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MAKING OMNIBUS CONSOLIDATED AND EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001

67-191

2000
106TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Report

106-1033

MAKING OMNIBUS CONSOLIDATED AND EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001

CONFERENCE REPORT

To accompany

H.R. 4577

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DECEMBER 15, 2000- Ordered to be printed

MAKING OMNIBUS CONSOLIDATED AND EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL

APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001

67-191

2000
106TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Report

106-1033

MAKING OMNIBUS CONSOLIDATED AND EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001

CONFERENCE REPORT

To accompany

H.R. 4577

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DECEMBER 15, 2000- Ordered to be printed

106TH CONGRESS

Report

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

2d Session

106-1033
MAKING OMNIBUS CONSOLIDATED AND EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001

December 15, 2000- Ordered to be printed

Mr. YOUNG of Florida, from the committee of conference, submitted the following
CONFERENCE REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 4577]

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4577) `making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes', having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with amendments, as follows:

In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said amendment, insert:

SECTION 1. (a) The provisions of the following bills of the 106th Congress are hereby enacted into law:

(1) H.R. 5656, as introduced on December 14, 2000.

(2) H.R. 5657, as introduced on December 14, 2000.

(3) H.R. 5658, as introduced on December 14, 2000.

(4) H.R. 5666, as introduced on December 15, 2000.

(5) H.R. 5660, as introduced on December 14, 2000.

(6) H.R. 5661, as introduced on December 14, 2000.

(7) H.R. 5662, as introduced on December 14, 2000.

(8) H.R. 5663, as introduced on December 14, 2000.

(9) H.R. 5667, as introduced on December 15, 2000.

(b) In publishing this Act in slip form and in the United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall include after the date of approval at the end appendixes setting forth the texts of the bills referred to in subsection (a) of this section and the text of any other bill enacted into law by reference by reason of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. (a) Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 105-217, legislation enacted in section 505 of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, section 312 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001, titles X and XI of H.R. 5548 (106th Congress) as enacted by H.R. 4942 (106th Congress), Division B of H.R. 5666 (106th Congress) as enacted by this Act, and sections 1(a)(5) through 1(a)(9) of this Act that would have been estimated by the Office of Management and Budget as changing direct spending or receipts under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 were it included in an Act other than an appropriations Act shall be treated as direct spending or receipts legislation, as appropriate, under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

(b) In preparing the final sequestration report required by section 254(f)(3) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 for fiscal year 2001, in addition to the information required by that section, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall change any balance of direct spending and receipts legislation for fiscal year 2001 under section 252 of that Act to zero.

This Act may be cited as the `Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001'.

Amend the title of the bill so as to read:

`An Act making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.'.

And the Senate agree to the same.
JOHN EDWARD PORTER,
C.W. BILL YOUNG,
HENRY BONILLA,
ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr.,
DAN MILLER,
JAY DICKEY,
ROGER F. WICKER,
ANNE M. NORTHUP,
RANDY `DUKE' CUNNINGHAM,
DAVID R. OBEY,
STENY H. HOYER,
NANCY PELOSI,
NITA M. LOWEY,
ROSA L. DELAURO,
JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr.
(Except elimination of LIHEAP and CCDBG advanced funding; immigration and charitable choice provisions.)

Managers on the Part of the House.
ARLEN SPECTER,
THAD COCHRAN,
SLADE GORTON,
JUDD GREGG,
KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON,
TED STEVENS,
PETE V. DOMENICI,
TOM HARKIN,
ERNEST F. HOLLINGS,
DANIEL K. INOUYE,
HARRY REID,
HERB KOHL,
PATTY MURRAY,
DIANNE FEINSTEIN,
ROBERT C. BYRD,

Managers on the Part of the Senate.

JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

The managers on the part of the House and Senate at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4577) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, and for other purposes, submit the following joint statement of the House and Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the managers and recommended in the accompanying conference report.

This conference agreement includes more than the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001. The conference agreement has been expanded to including the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001; the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001; the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001; the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000; the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000; the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000; the New Markets Venture Capital Program Act of 2000; and the Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000; as well as the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001. The provisions of all of these Acts have been enacted into law by reference in this conference report; however, a copy of the referenced legislation has been included in this statement for convenience.

DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

The conference agreement would enact the provisions of H.R. 5656 as introduced on December 14, 2000. The text of that bill follows:

A BILL Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:

TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act, including the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of real property for training centers as authorized by the Workforce Investment Act; the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act; and the National Skill Standards Act of 1994; $3,207,805,000 plus reimbursements, of which $1,808,465,000 is available for obligation for the period July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002; of which $1,377,965,000 is available for obligation for the period April 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002, including $1,102,965,000 to carry out chapter 4 of the Workforce Investment Act and $275,000,000 to carry out section 169 of such Act; and of which $20,375,000 is available for the period July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2004 for necessary expenses of construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps centers: Provided, That $9,098,000 shall be for carrying out section 172 of the Workforce Investment Act, and $3,500,000 shall be for carrying out the National Skills Standards Act of 1994: Provided further, That no funds from any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps centers: Provided further, That funds provided to carry out section 171(d) of such Act may be used for demonstration projects that provide assistance to new entrants in the workforce and incumbent workers: Provided further, That funding provided to carry out projects under section 171 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 that are identified in the Conference Agreement, shall not be subject to the requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) of such Act, the requirements of section 171(c)(4)(D) of such Act, or the joint funding requirements of sections 171(b)(2)(A) and 171(c)(4)(A) of such Act: Provided further, That funding appropriated herein for Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Activities under section 132(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 may be distributed for Dislocated Worker Projects under section 171(d) of the Act without regard to the 10 percent limitation contained in section 171(d) of the Act: Provided further, That of the funds made available for Job Corps operating expenses in the Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2000, as enacted by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106-113, $586,487 shall be paid to the city of Vergennes, Vermont in settlement of the city's claim: Provided further, That $4,600,000 provided herein for dislocated worker employment and training activities shall be made available to the New Mexico Telecommunications Call Center Training Consortium for training in telecommunications-related occupations.

COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS

To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, $440,200,000.

FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES

For payments during the current fiscal year of trade adjustment benefit payments and allowances under part I; and for training, allowances for job search and relocation, and related State administrative expenses under part II, subchapters B and D, chapter 2, title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, $406,550,000, together with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for payments for any period subsequent to September 15 of the current year.

STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OPERATIONS

For authorized administrative expenses, $193,452,000, together with not to exceed $3,172,246,000 (including not to exceed $1,228,000 which may be used for amortization payments to States which had independent retirement plans in their State employment service agencies prior to 1980), which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund including the cost of administering section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, section 7(d) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, the Immigration Act of 1990, and the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, and of which the sums available in the allocation for activities authorized by title III of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 502-504), and the sums available in the allocation for necessary administrative expenses for carrying out 5 U.S.C. 8501-8523, shall be available for obligation by the States through December 31, 2001, except that funds used for automation acquisitions shall be available for obligation by the States through September 30, 2003; and of which $193,452,000, together with not to exceed $773,283,000 of the amount which may be expended from said trust fund, shall be available for obligation for the period July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002, to fund activities under the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended, including the cost of penalty mail authorized under 39 U.S.C. 3202(a)(1)(E) made available to States in lieu of allotments for such purpose: Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured Unemployment (AWIU) for fiscal year 2001 is projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 2,396,000, an additional $28,600,000 shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount for any increment less than 100,000) from the Employment Security Administration Account of the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act which are used to establish a national one-stop career center system, or which are used to support the national activities of the Federal-State unemployment insurance programs, may be obligated in contracts, grants or agreements with non-State entities: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this Act for activities authorized under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, and title III of the Social Security Act, may be used by the States to fund integrated Employment Service and Unemployment Insurance automation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-87.

ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND OTHER FUNDS

For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security Act, as amended, and to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended; and for nonrepayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by section 8509 of title 5, United States Code, and to the `Federal unemployment benefits and allowances' account, to remain available until September 30, 2002, $435,000,000.

In addition, for making repayable advances to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal year after September 15, 2001, for costs incurred by the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.

PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

For expenses of administering employment and training programs, $110,651,000, including $6,431,000 to support up to 75 full-time equivalent staff, the majority of which will be term Federal appointments lasting no more than 1 year, to administer welfare-to-work grants, together with not to exceed $48,507,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.

PENSION AND WELFARE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, $107,832,000.

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is authorized to make such expenditures, including financial assistance authorized by section 104 of Public Law 96-364, within limits of funds and borrowing authority available to such Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as may be necessary in carrying out the program through September 30, 2001, for such Corporation: Provided, That not to exceed $11,652,000 shall be available for administrative expenses of the Corporation: Provided further, That expenses of such Corporation in connection with the termination of pension plans, for the acquisition, protection or management, and investment of trust assets, and for benefits administration services shall be considered as non-administrative expenses for the purposes hereof, and excluded from the above limitation.

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Employment Standards Administration, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees for inspection services rendered, $361,491,000, together with $1,985,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d) and 44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act: Provided, That $2,000,000 shall be for the development of an alternative system for the electronic submission of reports required to be filed under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, as amended, and for a computer database of the information for each submission by whatever means, that is indexed and easily searchable by the public via the Internet: Provided further, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to accept, retain, and spend, until expended, in the name of the Department of Labor, all sums of money ordered to be paid to the Secretary of Labor, in accordance with the terms of the Consent Judgment in Civil Action No. 91-0027 of the United States District Court for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands (May 21, 1992): Provided further, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to establish and, in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3302, collect and deposit in the Treasury fees for processing applications and issuing certificates under sections 11(d) and 14 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (29 U.S.C. 211(d) and 214) and for processing applications and issuing registrations under title I of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).

SPECIAL BENEFITS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses (except administrative expenses) accruing during the current or any prior fiscal year authorized by title 5, chapter 81 of the United States Code; continuation of benefits as provided for under the heading `Civilian War Benefits' in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees' Compensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); and 50 percent of the additional compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as amended, $56,000,000 together with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent year appropriation for the payment of compensation and other benefits for any period subsequent to August 15 of the current year: Provided, That amounts appropriated may be used under section 8104 of title 5, United States Code, by the Secretary of Labor to reimburse an employer, who is not the employer at the time of injury, for portions of the salary of a reemployed, disabled beneficiary: Provided further, That balances of reimbursements unobligated on September 30, 2000, shall remain available until expended for the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: Provided further, That in addition there shall be transferred to this appropriation from the Postal Service and from any other corporation or instrumentality required under section 8147(c) of title 5, United States Code, to pay an amount for its fair share of the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary determines to be the cost of administration for employees of such fair share entities through September 30, 2001: Provided further, That of those funds transferred to this account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of administration, $34,910,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as follows: (1) for the operation of and enhancement to the automated data processing systems, including document imaging, medical bill review, and periodic roll management, in support of Federal Employees' Compensation Act administration, $23,371,000; (2) for conversion to a paperless office, $7,005,000; (3) for communications redesign, $1,750,000; (4) for information technology maintenance and support, $2,784,000; and (5) the remaining funds shall be paid into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits under chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, or 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq., provide as part of such notice and claim, such identifying information (including Social Security account number) as such regulations may prescribe.

BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For payments from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, $1,028,000,000, of which $975,343,000 shall be available until September 30, 2002, for payment of all benefits as authorized by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (4), and (7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, and interest on advances as authorized by section 9501(c)(2) of that Act, and of which $30,393,000 shall be available for transfer to Employment Standards Administration, Salaries and Expenses, $21,590,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, Salaries and Expenses, $318,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, Office of Inspector General, and $356,000 for payment into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the Department of Treasury, for expenses of operation and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program as authorized by section 9501(d)(5) of that Act: Provided, That, in addition, such amounts as may be necessary may be charged to the subsequent year appropriation for the payment of compensation, interest, or other benefits for any period subsequent to August 15 of the current year.

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, $425,983,000, including not to exceed $88,493,000 which shall be the maximum amount available for grants to States under section 23(g) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of State occupational safety and health programs required to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary under section 18 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; and, in addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration may retain up to $750,000 per fiscal year of training institute course tuition fees, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize such sums for occupational safety and health training and education grants: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary of Labor is authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, to collect and retain fees for services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and international laboratory recognition programs that ensure the safety of equipment and products used by workers in the workplace: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 which is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 with respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is included within a category having an occupational injury lost workday case rate, at the most precise Standard Industrial Classification Code for which such data are published, less than the national average rate as such rates are most recently published by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of that Act (29 U.S.C. 673), except--

(1) to provide, as authorized by such Act, consultation, technical assistance, educational and training services, and to conduct surveys and studies;

(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in response to an employee complaint, to issue a citation for violations found during such inspection, and to assess a penalty for violations which are not corrected within a reasonable abatement period and for any willful violations found;

(3) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect to imminent dangers;

(4) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect to health hazards;

(5) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect to a report of an employment accident which is fatal to one or more employees or which results in hospitalization of two or more employees, and to take any action pursuant to such investigation authorized by such Act; and

(6) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect to complaints of discrimination against employees for exercising rights under such Act:

Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees.

MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health Administration, $246,747,000, including purchase and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles; including up to $1,000,000 for mine rescue and recovery activities, which shall be available only to the extent that fiscal year 2001 obligations for these activities exceed $1,000,000; in addition, not to exceed $750,000 may be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to be available for mine safety and health education and training activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302; and, in addition, the Mine Safety and Health Administration may retain up to $1,000,000 from fees collected for the approval and certification of equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, and may utilize such sums for such activities; the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public and private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or private; the Mine Safety and Health Administration is authorized to promote health and safety education and training in the mining community through cooperative programs with States, industry, and safety associations; and any funds available to the department may be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the event of a major disaster.

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees for services rendered, $374,327,000, together with not to exceed $67,257,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund; and $10,000,000 which shall be available able for obligation for the period July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002, for Occupational Employment Statistics.

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, including the hire of three sedans, and including the management or operation, through contracts, grants or other arrangements of Departmental bilateral and multilateral foreign technical assistance, of which the funds designated to carry out bilateral assistance under the international child labor initiative shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2002, and $37,000,000 for the acquisition of Departmental information technology, architecture, infrastructure, equipment, software and related needs which will be allocated by the Department's Chief Information Officer in accordance with the Department's capital investment management process to assure a sound investment strategy; $380,529,000; together with not to exceed $310,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, That no funds made available by this Act may be used by the Solicitor of Labor to participate in a review in any United States court of appeals of any decision made by the Benefits Review Board under section 21 of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 921) where such participation is precluded by the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Newport News Shipbuilding, 115 S. Ct. 1278 (1995), notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in Rule 15 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure: Provided further, That no funds made available by this Act may be used by the Secretary of Labor to review a decision under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) that has been appealed and that has been pending before the Benefits Review Board for more than 12 months: Provided further, That any such decision pending a review by the Benefits Review Board for more than 1 year shall be considered affirmed by the Benefits Review Board on the 1-year anniversary of the filing of the appeal, and shall be considered the final order of the Board for purposes of obtaining a review in the United States courts of appeals: Provided further, That these provisions shall not be applicable to the review or appeal of any decision issued under the Black Lung Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 901 et seq.): Provided further, That beginning in fiscal year 2001, there is established in the Department of Labor an office of disability employment policy which shall, under the overall direction of the Secretary, provide leadership, develop policy and initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective of eliminating barriers to the training and employment of people with disabilities. Such office shall be headed by an assistant secretary: Provided further, That of amounts provided under this head, not more than $23,002,000 is for this purpose.

VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

Not to exceed $186,913,000 may be derived from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 4100-4110A, 4212, 4214, and 4321-4327, and Public Law 103-353, and which shall be available for obligation by the States through December 31, 2001. To carry out the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act and section 168 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, $24,800,000, of which $7,300,000 shall be available for obligation for the period July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2002.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $50,015,000, together with not to exceed $4,770,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated in this title for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the compensation of an individual, either as direct costs or any proration as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II.

(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for the Department of Labor in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.

SEC. 103. Section 403(a)(5)(C)(viii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(C)(viii)) (as amended by section 801(b)(1)(A) of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106-113)) is amended by striking `3 years' and inserting `5 years'.

SEC. 104. No funds appropriated in this Act or any other Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2001 may be used to implement or enforce the proposed and final regulations appearing in 65 Fed. Reg. 43528-43583, regarding temporary alien labor certification applications and petitions for admission of nonimmigrant workers, or any similar or successor rule with an effective date prior to October 1, 2001: Provided, That nothing in this section shall prohibit the development or revision of such a rule, or the publication of any similar or successor proposed or final rule, or the provision of training or technical assistance, or other activities necessary and appropriate in preparing to implement such a rule with an effective date after September 30, 2001.

SEC. 105. Section 218(c)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1188(c)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: `The determination as to whether the housing furnished by an employer for an H-2A worker meets the requirements imposed by this paragraph must be made prior to the date specified in paragraph (3)(A) by which the Secretary of Labor is required to make a certification described in subsection (a)(1) with respect to a petition for the importation of such worker.'.

SEC. 106. Section 286(s)(6) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(6)) is amended by inserting, `and section 212(a)(5)(A)' after the second reference to `section 212(n)(1)'.

SEC. 107. (a) Section 403(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (as amended by section 806(b) of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106-113)) is amended by striking subparagraph (E) and redesignating subparagraphs (F) through (K) as subparagraphs (E) through (J), respectively.

(b) The Social Security Act (as amended by section 806(b) of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106-113)) is further amended as follows:

(1) Section 403(a)(5)(A)(i) (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(A)(i)) is amended by striking `subparagraph (I)' and inserting `subparagraph (H)'.

(2) Subclause (I) of each of subparagraphs (A)(iv) and (B)(v) of section 403(a)(5) (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(A)(iv)(I) and (B)(v)(I)) is amended--

(A) in item (aa)--

(i) by striking `(I)' and inserting `(H)'; and

(ii) by striking `(G), and (H)' and inserting `and (G)'; and

(B) in item (bb), by striking `(F)' and inserting `(E)'.

(3) Section 403(a)(5)(B)(v) (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(B)(v)) is amended in the matter preceding subclause (I) by striking `(I)' and inserting `(H)'.

(4) Subparagraphs (E), (F), and (G)(i) of section 403(a)(5) (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)), as so redesignated by subsection (a) of this section, are each amended by striking `(I)' and inserting `(H)'.

(5) Section 412(a)(3)(A) (42 U.S.C. 612(a)(3)(A)) is amended by striking `403(a)(5)(I)' and inserting `403(a)(5)(H)'.

(c) Section 403(a)(5)(H)(i)(II) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(H)(i))(II) (as redesignated by subsection (a) of this section and as amended by section 806(b) of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106-113)) is further amended by striking `$1,450,000,000' and inserting `$1,400,000,000'.

(d) The amendments made by subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section shall take effect on October 1, 2000.

This title may be cited as the `Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2001'.

TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES

For carrying out titles II, III, VII, VIII, X, XII, XIX, and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, section 427(a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, title V and section 1820 of the Social Security Act, the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, as amended, the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988, as amended, and the Poison Control Center Enhancement and Awareness Act, $5,525,476,000, of which $226,224,000 shall be available for the construction and renovation of health care and other facilities, and of which $25,000,000 from general revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall be available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants program under section 1820 of such Act: Provided, That the Division of Federal Occupational Health may utilize personal services contracting to employ professional management/administrative and occupational health professionals: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, $250,000 shall be available until expended for facilities renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center: Provided further, That in addition to fees authorized by section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, fees shall be collected for the full disclosure of information under the Act sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the National Practitioner Data Bank, and shall remain available until expended to carry out that Act: Provided further, That fees collected for the full disclosure of information under the `Health Care Fraud and Abuse Data Collection Program,' authorized by section 1128E(d)(2) of the Social Security Act, shall be sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the program, and shall remain available until expended to carry out that Act: Provided further, That no more than $5,000,000 is available for carrying out the provisions of Public Law 104-73: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, $253,932,000 shall be for the program under title X of the Public Health Service Act to provide for voluntary family planning projects: Provided further, That amounts provided to said projects under such title shall not be expended for abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirective, and that such amounts shall not be expended for any activity (including the publication or distribution of literature) that in any way tends to promote public support or opposition to any legislative proposal or candidate for public office: Provided further, That $589,000,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs authorized by section 2616 of the Public Health Service Act: Provided further, That of the amount provided under this heading, $700,000 shall be for the American Federation of Negro Affairs Education and Research Fund of Philadelphia, $900,000 shall be for the Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center, $250,000 shall be for the University of Alaska, Anchorage, to train Alaska Natives as psychologists, $900,000 shall be for Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts to train doctors to serve in low-income communities, $500,000 shall be for the University of Alaska, Anchorage, to recruit and train nurses in rural areas, and $230,000 shall be for the Illinois Poison Center: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 502(a)(1) of the Social Security Act, not to exceed $113,728,000 is available for carrying out special projects of regional and national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such Act, of which $5,000,000 is for Columbia Hospital for Women Medical Center in Washington, D.C., to support community outreach programs for women, $5,000,000 is for continuation of the traumatic brain injury State demonstration projects, and $100,000 is for St. Joseph's Health Services of Rhode Island for the Providence Smiles dental program for low-income children.

For special projects of regional and national significance under section 501(a)(2) of the Social Security Act, $30,000,000, which shall become available on October 1, 2001, and shall remain available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That such amount shall not be counted toward compliance with the allocation required in section 502(a)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That such amount shall be used only for making competitive grants to provide abstinence education (as defined in section 510(b)(2) of such Act) to adolescents and for evaluations (including longitudinal evaluations) of activities under the grants and for Federal costs of administering the grants: Provided further, That grants shall be made only to public and private entities which agree that, with respect to an adolescent to whom the entities provide abstinence education under such grant, the entities will not provide to that adolescent any other education regarding sexual conduct, except that, in the case of an entity expressly required by law to provide health information or services the adolescent shall not be precluded from seeking health information or services from the entity in a different setting than the setting in which the abstinence education was provided: Provided further, That the funds expended for such evaluations may not exceed 3.5 percent of such amount.

HEALTH EDUCATION ASSISTANCE LOANS PROGRAM

Such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the program, as authorized by title VII of the Public Health Service Act, as amended. For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, including section 709 of the Public Health Service Act, $3,679,000.

VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND

For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund, such sums as may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-related injury or death with respect to vaccines administered after September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the Public Health Service Act, to remain available until expended: Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed $2,992,000 shall be available from the Trust Fund to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING

To carry out titles II, III, VII, XI, XV, XVII, XIX and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, of 1970, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980; including insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries; and hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $3,868,027,000, of which $175,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the facilities master plan for equipment and construction and renovation of facilities, and in addition, such sums as may be derived from authorized user fees, which shall be credited to this account, and of which $104,527,000 for international HIV/AIDS programs shall remain available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That in addition to amounts provided herein, up to $71,690,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry out the National Center for Health Statistics Surveys: Provided further, That none of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun control: Provided further, That the Director may redirect the total amount made available under authority of Public Law 101-502, section 3, dated November 3, 1990, to activities the Director may so designate: Provided further, That the Congress is to be notified promptly of any such transfer: Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 may be available for making grants under section 1509 of the Public Health Service Act to not more than 15 States: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, a single contract or related contracts for development and construction of facilities may be employed which collectively include the full scope of the project: Provided further, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause `availability of funds' found at 48 CFR 52.232-18: Provided further, That funds obligated for influenza vaccine stockpile in fiscal year 2000 and fiscal year 2001 shall be considered as appropriated under Section 3 of Public Law 101-502.

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to cancer, $3,757,242,000.

NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, and blood and blood products, $2,299,866,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to dental disease, $306,448,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney disease, $1,303,385,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, $1,176,482,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, $2,043,208,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to general medical sciences, $1,535,823,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to child health and human development, $976,455,000.

NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, $510,611,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

For carrying out sections 301 and 311 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to environmental health sciences, $502,549,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to aging, $786,039,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, $396,687,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to deafness and other communication disorders, $300,581,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to nursing research, $104,370,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, $340,678,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to drug abuse, $781,327,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to mental health, $1,107,028,000.

NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to human genome research, $382,384,000.

NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to research resources and general research support grants, $817,475,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be used to pay recipients of the general research support grants program any amount for indirect expenses in connection with such grants: Provided further, That $75,000,000 shall be for extramural facilities construction grants.

JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER

For carrying out the activities at the John E. Fogarty International Center, $50,514,000.

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to health information communications, $246,801,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be available until expended for improvement of information systems: Provided, That in fiscal year 2001, the Library may enter into personal services contracts for the provision of services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health.

NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to complementary and alternative medicine, $89,211,000.

NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to minority health and health disparities research, $130,200,000.

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, $213,581,000, of which $48,271,000 shall be for the Office of AIDS Research: Provided, That funding shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 20 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only: Provided further, That the Director may direct up to 1 percent of the total amount made available in this or any other Act to all National Institutes of Health appropriations to activities the Director may so designate: Provided further, That no such appropriation shall be decreased by more than 1 percent by any such transfers and that the Congress is promptly notified of the transfer: Provided further, That the National Institutes of Health is authorized to collect third party payments for the cost of clinical services that are incurred in National Institutes of Health research facilities and that such payments shall be credited to the National Institutes of Health Management Fund: Provided further, That all funds credited to the National Institutes of Health Management Fund shall remain available for one fiscal year after the fiscal year in which they are deposited: Provided further, That up to $500,000 shall be available to carry out section 499 of the Public Health Service Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 499(k)(10) of the Public Health Service Act, funds from the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health may be transferred to the National Institutes of Health.

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For the study of, construction of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or used by the National Institutes of Health, including the acquisition of real property, $153,790,000, to remain available until expended, of which $47,300,000 shall be for the National Neuroscience Research Center: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, a single contract or related contracts for the development and construction of the first phase of the National Neuroscience Research Center may be employed which collectively include the full scope of the project: Provided further, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause `availability of funds' found at 48 CFR 52.232-18.

SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

For carrying out titles V and XIX of the Public Health Service Act with respect to substance abuse and mental health services, the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986, and section 301 of the Public Health Service Act with respect to program management, $2,958,001,000, of which $24,605,000 shall be available for the projects and in the amounts specified in the statement of the managers on the conference report accompanying this Act.

AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

For carrying out titles III and IX of the Public Health Service Act, and part A of title XI of the Social Security Act, $104,963,000; in addition, amounts received from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and interagency agreements, and the sale of data shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That the amount made available pursuant to section 926(b) of the Public Health Service Act shall not exceed $164,980,000.

HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION

GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $93,586,251,000, to remain available until expended.

For making, after May 31, 2001, payments to States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the last quarter of fiscal year 2001 for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.

For making payments to States or in the case of section 1928 on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2002, $36,207,551,000, to remain available until expended.

Payment under title XIX may be made for any quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment in effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to such quarter and approved in that or any subsequent quarter.

PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS

For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as provided under sections 217(g) and 1844 of the Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, section 278(d) of Public Law 97-248, and for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, $70,381,600,000.

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles XIII and XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, not to exceed $2,246,326,000, to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the Public Health Service Act and such sums as may be collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data, which shall remain available until expended, and together with administrative fees collected relative to Medicare overpayment recovery activities, which shall remain available until expended: Provided, That all funds derived in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations established under title XIII of the Public Health Service Act shall be credited to and available for carrying out the purposes of this appropriation: Provided further, That $18,000,000 appropriated under this heading for the managed care system redesign shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That $20,000,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be available to continue carrying out demonstration projects on Medicaid coverage of community-based attendant care services for people with disabilities which ensures maximum control by the consumer to select and manage their attendant care services: Provided further, That the Secretary of Health and Human Services is directed to enter into an agreement with the Mind-Body Institute of Boston, Massachusetts to conduct a demonstration of a lifestyle modification program: Provided further, That $2,800,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded for administration, evaluation, quality monitoring and peer review of this lifestyle modification demonstration: Provided further, That $2,800,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to a joint application from the University of Pittsburgh, Case Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio, and Mt. Sinai Hospital in Miami, Florida, to use integrated nursing services and technology to implement daily monitoring of congestive heart failure patients in underserved populations in accordance with established clinical guidelines: Provided further, That $500,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and University of Pennsylvania for a study of the efficacy of surgical versus non-surgical management of abdominal aneurysms: Provided further, That $650,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to the Vascular Surgery Outcomes Initiative at Dartmouth College: Provided further, That up to $300,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to the United States-Mexico Border Counties Coalition for a study to determine the unreimbursed costs incurred to treat undocumented aliens for medical emergencies in southwest border States, their border counties, and hospitals within the jurisdiction of these States and counties: Provided further, That $1,700,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in Los Angeles for a demonstration of residential and outpatient treatment facilities: Provided further, That $350,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to the Cook County, Illinois Bureau of Health for the Asthma Champion Initiative demonstration to reduce morbidity and mortality from asthma in high prevalence areas: Provided further, That $1,000,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to the West Virginia University School of Medicine's Eye Center to test interventions and improve the quality of life for individuals with low vision, with a particular focus on the elderly: Provided further, That $1,000,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to the Iowa Department of Public Health for the establishment and operation of a mercantile prescription drug purchasing cooperative or non-profit corporation demonstration: Provided further, That $691,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to Ohio State University to determine the benefits of compliance packaging: Provided further, That $855,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration and evaluation activities shall be awarded to Children's Hospice International for a demonstration project to provide a continuum of care for children with life-threatening conditions and their families: Provided further, That $921,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to Equip for Equality for a demonstration project to document the impact of an independent investigative unit that will examine deaths or other serious allegations of abuse and neglect of people with disabilities at facilities in Illinois: Provided further, That $1,000,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to Duke University Medical Center to demonstrate the potential savings in the Medicare program of a reimbursement system based on preventative care: Provided further, That $1,843,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, for a health improvement project: Provided further, That $255,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to the LA Care Health Plan in Los Angeles, California for a demonstration program to improve clinical data coordination among Medicaid providers: Provided further, That $646,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be for the Shelby County Regional Medical Center to establish a Master Patient Index to determine patient Medicaid/TennCare eligibility: Provided further, That the Secretary of Health and Human Services is directed to collect fees in fiscal year 2001 from Medicare+Choice organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act and from eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts under section 1876 of that Act pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act.

HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION LOAN AND LOAN GUARANTEE FUND

For carrying out subsections (d) and (e) of section 1308 of the Public Health Service Act, any amounts received by the Secretary in connection with loans and loan guarantees under title XIII of the Public Health Service Act, to be available without fiscal year limitation for the payment of outstanding obligations. During fiscal year 2001, no commitments for direct loans or loan guarantees shall be made.

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS

For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities under titles I, IV-D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), $2,441,800,000, to remain available until expended; and for such purposes for the first quarter of fiscal year 2002, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended.

For making payments to each State for carrying out the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children under title IV-A of the Social Security Act before the effective date of the program of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) with respect to such State, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That the sum of the amounts available to a State with respect to expenditures under such title IV-A in fiscal year 1997 under this appropriation and under such title IV-A as amended by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 shall not exceed the limitations under section 116(b) of such Act.

For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States or other non-Federal entities under titles I, IV-D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), for the last 3 months of the current year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.

LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE

For making payments under title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, in addition to amounts already appropriated for fiscal year 2001, $300,000,000.

For making payments under title XXVI of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981, $300,000,000: Provided, That these funds are hereby designated by the Congress to be emergency requirements pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That these funds shall be made available only after submission to the Congress of a formal budget request by the President that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in such Act.

REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE

For making payments for refugee and entrant assistance activities authorized by title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-422), $423,109,000: Provided, That funds appropriated pursuant to section 414(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act for fiscal year 2001 shall be available for the costs of assistance provided and other activities through September 30, 2003: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 is available to carry out the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.

For carrying out section 5 of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-320), $10,000,000.

PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT

For carrying out sections 658A through 658R of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990), in addition to amounts already appropriated for fiscal year 2001, $817,328,000, such funds shall be used to supplement, not supplant state general revenue funds for child care assistance for low-income families: Provided, That of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2001, $19,120,000 shall be available for child care resource and referral and school-aged child care activities, of which $1,000,000 shall be for the Child Care Aware toll free hotline: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2001, in addition to the amounts required to be reserved by the States under section 658G, $272,672,000 shall be reserved by the States for activities authorized under section 658G, of which $100,000,000 shall be for activities that improve the quality of infant and toddler child care: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2001, $10,000,000 shall be for use by the Secretary for child care research, demonstration, and evaluation activities.

SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,725,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 2003(c) of such Act, as amended, the amount specified for allocation under such section for fiscal year 2001 shall be $1,725,000,000: Provided further, That, notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable percent specified under such subparagraph for a State to carry out State programs pursuant to title XX of such Act shall be 10 percent.

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, the Head Start Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, the Native American Programs Act of 1974, title II of Public Law 95-266 (adoption opportunities), the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-89), the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, the Early Learning Opportunities Act, part B(1) of title IV and sections 413, 429A, 1110, and 1115 of the Social Security Act, and sections 40155, 40211, and 40241 of Public Law 103-322; for making payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act, section 473A of the Social Security Act, and title IV of Public Law 105-285, and for necessary administrative expenses to carry out said Acts and titles I, IV, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX of the Social Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, section 5 of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-320), sections 40155, 40211, and 40241 of Public Law 103-322 and section 126 and titles IV and V of Public Law 100-485, $7,956,345,000, of which $43,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2002, shall be for grants to States for adoption incentive payments, as authorized by section 473A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 670-679) and may be made for adoptions completed in fiscal years 1999 and 2000; of which $682,876,000 shall be for making payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act; and of which $6,200,000,000 shall be for making payments under the Head Start Act, of which $1,400,000,000 shall become available October 1, 2001 and remain available through September 30, 2002: Provided, That to the extent Community Services Block Grant funds are distributed as grant funds by a State to an eligible entity as provided under the Act, and have not been expended by such entity, they shall remain with such entity for carryover into the next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity consistent with program purposes: Provided further, That the Secretary shall establish procedures regarding the disposition of intangible property which permits grant funds, or intangible assets acquired with funds authorized under section 680 of the Community Services Block Grant Act, as amended, to become the sole property of such grantees after a period of not more than 12 years after the end of the grant for purposes and uses consistent with the original grant.

Funds appropriated for fiscal year 2001 under section 429A(e), part B of title IV of the Social Security Act shall be reduced by $6,000,000.

Funds appropriated for fiscal year 2001 under section 413(h)(1) of the Social Security Act shall be reduced by $15,000,000.

PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES

For carrying out section 430 of the Social Security Act, $305,000,000.

PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION ASSISTANCE

For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities under title IV-E of the Social Security Act, $4,863,100,000.

For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities under title IV-E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of fiscal year 2002, $1,735,900,000.

ADMINISTRATION ON AGING

AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and section 398 of the Public Health Service Act, $1,103,135,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be available for activities regarding medication management, screening, and education to prevent incorrect medication and adverse drug reactions: Provided, That notwithstanding section 308(b)(1) of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, the amounts available to each State for administration of the State plan under title III of such Act shall be reduced not more than 5 percent below the amount that was available to such State for such purpose for fiscal year 1995.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for general departmental management, including hire of six sedans, and for carrying out titles III, XVII, and XX of the Public Health Service Act, and the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, $285,224,000, together with $5,851,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading for carrying out title XX of the Public Health Service Act, $10,377,000 shall be for activities specified under section 2003(b)(2), of which $10,157,000 shall be for prevention service demonstration grants under section 510(b)(2) of title V of the Social Security Act, as amended, without application of the limitation of section 2010(c) of said title XX: Provided further, That no funds shall be obligated for minority AIDS prevention and treatment activities until the Department of Health and Human Services submits an operating plan to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $33,849,000: Provided, That of such amount, necessary sums are available for providing protective services to the Secretary and investigating non-payment of child support cases for which non-payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228, each of which activities is hereby authorized in this and subsequent fiscal years.

OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, $24,742,000, together with not to exceed $3,314,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund.

POLICY RESEARCH

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, research studies under section 1110 of the Social Security Act, $16,738,000.

RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS

For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, for medical care of dependents and retired personnel under the Dependents' Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), and for payments pursuant to section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)), such amounts as may be required during the current fiscal year.

PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND

For expenses necessary to support activities related to countering potential biological, disease and chemical threats to civilian populations, $241,231,000: Provided, That this amount is distributed as follows: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $181,131,000, of which $32,000,000 shall be for the Health Alert Network and $18,040,000 shall be for the continued study of the anthrax vaccine; and Office of Emergency Preparedness, $60,100,000.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be available for not to exceed $37,000 for official reception and representation expenses when specifically approved by the Secretary.

SEC. 202. The Secretary shall make available through assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided by the Agency for International Development, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund or the World Health Organization.

SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this Act may be used to implement section 399L(b) of the Public Health Service Act or section 1503 of the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993, Public Law 103-43.

SEC. 204. None of the funds appropriated in this Act for the National Institutes of Health and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Executive Level I.

SEC. 205. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the Public Health Service Act, except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for other taps and assessments made by any office located in the Department of Health and Human Services, prior to the Secretary's preparation and submission of a report to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and of the House detailing the planned uses of such funds.

(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 206. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for the Department of Health and Human Services in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.

SEC. 207. The Director of the National Institutes of Health, jointly with the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up to 3 percent among institutes, centers, and divisions from the total amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: Provided, That the Congress is promptly notified of the transfer.

SEC. 208. Of the amounts made available in this Act for the National Institutes of Health, the amount for research related to the human immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Director of the National Institutes of Health and the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, shall be made available to the `Office of AIDS Research' account. The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall transfer from such account amounts necessary to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the Public Health Service Act.

SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be made available to any entity under title X of the Public Health Service Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to the Secretary that it encourages family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services and that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities.

SEC. 210. None of the funds appropriated by this Act (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used to carry out the Medicare+Choice program if the Secretary denies participation in such program to an otherwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Organization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capitation payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially sound estimate of the expected costs of providing the service to such entity's enrollees): Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be construed to change the Medicare program's coverage for such services and a Medicare+Choice organization described in this section shall be responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain information about all Medicare covered services.

SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no provider of services under title X of the Public Health Service Act shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.

SEC. 212. The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101-167) is amended--

(1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)--

(A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking `1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000' and inserting `1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001'; and

(B) in subsection (e), by striking `October 1, 2000' each place it appears and inserting `October 1, 2001'; and

(2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in subsection (b)(2), by striking `September 30, 2000' and inserting `September 30, 2001'.

SEC. 213. None of the funds provided in this Act or in any other Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2001 may be used to administer or implement in Arizona or in the Kansas City, Missouri or in the Kansas City, Kansas area the Medicare Competitive Pricing Demonstration Project (operated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services).

SEC. 214. (a) Except as provided by subsection (e) none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to withhold substance abuse funding from a State pursuant to section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-26) if such State certifies to the Secretary of Health and Human Services by March 1, 2001 that the State will commit additional State funds, in accordance with subsection (b), to ensure compliance with State laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to individuals under 18 years of age.

(b) The amount of funds to be committed by a State under subsection (a) shall be equal to 1 percent of such State's substance abuse block grant allocation for each percentage point by which the State misses the retailer compliance rate goal established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 1926 of such Act.

(c) The State is to maintain State expenditures in fiscal year 2001 for tobacco prevention programs and for compliance activities at a level that is not less than the level of such expenditures maintained by the State for fiscal year 2000, and adding to that level the additional funds for tobacco compliance activities required under subsection (a). The State is to submit a report to the Secretary on all fiscal year 2000 State expenditures and all fiscal year 2001 obligations for tobacco prevention and compliance activities by program activity by July 31, 2001.

(d) The Secretary shall exercise discretion in enforcing the timing of the State obligation of the additional funds required by the certification described in subsection (a) as late as July 31, 2001.

(e) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to withhold substance abuse funding pursuant to section 1926 from a territory that receives less than $1,000,000.

SEC. 215. Section 448 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285g) is amended by inserting `gynecologic health,' after `with respect to'.

Sec. 216. None of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be expended by the National Institutes of Health on a contract for the care of the 288 chimpanzees acquired by the National Institutes of Health from the Coulston Foundation, unless the contractor is accredited by the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International or has a Public Health Services assurance, and has not been charged multiple times with egregious violations of the Animal Welfare Act: Provided, That the requirements of section 481(A)(e)(1) shall not apply to funds awarded to nonhuman primate research facilities of special interest to NIH.

SEC. 217. No grants may be awarded under the first paragraph under the heading `Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Health Resources and Services' in chapter 4 of title II of the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-246, division B) until March 1, 2001.

SEC. 218. (a) The second sentence of section 5948(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: `No agreement shall be entered into under this section later than September 30, 2005, nor shall any agreement cover a period of service extending beyond September 30, 2007.'.

(b) Section 3 of the Federal Physicians Comparability Allowance Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 5948 note) is amended by striking `September 30, 2002' and inserting `September 30, 2007'.

SEC. 219. (a) Congress makes the following findings:

(1) Organ procurement organizations play an important role in the effort to increase organ donation in the United States.

(2) The current process for the certification and recertification of organ procurement organizations conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services has created a level of uncertainty that is interfering with the effectiveness of organ procurement organizations in raising the level of organ donation.

(3) The General Accounting Office, the Institute of Medicine, and the Harvard School of Public Health have identified substantial limitations in the organ procurement organization certification and recertification process and have recommended changes in that process.

(4) The limitations in the recertification process include:

(A) An exclusive reliance on population-based measures of performance that do not account for the potential in the population for organ donation and do not permit consideration of other outcome and process standards that would more accurately reflect the relative capability and performance of each organ procurement organization.

(B) A lack of due process to appeal to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for recertification on either substantive or procedural grounds.

(5) The Secretary of Health and Human Services has the authority under section 1138(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-8(b)(1)(A)(i)) to extend the period for recertification of an organ procurement organization from 2 to 4 years on the basis of its past practices in order to avoid the inappropriate disruption of the nation's organ system.

(6) The Secretary of Health and Human Services can use the extended period described in paragraph (5) for recertification of all organ procurement organizations to--

(A) develop improved performance measures that would reflect organ donor potential and interim outcomes, and to test these measures to ensure that they accurately measure performance differences among the organ procurement organizations; and

(B) improve the overall certification process by incorporating process as well as outcome performance measures, and developing equitable processes for appeals.

(b) Section 371(b)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 273(b)(1)) is amended--

(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (G) as subparagraphs (E) through (H), respectively;

(2) by realigning the margin of subparagraph (F) (as so redesignated) so as to align with subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated); and

(3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:

`(D) notwithstanding any other provision of law, has met the other requirements of this section and has been certified or recertified by the Secretary within the previous 4-year period as meeting the performance standards to be a qualified organ procurement organization through a process that either--

`(i) granted certification or recertification within such 4-year period with such certification or recertification in effect as of January 1, 2000, and remaining in effect through the earlier of--

`(I) January 1, 2002; or

`(II) the completion of recertification under the requirements of clause (ii); or

`(ii) is defined through regulations that are promulgated by the Secretary by not later than January 1, 2002, that--

`(I) require recertifications of qualified organ procurement organizations not more frequently than once every 4 years;

`(II) rely on outcome and process performance measures that are based on empirical evidence, obtained through reasonable efforts, of organ donor potential and other related factors in each service area of qualified organ procurement organizations;

`(III) use multiple outcome measures as part of the certification process; and

`(IV) provide for a qualified organ procurement organization to appeal a decertification to the Secretary on substantive and procedural grounds;'.

SEC. 220. (a) In order for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to carry out international HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, and other health activities abroad during fiscal year 2001, the Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized to--

(1) utilize the authorities contained in subsection 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as amended, subject to the limitations set forth in subsection (b), and

(2) enter into reimbursable agreements with the Department of State using any funds appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services, for the purposes for which the funds were appropriated in accordance with authority granted to the Secretary of Health and Human Services or under authority governing the activities of the Department of State.

(b) In exercising the authority set forth in subsection (a)(1), the Secretary of Health and Human Services--

(1) shall not award contracts for performance of an inherently governmental function; and

(2) shall follow otherwise applicable Federal procurement laws and regulations to the maximum extent practicable.

SEC. 221. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director, National Institutes of Health, may enter into and administer a long-term lease for facilities for the purpose of providing laboratory, office and other space for biomedical and behavioral research at the Bayview Campus in Baltimore, Maryland: Provided, That the House and Senate Appropriations Committees will be notified of the terms and conditions of the lease upon its execution.

SEC. 222. Of the funds appropriated in this Act for the National Institutes of Health, $5,800,000 shall be transferred to the Office of the Secretary, General Departmental Management to support the newly established Office for Human Research Protections.

SEC. 223. Section 487E(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act is amended by striking `as employees of the National Institutes of Health'.

SEC. 224. Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to vacancies in offices for which appointments must be made by the President, including any time limitation on serving in an acting capacity, the Acting Director of the National Institutes of Health as of January 12, 2000, may serve in that position until a new Director of the National Institutes of Health is confirmed by the Senate.

SEC. 225. The National Neuroscience Research Center to be constructed on the National Institutes of Health Bethesda campus is hereby named the John Edward Porter Neuroscience Research Center.

This title may be cited as the `Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2001'.

TITLE III--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

EDUCATION REFORM

For carrying out activities authorized by title IV of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act as in effect prior to September 30, 2000, and sections 3122, 3132, 3136, and 3141, parts B, C, and D of title III, and section 10105 and part I of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $1,880,710,000, of which $38,000,000 shall be for the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, and of which $191,950,000 shall be for section 3122: Provided, That up to one-half of 1 percent of the amount available under section 3132 shall be set aside for the outlying areas, to be distributed on the basis of their relative need as determined by the Secretary in accordance with the purposes of the program: Provided further, That if any State educational agency does not apply for a grant under section 3132, that State's allotment under section 3131 shall be reserved by the Secretary for grants to local educational agencies in that State that apply directly to the Secretary according to the terms and conditions published by the Secretary in the Federal Register: Provided further, That with respect to all funds appropriated to carry out section 10901 et seq. in this Act, the Secretary shall strongly encourage applications for grants that are to be submitted jointly by a local educational agency (or a consortium of local educational agencies) and a community-based organization that has experience in providing before- and after-school services and all applications submitted to the Secretary shall contain evidence that the project contains elements that are designed to assist students in meeting or exceeding state and local standards in core academic subjects, as appropriate to the needs of participating children: Provided further, That $125,000,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2001, and remain available through September 30, 2002, shall be available to support activities under section 10105 of part A of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, of which up to 6 percent shall become available October 1, 2000, and be available for evaluation, technical assistance, school networking, peer review of applications, and program outreach activities: Provided further, That funds made available to local educational agencies under this section shall be used only for activities related to establishing smaller learning communities in high schools: Provided further, That $46,328,000 of the funds available to carry out section 3136 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $8,768,000 of the funds available to carry out part B of title III of that Act and $20,614,000 of the funds available to carry out part I of title X of that Act shall be available for the projects and in the amounts specified in the statement of the managers on the conference report accompanying this Act.

EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED

For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and section 418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $9,532,621,000, of which $2,731,921,000 shall become available on July 1, 2001, and shall remain available through September 30, 2002, and of which $6,758,300,000 shall become available on October 1, 2001 and shall remain available through September 30, 2002, for academic year 2001-2002: Provided, That $7,332,721,000 shall be available for basic grants under section 1124: Provided further, That $225,000,000 of these funds shall be allocated among the States in the same proportion as funds are allocated among the States under section 1122, to carry out section 1116(c): Provided further, That 100 percent of these funds shall be allocated by states to local educational agencies for the purposes of carrying out section 1116(c): Provided further, That all local educational agencies receiving an allocation under the preceding proviso, and all other local educational agencies that are within a State that receives funds under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (other than a local educational agency within a State receiving a minimum grant under section 1124(d) or 1124A(a)(1)(B) of such Act), shall provide all students enrolled in a school identified under section 1116(c) with the option to transfer to another public school within the local educational agency, including a public charter school, that has not been identified for school improvement under section 1116(c), unless such option to transfer is prohibited by State law, or local law, which includes school board-approved local educational agency policy: Provided further, That if the local educational agency demonstrates to the satisfaction of the State educational agency that the local educational agency lacks the capacity to provide all students with the option to transfer to another public school, and after giving notice to the parents of children affected that it is not possible, consistent with State and local law, to accommodate the transfer request of every student, the local educational agency shall permit as many students as possible (who shall be selected by the local educational agency on an equitable basis) to transfer to a public school that has not been identified for school improvement under section 1116(c): Provided further, That up to $3,500,000 of these funds shall be available to the Secretary on October 1, 2000, to obtain updated local educational agency level census poverty data from the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That $1,364,000,000 shall be available for concentration grants under section 1124A: Provided further, That grant awards under sections 1124 and 1124A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall be not less than the greater of 100 percent of the amount each State and local educational agency received under this authority for fiscal year 2000 or the amount such State and local educational agency would receive if $6,883,503,000 for Basic Grants and $1,222,397,000 for Concentration Grants were allocated in accordance with section 1122(c)(3) of title I: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, grant awards under section 1124A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall be made to those local educational agencies that received a Concentration Grant under the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2000, but are not eligible to receive such a grant for fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not take into account the hold harmless provisions in this section in determining State allocations under any other program administered by the Secretary in any fiscal year: Provided further, That $8,900,000 shall be available for evaluations under section 1501 and not more than $8,500,000 shall be reserved for section 1308, of which not more than $3,000,000 shall be reserved for section 1308(d): Provided further, That $210,000,000 shall be available under section 1002(g)(2) to demonstrate effective approaches to comprehensive school reform to be allocated and expended in accordance with the instructions relating to this activity in the statement of the managers on the conference report accompanying Public Law 105-78 and in the statement of the managers on the conference report accompanying Public Law 105-277: Provided further, That in carrying out this initiative, the Secretary and the States shall support only approaches that show the most promise of enabling children served by title I to meet challenging State content standards and challenging State student performance standards based on reliable research and effective practices, and include an emphasis on basic academics and parental involvement.

IMPACT AID

For carrying out programs of financial assistance to federally affected schools authorized by title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $993,302,000, of which $882,000,000 shall be for basic support payments under section 8003(b), $50,000,000 shall be for payments for children with disabilities under section 8003(d), $12,802,000 shall be for construction under section 8007, $40,500,000 shall be for Federal property payments under section 8002, and $8,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for facilities maintenance under section 8008: Provided, That $6,802,000 of the funds for section 8007 shall be available for the local educational agencies and in the amounts specified in the statement of the managers on the conference report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That from the amount appropriated for section 8002, the Secretary shall treat as timely filed, and shall process for payment, an application for a fiscal year 1999 payment from Academy School District 20, Colorado, under that section if the Secretary has received that application not later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of Education shall consider the local educational agency serving the Kadoka School District, 35-1, in South Dakota, eligible for payments under section 8002 for fiscal year 2001 and each succeeding fiscal year, with respect to land in Washabaugh and Jackson Counties, South Dakota, that is owned by the Department of Defense and used as a bombing range: Provided further, That from the amount appropriated for section 8002, the Secretary shall first increase the payment of any local educational agency that was denied funding or had its payment reduced under that section for fiscal year 1998 due to section 8002(b)(1)(C) to the amount that would have been made without the limitation of that section: Provided further, That from the amount appropriated for section 8002, $500,000 shall be for subsection 8002(j).

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS

For carrying out school improvement activities authorized by titles II, IV, V-A and B, VI, IX, X, and XIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (`ESEA'); the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and part B of title VIII of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998; $4,872,084,000, of which $2,403,750,000 shall become available on July 1, 2001, and remain available through September 30, 2002, and of which $1,765,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2001 and shall remain available through September 30, 2002 for academic year 2001-2002: Provided, That $485,000,000 shall be available for Eisenhower professional development State grants under part B of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965: Provided further, That each local educational agency shall use funds in excess of the allocation it received under such part for the preceding fiscal year to improve teacher quality by reducing the percentage of teachers who do not have State certification or are certified through emergency or provisional means; are teaching out of field in some or all of the subject areas and grade levels in which they teach; or who lack sufficient content knowledge to teach effectively in the areas they teach to obtain that knowledge: Provided further, That the local educational agency may also use such excess funds for: activities authorized under section 2210 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; mentoring programs for new teachers; providing opportunities for teachers to attend multi-week institutes, such as those provided in the summer months, that provide intensive professional development in partnership with local educational agencies; and carrying out initiatives to promote the retention of highly qualified teachers who have a record of success in helping low-achieving students improve their academic success: Provided further, That each State educational agency may use such excess funds to carry out activities under section 2207 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965: Provided further, That each State agency for higher education may use such excess funds to carry out activities under section 2211 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965: Provided further, That both State educational agencies and State agencies for higher education may also use such excess funds for multi-week institutes, such as those provided in the summer months, that provide intensive professional development in partnership with local educational agencies; and grants to partnerships of such entities as local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and private business, to recruit, and prepare, and provide professional development to, and help retain, school principals and superintendents, especially for such individuals who serve, or are preparing to serve, in high-poverty, low-performing schools and local educational agencies: Provided further, That such activities may be undertaken in consortium with other States: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated for part B of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $45,000,000 shall be available to States and allocated in accordance with section 2202(b) of that Act (except that the requirements of section 2203 shall not apply): Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, each State shall use the amount made available under the preceding proviso to support efforts to meet the requirements for State eligibility for the Ed-Flex Partnership Act of 1999 or the requirements under section 1111 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965: Provided further, That $44,000,000 shall be available for national activities under section 2102 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965: Provided further, That of the amount available in the preceding proviso, $3,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary for the Troops-to-Teachers Program for transfer to the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support of the Department of Defense: Provided further, That the funds transferred under the preceding proviso shall be used by the Secretary of Defense to administer the Troops-to-Teachers Program, including the selection of participants in the Program under the Troops-to-Teachers Program Act of 1999 (title XVII of Public Law 106-65; 20 U.S.C. 9301 et seq.): Provided further, That for purposes of sections 1702(b) and (c) of the Troops-to-Teachers Program Act of 1999, the Secretary of Education shall be the administering Secretary and may, at the Secretary's discretion, carry out the activities under section 1702(c) of that Act and retain a portion of the funds made available for the Troops-to-Teachers Program to carry out section 1702(b) and (c) of that Act: Provided further, That of the amount made available under this heading for national activities under section 2102 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Secretary is authorized to use a portion of such funds to carry out activities to improve the knowledge and skills of early childhood educators and caregivers who work in urban or rural communities with high concentrations of young children living in poverty: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, $3,208,000,000 shall be for title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and to carry out activities under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.): Provided further, That of the amount made available for title VI, $1,623,000,000 shall be available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, in accordance with section 306 of this Act in order to reduce class size, particularly in the early grades, using highly qualified teachers to improve educational achievement for regular and special needs children: Provided further, That of the amount made available for title VI, $1,200,000,000 shall be available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for grants for school repair and renovation, activities under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.), and technology activities, in accordance with section 321 of this Act: Provided further, That funds made available under this heading to carry out section 6301(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall be available for education reform projects that provide same gender schools and classrooms, consistent with applicable law: Provided further, That of the amount made available to carry out activities authorized under part C of title IX of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $1,000,000 shall be for the Alaska Humanities Forum for operation of the Rose student exchange program and $1,000,000 shall be for the Alaska Native Heritage Center to support its program of cultural education activities: Provided further, That of the amount made available for subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for Project School Emergency Response to Violence to provide education-related services to local educational agencies in which the learning environment has been disrupted due to a violent or traumatic crisis.

READING EXCELLENCE

For necessary expenses to carry out the Reading Excellence Act, $91,000,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2001 and shall remain available through September 30, 2002 and $195,000,000 which shall become available on October 1, 2001 and remain available through September 30, 2002.

INDIAN EDUCATION

For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise provided, title IX, part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, $115,500,000.

BILINGUAL AND IMMIGRANT EDUCATION

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, bilingual, foreign language and immigrant education activities authorized by parts A and C and section 7203 of title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $460,000,000: Provided, That State educational agencies may use all, or any part of, their part C allocation for competitive grants to local educational agencies.

SPECIAL EDUCATION

For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, $7,439,948,000, of which $2,090,452,000 shall become available for obligation on July 1, 2001, and shall remain available through September 30, 2002, and of which $5,072,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2001 and shall remain available through September 30, 2002, for academic year 2001-2002: Provided, That $9,500,000 shall be for Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic to support the development, production, and circulation of recorded educational materials: Provided further, That $1,500,000 shall be for the recipient of funds provided by Public Law 105-78 under section 687(b)(2)(G) of the Act to provide information on diagnosis, intervention, and teaching strategies for children with disabilities: Provided further, That $7,353,000 of the funds for section 672 of the Act shall be available for the projects and in the amounts specified in the statement of the managers on the conference report accompanying this Act.

REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, and the Helen Keller National Center Act, $2,805,339,000: Provided, That the funds provided for title I of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 (`the AT Act') shall be allocated notwithstanding section 105(b)(1) of the AT Act: Provided further, That each State shall be provided $50,000 for activities under section 102 of the AT Act: Provided further, That $15,000,000 shall be used to support grants for up to three years to States under title III of the AT Act, of which the Federal share shall not exceed 75 percent in the first year, 50 percent in the second year, and 25 percent in the third year, and that the requirements in section 301(c)(2) and section 302 of that Act shall not apply to such grants: Provided further, That $4,600,000 of the funds for section 303 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 shall be available for the projects and in the amounts specified in the statement of the managers on the conference report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That $400,000 of the funds for title II of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 shall be for the Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation in Wichita, Kansas for the establishment of a Rehabilitation Research and Training Center to study and recommend incentives for employers to hire persons with significant disabilities.

SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND

For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as amended (20 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $12,000,000.

NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF

For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $53,376,000, of which $5,376,000 shall be for construction and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That from the total amount available, the Institute may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under section 207.

GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY

For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $89,400,000: Provided, That from the total amount available, the University may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under section 207.

VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act, the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, and title VIII-D of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and Public Law 102-73, $1,825,600,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended, and of which $1,028,000,000 shall become available on July 1, 2001 and shall remain available through September 30, 2002 and of which $791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2001 and shall remain available through September 30, 2002: Provided, That of the amounts made available for the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act, $5,600,000 shall be for tribally controlled postsecondary vocational and technical institutions under section 117: Provided further, That $9,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 118 of such Act: Provided further, That of the amounts made available for the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act, $5,000,000 shall be for demonstration activities authorized by section 207: Provided further, That of the amount provided for Adult Education State Grants, $70,000,000 shall be made available for integrated English literacy and civics education services to immigrants and other limited English proficient populations: Provided further, That of the amount reserved for integrated English literacy and civics education, notwithstanding section 211 of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, 65 percent shall be allocated to States based on a State's absolute need as determined by calculating each State's share of a 10-year average of the Immigration and Naturalization Service data for immigrants admitted for legal permanent residence for the 10 most recent years, and 35 percent allocated to States that experienced growth as measured by the average of the 3 most recent years for which Immigration and Naturalization Service data for immigrants admitted for legal permanent residence are available, except that no State shall be allocated an amount less than $60,000: Provided further, That of the amounts made available for the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, $14,000,000 shall be for national leadership activities under section 243 and $6,500,000 shall be for the National Institute for Literacy under section 242: Provided further, That $22,000,000 shall be for Youth Offender Grants, of which $5,000,000 shall be used in accordance with section 601 of Public Law 102-73 as that section was in effect prior to the enactment of Public Law 105-220.

STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

For carrying out subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part A, section 428K, part C and part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, $10,674,000,000, which shall remain available through September 30, 2002.

The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible during award year 2001-2002 shall be $3,750: Provided, That notwithstanding section 401(g) of the Act, if the Secretary determines, prior to publication of the payment schedule for such award year, that the amount included within this appropriation for Pell Grant awards in such award year, and any funds available from the fiscal year 2000 appropriation for Pell Grant awards, are insufficient to satisfy fully all such awards for which students are eligible, as calculated under section 401(b) of the Act, the amount paid for each such award shall be reduced by either a fixed or variable percentage, or by a fixed dollar amount, as determined in accordance with a schedule of reductions established by the Secretary for this purpose.

FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For Federal administrative expenses to carry out guaranteed student loans authorized by title IV, part B, of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, $48,000,000.

HIGHER EDUCATION

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, section 121 and titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, section 1543 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992 and title VIII of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, and the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, $1,911,710,000, of which $10,000,000 for interest subsidies authorized by section 121 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, shall remain available until expended: Provided, That $10,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2002, shall be available to fund fellowships for academic year 2002-2003 under part A, subpart 1 of title VII of said Act, under the terms and conditions of part A, subpart 1: Provided further, That $3,000,000 is for data collection and evaluation activities for programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, including such activities needed to comply with the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993: Provided further, That $15,000,000 shall be available for tribally controlled colleges and universities under section 316 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, of which $5,000,000 shall be used for construction and renovation: Provided further, That $250,000 shall be for the Web-Based Education Commission to continue activities authorized under part J of title VIII of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998: Provided further, That $115,487,000 of the funds for part B of title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 shall be available for the projects and in the amounts specified in the statement of the managers on the conference report accompanying this Act.

HOWARD UNIVERSITY

For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $232,474,000, of which not less than $3,600,000 shall be for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard University Endowment Act (Public Law 98-480) and shall remain available until expended.

COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS PROGRAM

For Federal administrative expenses authorized under section 121 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $762,000 to carry out activities related to existing facility loans entered into under the Higher Education Act of 1965.

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT

The total amount of bonds insured pursuant to section 344 of title III, part D of the Higher Education Act of 1965 shall not exceed $357,000,000, and the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of such bonds shall not exceed zero.

For administrative expenses to carry out the Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program entered into pursuant to title III, part D of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, $208,000.

EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND IMPROVEMENT

For carrying out activities authorized by the Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994, including part E; the National Education Statistics Act of 1994, including sections 411 and 412; section 2102 of title II, parts A, B, K and L and sections 10102 and 10601 of title X, and part C of title XIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, and title VI of Public Law 103-227, $732,721,000: Provided, That of the funds appropriated for part A of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, $5,000,000 shall be made available for a high school reform program of grants to State educational agencies to improve academic performance and provide technical skills training: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated for part A of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, $5,000,000 shall be made available to carry out part L of title X of the Act: Provided further, That of the amount available for part A of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, $5,000,000 shall be available for grants to State and local educational agencies, in collaboration with other agencies and organizations, for school dropout prevention programs designed to address the needs of populations or communities with the highest dropout rates: Provided further, That of the amount made available for part A of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, $50,000,000 shall be made available to enable the Secretary of Education to award grants to develop, implement, and strengthen programs to teach American history (not social studies) as a separate subject within school curricula: Provided further, That $53,000,000 of the amount available for the national education research institutes shall be allocated notwithstanding section 912(m)(1)(B-F) and subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 931(c)(2) of Public Law 103-227 and $20,000,000 of that $53,000,000 shall be made available for the Interagency Education Research Initiative: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated for part A of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended, $50,000,000 shall be available to demonstrate effective approaches to comprehensive school reform, to be allocated and expended in accordance with the instructions relating to this activity in the statement of managers on the conference report accompanying Public Law 105-78 and in the statement of the managers on the conference report accompanying Public Law 105-277: Provided further, That the funds made available for comprehensive school reform shall become available on July 1, 2001, and remain available through September 30, 2002, and in carrying out this initiative, the Secretary and the States shall support only approaches that show the most promise of enabling children to meet challenging State content standards and challenging State student performance standards based on reliable research and effective practices, and include an emphasis on basic academics and parental involvement: Provided further, That $139,624,000 of the funds for section 10101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall be available for the projects and in the amounts specified in the statement of the managers on the conference report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under section 10601 of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, $2,000,000 shall be used to conduct a violence prevention demonstration program: Provided further, That of the funds available for section 10601 of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, $150,000 shall be awarded to the Center for Educational Technologies to complete production and distribution of an effective CD-ROM product that would complement the `We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution' curriculum: Provided further, That, of the funds for title VI of Public Law 103-227 and notwithstanding the provisions of section 601(c)(1)(C) of that Act, $1,200,000 shall be available to the Center for Civic Education to conduct a civic education program with Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and, consistent with the civics and Government activities authorized in section 601(c)(3) of Public Law 103-227, to provide civic education assistance to democracies in developing countries. The term `developing countries' shall have the same meaning as the term `developing country' in the Education for the Deaf Act.

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of two passenger motor vehicles, $413,184,000.

OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department of Education Organization Act, $76,000,000.

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education Organization Act, $36,500,000.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school system, or for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or school system.

SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any student to a school other than the school which is nearest the student's home, except for a student requiring special education, to the school offering such special education, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section an indirect requirement of transportation of students includes the transportation of students to carry out a plan involving the reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing or clustering. The prohibition described in this section does not include the establishment of magnet schools.

SEC. 303. No funds appropriated under this Act may be used to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools.

(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended) which are appropriated for the Department of Education in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.

Sec. 305. The Comptroller General of the United States shall evaluate the extent to which funds made available under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 are allocated to schools and local educational agencies with the greatest concentrations of school-age children from low-income families, the extent to which allocations of such funds adjust to shifts in concentrations of pupils from low-income families in different regions, States, and substate areas, the extent to which the allocation of such funds encourages the targeting of State funds to areas with higher concentrations of children from low-income families, and the implications of current distribution methods for such funds, shall make formula and other policy recommendations to improve the targeting of such funds to more effectively serve low-income children in both rural and urban areas, and shall prepare interim and final reports based on the results of the study, to be submitted to Congress not later than February 1, 2001, and April 1, 2001.

SEC. 306. (a) From the amount appropriated for title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in accordance with this section, the Secretary of Education--

(1) shall make available a total of $6,000,000 to the Secretary of the Interior (on behalf of the Bureau of Indian Affairs) and the outlying areas for activities under this section; and

(2) shall allocate the remainder by providing each State the same percentage of that remainder as it received of the funds allocated to States under section 307(a)(2) of the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1999.

(b)(1) Each State that receives funds under this section shall distribute 100 percent of such funds to local educational agencies, of which--

(A) 80 percent of such amount shall be allocated to such local educational agencies in proportion to the number of children, aged 5 to 17, who reside in the school district served by such local educational agency from families with incomes below the poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget and revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of the size involved for the most recent fiscal year for which satisfactory data are available compared to the number of such individuals who reside in the school districts served by all the local educational agencies in the State for that fiscal year; and

(B) 20 percent of such amount shall be allocated to such local educational agencies in accordance with the relative enrollments of children, aged 5 to 17, in public and private nonprofit elementary and secondary schools within the boundaries of such agencies.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if the award to a local educational agency under this section is less than the starting salary for a new fully qualified teacher in that agency, who is certified within the State (which may include certification through State or local alternative routes), has a baccalaureate degree, and demonstrates the general knowledge, teaching skills, and subject matter knowledge required to teach in his or her content areas, that agency may use funds under this section to (A) help pay the salary of a full- or part-time teacher hired to reduce class size, which may be in combination with other Federal, State, or local funds; or (B) pay for activities described in subsection (c)(2)(A)(iii) which may be related to teaching in smaller classes.

(c)(1) The basic purpose and intent of this section is to reduce class size with fully qualified teachers. Each local educational agency that receives funds under this section shall use such funds to carry out effective approaches to reducing class size with fully qualified teachers who are certified within the State, including teachers certified through State or local alternative routes, and who demonstrate competency in the areas in which they teach, to improve educational achievement for both regular and special needs children, with particular consideration given to reducing class size in the early elementary grades for which some research has shown class size reduction is most effective.

(2)(A) Each such local educational agency may use funds under this section for--

(i) recruiting (including through the use of signing bonuses, and other financial incentives), hiring, and training fully qualified regular and special education teachers (which may include hiring special education teachers to team-teach with regular teachers in classrooms that contain both children with disabilities and non-disabled children) and teachers of special-needs children who are certified within the State, including teachers certified through State or local alternative routes, have a baccalaureate degree and demonstrate the general knowledge, teaching skills, and subject matter knowledge required to teach in their content areas;

(ii) testing new teachers for academic content knowledge and to meet State certification requirements that are consistent with title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965; and

(iii) providing professional development (which may include such activities as those described in section 2210 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, opportunities for teachers to attend multi-week institutes, such as those made available during the summer months that provide intensive professional development in partnership with local educational agencies and initiatives that promote retention and mentoring), to teachers, including special education teachers and teachers of special-needs children, in order to meet the goal of ensuring that all instructional staff have the subject matter knowledge, teaching knowledge, and teaching skills necessary to teach effectively in the content area or areas in which they provide instruction, consistent with title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

(B)(i) Except as provided under clause (ii), a local educational agency may use not more than a total of 25 percent of the award received under this section for activities described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of subparagraph (A).

(ii) A local educational agency in which 10 percent or more of teachers in elementary schools, as defined by section 14101(14) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, have not met applicable State and local certification requirements (including certification through State or local alternative routes), or if such requirements have been waived, may use more than 25 percent of the funds it receives under this section for activities described in subparagraph (A)(iii) to help teachers who are not certified by the State become certified, including through State or local alternative routes, or to help teachers affected by class size reduction who lack sufficient content knowledge to teach effectively in the areas they teach to obtain that knowledge, if the local educational agency notifies the State educational agency of the percentage of the funds that it will use for the purpose described in this clause.

(C) A local educational agency that has already reduced class size in the early grades to 18 or less children (or has already reduced class size to a State or local class size reduction goal that was in effect on the day before the enactment of the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2000, if that State or local educational agency goal is 20 or fewer children) may use funds received under this section--

(i) to make further class size reductions in grades kindergarten through 3;

(ii) to reduce class size in other grades; or

(iii) to carry out activities to improve teacher quality including professional development.

(D) If a local educational agency has already reduced class size in the early grades to 18 or fewer children and intends to use funds provided under this section to carry out professional development activities, including activities to improve teacher quality, then the State shall make the award under subsection (b) to the local educational agency.

(3) Each such agency shall use funds under this section only to supplement, and not to supplant, State and local funds that, in the absence of such funds, would otherwise be spent for activities under this section.

(4) No funds made available under this section may be used to increase the salaries or provide benefits, other than participation in professional development and enrichment programs, to teachers who are not hired under this section. Funds under this section may be used to pay the salary of teachers hired under section 307 of the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1999, or under section 310 of the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2000.

(d)(1) Each State receiving funds under this section shall report on activities in the State under this section, consistent with section 6202(a)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

(2) Each State and local educational agency receiving funds under this section shall publicly report to parents on its progress in reducing class size, increasing the percentage of classes in core academic areas taught by fully qualified teachers who are certified within the State and demonstrate competency in the content areas in which they teach, and on the impact that hiring additional highly qualified teachers and reducing class size, has had, if any, on increasing student academic achievement.

(3) Each school receiving funds under this section shall provide to parents, upon request, the professional qualifications of their child's teacher.

(e) If a local educational agency uses funds made available under this section for professional development activities, the agency shall ensure for the equitable participation of private nonprofit elementary and secondary schools in such activities. Section 6402 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall not apply to other activities under this section.

(f) A local educational agency that receives funds under this section may use not more than 3 percent of such funds for local administrative costs.

(g) Each local educational agency that desires to receive funds under this section shall include in the application required under section 6303 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 a description of the agency's program to reduce class size by hiring additional highly qualified teachers.

(h) No funds under this section may be used to pay the salary of any teacher hired with funds under section 307 of the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1999, unless, by the start of the 2001-2002 school year, the teacher is certified within the State (which may include certification through State or local alternative routes) and demonstrates competency in the subject areas in which he or she teaches.

(i) Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide specific notification to each local educational agency eligible to receive funds under this part regarding the flexibility provided under subsection (c)(2)(B)(ii) and the ability to use such funds to carry out activities described in subsection (c)(2)(A)(iii).

SEC. 307. Section 412 of the National Education Statistics Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-382) is amended--

(1) in subsection 412(c)(1), after `period of' and before `years,', by striking `3' and inserting `4'; and

(2) after `expiration of such term.', by adding the following new subsection:

`(4) CONFORMING PROVISION- Members of the Board previously granted 3 year terms, whose terms are in effect on the date of enactment of the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2001, shall have their terms extended by one year.'.

SEC. 308. (a) Section 435(a)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1085(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph:

`(D) Notwithstanding the first sentence of subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall restore the eligibility to participate in a program under subpart 1 of part A, part B, or part D of an institution that did not appeal its loss of eligibility within 30 days of receiving notification if the Secretary determines, on a case-by-case basis, that the institution's failure to appeal was substantially justified under the circumstances, and that--

`(i) the institution made a timely request that the appropriate guaranty agency correct errors in the draft data used to calculate the institution's cohort default rate;

`(ii) the guaranty agency did not correct the erroneous data in a timely fashion; and

`(iii) the institution would have been eligible if the erroneous data had been corrected by the guaranty agency.'.

(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall be effective for cohort default rate calculations for fiscal years 1997 and 1998.

SEC. 309. ~~~~~~Section 439(r)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087-2(r)(2)) is amended--

(1) in clause (A)(i), by striking `auditors and examiners' and inserting `and fix the compensation of such auditors and examiners as may be necessary'; and

(2) by inserting at the end of subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph:

`(F) COMPENSATION OF AUDITORS AND EXAMINERS-

`(i) RATES OF PAY- Rates of basic pay for all auditors and examiners appointed pursuant to subparagraph (A) may be set and adjusted by the Secretary of the Treasury without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 or subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code.

`(ii) COMPARABILITY-

`(I) IN GENERAL- Subject to section 5373 of title 5, United States Code, the Secretary of the Treasury may provide additional compensation and benefits to auditors and examiners appointed pursuant to subparagraph (A) if the same type of compensation or benefits are then being provided by any agency referred to in section 1206 of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 1833b) or, if not then being provided, could be provided by such an agency under applicable provisions of law, rule, or regulation.

`(II) CONSULTATION- In setting and adjusting the total amount of compensation and benefits for auditors and examiners appointed pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the Treasury shall consult with, and seek to maintain comparability with, the agencies referred to in section 1206 of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 1833b).'.

SEC. 310. Section 117(i) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 2327(i)) is amended by inserting `such sums as may be necessary for' before `each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.'.

SEC. 311. Section 432(m)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1082(m)(1)) is amended--

(1) by striking clause (iv) of subparagraph (D); and

(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

`(E) PERFECTION OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN STUDENT LOANS-

`(i) IN GENERAL- Notwithstanding the provisions of any State law to the contrary, including the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any State, a security interest in loans made under this part, on behalf of any eligible lender (as defined in section 435(d)) shall attach, be perfected, and be assigned priority in the manner provided by the applicable State's law for perfection of security interests in accounts, as such law may be amended from time to time (including applicable transition provisions). If any such State's law provides for a statutory lien to be created in such loans, such statutory lien may be created by the entity or entities governed by such State law in accordance with the applicable statutory provisions that created such a statutory lien.

`(ii) COLLATERAL DESCRIPTION- In addition to any other method for describing collateral in a legally sufficient manner permitted under the laws of the State, the description of collateral in any financing statement filed pursuant to this subparagraph shall be deemed legally sufficient if it lists such loans, or refers to records (identifying such loans) retained by the secured party or any designee of the secured party identified in such financing statement, including the debtor or any loan servicer.

`(iii) SALES- Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) and any provisions of any State law to the contrary, other than any such State's law providing for creation of a statutory lien, an outright sale of loans made under this part shall be effective and perfected automatically upon attachment as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code of such State.'.

SEC. 312. Section 435(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1085(a)(5)) is amended--

(1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking `July 1, 2002,' and inserting `July 1, 2004,';

(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking `1999, 2000, and 2001' and inserting `1999 through 2003'.

SEC. 313. From the amounts made available for the `Fund for the Improvement of Education' under the heading `Education Research, Statistics, and Improvement', $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available to the Secretary of Education to be transferred to the Secretary of the Interior for an award to the National Constitution Center for construction activities authorized under Public Law 100-433.

SEC. 314. Section 4116(b)(4) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting in lieu thereof: `(D) the development and implementation of character education and training programs that reflect the values of parents, teachers, and local communities, and incorporate elements of good character, including honesty, citizenship, courage, justice, respect, personal responsibility, and trustworthiness; and'.

SEC. 315. The Secretary of Education shall review the nursing program operated by Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa, and may exercise the waiver authority provided in section 102(a)(3)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, without regard to the provisions of 34 CFR 600.7(b)(3)(ii), if the Secretary determines that such a waiver is appropriate.

SEC. 316. Section 415 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended--

(1) in section 415A(a)(2), by striking `section 415F' and inserting `section 415E';

(2) in section 415E, by striking 415E(c) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

`(c) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES- Each State receiving a grant under this section may use the grant funds for--

`(1) making awards that--

`(A) supplement grants received under section 415C(b)(2) by eligible students who demonstrate financial need; or

`(B) provide grants under section 415C(b)(2) to additional eligible students who demonstrate financial need;

`(2) providing scholarships for eligible students--

`(A) who demonstrate financial need; and

`(B) who--

`(i) desire to enter a program of study leading to a career in--

`(I) information technology;

`(II) mathematics, computer science, or engineering;

`(III) teaching; or

`(IV) another field determined by the State to be critical to the State's workforce needs; or

`(ii) demonstrate merit or academic achievement; and

`(3) making awards that--

`(A) supplement community service work-study awards received under section 415C(b)(2) by eligible students who demonstrate financial need; or

`(B) provide community service work-study awards under section 415C(b)(2) to additional eligible students who demonstrate financial need.'.

(3) in section 415E, adding at the end the following new subsections:

`(f) SPECIAL RULE- Notwithstanding subsection (d), for purposes of determining a State's share of the cost of the authorized activities described in subsection (c), the State shall consider only those expenditures from non-Federal sources that exceed its total expenditures for need-based grants, scholarships, and work-study assistance for fiscal year 1999 (including any such assistance provided under this subpart).

`(g) USE OF FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS PROHIBITED- A State receiving a grant under this section shall not use any of the grant funds to pay administrative costs associated with any of the authorized activities described in subsection (c).'.

SEC. 317. (a) Section 402D of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a-14) is amended--

(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and

(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:

`(c) SPECIAL RULE-

`(1) USE FOR STUDENT AID- A recipient of a grant that undertakes any of the permissible services identified in subsection (b) may, in addition, use such funds to provide grant aid to students. A grant provided under this paragraph shall not exceed the maximum appropriated Pell Grant or, be less than the minimum appropriated Pell Grant, for the current academic year. In making grants to students under this subsection, an institution shall ensure that adequate consultation takes place between the student support service program office and the institution's financial aid office.

`(2) ELIGIBLE STUDENTS- For purposes of receiving grant aid under this subsection, eligible students shall be current participants in the student support services program offered by the institution and be--

`(A) students who are in their first 2 years of postsecondary education and who are receiving Federal Pell Grants under subpart 1; or

`(B) students who have completed their first 2 years of postsecondary education and who are receiving Federal Pell Grants under subpart 1 if the institution demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that--

`(i) these students are at high risk of dropping out; and

`(ii) it will first meet the needs of all its eligible first- and second-year students for services under this paragraph.

`(3) DETERMINATION OF NEED- A grant provided to a student under paragraph (1) shall not be considered in determining that student's need for grant or work assistance under this title, except that in no case shall the total amount of student financial assistance awarded to a student under this title exceed that student's cost of attendance, as defined in section 472.

`(4) MATCHING REQUIRED- A recipient of a grant who uses such funds for the purpose described in paragraph (1) shall match the funds used for such purpose, in cash, from non-Federal funds, in an amount that is not less than 33 percent of the total amount of funds used for that purpose. This paragraph shall not apply to any grant recipient that is an institution of higher education eligible to receive funds under part A or B of title III or title V.

`(5) RESERVATION- In no event may a recipient use more than 20 percent of the funds received under this section for grant aid.

`(6) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT- Funds received by a grant recipient that are used under this subsection shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, non-Federal funds expended for student support services programs.'.

(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to student support services grants awarded on or after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 318. (a) Subparagraph (B) of section 427A(c)(4) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1077a(c)(4)) is amended to read as follows:

`(B)(i) For any 12-month period beginning on July 1 and ending on or before June 30, 2001, the rate determined under this subparagraph is determined on the preceding June 1 and is equal to--

`(I) the bond equivalent rate of 52-week Treasury bills auctioned at the final auction held prior to such June 1; plus

`(II) 3.25 percent.

`(ii) For any 12-month period beginning on July 1 of 2001 or any succeeding year, the rate determined under this subparagraph is determined on the preceding June 26 and is equal to--

`(I) the weekly average 1-year constant maturity Treasury yield, as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, for the last calendar week ending on or before such June 26; plus

`(II) 3.25 percent.'.

(b) Subparagraph (A) of section 455(b)(4) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087e(b)(4)) is amended to read as follows:

`(A)(i) For Federal Direct PLUS Loans for which the first disbursement is made on or after July 1, 1994, the applicable rate of interest shall, during any 12-month period beginning on July 1 and ending on or before June 30, 2001, be determined on the preceding June 1 and be equal to--

`(I) the bond equivalent rate of 52-week Treasury bills auctioned at final auction held prior to such June 1; plus

`(II) 3.1 percent,

except that such rate shall not exceed 9 percent.

`(ii) For any 12-month period beginning on July 1 of 2001 or any succeeding year, the applicable rate of interest determined under this subparagraph shall be determined on the preceding June 26 and be equal to--

`(II) 3.1 percent,

except that such rate shall not exceed 9 percent.'.

SEC. 319. Section 1543 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 1070 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

`(e) DESIGNATION- Scholarships awarded under this section shall be known as `B. J. Stupak Olympic Scholarships'.'.

SEC. 320. (a) Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of Education shall release the reversionary interests that were retained by the United States, as part of the conveyance of certain real property situated in the County of Marin, State of California, in an April 3, 1978 Quitclaim Deed, which was filed for record on June 5, 1978, in Book 3384, at page 33, of the official Records of Marin County, California.

(b) The Secretary shall execute the release of the reversionary interests under subsection (a) without consideration.

(c) The Secretary shall execute and file in the appropriate office or offices a deed of release, amended deed, or other appropriate instruments effectuating the release of the reversionary interests under subsection (a). In all other respects the provisions of the April 3, 1978 Quitclaim Deed shall remain intact.

SEC. 321. (a) GRANTS TO NATIVE AMERICAN SCHOOLS AND STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES-

(1) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS- Of the amount made available under the heading `School improvement programs' for grants made in accordance with this section for school repair and renovation, activities under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.), and technology activities, the Secretary of Education shall allocate--

(A) $75,000,000 for grants to impacted local educational agencies (as defined in paragraph (3)) for school repair, renovation, and construction;

(B) $3,250,000 for grants to outlying areas for school repair and renovation in high-need schools and communities, allocated on such basis, and subject to such terms and conditions, as the Secretary determines appropriate;

(C) $25,000,000 for grants to public entities, private nonprofit entities, and consortia of such entities, for use in accordance with subpart 2 of part C of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and

(D) the remainder to State educational agencies in proportion to the amount each State received under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) for fiscal year 2000, except that no State shall receive less than 0.5 percent of the amount allocated under this subparagraph.

(2) DETERMINATION OF GRANT AMOUNT-

(A) DETERMINATION OF WEIGHTED STUDENT UNITS- For purposes of computing the grant amounts under paragraph (1)(A) for fiscal year 2001, the Secretary shall determine the results obtained by the computation made under section 8003 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703) with respect to children described in subsection (a)(1)(C) of such section and computed under subsection (a)(2)(B) of such section for such year--

(i) for each impacted local educational agency that receives funds under this section; and

(ii) for all such agencies together.

(B) COMPUTATION OF PAYMENT- For fiscal year 2001, the Secretary shall calculate the amount of a grant to an impacted local educational agency by--

(i) dividing the amount described in paragraph (1)(A) by the results of the computation described in subparagraph (A)(ii); and

(ii) multiplying the number derived under clause (i) by the results of the computation described in subparagraph (A)(i) for such agency.

(3) DEFINITION- For purposes of this section, the term `impacted local educational agency' means, for fiscal year 2001--

(A) a local educational agency that receives a basic support payment under section 8003(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(b)) for such fiscal year; and

(B) with respect to which the number of children determined under section 8003(a)(1)(C) of such Act for the preceding school year constitutes at least 50 percent of the total student enrollment in the schools of the agency during such school year.

(b) WITHIN-STATE ALLOCATIONS-

(1) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS-

(A) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY ADMINISTRATION- Except as provided in subparagraph (B), each State educational agency may reserve not more than 1 percent of its allocation under subsection (a)(1)(D) for the purpose of administering the distribution of grants under this subsection.

(B) STATE ENTITY ADMINISTRATION- If the State educational agency transfers funds to a State entity described in paragraph (2)(A), the agency shall transfer to such entity 0.75 of the amount reserved under this paragraph for the purpose of administering the distribution of grants under this subsection.

(2) RESERVATION FOR COMPETITIVE SCHOOL REPAIR AND RENOVATION GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES-

(A) IN GENERAL- Subject to the reservation under paragraph (1), of the funds allocated to a State educational agency under subsection (a)(1)(D), the State educational agency shall distribute 75 percent of such funds to local educational agencies or, if such State educational agency is not responsible for the financing of education facilities, the agency shall transfer such funds to the State entity responsible for the financing of education facilities (referred to in this section as the `State entity') for distribution by such entity to local educational agencies in accordance with this paragraph, to be used, consistent with subsection (c), for school repair and renovation.

(B) COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES-

(i) IN GENERAL- The State educational agency or State entity shall carry out a program of competitive grants to local educational agencies for the purpose described in subparagraph (A). Of the total amount available for distribution to such agencies under this paragraph, the State educational agency or State entity, shall, in carrying out the competition--

(I) award to high poverty local educational agencies described in clause (ii), in the aggregate, at least an amount which bears the same relationship to such total amount as the aggregate amount such local educational agencies received under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for fiscal year 2000 bears to the aggregate amount received for such fiscal year under such part by all local educational agencies in the State;

(II) award to rural local educational agencies in the State, in the aggregate, at least an amount which bears the same relationship to such total amount as the aggregate amount such rural local educational agencies received under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for fiscal year 2000 bears to the aggregate amount received for such fiscal year under such part by all local educational agencies in the State; and

(III) award the remaining funds to local educational agencies not receiving an award under subclause (I) or (II), including high poverty and rural local educational agencies that did not receive such an award.

(ii) HIGH POVERTY LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES- A local educational agency is described in this clause if--

(I) the percentage described in subparagraph (C)(i) with respect to the agency is 30 percent or greater; or

(II) the number of children described in such subparagraph with respect to the agency is at least 10,000.

(C) CRITERIA FOR AWARDING GRANTS- In awarding competitive grants under this paragraph, a State educational agency or State entity shall take into account the following criteria:

(i) The percentage of poor children 5 to 17 years of age, inclusive, in a local educational agency.

(ii) The need of a local educational agency for school repair and renovation, as demonstrated by the condition of its public school facilities.

(iii) The fiscal capacity of a local educational agency to meet its needs for repair and renovation of public school facilities without assistance under this section, including its ability to raise funds through the use of local bonding capacity and otherwise.

(iv) In the case of a local educational agency that proposes to fund a repair or renovation project for a charter school or schools, the extent to which the school or schools have access to funding for the project through the financing methods available to other public schools or local educational agencies in the State.

(v) The likelihood that the local educational agency will maintain, in good condition, any facility whose repair or renovation is assisted under this section.

(D) POSSIBLE MATCHING REQUIREMENT-

(i) IN GENERAL- A State educational agency or State entity may require local educational agencies to match funds awarded under this subsection.

(ii) MATCH AMOUNT- The amount of a match described in clause (i) may be established by using a sliding scale that takes into account the relative poverty of the population served by the local educational agency.

(3) RESERVATION FOR COMPETITIVE IDEA OR TECHNOLOGY GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES-

(i) To carry out activities under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.).

(ii) For technology activities that are carried out in connection with school repair and renovation, including--

(I) wiring;

(II) acquiring hardware and software;

(III) acquiring connectivity linkages and resources; and

(IV) acquiring microwave, fiber optics, cable, and satellite transmission equipment.

(B) CRITERIA FOR AWARDING IDEA GRANTS- In awarding competitive grants under subparagraph (A) to be used to carry out activities under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.), a State educational agency shall take into account the following criteria:

(i) The need of a local educational agency for additional funds for a student whose individually allocable cost for expenses related to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act substantially exceeds the State's average per-pupil expenditure (as defined in section 14101(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801(2))).

(ii) The need of a local educational agency for additional funds for special education and related services under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.).

(iii) The need of a local educational agency for additional funds for assistive technology devices (as defined in section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401)) or assistive technology services (as so defined) for children being served under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.).

(iv) The need of a local educational agency for additional funds for activities under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.) in order for children with disabilities to make progress toward meeting the performance goals and indicators established by the State under section 612(a)(16) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1412).

(C) CRITERIA FOR AWARDING TECHNOLOGY GRANTS- In awarding competitive grants under subparagraph (A) to be used for technology activities that are carried out in connection with school repair and renovation, a State educational agency shall take into account the need of a local educational agency for additional funds for such activities, including the need for the activities described in subclauses (I) through (IV) of subparagraph (A)(ii).

(c) RULES APPLICABLE TO SCHOOL REPAIR AND RENOVATION- With respect to funds made available under this section that are used for school repair and renovation, the following rules shall apply:

(1) PERMISSIBLE USES OF FUNDS- School repair and renovation shall be limited to one or more of the following:

(A) Emergency repairs or renovations to public school facilities only to ensure the health and safety of students and staff, including--

(i) repairing, replacing, or installing roofs, electrical wiring, plumbing systems, or sewage systems;

(ii) repairing, replacing, or installing heating, ventilation, or air conditioning systems (including insulation); and

(iii) bringing public schools into compliance with fire and safety codes.

(B) School facilities modifications necessary to render public school facilities accessible in order to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.).

(C) School facilities modifications necessary to render public school facilities accessible in order to comply with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794).

(D) Asbestos abatement or removal from public school facilities.

(E) Renovation, repair, and acquisition needs related to the building infrastructure of a charter school.

(2) IMPERMISSIBLE USES OF FUNDS- No funds received under this section may be used for--

(A) payment of maintenance costs in connection with any projects constructed in whole or part with Federal funds provided under this section;

(B) the construction of new facilities, except for facilities for an impacted local educational agency (as defined in subsection (a)(3)); or

(C) stadiums or other facilities primarily used for athletic contests or exhibitions or other events for which admission is charged to the general public.

(3) CHARTER SCHOOLS- A public charter school that constitutes a local educational agency under State law shall be eligible for assistance under the same terms and conditions as any other local educational agency (as defined in section 14101(18) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801(18))).

(4) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT- Excluding the uses described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (1), a local educational agency shall use Federal funds subject to this subsection only to supplement the amount of funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available from non-Federal sources for school repair and renovation.

(d) SPECIAL RULE- Each local educational agency that receives funds under this section shall ensure that, if it carries out repair or renovation through a contract, any such contract process ensures the maximum number of qualified bidders, including small, minority, and women-owned businesses, through full and open competition.

(e) PUBLIC COMMENT- Each local educational agency receiving funds under paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (b)--

(1) shall provide parents, educators, and all other interested members of the community the opportunity to consult on the use of funds received under such paragraph;

(2) shall provide the public with adequate and efficient notice of the opportunity described in paragraph (1) in a widely read and distributed medium; and

(3) shall provide the opportunity described in paragraph (1) in accordance with any applicable State and local law specifying how the comments may be received and how the comments may be reviewed by any member of the public.

(f) REPORTING-

(1) LOCAL REPORTING- Each local educational agency receiving funds under subsection (a)(1)(D) shall submit a report to the State educational agency, at such time as the State educational agency may require, describing the use of such funds for--

(A) school repair and renovation (and construction, in the case of an impacted local educational agency (as defined in subsection (a)(3)));

(B) activities under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.); and

(C) technology activities that are carried out in connection with school repair and renovation, including the activities described in subclauses (I) through (IV) of subsection (b)(3)(A)(ii).

(2) STATE REPORTING- Each State educational agency shall submit to the Secretary of Education, not later than December 31, 2002, a report on the use of funds received under subsection (a)(1)(D) by local educational agencies for--

(A) school repair and renovation (and construction, in the case of an impacted local educational agency (as defined in subsection (a)(3)));

(B) activities under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.); and

(C) technology activities that are carried out in connection with school repair and renovation, including the activities described in subclauses (I) through (IV) of subsection (b)(3)(A)(ii).

