING MENTS. AGENCY PUBLICATION REQUIRE-
(a) IN GENERAL.—A qualifying regulatory agency
18 may take any of the following actions with respect to de19 pository institutions or other regulated entities whose 20 principal place of business is within, or with respect to 21 transactions or activities within, an area in which the 22 President, pursuant to section 401 of the Robert T. Staf23 ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, has 24 determined, on or after February 28, 1997, that a major 25 disaster exists, or within an area determined to be eligible
87 1 for disaster relief under other Federal law by reason of 2 damage related to the 1997 flooding of the Red River of 3 the North, the Minnesota River, and the tributaries of 4 such rivers, if the agency determines that the action would 5 facilitate recovery from the major disaster: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 (1) PROCEDURE.—Exercising the agency’s authority under provisions of law other than this section without complying with— (A) any requirement of section 553 of title 5, United States Code; or (B) any provision of law that requires notice or opportunity for hearing or sets maximum or minimum time limits with respect to agency action. (2) PUBLICATION
REQUIREMENTS.—Making
ceptions, with respect to institutions or other entities for which the agency is the primary Federal regulator, to— (A) any publication requirement with respect to establishing branches or other deposittaking facilities; or (B) any similar publication requirement. (b) PUBLICATION REQUIRED.—A qualifying regu-
24 latory agency shall publish in the Federal Register a state25 ment that—
88 1 2 3 4 (1) describes any action taken under this section; and (2) explains the need for the action. (c) QUALIFYING REGULATORY AGENCY DEFINED.—
5 For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘qualifying regu6 latory agency’’ means— 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 and (7) with respect to chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of the Treasury. (d) EXPIRATION.—Any exception made under this (1) the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; (2) the Comptroller of the Currency; (3) the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision; (4) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (5) the Financial Institutions Examination Council; (6) the National Credit Union Administration;
20 section shall expire not later than February 28, 1998. 21 22
SEC. 6005. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.
It is the sense of the Congress that the Board of Gov-
23 ernors of the Federal Reserve System, the Comptroller of 24 the Currency, the Director of the Office of Thrift Super25 vision, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and
89 1 the National Credit Union Administration should encour2 age depository institutions to meet the financial services 3 needs of their communities and customers located in areas 4 affected by the 1997 flooding of the Red River of the 5 North, the Minnesota River, and the tributaries of such 6 rivers. 7 8
SEC. 6006. OTHER AUTHORITY NOT AFFECTED.
No provision of this Act shall be construed as limiting
9 the authority of any department or agency under any 10 other provision of law. 11 12 13 14
Subtitle B—HUD Disaster Waver Provision
SEC. 6011. DISASTER WAIVER AUTHORITY.
To address the damage resulting from the con-
15 sequences of the natural disasters occurring in the winter 16 of 1996 and 1997 and the spring of 1997 (including severe 17 weather in the Western United States, damaging torna18 does, and the March 1997 flooding in the Midwest), upon 19 the request of a recipient of assistance the Secretary of 20 Housing and Urban Development may, on a case-by-case 21 basis and upon such other terms as the Secretary may 22 specify— 23 24 (1) in applying section 122 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, waive (in
90 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 whole or in part) the requirements that activities benefit persons of low- and moderate-income; and (2) in applying section 290 of the HOME Investment Partnerships Act, waive (in whole or in part) the requirements that housing qualify as affordable housing. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘1997 Emergency Sup-
8 plemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from Natural 9 Disasters, and for Overseas Peacekeeping Efforts, Includ10 ing Those in Bosnia’’. Passed the House of Representatives May 15, 1997. Attest:
"H.R. 1469 (eh); Making emergency supplemental appropriations for recovery from natural disasters, and for overseas peace"
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H.Res. 451 (eh) - Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3908) making emergency supplemental appropriations for t
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