(3) ADDITIONAL REPORTS- Each entity receiving funds allocated under subsection (a)(1)(A) or (B) shall submit to the Secretary, not later than December 31, 2002, a report on its uses of funds under this section, in such form and containing such information as the Secretary may require.

(g) APPLICABILITY OF PART B OF IDEA- If a local educational agency uses funds received under this section to carry out activities under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.), such part (including provisions respecting the participation of private school children), and any other provision of law that applies to such part, shall apply to such use.

(h) REALLOCATION- If a State educational agency does not apply for an allocation of funds under subsection (a)(1)(D) for fiscal year 2001, or does not use its entire allocation for such fiscal year, the Secretary may reallocate the amount of the State educational agency's allocation (or the remainder thereof, as the case may be) to the remaining State educational agencies in accordance with subsection (a)(1)(D).

(i) PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS-

(1) IN GENERAL- Section 6402 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7372) shall apply to subsection (b)(2) in the same manner as it applies to activities under title VI of such Act, except that--

(A) such section shall not apply with respect to the title to any real property renovated or repaired with assistance provided under this section;

(B) the term `services' as used in section 6402 of such Act with respect to funds under this section shall be provided only to private, nonprofit elementary or secondary schools with a rate of child poverty of at least 40 percent and may include for purposes of subsection (b)(2) only--

(i) modifications of school facilities necessary to meet the standards applicable to public schools under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.);

(ii) modifications of school facilities necessary to meet the standards applicable to public schools under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794); and

(iii) asbestos abatement or removal from school facilities; and

(C) notwithstanding the requirements of section 6402(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7372(b)), expenditures for services provided using funds made available under subsection (b)(2) shall be considered equal for purposes of such section if the per-pupil expenditures for services described in subparagraph (B) for students enrolled in private nonprofit elementary and secondary schools that have child poverty rates of at least 40 percent are consistent with the per-pupil expenditures under this section for children enrolled in the public schools in the school district of the local educational agency receiving funds under this section.

(2) REMAINING FUNDS- If the expenditure for services described in paragraph (1)(B) is less than the amount calculated under paragraph (1)(C) because of insufficient need for such services, the remainder shall be available to the local educational agency for renovation and repair of public school facilities.

(3) APPLICATION- If any provision of this section, or the application thereof, to any person or circumstances is judicially determined to be invalid, the provisions of the remainder of the section and the application to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

(j) DEFINITIONS- For purposes of this section:

(1) CHARTER SCHOOL- The term `charter school' has the meaning given such term in section 10310(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8066(1)).

(2) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL- The term `elementary school' has the meaning given such term in section 14101(14) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801(14)).

(3) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY- The term `local educational agency' has the meaning given such term in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 14101(18) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801(18)).

(4) OUTLYING AREA- The term `outlying area' has the meaning given such term in section 14101(21) of the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801(21)).

(5) POOR CHILDREN AND CHILD POVERTY- The terms `poor children' and `child poverty' refer to children 5 to 17 years of age, inclusive, who are from families with incomes below the poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget and revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) applicable to a family of the size involved for the most recent fiscal year for which data satisfactory to the Secretary are available.

(6) RURAL LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY- The term `rural local educational agency' means a local educational agency that the State determines is located in a rural area using objective data and a commonly employed definition of the term `rural'.

(7) SECONDARY SCHOOL- The term `secondary school' has the meaning given such term in section 14101(25) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801(25)).

(8) STATE- The term `State' means each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

SEC. 322. (a) Part C of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8061 et seq.) is amended--

(1) by inserting after the part heading the following:

`Subpart 1--Basic Charter School Grant Program';

and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

`Subpart 2--Credit Enhancement Initiatives To Assist Charter School Facility Acquisition, Construction, and Renovation

`SEC. 10321. PURPOSE.

`The purpose of this subpart is to provide one-time grants to eligible entities to permit them to demonstrate innovative credit enhancement initiatives that assist charter schools to address the cost of acquiring, constructing, and renovating facilities.

`SEC. 10322. GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.

`(a) IN GENERAL- The Secretary shall use 100 percent of the amount available to carry out this subpart to award not less than 3 grants to eligible entities having applications approved under this subpart to demonstrate innovative methods of assisting charter schools to address the cost of acquiring, constructing, and renovating facilities by enhancing the availability of loans or bond financing.

`(b) GRANTEE SELECTION- The Secretary shall evaluate each application submitted, and shall make a determination of which are sufficient to merit approval and which are not. The Secretary shall award at least one grant to an eligible entity described in section 10330(2)(A), at least one grant to an eligible entity described in section 10330(2)(B), and at least one grant to an eligible entity described in section 10330(2)(C), if applications are submitted that permit the Secretary to do so without approving an application that is not of sufficient quality to merit approval.

`(c) GRANT CHARACTERISTICS- Grants under this subpart shall be of a sufficient size, scope, and quality so as to ensure an effective demonstration of an innovative means of enhancing credit for the financing of charter school acquisition, construction, or renovation.

`(d) SPECIAL RULE- In the event the Secretary determines that the funds available are insufficient to permit the Secretary to award not less than 3 grants in accordance with subsections (a) through (c), such 3-grant minimum and the second sentence of subsection (b) shall not apply, and the Secretary may determine the appropriate number of grants to be awarded in accordance with subsection (c).

`SEC. 10323. APPLICATIONS.

`(a) IN GENERAL- To receive a grant under this subpart, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form as the Secretary may reasonably require.

`(b) CONTENTS- An application under subsection (a) shall contain--

`(1) a statement identifying the activities proposed to be undertaken with funds received under this subpart, including how the applicant will determine which charter schools will receive assistance, and how much and what types of assistance charter schools will receive;

`(2) a description of the involvement of charter schools in the application's development and the design of the proposed activities;

`(3) a description of the applicant's expertise in capital market financing;

`(4) a description of how the proposed activities will leverage the maximum amount of private-sector financing capital relative to the amount of government funding used and otherwise enhance credit available to charter schools;

`(5) a description of how the applicant possesses sufficient expertise in education to evaluate the likelihood of success of a charter school program for which facilities financing is sought;

`(6) in the case of an application submitted by a State governmental entity, a description of the actions that the entity has taken, or will take, to ensure that charter schools within the State receive the funding they need to have adequate facilities; and

`(7) such other information as the Secretary may reasonably require.

`SEC. 10324. CHARTER SCHOOL OBJECTIVES.

`An eligible entity receiving a grant under this subpart shall use the funds deposited in the reserve account established under section 10325(a) to assist one or more charter schools to access private sector capital to accomplish one or both of the following objectives:

`(1) The acquisition (by purchase, lease, donation, or otherwise) of an interest (including an interest held by a third party for the benefit of a charter school) in improved or unimproved real property that is necessary to commence or continue the operation of a charter school.

`(2) The construction of new facilities, or the renovation, repair, or alteration of existing facilities, necessary to commence or continue the operation of a charter school.

`SEC. 10325. RESERVE ACCOUNT.

`(a) USE OF FUNDS- To assist charter schools to accomplish the objectives described in section 10324, an eligible entity receiving a grant under this subpart shall, in accordance with State and local law, directly or indirectly, alone or in collaboration with others, deposit the funds received under this subpart (other than funds used for administrative costs in accordance with section 10326) in a reserve account established and maintained by the entity for this purpose. Amounts deposited in such account shall be used by the entity for one or more of the following purposes:

`(1) Guaranteeing, insuring, and reinsuring bonds, notes, evidences of debt, loans, and interests therein, the proceeds of which are used for an objective described in section 10324.

`(2) Guaranteeing and insuring leases of personal and real property for an objective described in section 10324.

`(3) Facilitating financing by identifying potential lending sources, encouraging private lending, and other similar activities that directly promote lending to, or for the benefit of, charter schools.

`(4) Facilitating the issuance of bonds by charter schools, or by other public entities for the benefit of charter schools, by providing technical, administrative, and other appropriate assistance (including the recruitment of bond counsel, underwriters, and potential investors and the consolidation of multiple charter school projects within a single bond issue).

`(b) INVESTMENT- Funds received under this subpart and deposited in the reserve account shall be invested in obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States or a State, or in other similarly low-risk securities.

`(c) REINVESTMENT OF EARNINGS- Any earnings on funds received under this subpart shall be deposited in the reserve account established under subsection (a) and used in accordance with such subsection.

`SEC. 10326. LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

`An eligible entity may use not more than 0.25 percent of the funds received under this subpart for the administrative costs of carrying out its responsibilities under this subpart.

`SEC. 10327. AUDITS AND REPORTS.

`(a) FINANCIAL RECORD MAINTENANCE AND AUDIT- The financial records of each eligible entity receiving a grant under this subpart shall be maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and shall be subject to an annual audit by an independent public accountant.

`(b) REPORTS-

`(1) GRANTEE ANNUAL REPORTS- Each eligible entity receiving a grant under this subpart annually shall submit to the Secretary a report of its operations and activities under this subpart.

`(2) CONTENTS- Each such annual report shall include--

`(A) a copy of the most recent financial statements, and any accompanying opinion on such statements, prepared by the independent public accountant reviewing the financial records of the eligible entity;

`(B) a copy of any report made on an audit of the financial records of the eligible entity that was conducted under subsection (a) during the reporting period;

`(C) an evaluation by the eligible entity of the effectiveness of its use of the Federal funds provided under this subpart in leveraging private funds;

`(D) a listing and description of the charter schools served during the reporting period;

`(E) a description of the activities carried out by the eligible entity to assist charter schools in meeting the objectives set forth in section 10324; and

`(F) a description of the characteristics of lenders and other financial institutions participating in the activities undertaken by the eligible entity under this subpart during the reporting period.

`(3) SECRETARIAL REPORT- The Secretary shall review the reports submitted under paragraph (1) and shall provide a comprehensive annual report to the Congress on the activities conducted under this subpart.

`SEC. 10328. NO FULL FAITH AND CREDIT FOR GRANTEE OBLIGATIONS.

`No financial obligation of an eligible entity entered into pursuant to this subpart (such as an obligation under a guarantee, bond, note, evidence of debt, or loan) shall be an obligation of, or guaranteed in any respect by, the United States. The full faith and credit of the United States is not pledged to the payment of funds which may be required to be paid under any obligation made by an eligible entity pursuant to any provision of this subpart.

`SEC. 10329. RECOVERY OF FUNDS.

`(a) IN GENERAL- The Secretary, in accordance with chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code, shall collect--

`(1) all of the funds in a reserve account established by an eligible entity under section 10325(a) if the Secretary determines, not earlier than 2 years after the date on which the entity first received funds under this subpart, that the entity has failed to make substantial progress in carrying out the purposes described in section 10325(a); or

`(2) all or a portion of the funds in a reserve account established by an eligible entity under section 10325(a) if the Secretary determines that the eligible entity has permanently ceased to use all or a portion of the funds in such account to accomplish any purpose described in section 10325(a).

`(b) EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY- The Secretary shall not exercise the authority provided in subsection (a) to collect from any eligible entity any funds that are being properly used to achieve one or more of the purposes described in section 10325(a).

`(c) PROCEDURES- The provisions of sections 451, 452, and 458 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1234 et seq.) shall apply to the recovery of funds under subsection (a).

`(d) CONSTRUCTION- This section shall not be construed to impair or affect the authority of the Secretary to recover funds under part D of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1234 et seq.).

`SEC. 10330. DEFINITIONS.

`In this subpart:

`(1) The term `charter school' has the meaning given such term in section 10310.

`(2) The term `eligible entity' means--

`(A) a public entity, such as a State or local governmental entity;

`(B) a private nonprofit entity; or

`(C) a consortium of entities described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).

`SEC. 10331. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

`For the purpose of carrying out this subpart, there are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2001.'.

(b) Part C of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8061 et seq.) is amended in each of the following provisions by striking `part' each place such term appears and inserting `subpart':

(1) Sections 10301 through 10305.

(2) Section 10307.

(3) Sections 10309 through 10311.

SEC. 323. (a) Section 8003(b)(2)(F) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(b)(2)(F)) is amended--

(1) by striking `the Secretary shall use' and inserting `the Secretary--

`(i) shall use';

(2) by striking the period at the end and inserting `; and'; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

`(ii) except as provided in subparagraph (C)(i)(I), shall include all of the children described in subparagraphs (F) and (G) of subsection (a)(1) enrolled in schools of the local educational agency in determining (I) the eligibility of the agency for assistance under this paragraph, and (II) the amount of such assistance if the number of such children meet the requirements of subsection (a)(3).'.

(b) Section 8003(b)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

`(G) DETERMINATION OF AVERAGE TAX RATES FOR GENERAL FUND PURPOSES- For the purpose of determining average tax rates for general fund purposes for local educational agencies in a State under this paragraph (except under subparagraph (C)(i)(II)(bb)), the Secretary shall use either--

`(i) the average tax rate for general fund purposes for comparable local educational agencies, as determined by the Secretary in regulations; or

`(ii) the average tax rate of all the local educational agencies in the State.'.

This title may be cited as the `Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2001'.

TITLE IV--RELATED AGENCIES

ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME

For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retirement Home to operate and maintain the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home and the United States Naval Home, to be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $69,832,000, of which $9,832,000 shall remain available until expended for construction and renovation of the physical plants at the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home and the United States Naval Home: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a single contract or related contracts for development and construction, to include construction of a long-term care facility at the United States Naval Home, may be employed which collectively include the full scope of the project: Provided further, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause `availability of funds' found at 48 CFR 52.232-18 and 252.232-7007, Limitation of Government Obligations.

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAMS, OPERATING EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Corporation for National and Community Service to carry out the provisions of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amended, $303,850,000: Provided, That none of the funds made available to the Corporation for National and Community Service in this Act for activities authorized by part E of title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 shall be used to provide stipends or other monetary incentives to volunteers or volunteer leaders whose incomes exceed 125 percent of the national poverty level.

CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, an amount which shall be available within limitations specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2003, $365,000,000: Provided, That no funds made available to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by this Act shall be used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment for Government officials or employees: Provided further, That none of the funds contained in this paragraph shall be available or used to aid or support any program or activity from which any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is discriminated against, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, That in addition to the amounts provided above, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for digitalization, pending enactment of authorizing legislation.

FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 171-180, 182-183), including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for expenses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a); and for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act, Public Law 95-454 (5 U.S.C. ch. 71), $38,200,000, including $1,500,000, to remain available through September 30, 2002, for activities authorized by the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a): Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training activities and other conflict resolution services and technical assistance, including those provided to foreign governments and international organizations, and for arbitration services shall be credited to and merged with this account, and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitration services shall be available only for education, training, and professional development of the agency workforce: Provided further, That the Director of the Service is authorized to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts of services and real, personal, or other property in the aid of any projects or functions within the Director's jurisdiction.

FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), $6,320,000.

INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES

OFFICE OF LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

For carrying out subtitle B of the Museum and Library Services Act, $207,219,000: Provided, That of the amount provided, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., $700,000 shall be awarded to the University of Idaho Institute for the Historic Study of Jazz, $2,600,000 shall be awarded to Southeast Missouri State University River Campus and Museum, $900,000 shall be awarded to the Heritage Harbor Museum in Rhode Island, $500,000 shall be awarded to the Alaska Native Heritage Center, $576,000 shall be awarded to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, $925,000 shall be awarded to the Please Touch Museum, $250,000 shall be awarded to the Pittsburgh Children's Museum, $510,000 shall be awarded to the Temple University Library, $1,800,000 shall be awarded to Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire, $500,000 shall be awarded to the Louisville Zoo in Kentucky, $150,000 shall be awarded to the Oregon Historical Society, $1,200,000 shall be awarded to the Mississippi River Museum and Discovery Center in Dubuque, Iowa, $650,000 shall be awarded to the Salisbury House Foundation in Des Moines, Iowa, $150,000 shall be awarded to the History Center for the Linn County Historical Museum in Iowa, $4,000,000 shall be awarded to the Newsline for the Blind, of which $100,000 shall be awarded to the Iowa Newsline for the Blind and $100,000 shall be awarded to the West Virginia Newsline for the Blind, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences, $650,000 shall be awarded to Bishops Museum in Hawaii, $500,000 shall be awarded to the Wisconsin Maritime Museum, $250,000 shall be awarded to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, $400,000 shall be awarded to the Perkins Geology Museum at the University of Vermont, $400,000 shall be awarded to the Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center in Camden, New Jersey, $400,000 shall be awarded to the Plainfield Public Library in Plainfield, New Jersey, $150,000 shall be awarded to the Ducktown Arts District in Atlantic City, New Jersey, $400,000 shall be awarded to the Lake Champlain Science Center in Vermont, $250,000 shall be awarded to the Foundation for the Arts, Music, and Entertainment of Shreveport-Bossier, Inc., $100,000 shall be awarded to Bryant College in Rhode Island, $120,000 shall be awarded to the Fenton Historical Museum of Jamestown, New York, $921,000 shall be awarded to the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia, $461,000 shall be awarded to DuPage County Children's Museum in Naperville, Illinois, $369,000 shall be awarded to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library in Cooperstown, New York, $92,000 shall be awarded to the City of Corona, Riverside, California, $6,000 shall be awarded to the City of Murrieta, California Public Library, $1,382,000 shall be awarded to the Sierra Madre, California Public Library, $23,000 shall be awarded to the Brooklyn Public Library in Brooklyn, New York, $46,000 shall be awarded to the New York Public Library Staten Island branch, $266,000 shall be awarded to the Edward H. Nabb Research Center at Salisbury State University in Salisbury, Maryland, $461,000 shall be awarded to Texas Tech University, $230,000 shall be awarded to the City of Ontario, California Public Library, $461,000 shall be awarded to the Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon, $1,106,000 shall be awarded to Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia, $128,000 shall be awarded to the Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn Harbor, New York, $850,000 shall be awarded to the Children's Museum of Los Angeles, $43,000 shall be awarded to Sumter County Library in Sumter, South Carolina, $298,000 shall be awarded to Columbia College Center for Black Music Research in Chicago, Illinois, $723,000 shall be awarded to Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, $723,000 shall be awarded to New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts, $298,000 shall be awarded to Mystic Seaport Museum of America and the Sea in Connecticut, $468,000 shall be awarded to the City of Houston Public Library, $128,000 shall be awarded to the Roberson Museum and Science Center in Binghampton, New York, $850,000 shall be awarded to Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, $680,000 shall be awarded to AMISTAD Research Center at Tulane University, $2,125,000 shall be awarded to Silas Bronson Library in Waterbury, Connecticut, $213,000 shall be awarded to Fitchburg Art Museum in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, $128,000 shall be awarded to North Carolina Museum of Life and Science, $2,435,000 shall be awarded to New York Public Library, $85,000 shall be awarded to the New York Botanical Garden in Bronx, New York, $170,000 shall be awarded to George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, $425,000 shall be awarded to The National Aviary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, $723,000 shall be awarded to the George C. Page Museum in Los Angeles, California, $461,000 shall be awarded to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, and $410,000 shall be awarded to the AE Seaman Mineral Museum in Houghton, Michigan.

MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the Social Security Act, $8,000,000, to be transferred to this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds.

NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, established by the Act of July 20, 1970 (Public Law 91-345, as amended), $1,495,000.

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, $2,615,000.

NATIONAL EDUCATION GOALS PANEL

For expenses necessary for the National Education Goals Panel, as authorized by title II, part A of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, $1,500,000.

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended (29 U.S.C. 141-167), and other laws, $216,438,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available to organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers or used in connection with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935 (29 U.S.C. 152), and as amended by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended, and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203), and including in said definition employees engaged in the maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when maintained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water stored or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes.

NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151-188), including emergency boards appointed by the President, $10,400,000.

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (29 U.S.C. 661), $8,720,000.

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, $160,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2001 pursuant to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98-76; and in addition, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount provided herein, shall be available proportional to the amount by which the product of recipients and the average benefit received exceeds $160,000,000: Provided, That the total amount provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal year.

FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS

For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 30, 2002, which shall be the maximum amount available for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98-76.

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, $95,000,000, to be derived in such amounts as determined by the Board from the railroad retirement accounts and from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment insurance administration fund.

LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, not more than $5,700,000, to be derived from the railroad retirement accounts and railroad unemployment insurance account: Provided, That none of the funds made available in any other paragraph of this Act may be transferred to the Office; used to carry out any such transfer; used to provide any office space, equipment, office supplies, communications facilities or services, maintenance services, or administrative services for the Office; used to pay any salary, benefit, or award for any personnel of the Office; used to pay any other operating expense of the Office; or used to reimburse the Office for any service provided, or expense incurred, by the Office.

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS

For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and the Federal Disability Insurance trust funds, as provided under sections 201(m), 228(g), and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $20,400,000.

SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS

For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, $365,748,000, to remain available until expended.

For making, after July 31 of the current fiscal year, benefit payments to individuals under title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts as may be necessary.

For making benefit payments under title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 for the first quarter of fiscal year 2002, $114,000,000, to remain available until expended.

SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM

For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security Act, section 401 of Public Law 92-603, section 212 of Public Law 93-66, as amended, and section 405 of Public Law 95-216, including payment to the Social Security trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, $23,043,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State during that year shall be returned to the Treasury.

In addition, $210,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2002, for payment to the Social Security trust funds for administrative expenses for continuing disability reviews as authorized by section 103 of Public Law 104-121 and section 10203 of Public Law 105-33. The term `continuing disability reviews' means reviews and redeterminations as defined under section 201(g)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act, as amended.

For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.

For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2002, $10,470,000,000, to remain available until expended.

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses, not more than $6,583,000,000 may be expended, as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein: Provided, That not less than $1,800,000 shall be for the Social Security Advisory Board: Provided further, That unobligated balances at the end of fiscal year 2001 not needed for fiscal year 2001 shall remain available until expended to invest in the Social Security Administration information technology and telecommunications hardware and software infrastructure, including related equipment and non-payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this information technology and telecommunications infrastructure: Provided further, That reimbursement to the trust funds under this heading for expenditures for official time for employees of the Social Security Administration pursuant to section 7131 of title 5, United States Code, and for facilities or support services for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as possible after such expenditures are made.

From funds provided under the previous paragraph, notwithstanding the provision under this heading in Public Law 106-113 regarding unobligated balances at the end of fiscal year 2000 not needed for such fiscal year, an amount not to exceed $50,000,000 from such unobligated balances shall, in addition to funding already available under this heading for fiscal year 2001, be available for necessary expenses.

From funds provided under the first paragraph, not less than $200,000,000 shall be available for conducting continuing disability reviews.

In addition to funding already available under this heading, and subject to the same terms and conditions, $450,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2002, for continuing disability reviews as authorized by section 103 of Public Law 104-121 and section 10203 of Public Law 105-33. The term `continuing disability reviews' means reviews and redeterminations as defined under section 201(g)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act, as amended.

In addition, $91,000,000 to be derived from administration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93-66, which shall remain available until expended. To the extent that the amounts collected pursuant to such section 1616(d) or 212(b)(3) in fiscal year 2001 exceed $91,000,000, the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2002 only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts.

From funds previously appropriated for this purpose, any unobligated balances at the end of fiscal year 2000 shall be available to continue Federal-State partnerships which will evaluate means to promote Medicare buy-in programs targeted to elderly and disabled individuals under titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act.

From funds provided under the first paragraph, up to $6,000,000 shall be available for implementation, development, evaluation, and other costs associated with administration of section 302 of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $16,944,000, together with not to exceed $52,500,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.

In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the `Limitation on Administrative Expenses', Social Security Administration, to be merged with this account, to be available for the time and purposes for which this account is available: Provided, That notice of such transfers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate.

UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE

OPERATING EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the United States Institute of Peace as authorized in the United States Institute of Peace Act, $15,000,000.

TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appropriations provided in this Act: Provided, That such transferred balances are used for the same purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they were originally appropriated.

SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or video presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress or any State legislature, except in presentation to the Congress or any State legislature itself.

(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed to influence legislation or appropriations pending before the Congress or any State legislature.

SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are authorized to make available not to exceed $20,000 and $15,000, respectively, from funds available for salaries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for official reception and representation expenses; the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized to make available for official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $2,500 from the funds available for `Salaries and expenses, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service'; and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board is authorized to make available for official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $2,500 from funds available for `Salaries and expenses, National Mediation Board'.

SEC. 505. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no funds appropriated under this Act shall be used to carry out any program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.

SEC. 506. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds made available in this Act should be American-made.

(b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using funds made available in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.

(c) If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a `Made in America' inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

SEC. 507. When issuing statements, press releases, requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds included in this Act, including but not limited to State and local governments and recipients of Federal research grants, shall clearly state: (1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or project which will be financed with Federal money; (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or program; and (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project or program that will be financed by non-governmental sources.

SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds appropriated under this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated under this Act, shall be expended for any abortion.

(b) None of the funds appropriated under this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated under this Act, shall be expended for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion.

(c) The term `health benefits coverage' means the package of services covered by a managed care provider or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrangement.

SEC. 509. (a) The limitations established in the preceding section shall not apply to an abortion--

(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or

(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed.

(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds).

(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds (other than a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds).

SEC. 510. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for--

(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research purposes; or

(2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 CFR 46.208(a)(2) and section 498(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)).

(b) For purposes of this section, the term `human embryo or embryos' includes any organism, not protected as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or more human gametes or human diploid cells.

SEC. 511. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the legalization of any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances established by section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812).

(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to determine therapeutic advantage.

SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with an entity if--

(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United States and is subject to the requirement in section 4212(d) of title 38, United States Code, regarding submission of an annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employment of certain veterans; and

(2) such entity has not submitted a report as required by that section for the most recent year for which such requirement was applicable to such entity.

SEC. 513. (a) Section 403(a)(5)(H)(iii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(H)(iii)) is amended by striking `2001' and inserting `2005'.

(b) Section 403(a)(5)(H) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(G)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

`(iv) INTERIM REPORT- Not later than January 1, 2002, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress an interim report on the evaluations referred to in clause (i).'.

SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d-2(b)) providing for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique health identifier for an individual (except in an individual's capacity as an employer or a health care provider), until legislation is enacted specifically approving the standard.

SEC. 515. Section 410(b) of The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-170) is amended by striking `2009' both places it appears and inserting `2001'.

SEC. 516. Part B of title III of the Public Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.) is amended by inserting before section 318 the following section:

`HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS

`SEC. 317P. (a) SURVEILLANCE-

`(1) IN GENERAL- The Secretary, acting through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall--

`(A) enter into cooperative agreements with States and other entities to conduct sentinel surveillance or other special studies that would determine the prevalence in various age groups and populations of specific types of human papillomavirus (referred to in this section as `HPV') in different sites in various regions of the United States, through collection of special specimens for HPV using a variety of laboratory-based testing and diagnostic tools; and

`(B) develop and analyze data from the HPV sentinel surveillance system described in subparagraph (A).

`(2) REPORT- The Secretary shall make a progress report to the Congress with respect to paragraph (1) no later than one year after the effective date of this section.

`(b) PREVENTION ACTIVITIES; EDUCATION PROGRAM-

`(1) IN GENERAL- The Secretary, acting through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall conduct prevention research on HPV, including--

`(A) behavioral and other research on the impact of HPV-related diagnosis on individuals;

`(B) formative research to assist with the development of educational messages and information for the public, for patients, and for their partners about HPV;

`(C) surveys of physician and public knowledge, attitudes, and practices about genital HPV infection; and

`(D) upon the completion of and based on the findings under subparagraphs (A) through (C), develop and disseminate educational materials for the public and health care providers regarding HPV and its impact and prevention.

`(2) REPORT; FINAL PROPOSAL- The Secretary shall make a progress report to the Congress with respect to paragraph (1) not later than one year after the effective date of this section, and shall develop a final report not later than three years after such effective date, including a detailed summary of the significant findings and problems and the best strategies to prevent future infections, based on available science.

`(c) HPV EDUCATION AND PREVENTION-

`(1) IN GENERAL- The Secretary shall prepare and distribute educational materials for health care providers and the public that include information on HPV. Such materials shall address--

`(A) modes of transmission;

`(B) consequences of infection, including the link between HPV and cervical cancer;

`(C) the available scientific evidence on the effectiveness or lack of effectiveness of condoms in preventing infection with HPV; and

`(D) the importance of regular Pap smears, and other diagnostics for early intervention and prevention of cervical cancer purposes in preventing cervical cancer.

`(2) MEDICALLY ACCURATE INFORMATION- Educational material under paragraph (1), and all other relevant educational and prevention materials prepared and printed from this date forward for the public and health care providers by the Secretary (including materials prepared through the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Health Resources and Services Administration), or by contractors, grantees, or subgrantees thereof, that are specifically designed to address STDs including HPV shall contain medically accurate information regarding the effectiveness or lack of effectiveness of condoms in preventing the STD the materials are designed to address. Such requirement only applies to materials mass produced for the public and health care providers, and not to routine communications.'.

SEC. 4. LABELING OF CONDOMS.

The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall reexamine existing condom labels that are authorized pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to determine whether the labels are medically accurate regarding the overall effectiveness or lack of effectiveness of condoms in preventing sexually transmitted diseases, including HPV.

SEC. 517. Section 403(o) of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 343(o)) is repealed. Subsections (c) and (d) of section 4 of the Saccharin Study and Labeling Act are repealed.

SEC. 518. (a) Title VIII of the Social Security Act is amended by inserting after section 810 (42 U.S.C. 1010) the following new section:

`SEC. 810A. OPTIONAL FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION OF STATE RECOGNITION PAYMENTS.

`(a) IN GENERAL- The Commissioner of Social Security may enter into an agreement with any State (or political subdivision thereof) that provides cash payments on a regular basis to individuals entitled to benefits under this title under which the Commissioner of Social Security shall make such payments on behalf of such State (or subdivision).

`(b) AGREEMENT TERMS-

`(1) IN GENERAL- Such agreement shall include such terms as the Commissioner of Social Security finds necessary to achieve efficient and effective administration of both this title and the State program.

`(2) FINANCIAL TERMS- Such agreement shall provide for the State to pay the Commissioner of Social Security, at such times and in such installments as the parties may specify--

`(A) an amount equal to the expenditures made by the Commissioner of Social Security pursuant to such agreement as payments to individuals on behalf of such State; and

`(B) an administration fee to reimburse the administrative expenses incurred by the Commissioner of Social Security in making payments to individuals on behalf of the State.

`(c) SPECIAL DISPOSITION OF ADMINISTRATION FEES- Administration fees, upon collection, shall be credited to a special fund established in the Treasury of the United States for State recognition payments for certain World War II veterans. The amounts so credited, to the extent and in the amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts, shall be available to defray expenses incurred in carrying out this title.'.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS-

(1) The Table of Contents of title VIII of the Social Security Act is amended by inserting after `Sec. 810. Other administrative provisions.' the following:

`Sec. 810A. Optional federal administration of State recognition payments.'.

(2) Section 1129A(e) of the Social Security (42 U.S.C. 1320a-8a(e)) is amended--

(A) by inserting `VIII or' after `benefits under';

(B) by inserting `810A or' after `agreement under section';

(C) by inserting `1010A or' before `1382(e)(a)'; and

(D) by inserting `, as the case may be' immediately before the period.

SEC. 519. (a) IN GENERAL- Section 1612(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(a) is amended--

(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting `but without the application of section 210(j)(3)' immediately before the semicolon; and

(2) in subparagraph (B), by--

(A) striking `and the last' and inserting `the last', and

(B) inserting `, and section 210(j)(3)' after `subsection (a)'.

SEC. 520. Amounts made available under this Act for the administrative and related expenses for departmental management for the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Education shall be reduced on a pro rata basis by $25,000,000: Provided, That this provision shall not apply to the Food and Drug Administration and the Indian Health Service.

TITLE VI--ASSETS FOR INDEPENDENCE

SECTION 601. SHORT TITLE.

That this title may be cited as the `Assets for Independence Act Amendments of 2000'.

SEC. 602. MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS UNAVAILABLE FOR EMERGENCY WITHDRAWALS.

Section 404(5)(A)(v) of the Assets for Independence Act (42 U.S.C. 604 note) is amended by striking `, or enabling the eligible individual to make an emergency withdrawal'.

SEC. 603. ADDITIONAL QUALIFIED ENTITIES.

Section 404(7)(A) of the Assets for Independence Act (42 U.S.C. 604 note) is amended--

(1) in clause (i), by striking `or' at the end thereof;

(2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting `; or'; and

(3) by adding at the end the following new clause:

`(iii) an entity that--

`(I) is--

`(aa) a credit union designated as a low-income credit union by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA); or

`(bb) an organization designated as a community development financial institution by the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund); and

`(II) can demonstrate a collaborative relationship with a local community-based organization whose activities are designed to address poverty in the community and the needs of community members for economic independence and stability.'.

SEC. 604. HOME PURCHASE COSTS.

Section 404(8)(B)(i) of the Assets for Independence Act (42 U.S.C. 604 note) is amended by striking `100' and inserting `120'.

SEC. 605. INCREASED SET-ASIDE FOR ECONOMIC LITERACY TRAINING AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

Section 407(c)(3) of the Assets for Independence Act (42 U.S.C. 604 note) is amended--

(1) by striking `9.5' and inserting `15'; and

(2) by inserting after the first sentence the following: `Of the total amount specified in this paragraph, not more than 7.5 percent shall be used for administrative functions under paragraph (1)(C), including program management, reporting requirements, recruitment and enrollment of individuals, and monitoring. The remainder of the total amount specified in this paragraph (not including the amount specified for use for the purposes described in paragraph (1)(D)) shall be used for nonadministrative functions described in paragraph (1)(A), including case management, budgeting, economic literacy, and credit counseling. If the cost of nonadministrative functions described in paragraph (1)(A) is less than 5.5 percent of the total amount specified in this paragraph, such excess funds may be used for administrative functions.'.

SEC. 606. ALTERNATIVE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.

Section 408(a)(1) of the Assets for Independence Act (42 U.S.C. 604 note) is amended by striking `does not exceed' and inserting `is equal to or less than 200 percent of the poverty line (as determined by the Office of Management and Budget) or'.

SEC. 607. REVISED ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT DEADLINE.

(a) IN GENERAL- Section 412(c) of the Assets for Independence Act (42 U.S.C. 604 note) is amended by striking `calendar' and inserting `project'.

(b) TRANSITIONAL DEADLINE- Notwithstanding the amendment made by subsection (a), the submission of the initial report of a qualified entity under section 412(c) shall not be required prior to the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this title.

SEC. 608. REVISED INTERIM EVALUATION REPORT DEADLINE.

(a) IN GENERAL- Section 414(d)(1) of the Assets for Independence Act (42 U.S.C. 604 note) is amended by striking `calendar' and inserting `project'.

(b) TRANSITIONAL DEADLINE- Notwithstanding the amendment made by subsection (a), the submission of the initial interim report of the Secretary under section 412(c) shall not be required prior to the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this title.

SEC. 609. INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS FOR EVALUATION EXPENSES.

Subsection (e) of section 414 of the Assets for Independence Act (42 U.S.C. 604 note) is amended to read as follows:

`(e) EVALUATION EXPENSES- Of the amount appropriated under section 416 for a fiscal year, the Secretary may expend not more than $500,000 for such fiscal year to carry out the objectives of this section.'.

SEC. 610. NO REDUCTION IN BENEFITS.

Section 415 of the Assets for Independence Act (42 U.S.C. 604 note) is amended to read as follows:

`SEC. 415. NO REDUCTION IN BENEFITS.

`Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law (other than the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) that requires consideration of 1 or more financial circumstances of an individual, for the purpose of determining eligibility to receive, or the amount of, any assistance or benefit authorized by such law to be provided to or for the benefit of such individual, funds (including interest accruing) in an individual development account under this Act shall be disregarded for such purpose with respect to any period during which such individual maintains or makes contributions into such an account.'.

TITLE VII--PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR PROGRESS ACT

SEC. 701. PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR PROGRESS. Title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8001 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

`PART L--PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR PROGRESS

`SEC. 10999A. SHORT TITLE.

`This part may be cited as the `Physical Education for Progress Act'.

`SEC. 10999B. PURPOSE.

`The purpose of this part is to award grants and contracts to local educational agencies to enable the local educational agencies to initiate, expand and improve physical education programs for all kindergarten through 12th grade students.

`SEC. 10999C. FINDINGS.

`Congress makes the following findings:

`(1) Physical education is essential to the development of growing children.

`(2) Physical education helps improve the overall health of children by improving their cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength and power, and flexibility, and by enhancing weight regulation, bone development, posture, skillful moving, active lifestyle habits, and constructive use of leisure time.

`(3) Physical education helps improve the self esteem, interpersonal relationships, responsible behavior, and independence of children.

`(4) Children who participate in high quality daily physical education programs tend to be more healthy and physically fit.

`(5) The percentage of young people who are overweight has more than doubled in the 30 years preceding 1999.

`(6) Low levels of activity contribute to the high prevalence of obesity among children in the United States.

`(7) Obesity related diseases cost the United States economy more than $100,000,000,000 every year.

`(8) Inactivity and poor diet cause at least 300,000 deaths a year in the United States.

`(9) Physically fit adults have significantly reduced risk factors for heart attacks and stroke.

`(10) Children are not as active as they should be and fewer than 1 in 4 children get 20 minutes of vigorous activity every day of the week.

`(11) The Surgeon General's 1996 Report on Physical Activity and Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recommend daily physical education for all students in kindergarten through grade 12.

`(12) Twelve years after Congress passed House Concurrent Resolution 97, 100th Congress, agreed to December 11, 1987, encouraging State and local governments and local educational agencies to provide high quality daily physical education programs for all children in kindergarten through grade 12, little progress has been made.

`(13) Every student in our Nation's schools, from kindergarten through grade 12, should have the opportunity to participate in quality physical education. It is the unique role of quality physical education programs to develop the health-related fitness, physical competence, and cognitive understanding about physical activity for all students so that the students can adopt healthy and physically active lifestyles.

`SEC. 10999D. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

`The Secretary is authorized to award grants to, and enter into contracts with, local educational agencies to pay the Federal share of the costs of initiating, expanding, and improving physical education programs for kindergarten through grade 12 students by--

`(1) providing equipment and support to enable students to actively participate in physical education activities; and

`(2) providing funds for staff and teacher training and education.

`SEC. 10999E. APPLICATIONS; PROGRAM ELEMENTS.

`(a) APPLICATIONS- Each local educational agency desiring a grant or contract under this part shall submit to the Secretary an application that contains a plan to initiate, expand, or improve physical education programs in the schools served by the agency in order to make progress toward meeting State standards for physical education.

`(b) PROGRAM ELEMENTS- A physical education program described in any application submitted under subsection (a) may provide--

`(1) fitness education and assessment to help children understand, improve, or maintain their physical well-being;

`(2) instruction in a variety of motor skills and physical activities designed to enhance the physical, mental, and social or emotional development of every child;

`(3) development of cognitive concepts about motor skill and physical fitness that support a lifelong healthy lifestyle;

`(4) opportunities to develop positive social and cooperative skills through physical activity participation;

`(5) instruction in healthy eating habits and good nutrition; and

`(6) teachers of physical education the opportunity for professional development to stay abreast of the latest research, issues, and trends in the field of physical education.

`(c) SPECIAL RULE- For the purpose of this part, extracurricular activities such as team sports and Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program activities shall not be considered as part of the curriculum of a physical education program assisted under this part.

`SEC. 10999F. PROPORTIONALITY.

`The Secretary shall ensure that grants awarded and contracts entered into under this part shall be equitably distributed between local educational agencies serving urban and rural areas, and between local educational agencies serving large and small numbers of students.

`SEC. 10999G. PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND HOME-SCHOOLED STUDENTS.

`An application for funds under this part may provide for the participation, in the activities funded under this part, of--

`(1) homeschooled children, and their parents and teachers; or

`(2) children enrolled in private nonprofit elementary schools or secondary schools, and their parents and teachers.

`SEC. 10999H. REPORT REQUIRED FOR CONTINUED FUNDING.

`As a condition to continue to receive grant or contract funding after the first year of a multiyear grant or contract under this part, the administrator of the grant or contract for the local educational agency shall submit to the Secretary an annual report that describes the activities conducted during the preceding year and demonstrates that progress has been made toward meeting State standards for physical education.

`SEC. 10999I. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

`The Secretary shall submit a report to Congress not later than June 1, 2003, that describes the programs assisted under this part, documents the success of such programs in improving physical fitness, and makes such recommendations as the Secretary determines appropriate for the continuation and improvement of the programs assisted under this part.

`SEC. 10999J. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

`Not more than 5 percent of the grant or contract funds made available to a local educational agency under this part for any fiscal year may be used for administrative costs.

`SEC. 10999K. FEDERAL SHARE; SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.

`(a) FEDERAL SHARE- The Federal share under this part may not exceed--

`(1) 90 percent of the total cost of a project for the first year for which the project receives assistance under this part; and

`(2) 75 percent of such cost for the second and each subsequent such year.

`(b) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT- Funds made available under this part shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State and local funds available for physical education activities.

`SEC. 10999L. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

`There are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2003 through 2005, to carry out this part. Such funds shall remain available until expended.'.

TITLE VIII--EARLY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.

(a) SHORT TITLE- This title may be cited as the `Early Learning Opportunities Act'.

(b) FINDINGS- Congress finds that--

(1) medical research demonstrates that adequate stimulation of a young child's brain between birth and age 5 is critical to the physical development of the young child's brain;

(2) parents are the most significant and effective teachers of their children, and they alone are responsible for choosing the best early learning opportunities for their child;

(3) parent education and parent involvement are critical to the success of any early learning program or activity;

(4) the more intensively parents are involved in their child's early learning, the greater the cognitive and noncognitive benefits to their children;

(5) many parents have difficulty finding the information and support the parents seek to help their children grow to their full potential;

(6) each day approximately 13,000,000 young children, including 6,000,000 infants or toddlers, spend some or all of their day being cared for by someone other than their parents;

(7) quality early learning programs, including those designed to promote effective parenting, can increase the literacy rate, the secondary school graduation rate, the employment rate, and the college enrollment rate for children who have participated in voluntary early learning programs and activities;

(8) early childhood interventions can yield substantial advantages to participants in terms of emotional and cognitive development, education, economic well-being, and health, with the latter 2 advantages applying to the children's families as well;

(9) participation in quality early learning programs, including those designed to promote effective parenting, can decrease the future incidence of teenage pregnancy, welfare dependency, at-risk behaviors, and juvenile delinquency for children;

(10) several cost-benefit analysis studies indicate that for each $1 invested in quality early learning programs, the Federal Government can save over $5 by reducing the number of children and families who participate in Federal Government programs like special education and welfare;

(11) for children placed in the care of others during the workday, the low salaries paid to the child care staff, the lack of career progression for the staff, and the lack of child development specialists involved in early learning and child care programs, make it difficult to attract and retain the quality of staff necessary for a positive early learning experience;

(12) Federal Government support for early learning has primarily focused on out-of-home care programs like those established under the Head Start Act, the Child Care and Development Block Grant of 1990, and part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and these programs--

(A) serve far fewer than half of all eligible children;

(B) are not primarily designed to provide support for parents who care for their young children in the home; and

(C) lack a means of coordinating early learning opportunities in each community; and

(13) by helping communities increase, expand, and better coordinate early learning opportunities for children and their families, the productivity and creativity of future generations will be improved, and the Nation will be prepared for continued leadership in the 21st century.

SEC. 802. PURPOSES.

The purposes of this title are--

(1) to increase the availability of voluntary programs, services, and activities that support early childhood development, increase parent effectiveness, and promote the learning readiness of young children so that young children enter school ready to learn;

(2) to support parents, child care providers, and caregivers who want to incorporate early learning activities into the daily lives of young children;

(3) to remove barriers to the provision of an accessible system of early childhood learning programs in communities throughout the United States;

(4) to increase the availability and affordability of professional development activities and compensation for caregivers and child care providers; and

(5) to facilitate the development of community-based systems of collaborative service delivery models characterized by resource sharing, linkages between appropriate supports, and local planning for services.

SEC. 803. DEFINITIONS.

In this title:

(1) CAREGIVER- The term `caregiver' means an individual, including a relative, neighbor, or family friend, who regularly or frequently provides care, with or without compensation, for a child for whom the individual is not the parent.

(2) CHILD CARE PROVIDER- The term `child care provider' means a provider of non-residential child care services (including center-based, family-based, and in-home child care services) for compensation who or that is legally operating under State law, and complies with applicable State and local requirements for the provision of child care services.

(3) EARLY LEARNING- The term `early learning', used with respect to a program or activity, means learning designed to facilitate the development of cognitive, language, motor, and social-emotional skills for, and to promote learning readiness in, young children.

(4) EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM- The term `early learning program' means--

(A) a program of services or activities that helps parents, caregivers, and child care providers incorporate early learning into the daily lives of young children; or

(B) a program that directly provides early learning to young children.

(5) INDIAN TRIBE- The term `Indian tribe' has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b).

(6) LOCAL COUNCIL- The term `Local Council' means a Local Council established or designated under section 814(a) that serves one or more localities.

(7) LOCALITY- The term `locality' means a city, county, borough, township, or area served by another general purpose unit of local government, an Indian tribe, a Regional Corporation, or a Native Hawaiian entity.

(8) PARENT- The term `parent' means a biological parent, an adoptive parent, a stepparent, a foster parent, or a legal guardian of, or a person standing in loco parentis to, a child.

(9) POVERTY LINE- The term `poverty line' means the poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of the size involved.

(10) REGIONAL CORPORATION- The term `Regional Corporation' means an entity listed in section 419(4)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 619(4)(B)).

(11) SECRETARY- The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

(12) STATE- The term `State' means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

(13) TRAINING- The term `training' means instruction in early learning that--

(A) is required for certification under State and local laws, regulations, and policies;

(B) is required to receive a nationally or State recognized credential or its equivalent;

(C) is received in a postsecondary education program focused on early learning or early childhood development in which the individual is enrolled; or

(D) is provided, certified, or sponsored by an organization that is recognized for its expertise in promoting early learning or early childhood development.

(14) YOUNG CHILD- The term `young child' means any child from birth to the age of mandatory school attendance in the State where the child resides.

SEC. 804. PROHIBITIONS.

(a) PARTICIPATION NOT REQUIRED- No person, including a parent, shall be required to participate in any program of early childhood education, early learning, parent education, or developmental screening pursuant to the provisions of this title.

(b) RIGHTS OF PARENTS- Nothing in this title shall be construed to affect the rights of parents otherwise established in Federal, State, or local law.

(c) PARTICULAR METHODS OR SETTINGS- No entity that receives funds under this title shall be required to provide services under this title through a particular instructional method or in a particular instructional setting to comply with this title.

(d) NONDUPLICATION- No funds provided under this title shall be used to carry out an activity funded under another provision of law providing for Federal child care or early learning programs, unless an expansion of such activity is identified in the local needs assessment and performance goals under this title.

SEC. 805. AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS.

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services to carry out this title--

(1) $750,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;

(2) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;

(3) $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2003; and

(4) such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2004 and 2005.

SEC. 806. COORDINATION OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS.

(a) COORDINATION- The Secretary and the Secretary of Education shall develop mechanisms to resolve administrative and programmatic conflicts between Federal programs that would be a barrier to parents, caregivers, service providers, or children related to the coordination of services and funding for early learning programs.

(b) USE OF EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES- In the case of a collaborative activity funded under this title and another provision of law providing for Federal child care or early learning programs, the use of equipment and nonconsumable supplies purchased with funds made available under this title or such provision shall not be restricted to children enrolled or otherwise participating in the program carried out under this title or such provision, during a period in which the activity is predominately funded under this title or such provision.

SEC. 807. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

(a) GRANTS- From amounts appropriated under section 805 the Secretary shall award grants to States to enable the States to award grants to Local Councils to pay the Federal share of the cost of carrying out early learning programs in the locality served by the Local Council.

(b) FEDERAL SHARE-

(1) IN GENERAL- The Federal share of the cost described in subsections (a) and (e) shall be 85 percent for the first and second years of the grant, 80 percent for the third and fourth years of the grant, and 75 percent for the fifth and subsequent years of the grant.

(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE- The non-Federal share of the cost described in subsections (a) and (e) may be contributed in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including facilities, equipment, or services, which may be provided from State or local public sources, or through donations from private entities. For the purposes of this paragraph the term `facilities' includes the use of facilities, but the term `equipment' means donated equipment and not the use of equipment.

(c) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT- The Secretary shall not award a grant under this title to any State unless the Secretary first determines that the total expenditures by the State and its political subdivisions to support early learning programs (other than funds used to pay the non-Federal share under subsection (b)(2)) for the fiscal year for which the determination is made is equal to or greater than such expenditures for the preceding fiscal year.

(d) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT- Amounts received under this title shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and local public funds expended to promote early learning.

(e) SPECIAL RULE- If funds appropriated to carry out this title are less than $150,000,000 for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall award grants for the fiscal year directly to Local Councils, on a competitive basis, to pay the Federal share of the cost of carrying out early learning programs in the locality served by the Local Council. In carrying out the preceding sentence--

(1) subsection (c), subsections (b) and (c) of section 810, and paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 811(a) shall not apply;

(2) State responsibilities described in section 811(d) shall be carried out by the Local Council with regard to the locality;

(3) the Secretary shall provide such technical assistance and monitoring as necessary to ensure that the use of the funds by Local Councils and the distribution of the funds to Local Councils are consistent with this title; and

(4) subject to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall assume the responsibilities of the Lead State Agency under this title, as appropriate.

SEC. 808. USES OF FUNDS.

(a) IN GENERAL- Subject to section 810, grant funds under this title shall be used to pay for developing, operating, or enhancing voluntary early learning programs that are likely to produce sustained gains in early learning.

(b) LIMITED USES- Subject to section 810, Lead State Agencies and Local Councils shall ensure that funds made available under this title to the agencies and Local Councils are used for 3 or more of the following activities:

(1) Helping parents, caregivers, child care providers, and educators increase their capacity to facilitate the development of cognitive, language comprehension, expressive language, social-emotional, and motor skills, and promote learning readiness.

(2) Promoting effective parenting.

(3) Enhancing early childhood literacy.

(4) Developing linkages among early learning programs within a community and between early learning programs and health care services for young children.

(5) Increasing access to early learning opportunities for young children with special needs, including developmental delays, by facilitating coordination with other programs serving such young children.

(6) Increasing access to existing early learning programs by expanding the days or times that the young children are served, by expanding the number of young children served, or by improving the affordability of the programs for low-income families.

(7) Improving the quality of early learning programs through professional development and training activities, increased compensation, and recruitment and retention incentives, for early learning providers.

(8) Removing ancillary barriers to early learning, including transportation difficulties and absence of programs during nontraditional work times.

(c) REQUIREMENTS- Each Lead State Agency designated under section 810(c) and Local Councils receiving a grant under this title shall ensure--

(1) that Local Councils described in section 814 work with local educational agencies to identify cognitive, social, emotional, and motor developmental abilities which are necessary to support children's readiness for school;

(2) that the programs, services, and activities assisted under this title will represent developmentally appropriate steps toward the acquisition of those abilities; and

(3) that the programs, services, and activities assisted under this title collectively provide benefits for children cared for in their own homes as well as children placed in the care of others.

(d) SLIDING SCALE PAYMENTS- States and Local Councils receiving assistance under this title shall ensure that programs, services, and activities assisted under this title which customarily require a payment for such programs, services, or activities, adjust the cost of such programs, services, and activities provided to the individual or the individual's child based on the individual's ability to pay.

SEC. 809. RESERVATIONS AND ALLOTMENTS.

(a) RESERVATION FOR INDIAN TRIBES, ALASKA NATIVES, AND NATIVE HAWAIIANS- The Secretary shall reserve 1 percent of the total amount appropriated under section 805 for each fiscal year, to be allotted to Indian tribes, Regional Corporations, and Native Hawaiian entities, of which--

(1) 0.5 percent shall be available to Indian tribes; and

(2) 0.5 percent shall be available to Regional Corporations and Native Hawaiian entities.

(b) ALLOTMENTS- From the funds appropriated under this title for each fiscal year that are not reserved under subsection (a), the Secretary shall allot to each State the sum of--

(1) an amount that bears the same ratio to 50 percent of such funds as the number of children 4 years of age and younger in the State bears to the number of such children in all States; and

(2) an amount that bears the same ratio to 50 percent of such funds as the number of children 4 years of age and younger living in families with incomes below the poverty line in the State bears to the number of such children in all States.

(c) MINIMUM ALLOTMENT- No State shall receive an allotment under subsection (b) for a fiscal year in an amount that is less than .40 percent of the total amount appropriated for the fiscal year under this title.

(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS- Any portion of the allotment to a State that is not expended for activities under this title in the fiscal year for which the allotment is made shall remain available to the State for 2 additional years, after which any unexpended funds shall be returned to the Secretary. The Secretary shall use the returned funds to carry out a discretionary grant program for research-based early learning demonstration projects.

(e) DATA- The Secretary shall make allotments under this title on the basis of the most recent data available to the Secretary.

SEC. 810. GRANT ADMINISTRATION.

(a) FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS- The Secretary may use not more than 3 percent of the amount appropriated under section 805 for a fiscal year to pay for the administrative costs of carrying out this title, including the monitoring and evaluation of State and local efforts.

(b) STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS- A State that receives a grant under this title may use--

(1) not more than 2 percent of the funds made available through the grant to carry out activities designed to coordinate early learning programs on the State level, including programs funded or operated by the State educational agency, health, children and family, and human service agencies, and any State-level collaboration or coordination council involving early learning and education, such as the entities funded under section 640(a)(5) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835 (a)(5));

(2) not more than 2 percent of the funds made available through the grant for the administrative costs of carrying out the grant program and the costs of reporting State and local efforts to the Secretary; and

(3) not more than 3 percent of the funds made available through the grant for training, technical assistance, and wage incentives provided by the State to Local Councils.

(c) LEAD STATE AGENCY-

(1) IN GENERAL- To be eligible to receive an allotment under this title, the Governor of a State shall appoint, after consultation with the leadership of the State legislature, a Lead State Agency to carry out the functions described in paragraph (2).

(2) LEAD STATE AGENCY-

(A) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS- The Lead State Agency described in paragraph (1) shall allocate funds to Local Councils as described in section 812.

(B) FUNCTIONS OF AGENCY- In addition to allocating funds pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Lead State Agency shall--

(i) advise and assist Local Councils in the performance of their duties under this title;

(ii) develop and submit the State application;

(iii) evaluate and approve applications submitted by Local Councils under section 813;

(iv) ensure collaboration with respect to assistance provided under this title between the State agency responsible for education and the State agency responsible for children and family services;

(v) prepare and submit to the Secretary, an annual report on the activities carried out in the State under this title, which shall include a statement describing how all funds received under this title are expended and documentation of the effects that resources under this title have had on--

(I) parental capacity to improve learning readiness in their young children;

(II) early childhood literacy;

(III) linkages among early learning programs;

(IV) linkages between early learning programs and health care services for young children;

(V) access to early learning activities for young children with special needs;

(VI) access to existing early learning programs through expansion of the days or times that children are served;

(VII) access to existing early learning programs through expansion of the number of young children served;

(VIII) access to and affordability of existing early learning programs for low-income families;

(IX) the quality of early learning programs resulting from professional development, and recruitment and retention incentives for caregivers; and

(X) removal of ancillary barriers to early learning, including transportation difficulties and absence of programs during nontraditional work times; and

(vi) ensure that training and research is made available to Local Councils and that such training and research reflects the latest available brain development and early childhood development research related to early learning.

SEC. 811. STATE REQUIREMENTS.

(a) ELIGIBILITY- To be eligible for a grant under this title, a State shall--

(1) ensure that funds received by the State under this title shall be subject to appropriation by the State legislature, consistent with the terms and conditions required under State law;

(2) designate a Lead State Agency under section 810(c) to administer and monitor the grant and ensure ~~~~State-level coordination of early learning programs;

(3) submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary may require;

(4) ensure that funds made available under this title are distributed on a competitive basis throughout the State to Local Councils serving rural, urban, and suburban areas of the State; and

(5) assist the Secretary in developing mechanisms to ensure that Local Councils receiving funds under this title comply with the requirements of this title.

(b) STATE PREFERENCE- In awarding grants to Local Councils under this title, the State, to the maximum extent possible, shall ensure that a broad variety of early learning programs that provide a continuity of services across the age spectrum assisted under this title are funded under this title, and shall give preference to supporting--

(1) a Local Council that meets criteria, that are specified by the State and approved by the Secretary, for qualifying as serving an area of greatest need for early learning programs; and

(2) a Local Council that demonstrates, in the application submitted under section 813, the Local Council's potential to increase collaboration as a means of maximizing use of resources provided under this title with other resources available for early learning programs.

(c) LOCAL PREFERENCE- In awarding grants under this title, Local Councils shall give preference to supporting--

(1) projects that demonstrate their potential to collaborate as a means of maximizing use of resources provided under this title with other resources available for early learning programs;

(2) programs that provide a continuity of services for young children across the age spectrum, individually, or through community-based networks or cooperative agreements; and

(3) programs that help parents and other caregivers promote early learning with their young children.

(d) PERFORMANCE GOALS-

(1) ASSESSMENTS- Based on information and data received from Local Councils, and information and data available through State resources, the State shall biennially assess the needs and available resources related to the provision of early learning programs within the State.

(2) PERFORMANCE GOALS- Based on the analysis of ~information described in paragraph (1), the State shall establish measurable performance goals to be achieved through activities assisted under this title.

(3) REQUIREMENT- The State shall award grants to Local Councils only for purposes that are consistent with the performance ~~goals established under paragraph (2).

(4) REPORT- The State shall report to the Secretary annually regarding the State's progress toward achieving the performance goals established in paragraph (2) and any necessary modifications to those goals, including the rationale for the modifications.

(5) IMPROVEMENT PLANS- If the Secretary determines, based on the State report submitted under paragraph (4), that the State is not making progress toward achieving the performance goals described in paragraph (2), then the State shall submit a performance improvement plan to the Secretary, and demonstrate reasonable progress in implementing such plan, in order to remain eligible for funding under this title.

SEC. 812. LOCAL ALLOCATIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL- The Lead State Agency shall allocate to Local Councils in the State not less than 93 percent of the funds provided to the State under this title for a fiscal year.

(b) LIMITATION- The Lead State Agency shall allocate funds provided under this title on the basis of the population of the locality served by the Local Council.

SEC. 813. LOCAL APPLICATIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL- To be eligible to receive assistance under this title, the Local Council shall submit an application to the Lead State Agency at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Lead State Agency may require.

(b) CONTENTS- Each application submitted pursuant to subsection (a) shall include a statement ensuring that the local government entity, Indian tribe, Regional Corporation, or Native Hawaiian entity has established or designated a Local Council under section 814, and the Local Council has developed a local plan for carrying out early learning programs under this title that includes--

(1) a needs and resources assessment concerning early learning services and a statement describing how early learning programs will be funded consistent with the assessment;

(2) a statement of how the Local Council will ensure that early learning programs will meet the performance goals reported by the Lead State Agency under this title; and

(3) a description of how the Local Council will form collaboratives among local youth, social service, and educational providers to maximize resources and concentrate efforts on areas of greatest need.

SEC. 814. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION.

(a) LOCAL COUNCIL-

(1) IN GENERAL- To be eligible to receive funds under this title, a local government entity, Indian tribe, Regional Corporation, or Native Hawaiian entity, as appropriate, shall establish or designate a Local Council, which shall be composed of--

(A) representatives of local agencies directly affected by early learning programs assisted under this title;

(B) parents;

(C) other individuals concerned with early learning issues in the locality, such as representative entities providing elementary education, child care resource and referral services, early learning opportunities, child care, and health services; and

(D) other key community leaders.

(2) DESIGNATING EXISTING ENTITY- If a local government entity, Indian tribe, Regional Corporation, or Native Hawaiian entity has, before the date of enactment of the Early Learning Opportunities Act, a Local Council or a regional entity that is comparable to the Local Council described in paragraph (1), the entity, tribe or corporation may designate the council or entity as a Local Council under this title, and shall be considered to have established a Local Council in compliance with this subsection.

(3) FUNCTIONS- The Local Council shall be responsible for preparing and submitting the application described in section 813.

(b) ADMINISTRATION-

(1) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS- Not more than 3 percent of the funds received by a Local Council under this title shall be used to pay for the administrative costs of the Local Council in carrying out this title.

(2) FISCAL AGENT- A Local Council may designate any entity, with a demonstrated capacity for administering grants, that is affected by, or concerned with, early learning issues, including the State, to serve as fiscal agent for the administration of grant funds received by the Local Council under this title.

TITLE IX--RURAL EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM

SEC. 901. RURAL EDUCATION INITIATIVE.

Subpart 2 of part J of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8291 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:

`Subpart 2--Rural Education Initiative

`SEC. 10971. SHORT TITLE.

`This subpart may be cited as the `Rural Education Achievement Program'.

`SEC. 10972. PURPOSE.

`It is the purpose of this subpart to address the unique needs of rural school districts that frequently--

`(1) lack the personnel and resources needed to compete for Federal competitive grants; and

`(2) receive formula allocations in amounts too small to be effective in meeting their intended purposes.

`SEC. 10973. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

`There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subpart $62,500,000 for fiscal year 2001.

`SEC. 10974. FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

`(a) ALTERNATIVE USES-

`(1) IN GENERAL- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an eligible local educational agency may use the applicable funding, that the agency is eligible to receive from the State educational agency for a fiscal year, to carry out local activities authorized in part A of title I, section 2210(b), section 3134, or section 4116.

`(2) NOTIFICATION- An eligible local educational agency shall notify the State educational agency of the local educational agency's intention to use the applicable funding in accordance with paragraph (1) not later than a date that is established by the State educational agency for the notification.

`(b) ELIGIBILITY- A local educational agency shall be eligible to use the applicable funding in accordance with subsection (a) if--

`(1) the total number of students in average daily attendance at all of the schools served by the local educational agency is less than 600; and

`(2) all of the schools served by the local educational agency are designated with a School Locale Code of 7 or 8, as determined by the Secretary of Education.

`(c) APPLICABLE FUNDING- In this section, the term `applicable funding' means funds provided under each of titles II, IV, and VI, except for funds made available under section 321 of the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2001.

`(d) DISBURSAL- Each State educational agency that receives applicable funding for a fiscal year shall disburse the applicable funding to local educational agencies for alternative uses under this section for the fiscal year at the same time that the State educational agency disburses the applicable funding to local educational agencies that do not intend to use the applicable funding for such alternative uses for the fiscal year.

`(e) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT- Funds made available under this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant any other State or local education funds.

`(f) SPECIAL RULE- References in Federal law to funds for the provisions of law set forth in subsection (c) may be considered to be references to funds for this section.

`(g) CONSTRUCTION- Nothing in this subpart shall be construed to prohibit a local educational agency that enters into cooperative arrangements with other local educational agencies for the provision of special, compensatory, or other education services pursuant to State law or a written agreement from entering into similar arrangements for the use or the coordination of the use of the funds made available under this subpart.

`SEC. 10975. COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

`(a) IN GENERAL- The Secretary is authorized to award grants to eligible local educational agencies to enable the local educational agencies to carry out local activities authorized in part A of title I, section 2210(b), section 3134, or section 4116.

`(b) ELIGIBILITY- A local educational agency shall be eligible to receive a grant under this section if--

`(1) the total number of students in average daily attendance at all of the schools served by the local educational agency is less than 600; and

`(2) all of the schools served by the local educational agency are designated with a School Locale Code of 7 or 8, as determined by the Secretary of Education.

`(c) AMOUNT-

`(1) IN GENERAL- The Secretary shall award a grant to a local educational agency under this section for a fiscal year in an amount equal to the amount determined under paragraph (2) for the fiscal year minus the total amount received under the provisions of law described under section 10974(c) for the fiscal year.

`(2) DETERMINATION- The amount referred to in paragraph (1) is equal to $100 multiplied by the total number of students in excess of 50 students that are in average daily attendance at the schools served by the local educational agency, plus $20,000, except that the amount may not exceed $60,000.

`(3) CENSUS DETERMINATION-

`(A) IN GENERAL- Each local educational agency desiring a grant under this section shall determine for each year the number of kindergarten through grade 12 students in average daily attendance at the schools served by the local educational agency during the period beginning or the first day of classes and ending on December 1.

`(B) SUBMISSION- Each local educational agency shall submit the number described in subparagraph (A) to the Secretary not later than March 1 of each year.

`(4) PENALTY- If the Secretary determines that a local educational agency has knowingly submitted false information under paragraph (3) for the purpose of gaining additional funds under this section, then the local educational agency shall be fined an amount equal to twice the difference between the amount the local educational agency received under this section, and the correct amount the local educational agency would have received under this section if the agency had submitted accurate information under paragraph (3).

`(d) DISBURSAL- The Secretary shall disburse the funds awarded to a local educational agency under this section for a fiscal year not later than July 1 of that year.

`(e) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT- Funds made available under this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant any other State or local education funds.

`SEC. 10976. ACCOUNTABILITY.

`(a) ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT-

`(1) IN GENERAL- Each local educational agency that uses or receives funds under section 10974 or 10975 for a fiscal year shall--

`(A) administer an assessment that is used statewide and is consistent with the assessment described in section 1111(b), to assess the academic achievement of students in the schools served by the local educational agency; or

`(B) in the case of a local educational agency for which there is no statewide assessment described in subparagraph (A), administer a test, that is selected by the local educational agency, to assess the academic achievement of students in the schools served by the local educational agency.

`(2) SPECIAL RULE- Each local educational agency that uses or receives funds under section 10974 or 10975 shall use the same assessment or test described in paragraph (1) for each year of participation in the program carried out under such section.

`(b) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DETERMINATION REGARDING CONTINUING PARTICIPATION- Each State educational agency that receives funding under the provisions of law described in section 10974(c) shall--

`(1) after the third year that a local educational agency in the State participates in a program authorized under section 10974 or 10975 and on the basis of the results of the assessments or tests described in subsection (a), determine whether the students served by the local educational agency participating in the program performed better on the assessments or tests after the third year of the participation than the students performed on the assessments or tests after the first year of the participation;

`(2) permit only the local educational agencies that participated in the program and served students that performed better on the assessments or tests, as described in paragraph (1), to continue to participate in the program for an additional period of 3 years; and

`(3) prohibit the local educational agencies that participated in the program and served students that did not perform better on the assessments or tests, as described in paragraph (1), from participating in the program, for a period of 3 years from the date of the determination.

`SEC. 10977. RATABLE REDUCTIONS IN CASE OF INSUFFICIENT APPROPRIATIONS.

`(a) IN GENERAL- If the amount appropriated for any fiscal year and made available for grants under this subpart is insufficient to pay the full amount for which all agencies are eligible under this subpart, the Secretary shall ratably reduce each such amount.

`(b) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS- If additional funds become available for making payments under paragraph (1) for such fiscal year, payments that were reduced under subsection (a) shall be increased on the same basis as such payments were reduced.

`SEC. 10978. APPLICABILITY.

`Sections 10951 and 10952 shall not apply to this subpart.'.

This Act may be cited as the `Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001'.

DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Following is explanatory language on H.R. 5656, as introduced on December 14, 2000.

The conferees on H.R. 4577 agree with the matter included in H.R. 5656 and enacted in this conference report by reference and the following description. This bill was developed through negotiations by the conferees on the differences in H.R. 4577. References in the following description to the `conference agreement' mean the matter included in the introduced bill enacted by this conference report. References to the House bill mean the House passed H.R. 4577. References to the Senate bill or to the Senate amendment mean the Senate passed version of H.R. 4577.

In implementing this agreement, the Departments and agencies should comply with the language and instructions set forth in House Report 106-645 and Senate Report 106-293.

In the case where the language and instructions specifically address the allocation of funds, the Departments and agencies are to follow the funding levels specified in the Congressional budget justifications accompanying the fiscal year 2001 budget or the underlying authorizing statute and should give full consideration to all items, including items allocating specific funding included in the House and Senate reports. With respect to the provisions in the House and Senate reports that specifically allocate funds each has been reviewed and those that are jointly concurred in have been included in this joint statement.

The conferees specifically endorse the provisions of the House Report 105-205 directing `* * * the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and the Social Security Administration and the Railroad Retirement Board to submit operating plans with respect to discretionary appropriations to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. These plans, which are to be submitted within 30 days of the final passage of the bill, must be signed by the respective Departmental Secretaries, the Social Security Commissioner and the Chairman of the Railroad Retirement Board.'

The conferees expect the Departments and agencies covered by this directive to meet with the House and Senate Committees as soon as possible after enactment of the bill to develop a methodology to assure adequate and timely information on the allocation of funds within accounts within this conference report while minimizing the need for unnecessary and duplicative submissions.

The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, put in place by this bill, incorporates the following agreements of the managers:

TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

The conference agreement includes $5,670,805,000 for training and employment services instead of $5,015,495,000 as proposed by the House and $5,453,141,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of the amount appropriated, $2,463,000,000 is an advance appropriation for fiscal year 2002. The conference agreement includes $1,400,000,000, which is the House level for Job Corps, but eliminates the October 1, 2000 availability of funds for hiring Business and Community Liaisons. The conference agreement includes $15,000,000 for this purpose, but the funds are made available on July 1, 2001, the normal funding cycle for Job Corps operations.

The conference agreement includes $586,487 made available for Job Corps operating expenses to be paid to the city of Vergennes, Vermont in settlement of the city's claim.

The conference agreement includes $1,590,040,000 for the Dislocated Worker program, as a step toward providing all dislocated workers who want and need assistance the resources to train for or find new jobs.

The conference agreement includes $1,102,965,000 for Youth Activities. This increase will allow local communities to address the reduction in the number of youth served in this year's summer jobs program resulting from a shift to comprehensive services, to establish new local youth councils, and to implement other reforms to youth training activities and services, all required under the Workforce Investment Act.

At the time the conferees acted on this bill, an increase in the minimum wage had not yet been enacted by Congress. If Congress enacts an increase in the minimum wage prior to the beginning of program year 2001, which begins April 1, 2001 for the youth activities grants, the conferees expect the Administration to submit a supplemental request for the 2001 youth program as part of its fiscal year 2002 budget request. The conferees intend that the number of program participants to be served will not be decreased as a result of any minimum wage increase.

The conference agreement includes $275,000,000 to expand to more communities the Youth Opportunity Grants aimed at increasing the long-term employment of youth who live in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, and other high-poverty areas.

The conference agreement includes $55,000,000 for the Responsible Reintegration for Young Offenders initiative to address youth offender issues. This new initiative involving DOL, HHS, and DOJ, will build on work begun earlier.

The conference agreement includes language authorizing the use of funds under the dislocated workers program for projects that provide assistance to new entrants in the workforce and incumbent workers as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement also includes language to waive a 10 percent limitation in the Workforce Investment Act with respect to the use of discretionary funds to carry out demonstration and pilot projects, multi-service projects and multi-state projects with regard to dislocated workers and to waive certain other provisions in that Act. The language is similar to that in the Senate bill. The House bill contained no similar provisions.

The conference agreement includes a citation to the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act as proposed by the House. The Senate bill did not cite this Act.

The conferees direct the Department, within the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for National Emergency Grants within the Dislocated Worker program, to respond to an anticipated request by the State of Wisconsin for emergency funds to address layoffs in the community of Wisconsin Rapids.

The conferees direct the Department, within the funds appropriated for FY 2000 for National Emergency Grants within the Dislocated Worker program, to provide in response to an anticipated request by the State of North Carolina for $175,000 in emergency funds to address major layoffs in the community of Gaston County.

With respect to the projects listed below for both the Dislocated Worker program and the Pilots and Demonstrations authority, the conferees acknowledge changes under the Workforce Investment Act to develop and implement techniques and approaches, and demonstrate the effectiveness of specialized methods of addressing the employment and training needs of individuals. The conferees encourage the Department to ensure that these projects are coordinated with local Workforce Investment Boards. The conferees also encourage the Department of Labor to ensure that project performance is adequately documented and evaluated. The conference agreement includes the following amounts for the following projects and activities:

Dislocated workers

--$600,000 to develop and implement technology training through the Resource Recovery Program--Campbellsville University, TN;

--$500,000 for Workforce Development project to retrain older incumbent workers for Montana workforce--Montana State University, Billings;

--$1,600,000 to the Montana Tech Foundation for the Northwest Regional Miner--Training and Research Facility--Butte, Montana;

--$800,000 for the River Valley Machine Tool Technology program to retrain displaced workers--Central Maine Technical College;

--$1,400,000 for Coastal Enterprises Inc.'s New Enterprise Initiative Fund (NEIF) to provide training for dislocated workers to transition into new jobs--Maine;

--$650,000 for the Iowa Training Opportunities Program;

--$927,000 for the JobLinks Program;

--$50,000 for Clemson University to retrain tobacco farmers;

--$185,000 for the Hawaii Department of Labor/Kauai Cooperative Extension;

--$464,000 for High Tech Training--Maui, Hawaii;

--$861,000 for the Clayton College and State University in Georgia for a virtual education and training project;

--$184,000 for the Adult Computer Skills Training Initiative (ACSTI) through the Education and Research Consortium of Western North Carolina, Inc.;

--$464,000 for the Bethel Native Corp- Alaska; and

--$500,000 for the University of Alaska/Ketchikan Shipyards training program for shipyard workers.

Pilots and demonstrations

--$1,275,000 for the Mott Community College Workforce Development Institute for Manufacturing Simulation--access to electronic library of technology, developed as part of DOL's America's Learning Exchange--Michigan;

--$1,000,000 for Jobs for America's Graduates, School-to-Work projects for at-risk young people;

--$500,000 to the University of Mississippi for Workforce training to support real time captioning initiatives for the hearing disabled--Oxford, Mississippi;

--$750,000 for Technology Tool Kit to train at-risk young people in occupations related to the use of automated identification technology--Mississippi Valley State University;

--$850,000 to train Northern Maine's workforce for employment in the metal trades--Northern Maine Technical College;

--$691,000 to the San Diego State University Foundation to implement innovative high-tech training programs;

--$900,000 for the South Dakota Intertribal Bison Cooperative;

--$700,000 for the Greater Columbus Ohio Chamber of Commerce Career Academies program--project to design and test programs in partnership with workforce development system;

--$250,000 for Job Corps of North Dakota for the Fellowship Executive Training Program;

--$276,000 to the City of Monrovia, CA to train youth in information technologies;

--$1,059,000 to the Californina State Polytechnic University in Pomona, CA to develop technology training programs;

--$921,000 to Precision Manufacturing Institute in Meadville, PA for training in the latest technology in the tooling and machine trades;

--$921,000 to Enterprise State Junior College in Enterprise, AL for technology training in the College's Center for Higher Technology;

--$369,000 to Employment Solutions in Lexington, KY;

--$855,000 to Florida Community College at Jacksonville for aircraft maintenance training at the Aviation/Aerospace Center of Excellence;

--$92,000 to the Chesapeake Center for Youth Development in Baltimore, MD for serving at-risk youth;

--$276,000 to Benedictine Programs and Services in Ridgely, MD for serving at-risk youth through the Industrial Training Center;

--$92,000 to Green Thumb, Inc. to conduct a program for low-income elders to develop entrepreneurial skills that utilize e-commerce and IT in Wadena, MN;

--$500,000 for Kirkwood Community College and ACT, Inc. for workforce skills development in Iowa;

--$500,000 for SMART Partner programs high-tech skills training through establishment of the Virtual Advanced Manufacturing Training Center--Des Moines Area Community College, Iowa;

--$1,036,000 to the National Institute for Metalworking Skills in Fairfax, VA to serve youth and adults in the area's metalworking industry;

--$464,000 for the American Indian Science and Engineering Society--Rural Computer Utilizaton Training;

--$464,000 for the Maui Economic Development Board--Rural Computer Training;

--$2,900,000 for the Remote Rural Hawaii Job Training project for low income youth and adults;

--$3,200,000 for Samoan/Asian Pacific Job Training--Hawaii;

--$4,000,000 for Training and Education Opportunities--University of Hawaii at Maui;

--$200,000 for the Vermont Information Technology Center model information technology training initiative--Champlain College, Burlington, VT;

--$750,000 for the Vermont Department of Employment and Training one-stop career resource centers;

--$1,900,000 for the North Country Career Center model education and training program--Newport, VT;

--$92,000 for the Westchester-Putnam Counties Consortium for Worker Education and Training, Inc. for apprenticeship and training programs to serve the NY construction industry;

--$485,000 for Waukesha, Wisconsin, workforce training for economically disadvantaged youth and adults at La Casa de Esperanza;

--$550,000 for the Dream Center to provide job and training skills for new labor market entrants or reentrants--LA, CA;

--$300,000 for VT Technical College--Technology Training Initiative;

--$880,000 for Focus:HOPE in Detroit for an Information Technologies Center that provides education and training programs to women and minorities;

--$691,000 to Campbellsville (KY) Industrial Authority for programs to upgrade the information technology skills in the KY community;

--$230,000 to Career Visions, Inc. in Louisville, KY to pilot computer-based assistive technology training;

--$276,000 for Career Resources, Inc. in Louisville, KY to develop a basic computer training program focusing on workplace applications;

--$461,000 to the University of Northern Iowa for a program to integrate immigrants and refugees into the workforce;

--$493,000 to the Greater Sacramento Urban League, CA for an Urban Achievement Program targeting training, employment and support for urban youth;

--$921,000 to Jones County Junior College in Ellisville, MS for development and implementation of a technology training program;

--$921,000 for Haymarket Center in Chicago, IL, to provide training services through the Family Enrichment Center;

--$921,000 to National Student Partnerships in Washington, DC;

--$92,000 to the International Agri-Center, in Tulare, CA for a E-Commerce training initiative;

--$650,000 for the UNLV Center for Workforce Development and Occupational Research;

--$100,000 for the Community Self-Empowerment & Employment Program (CSEEP) (PA)--comprehensive employment readiness, job development, job placement, and case management for area low-income residents--Pennsylvania;

--$500,000 for Philadelphia Revitalization and Education Program (PREP) to train minorities for careers in the building trades through its Diversity Apprenticeship Project (DAP)--Pennsylvania;

--$921,000 to Wrightco Technologies, Inc. for information technology training through a `Fast Track to the Future' program;

--$480,000 for hands-on manufacturing training at the Manufacturing and Applied Technology Training Center (MATC)--Central Oregon Community College;

--$100,000 for BASE, Inc. to provide occupational skills through its Youth Competency Development Program and training in the construction trades for low-income/minority women through partnership with Thaddeus Stevens State College of Technology--Lancaster, PA;

--$250,000 for Green Thumb, Inc- conduct program for low-income elders to develop computer skills--Pennsylvania;

--$500,000 for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, training of information technology workers;

--$300,000 for Lehigh University Job Training for hard to serve disadvantaged youth in manufacturing sector---PA;

--$638,000 for the Collegiate Consortium for Workforce & Economic Development, Philadelphia Naval Business Center--PA;

--$232,000 for the Yukon Kushokwim Health Corporation--Alaska;

--$300,000 for Koahnic Broadcasting--Alaska;

--$550,000 for Kawerak, Inc. Vocational Training for Alaska Natives--Nome, Alaska;

--$800,000 for Ilisagvik College--Barrow, Alaska;

--$927,000 for the Alaska Federation of Natives Foundation;

--$900,000 for Tlingit-Haida project--job training to unemployed natives in southeast Alaska;

--$2,300,000 for Alaska Works, Construction Job Training--Fairbanks, Alaska;

--$2,500,000 for the University of Alaska Fairbanks in consultation with Western Alaska regional Native non-profit corporations to conduct job training programs;

--$1,250,000 for the Alaska Native Heritage Center, and Bishop Museum in Hawaii;

--$921,000 for Transylvania Vocational Services, Inc. in Brevard, NC for training people with developmental disabilities;

--$184,000 for the More Opportunities for Viable Employment program through the Tulare (CA) County Office of Education, Services for Education and Employment Division;

--$276,000 to the South Metro Regional Leadership Center in University Park, IL;

--$2,037,000 to the Lawton & Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies in Tampa, FL for training paraprofessionals in the health-care field;

--$170,000 for Community Technology and Education Center at the Los Angeles River Center and Gardens in California for a job training initiative;

--$43,000 to Signature Academy Inc., to further develop the Exodus to Excellence Youth Program;

--$850,000 for Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio for an out-of-school youth training project;

--$850,000 to Kingston-Newburgh Enterprise Community, Newburgh, New York, for a workforce development project;

--$213,000 to the Sullivan-Warwarsing Rural Economic Area Partnership, in Ferndale, New York for the planning and development of a manufacturing technology training center;

--$723,000 for Reading Berks Emergency Shelter, Reading, Pennsylvania to provide employment and training opportunities for disadvantaged individuals;

--$213,000 to the Melwood Horticultural Training Center, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, for workforce training for the disabled;

--$340,000 to the Safer Foundation, Chicago, Illinois for a workplace acclimation program for ex-offenders;

--$170,000 for South Suburban College, South Holland, Illinois to expand a bus mechanic workforce development program;

--$102,000 to the Dallas Urban League, Inc. in Dallas, Texas for the ACES program to provide literacy and job skills to disadvantaged youth and adults;

--$765,000 to The West Side Industrial Retention and Expansion Network (WIRE-Net), Cleveland, Ohio;

--$43,000 to Full Employment Council in partnership with the Greater Kansas City AFL-CIO in Missouri for Project Prepare;

--$85,000 to Alderson-Broaddus College, College Hill, Philippi, West Virginia for a collaborative information technology training program;

--$595,000 for the Hiram G. Andrews Rehabilitation Center in Johnstown, Pennsylvania to expand a job training program for people with disabilities;

--$590,000 for the Northwest Concentrated Employment Program in Ashland, Wisconsin, for an online skill matching initiative tied to the O*Net database;

--$510,000 to the Berkshire Applied Technology Council, Inc., Pittsfield, Massachusetts to expand training and develop distance learning;

--$1,275,000 to the San Francisco Department of Human Services, California, for its Community Jobs Initiative;

--$616,000 to the Charity Cultural Services Center, San Francisco, California, for job training;

--$468,000 for the Rebirth of Englewood Community Development Corporation in Chicago, Illinois for a job training initiative in partnership with the ITT Research Institute;

--$468,000 for the Northern Great Plains Initiative for Rural Development, Crookston, Minnesota, to provide education and training in technology support;

--$298,000 to Kent State University in Ohio for the Ohio Employee Ownership Center, for workplace development; and

--$425,000 to Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training, Providence, Rhode Island, for a job training program;

There is a shortage of trained closed captioners to enable the deaf and hard of hearing community to get news and other vital information from live television. In order to meet the requirements set forth by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, there is an urgent need for pilot programs to increase the availability of trained closed captioners. The conferees urge the Employment and Training Administration to invest in and support research and pilot programs, which would allow for an adequate number of captioners to be trained.

The conferees believe that the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs provides valuable technical assistance and training to grantees and has distinguished itself as a tremendous resource. Its Children in the Fields Campaign provides information, education, and technical assistance related to child labor in agriculture. The Campaign also provides other assistance related to employment, training (including pesticide and other worker safety training for children and adults). The Department is encouraged to continue the services that the Association provides in these areas.

The conferees urge the Employment & Training Administration to demonstrate programs that build upon identified best practices such as the Public/Private Venture's model workplace mentoring pilot program.

The conferees are concerned with the lack of mentoring and other support services available to the youth of incarcerated parents or legal guardians. The conferees urge the Employment and Training Administration to fund demonstration programs to meet the special needs of these youth. These activities should build upon identified best practices such as the U.S. Dream Academy's model which helps youths with parents or guardians involved in life cycles of incarceration and release. Its aim is to help these youths become good and productive citizens.

The fiscal year 2000 conference report (H. Rept. 106-479) included $1,000,000 for the Massachusetts Corporation for Business, Work and Learning for the International Shipbuilding Training Demonstration project. However, the reopening of the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy has been delayed. Workers dislocated from the closing of the shipyard still need job training; therefore, the Department is directed to use the $1,000,000 in the fiscal year 2000 appropriation to fund the Corporation for Business, Work and Learning for the Training of workers in the Quincy area for jobs within the Marine and Shipbuilding industries.

STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OPERATIONS

The conference agreement includes $3,365,698,000 for state unemployment insurance and employment service operations instead of $3,097,790,000 as proposed by the House and $3,249,430,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement includes $35,000,000 instead of the $25,000,000 proposed by the Senate for reemployment services grants to insure that unemployment insurance claimants will be able to get the customized re-employment services they need to speed their reentry to employment. The House provided no funding for this program.

The conference agreement includes $26,100,000 for the foreign labor certification program as proposed by the House instead of $25,600,000 as proposed by the Senate. For one-stop centers/labor market information, the agreement includes $150,000,000 instead of the $110,000,000 proposed by the Senate. The House provided no funding for this program. These funds will be used to support infrastructure upgrades at the State level for one-stop career center system operations, labor market information, and integrated services to employers and job seeker customers.

PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

The conference agreement includes $159,158,000 for program administration instead of $146,000,000 as proposed by the House and $156,158,000 as proposed by the Senate. The detailed table at the end of this joint statement reflects the activity distribution agreed upon. The conference agreement also includes funding for management and oversight of pilot and demonstration projects and additional administrative funding for backlog reduction in the alien labor certification program as listed in the Senate report.

PENSION AND WELFARE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes $107,832,000 for the pension and welfare benefits administration, salaries and expenses instead of $98,934,000 as proposed by the House and $103,342,000 as proposed by the Senate. The increase will fully fund the request for expanded health and pension education and outreach efforts and enhanced pension enforcement.

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION

The conference agreement includes $11,652,000 for the administrative expense limitation as proposed by the Senate instead of $11,148,000 as proposed by the House.

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes $363,476,000 for the employment standards administration, salaries and expenses instead of $338,770,000 as proposed by the House and $352,764,000 as proposed by the Senate. This amount fully funds the request for ESA, including the Wage and Hour Division's request to expand its domestic child labor compliance and enforcement efforts; and the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance's activities to increase outreach, education, and technical assistance to federal contractors through industry partnerships on equal pay issues; and a customer communications initiative in the Office of Worker's Compensation.

On contracts for the provision of debt collection services, the Department of Labor shall continue to recognize the payment of commissions in the determination of McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA) wage rates and shall continue to recognize such payments as an offset against an employer's SCA prevailing wage obligation. In addition, the Department is encouraged to consider the special circumstances for contingency fee-based debt collection contracts and the potential fluctuations in commissions, particularly for less experienced employees.

SPECIAL BENEFITS

The conference agreement includes bill language to allow the Secretary to use fair share collections to fund capital investment projects and special investments to strengthen compensation fund control and oversight. The amounts cited in the House and Senate bills have been modified to reflect updated estimates of fair share collections from the non-appropriated agencies, such as the Postal Service, for fiscal year 2001.

BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND

The conference agreement includes a definite annual appropriation of $975,343,000 for black lung benefit payments and interest payments on advances made to the Trust Fund as proposed by the House instead of an indefinite permanent appropriation as proposed by the Senate.

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes $425,983,000 for occupational safety and health administration, salaries and expenses as proposed by the Senate instead of $381,620,000 as proposed by the House. The conference agreement does not include language proposed by the Senate that would have earmarked $22,200,000 of the increase over the fiscal year 2000 appropriation for education, training, and consultation activities. The House bill contained no similar provision. The detailed table at the end of this joint statement reflects the conferees' agreed upon activity distribution.

MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes $246,747,000 for mine safety and health administration, salaries and expenses instead of $233,000,000 as proposed by the House and $244,747,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes $2,500,000 over the budget request for physical improvements at the National Mine Safety and Health Academy.

The conference agreement includes language proposed by the Senate that allows MSHA to retain and spend up to $1,000,000 in fees collected for the approval and certification of mine equipment and materials. The conference agreement also includes language establishing a $1,000,000 contingency fund for mine rescue and recovery activities. The House bill contained no similar provisions.

Concerns have been expressed about the possible ramifications of a rulemaking on the use of conveyor belts in underground coal mines, including concerns about the validity of the testing on which the rule is based. MSHA is urged to carefully examine the record and to conduct additional research that may be required to address any significant concerns that have been raised.

The conferees are extremely concerned by a recent catastrophe in Eastern Kentucky. Millions of gallons of slurry coal waste broke free from an impoundment causing considerable damage to the environment and disrupting water supply for citizens along the Big Sandy and Ohio Rivers. The conferees believe this event warrants a thorough examination of current coal waste disposal methods and an exploration of future dumping alternatives. Therefore, the conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for a contract with the National Academy of Sciences to examine engineering standards for coal waste impoundments, provide recommendations for improving impoundment structure stabilization, and evaluate potential alternatives for future coal waste disposal, including the benefits of each alternative. The Academy shall seek the participation of representatives of relevant federal, state, and private entities, to include MSHA, OSM, EPA, Corps of Engineers, State mining authorities, and mining companies. Findings of this study shall be conveyed to the Committees on Appropriations no later than October 15, 2001.

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes $451,584,000 for Bureau of Labor Statistics, salaries and expenses instead of $440,000,000 as proposed by the House and $446,584,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement also includes the Senate provision making $10,000,000 available for obligation on a program year basis from July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002. The House bill contained no similar provision. This funding level provides increases for improvements to existing economic measures, improvements in labor market information mandated by WIA, and a new time use survey.

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes $380,839,000 for departmental management, salaries and expenses instead of $244,889,000 as proposed by the House and $337,964,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $148,150,000 for the Bureau of International Labor Affairs instead of $70,000,000 as proposed by the House and $115,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement also includes language proposed by the Senate to authorize the expenditure of funds for the management or operation of Departmental bilateral and multilateral foreign technical assistance through grants and contracts. The funds for bilateral assistance are made available through September 30, 2002. The House bill contained no similar provision. In total, the conference agreement includes $82,000,000 to assist developing countries with the elimination of child labor. Of this amount, $45,000,000 is for expansion of ILO's International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labor. In addition, $37,000,000 is provided for bilateral assistance to improve access to basic education in international areas with a high rate of abusive and exploitative child labor. These new bilateral initiatives should be developed in consultation and coordination with USAID to ensure these programs fit with the overall foreign operations policy of the Administration and are in compliance with the Foreign Assistance Act. The conference agreement includes $45,000,000 as proposed by the Senate to augment the capacity of Ministries of Labor to enforce labor standards, to develop social safety net programs, and to develop information on enforcement of labor laws around the world. The conference agreement includes $10,000,000 for the Global HIV-AIDS Workplace Initiative, and these funds are provided in the Department of Labor appropriation instead of the HHS Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees also include funding for the following activities:

--$900,000 to the University of Iowa for research on the issue of abusive and exploitive child labor and other labor-related issues; and

--$250,000 to the Association of Farmworker Opportunities Programs for public education on abusive child labor.

The conferees note from the recent World AIDS Conference that many national economies continue to be profoundly and adversely affected by the HIV-AIDS pandemic. For example, employers in South Africa are now hiring two employees for every one skilled job. The gross domestic product in many countries in Africa and Asia is actually contracting because of a shrinking adult work force attributable to HIV-AIDS related deaths. At the same time, there is mounting evidence that workplace-based HIV-AIDS education and prevention programs can help prevent the spread of HIV, especially in high-risk occupations. Such programs can help stem employers' loss of skilled workers, reverse declining productivity, and provide mechanisms for caring for workers living with HIV and AIDS. Consequently, the conferees expect ILAB to assume a leading role in developing innovative business-trade union partnerships to improve HIV-AIDS prevention and to improve coordination among the Labor Department, Commerce Department, and USAID.

The conference agreement includes $23,002,000 and language establishing the Office of Disability Employment Policy in the Department of Labor as proposed by the Senate. The House bill continued funding for the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, but this activity is subsumed in the new Office of Disability Employment Policy.

The conference agreement includes $37,000,000 to establish a permanent, centralized information technology investment fund.

VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

The conference agreement includes $211,713,000 for veterans employment and training instead of $201,277,000 as proposed by the House and $206,713,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $17,500,000 for the homeless veterans program.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

The conference agreement includes $54,785,000 for the office of inspector general as proposed by the Senate instead of $51,925,000 as proposed by the House.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

ERGONOMICS

The conference agreement does not include a provision included in both the House and Senate bills relating to regulations issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration relating to ergonomic protection.

EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR EXPENDITURE OF WELFARE TO WORK FUNDS

The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by the Senate extending the availability of Welfare to Work funding from three to five years. The House bill contained no similar provision.

H2A REGULATIONS

The conference agreement includes a modified version of the Senate provision prohibiting the implementation or enforcement of the pending H2A regulations, but allows for all activities related to the development of revised regulations. The conferees support the efforts by the Secretary of Labor and the Attorney General designed to streamline the H2A application process. The conferees expect the Department and the Immigration and Naturalization Service to work closely with the stakeholders to expeditiously address concerns raised by the growers so that the streamlined application process produces a more efficient new system.

DEADLINE FOR DETERMINATION ON HOUSING REQUIREMENTS FOR H2A WORKERS

The conference agreement includes a provision regarding housing inspections for H2A temporary agricultural laborers. This provision ensures that the deadline for housing inspections for H2A workers corresponds with the Secretary's thirty day statutory deadline for making H2A temporary agricultural labor certification decisions. The thirty day deadline may have been effectively nullified in some cases by the current regulations requiring that inspections on employer provided housing need not be completed until twenty days before the date the employer needs H2A workers. The provision requires housing inspections to be completed in time for the Secretary to make her certification decision in accordance with the thirty day statutory deadline.

ALIEN LABOR CERTIFICATION

The conference agreement includes a provision that authorizes the use of H1B fee revenue to process permanent labor certifications. This is needed because the recent legislation increasing the number of H1B visas authorized will result in a substantial increase in the volume of permanent labor certification applications. The Department of Labor has made significant progress over the past 18 months to reduce the backlog of applications for permanent labor certifications, and in expediting the labor condition application process for the H-1B program. In order to allow the Department to make further progress on timeliness of labor certifications without undermining the review process, the Department will be permitted to utilize a portion of fees generated by the H-1B program to support the administration of the permanent labor certification program.

ELIMINATION OF WELFARE TO WORK PERFORMANCE BONUSES

The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by the Senate to eliminate Welfare to Work performance bonuses. The House bill contained no similar provision.

TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES

The conference agreement includes $5,525,476,000 for health resources and services instead of $4,784,232,000 as proposed by the House and $4,677,424,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes bill language identifying $226,224,000 for the construction and renovation of health care and other facilities instead of $10,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision. These funds are to be used for the following projects: Northwestern University Life Sciences Building; ACCESS Community Health Network in Illinois; Northwestern Memorial Hospital; University of Chicago Core Genetics Research Facility; Condell Medical Center, Regional Center for Cardiac Health Services; Lake County Health Department; University Center of Lake County, Illinois; Finch University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School; Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Texas Institute for Rehabilitation and Research; Massey Cancer Center of Virginia Commonwealth University; Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital in Oneonta, New York; Margaretville Memorial Hospital in Margaretville, New York; Martha's Village and Kitchen Medical Clinic in Indio, California; Hanson House at the Desert Regional Medical Center; Nutrition Center at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center; James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, Indiana; University of South Alabama Gulf Coast Cancer and Research Institute; North Baldwin Hospital Surgery Center in Bay Minette, Alabama; Monroe County Hospital in Monroesville, Alabama; Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Vallejo, California; Medical Sciences Building at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio; Tinnitus Center for Tinnitus Retraining Therapy at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Alfred E. Mann Institute and Biomedical Engineering Center at the University of Southern California; Paradise Valley Hospital in National City, California; Children's Hospital and Health Center in San Diego, California; Dental Education in Care of Disabled Clinic at the University of Washington; Alexander Hughes Community Center in Claremont, California; Biomedical Marine Research Facility at Harbor Branch; Kessler Rehabilitation Research Institute in West Orange, New Jersey; Child Health Institute of New Jersey; University of Nevada Las Vegas Biotechnology/Bioengineering Research Facility; McCready Health Services Foundation in Crisfield, Maryland; Center for Health Sciences at Dominican College in Rockland County, New York; Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas; Tricounty Health Center at Northern Illinois University; Aurora Primary Care Consortium; Turning Point Facility in Union County, North Carolina; Gila River Indian Community Diabetes Center in Arizona; Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center at the University of Missouri at Columbia; Scripps Memorial East County Hospital in El Cajon, California; Marklund Children's Home; Misericordia Hearts of Mercy in Chicago, Illinois; University of Connecticut Health Center; Nassau County Health Care Corporation; Women's Health Center at Proctor Hospital in Peoria, Illinois; Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Feist-Weiller Cancer Center in Shreveport, Louisiana; Lewis County General Hospital in Lewis County, New York; Stetson University in Deland, Florida; National Center for Primary Care at Morehouse School of Medicine; Springdale Community Health Center in Springdale, Washington; Edgemoor Geriatric Hospital in San Diego County, California; Union Hospital Midwest Center for Rural Health in Terre Haute, Indiana; Bennett W. Smith Family Life Wellness Center in Buffalo, New York; Children's Hospital of Buffalo; Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center Regional Ambulatory Care Facility in Fresno, California; Pediatric Oncology and the Batchelor Children's Research Center at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center; Valley Hospital Cancer and Ambulatory Care Center in Paramus, New Jersey; Functional Genomics Research Center at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida; Michael and Dianne Bienes Cancer Center at Holy Cross Hospital in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Outpatient Surgery Facility at Memorial Hospital in Towanda, Pennsylvania; University of Scranton Allied Health Laboratory; Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation in East St. Louis, Illinois; University of St. Francis in Fort Wayne, Indiana; Maricopa Integrated Health Systems in Phoenix, Arizona; Albany Medical Center Breast Cancer Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Albany, New York; Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake, New York; Mary McClellan Hospital in Cambridge, New York; North Central Texas Community Health Care Center in Wichita Falls, Texas; St. Joseph's Hospital New York Regional Hemodialysis and Cardiac Care Enhancement Center in Syracuse, New York; Stroud Regional Hospital in Stroud, Oklahoma; Will County Health Center in Illinois; Molecular Genetics Core for the Center for Excellence in Cardiovascular-Renal Research at the University of Mississippi Medical Center; Tallahatchie General Hospital and Extended Care Facility in Charleston, Mississippi; Operation PAR in Pinellas Park, Florida; Detroit Medical Center, Women's and Children's health facility; Detroit Medical Center, Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan; Big Springs Medical Association in Missouri; Southeast Missouri Health Network; People's Health Center in St. Louis, Missouri; Denver Children's Hospital; National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver; Breast Cancer Center at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence, Rhode Island; Jackson Medical Mall, Mississippi Institute for Cancer Research; Conehatta Tribal Community Health Care Clinic; Sharkey/Issaquena Hospital, Rolling Fork, Mississippi; Jackson Laboratory Physiogenomics facility in Maine; St. Joseph's Hospital in Ohio; Huron Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio; Ohio Poison Control Collaborative; Boys Town National Research Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska; University of Utah's Huntsman Cancer Institute; University of North Carolina Genomics and Bioinformatics; Burlington Community Health Center, Burlington, Vermont; Red Logan Community Health Center; Vermont Cancer Center; Vermont Lung Association Asthma Clinic; University of Mississippi, Guyton Building Expansion; Haysi Medical Clinic in Virginia; Allegheny-Clarion Valley Community Health Center; University of Alabama-Birmingham, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Facility; Umatilla County Public Health Facility; Bioengineering Research Facility at Oregon Health Sciences University; Temple University Outpatient Facility; Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine; Thomas Jefferson University Cancer Research Facility; State of Alaska Public Health Laboratory in Anchorage; `Pathways Home' inpatient facility for the Southcentral Foundation; Montezuma Creek Health Care Center; Sorenson Multicultural Health Center; Midvale/West Jordan and Glendale, Utah Health Centers; St. Vincent Hospital in Billings, Montana; Rocky Mountain Regional Trauma Center at Denver Health and Hospital Authority; Carriozo Health Clinic; Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital; El Pueblo Health Services; La Clinica de Familia in Chaparral, New Mexico; La Clinica de Familia in San Miguel, New Mexico; Las Clinical del Norte De Abiquiu; Logan Family Clinic in New Mexico; Montgomery Women's Health Services Clinic of Lea County; Mora Community Health Service; Ruidoso Sub-station Health Service; Sierra Vista Family Community Clinic; Tatum Health Clinic; Children's National Medical Center in Washington; Arkansas Children's Hospital; Biomedical Biotechnology Center at the University of Arkansas Medical School in Little Rock; University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Center for Protein Structure and Function; University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Applied Biosciences Program; Kansas University Human Imaging Institute; North Philadelphia Health System; Children's Health Fund; Crozer-Keystone Health System in Delaware County; Family Care Health Center in St. Louis, Missouri; Cathedral Healthcare System; Chase Brexton Health Services, Inc.; Children's Hospital of Boston; Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; Daviess County Community Health Center; Family Health Centers, Inc. of Orangeburg, South Carolina; Community Health facilities in southeast Iowa; Hillside Hospital in Long Island, New York; La Rabida Children's Hospital, Chicago; Marquette University School of Dentistry; Medical University of South Carolina Oncology Center; Molokai General Hospital; New York University School of Medicine; Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa; Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Joint Venture between the University of Massachusetts and Baystate Medical Center; Rio Arriba County Residential Treatment Facility; Rutland Regional Medical Center; Sea Island Comprehensive Health Care Corporation; St. Mary's Healthcare Promotion Center in Huntington, West Virginia; St. Mary's Women and Infants Center of Dorchester; the Neurosciences program at West Virginia University; Tufts University Center for Nutrition Research; University of South Carolina School of Public Health; University of Vermont College of Medicine and Fletcher Allen Health Care; University of Nevada, Las Vegas Cancer Center; University of Montana Center for Environmental Health Sciences; University of Florida Genetics Institute; Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, New Jersey; Brandeis University National Center for the Study of Behavioral Genetics and Genomics; Marlborough Hospital in Marlborough, Massachusetts; West Virginia University Eastern Panhandle Clinical Campus in Martinsburg; St. Mary's Hospital for Children, Bayside, New York; Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington; Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County, Darlington, Wisconsin; Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals, Inc., Saginaw, Michigan; El Sereno Family Health Center, El Sereno, Los Angeles; Community College of Southern Nevada Medical Careers Center, North Las Vegas, Nevada; Columbia County Senior Services, Lake City, Florida; San Luis Obispo medical therapy unit, California; Greene County Health Care, Inc., Snow Hill, North Carolina; St. Clair County, Belleville, Illinois, senior center and wellness clinic; Sunshine House, New Haven, Connecticut; City of Culver City, California, senior health and social services center; Community Partners Healthnet Inc., Snow Hill, North Carolina; North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System, Hillside Hospital Campus, Glen Oaks, New York; Cooper Green Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama; Whitman-Walker Clinic, Inc., Washington, DC; Prince George's Hospital Center, Cheverly, Maryland; Roseland Community Hospital, Chicago, Illinois; Metropolitan Family Services, Chicago, Illinois, mental and public health facility; South Suburban Family Shelter Inc., Homewood, Illinois; Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois; Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, Lake Charles, Louisiana; West End Medical Centers, Atlanta, Georgia; New York Structural Biology Center, New York, New York; Memorial Freeport-Roosevelt Health Center, Roosevelt, New York; University of North Carolina at Wilmington School of Nursing, Wilmington, North Carolina; Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, Arverne, New York; Los Angeles Eye Institute, Los Angeles, California, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts; West Liberty State College Dental Hygiene Clinic, West Liberty, West Virginia; Grafton City Hospital, Grafton, West Virginia; New York University Downtown Hospital, New York City, New York; Saint Michael's Hospital, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; Holyoke Health Center, Holyoke, Massachusetts; Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York; Christopher Rural Health Planning Corporation, Christopher, Illinois; Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe, El Paso, Texas; Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, New Jersey; Plaza Community Center, Inc., Los Angeles, California, children's health and social services center; Fairview University Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Asian Human Services community health center, Chicago, Illinois; Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York; University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas; Trinity Health Systems, Detroit, Michigan; Henderson County Rural Health Center in Oquawka, Illinois; and City of Summersville, West Virginia, senior health and social services facility.

The conferees are supportive of the efforts of the Academic Medicine Development Corporation to implement a strategic initiative for human genetics research in New York.

The conference agreement includes bill language identifying $253,932,000 for family planning instead of $238,932,000 as proposed by the House and $253,932,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees concur with Senate report language regarding the distribution of funds appropriated for Title X.

The conference agreement includes bill language to provide $30,000,000 for abstinence education in fiscal year 2002 as proposed by the House. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

The conference agreement includes $1,168,700,000 for community health centers as proposed by the Senate instead of $1,100,000,000 as proposed by the House. Within the total provided, $6,250,000 is for native Hawaiian health programs.

The conferees recognize the long-standing commitment and expertise of the University of Hawaii in addressing the unique health care needs of the Pacific Basin region.

The conferees urge HRSA to give full and fair consideration to proposals to support expanded services to reach priority populations in under-served communities in Kane, Marion, Saline, and Will, Illinois counties on the southwest side of Chicago and in the AAPI community on the north side of Chicago.

The conference agreement includes $41,523,000 for the national health service corps, field placements instead of $39,823,000 as proposed by the House and $38,116,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $87,924,000 for national health service corps, recruitment instead of $81,524,000 as proposed by the House and $78,625,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the total provided, $4,000,000 is for State offices of rural health. The conferees recommend that national health service corps loan repayment awards continue to be made in areas of greatest need.

The conference agreement includes $638,048,000 for health professions instead of $410,987,000 as proposed by the House and $230,714,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the total provided, $235,000,000 is for children's graduate medical education. Also within the total provided for allied health special projects, $921,000 is for expansion of the Illinois Community College Board's program, in coordination with the Illinois Department of Human Services, to train and place welfare recipients in the allied health field using distance technology. The amount provided does not include funding to continue the demonstration project by the Utah area health education centers.

The conferees concur with House and Senate report language regarding priority consideration for health careers opportunities program (H-COP) grants to minority health professions institutions.

The conferees urge HRSA to give full and fair consideration to proposals to expand access to primary and dental care services for medically underserved populations located in the areas of St. Louis City, and the Missouri counties of Jefferson, Lafayette, Greene, and Douglas.

The conference agreement includes $18,016,000 for Hansen's disease services instead of $17,016,000 as proposed by both the House and the Senate. Within the total provided, $900,000 is for the Diabetes Lower Extremity Amputation Prevention program at the University of South Alabama.

The conference agreement includes $714,230,000 for the maternal and child health block grant instead of $709,130,000 as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The conference agreement includes bill language designating $113,728,000 of the funds provided for the block grant for special projects of regional and national significance (SPRANS) as proposed by the House. It is intended that $5,000,000 of the SPRANS amount will be used for the continuation of the traumatic brain injury State demonstration projects as authorized by title XII of the Public Health Service Act. The Senate bill contained no similar provision, instead it provided $5,000,000 as a separate line item in the table for traumatic brain injury. It is also intended that $5,000,000 of the SPRANS amount will be used for Columbia Hospital for Women Medical Center in Washington, DC to support community outreach programs for women and $100,000 will be used for the St. Joseph's Health Services of Rhode Island for the Providence Smiles dental program for low-income children.

The conferees are supportive of HRSA's efforts in preventing youth suicides. HRSA has made reducing the rate of youth suicide a priority for State MCH agencies, requiring States to address the crisis of suicide with their block grant funding.

The conference agreement includes $90,000,000 for healthy start as proposed by both the House and Senate. It is intended that these projects will be evaluated and those activities that are proven successful and can be replicated will be incorporated into the mission of the maternal and child health block grant program.

The conference agreement includes $8,000,000 for newborn and infant hearing screening as proposed by the House instead of $4,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $15,000,000 for organ transplantation as proposed by the Senate instead of $10,000,000 as proposed by the House.

The conference agreement includes $22,000,000 for the bone marrow program as proposed by the House instead of $17,959,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees continue to be aware of the life saving success of the National Marrow Donor Program, which now includes more than 4,000,000 potential volunteer donors. The conferees recognize the continuing need to increase minority representation in the national registry and support expansion of the National Marrow Donor Program's cord blood bank initiative, which provides another major source of donors for patients, particularly minority patients, in need of a marrow or blood stem cell transplant.

The conference agreement includes $58,218,000 for rural health outreach grants instead of $30,867,000 as proposed by the House and $38,892,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees are supportive of HRSA providing heart defibrillators to rural areas.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2001:

--$50,000 for the La Crosse Health Science Consortium for a demonstration to increase access to dental care in La Crosse county;

--$85,000 for the Tillamook County Health Department, Oregon, to expand primary and dental health services for underserved populations;

--$850,000 for AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth, and Families;

--$115,000 for the Anderson Valley Health Center, Inc., Boonville, California, to expand dental and health care services;

--$128,000 for the Partnership for the Children in San Luis Obispo County, California, for a low income dental clinic;

--$170,000 for Northern Counties Health Care, Inc., St. Johnsbury, Vermont for a rural outreach initiative;

--$213,000 for the Mercer County Health Department in Aledo, Illinois, to extend dental care services to rural underserved populations;

--$300,000 for Blackstone Valley Community Health Care, Inc.;

--$359,000 for outreach activities of the Blue Ridge Community Health Service;

--$400,000 for the Kentucky Emergency Medical Services Academy;

--$450,000 for CAP Services in Stevens Point, Wisconsin to extend dental health services to underserved populations;

--$500,000 for St. Luke's Free Clinic in Hopkinsville, Kentucky;

--$500,000 for the Texas A&M HERO program;

--$500,000 for State and University of Alaska to train emergency medical personnel in rural areas;

--$500,000 for Inland Health Northwest;

--$425,000 for Campbellton-Graceville Hospital in Graceville, Florida, to expand clinical and preventive health care services to low income, rural populations;

--$550,000 for Langlade Memorial Hospital, Antigo, Wisconsin, for a four county dental health initiative;

--$700,000 for the Western Kentucky University mobile health screening program;

--$1,311,000 for outreach activities of the Lourdes Health Network in Pasco, Washington;

--$900,000 for Iowa Department of Public Health to develop and demonstrate the use of technology for public health nurses working in rural areas;

--$921,000 to continue and expand the development of the Center for Acadiana Genetics and Hereditary Health Care at Louisiana State University Medical Center;

--$800,000 for the University of Southern Mississippi Center for Sustainable Health Outreach;

--$1,106,000 for Carondelet Health Network of Arizona to improve the health status of multi-cultural and medically disenfranchised populations through increased community health access and comprehensive continuum of care;

--$1,200,000 for Southern Illinois University;

--$1,318,000 for Voorhees College in Denmark, South Carolina for a Center of Excellence for rural health;

--$1,800,000 for the University of Colorado School of Dentistry to conduct an oral health prevention and treatment program in Shannon, Jackson, Bennett, and Todd counties in South Dakota;

--$1,900,000 for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation's health care delivery system; and

--$2,300,000 for the Mississippi State University Rural Health Safety and Security Institute.

The conference agreement includes $13,439,000 for rural health research instead of $11,713,000 as proposed by the House and $5,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2001:

--$143,000 for the University of Pittsburgh Center for Rural Health Practice;

--$170,000 for Madison Community Health Center, Madison, Wisconsin, for a model preventive health program for hard to reach and at-risk populations;

--$250,000 for the multiple sclerosis disease state management program at the University of Mississippi Center for Pharmaceutical Marketing;

--$306,000 for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso and the University of Texas at El Paso for joint research on health problems of migrant workers;

--$400,000 for the McLaughlin Research Institute cancer education program;

--$500,000 for the University of Alaska to develop a research and evaluation agenda for health care delivery;

--$840,000 for the Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, Wisconsin, for scientific, ethical and citizen advisory groups and education programs in connection with the development of a personalized medicine program;

--$921,000 for the Virginia Center for Sustainable Health Outreach at James Madison University;

--$921,000 for Atlantic City Medical Center for prevention services and medical education activities;

--$1,275,000 for the University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks, North Dakota for a rural health program in preventive medicine and behavioral sciences; and

--$1,612,000 for the Carolina's Community Health Initiative for its community health assessment plan.

The conferees encourage the National Human Genome Research Institute and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to provide any necessary technical assistance to HRSA in supporting the Marshfield Clinic project.

The conference agreement includes $35,981,000 for telehealth instead of $25,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House provided funding for this program within rural health research.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2001:

--$14,000 for networking capabilities of the Cullman Area, Alabama, Mental Health Authority;

--$43,000 for Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton, California, for a telemedicine regional network;

--$85,000 for the New York Primary Care Health Foundation, Inc., Flushing, New York, for a telehealth initiative;

--$111,000 for Staten Island University Hospital to support a teleconferencing initiative to improve and strengthen linkages within campuses;

--$184,000 for the Union Hospital Telehealth Demonstration project in Terre Haute, Indiana;

--$300,000 for the University of Michigan Emergency Telemedicine Network;

--$350,000 for Molokai General Hospital to use the latest technology advances to provide health care in rural areas;

--$340,000 for Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Worcester, Massachusetts for a telehealth initiative;

--$361,000 for the Center for Telehealth and Distance Education at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas for a telehealth initiative;

--$430,000 for Daemen College in Amherst, New York to continue a project to provide distance learning/medical linkages to rural counties in Western New York State;

--$500,000 for a telehealth project at Magee-Women's Hospital;

--$500,000 for the Susquehanna Health Systems telemedicine project;

--$468,000 for the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine telemedicine and rural health initiative project;

--$489,000 for the La Crosse Medical Health Science Consortium, Inc., Wisconsin for a telehealth initiative;

--$750,000 for a joint New Mexico-Hawaii Telehealth Outreach for Unified Community Health;

--$638,000 for Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle, Washington;

--$737,000 for the Community Hospital Telehealth Consortium in Louisiana for continued development of a regional telehealth network;

--$783,000 for the Memorial Telehealth Network in Springfield, Illinois;

--$723,000 for Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, California, for a telemedicine initiative;

--$737,000 for the Rural Telehealth and Community Education Network at Central Michigan University;

--$900,000 for the Southwest Alabama Rural Telehealth Network at the University of South Alabama;

--$850,000 for New York Presbyterian Hospital for a telehealth initiative;

--$850,000 for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Information Technology project;

--$1,000,000 for the University of Florida Human Brain Functional Imaging Technology project;

--$800,000 for the University of Nebraska telemedicine outreach program;

--$850,000 for the Fairview Lakes Regional Medical Center in Wyoming, Minnesota telemedicine project;

--$1,020,000 for the Northern California Telemedicine Network, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Santa Rosa, California;

--$1,290,000 for a telemedicine program for downstate Illinois through the Southern Illinois University Medical School in Springfield, Illinois;

--$1,335,000 for the University of Nevada Las Vegas Telemedicine Network;

--$1,770,000 for the Idaho Telehealth Integrated Care Center to establish a comprehensive telehealth clinic to support care in rural and frontier areas;

--$1,843,000 for the Telehealth Deployment Research Testbed program;

--$1,800,000 for a project to link Rocky Mountain College and Deaconess Billings Clinic with telemedicine capabilities;

--$1,700,000 for the Saint Vincent Hospital in Billings, Montana for its Telemedicine Model;

--$2,418,000 for the Northeast Ohio Outreach Network to expand health services to rural residents in northeastern Ohio; and

--$3,400,000 for the Alaska Federal Health Care Access Network.

The conference agreement includes $19,000,000 for emergency medical services for children as proposed by the House instead of $15,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $20,000,000 for poison control instead of $6,600,000 as proposed by the House and $26,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Funds are provided to support activities authorized in the Poison Control Center Enhancement and Awareness Act.

The conference agreement includes $6,000,000 for black lung clinics as proposed by the Senate instead of $5,943,000 as proposed by the House.

The conference agreement includes $3,000,000 for trauma care as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision.

The conference agreement includes a total of $1,807,700,000 for Ryan White programs instead of $1,725,000,000 as proposed by the House and $1,650,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $604,200,000 for emergency assistance, $911,000,000 for comprehensive care, $185,900,000 for early intervention, $65,000,000 for pediatric HIV/AIDS, $10,000,000 for dental services, and $31,600,000 for education and training centers.

The conference agreement includes bill language identifying $589,000,000 for the Ryan White Title II State AIDS drug assistance programs instead of $554,000,000 as proposed by the House and $538,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees concur with Senate report language regarding the Institute of Medicine study to evaluate the effectiveness of the current role and structure of the Ryan White CARE Act and the efforts to create a national consumer and provider education center within pediatric HIV/AIDS.

The conference agreement includes $109,200,000 for Ryan White AIDS activities that are targeted to address the trend of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in communities of color, based on the most recent estimated living AIDS cases, HIV infections and AIDS mortality among ethnic and racial minorities as reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These funds are allocated as follows:

Within Ryan White Title I, the agreement provides $34,000,000 to the competitive supplemental allocation targeted to minority community based organizations, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and directs that these funds be allocated through the established planning council processes of eligible metropolitan areas. These funds are designed to reduce the HIV related health disparities and improve the health outcomes for HIV infected African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. These funds are expected to expand medical and supportive service capacity in communities of color, and expand peer treatment education that is both culturally and linguistically appropriate to individuals living with HIV/AIDS.

Within Ryan White Title II, the agreement provides $7,000,000 for State HIV care grants to support educational and outreach grants to minority community-based organizations to increase the number of minorities participating in the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP). The continuing under representation of African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in state run ADAP contributes to their persistently poor health outcomes in comparison to other communities.

Within Ryan White Title III, the agreement provides $44,400,000 for planning grants, early intervention service (EIS) grants to minority community-based health care and service providers with a history of service provision to communities of color. Funds should also be made available to national, regional and local organizations representing people of color to provide technical assistance collaborations, and linkages designed to strengthen HIV/AIDS systems of care. Funds are intended to support the implementation of the plans developed by minority community based and health care organizations. The conferees expect that fiscal year 2001 increases to Title III should be directed primarily towards providing early intervention service grants to those organizations that received Title III planning grants in the previous fiscal year and enhancing the service capacity of existing minority EIS providers.

Within Ryan White Title IV, the agreement provides $15,700,000 to fund traditional minority community-based providers of services to minority children, youth and families to develop and implement culturally competent and linguistically appropriate research-based interventions that provide additional HIV/AIDS care, services and linkages. Funds are also intended to directly fund minority community based organizations and providers to expand or implement programs specifically designed to provide youth, adolescent, and young adult-focused HIV/AIDS care and services.

The agreement provides $7,700,000 to AIDS education and training centers. These funds are intended to increase training of community-based minority health care professionals in AIDS-related treatments, standards of care, guidelines for the use of antiretroviral and other effective clinical interventions, and treatment adherence for HIV/AIDS infected adults, adolescents and children, as developed by the U.S. Public Health Service. The training of minority providers is to be implemented through collaborations with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and Hispanic Serving Institutions, and Tribal Colleges. These efforts are designed to increase the treatment expertise and HIV knowledge of minority front-line providers serving individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Funds are also intended to support minority community based organizations to train minority providers to deliver culturally competent and language appropriate treatment education services.

The conferees intend that at least ninety percent of total title IV funding be provided to grantees. The conferees expect the agency to use the funding increases for title IV, with the exception of any increases provided through the CBC/Minority AIDS Initiative, to provide, at a minimum, additional funds to existing grantees to reflect the increases in the costs of providing comprehensive care. The agency should use a significant portion of the remaining funds to expand comprehensive services for youth, both through existing and new grantees. The conferees believe that the agency should expand efforts to facilitate ongoing communication with grantees so that prospective changes in the administration of the program can be discussed.

From within the increase provided to pediatric AIDS demonstrations, the conferees encourage HRSA to target funds towards approved but unfunded applications from the previous fiscal year.

The conference agreement includes $140,000,000 for health care access for the uninsured instead of $25,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not contain funding for this unauthorized program. Of this amount, $125,000,000 is included to provide grants to public, private, and non-profit health entities to develop and expand integrated systems of care and address service gaps within such integrated systems with a focus on primary care, mental health services and substance abuse services. The program will supplement existing categorical safety net programs to assist communities in better harnessing their current capabilities and resources. The national health care safety net is under enormous strain and the demand for this initiative large.

The remaining $15,000,000 is to continue the initiative that was begun in fiscal year 2000 to help states identify the characteristics of the uninsured within the state and approaches for providing all uninsured with health coverage through an expanded state, Federal and private partnership. States have shown great interest in committing to the initiative and a second year of funding will produce a more comprehensive set of designs for providing insurance coverage for the uninsured. Sufficient funds are included to support up to ten new state grants, provide technical assistance to grantees and, if necessary, provide limited supplemental funding to states funded in fiscal year 2000 to complete their work. The Secretary is requested to submit a final report on state findings no later than December 1, 2001. The report should provide state by state summaries on baseline information, the process by which the state developed recommendations, including a description of data collection and partnerships, characteristics of the uninsured within the state, the proposed approaches for providing all uninsured with health coverage, and the estimated public and private cost of providing coverage. The report should also highlight and summarize common findings, policy development efforts and approaches identified by the states.

The conference agreement includes $9,900,000 for an adoption awareness program as authorized in the Child Health Act of 2000.

The conference agreement includes $10,000,000 for authorized health-related activities of the Denali Commission.

The conference agreement includes $139,246,000 for program management instead of $128,123,000 as proposed by the House and $135,766,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2001:

--$230,000 for the Illinois Poison Center;

--$250,000 for the University of Alaska to establish an INPSYCH Center to train Alaska natives as psychologists to practice in Alaska villages;

--$500,000 for the University of Alaska, Anchorage to recruit and train nurses;

--$700,000 to support the efforts of the American Federation for Negro Affairs Education and Research Fund of Philadelphia;

--$900,000 for Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts to train doctors to serve low-income communities; and

--$900,000 for Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center for development of a model program for training and education in the field of geriatrics.

The Child Health Act of 2000 authorizes oral health activities intended to improve the oral health of children under six years of age who are eligible for services provided under a Federal health program. These activities should increase the utilization of dental services by such children and decrease the incidence of early childhood and baby bottle tooth decay. The conferees are supportive of these efforts.

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING

The conference agreement includes $3,868,027,000 for disease control, research, and training instead of $3,386,369,000 as proposed by the House and $3,251,996,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $175,000,000 for equipment, construction, and renovation of facilities as proposed by the Senate instead of $145,000,000 as proposed by the House. The conference agreement includes bill language to allow CDC to enter into a single contract or related contracts for the full scope of development and construction of facilities as proposed by the Senate. The House bill provided this authority only for laboratory building 18.

The conference agreement includes a total of $97,354,000 for the National Center for Health Statistics instead of $86,759,000 as proposed by the House and $105,110,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement also includes bill language designating $71,690,000 of the total to be available to the Center under the Public Health Service Act one percent evaluation set-aside as proposed by the House instead of $91,129,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes bill language to allow funds recouped from fiscal years 2000 and 2001 obligations for the influenza vaccine stockpile to be used in fiscal year 2001 for childhood vaccine purchase.

The conference agreement does not include language proposed by the Senate to allow funds made available for section 317A of the Public Health Service Act to be used at Early Head Start program sites. The House bill contained no similar provision.

The conference agreement consolidates the salaries and expenses of CDC into a single account. Salaries and expenses activities encompass all non-extramural activities with the exception of program support services, centrally managed services, and buildings and facilities. The agency may allocate administrative funds for extramural program activities according to its judgment. Funds should be apportioned and allocated consistent with the table, and any changes in funding are subject to the normal notification procedures.

The conference agreement includes $175,969,000 for the prevention health services block grant instead of $175,964,000 as proposed by the House and $175,124,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the total provided, $44,225,000 is for rape prevention and education activities previously funded through the Crime Trust Fund.

The conference agreement includes $23,012,000 for prevention centers instead of $23,000,000 as proposed by the House and $14,080,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees include $700,000 for the Roger Williams Medical Center Healthlink program in Providence, Rhode Island to develop and implement a comprehensive health promotion initiative for senior retirees.

The conference agreement includes $529,461,000 for childhood immunization instead of $472,966,000 as proposed by the House and $499,005,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is an increase of $42,487,000 for operation/infrastructure activities, $5,000,000 for global polio eradication activities, and $20,000,000 for vaccine purchase. The conferees intend that funds available for vaccine purchase are for all currently licensed and recommended vaccines. In addition, the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program funded through the Medicaid program is expected to provide $469,054,000 in vaccine purchases and distribution support in fiscal year 2001, for a total program level of $1,016,528,000.

The conferees recommend that CDC discontinue immunization incentive grants and that CDC award the $33,000,000 previously committed for this program as part of the entire operations funding to support State grantees cumulative core budgets. Incorporating incentive grants into States' base operations award would allow more States to receive a greater proportion of their core budget and help improve their overall immunization coverage levels. The conferees recommend that CDC use grant funding made available due to the completion of Congressionally-directed demonstration projects to ensure that all States receive at least the same level of operational funding received in fiscal year 2000, thereby holding them harmless during this funding shift from a formula based approach.

Funding for measles vaccine for supplemental measles immunization campaigns and epidemiological, laboratory, and programmatic/operational support to the World Health Organziation and its member countries is included in measles eradication funding not polio eradication funding as identified in the Senate report.

The conference agreement includes $767,246,000 for HIV/AIDS instead of $673,367,000 as proposed by the House and $640,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is an additional $3,000,000 to maintain the current hematologic and blood safety program commitments and to expand support for the treatment centers network in carrying out initiatives to address the complications of hemophilia, including HIV/AIDS, blood safety surveillance and monitoring, and the needs of women with bleeding disorders.

The conferees recognize the devastating impact of the global AIDS epidemic upon individuals, families and communities in Africa and Asia and have included $104,527,000 for global HIV/AIDS activities at CDC, which shall be available until September 30, 2002. This amount is an increase of $69,527,000 over the fiscal year 2000 appropriation. With funding received in fiscal year 2000, CDC, in collaboration with USAID and other federal agencies, has begun to combat the AIDS epidemic in 14 of the hardest hit countries in Africa and in India. The conferees urge CDC to continue to work in collaboration with USAID and other departments such as the Department of Defense and the Department of Labor, and other DHHS agencies especially HRSA, as well as international agencies, non-governmental organizations and country governments to halt the spread of the epidemic and lessen its impact. In those countries where CDC already has a presence, CDC, in collaboration with USAID and HRSA, should assist in implementing country-wide care and prevention programs. This will include partnering with HRSA to develop health care services focused on mobilizing communities for the development of palliative care, basic treatment, and support services. In addition, CDC should begin to assist other areas at high risk for severe epidemics including other African countries, Southeast Asia, and the Caribbean/Latin American region. Finally, CDC should support targeted anti-retroviral treatment demonstration projects in countries where sufficient care and treatment infrastructures exist. Within the total for international HIV/AIDS activities, the conferees provide $3,000,000 through CDC to support HRSA activities aimed at improving professional education and training relating to this initiative. The conferees have also included language to extend certain authorities of the Department of State to the Secretary of HHS so that CDC may use State's administrative systems for personnel, contracting and procurement, and for limited renovation or construction of essential program facilities.

As a preventive vaccine offers the world's best hope for turning the tide against the global AIDS pandemic, and since international collaborations are essential for this goal, the conferees encourage CDC to work collaboratively with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative and other global organizations to accelerate the development and testing of promising vaccine candidates.

The conferees have provided additional funds to respond to the unmet needs identified through the community planning process. These funds are to augment the cooperative agreements between CDC and State and local health departments.

The conferees recommend that CDC allocate an increase to evaluate HIV prevention service delivery programs to improve funding decision-making and to implement more rapid effective transfer of technology to community based service delivery organizations and health departments. Approximately half of this amount should support evaluation activities to track service delivery by community based organizations, and utilize cost-effectiveness analysis in HIV prevention. The remaining funds would be used to expand technology transfer regarding HIV prevention through activities such as regional technical assistance, technology transfer, and training for the purpose of providing links between evidence-based HIV prevention science and public health departments, community planning groups, healthcare providers, and prevention science providers.

The conference agreement includes $88,000,000 to fund CDC activities that are designed to address the trend of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in communities of color, based on the most recent estimated living AIDS cases, HIV infections and AIDS mortality among ethnic and racial minorities as reported by the CDC. The program initiative includes funds for the 'Know Your Status' campaign. The conferees have included funds for the Directly Funded Minority Community Based Organization program to fund grant applications from minority organizations with a history of providing services to communities of color to develop and expand HIV prevention interventions and services targeted to highly impacted minority men, women, youth and sub-populations. Funds are also included to create grants under the CDC Community Development Program to support needs assessments and enhance community planning processes to integrate HIV, STD, TB, substance abuse prevention and treatment, care and community development within communities of color. Funds are to be allocated for technical assistance programs for grantees under the Directly Funded Minority CBO program, for Faith-Based Initiative Programs including community based organizations interested in developing coalitions and partnerships with faith based institutions. Funds are also provided for CDC's HIV surveillance activities to better track the epidemic and target resources. These funds are to be allocated based on program priorities identified in the previous fiscal year as well as new priorities.

The conference agreement includes $126,528,000 for tuberculosis (TB) instead of $120,364,000 as proposed by the House and $113,413,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees intend that the increase over the President's request be used to reduce the number of foreign born TB cases contributing to the U.S. caseload, strengthen domestic TB control programs, and provide preventive therapy to individuals who have latent TB infection and are high-risk for developing active, infectious TB.

The conferees include $184,000 for Onondaga County, New York Health Department to establish a prospective tuberculosis control program for Central New York industries.

The conference agreement includes $148,256,000 for sexually transmitted diseases instead of $136,743,000 as proposed by the House and $135,978,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees provide $6,000,000 over fiscal year 2000 funding for chlamydia and $14,934,000 over fiscal year 2000 funding for syphilis. Except for the administrative contribution required by CDC, all of this increase for chlamydia must be spent on appropriate services to patients to prevent chlamydia infections using the existing partnership between STD and family planning. The conferees recognize that given the problem of re-infection and other factors, some of these funds may be utilized to provide screening and treatment to males as deemed appropriate by CDC.

The conference agreement includes $417,039,000 for chronic and environmental diseases instead of $317,374,000 as proposed by the House and $319,553,000 as proposed by the Senate. Programs within this account are funded (including salaries and expenses) at the following levels:

Environmental Disease Prevention:
Arctic populations $390,000

Asthma 27,906,362

Autism 6,734,000

Birth defects 17,608,000

Disabilities prevention 15,276,000

Environmental lab and health activities 46,593,117

Fetal alcohol syndrome 9,551,843

Folic Acid 2,500,000

Hanford Study 1,679,000

Limb Loss 3,352,000

Mild mental retardation 4,396,000

Newborn Hearing Screening 6,315,576

Pfisteria 9,081,000

Radiation 1,949,000

Spina bifida 2,155,000

Volcanic emissions 97,000

Subtotal, Environmental 155,583,898

Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion:
Arthritis and healthy aging 11,889,000

Behavior risk factor surveillance 1,918,000

Cancer registries 36,434,297

Cardiovascular diseases 35,038,825

Chronic fatigue syndrome 7,000,000

Colorectal cancer 8,901,345

Community health promotion 7,164,000

Comprehensive cancer control 3,096,000

Diabetes 58,344,038

Epilepsy 4,074,255

Iron overload 495,000

Nutrition/Physical activity 16,222,438

Oral health 8,460,000

Prevention of teen pregnancies 13,258,000

Prostate cancer 11,173,000

School health program 9,775,000

Skin cancer 1,647,000

Tobacco (smoking and health) 103,355,034

Women's health 1,500,000

Ovarian cancer 2,625,870

Subtotal, Chronic 342,371,102

Consolidated program administration -80,916,000

Total, Chronic & Environmental 417,039,000

Within the total provided for arthritis, the conferees urge CDC to continue research, surveillance, and health communication efforts, including the impact of lupus on women, within the framework of the National Arthritis Action Plan.

Within the total provided for cardiovascular diseases, the conferees expect CDC to enhance professional and public awareness outreach activities on pulmonary hypertension.

Within the total provided for nutrition/physical activity, the conferees expect CDC to address overweight, obesity, nutrition, and sedentary lifestyles by supporting state-based programs, by training health professionals to recognize the signs of obesity and recommend prevention activities, by educating the public concerning overweight or obesity through public education campaigns, and by developing strategies for use at worksites and in community health and other community settings.

Native American populations have a diabetes rate of four times the national average with Hispanics following a close second. The conferees urge CDC to fund pilot projects to examine nutrition and prevention protocols for these populations.

The conferees look forward to the completion of the evidence-based report being developed by CDC and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that will assess the elements of epilepsy treatment as they relate to clinical outcomes. CDC is expected to disseminate the findings of this report to people with epilepsy, health care professionals, and the general public. The Director should be prepared to provide the next steps required to implement an early intervention strategy including diagnosis, treatment, and referral recommendations at the fiscal year 2002 appropriations hearing.

The conferees are encouraged that CDC plans to convene a meeting to develop a national prostate cancer public health agenda. The conferees urge the agency to continue its work with voluntary public and professional organizations to develop and implement a national educational and outreach campaign with special attention to minority and under served populations. CDC should be prepared to report on its prostate cancer programs at the fiscal year 2002 appropriations hearing.

The conferees urge CDC to give full and fair consideration to a proposal to develop a diversified screening demonstration project with the Dean and Betty Gallo Prostate Cancer Center at the Cancer Center of New Jersey and the Men's Health Network designed to determine effective methods for encouraging men in the underserved population to participate in colorectal screening and screening for other high risk diseases.

The conferees urge CDC to provide additional support for Johns Hopkins University to develop the Center for Limb Loss Research.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2001.

Within the total provided for asthma, $213,000 is for the Buffalo General Foundation, Buffalo, New York, for a study examining the impact of air pollution on asthma rates and respiratory illness and $921,000 is for Forum Health of Youngstown, Ohio for a pediatric/adolescent asthma school program.

Within the total provided for autism, $313,000 is for the Marshall University autism center in Huntington, West Virginia; $921,000 is for the New Jersey Epidemiologic Surveillance and Integration Center for Children with Autism; and $3,000,000 is for the Center of Excellence in Autism.

Within the total provided for birth defects, $147,000 is for the Birth Defects Monitoring and Prevention Center at the University of South Alabama and $461,000 is for the University of Louisville Craniofacial Birth Defects Research Center.

Within the total provided for cardiovascular diseases, $46,000 is for the Sisters of Charity Health Care System and Staten Island University Hospital's Heart Center; $500,000 for the Michael DeBakey Institute for Comparative Cardiovascular Science; $929,000 is for the Kettering Medical Center Healthy Hearts 2001 Initiative; and $4,500,000 is for The Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry to track and improve the delivery of care to patients with acute stroke. The conferees direct CDC to consult with the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the National Institutes of Health, the Brain Attack Coalition, and other professional organizations experienced in the treatment of stroke, in developing specific data points for collection as well as appropriate benchmarks for analyzing care. The conferees further direct CDC to include hospitals, universities, state and local health departments, and other appropriate partners to design and pilot test prototypes, that will measure the delivery of care to patients with acute stroke in order to provide real-time data and analysis to reduce death and disability from stroke and improve the quality of life for acute stroke survivors.

Within the total provided for colorectal cancer, $184,000 is for the Sisters of Charity Health Care System to ensure that patients have access to early detection of gastro-intestinal cancers.

Within the total provided for community health promotion, $553,000 is for the Baltimore City Health Department, Maryland, to establish a Center for Chronic Diseases and $900,000 is for the University of Texas, Dallas, for the Southwestern Medical Center, National Multiple Sclerosis Training Center.

Within the total provided for comprehensive cancer control, $425,000 is for Miami-Dade County, Florida for the Health Choice Network to administer the Jesse Trice Cancer Prevention Project; $921,000 is for an Appalachian cancer demonstration project at the East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine to address cancer care in the rural Appalachian region; $900,000 is for the University of Rhode Island Cancer Prevention Research Center to provide interactive interventions of at-risk populations; and $850,000 is for the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, for a comprehensive cancer control program to address minority and medically undeserved populations.

Within the total provided for diabetes, $230,000 for the Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center to support a minority-focused diabetes outreach program; $213,000 is for the Diabetes-Endocrinology Center of Western New York in Buffalo for community education and outreach efforts to improve the early detection, prevention and control of diabetes; $276,000 is for a comprehensive diabetic research, education and treatment program at Louisiana State Health Sciences Center in Shreveport; $425,000 is for the University of Puerto Rico to support surveillance, prevention research and education programs at the center for diabetes in Puerto Rico; $1,000,000 is for the National Diabetes Prevention Center in Gallup, New Mexico to continue the prevention center for American Indians; and $1,843,000 is for the Center for Diabetes and Prevention Control at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center to provide a national model of diabetes outreach, education, prevention and care.

Within the total provided for disabilities prevention, $3,000,000 is to establish a paralysis information and support center with the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation and to enhance efforts on the prevention of secondary complications to improve outcomes and the quality of life for people living with paralysis.

Within the total provided for environmental health activities, $213,000 is for the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District to expand an assessment of human exposure to environmental contaminants near Kelly Air Force Base, Texas; $400,000 is for the establishment of a National Mass Fatalities Training Response Center, at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; $500,000 is for the State of Alaska's Department of Health and Social Services to study environmental contaminants; $850,000 for a joint United States/Vietnamese study on the effects of agent orange; $850,000 for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to support additional research on animal modeling of chronic human diseases such as cancer, fibrosis, hypertension, and other diseases; and $1,800,000 for the Center for Environmental Medicine and Toxicology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi.

Within the total provided for nutrition/physical activity, $250,000 is for the National Youth Fitness and Obesity Institute at the University of Northern Iowa; $298,000 is for the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina, Institute for Health, Science and Society for the Children's Healthy Life Skills Initiative; and $461,000 is for the Grenada Lake Medical Center in Grenada, Mississippi to conduct a demonstration on physical fitness in rural areas.

Within the total provided for school health program, $140,000 is for Proviso East High School in Maywood, Illinois in collaboration with Loyola University of Chicago and the Cook County Board of Health to improve the delivery of on-site primary care, preventive care, and health outreach to low-income parents and students in the community.

Within the total provided for tobacco, $900,000 is for the University of Rhode Island Tobacco Cessation Program to compare media and policy interventions on smoking cessation and adoption of no smoking policies in the home.

The conference agreement includes $173,928,000 for breast and cervical cancer screening instead of $160,941,000 as proposed by the House and $167,016,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes bill language to allow the agency to expand the WISEWOMAN program to not more than 15 States as proposed by the Senate. The House bill allowed the agency to expand the program to not more than 10 States.

The conferees urge the CDC to give full and fair consideration to proposals from Access Community Health Network in Chicago for delivering breast and cervical cancer screening and follow-up services to minority women.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2001:

--$92,000 to evaluate the high incidence of breast cancer in DuPage County, Illinois;

--$213,000 for Marin County, California to evaluate the high incidence of breast cancer in the San Francisco Bay Area;

--$1,671,000 for the Healthcare Association of New York State for a breast cancer demonstration project to develop an integrated model for the delivery of comprehensive breast cancer services in a coordinated setting.

The conference agreement includes $181,701,000 for infectious diseases instead of $111,622,000 as proposed by the House and $112,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the total provided, $25,000,000 is for the establishment of partnerships between CDC and academic institutions and State and local public health departments to carry out pilot programs for antimicrobial resistance detection, surveillance, education and prevention, and to conduct research on resistance mechanisms and new or more effective antimicrobial compounds.

The conferees commend CDC for its initiative to work with hospitals in identifying and responding to the risk of hospital-acquired infections and the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in the pediatric population, including its successful development of the largest hospital-based infection control network in the country. The conferees encourage CDC to continue its effort to work with pediatric hospital networks to improve infection control efforts for children, particularly high-risk children.

Within the total provided, $25,000,000 is to continue planned activities and to expand efforts to control the West Nile virus, an increase of $20,000,000 above the President's request. The conferees direct CDC to ensure an equitable distribution of these funds based on the impact of the West Nile virus in particular states and localities during calendar year 2000. The criteria should include: the date of first positive findings, intensity of wildlife transmission, occurrence of human illness, geographic extent of positive findings, laboratory testing/activities, and employment of control measures, including spraying.

Also within the total provided is $34,577,000 for NEDSS/EID and an increase of $4,000,000 for malaria programs.

The conferees urge CDC to give full and fair consideration to a proposal by Advance Paradigm to demonstrate the role of provider utilization of information technology to improve patient safety through management of polypharmacy outcomes.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2001:

--$149,000 for Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio for prion disease surveillance;

--$250,000 for the Institute for Clinical Evaluation for the reduction of medical errors through the development and demonstration of virtual reality medical technology simulation for training health care workers in medical procedures;

--$300,000 for the Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, Vermont for a demonstration to reduce medical errors;

--$500,000 for the Iowa Department of Public Health for a demonstration to identify and develop strategies to reduce adverse medical events;

--$961,000 for the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, Tyler Border Infectious Disease Monitoring Program;

--$921,000 for the Emerging Infectious Diseases Center at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque to develop a network-based surveillance system; and

--$1,843,000 to develop a comprehensive, statewide electronic public health reporting system in the State of Delaware.

The conference agreement includes $34,933,000 for lead poisoning prevention instead of $31,019,000 as proposed by the House and $30,978,000 as proposed by the Senate. CDC is encouraged to work with Early Head Start in developing a strategy identify and target resources for childhood lead poisoning prevention to high-risk populations.

The conference agreement includes $77,332,000 for injury control instead of $66,298,000 as proposed by the House and $69,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees have provided an additional $3,000,000 for CDC to strengthen its focus on violence by supporting initiatives directed at the prevention of physical and emotional injuries associated with child abuse and neglect. The conferees note that CDC convened a group of experts on child maltreatment to identify future directions for prevention. Increased funds are provided to begin to improve information on child maltreatment through mechanisms such as state-based surveillance, the development of uniform definitions, and survey information from victims and perpetrators. The conferees also support the evaluation and dissemination of effective interventions and urge CDC to develop and distribute an evaluation primer, a resource guide for evaluated child maltreatment interventions, and educational materials on child maltreatment prevention.

The conferees include $2,000,000 to support a joint effort by CDC and the Consumer Product Safety Commission to identify products that contribute to common injuries. The conferees understand that this effort includes collecting information from hospitals that currently offer 24-hour trauma service. The conferees agree that any research and/or study undertaken shall address all products contributing to injuries found in these areas and that all existing restrictions on CDC funding and the Consumer Product Safety Commission apply to all aspects of this effort.

CDC is urged to conduct evaluation research on sleepiness, sleep deprivation, and injury prevention associated with fatigue.

The conferees concur with Senate report language regarding the development of population-based injury reporting systems and recognize the efforts of the University of Maryland, College Park.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2001:

--$92,000 for the Rebuild program at Inova Fairfax Hospital that will enable trauma system doctors and nurses to work effectively with the families of trauma victims;

--$200,000 for the National Children's Center of Rural Agricultural Health;

--$250,000 for the American Trauma Society for a trauma information and exchange program;

--$425,000 for the National SAFE KIDS Campaign, Washington, DC to improve child health through parental training and technical assistance in public housing sites and communities;

--$750,000 for an Alaska Injury Prevention Center of which $250,000 is for collaboration with the State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services and $500,000 is to develop a statewide childhood injury prevention program;

--$850,000 for the Kennedy Krieger National Center for Research on Behavior of Children and Youth, Baltimore, Maryland for a youth violence prevention project; and

--$921,000 for the Save A Life Foundation to expand the training of its basic life supporting first aid program.

The conference agreement includes $119,375,000 for the national occupational safety and health program instead of $86,346,000 as proposed by the House and $105,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees provide an increase over the request of $10,000,000 for the National Occupational Research Agenda, $9,000,000 for respirator research and personal protective technology, and $1,000,000 for Education and Resource Centers.

The conferees urge NIOSH to be supportive of developing a Pacific basin focus at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.

The conferees include $723,000 for Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, to support the Construction Safety Alliance for a national program in construction safety and health.

The conference agreement includes $174,851,000 for epidemic services instead of $155,338,000 as proposed by the House and $30,254,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the total provided, $125,000,000 is for a National Campaign to Change Children's Health Behaviors as described in the House report, including promoting mental health. The campaign is designed to clearly communicate messages that will help kids develop habits that foster good health over a lifetime. The conferees expect the goals of the campaign will also address the growing problem of obesity in this country. By displacing the opportunity for young people to make bad choices during after-school and weekend hours (such as being physically inactive) with opportunities to engage in positive goal-directed activities (such as sports and other physical activity) the campaign will reduce the proportion of children and adolescents who are overweight and obese.

The conferees commend CDC's leadership role in landmine victim assistance programs and have provided an additional $5,000,000 to support expansion of the landmine survivor program as well as the partnership with the Landmine Survivors Network to further develop peer support networks that address the rehabilitative and socioeconomic needs of landmine victims in mine affected countries.

The agreement includes $14,000,000 for the safe motherhood initiative. The conferees urge CDC to further its efforts to prevent deaths and complications during pregnancy and reduce racial disparities, with special focus on complications related to a lack of access to prenatal care and community support.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2001:

--$9,000 for the Cross Road Foundation for a pilot project to sponsor singles mother self-help groups to improve parenting skills;

--$37,000 for Victory Memorial Hospital in Brooklyn, New York to expand its prenatal program for uninsured, pregnant women;

--$100,000 for the Northern New Jersey Maternal Child Health Consortium;

--$184,000 for the Children's Hospital of Buffalo for activities related to intestinal motility disorders in infants;

--$500,000 for the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada for Maternal and Neonatal Intensive Care;

--$900,000 for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Resources, Inc., Missouri Bootheel Healthy Start project;

--$1,000,000 for the Prince George's County Health Department for Infant Mortality Prevention;

--$1,020,000 for Jackson State University, Office of Research and Development to establish an epidemiological research institute;

--$1,704,000 is for the University of Arizona, College of Public Health to continue comprehensive research and evaluation of the unique public health risks along the U.S.-Mexico border; and

--$3,001,000 for the Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies Friendly Access program to improve the quality of perinatal health service delivery.

The conference agreement includes $13,593,000 for prevention research as proposed by the House instead of $13,386,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $35,009,000 for health disparities demonstrations instead of $32,184,000 as proposed by the House and $27,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $669,130,000 for program administration instead of $648,774,000 as proposed by the House and $626,228,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees do not include language proposed by the Senate to reduce administrative expenses of the CDC. The House bill contained no similar provision.

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

The conference agreement includes $3,757,242,000 for the National Cancer Institute instead of $3,793,587,000 as proposed by the House and $3,804,084,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NCI is encouraged to take appropriate steps to take full advantage of scientific opportunities that may be available from using genealogical databases to understand, diagnose, treat and prevent cancer and other diseases.

NATIONAL HEART, LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE

The conference agreement includes $2,299,866,000 for the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute instead of $2,321,320,000 as proposed by the House and $2,328,102,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees support research on the interaction of tuberculosis and AIDS conducted through the Institute's AIDS research program and encourage enhanced research in this area. The conferees also urge NHLBI to continue research and development efforts in the area of polynitroxylated hemoglobin, a blood cell substitute being developed to provide oxygen carrying capacity and adequate blood flow to the critically injured.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH

The conference agreement includes $306,448,000 for the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research instead of $309,007,000 as proposed by the House and $309,923,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees are concerned about the exceptionally high rate of severe dental caries suffered by American Indian children and encourage NIDCR to support long-term research of the etiology and pathogenesis of dental caries in these populations. The conferees also encourage NIDCR to conduct research on effective ways to control severe caries in American Indian children through all available mechanisms, as appropriate, including clinical trials.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES

The conference agreement includes $1,303,385,000 for the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases instead of $1,315,530,000 as proposed by the House and $1,318,106,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees are concerned that the urology research effort is not addressing the large public health impact of urological diseases and conditions. NIDDK is strongly urged to enhance its research initiatives in urology.

The conferees encourage NIDDK to coordinate with the Office of Dietary Supplements on their findings from the chromium and diabetes nutrition conference held in November of 1999. The Institute is encouraged to enhance basic research grants to examine cellular glucose metabolism and the factors that influence that metabolism, especially the influence of chromium-containing compounds on glucose receptors.

The conferees encourage NIDDK to expand research efforts for treatments for mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS). The conferees recognize the recent progress in some areas of MPS research, however the persistent challenges in development of effective treatments remain. NIDDK is encouraged to work with other Institutes, especially NINDS and NICHD, to research effective therapies.

The conferees are concerned regarding reports that funding for two of the four recently established Interdisciplinary Research Centers have been significantly reduced. The conferees urge NIDDK, consistent with the PKD Strategic Plan, to fully fund the four Interdisciplinary Research Centers.

The conferees are pleased with the growth of the NIDDK research portfolio on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and the focus on IBD in several of the Institute's digestive diseases centers. Moreover, several new initiatives are planned, including efforts to create an IBD genetics consortium in followup to a meeting NIDDK held in March 2000 on the genetics of IBD. The conferees are hopeful that IBD will be one of the diseases to be studied in the soon-to-be-established NIDDK digestive diseases trial network. The conferees urge the Institute to foster research on genetic, environmental and other factors that offer promise of shedding light on the underlying causes of immunologic abnormalities and inflammatory mechanisms in IBD, and that may help point the way to more effective therapeutic and preventive strategies.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE

The conference agreement includes $1,176,482,000 for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke instead of $1,185,767,000 as proposed by the House and $1,189,425,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees are aware of the efforts of NINDS to identify the gene that causes Mucolipidosis Type IV (ML-4), a debilitating genetic metabolic disorder that prevents normal development in children. The conferees encourage NINDS to consider conducting workshops and expand research efforts in this area.

The conferees urge NINDS to enhance research activities on the development or adaptation of electrical stimulation devices to activate the reflexes of the paralyzed muscles that open the airway during breathing in cases of paralyzed vocal cords due to trauma or neurodegenerative disease.

The conferees encourage NINDS to continue their collaborative efforts with advocacy groups to develop treatments for Friedreich's ataxia.

Recent advances in Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) research have found that activation of the SMN2 gene may benefit treatment of SMA. The conferees urge NINDS to develop a SMA basic and clinical research portfolio through all available mechanisms, as appropriate, including clinical trials of drug compounds capable of activating SMN2 expression. The conferees also encourage the Institute to explore areas of promising research identified in the 2000 Families of SMA International Workshop.

Mitochondrial disorders comprise a panoply of progressive, neurodegenerative syndromes affecting multiple organ systems and causing mild to severe disabling neurological complications. At present there is no cure or therapies that are effective. It is recognized that adult onset disorders such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and Huntington's diseases may have an associated mitochondrial defect. The conferees urge NINDS and other relevant Institutes to explore the potential applicability of promising new therapies for these diseases in treating patients with mitochondrial disorders.

The conferees are pleased to note that progress continues to be made both with respect to the treatment and in our understanding of the cause of multiple sclerosis. Recent studies have provided the best evidence to date that the disease is caused by over-reactivity of a person's own immune response. Based on these advances, the conferees encourage NINDS to expand its efforts to test new, innovative therapies. Research strategies should include the use of MRI and other surrogate biomarkers to help determine the stage of the disease, to evaluate effective treatments, and to improve diagnosis.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The conference agreement includes $2,043,208,000 for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases instead of $2,062,126,000 as proposed by the House and $2,066,526,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

The conference agreement includes $1,535,823,000 for the National Institute of General Medical Sciences instead of $1,548,313,000 as proposed by the House and $1,554,176,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

The conference agreement includes $976,455,000 for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development as proposed by the Senate instead of $984,300,000 as proposed by the House.

The conferees are supportive of plans to conduct a national longitudinal study of environmental influences on children's health. The Director of NICHD is urged to establish a consortium of representatives from appropriate Federal agencies, including CDC, EPA and other NIH Institutes to plan and initiate pilot studies that will provide the information necessary to develop and implement the full national longitudinal study. To this end, the conferees have provided funds to support this initiative and look forward to learning of the progress made during the fiscal year 2002 appropriations hearing.

NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE

The conference agreement includes $510,611,000 for the National Eye Institute instead of $514,673,000 as proposed by the House and $516,605,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Recent progress in genetics research has opened up the potential for gene-based approaches for the prevention and treatment of retinal and other blinding diseases. Gene-based therapies for several forms of retinal degeneration have been successfully demonstrated in laboratory animal studies, and preclinical work has satisfied patient safety and ethical issues. The conferees urge NEI to accelerate the development of these new gene-based approaches through all available mechanisms, as appropriate, including clinical trials.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

The conference agreement includes $502,549,000 for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences instead of $506,730,000 as proposed by the House and $508,263,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The causes of breast cancer are largely unknown. There is little agreement in the scientific community on how the environment impacts breast cancer. While studies have been conducted on the links between environmental factors like diet, pesticides, and electromagnetic fields, no conclusive evidence exists. The conferees encourage NIEHS to enhance research efforts to study the links between the environment and breast cancer through all available mechanisms, as appropriate, including establishing centers of excellence.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

The conference agreement includes $786,039,000 for the National Institute on Aging instead of $790,299,000 as proposed by the House and $794,625,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES

The conference agreement includes $396,687,000 for the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases instead of $400,025,000 as proposed by the House and $401,161,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), more commonly known as Children's Brittle Bone Disease, is a rare genetic disorder for which there is presently no cure. The conferees strongly encourage NIH to expand its support for research into the causes, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and eventual cure for OI and to coordinate public research efforts with those supported by the private sector. The Director of NIAMS should be prepared to testify on this issue at the fiscal year 2002 appropriations hearing.

Important strides have been made with the establishment of the Osteoporosis and Related Bone-Disease National Resource Center. The conferees urge NIAMS to expand support for the resource center's current activities, including developing and disseminating information based on current research findings that improve knowledge and understanding of the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of osteoporosis and related bone diseases, implementing and evaluating model education programs to enhance bone health and reduce future risk of osteoporosis, and supporting public and private efforts to broaden the base of knowledge about osteoporosis and related bone diseases.

The conferees commend NIAMS for its growing support of research on rheumatic diseases of childhood, including the recent opening of a new Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic on the NIH campus. However, the conferees are concerned about the cadre of pediatric rheumatologists who are trained to treat and study these diseases. NIAMS is therefore encouraged to work with the Secretary of HHS and other PHS components, as appropriate, to assist in evaluating the status of the pediatric rheumatology workforce. In particular, the Institute is encouraged to take advantage of opportunities to support loan repayment for researchers working in the area of childhood rheumatic diseases.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

The conference agreement includes $300,581,000 for the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders as proposed by the Senate instead of $301,787,000 as proposed by the House.

The conferees urge NIDCD to continue research on inner ear hair cell regeneration with special emphasis on gene delivery and gene transfer technology with specific relevance to the inner ear and the development of improved hearing aids and cochlear implants using digital processes. The conferees also urge NIDCD to continue to recruit experts from the field of molecular and cellular biology and genetics.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH

The conference agreement includes $104,370,000 for the National Institute of Nursing Research instead of $102,312,000 as proposed by the House and $106,848,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM

The conference agreement includes $340,678,000 for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism instead of $349,216,000 as proposed by the House and $336,848,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

The conference agreement includes $781,327,000 for the National Institute on Drug Abuse instead of $788,201,000 as proposed by the House and $790,038,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

The conference agreement includes $1,107,028,000 for the National Institute of Mental Health as proposed by the Senate instead of $1,114,638,000 as proposed by the House.

NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE

The conference agreement includes $382,384,000 for the National Human Genome Research Institute instead of $386,410,000 as proposed by the House and $385,888,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES

The conference agreement includes $817,475,000 for the National Center for Research Resources instead of $832,027,000 as proposed by the House and $775,212,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees include a provision to waive the matching requirement for the grant or contract to manage the 288 chimpanzees acquired by the Coulston Foundation. The House and Senate bills contained no similar provision.

Within the total provided, $100,000,000 is for the Institutional Development Awards (IDeA) program as proposed by the House instead of $60,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. In the implementation of these funds, the conferees concur with the language contained in the House report. In addition, the conferees believe that the General Clinical Research Centers (GCRCs) are essential to furthering biomedical research progress and have included funds for NCRR above the Administration's request to permit an increase for GCRCs commensurate with the overall NIH funding increase.

The conferees urge NCRR to use a portion of the increase provided for a new competition of Science Education Program Awards grants. The conferees further urge that these funds be used consistent with language contained in last year's House and Senate reports.

JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER

The conference agreement includes $50,514,000 for the John E. Fogarty International Center instead of $50,299,000 as proposed by the House and $61,260,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

The conference agreement includes $246,801,000 for the National Library of Medicine instead of $256,281,000 as proposed by the House and $256,953,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

The conference agreement includes $89,211,000 for the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine instead of $78,880,000 as proposed by the House and $100,089,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees are aware of the health benefits of cranberries and cranberry juice products in maintaining urinary tract health as well as their positive antibacterial and antioxidant effects and believe that independent Federally-funded research to test and/or validate these findings could add to the arsenal of health-based and nutritional alternatives to wellness. The conferees encourage NCCAM to study the health benefits of cranberry products.

NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES

While the overall health of the nation has improved over the last two decades, there continues to be striking disparities in the burden of illness and death experienced by African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Asian-Pacific Islanders. Moreover, the largest numbers of medically underserved are white individuals, and many of them have the same health and access problems as do members of minority groups. Overcoming such persistent and perplexing health disparities, and promoting health for all Americans, ranks as one of our Nation's foremost challenges.

These disparities are believed to be the result of the complex interaction among socioeconomic and biological factors, the environment, and specific behaviors, as well as other factors. While some of the causes of inequitable health outcomes may be beyond the scope of biomedical research, the conferees recognize that NIH has made research into health disparities a high priority, and has already taken steps to expand the role of research into why some minority groups have disproportionately high rates of disease.

Congress recently passed and the President has signed the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000. The Act established the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, which will enable NIH to move ahead more rapidly toward its goal of elucidating the factors that contribute to these disparities. The Center will conduct and support research through grants to support programs targeting diseases and conditions that disproportionately affect minority groups and other populations with health disparities. The Center will build on the work of the Office for Research on Minority Health and the success of the Minority Health Initiative, currently located in the NIH Office of the Director. This will complement the ongoing research of the NIH Research Institutes and Centers also aimed at reducing health disparities. To emphasize the visibility of this new Center and the importance of its research mission, the conferees have included bill language providing $130,200,000 for the Center.

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement includes $213,581,000 for the Office of the Director instead of $342,307,000 as proposed by the House and $352,165,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement includes a designation in bill language of $48,271,000 for the operations of the Office of AIDS Research. The conferees understand that with the funds allocated to NIH, the NIH expects to provide $2,266,987,000 in AIDS research funding.

The agreement includes funds within the Office of the Director to address the trend of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in communities of color. The Office is encouraged to expand and strengthen science-based HIV prevention research for African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders and consideration should be given to the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The Office is also encouraged to expand existing culturally competent behavioral research, conducted by minority principal investigators, that seeks to break the link between HIV infection and high risk behaviors and that seeks to decrease the rate of mortality in targeted minority populations.

The conferees continue to be interested in matching the increased needs of researchers who rely upon human tissue and organs to study human diseases and to search for cures. The conferees are aware of a recent review by a panel of experts that found that there is a rapidly expanding and unmet demand for the use of human tissue samples for research purposes. The conferees encourage the Director of NIH to work with the relevant Institutes to consider expanding support in this area and request that the Director be prepared to report on its plan to meet the demand for human tissue at the fiscal year 2002 appropriations hearing.

The conferees encourage NIH to consider establishing a trans-NIH coordinating committee to focus on the lymphatic system, with particular emphasis on lymphedema and related lymphatic disorders.

The conferees are aware of concerns raised regarding the progress of NIH research into fascioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and fascioscapulohumeral disease and encourage NIH to expand research in this area.

The conferees concur with the language contained in the Senate report regarding microbicides research.

The conferees encourage NIA, NICHD, and NINDS to work collaboratively to enhance research into Hutchison-Gilford Progeria Syndrome, an illness that strikes children in their first year causing them to age rapidly and prematurely and for which the average life expectancy is 13 years.

The NIH has developed a five-year Parkinson's Disease Research Agenda. To carry out the plan, the professional judgement budget estimates call for increases over existing Parkinson's research of $71,400,000 in year one (fiscal year 2001). The conferees strongly urge the Director to work toward implementation of the research agenda and oversee coordination of all relevant Institutes, including NINDS, NIEHS, NIA, and others conducting Parkinson's research. The Director is requested to report by March 1, 2001 on the progress towards implementation of the research agenda and to submit updated professional judgement funding projections for subsequent years.

The conferees concur with the language in the Senate report regarding a study of the structure of NIH and expect to receive a report and recommendations one year from the date of confirmation of the new NIH Director.

The conferees have been made aware of the public interest in securing an appropriate return on the NIH investment in basic research. The conferees are also aware of the mounting concern over the cost to patients of therapeutic drugs. By July 2001, based on a list of such therapeutic drugs which are FDA approved, have reached $500,000,000 per year in sales in the United States, and have received NIH funding, NIH will prepare a plan to ensure that taxpayers' interests are protected.

The Office of Dietary Supplements is urged to research the relationship between chromium deficiencies and diabetes in Native Americans through all available mechanisms, as appropriate, including clinical trials.

The number of Americans taking dietary supplements containing ephedra has risen dramatically. The conferees encourage the Office of Dietary Supplements to enhance clinical research on the safety and efficacy of these products.

The conferees urge NIH to minimize the use of non-human animals in nicotine or tobacco experiments, and is encouraged to explore any non-human research methods that are currently available or under development that may be used as an alternative to using non-human animals.

The conferees are concerned about the transfer of HIV prevention interventions that have proven to be effective to service programs supported by other federal agencies, such as CDC and HRSA. The Office of AIDS Research (OAR) should work with the ICs to increase NIH efforts in this area through the establishment of programs for regional technical assistance, technology transfer, and training for the purpose of providing links between evidence-based HIV prevention science and public health departments, community planning groups, healthcare providers, and prevention service providers.

The conferees strongly urge NIH to implement an intensified research effort regarding autism consistent with the Children's Health Act of 2000. The Director of NIH should also provide a report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees by March 1, 2001 regarding a plan for establishing the Centers of Excellence on Autism Program authorized in the Children's Health Act of 2000.

The conferees commend the Office of AIDS Research for convening an external review of the Centers for AIDS Research Program and for the five year plan to increase the number of Centers. However, the conferees urge the NIH to consider ways in which the five year plan can be modified to balance the need to expand the number of Centers with the need to adequately support the leading AIDS research institutions with the core center mechanisms that they need to efficiently pursue AIDS research.

The conferees encourage NIH to pursue recommendations from the Diabetes Research Working Group to address the specific needs of minority populations.

The conferees are aware of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's (NICHD) efforts to establish a Perinatology Research Branch (PRB) to conduct research programs on pregnancy and perinatology in the greater metropolitan region of the District of Columbia. After several attempts, the conferees understand that NICHD now intends to hold a nationwide competition for a site for the PRB. The Director is requested to submit a written report by March 1, 2001, explaining why the efforts to establish the PRB in the greater metropolitan region of the District of Columbia have to-date been unsuccessful. The District of Columbia has the highest rate of infant mortality in the United States, the highest rate of infants born with low birthweights, and the lowest percentage of mothers receiving early prenatal care. Therefore, the report should include possible alternative methods for conducting research programs on pregnancy and perinatology in the greater metropolitan region of the District of Columbia.

The conferees believe it appropriate for NIH to recognize Paul Rogers' numerous contributions to the public health and medical research. Therefore, the conferees urge the Director to designate the plaza in front of the James Shannon building on the NIH campus as the Paul G. Rogers Plaza and to commemorate it in his honor.

The conferees appreciate the efforts of the Director to ensure that NLM's future physical needs are met and encourage that sufficient funds be made available from within NLM funding to meet these needs.

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

The conference agreement includes $153,790,000 for buildings and facilities instead of $178,700,000 as proposed by the House and $148,900,000 as proposed by the Senate.

SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

The conference agreement includes $2,958,001,000 for substance abuse and mental health services instead of $2,727,626,000 as proposed by the House and $2,730,757,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the funds provided, the conferees intend that $15,000,000 is to carry out the fetal alcohol syndrome prevention and services program.

Center for Mental Health Services

The conference agreement includes $420,000,000 for the mental health block grant instead of $416,000,000 as proposed by the House and $366,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $91,763,000 for children's mental health instead of $86,763,000 as proposed by both the House and Senate.

The conference agreement includes $36,883,000 for grants to states for the homeless (PATH) as proposed by the Senate instead of $30,883,000 as proposed by the House.

The conference agreement includes $30,000,000 for protection and advocacy instead of $24,903,000 as proposed by the House and $25,903,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees continue to be concerned about deaths and serious injuries due to the inappropriate use of seclusion and restraints in facilities that treat individuals with mental illnesses and have provided additional resources so that these deaths can be investigated and future incidences can be prevented.

The conference agreement includes $203,674,000 for programs of regional and national significance instead of $132,749,000 as proposed by the House and $146,875,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Within the total provided, $90,000,000 provided under section 581 of the Public Health Service Act is for the support and delivery of school-based and school-related mental health services for school-age youth. It is intended that the Department will continue to collaborate its efforts with the Department of Education to develop a coordinated approach. The conferees recognize it may be necessary for the agency to allocate additional resources to the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Action Center to expand its technical assistance to serve new grantees.

Within the total provided, $3,000,000 is for suicide prevention hotlines. The conferees direct SAMHSA to undertake an evaluation of the effectiveness of these hotlines in preventing suicides.

The conferees believe that SAMHSA is uniquely qualified to support a clearinghouse for youth suicide prevention, including a database and related files of reference materials and organizations. SAMHSA, through this clearinghouse, could provide training and technical assistance to States to implement the Surgeon General's recommendations for suicide prevention.

Within the total provided, $10,000,000 is provided under section 582 of the Public Health Service Act to support up to 22 grants to local mental health providers for the purposes of developing knowledge of best practices and providing mental health services to children and youth suffering from post traumatic stress disorder as a result of having witnessed or experienced a traumatic event. Grantees can include psychiatric hospitals, general hospitals, outpatient mental health clinics, and community and university-based mental health programs. With respect to grants for knowledge development, preference should be given to applicants with experience in the field of trauma related mental disorders in children and youth.

Within the total provided, $2,000,000 is to support professional training in restraints and seclusion in residential and day treatment centers for children and youth. This training initiative will support grants to non-profit and public entities for the purpose of developing and demonstrating the effectiveness of a best-practices training model to avoid the inappropriate use of restraints and seclusion.

The conferees are supportive of efforts to develop a model training demonstration project to help eliminate deaths and injuries that occur in mental health facilities due to the inappropriate use of seclusion and restraints. Such a model training program should emphasize conflict resolution and de-escalation.

Within the total provided, an increase of $2,000,000 is to provide additional support for minority fellowships in mental health.

Within the total provided, $7,000,000 is for the treatment of mental health disorders related to HIV disease including: dementia, clinical depression and the chronic, progressive neurological disabilities that often accompany HIV disease. These direct services grants provided to minority community-based providers that operate in traditional and non-traditional settings are designed to strengthen their capacity to provide HIV related mental health services.

Funds are included to provide grants to local communities to improve mental health screening and referrals in non-mental health settings and continue support for jail diversion programs for non-violent mentally ill offenders.

It is intended that funds used to make grants to States for the purpose of developing data infrastructure will be used for mental health only.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2001:

--$83,000 for the Hope Center in Lexington, Kentucky;

--$85,000 for Steinway Child and Family Services, Inc. in Queens, New York for HIV/AIDS prevention;

--$100,000 for the American Trauma Society to support its Second Trauma Program which helps train trauma system health care professionals to assist individuals facing the shock of an unexpected death or critical injury to their family members;

--$200,000 for the Concord-Assabet Family Services Center for a model transitional living program for troubled youth;

--$325,000 for Preschool Anger Management, Family Communications;

--$500,000 for the Life Quest Community Mental Health Center in Wasilla, Alaska;

--$680,000 for Pacific Clinics in Arcadia, California, to support a school-based mental health demonstration program for Latina adolescents in partnership with community groups, mental health agencies, local governments and school systems in Southeast Los Angeles county;

--$803,000 for the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center in Lawrence, Kansas, to provide mental health services in schools and other settings to prevent juvenile crime and substance abuse among high-risk youth;

--$800,000 for the Alaska Federation of Natives for innovative homeless mental health services in Alaska;

--$850,000 for the Iowa State University Extension to develop a program which would provide outreach, training, and counseling services in rural areas;

--$921,000 for the United Power for Action and Justice demonstration project in Chicagoland area to end the cycle of homelessness;

--$921,000 for a mentally ill offender crime reduction demonstration in Ventura County, California to create the building blocks for a continuum of care for mentally ill offenders who enter the jail system in the county;

--$850,000 for the University of Connecticut for an urban health initiative to improve mental health services to underserved high-risk individuals living in urban public housing;

--$1,007,000 for the University of Florida National Rural Behavioral Health Center to train extension agents in crisis intervention and stress management to better equip them to deal with emotional and stress related problems;

--$1,500,000 for the Ch'eghutsen program in interior Alaska; and

--$1,300,000 for the Alaska Federation of Natives to use integrated community care to treat native Alaska children with mental health disorders.

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

The conference agreement includes $1,665,000,000 for the substance abuse block grant instead of $1,631,000,000 as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $256,315,000 for programs of regional and national significance instead of $213,716,000 as proposed by the House and $249,566,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the total provided, $10,000,000 is to initiate grants to local non-profit and public entities for the purpose of developing and expanding substance abuse services for homeless persons.

The agreement includes $53,000,000 designed to provide targeted service expansion and capacity building to minority, community-based substance abuse treatment programs with a history of providing services to communities of color severely impacted by substance abuse and HIV/AIDS. The correlation between addiction and HIV/AIDS is well documented. Injection drug use alone still accounts for more than 20 percent of the primary HIV infection risk for African American and Latino adults. These funds are to be allocated based on program priorities identified in the previous fiscal year and new priorities. Funds are also included to enhance state and county efforts to plan and develop integrated substance abuse and HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention services to communities of color.

The conferees are supportive of the efforts of the Sunshine Shelter for abused and neglected children in Natchez, Mississippi in treating chemically dependent women and their children and note that additional resources would allow the Shelter to expand its outreach efforts.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2001:

--$100,000 for the Vermont Department of Health Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention to examine adolescent residential treatment programs;

--$106,000 for Center Point, Inc., in Marin County, California, to continue support for substance abuse and related services for minority, homeless and other at risk populations;

--$200,000 for Green Door in Washington, D.C. to treat minority consumers with substance abuse problems and mental health issues;

--$250,000 for the Allegheny County Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program;

--$500,000 for the Cook Inlet Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment;

--$500,000 for the House of Mercy in Des Moines, Iowa to support treatment programs for pregnant and post-partum women;

--$500,000 for the State of Wyoming to carry out an innovative substance abuse prevention and treatment program;

--$425,000 for Humboldt County, California, to support residential substance abuse and related services for women who have children;

--$608,000 for the Hope Center in Lexington, Kentucky;

--$645,000 for the Grove Counseling Center in Winter Springs, Florida for a demonstration project of effective youth substance abuse treatment methods;

--$750,000 for the Fairbanks LifeGivers Pregnant and Parenting Teens program;

--$900,000 for the Alaska Federation of Natives to identify best substance abuse treatment practices;

--$1,105,000 for the City of San Francisco's model `Treatment on Demand' program for the homeless; and

--$2,210,000 for the Baltimore City Health Department to use innovative methods to enhance drug treatment services.

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

The conference agreement includes $175,145,000 for programs of regional and national significance instead of $132,742,000 as proposed by the House and $127,824,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the total provided, it is intended that high-risk youth grants will at least be maintained at last year's level.

The agreement includes $32,100,000 for grants to minority community based organizations to implement programs that strengthen substance abuse prevention capacity in communities of color disproportionately impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, based on the most recent estimated living AIDS cases, HIV infections and AIDS mortality among ethnic and racial minorities as reported by the CDC.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2001:

--$85,000 for the City of Alexandria, Virginia, substance abuse prevention demonstration program for high-risk Latino youth;

--$213,000 for the Rock Island County Council on Addiction in East Moline, Illinois, for a youth substance abuse prevention program; and

--$500,000 for the Drug-free Families Initiative at the University of Missouri, St. Louis.

The conferees have included sufficient funds to continue the pregnant and post-partum substance abuse prevention evaluations for both the Community Prevention Parnership of Berks County, Inc. and the Family Planning Council of Pennsylvania

Program Management

The conference agreement includes $79,221,000 for program management instead of $58,870,000 as proposed by the House and $59,943,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the total provided, $12,000,000 is for the National Household Drug Survey.

The conferees include $3,278,000 in fiscal year 2001 to continue testing the effectiveness of Community Assessment and Intervention Centers in providing integrated mental health and substance abuse services to troubled and at-risk children and youth, and their families in four Florida communities. Building upon successful juvenile programs, this effort responds directly to nationwide concerns about youth violence, substance abuse, declining levels of service availability and the inability of certain communities to respond to the needs of their youth in a coordinated manner. The total provided includes, $2,000,000 for mental health special projects of regional and national significance; $1,000,000 for substance abuse treatment special projects of regional and national significance; $500,000 for substance abuse prevention special projects of regional and national significance; and $200,000 for program management.

The agreement includes a general provision proposed by the Senate regarding the withholding of substance abuse funds. The House bill contained no similar provision. The Synar amendment was included as part of the SAMHSA reorganization bill in 1992. The amendment and its implementing regulation required States to reduce sales of tobacco to minors within a negotiated period of time and if a State fails to meet its goals, reduced its substance abuse prevention and treatment block grant funding by 40 percent. The conferees are extremely concerned that several States, after at least four years, are not in compliance with the law and continue to seek an exemption to the penalty requirement. It is the conferees intention that this will be the last year exemption language will be carried in an appropriations bill. SAMHSA is directed to notify States of this intention and work with the affected States to help them come into compliance.

AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

The conference agreement includes $104,963,000 in appropriated funds instead of $123,669,000 as proposed by the House. The Senate bill did not provide a direct appropriation for the agency, instead it proposed to fund the agency through the evaluation set-aside.

The conference agreement designates $164,980,000 to be available to the agency under the Public Health Service Act one percent evaluation set-aside as proposed by the House instead of $269,943,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees are troubled by the recent Institute of Medicine study which found that as many as 98,000 deaths are caused by medical errors each year. The conferees have provided an additional $50,000,000 to the agency to determine ways to reduce medical errors. The conferees are supportive of a study to determine the impact of extended work hours for registered nurses on patient safety.

The agreement includes $10,000,000 for research that investigates the relationship between the health care workplace and its impact on medical errors and the quality of care provided to patients. Efforts to restructure the health care workplace, often in response to pressures to reduce costs, suggest that work environment and processes have had an impact on health and quality of workers' lives as well as the patients for whom they care. As we have learned from the experience of the aviation industry, reducing errors and promoting safety are a result of improving workforce systems. Likewise, it is important that workforce considerations be integrated into efforts to reduce medical errors and promote patient safety. The conferees believe that better understanding of these workforce considerations will lead to improved workplace practices and better outcomes for patients.

The conferees support the efforts of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the Department of Labor, and other agencies to work jointly and coordinate their work to improve healthcare quality, patient safety, and worker safety in health care facilities, through such activities as the October 2000 jointly sponsored conference on `Enhancing Working Conditions and Patient Safety: Best Practices.' The conferees urge that such coordinated efforts be continued.

The conferees strongly urge the agency to enhance its investigator-initiated research funding through all available mechanisms, as appropriate.

HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

The conference agreement includes $2,246,326,000 for program management instead of $1,866,302,000 as proposed by the House and $2,018,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill assumed that the Administration's user fee proposal would be enacted prior to conference. An additional appropriation of $680,000,000 has been provided for the Medicare Integrity Program through the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

The conferees repeat language included in last year's bill related to administrative fees collected relative to Medicare overpayment recovery activities.

RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATION, AND EVALUATION

The conference agreement includes $139,311,000 for research, demonstration, and evaluation instead of $55,000,000 as proposed by the House and $65,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The agreement includes $50,000,000 for Real Choice Systems Change Grants to states to fund initiatives that establish specific action steps and timetables to achieve enduring system improvements and to provide long term services and supports, including community-based attendant care, to eligible individuals in the most integrated setting appropriate. Grant applications should be developed jointly by the State and the Consumer Task Force. The Task Force should be composed of individuals with disabilities from diverse backgrounds, representatives from organizations that provide services to individuals with disabilities, consumers of long-term services and supports, and those who advocate on behalf of such individuals. Grant-funded activities should focus on areas of need as determined by the State and the Task Force such as needs assessment and data gathering, strategies to modify policies that unnecessarily bias provision of long term care services to institutional settings or to health care professionals, and training and technical assistance.

The agreement includes bill language for the following projects and activities for fiscal year 2001:

--$300,000 for the United States-Mexico Border Counties Coalition for a study to determine the unreimbursed costs incurred to treat undocumented aliens for medical emergencies in southwest border States, their border counties, and hospitals within the jurisdiction of these States and counties;

--$255,000 for the LA Care Health Plan in Los Angeles, California for a demonstration program to improve clinical data coordination among Medicaid providers;

--$350,000 for the Cook County, Illinois Bureau of Health for the Asthma Champion Initiative demonstration to reduce morbidity and mortality from asthma in high prevalence areas;

--$500,000 to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and University of Pennsylvania for a study of the efficacy of surgical versus non-surgical management of abdominal aneurysms;

--$691,000 for a Medicare demonstration project at Ohio State University to determine the benefits of compliance packaging;

--$650,000 for the Vascular Surgery Outcomes Initiative at Dartmouth College;

--$646,000 for Shelby County Regional Medical Center to establish a Master Patient Index to determine patient Medicaid/TennCare eligibility;

--$855,000 for the Children's Hospice International demonstration program to provide a continuum of care for children with life-threatening conditions and their families;

--$921,000 for Equip for Equality for a demonstration project to document the impact of an independent investigative unit that will examine deaths or other serious allegations of abuse or neglect of people with disabilities at facilities in Illinois;

--$1,000,000 for the West Virginia University School of Medicine's Eye Center to test interventions and improve the quality of life for individuals with low vision;

--$1,000,000 for Duke University Medical Center to demonstrate the potential savings in the Medicare program of a reimbursement system based on preventative care.

--$1,000,000 for the Iowa Department of Public Health for the establishment and operation of a mercantile prescription drug purchasing cooperative or non-profit corporation demonstration;

--$1,843,000 for the Buck's County Health Improvement Project in Pennsylvania;

--$1,700,000 for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in Los Angeles for a demonstration of residential and outpatient treatment facilities;

--$2,800,000 for the Mind-Body Institute of Boston, Massachusetts to conduct a demonstration of a lifestyle modification program;

--$2,800,000 for a joint project between the University of Pittsburgh, Case Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio, and Mt. Sinai Hospital in Miami, Florida, to use integrated nursing services and technology to implement daily monitoring of congestive heart failure patients in underserved populations in accordance with established clinical guidelines; and

--$20,000,000 to continue demonstration projects on Medicaid coverage of community-based attendant care services for people with disabilities.

HCFA is urged to conduct a demonstration project addressing the extraordinary adverse health status of native Hawaiians at the Waimanalo health center exploring the use of preventive and indigenous health care expertise.

HCFA is urged to work with the United States Renal Data System (USRDS) to test potential savings to the Federal government and to the Medicare program by comparing actual Medicare/Medicaid spending for end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients currently on daily hemodialysis with actual Medicare/Medicaid spending for ESRD patients on other treatment modalities, such as peritoneal dialysis and in-center hemodialysis whose demographic and other characteristics match those of the daily hemodialysis patients in 9 to 12 existing programs in the U.S. Such a study should compare spending related to patient dialysis and training, medications, vascular access, ambulance transportation, physician and outpatient medical expenses not related to dialysis, hospitalizations, and other medical services, such as skilled nursing facilities or home health care and any other spending for which data is available to the USRDS.

HCFA is encouraged to utilize edit check software programs to scrub electronic data files prior to processing by the respective State agency and/or fiscal intermediary. The identification of errors and omissions prior to submission can provide dramatic improvement in the financial condition of many providers who are experiencing large losses of revenue.

The conferees are concerned that HCFA has not instituted a demonstration project to test the potential savings to the Federal government and to the Medicare program by comparing different products used for diabetic wound care treatment as referenced in last year's conference agreement. Such a demonstration should compare the aggregate costs of wound care treatment using different applications regimens. The conferees urge HCFA to proceed with this demonstration project utilizing existing research funds.

The conferees are aware that the Health Passport pilot program is helping thousands of low-income families in Nevada, Wyoming and North Dakota and urges HCFA to give full and fair consideration to a proposal to continue the program.

The conferees have become increasingly concerned that many people with the most severe disabilities often experience a lack of quality in community residential and treatment services that can result in dangerous or unhealthful conditions. The conferees believe that such services should be monitored by an entity that has the expertise and legal authority necessary to ensure the safety and general well-being of this population. Accordingly, the conferees urge HCFA to support the protection and advocacy system to demonstrate the efficacy of such community monitoring.

Medicare Contractors

The conference agreement includes $1,357,000,000 for Medicare contractors instead of $1,165,287,000 as proposed by the House and $1,244,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of this amount, $1,305,000,000 is to support Medicare claims processing contracts and $52,000,000 is for Medicare+Choice information campaign.

State Survey and Certification

The conference agreement includes $244,147,000 for State survey and certification instead of $171,147,000 as proposed by the House and $219,674,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The agreement includes an increase of $10,000,000 over the President's request for nursing home oversight and quality of care services.

Federal Administration

The conference agreement includes $505,868,000 for Federal administration instead of $474,868,000 as proposed by the House and $489,826,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees urge HCFA to give careful consideration to concerns that substance abuse (alcohol and drug) treatment facilities may not have been intended to be considered institutions for mental diseases exclusion under Medicaid since these facilities were not common when the exclusion policy was implemented. The conferees are aware that restricting Medicaid medical assistance to residential substance abuse treatment facilities with 16 or fewer adult treatment beds places an undue burden on the publicly funded substance abuse treatment and prevention infrastructure.

The conferees concur with Senate report language urging HCFA to act more expeditiously to approve new medical technologies, including PET scans, for Medicare patients so that seniors will have access to the latest life-saving technologies and treatments.

The conferees understand that HCFA regulations require States to provide documentation and justification before making changes in Medicaid reimbursements. The conferees are concerned that several State Medicaid agencies are currently paying or proposing to pay chain-operated pharmacies lower reimbursement rates than other pharmacies for providing the same prescription products and related services without providing the required justification. The conferees expect HCFA to enforce current regulations when reviewing and approving State submissions. The conferees also believe that the implementation of a different system for Medicaid reimbursements of pharmaceuticals should be addressed by the authorizing committees of jurisdiction. The Administrator should be prepared to testify on the status of this issue at the fiscal year 2002 appropriations hearing.

HCFA has proposed guidelines regarding the administrative claims process for schools requesting reimbursement for Medicaid related services. The conferees are concerned that these guidelines are being developed without adequate input from interested parties and will significantly alter the administrative claiming program making it more difficult for schools to provide services to poor and disabled children. HCFA is expected to consult with school practitioners and other groups to draft guidance for Medicaid allowable costs under the administrative claiming section of the School Based Services program. HCFA is also urged to process pending State applications and to continue to review reimbursement procedures until new guidelines are published. The Administrator should be prepared to testify on this issue at the fiscal year 2002 appropriations hearing.

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS

The conference agreement includes $2,441,800,000 for payments to states for child support enforcement and family support programs instead of $2,473,800,000 as proposed by the House and $2,473,880,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees provide extended availability of funds as proposed by the Senate. The House bill proposed no extended availability.

LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE

The conference agreement includes an additional $300,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance program. When combined with the $1,100,000,000 already appropriated for fiscal year 2001 and the $300,000,000 in emergency funding, a total of $1,700,000,000 is available to support this program in fiscal year 2001. The agreement includes up to $27,500,000 for the leveraging incentive fund within these totals.

The conferees are aware that average home heating fuel prices have doubled in the past year, and in some areas are up five-fold, while at the same time many states are expected to experience extremely cold winter. The conferees are deeply concerned that this will force steep reductions in the relative percentage of home heating cost that LIHEAP provides to low-income households. The conferees have provided a $300,000,000 increase in the regular appropriation for fiscal year 2001 to reduce the adverse impact of these fuel price spikes.

The conference agreement does not include advance funding for fiscal year 2002 for LIHEAP as proposed by the Senate. The House bill proposed $1,100,000,000 for fiscal year 2002. The conferees are aware that advance funding for LIHEAP was authorized by Congress in 1990 to respond to the States' need to budget and plan their LIHEAP programs in advance of the fall/winter heating season. States are required by statute to hold public hearings in the spring and summer on their proposed LIHEAP programs to determine eligibility levels, establish the size of household benefits, and establish parameters of crisis programs. Consequently, States must be able to reliably predict the LIHEAP appropriation that normally becomes available at the very beginning of the heating season, but which is often delayed due to late enactment of appropriations bills. As noted in the Senate Report 101-421 accompanying the Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1990, `Forward funding will allow states to identify clients, provide assistance, and put them on responsible budget payment-plans in the summer or fall to avoid the development of life-threatening situations.' Although advance funding is not included in this bill, the conferees fully intend to provide at least $1,400,000,000 in regular LIHEAP appropriations and $300,000,000 in emergency funds in fiscal year 2002.

REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE

The conference agreement includes $433,109,000 for refugee and entrant assistance as proposed by the House instead of $425,586,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within this amount, for the Torture Victims Relief Act funds, the conferees provide $10,000,000 as proposed by the House instead of $7,265,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within this amount, the conferees provide funding to implement the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, which will support efforts to certify eligibility for benefits and services for trafficking victims.

The agreement includes $20,000,000 from carryover funds that are to be used under social services to increase educational support to schools with a significant proportion of refugee children and for the development of alternative cash assistance programs that involve case management approaches to improve resettlement outcomes. Such support should include intensive English language training and cultural assimilation programs.

The agreement also includes $26,000,000 for increased support to communities with large concentrations of refugees whose cultural differences make assimilation especially difficult justifying a more intense level and longer duration of Federal assistance.

PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT

The conference agreement includes an additional $817,328,000 for child care services, together with the $1,182,672,000 provided as an advance appropriation in last year's bill, raising the funding level for this program to $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2001. The agreement does not provide for an advance appropriation for fiscal year 2002 as proposed by the Senate; however, the conferees intend that funding for the child care block grant be at least that level in fiscal year 2002. The House bill proposed advance funding of $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.

The agreement also includes language specifying that funds under the Child Care and Development Block Grant are to be used to supplement, not to supplant, state and local child care funds.

The agreement also sets aside an additional $272,672,000 from fiscal year 2001 to be reserved by the States for activities authorized under section 658G, of which $100,000,000 shall be for activities that improve the quality of infant and toddler child care. The House bill set aside $172,672,000 for additional quality purposes in fiscal year 2002. The Senate bill set aside $222,672,000 for additional quality activities, of which $100,000,000 was to be used for infant and toddler care, in fiscal year 2001. The agreement also sets aside $10,000,000 to be used for child care research, demonstration and evaluation activities. Neither the House nor the Senate contained this provision. Within the funds provided for child care resources and referrals, the agreement also includes $1,000,000 for the Child-Care Aware toll-free hotline.

SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

The conference agreement includes $1,725,000,000 for the social services block grant instead of $1,700,000,000 as proposed by the House and $600,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes a provision which maintains the percentage of funds that a state may transfer between the Social Services Block Grant and the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Programs at 10 percent.

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

The conference agreement includes $7,956,345,000 for children and families services programs instead of $7,231,253,000 as proposed by the House and $7,895,723,000 as proposed by the Senate. In addition, the agreement rescinds $21,000,000 from permanent appropriations as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

Head Start

The conference agreement includes $6,200,000,000 for Head Start instead of $5,667,000,000 as proposed by the House and $6,267,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement includes an advance appropriation of $1,400,000,000 for Head Start for fiscal year 2002 as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

The conferees are concerned that while fifty percent of children eligible for the regular Head Start program receive services, only about ten percent of children of farmworkers are served by Migrant Head Start. Therefore, the conferees encourage the Secretary to increase funding for Migrant and Seasonal Head Start in proportion to the overall funding increase for Head Start. The conferees also urge the agency to ensure that all children participating in the Early Head Start program receive a blood lead screening test.

The conferees urge the agency to provide funds to the Alaska Federation of Natives to train Head Start teachers in remote Alaska villages. The conferees also encourage the agency to provide funds to the University of Alaska to provide distance training for Head Start teachers through Associate Degree programs.

Runaway Youth

The conference agreement includes $69,155,000 for runaway youth as proposed by the Senate instead of $64,155,000 as proposed by the House. The agreement allocates funds for the runaway and homeless youth programs following the structure of P.L. 106-71, the Missing, Exploited, and Runaway Children Protection Act, which consolidates the programs into a single funding stream.

Adoption Incentive

The conference agreement includes $43,000,000 for the adoption incentive program as proposed by the House instead of $55,928,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also includes language that will allow funds under this program to be carried over for use in paying prior year bonuses.

Social Services and Income Maintenance Research

The conference agreement includes $37,666,000 for social services and income maintenance research instead of $27,491,000 as proposed by both the House and the Senate. Of this total, the conferees intend that $5,000,000 be transferred to the Census Bureau for continued data collection on the Survey of Income and Program Participation. The conferees also provide sufficient funding for the following:

--$500,000 for the National Fatherhood Initiative;

--$500,000 for the Institute for Responsible Fatherhood;

--$1,000,000 for the State Information Technology Consortium;

--$175,000 for the Nation Center for Appropriate Technology's information technology clearinghouse.

The conferees also include $500,000 within Social Services and Income Maintenance Research to support adding LIHEAP related questions to the Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) conducted by the Department of Energy and to the Census Bureau's March current population survey to assure that the low-income household component is included in the surveys, and the conferees urge the expansion of the RECS sample size to target LIHEAP recipients. The conferees have also included $2,500,000 for grants to qualified private, non-profit intermediaries to demonstrate the provision of technical assistance to child care providers to improve the quality and supply of child care facilities in low income communities and to document the changes.

Community Services Block Grant

The conference agreement includes $600,000,000 for the community services block grant instead of $550,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and $527,700,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees expect that all local entities that are in good standing in the community services block grant program shall receive an increase in funding for the next program year that is proportionate to the overall increase in the appropriation provided for the block grant.

The agreement includes language proposed by the Senate that requires the Department to establish certain procedures regarding the disposition of intangible property in the community economic development program under the Community Services Block Grant Act. The House bill contained no similar provision. The conferees also set aside $5,500,000 within the community economic development program for the job creation demonstration authorized under the Family Support Act.

Within the funds provided for child abuse prevention programs, the agreement includes the following items:

$737,000--University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC for Violence Abuse Prevention and Education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and their Caretakers;

$1,382,000--Public Children Services Association of Ohio, Columbus, OH for child abuse prevention activities;

$46,000--New Directions Housing Corp., Louisville, KY for the Homeless Youth Development Program;

$230,000--Neighbor to Family, Des Plaines, IL for foster care training program;

$524,000--Robert A. Pascal Youth and Family Services Inc., Severna Park, Maryland for the Healthy Families program;

$1,773,000--Foster Parents Association, Spokane, WA for the Foster Family Support System;

$230,000--Dave Thomas Center for Adoption Law at Capital University Law School, Columbus OH for development of an adoption law online database;

$75,000--Operation Breakthrough in Kansas City;

$400,000--Parent-to-Parent of Winooski, Vermont;

$200,000--Family Friends for respite services for families with disabled children;

$900,000--Alaska Native Health Board Child abuse prevention program;

$2,500,000--early childhood services--Alaska Seed program;

$2,500,000--to continue the Healthy Families Home Visiting Program in Alaska;

$550,000--Early Childhood Development Center at Texas Tech University;

$900,000--Celeste Foundation for a pilot program to bring in-home professional services via video and audio to disruptive at-risk children in foster home placements;

$600,000--Farm Resource Center in West Virginia to provide a mechanism of early intervention for rural families in crisis;

$100,000--Phoenix House Domestic Violence Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa;

$1,562,000--Indian Oaks Academy in Manteno, IL for a demonstration project serving children and adolescents who are victims of child abuse;

$500,000--Strengthen Our Sisters in West Milford, New Jersey to expand services.

Within the funds provided for developmental disabilities, special projects $200,000 is included for the Allegheny County Respite Care Coalition to provide respite services for parents with disabled children.

Within the funds provided for Native American programs, the agreement includes the following:

--$700,000 for the Cook Inlet Tribal Council;

--$300,000 for Kawerak, Inc.

--$500,000 for the Alaska Federation of Natives to coordinate social service resources in native villages;

--$100,000 for the South Dakota Native American Community Board to establish a Dakota language preservation program.

The conferees support the idea that a national adoption website could include all youngsters available for adoption and will increase the likelihood that children will find loving, stable homes. The conferees recognize that the National Adoption Center has been at the forefront of developing technology-based resources to facilitate adoptions and is uniquely situated to create a single, national adoption website. The conferees have included sufficient funds for the National Adoption Center to continue to develop and sustain a national adoption photo listing service on the Internet.

PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION ASSISTANCE

The conference agreement includes $4,863,100,000 for payments to states for foster care and adoption assistance as proposed by the House instead of $4,868,100,000 as proposed by the Senate.

ADMINISTRATION ON AGING

AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS

The conference agreement includes $1,103,135,000 for aging services programs instead of $925,805,000 as proposed by the House and $954,619,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees include $125,000,000 to provide critically needed services for family caregivers under title III E and title VI C of the Older Americans Act as amended. The conferees intend that $5,000,000 of these funds be dedicated for Native American caregivers. According to the Administration on Aging, over seven million Americans are providing care for disabled seniors in households across the nation. Funds will be provided to states to use their aging networks to provide quality respite care and other support services such as information on available resources; assistance with locating services; and caregiver training, counseling and support. Such services improve the caregiver's ability to provide care, help preserve the family unit, prevent abuse and neglect, and minimize out-of-home placements. Caregiver support services also delay nursing home stays among care recipients.

The conferees intend that $5,000,000 be made available from preventive health services for activities regarding medication management, screening, and education to prevent incorrect medication and adverse drug reactions.

The agreement includes the following amounts under aging research and training:

$961,000--Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX for the Institute for Healthy Aging;

$691,000--Florida International University, Miami, FL, National Policy and Research Center on Nutrition and Aging for `Nutrition 2030' program;

$2,000--Bay Ridge Center for Older Adults, Brooklyn, NY for a demonstration program;

$3,000--Staten Island Community Services Friendship Clubs, Inc., Staten Island, NY for a demonstration program in senior centers;

$921,000--Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services, Services for Adults Division in Charlotte, NC for Nutrition 2000 program;

$461,000--Metropolitan Family Services, Chicago, IL for a community based caregiver training program;

$369,000--Ocean County New Jersey, Office of Senior Services for a demonstration program;

$369,000--Burlington County New Jersey, Office on Aging for a demonstration program;

$184,000--Camden County New Jersey, Division of Senior Services for a demonstration program;

$427,000--Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL for Anne and Louis Green Alzheimer's Care and Research Center;

$886,000--St. Petersburg Junior College in FL for Services for Caregivers of Seniors program;

$250,000--Access Community Health Network's Senior Outreach Program;

$1,400,000--Deaconess-Billings Northwest Area Center for Studies on Aging;

$100,000--An elderly meals demonstration program at Progresso Latino in Central Falls, Rhode Island;

$100,000--The Senior Fitness and Wellness Program in East Providence;

$100,000--Southwest General Health Center Gatekeeper Program;

$100,000--An additional $100,000 for the National Asian Pacific Center on Aging;

$344,000--Northwest Parkinson's Foundation;

$400,000--Champlain Valley Area Agency on Aging mental health project;

$500,000--Albert Einstein Life Center in Germantown;

$3,685,000--Social research into Alzheimer's disease care options, best practices and other Alzheimer's research priorities as specified in the House report;

$100,000--Champlain Senior Center for adult day programming and a technology initiative;

$200,000--Brandeis University Center on Women and Aging to conduct research on caregiving, health and financial security among seniors;

$64,000--LIFESPAN of Greater Rochester, Inc., New York, to enhance a life course planning initiative to help older adults make informed choices to prepare for retirement;

$85,000--San Luis Obispo Medical Society in California for volunteers in health to support a demonstration program to provide prescription drugs for low income, uninsured seniors;

$120,000--Marathon County, Wisconsin to continue an initiative to provide respite care services;

$170,000--Walk the Walk, Inc, in Long Island City, New York for Mary's House, an elder abuse center in Glendale, New York;

$425,000--St. Louis County, Missouri for a seniors job training demonstration program;

$468,000--National Association of Home Builders, National Center for Seniors' Housing Research, for a project to improve safety and access for senior housing;

$510,000--The University of Akron College of Nursing, Akron, Ohio, to develop best practices in gerontological training, research and instruction;

$723,000--Ivy Tech State College in Sellersburg, Indiana, for a seniors technology learning program;

$935,000--Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket, Rhode Island to support the Positive Aging Project to develop and implement model family-centered approaches to address the needs of the elderly;

$1,000,000--West Virginia University Center on Aging to conduct follow-up work to the Year 2000 Conference on Rural Aging;

$425,000--City of Compton, California for an elderly assistance demonstration program to support and evaluate a community approach to providing services to low income seniors;

$900,000--Donald Reynolds Aging Center at the University of Arkansas Medical School.

Within the funds provided for state and local innovations/projects of national significance, the conferees intend that funds be used for ongoing projects scheduled for refunding in fiscal year 2001.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

The conference agreement includes $291,075,000 for general departmental management instead of $262,631,000 as proposed by the House and $260,117,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Within the total provided, $50,000,000 is for minority HIV/AIDS activities that strengthen the medical treatment and HIV prevention capacity within communities of color disproportionately impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, based on rates of new HIV infection and mortality from AIDS. These funds are available to entities that target a specific minority group or multi-ethnic minority populations that are heavily impacted by HIV/AIDS, and are to complement existing and planned HIV/AIDS activities in communities of color. The agreement also includes bill language that requires the Secretary to submit an operating plan prior to the obligation of these funds.

Within the total provided, $2,000,000 is for the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission. The conferees request the Secretary to provide the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations with a complete history of the activities and expenses of the Commission. Also within the total provided, $400,000 is to continue the Surgeon General's violence initiative and $400,000 is for a study on the feasibility of tribe compacting for the operation of Departmental programs.

The agreement provides $24,327,000 for the adolescent family life program as proposed by the House instead of $19,327,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement includes bill language earmarking $10,377,000 under the adolescent family life program for activities specified under section 2003(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act, of which $10,157,000 shall be for prevention grants under section 510(b)(2) of Title V of the Social Security Act, without application of the limitation of section 2010(c) of Title XX of the Public Health Service Act. The conferees intend that this set-aside is only for continuation costs of ongoing projects.

The agreement provides $49,019,000 for minority health instead of $38,638,000 as proposed by the House and $37,638,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within this total, $9,700,000 is to address the capacity and infrastructure deficiencies within minority community based organizations in rural and historically underserved urban communities, of which $6,600,000 is for the Technical Assistance/Capacity Development Grant Program to fund existing grants in rural and historically underserved urban communities hardest hit by HIV/AIDS; $500,000 is for continuation funding to the Bi-Cultural and Bilingual Demonstration Program; and $2,600,000 is to support existing grants through the Minority Health Coalition program, designed to promote early intervention HIV care in minority communities and to improve the health outcomes of people of color living with HIV disease. Also included is an increase of $1,000,000 for the Office of Minority Health's Center for Linguistics and Cultural Competence in Health Care.

The agreement provides $17,270,000 for the office of women's health instead of $16,495,000 as proposed by the House and $16,895,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees urge the office to provide funds to the National Osteoporosis Foundation to support its complementary adolescent bone health initiative.

The agreement provides $11,668,000 for the office of emergency preparedness instead of $9,668,000 as proposed by both the House and Senate.

The conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2001:

--$50,000 for public service announcements regarding abstinence education for the County of Bucks' Department of Health in Doylestown, Pennsylvania;

--$298,000 in the Office of Minority Health for the University of Maryland, Baltimore, in partnership with the Community Lead Education and Reduction Corps to prevent lead poisoning among low income and minority children;

--$375,000 in the Office of Women's Health for Spelman College's African-American Women's Health and Wellness Project;

--$383,000 in the Office of Minority Health for the Trinity Health Systems, Detroit, Michigan, to provide health care and preventive health services for underserved minority populations and low income individuals;

--$500,000 to fund, through a contract with the National Academy of Sciences, an evaluation on children's health. This evaluation should assess the adequacy of currently available methods for assessing risks to children, identify scientific uncertainties associated with these methods, and develop a prioritized research agenda to reduce such uncertainties and improve risk assessment for children's health and safety;

--$500,000 for the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (TJUH) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to continue development of its Center for Integrative Medicine, a program combining conventional medical science with promising alternative therapies;

--$461,000 for the Glaucoma Caucus Foundation to provide glaucoma screening and outreach activities;

--$650,000 in the Office of Minority Health for the University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry to develop a Minority Oral Health Outreach program;

--$638,000 for ARCH National Resource Center on Respite and Crisis Services in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to expand training, technical assistance, evaluation and networking expertise in respite care;

--$750,000 for the Community Transportation Association of America to provide technical assistance;

--$680,000 in the Office of Minority Health for the Donald R. Watkins Memorial Foundation in Houston, Texas, to enhance care for African Americans and low income individuals with HIV/AIDS by coordinating services and expanding outreach efforts;

--$765,000 in the Office of Minority Health for the Alameda County Medical Center in California for an initiative to reduce health disparities among uninsured, minority populations;

--$850,000 in the Office of Minority Health for the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Michigan, to address the burden of chronic disease among African Americans through a network of partnerships with community organizations;

--$850,000 in the Office of Minority Health for the CORE Center at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, for a Community and Minority Education and Training Initiative for HIV/AIDS;

--$935,000 in the Office of Minority Health for the Sumter Family Health Care Center, Sumter, South Carolina to support an innovative service delivery effort to provide health care to individuals with disadvantaged backgrounds, including minority populations;

--$1,105,000 in the Office of Minority Health for the San Francisco Department of Public Health to provide HIV care and related services with an emphasis on providing care for women and minorities;

--$1,165,000 in the Office of Minority Health for the Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center in California for diabetes care and outreach for Hispanic Americans and low-income individuals; and

--$1,700,000 in the Office of Minority Health for the National Council of La Raza for minority health research and outreach.

--$150,000 for the Briarpatch Transitional Living Program in Madison, Wisconsin, to provide housing and support services to homeless teens.

It is understood that the screening of blood and blood products could be improved through the use of nucleic acid testing (NAT) to better detect known infectious diseases such as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1) and Hepatitis C virus (HCV). The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute in the National Institutes of Health has contracted with private companies to develop fully automated NAT tests for HIV-1 and HCV. In view of the NIH's financial commitment to NAT and the approval of NAT in other countries, the Public Health Service Blood Safety Committee, chaired by the Surgeon General/Assistant Secretary of Health, is urged to encourage the adoption of these screening tools for individual donor testing of blood and plasma.

The conferees request that the Chief Financial Officer report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the status of the HHS financial audit. The conferees also request that the Chief Information Officer report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the status of the HHS computer security and related infrastructure protection. Both reports are to be presented to the Committees no later than March 1, 2001.

The conferees are concerned about the global AIDS pandemic and are supportive of the Department's international AIDS and infectious diseases efforts, especially those of CDC and NIH. The Department should continue to identify opportunities for strengthened international collaboration with those countries heavily impacted by HIV/AIDS and other new and emerging infectious diseases, as well as those nations that are vulnerable to a rapid acceleration of new cases. The Department should also coordinate its efforts with those of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to ensure that HHS activities are consistent with the USAID country strategic plan, and with those of multilateral organizations such as the World Health Organization and the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS.

The conferees urge the Secretary to establish a program to provide information and education on autism to health professionals and the general public as authorized in the Children's Health Act of 2000.

The conferees direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Director of NIH, to conduct a review of the eligibility of the Bermuda Biological Station for Research (BBSR) to receive F&A recovery on NIH-supported research. The conferees are aware that the National Science Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Office of Naval Research provide BBSR with direct and indirect costs of research in peer-reviewed, competitive awards. The conferees request that the Secretary report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on the status of this review.

The conferees expect the Office of Population Statistics to better coordinate with the Health Resources and Services Administration regarding family planning activities.

The conferees support the HHS agreement to provide the Interdepartmental Task Force on AIDS with administrative support funding totalling $250,000 from within funds available to the Department.

The conferees request the Secretary to provide a report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees by May 1, 2001 on the Department's review and action steps taken in response to the Institute of Medicine's report, `No Time to Lose: Getting More from HIV Prevention.' This should include a review of current investments in HIV prevention as they relate to the issues raised by the Institute of Medicine.

The conferees are aware that the Secretary is working to establish the Advisory Committee on Minority Health to assist the Secretary in improving the health of racial and ethnic minority groups, and encourage the Secretary to proceed expeditiously so that the Department's goals and program activities better reflect the health care needs of Hispanic Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities.

The conferees are concerned about the current situation regarding the availability and uneven distribution of influenza vaccine for the nation at a critical time for our most vulnerable populations, especially the elderly, sick and very young. The conferees understand the Department's role in developing influenza vaccine each year for distribution by private industry and commend the Department for its efforts to communicate with the American public as this unfortunate situation developed. The Secretary, through the National Vaccine Program Office, is directed to prepare a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate by June 30, 2001 regarding its assessment of this year's distribution problems along with any recommendations for changes in the vaccine development and distribution process.

The conferees understand that the incidence of unreimbursed health care provided to foreign nationals in U.S. hospital emergency rooms is a problem costing taxpayers millions of dollars per year. The conferees direct the Secretary to conduct a study regarding the extent of the problem, including U.S. hospitals' experiences in obtaining reimbursement from foreign insurers, the identity of foreign insurance companies who do not cooperate with or reimburse U.S. health care providers, the amount of unreimbursed services provided to foreign nationals, along with recommended solutions. This study shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate no later than December 31, 2001.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

The conference agreement includes $33,849,000 for the Office of Inspector General as proposed by the Senate instead of $31,394,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees do not include language proposed by the House to limit the amount of funds available to the Inspector General in fiscal year 2001 under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) to not more than $130,000,000. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

The agreement includes language not proposed by the House or the Senate to allow funds to be used to provide protective services to the Secretary and investigate non-payment of child support cases for which non-payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228.

OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

The conference agreement includes $24,742,000 for the Office for Civil Rights instead of $18,774,000 as proposed by the House and $23,242,000 as proposed by the Senate.

POLICY RESEARCH

The conference agreement includes $16,738,000 for policy research as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

The conferees include $7,125,000 to continue the study of the outcomes of welfare reform and to assess the impacts of policy changes on the low-income population. The conferees recommend that this effort include the collection and use of state-specific surveys and state and federal administration data, including data which are newly becoming available from state surveys. These studies should focus on assessing the well-being of the low-income population, developing and reporting reliable state-by-state measures of family hardship and well-being and of the utilization of other support programs, and improving the capabilities and comparability of data collection efforts. These studies should continue to measure outcomes for a broad population of welfare recipients, former recipients, potential recipients, and other special populations affected by state TANF policies. The conferees further expect a report on these topics to be submitted to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees by May 1, 2001.

PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND

The conference agreement includes $241,231,000 for the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund instead of $254,640,000 as proposed by the House and $214,600,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The amount provided includes $181,131,000 for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the following bioterrorism and related activities:

--$2,000,000 to continue to discover, develop, and transition anti-infective agents to combat emerging diseases;

--$18,040,000 for the second year of a collaborative research program on the anthrax vaccine;

--$32,000,000 for a national health alert network; and

--$129,950,000 for all other activities, except tobacco litigation. The conferees do not provide funding for this activity.

Regarding the anthrax study, the conferees understand that clinical studies will be greatly facilitated by the establishment of the Vaccine Healthcare Center Network, with the first site at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. This Network will facilitate data collection, standardization of the anthrax immunization, training and general data collection for this project.

The conferees recommend that CDC continue and expand the public health preparedness center program.

The remaining $60,100,000 is for the Office of Emergency Preparedness for bioterrorism-related activities.

Within the total provided for CDC, the conferees include the following amounts for the following projects and activities in fiscal year 2001:

--$500,000 for the National Bioterrorism Civilian Medical Response Center at Drexel University;

--$750,000 for the National Rapid Response Bioterrorism Defense Center at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston;

--$941,000 for the University of Findlay National Center for Terrorism Preparedness to train and prepare underserved populations and facilities to react to bioterrorism and related incidents;

--$900,000 for the St. Louis University Center for Research and Education on Bioterrorism;

--$1,000,000 for the West Virginia University Virtual Medical Campus, to conduct an assessment for Disaster Medical Assistance Teams, National Guard Civilian Support Teams and hospital emergency and administrative personnel for medical preparedness and readiness for Weapons of Mass Destruction or similar events. These funds can only be used for this purpose. A report is due to the Congress by June 30, 2001 on this initiative;

--$900,000 for the Rhode Island Hospital disaster preparedness initiative;

--$1,400,000 for the Charlotte Mecklenburg Advanced Local Emergency Response Team (ALERT) project in Charlotte, North Carolina;

--$1,900,000 for the Public Health Service Moble Training Center at Fort McClellan, Alabama for bioterrorism training; and

--$2,200,000 for the Washington Hospital Center, the University of Pennsylvania Department of Emergency Medicine, and the University of Tennessee ER One initiative.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

NIH AND SAMHSA SALARY CAP

The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by the House limiting the use of the National Institutes of Health and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration funds to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Level I of the Executive Schedule instead of Level II as proposed by the Senate.

ONE-PERCENT EVALUATION TAP

The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by the House to allow for a one percent evaluation tap pursuant to section 241 of the Public Health Service Act. The Senate bill contained a provision to allow for an evaluation tap of not more than 1.6 percent.

TRANSFER AUTHORITY

The conference agreement includes language to provide general transfer authority for the Department of Health and Human Services. This authority was first provided in fiscal year 1996 with the understanding that the flexibility it provides can only be carried out when proper financial management controls and systems are in place. However, CDC has provided Congress with inaccurate spending data on a number of programs. While it is recognized that CDC is working to rectify problems that have been identified, for fiscal year 2001 the conferees are requiring a letter of reprogramming to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees and a written response from the Committees before any transfer of funds can be made to CDC.

The conferees reiterate that it is not the purpose of the transfer authority to provide funding for new policy proposals that can, and should, be included in subsequent budget proposals. Absent the need to respond to emergencies or unforeseen circumstances, this authority cannot be used simply to increase funding for programs, projects or activities because of disagreements over the funding level or the difficulty or inconvenience with operating levels set by the Congress.

SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL BLOCK GRANT FORMULA ALLOCATION

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by either the House or the Senate regarding the distribution of substance abuse and mental health block grant funding.

NIH OBLIGATIONS

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the House to limit NIH obligations to the President's budget request. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

EXTENSION OF CERTAIN ADJUDICATION PROVISIONS

The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by the Senate to extend the refugee status for persecuted religious groups. The House bill contained no similar provision.

MEDICARE COMPETITIVE PRICING DEMONSTRATION PROJECT

The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by the Senate to prohibit funding to implement or administer the Medicare Prepaid Competitive Pricing Demonstration Project in Arizona or in Kansas City, Missouri or in the Kansas City, Kansas area. The House bill contained no similar provision.

WITHHOLDING OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE FUNDS

The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by the Senate to prohibit the Secretary from withholding a State's substance abuse block grant funds if that State is not in compliance with the requirements of the Synar Amendment. The provision also prohibits the Secretary from withholding substance abuse funding from a territory that receives less than $1,000,000. The House bill contained no similar provisions.

STATE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (SCHIP)

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the Senate to shift unspent fiscal year 1998 SCHIP funds to fiscal year 2003. The House bill contained no similar provision.

SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING NEEDLESTICK INJURY PREVENTION

The conferees delete without prejudice a Sense of the Senate provision regarding needlestick injury prevention. The House bill contained no similar provision.

CLEARINGHOUSE ON SAFE NEEDLE TECHNOLOGY

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the Senate to provide additional funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to establish a clearinghouse on safe needle technology offset by an across-the-board reduction to travel, consulting, and printing services of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. The House bill contained no similar provision.

REASONABLE RATE OF RETURN ON BOTH INTRAMURAL AND EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the Senate to withhold funding if the Director of NIH did not provide a proposal to require a reasonable rate of return on both intramural and extramural research by March 31, 2001. The House bill contained no similar provision.

STUDY ON UNREIMBURSED HEALTH CARE PROVIDED TO FOREIGN NATIONALS

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the Senate to require the Secretary to conduct a study on the unreimbursed health care provided to foreign nationals. The House bill contained no similar provision.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by the Senate to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the purpose of the Institute relating to gynecologic health. The House bill contained no similar provision.

IMMUNIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS ACTIVITIES

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the Senate to provide additional funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for State and local immunization infrastructure and operations activities offset by an across-the-board reduction to administrative and related expenses of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. The House bill contained no similar provision.

ANIMAL CARE CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by the Senate to require that the contractor hired for the care of the 288 chimpanzees acquired by NIH from the Coulston Foundation be accredited by the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International or has PHS assurance. The House bill contained no similar provision.

POISON PREVENTION AND CONTROL CENTERS

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the Senate to provide additional funds to the Health Resources and Services Administration to provide assistance for poison prevention and control activities offset by an across-the-board reduction to administrative and related expenses of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. The House bill contained no similar provision.

SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE DELIVERY OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

The conferees delete without prejudice a Sense of the Senate provision regarding the delivery of emergency medical services. The House bill contained no similar provision.

SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING IMPACTS OF THE BALANCED BUDGET ACT OF 1997

The conferees delete without prejudice a Sense of the Senate provision regarding impacts of The Balanced Budget Act of 1997. The House bill contained no similar provision.

ARKIDS

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the House to prohibit the Health Care Financing Administration from revoking a waiver to the State of Arkansas that implements its own children's health insurance plan. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

ABSTINENCE EDUCATION

The conference agreement includes language to prohibit the awarding of abstinence education grants authorized in the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2000 until March 1, 2001. The House and Senate bills contained no similar provision.

PHYSICIANS COMPARABILITY ALLOWANCES

The conference agreement includes a provision not proposed by either the House or the Senate to extend the authority of physicians comparability allowances for five years.

ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATIONS

The conference agreement includes language to prohibit the termination of the Lifelink of Puerto Rico Organ Procurement Organization, the Northeast Organ Procurement Organization and Tissue Bank, and the Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery Agency from participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs for one year from the date of enactment of this Act. The agreement further requires that future certification be determined based upon performance information from these individual Organ Procurement Organizations beginning on January 1, 2000. The House and Senate bills contained no similar provision.

CDC INTERNATIONAL AUTHORITY

The conference agreement includes a provision not proposed by either the House or the Senate to provide authority to support CDC carrying out international HIV/AIDS and other infectious and chronic disease activities abroad.

Subsection (a)(1) is intended to allow CDC to meet relatively short-term requirements for technical, management, and administrative personnel needs abroad through the award of personal services contracts in situations where other options, such as use of existing staff or hiring of new staff, or award of a service contract, other than one for personal services, are ineffective and impractical. During FY 2001, the conferees expect HHS to work with the Office of Management and Budget and other relevant agencies and Congressional committees as appropriate to consider effective longer-term solutions for addressing these types of needs.

Section (a)(2) is intended to ensure that the Department of State can provide necessary support services (including Administrative Support services agreements) to support CDC's international health programs, including the purchase of necessary laboratory equipment and the lease, repair and renovation of laboratory and other facilities.

BAYVIEW

The conference agreement includes language to allow the Director of the National Institutes of Health to enter into and administer a long-term lease agreement for facilities at the Bayview Campus in Baltimore, Maryland.

OFFICE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTIONS TRANSFER

The conference agreement includes a provision to transfer $5,800,000 from the National Institutes of Health to the Office of the Secretary, General Departmental Management to support the newly established Office for Human Research Protections. This transfer of funds implements the Secretary's decision to move the Office to the Department from NIH and that in the future the Department will request funding for the Office within the Office of the Secretary. The House and Senate bills contained no similar provision.

CLINICAL RESEARCH LOAN REPAYMENT

The conference agreement includes a provision to allow extramural clinical researchers to be included in the clinical research loan repayment program for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. The House and Senate bills contained no similar provision.

ACTING DIRECTOR OF NIH

The conference agreement includes a provision to allow the current Acting Director of NIH to remain in that position until a new Director is confirmed by the Senate. The House and Senate bills contained no similar provision.

NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER

The conference agreement includes a provision to name the National Neuroscience Research Center at the National Institutes of Health the John Edward Porter Neuroscience Research Center.

TITLE II CITATION

The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by the House to cite title II as the `Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2001'. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

TITLE III--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

EDUCATION REFORM

The conference agreement includes $1,880,710,000 for Education Reform instead of $1,505,000,000 as proposed by the House and $1,434,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Parental Assistance

The conference agreement includes $38,000,000 for parental assistance instead of $40,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House did not propose funding for this program.

Education Technology

For education technology, the conference agreement includes $872,096,000 instead of $905,000,000 as proposed by the House and $794,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Technology Literacy Challenge Fund

For the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund, the conference agreement includes $400,000,000 instead of $425,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and $517,000,000 as proposed by the House.

Technology Innovation Challenge Grants

For the Technology Innovation Challenge Grants, the conference agreement includes $136,328,000 instead of $197,500,000 as proposed by the House and $100,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the amounts provided for Technology Innovation Challenge Grants, the conference agreement includes $46,328,000 for the following:

$921,000--to be divided equally among the Blount, Cherokee, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion, Marshall, Pickens, Walker and Winston County Boards of Education in Alabama for technology enhancements for schools;

$369,000--Harford County Magnet School, Aberdeen, MD for technology enhancements;

$92,000--Community School District 31, Staten Island, NY for school computer lab enhancements;

$147,000--Community School District 20, Brooklyn, NY for school computer lab enhancements;

$921,000--Rockford Public Schools- District 205, Rockford, IL for Digital Community Classroom project;

$207,000--Grant Joint Union High School District, Sacramento, CA for technology enhancements;

$44,000--Bibb County Board of Education, AL for technology enhancements;

$44,000--Calhoun County Board of Education, AL for technology enhancements;

$44,000--Chambers County Board of Education, AL for technology enhancements;

$44,000--Chilton County Board of Education, AL for technology enhancements;

$44,000--Clay County Board of Education, AL for technology enhancements;

$44,000--Cleburne County Board of Education, AL for technology enhancements;

$44,000--Coosa County Board of Education, AL for technology enhancements;

$44,000--Lee County Board of Education, AL for technology enhancements;

$44,000--Macon County Board of Education, AL for technology enhancements;

$44,000--St. Clair County Board of Education, AL for technology enhancements;

$44,000--Talladega County Board of Education, AL for technology enhancements;

$44,000--Tallapoosa County Board of Education, AL for technology enhancements;

$44,000--Randolph County Board of Education, AL for technology enhancements;

$44,000--Russell County Board of Education, AL for technology enhancements;

$44,000--Jacksonville City Board of Education, AL for technology enhancements;

$44,000--Oxford City Board of Education, AL for technology enhancements;

$44,000--Sylacauga City Board of Education, AL for technology enhancements;

$44,000--Phenix City Board of Education, AL for technology enhancements;

$44,000--Auburn City Board of Education, AL for technology enhancements;

$44,000--Opelika City Board of Education, AL for technology enhancements;

$44,000--Piedmont City Board of Education, AL for technology enhancements;

$921,000--Corbin Technology and Training Center, Corbin KY;

$921,000--Regional Technology and Training Center in West Liberty, KY;

$415,000--Cherokee County, Murphy NC for computers;

$46,000--Meredith-Dunn School, Louisville, KY for technology enhancements;

$184,000--Crawford County Public Schools in Roberta GA for technology development and equipment;

$35,000--Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA for technology enhancements;

$921,000--California Institute of the Arts, Community Arts Partnership, Santa Clarita, CA for the Digital Arts Network Project;

$184,000--Travis Unified School District, Fairfield, CA for a technology plan;

$9,000,000--I CAN LEARN;

$1,800,000--Beaufort County School District in South Carolina to continue implementing the Learning with Laptops initiative;

$900,000--Metropolitan Regional and Technical Center in Providence, Rhode Island to provide training and support in computer technology through Project Family Net;

$1,500,000--Tupelo Public School District in Tupelo, Mississippi to Model successful, replicable technology application and utilization;

$2,000,000--South Carolina Educational TV in Columbia, South Carolina for its public-private partnership established to develop model communication tools that support the use of technology in improving students' reading and writing;

$1,275,000--Washington State Educational Agency in Olympia, Washington for the Linking Educational Technology and Educational Reform (LINKS) project to provide electronic student learning and teacher training;

$500,000--Discovery Center in Springfield, Missouri, in partnership with area schools, to enhance student access to and use of technology-based learning;

$100,000--Montgomery Public School system in Montgomery, Alabama for technology upgrades at the Brewbaker Technology Magnet High School;

$850,000--New Mexico State Department of Education for an online advanced placement course demonstration program;

$450,000--Western Kentucky University to improve teacher preparation programs that help incorporate technology into the school curriculum;

$680,000--Houston Independent School District in Houston, Texas to provide advanced telecommunications systems for schools in the district;

$500,000--McDermitt Combined School in Nevada to improve student access to and understanding of computers;

$55,000--Northwood School District in Minong, Wisconsin for distance education programs;

$100,000--New Mexico State Department of Education for a virtual school designed to increase educational access for students;

$850,000--Washington State Office of Public Instruction for online advanced placement course development and delivery;

$1,800,000--Iowa Department of Education for online advance placement course development and delivery;

$2,500,000--Wheeling Jesuit University NASA Center for Educational Technologies in West Virginia for technology training of math and science teachers;

$65,000--Reid Elementary School District in Searchlight, Nevada for educational technology enhancements;

$100,000--City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for technology training and access to the internet and other high-technology tools;

$925,000--Marymount University in Virginia for an instructional technology program for teachers;

$3,100,000--Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, for the RUNet 2000 project;

$2,200,000--South Dakota Board of Regents to support distance learning technology;

$1,421,000--Future of the Piedmont Foundation, Regional Education Center, Danville, VA for technology enhancements;

$170,000--Santa Barbara Industry Education Council and Santa Barbara County Education Office, California for a computers for families program;

$250,000--Nicolet Distance Education Network in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, for a distance learning initiative;

$417,000--Gadsden School District in Quincy, Florida for technology upgrades and equipment for a distance education initiative;

$451,000--Woodburn School District, Woodburn, Oregon for technology equipment for a distance learning center;

$489,000--Southwest Virginia Education and Training Network, Abington, Virginia, for technology upgrades;

$561,000--Adelphi University, New York, for the Information Commons distance education initiative;

$638,000--Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, New Jersey, for technology upgrades for its partnership program with 28 school districts in New Jersey;

$723,000--Maine School Administrative District Number 64, East Corinth, Maine, for the STAR technology teacher training project;

$723,000--The Appalachian Center for Economic Networks, Athens, Ohio, to expand a computer entrepreneurship project;

$808,000--Detroit Educational Television Foundation, Detroit, Michigan, to deliver expanded arts educational programs to schools through the Enrichment Channel;

$1,169,000--Puget Sound Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology, Seattle, Washington, for technology training, equipment and support; and

$100,000--Rose Tree Media School District in Pennsylvania for integrating distance learning in the classroom through the HUBS project.

National Activities

The conference agreement includes $191,950,000 for education technology initiatives funded under National Activities. This includes $125,000,000 for teacher training in technology, the same amount as proposed by the Senate instead of $85,000,000 as proposed by the House. It also includes $64,950,000 to establish computer learning centers in low-income communities instead of $32,500,000 as proposed by the House and $65,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Star Schools

For Star Schools, the conference agreement includes $59,318,000 instead of $45,000,000 as proposed by the House and $43,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the amounts provided for Star Schools, the conference agreement includes $8,768,000 for the following:

$478,000--Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, Winston-Salem, NC for Winston-Net program;

$1,290,000--Galena School District, Galena Alaska for a distance education program;

$4,000,000--Iowa Communications Network statewide fiber optic demonstration program; and

$3,000,000--South Dakota Department of Education and Cultural Affairs to continue and expand the Digital Dakota Network which provides high speed Internet and local and wide area networking to all public K-12 schools in South Dakota.

Telecommunications demonstration project for mathematics

The conference agreement includes $8,500,000 for telecommunications demonstration project for mathematics as proposed by the Senate. The House proposed no funds. The conferees recognize the positive work that the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) has done in demonstrating and evaluating the use of different technologies to provide professional development opportunities in mathematics to elementary and secondary school teachers. While the Mathline program clearly has reached many teachers through various media, the conferees want to ensure that the greatest number of educators and students will benefit from this program. The conferees encourage PBS to continue to explore cost effective options for providing high quality professional development opportunities in core curricula to current and future teachers. In addition, the conferees encourage PBS to continue evaluating this program to measure the change in student academic achievement that results from teaching techniques learned through this program.

21st Century Learning Centers

The conference agreement includes $845,614,000 for the 21st Century Learning Centers instead of $600,000,000 as proposed by both the House and the Senate. Within the amounts provided for 21st Century Learning Centers, the conference agreement includes $20,614,000 for the following:

$9,000--Thirteenth Place Youth and Family Services in Gadsen Alabama for `The After School Program';

$921,000--The Community House Inc. in Hinsdale, IL for youth programs and services;

$230,000--Boys and Girls Club of Coachella Valley in Palm Desert, CA for after school programs;

$553,000--Boys and Girls Club of Danville, Danville IL for youth programs;

$461,000--Fayette and Clark Counties, Kentucky for after school programs;

$69,000--Chrysalis House Inc. in Lexington, KY for equipment related to afterschool programs;

$18,000--Goodhue Center, Staten Island, NY for an educational and technology enrichment project;

$18,000--Central Family Life Center Inc. in Staten Island NY for after school family preservation program for tutoring and after school;

$23,000--Jewish Community Center of Staten Island, NY for an after school program;

$41,000--Catholic Youth Organization Inc., Staten Island NY for an after school program;

$92,000--Boys and Girls Club of Rochester, MN for Project Learn;

$23,000--Children's Museum of Elizabethtown, KY for after school programming;

$921,000--Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Clarita Valley, Santa Clarita, CA for youth development programs;

$9,000--First Gethsemane Center for Family Development, Louisville, KY for tutoring program;

$18,000--Summerbridge, Louisville, KY for tutoring program;

$14,000--New Creations Development Programs, Inc., Louisville, KY for tutoring/mentoring program;

$18,000--New Zion Community Development Foundation, Louisville, KY for after school mentoring program;

$18,000--Robbie Valentine Stars Club Education Program, Louisville, KY for mentoring programs;

$14,000--Shiloh Community Renewal Center in Louisville, KY for after school and summer tutoring;

$276,000--Tulare County Office of Education, Visalia, CA for a Summer Youth program;

$691,000--West-End YMCA Association, Ontario, CA for after school programming;

$250,000--Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America to expand its school-based mentoring program to the State of New Hampshire;

$250,000--City of Portland, Oregon to increase student achievement and family involvement with children through its Schools Uniting Neighborhoods program;

$350,000--Cranston Public School District in Cranston, Rhode Island, in collaboration with community partners, to improve parental participation in student learning and enhance the use of technology in after school programs;

$200,000--Discovery Center in Springfield, Missouri for expansion of science education programs available to at risk youth;

$375,000--Bibb County Board of Education in Macon, Georgia for after school programming;

$200,000--John A. Logan College to develop a community learning center in rural Southern--Illinois;

$100,000--Project 2000 for mentoring and other support services for low-income and inner-city students in the District of Columbia;

$250,000--Holy Redeemer Health System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for after school programs for at risk children;

$1,100,000--State of Alaska for extended learning opportunities for school children provided through the Right Start program;

$400,000--National Ten-Point Leadership Foundation in Boston, MA to address the mentoring needs of at-risk inner-city youth;

$425,000--Clark County School District, Las Vegas, Nevada for an after school community learning center;

$293,000--Centennial School District, Circle Pines, Minnesota, for an after school program;

$213,000--City School District of New Rochelle, New York, for an after school program;

$370,000--Abbotsford School District, Abbotsford, Wisconsin, for an after school program;

$213,000--Community School District 24, Glendale, New York for before- and after-school programs;

$213,000--Community School District 28, Forest Hills, New York for an after school program;

$213,000--Community School District 30, Jackson Heights, New York for an after school program;

$60,000--Crosby Independent School District in Barrett Station, Texas, for an after school program;

$85,000 Eastchester Union Free School District, Eastchester, New York for an after school program;

$128,000--Fontana Unified School District, Fontana, California, for the educational component of a teen center for at-risk youth;

$234,000--Sauk Prairie Schools, Sauk City, Wisconsin for an after school program;

$468,000--Hastings Public Schools, Hastings, Minnesota, for an after school program;

$750,000--Hayward Community School District, Hayward, Wisconsin for an after school;

$191,000--Independence School District, Independence, Missouri, to expand before and after school programs;

$510,000--Macomb County Intermediate School District, Michigan for the `Kids Klub' after school program;

$1,275,000--Milwaukee Public Schools, Wisconsin, for after school programs;

$170,000--New London Public Schools, New London, Connecticut, for an after school program;

$298,000--New York Hall of Science in Queens, New York for an after school program;

$629,000--Pojoaque Valley Schools in Pojoaque, New Mexico for the Para Los Ninos after school consortium;

$213,000--Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District, Port Chester, New York for an after school program;

$850,000--Rock Island County Regional Office of Education, Moline, Illinois for after school programs in the Moline-Coal Valley School District and the Rock Island-Milan School District;

$361,000--South Washington County Schools, Cottage Grove, Minnesota, for an after school program;

$340,000--St. Clair County Intermediate School District, Michigan for the `Kids Klub' after school program;

$230,000--St. Francis School District, Milwaukee, Wisconsin for an after school program;

$1,300,000--Wausau School District, Wausau, Wisconsin, for an after school program;

$170,000--Windham Public Schools, Willimantic, Connecticut, for an after school program; and

$2,500,000--Expansion of Gallery 37 after school programming in Chicago, Illinois.

The conference agreement includes bill language stating that the Secretary shall strongly encourage applications for 21st Century Community Learning Center grants to be submitted jointly by a local educational agency (or a consortium of local educational agencies) and a community-based organization, including public or private entities with demonstrated effectiveness in providing educational or related services to individuals in the community, such as child care providers, youth development organizations (such as YMCAs, the Boys and Girls Clubs, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Camp Fire Boys and Girls, and the Girl Scouts), museums, libraries, and Departments of Parks and Recreation. In including this language, the conferees intend that the Secretary shall strongly encourage joint applications in order to promote local collaboration and coordination of services. This is especially important where more than one application is received proposing to serve the same community. Additionally, the language requires all applications submitted to the Secretary to contain evidence that the project includes elements that are designed to assist students to meet or exceed State and local standards in core academic subjects, as appropriate to the needs of participating children. The Senate bill included language stating that a community-based organization that has experience in providing before- and after-school services shall be eligible to receive a grant on the same basis as a school or consortium, and stating that the Secretary shall give priority to any applications jointly submitted by a community-based organization and a school or consortium. The House bill contained no similar language.

Small Schools

The conference agreement includes $125,000,000 for the Small, Safe and Successful Schools initiative authorized under section 10105 of part X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The House bill included funding for this initiative under the Fund for the Improvement of Education and the Senate bill proposed no funding.

The conferees agree that these funds shall be used only for activities related to the redesign of large high schools enrolling 1,000 or more students, and that this initiative shall continue to be jointly managed by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Office of Vocational and Adult Education.

EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED

The conference agreement includes $9,532,621,000 for Education for the Disadvantaged instead of $8,986,800,000 as proposed by the Senate and $8,816,986,000 as proposed by the House. The agreement includes advance funding for this account of $6,758,300,000 instead of $6,204,763,000 as proposed by the House and $6,223,342,000 as proposed by the Senate.

For Grants to Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) the agreement provides $8,601,721,000 instead of $8,335,800,000 as provided by the Senate and $7,941,397,000 as provided by the House. Of the funds made available for basic grants, $5,394,300,000 becomes available on October 1, 2001 for the academic year 2001-2002.

The conference agreement includes $7,237,721,000 for basic grants and $1,364,000,000 for concentration grants. For fiscal year 2001, $1,158,397,000 was advance funded in the fiscal year 2000 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and Related Agencies Act (P.L. 105-227). The funding of $1,364,000,000 for concentration grants is advanced for fiscal year 2002.

The conferees have included $225,000,000 for school improvement activities under section 1116(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 to assist low performing schools under Title I of ESEA. School improvement activities are those measures designed to help turn around low performing schools. One hundred percent of the funds provided for these activities are to be allocated by states to school districts.

The conferees have also included a requirement that all school districts receiving funds under Part A of Title I shall provide students in low performing Title I schools with the option to transfer to another public school or public charter school in the school district, unless prohibited by state or local law or policy. Local educational agencies located within States that qualify for the small state minimum under Title I Part A are not required to comply with this requirement, but may comply if they so choose.

The conference agreement includes $6,000,000 for capital expenses for private school children as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no funding for this program.

The conference agreement includes $250,000,000 for the Even Start program as proposed by the House instead of $185,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $380,000,000 for the migrant education program as proposed by the Senate instead of $354,689,000 as proposed by the House. The agreement also includes $46,000,000 for neglected and delinquent youth instead of $50,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and $42,000,000 as proposed by the House.

The conference agreement includes $8,900,000 for evaluation of title I programs as proposed by the House. The Senate bill did not propose funding for this activity.

The conference agreement includes $210,000,000 for the comprehensive school reform demonstration program instead of $190,000,000 as proposed by the House. The Senate bill did not propose funding for this activity. The conferees direct the Department to follow the directives in the report accompanying the fiscal year 1998 bill (House Report 105-390) and in the conference report accompanying the fiscal year 1999 bill (House Report 105-825) in administering this program.

For the education for the disadvantaged program, the agreement includes a provision not contained in either House or Senate bills which allows each state and local educational agency (LEA) to receive the greater of either the amount it would receive at specified levels under the 100% hold harmless contained in the Senate bill or what it would receive using the statutory formulas. This comparison is intended to be used for allocating funds in fiscal year 2001 for both basic and concentration grants. The conferees expect the Department to use updated demographic and financial expenditure data in determining allocations when such data becomes available. The Senate bill included a 100% hold harmless for States and LEAs for both basic and concentration grants. The House bill contained no similar provision.

The conferees adopt language included in the Senate bill providing that the Department shall make 100% hold harmless awards to LEAs that were eligible for concentration grants in 2000, but are not eligible to receive grants in fiscal year 2001.

The conferees also adopt language included in the Senate bill providing that the Secretary of Education shall not take into account the 100% hold harmless provision in determining State allocations under any other program. The House bill did not contain these hold harmless provisions.

IMPACT AID

The conference agreement includes $993,302,000 for the Impact Aid programs instead of $985,000,000 as proposed by the House and $1,075,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. For basic grants the agreement includes $882,000,000; for payments for children with disabilities the conferees include $50,000,000. The agreement also includes $8,000,000 for facilities maintenance, $12,802,000 for construction, and $40,500,000 for payments for federal property. The conferees note that funds for basic grants and payments for heavily impacted districts are combined pursuant to the provisions of the Impact Aid Reauthorization Act of 2000.

Sufficient funding is provided within the account for construction for the following: $1,981,000 for the North Chicago Community Unit School District 187; $921,000 for the Wheatland School District, Wheatland, California; $400,000 for Brockton Elementary Public School District in Montana; $2,600,000 for Craig School District in Alaska; and $900,000 for Cannon Ball Elementary School on Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in Cannon Ball, North Dakota.

The conferees also include the following language provisions: timely filing of an application by the Academy School District 20 in Colorado; restoration of payments to school districts affected by a section 8002 cap in 1998; and deeming eligibility for Kadoka School District in South Dakota. Neither the House nor Senate bills contained similar provisions.

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS

The conference agreement includes $4,872,084,000 for School Improvement Programs instead of $3,165,334,000 as proposed by the House and $4,672,534,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement provides $3,107,084,000 in fiscal year 2001 and $1,765,000,000 in fiscal year 2002 funding for this account.

Eisenhower professional development state and local activities

For Eisenhower professional development state and local activities, the conferees provide $485,000,000. The House bill provided $1,750,000,000 for the Teacher Empowerment Act, subject to authorization, which included funds previously dedicated to the Eisenhower professional development programs. The Senate bill provided $435,000,000.

The conference agreement includes bill language providing that a local educational agency shall use funds received in excess of the allocation received for the preceding fiscal year to improve teacher quality by reducing the percentage of teachers who are uncertified, teaching out of field, or who lack sufficient content knowledge to teach effectively in the areas they teach. These additional funds may be used for mentoring programs for new teachers, to provide opportunities for teachers to participate in multi-week institutes, such as those offered in the summer months that provide intensive professional development and to implement incentives to retain quality teachers who have a record of success in helping low-achieving students improve their academic success. State educational agencies and State agencies for higher education may also use additional funds provided in excess of the allocation received for the preceding fiscal year for multi-week institutes, such as those provided in the summer months, that provide intensive professional development in partnership with local educational agencies, and to provide grants to recruit, prepare, retain, and train school principals and superintendents, especially individuals serving or intending to serve in high-poverty, low-performing schools and districts.

The conference agreement also includes $45,000,000 within the amount for Eisenhower state grants to be available to States to support efforts to meet the requirements under section 1111 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 or the requirements for State eligibility for the Ed-Flex Partnership Act of 1999.

Eisenhower professional development national activities

The conference agreement provides $44,000,000 for Eisenhower professional development national activities under this account.

Early Childhood Educators- Within the funds available for Eisenhower professional development national activities, the conference agreement includes $10,000,000 for training early childhood educators and caregivers in high-poverty communities to focus on professional development activities to further children's language and literacy skills to help prevent them from encountering reading difficulties once they enter school.

Teacher Recruitment Initiatives- Within the funds available for Eisenhower professional development activities, the conference agreement also includes $34,000,000 for new teacher recruitment initiatives. The conferees believe that an expanded effort to get more talented individuals from non-traditional routes into classrooms is warranted and is an efficient means to get highly skilled people into schools at a time when the demand for these skills is the greatest. For example, the conferees acknowledge that the Troops to Teachers and Teach for America programs have been innovative models for recruiting qualified, nontraditional candidates into teaching and offer viable solutions to our nation's need to hire over 2.2 million teachers over the next ten years to replace veteran retiring teachers and to accommodate additional student enrollment.

Of the amount made available for teacher recruitment initiatives, $3,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary for transfer to the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support of the Department of Defense (Troops-to-Teachers). The remaining $31,000,000 available for teacher recruitment initiatives shall be available for grants as described in the prior paragraph for local educational agencies, State educational agencies, educational service agencies, or nonprofit agencies and organizations, including organizations with expertise in teacher recruitment, or partnerships comprised of these entities to recruit, prepare, place and support mid-career professionals from diverse fields who possess strong subject matter skills to become teachers, particularly in high-need fields such as mathematics, science, foreign languages, bilingual education, reading, and special education; and to attract, recruit, screen, select, train, place and provide financial incentives to recent college graduates with outstanding academic records and a baccalaureate in a field other than education to become fully qualified teachers through nontraditional routes.

Innovative education program strategies

For innovative education program strategies, title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the conference agreement includes $385,000,000 instead of $3,100,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and $365,750,000 as proposed by the House.

The conferees support the use of funds appropriated under section 6301(b) to provide single-sex school or classroom programs provided that the recipient `complies with applicable law,' a phrase intended to incorporate all relevant Supreme Court opinions, including U.S. v. Virginia, 116 S. Ct. 2264 (1996), as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision. The conferees intend that this provision does not require local educational agencies to use title VI funds only for gender equity activities.

Class size

The conference agreement includes $1,623,000,000 to continue the initiative to reduce class size that was begun in fiscal year 1999. The House bill provided $1,750,000,000 for the Teacher Empowerment Act, subject to authorization. The Senate bill provided $3,100,000,000 for activities to improve teacher quality, reduce class size, and renovate school facilities and to carry out activities under title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

The conference agreement provides that the allocation of funds under section 306 to the States shall be based on the proportional share that each State received from the fiscal year 1999 appropriation for class size reduction. States will continue to allocate their grant funds among local educational agencies based on a formula that reflects both their relative numbers of children in low-income families and their school enrollments.

Local educational agencies would use funds for recruiting, hiring and training fully qualified regular and special education teachers who are certified within the States, have a baccalaureate degree and demonstrate subject matter knowledge in their content areas. Twenty five percent of these funds may be used by local educational agencies to test new teachers for academic content knowledge, to meet State certification requirements, or to provide professional development for existing teachers. In addition, local educational agencies may use these funds for carrying out activities authorized under section 2210 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (the Eisenhower Professional Development program); mentoring programs for new teachers; providing opportunities for teachers to attend multi-week institutes, such as those provided in the summer months, that provide intensive professional development in partnership with local educational agencies; and carrying out initiatives to promote the retention of highly qualified teachers who have a record of success in helping low-achieving students improve their academic success. Such activities shall have the goal of ensuring that all instructional staff are fully qualified.

A local educational agency that has already reduced class size in the early grades may use its funds to make further reductions in grades kindergarten through 3 or other grades, or carry out activities to improve teacher quality. A local educational agency in which 10 percent or more of its elementary teachers have not met applicable State and local certification requirements (including certification through State or local alternative routes), or if such requirements have been waived, may use 100 percent of funds under this program for the purpose of helping those teachers become certified or to help teachers who lack sufficient content knowledge to teach effectively in the areas they teach to obtain that knowledge. A local educational agency must notify the State educational agency of the percentage of funds it will use for these purposes.

A local educational agency that receives an award under this section that is less than the starting salary for a new teacher may use these funds to help pay the salary of a teacher or pay for professional development activities to ensure that all the instructional staff are fully qualified.

To improve accountability, the conference agreement maintains language included as part of last year's appropriations law requiring that each State and local educational agency receiving funds publicly report to parents on their progress in reducing class size and in increasing the percentage of classes in core academic areas taught by fully qualified teachers, and on the impact that such activities have had on increasing student academic achievement. Parents, upon request, will also have the right to know the professional qualifications of their children's teachers.

The conference agreement requires the Secretary of Education to inform local educational agencies of the additional flexibility provided to local educational agencies in which more than 10 percent of their teachers are not fully qualified to spend all of these funds on professional development activities. The conferees also intend that the Secretary notify local educational agencies of the flexibility provisions already incorporated into the class size reduction initiative, including the ability of local educational agencies to use up to 25 percent of local educational agency allocations on professional development activities; to spend funds on professional development for existing teachers if the local educational agency receives an award that is less than the starting salary for a new fully qualified teacher; and to spend funds to reduce class sizes in other grades or to improve teacher quality if the local educational agency has already reduced class sizes in the early grades to 18 or fewer children.

School renovation

The conference agreement includes $1,200,000,000 for grants to local educational agencies for emergency school renovation and repair activities; activities under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); and technology activities. The House bill provided no funding for this activity. The Senate bill provided $3,100,000,000 for activities to improve teacher quality, reduce class size, renovate school facilities and to carry out activities under title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

The conference agreement provides $75,000,000 of the $1,200,000,000 for formula grants to local educational agencies with at least 50 percent of their student population living on Native American or Native Alaskan lands. These funds may be used for school renovations and repairs, as well as new construction activities, which may include construction of new facilities for specialized programs such as vocational-technical education and the installation of plumbing, sewage and electrical systems. For some of the schools in these local educational agencies, new construction may represent a more prudent use of resources than the repair or renovation of existing structures.

The conference agreement provides $3,250,000 of the $1,200,000,000 for grants to local educational agencies in outlying areas for the renovation and repair of high-need schools.

The conference agreement provides $25,000,000 for a new Charter Schools Facilities Financing Demonstration Program authorized as subpart 2 of part C of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Charter schools are break-the-mold public schools that are free of bureaucratic red tape, and accountable for academic results. Many of these innovative schools receive no assistance from their states for capital financing expenses, or at best, only a modest amount of assistance for capital expenses. Furthermore, in most states, charter schools do not have bonding authority or a tax base for capital financing.

The Charter School Facilities Financing Demonstration Program would establish a credit enhancement demonstration program for the acquisition, renovation, or construction of public charter schools. Non-profit private entities (including those that benefit Native Alaskans), public entities, or consortia of the two entities would compete for one-time grants to be used to establish reserve funds to leverage private capital. For example, the reserve funds could be used for activities such as guaranteeing bonds, notes, or leases; encouraging private lending; or facilitating the issuance of bonds. The conferees intend that the Secretary of Education widely disseminate information gleaned from these demonstration efforts with a view toward these demonstrations serving as models for replication in states with charter schools.

The conference agreement provides that the remaining funds ($1,096,750,000) would be distributed to State educational agencies based on the title I, part A allocations under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, with a small state minimum of one half of one percent. After allowing for not more than one percent set aside at the state level for administrative expenses, the State educational agency or other entity with jurisdiction over school facilities financing, as the case may be, would distribute 75 percent of the state's funds to local educational agencies through competitive grants for emergency school repair and renovation activities.

The state educational agency or other responsible entity would ensure, through a competitive grant process, that high poverty local educational agencies receive, in the aggregate, shares of the state allocation of Federal emergency repair and renovation funds that are proportionate to their share of the state allocation of title I, part A funds. For the purposes of this program high poverty school districts are considered to be those with 30 percent or greater child poverty or 10,000 or greater poor children. The state educational agency or entity would also ensure that rural local educational agencies receive, in the aggregate, shares of the state allocation of Federal emergency repair and renovation funds that are proportionate to their share of title I, part A funds. Each state shall determine which local educational agencies within the state qualify as rural for the purposes of this program.

Those local educational agencies eligible to compete for an emergency repair and renovation grant either because of their high poverty status or their rural status, but who do not actually receive a grant, may be considered for a grant from the remaining funds for repair and renovation activities. Additionally, local educational agencies not eligible to receive a grant because of their lack of high poverty or rural status may be considered for a grant from the remaining repair and renovation funds.

These funds may be used by local educational agencies to meet the requirements of federal mandates such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and asbestos abatement requirements. Funds may also be used for the renovation, acquisition, and repair of charter schools and for emergency renovations or repairs to public school facilities to ensure the health and safety of students and staff (repairing, replacing, or installing roofs, electrical wiring, plumbing systems, or sewage systems; repairing, replacing, or installing heating, ventilation, or air conditioning systems, including insulation; and bringing schools into compliance with fire and safety codes).

The conference agreement clarifies that public charter schools that are considered to be a local educational agency under state law are eligible to compete for renovation and repair funds from the state in the same manner as local educational agencies. In addition, public charter schools that are not considered to be a local educational agency are eligible to receive assistance, in the same manner as a public school, from a local educational agency that is awarded a grant under this section.

The conference agreement provides for the equitable participation of non-profit, private elementary and secondary schools in repair and renovation activities. The eligible non-profit, private elementary and secondary schools would be limited to those schools with a child poverty rate of 40 percent or greater. Private school participation, in general, would be controlled by section 6402 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which provides for the equitable participation of children enrolled in non-profit private elementary and secondary schools in the title VI block grant program of ESEA. This provision would allow these schools to receive the following services: (1) modifications of private school facilities in order to meet the standards under the Americans with Disabilities Act; (2) modifications of private school facilities to meet the standards under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act; and (3) asbestos abatement or removal from such school facilities.

The conference agreement includes a prohibition on using federal emergency repair and renovation funds to supplant state and local funds available for repair and renovation. However, federal funds used for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act would not be subject to a supplement, not supplant requirement. While schools are required to make facilities modifications to ensure accessibility and should have already made these modifications, it is most important that these modifications be made. Minimizing the restrictions placed upon federal funds for these purposes can help ensure that school buildings become accessible to disabled individuals.

The conference agreement also provides for flexibility in the use of funds by local educational agencies. State educational agencies would distribute 25 percent of the funds they receive to local educational agencies through a competitive grant process for activities under part B of IDEA, technology activities, or both IDEA and technology activities. State educational agencies would base the grant awards for IDEA activities upon the need of a local educational agency for additional funds due to substantially high costs associated with serving a child with a disability; the costs of special education and related services, including transportation as needed to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education; the costs of assistive technology devices and services, and the costs associated with helping children with disabilities progress toward state performance goals and indicators. State educational agencies would base the technology grant awards upon the need of a local educational agency for additional funds for technology activities carried out in connection with school repair and renovation, including wiring; acquiring hardware and software; acquiring connectivity linkages and resources; and acquiring microwave, fiber optics, cable, and satellite transmission equipment.

Under the conference agreement, local educational agencies choose whether to apply for an IDEA grant, a technology grant, or both categories of grants. Local educational agencies that receive competitive grants for activities authorized under part B of IDEA would be required to use the grant funds in compliance with the provisions of that part. This requirement includes providing for the participation of private school children eligible for IDEA services. Technology activities would be for technology activities carried out in connection with school repair and renovation and include wiring; acquiring hardware and software; acquiring connectivity linkages and resources; and acquiring microwave, fiber optics, cable, and satellite transmission equipment.

Safe and drug free schools

The conference agreement includes $644,250,000 for the Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act instead of the $599,250,000 as proposed by the House and $642,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Included within this amount is $439,250,000 for state grants as proposed by the House and $447,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The agreement also includes $155,000,000 for national programs instead of $145,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and $110,000,000 as proposed by the House. Within this amount, the conferees include $117,000,000 to support the Safe Schools/Healthy Students initiative. Within the funds for national programs, the agreement also provides $10,000,000 to remain available until expended for Project School Emergency Response to Violence to provide services to local educational agencies in which the learning environment has been disrupted due to a violent or traumatic crisis.

Reading is fundamental

For the Reading is Fundamental program, the conference agreement provides $23,000,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $21,000,000 as proposed by the House.

Arts in education

For Arts in Education, the conference agreement includes $28,000,000 instead of $16,500,000 as proposed by the House and $18,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees provide that within this total, $6,500,000 is for VSA arts, $5,500,000 is for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, $2,000,000 is to be used to continue a youth violence prevention initiative, and $10,000,000 is to be used for the Secretary to make grants to school districts, state educational agencies, institutions of higher education and/or state and local non-profit arts organizations for activities authorized under subpart 1 of the Arts in Education program, particularly for supporting model projects and programs that integrate arts education into the regular elementary and secondary school curriculum and that provide for the development of model preservice and inservice professional development programs for arts educators and other instructional staff. In addition, $2,000,000 is for model professional development programs for music educators and $2,000,000 is for activities authorized under subpart 2 of the Arts in Education program.

Education for homeless children and youth

The conference agreement includes $35,000,000 for Education for Homeless Children and Youth instead of $32,000,000 as proposed by the House and $31,700,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Education of Native Hawaiians

The conference agreement includes $28,000,000 for the Education of Native Hawaiians as proposed by the Senate instead of $23,000,000 as proposed by the House. When making awards for this program, the Department should provide: $6,500,000 for curricula development, teacher training, and recruitment programs, including native language revitalization (for which the conferees encourage priority to be given to the University of Hawaii at Hilo Native Language College), aquaculture, prisoner education initiatives, waste management, computer literacy, big island astronomy, and indigenous health programs; $1,600,000 for community-based learning centers; $3,200,000 for the native Hawaiian higher education program; $500,000 for the native Hawaiian education councils; and $10,900,000 for family based education centers, including early childhood education for native Hawaiian children. If the Department proposes to provide 10% less than the stated amounts for any activity within this program, it must notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations at least 90 days prior to the end of the fiscal year.

Alaska Native educational equity

The conference agreement includes $15,000,000 for the Alaska Native Educational Equity program as proposed by the Senate instead of $13,000,000 as proposed by the House. From the increase in funds provided over the fiscal year 2000 level, $1,000,000 shall be for the Alaska Humanities Forum for operation of the Rose student exchange program and $1,000,000 shall be for the Alaska Native Heritage Center for support of its cultural education programs.

Charter schools

The conference agreement includes $190,000,000 for Charter Schools instead of $175,000,000 as proposed by the House and $210,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

READING EXCELLENCE

The conference agreement includes $286,000,000 for activities authorized under the Reading Excellence Act as proposed by the Senate instead of $260,000,000 as proposed by the House. The agreement provides $91,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 and $195,000,000 in fiscal year 2002 funding for this account.

INDIAN EDUCATION

The conference agreement includes $115,500,000 for Indian Education as proposed by the Senate instead of $107,765,000 as proposed by the House.

BILINGUAL AND IMMIGRANT EDUCATION

The conference agreement includes $460,000,000 for Bilingual and Immigrant Education programs instead of $406,000,000 as proposed by the House and $443,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

For instructional services, the conference agreement includes $180,000,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $162,500,000 as proposed by the House. For support services, the agreement provides $16,000,000 instead of $14,000,000 as proposed by both the House and the Senate. For professional development, the conference agreement includes $100,000,000 instead of $85,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and $71,500,000 as proposed by the House. For immigrant education, the conference agreement includes $150,000,000 as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The agreement also provides $14,000,000 for foreign language assistance as proposed by the Senate instead of $8,000,000 as proposed by the House.

SPECIAL EDUCATION

The conference agreement includes $7,439,948,000 for Special Education instead of $7,353,141,000 as proposed by the Senate and $6,550,161,000 as proposed by the House. The agreement provides $2,367,948,000 in fiscal year 2001 and $5,072,000,000 in fiscal year 2002 funding for this account.

Included in these funds is $6,339,685,000 for Grants to States part B instead of $6,279,685,000 as proposed by the Senate and $5,489,685,000 as proposed by the House. This funding level provides an additional $1,350,000,000 to assist the States in meeting the additional per pupil costs of services to special education students.

The conference agreement includes $383,567,000 for Grants for Infants and Families as proposed by the Senate instead of $375,000,000 as proposed by the House.

The conference agreement includes $49,200,000 for state program improvement grants instead of $45,200,000 as proposed by the House and $35,200,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement includes $77,353,000 for research and innovation instead of $64,433,000 as proposed by the House and $74,433,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the amounts provided for Special Education Research and Innovation, the conference agreement includes $7,353,000 for the following:

--$921,000 for the University of Louisville Research Foundation, Louisville, KY for research in pediatric sleep disorders and learning disabilities;

--$461,000 for the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, National Institute of Technology for Inclusive Education for expanded outreach efforts;

--$1,421,000 for the Salt Lake City Organizing Committee or to a governmental agency or a not-for-profit organization designated by the Salt Lake City Organizing Committee for the 2002 Paralympic Games;

--$1,600,000 to the National Easter Seals Society for providing training, technical support, services and equipment through the Early Childhood Development Project in the Mississippi Delta Region;

--$1,000,000 for the University of Northern Colorado's National Center for Low Incidence Disabilities in Greeley, Colorado to demonstrate innovative and effective approaches to teaching special education students;

--$500,000 for the Baird Center in Burlington, Vermont for a national demonstration to educate students with serious emotional and behavioral problems;

--$750,000 for the Center for Literacy and Assessment at the University of Southern Mississippi to increase its research dissemination, teacher and parent training, development of replicable models for reading assessment and intervention;

--$250,000 for the Hebrew Academy for Special Children in Parksville, New York to continue its demonstration program to enhance the academic and social outcomes of developmentally disabled children; and

--$450,000 for Parents, Inc. in Alaska to train teachers and specialists in the use of technology to support service delivery to children with disabilities in rural Alaska.

The conference agreement includes $53,481,000 for technical assistance and dissemination instead of $45,481,000 proposed by both the House and the Senate. The agreement also includes $26,000,000 for parent information centers as proposed by the Senate instead of $22,000,000 as proposed by the House.

Included in the agreement is $37,210,000 for technology and media services instead of $36,410,000 as proposed by the House and $35,323,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement includes $9,500,000 for Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic for the purposes described in both the House and Senate reports.

The agreement also includes $1,500,000 for Public Telecommunications Information and Training Dissemination as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not contain funds for this activity.

REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH

The conference agreement includes $2,805,339,000 for Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research instead of $2,776,803,000 as proposed by the House and $2,799,519,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $11,647,000 for client assistance state grants instead of $10,928,000 as proposed by the House and $11,147,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also includes $21,092,000 for demonstration and training programs instead of $16,492,000 as proposed by the House and $21,672,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $2,350,000 for migrant and seasonal farmworkers as proposed by the House instead of $2,850,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also includes $14,000,000 for Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights as proposed by the House instead of $13,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $20,000,000 for services for older blind individuals as proposed by the Senate instead of $18,000,000 as proposed by the House. The agreement also includes $8,717,000 for the Helen Keller Center for Deaf/Blind as proposed by the Senate instead of $8,550,000 as proposed by the House.

The conference agreement includes $100,400,000 for the National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research instead of $86,462,000 as proposed by the House and $95,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within this amount, the conference agreement includes $400,000 for the Cerebral Palsy Foundation in Wichita, Kansas.

The conference agreement includes $41,112,000 for Assistive Technology as proposed by the Senate instead of $34,000,000 as proposed by the House. The conference agreement includes language which overrides the authorizing statute to provide $22,069,000 for State Assistive Technology projects, a total of $2,680,000 for grants to protection and advocacy systems (a minimum grant of $50,000 each) and $1,363,000 for technical assistance activities to support States in sustaining and strengthening their capacity to address the assistive technology needs of individuals with disabilities. This language was not included in either the House or Senate bills.

The agreement also retains language from the Senate bill which changes the matching requirements and funding provisions under title III of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 in order to increase access to assistive technology for individuals with disabilities. The House bill contained no similar provision.

Within the amounts provided for vocational rehabilitation demonstration and training programs, the conference agreement includes $4,600,000 for the following activities:

$921,000--Krasnow Institute at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA for continuation of learning disability research;

$921,000--Center for Discovery, International Family Institute, Sullivan County, NY for expansion of services to disabled persons;

$230,000--Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind in Talladega, AL for a demonstration grant for the National Community College for Students with Sensory Impairments;

$500,000--Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania for a national model program for teaching higher education students with disabilities;

$200,000--Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey, Illinois to develop employment training services for persons with disabilities;

$425,000--The Imaginarium in Vestal, New York for treating at risk, low income children with developmental disorders;

$255,000--Eden Institute, Princeton, New Jersey for community-based services to children and adults with autism;

$595,000--American Foundation for the Blind's National Literacy Center for the Visually Impaired, Atlanta, Georgia to provide state-of-the-art teacher training in the use of Braille, assistive and other technologies to improve literacy instruction of visually impaired children and adults;

$553,000--Illinois State Board of Education for an Assistive Technology Exchange Program in Chicago, Illinois, to expand services to individuals with disabilities.

SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND

The conference agreement includes $12,000,000 for American Printing House for the Blind instead of $11,000,000 as proposed by the House and $12,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. This amount includes $800,000 for the American Printing House's commitment to provide accessible textbooks to students who are blind or visually impaired through its innovative Accessible Textbook Initiative and Collaboration Project.

NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF

The conference agreement includes $53,376,000 for the National Technical Institute for the Deaf instead of $54,000,000 as proposed by the House and $54,366,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees direct the Department of Education to waive any contribution requirement for construction costs related to the dormitory renovation project.

GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY

The conference agreement includes $89,400,000 for Gallaudet University as proposed by the House instead of $87,650,000 as proposed by the Senate.

VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION

The conference agreement includes $1,825,600,000 for Vocational and Adult Education instead of $1,718,600,000 as proposed by the House and $1,726,600,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement provides $1,034,600,000 in fiscal year 2001 and $791,000,000 in fiscal year 2002 funding for this account.

The conference agreement includes $1,100,000,000 for Vocational Education basic state grants as proposed by the House instead of $1,071,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $5,600,000 for Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Vocational Institutions as proposed by the Senate instead of $4,600,000 as proposed by the House.

The conference agreement includes $17,500,000 for vocational education national programs as proposed by the House and the Senate. The agreement also includes $9,000,000 to continue the occupational and employment information program as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not include funding for this activity.

The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for the tech-prep education demonstration authorized under section 207 of the Perkins Act. The agreement also includes $22,000,000 for State Grants for Incarcerated Youth as proposed by the Senate. The House did not provide funding for these activities.

The conferees encourage the Department to give full and fair consideration to proposals from county probation departments collaborating with community-based organizations established to address the educational and employment needs of ex-offenders.

The conference agreement includes $540,000,000 for adult education state grants instead of $470,000,000 proposed by both the House and the Senate. Within this amount, $70,000,000 is to be set aside for integrated English literacy and civics education services to new immigrants. Sixty-five percent of these funds will be allocated on the basis of a state's absolute need for services and thirty-five percent will be allocated on the basis of a state's recent growth in need for services. Each state is guaranteed a minimum grant of $60,000. For the purposes of allocating funds to States for these services, the conferees intend that the Department of Education use the most current data available from the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Department of Justice to determine the number of immigrants admitted for legal permanent residence for each fiscal year. The House bill provided $25,500,000 for civics education services to new immigrants. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

The conference agreement includes $10,674,000,000 for Student Financial Assistance instead of $10,150,000,000 as proposed by the House and $10,639,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement sets the maximum Pell Grant at $3,750 instead of $3,650 as proposed by the Senate and $3,500 as proposed by the House. The agreement provides $8,756,000,000 for current law Pell Grants.

The conference agreement includes $60,000,000 for Perkins Loan cancellations instead of $40,000,000 as proposed by the House and $75,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also includes $55,000,000 for Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnerships (LEAP) as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not provide funding for this program.

The conference agreement also includes $1,000,000 for the loan forgiveness for child care providers program, instead of $10,000,000 provided in the Senate bill. The House bill did not include any funding for this program. The conferees are aware of the significant need for and benefits of high quality child care services, and for that reason, have included start up funding for this program. Limited funding has been provided in fiscal year 2001 solely due to the fact that few individuals will meet the eligibility requirements. The conferees expect the Secretary to be prepared to discuss the estimated number of eligible borrowers and amounts eligible to be forgiven at the fiscal year 2002 appropriations hearings to help make certain that sufficient funding is available for this program. In addition, the conferees direct the Department to ensure that information about the availability and benefits of this program is provided to all potentially eligible borrowers.

The conferees encourage the Department of Education, on all existing and future web sites and publications where higher education financial aid information is provided, to fairly and accurately provide information with respect to the availability of loans through both the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program and the Federal Direct Loan Program.

The conferees support continuing funding for work colleges, authorized in section 448 of the Higher Education Act of 1965. These funds help support comprehensive work-service-learning programs around the Nation. Of the funds provided, the conference agreement includes $4,000,000 to continue and expand the work colleges program.

The conferees are aware of concerns in the higher education community about the so-called `12-hour rule' and its unsuitability to address the needs of institutions of higher education throughout the nation that serve non-traditional students engaged in lifelong learning. The conferees are concerned about the potential for enormous paperwork burdens being placed on institutions of higher education in their attempts to comply with the 12-hour rule. The conferees understand that the Department of Education has agreed to meet with the higher education community about this issue. The conferees strongly encourage the Department to include all interested parties in this discussion, including those involved in efforts to assure the integrity of Federal student financial aid programs. The Department is requested to report the results of the discussions and any anticipated action on the part of the Department with respect to the 12-hour rule to the relevant Congressional committees by March 31, 2001. By October 1, 2001, the Department is to make recommendations to the relevant congressional committees regarding the most appropriate means to maintain the integrity of Federal student assistance programs without creating unnecessary paperwork for institutions of higher education.

HIGHER EDUCATION

The conference agreement includes $1,911,710,000 for Higher Education instead of $1,688,081,000 as proposed by the House and $1,704,520,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $73,000,000 for strengthening institutions as proposed by the House instead of $65,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also includes $68,500,000 for Hispanic Serving Institutions as proposed by the House instead of $62,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $185,000,000 for Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities as proposed by the House instead of $169,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $45,000,000 for Historically Black Graduate Institutions as proposed by the House instead of $40,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $6,000,000 for Alaska and Native Hawaiian Institutions as proposed by the Senate instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the House.

The conference agreement includes $15,000,000 for Strengthening Tribal Colleges as proposed by the Senate instead of $12,000,000 as proposed by the House. Of this amount, $5,000,000 shall be used for construction and renovation projects at tribally controlled colleges and universities.

The conference agreement includes $146,687,000 for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education instead of $31,200,000 as proposed by the House and $51,247,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the amounts provided for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, the conference agreement includes $115,487,000 for the following:

$277,000--Calhoun Community College, Decatur, AL for technology enhancements;

$921,000--Jefferson State Community College, Birmingham, AL for technology enhancements and supporting infrastructure;

$138,000--Wayne State College, Wayne, NE for development of a family business center;

$2,721,000--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, in Lincoln, NE for the Nebraska Center for Information Technology Education;

$691,000--Wayne State College, Wayne, NE for a computer initiative and improvement of technological infrastructure;

$461,000--Laredo Community College, Laredo, TX for instructional equipment;

$147,000--Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL for Regional Library Resource Center development;

$2,482,000--Western Governor's University, Salt Lake City, UT for distance-learning programs;

$369,000--Macon State College, Macon, GA for technology development;

$369,000--Middle Georgia College, Cochran, GA for distance learning programs;

$976,000--University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Center for Government Studies for the Youth Leadership Initiative;

$737,000--City University, Bellevue, WA for distance learning;

$921,000--Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO for equipment and curriculum development associated with the University's Polytechnic Institute;

$369,000--Millikin University, Decatur, IL for community outreach and experiential education programs;

$921,000--Illinois State University at Normal, IL for the Center for Special Education Technology;

$369,000--Mankato State University, Mankato, MN for a wireless campus initiative;

$369,000--Winona State University, MN for technology enhancements;

$461,000--Montana State University, Bozeman, MT for Educational Technology Leadership Institute;

$461,000--Western Montana College of the University of Montana in Dillon, MT for the Rural Education Technology Center;

$921,000--Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH for technology improvements;

$921,000--California State University, Long Beach in Long Beach, CA for Technology-Enhanced Learning Project;

$1,843,000--Elmira College, Elmira, NY for a Technology Enhancement Initiative;

$921,000--University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR for the Social Work Research Center;

$4,564,000--The Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education, Oklahoma City, OK for an educational telecommunications and information network utilizing facilities being made available in Ponca City, OK;

$461,000--William Tyndale College, Farmington Hills, Michigan for Interactive learning center for the 21st Century;

$980,000--John Carroll University, University Heights, OH for operations and equipment related to the Center for Mathematics and Science Education, Teaching, and Technology;

$1,713,000--San Bernardino Community College District to support the expansion of distance education telecourse broadcasting, including the purchase of equipment;

$207,000--Office of Global Business & Entrepreneurship, Gordon Ford College of Business, Bowling Green, KY for technology;

$461,000--Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA for Technological Infrastructure Improvements;

$1,068,000--University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO for the ATLAS (Alliance for Technology, Learning and Society) Project for technology-enhanced learning;

$921,000--Fort Hays State University, Center for Networked Learning, Hays, KS for information technology;

$1,704,000--Ocean Institute, Dana Point, CA for the Ocean Education Center;

$553,000--National Latino Research Center, California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA for training and research regarding Hispanic populations in the U.S.;

$880,000--The Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA for the Center for Education Technology;

$1,152,000--DePaul University, Chicago, IL for training and infrastructure improvement;

$829,000--Barat College, Lake Forest, IL for the Center for Teacher Learning;

$949,000--University of Arizona College of Medicine for the Integrative Medicine Distance Learning Program;

$691,000--Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS for Great Plains Network Connectivity;

$230,000--Kansas Technology Center, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS for manufacturing education;

$461,000--Indiana Institute of Tech, Ft. Wayne, IN for technology enhancements;

$921,000--Central Florida Community College, Ocala, FL for academic programming;

$1,382,000--Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA for the Alternate Teacher Certification Technology Program;

$921,000--University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Challenger Center, Chattanooga, TN for programmatic educational activities;

$921,000--State Board of Career and Technology Education, Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, Stillwater, OK for a Rural Education Virtual Tech Job Training System pilot program;

$322,000--Center for International Trade Development at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK for higher education international studies;

$1,843,000--Delaware County Community College, Media, PA for technology infrastructure;

$1,106,000--Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA for a technology education program;

$2,499,000--University of Hawaii at Manoa for a joint project with the University of South Florida, the University of California at Los Angeles, CA and George Washington University for the Globalization Network program;

$884,000--University of Idaho College of Engineering at Boise to enhance computing and modeling capabilities;

$1,843,000--Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio for science education and research, including laboratory and computer equipment;

$4,146,000--Northern Illinois Center for Accelerator and Detector Development at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL for equipment and operations;

$921,000--University of Redlands, Redlands, CA for computer technology and networking;

$276,000--New York Medical College for curriculum development;

$1,705,000--Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, St. Paul, MN for development of an e-monitoring environment;

$92,000--La Sierra University in Riverside, CA for educational equipment;

$980,000--University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL for the Child Development Research Center;

$700,000--Center for the Advancement of Distance Education in Rural America (CADERA) in New Mexico;

$400,000--Crime Victim Law Institute at the Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon to continue the study and enhancement of the role of victims in the criminal justice system;

$200,000--Urban Learning Center in Covington, Kentucky to expand education and student support programs that prepare economically disadvantaged individuals for post-secondary education;

$500,000--Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia for the Shepherd Program for the Study of Poverty;

$900,000--University of Idaho in Moscow Interactive Learning Environments initiative designed to develop and improve Internet-based delivery of education programs;

$1,000,000--Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama to assist in the development of a program to enhance effective integration of computer technology in math and science instruction;

$900,000--Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell to expand its aviation maintenance technology program;

$1,300,000--University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama to upgrade computer equipment and software in its Mathematics Learning Center for enhancement of undergraduate mathematics and science instruction and education;

$1,020,000--Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City, Michigan to enhance programmatic operations of the Great Lakes Water Research Center through teacher education, course development, and equipment acquisition;

$250,000--Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse in Pennsylvania for continuing education programs;

$300,000--Oregon Graduate Institute in Portland, Oregon for the creation of Environmental Information Technology certificate and graduate degree programs;

$750,000--University of Louisville in Kentucky for infrastructure needs to support access to postsecondary education for nontraditional students through its Metropolitan Scholars Program;

$500,000--Northern Kentucky University to expand educational opportunities for nontraditional students through its Metropolitan Education and Training Service program;

$625,000--College of Technology at Montana State University-Great Falls to establish a dental hygiene education program;

$300,000--Cleveland State University in Ohio for equipment acquisition and technology enhancements that support innovative educational programming;

$1,800,000--Galena School District in Alaska for a collaboration with the University of Southeast Alaska for occupation-based curriculum development and implementation;

$300,000--Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon to continue efforts to research and pilot a comprehensive program for preventing alcohol and drug abuse among college students;

$1,000,000--Castleton State College in Castleton, Vermont to establish the Robert T. Stafford Center for the Support and Study of the Community and to establish an endowment for the Robert T. Stafford Center;

$1,000,000--Southeast Pennsylvania Consortium for Higher Education for faculty development, teacher training and community outreach;

$800,000--University of Alaska to continue the Alaska Distance Education Consortium;

$900,000--College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia to collaborate with Colonial Williamsburg in the development of the Institute of American History and Democracy;

$350,000--Lehigh University in Pennsylvania for the Integrated Product, Project, and Process Development initiative;

$400,000--Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon for the Life of the Mind education initiative designed to explore and celebrate the 200th anniversaries of the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark expedition;

$750,000--Galena School District in Alaska to develop alternative education programs;

$250,000--Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Institute in Pennsylvania for educational programs;

$200,000--Chippewa Valley Technical College for technology upgrades related to the training of health professionals;

$1,275,000--Portland State University in Portland, Oregon for the creation of a national Tribal Government Institute to provide academic and professional development opportunities for elected tribal leaders and governments;

$500,000--College of Rural Alaska-Interior Aleutians campus to collaborate with the Galena School District for an innovative technology transfer program;

$300,000--Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey for the Community Law program;

$200,000--Minot State University for the Rural Communications Disability Program;

$250,000--North Dakota State University for the Tech-Based Industry Traineeship program;

$175,000--North Dakota State University to develop an academic program in electronic commerce;

$800,000--Suomi College in Hancock, Michigan for educational operations;

$6,000,000--University of Tennessee to establish the Howard Baker School of Government;

$1,000,000--University of Charleston in West Virginia for collaborative efforts with the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences;

$800,000--Urban College of Boston in Massachusetts to support higher education programs serving low-income and minority students;

$300,000--Western New Mexico University to improve educational access and opportunity through educational technology;

$6,000,000--Pennsylvania State University to establish the William F. Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy and to establish an endowment fund for the William F. Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy;

$1,000,000--Southern Illinois University Public Policy Institute in Carbondale, IL for the endowment for the Paul Simon Chair;

$230,000--Florida Gulf Coast University in Ft. Myers, FL for curriculum development to support the Center for Environmental Research and Preservation and Campus Ecosystem Model;

$900,000--Oklahoma State University for the Exercises in Hard Choices program;

$850,000--Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi, to establish a Minority Center of Excellence for Math & Science Teacher Preparation;

$300,000--Assumption College in Worcester, Mass. for technology infrastructure and planning for expanded science facilities;

$300,000--Boston College to develop technology infrastructure to implement a science education program;

$85,000--Loyola University, Illinois, for a program to provide summer research opportunities for minority students;

$85,000--Pace University, White Plains, New York, to support a center for advanced technology;

$90,000--Wausau Health Foundation in Wausau, Wisconsin to support the development and implementation of a cardiac nursing certification program;

$85,000--Foothills Technical Institute, Security, Arkansas, to expand technical training and education programs for rural residents;

$106,000--Gateway Community College in Connecticut for faculty technology training and technology equipment upgrades;

$170,000--Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, for a distance learning program;

$213,000--World Learning School of International Training, Brattleboro, Vermont, for educational technology programs;

$213,000--Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, New York, for multicultural, interdisciplinary curricula reform;

$1,225,000--Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities to establish the National Center for Competency-based Distance Learning;

$255,000--East Los Angeles College, South Gate, California, for South Gate Education Center technology upgrades;

$298,000--Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, to support education technology enhancements including the purchase of equipment;

$298,000--D'Youville College, Buffalo, New York, to support education technology enhancements including the purchase of equipment;

$298,000--Niagara University in Lewiston, New York, to support education technology enhancements including the purchase of equipment;

$298,000--Gogebic Community College, Ironwood, Michigan to enhance teacher training in the use of technology in classroom instruction;

$340,000--Dean College, Franklin, Massachusetts for the Institute for Students With Physical or Learning Impairments to improve instructional and support services for students with disabilities;

$361,000--Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas to support the planning and creation of the Lamar Institute of Technology Center for Criminal Justice Education and Training;

$383,000--Ivy Tech State College, Indianapolis, Indiana, for technology enhancements at the Lawrence Township/Ft. Harrison campus;

$425,000--Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island to support program and curriculum development associated with the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy, including the purchase of equipment;

$425,000--University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California for equipment and program development at the Center for Economic Development;

$425,000--Diablo Valley College, California, for a teacher mentoring program to recruit high school and community college students into teaching;

$425,000--Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, New York for technology equipment and upgrades;

$468,000--Paul Quinn College Center for Education and Technology to provide technology based services to students and the community;

$544,000--University of North Carolina at Charlotte for a joint project with the Johnson C. Smith University, North Carolina, for the Strategies for Success Program to increase the number of minority students in graduate engineering programs;

$595,000--Columbia University, New York, for a joint project with the Hostos Community College of the City University of New York, New York, for a distance learning initiative to train minority students in foreign policy disciplines;

$638,000--University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the Urban Educator Corps Partnership initiative;

$680,000--Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College, New Richmond, Wisconsin, to provide technology training and for technology infrastructure;

$680,000--Cambria County Area Community College, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, for a management information system;

$723,000--Roxbury Community College, Roxbury, Massachusetts, for new technology equipment and systems;

$723,000--Lehman College at the City University of New York in Bronx, New York, to support a professional development initiative, including the purchase of equipment to support these activities;

$765,000--Carl Sandburg College Community Technology Center, Galesburg, Illinois to support expanded access to information technology and related services, including the purchase of equipment;

$808,000--Alabama A & M University Research Institute, Huntsville, Alabama, for continuation of research activities and operations;

$808,000--Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, Mississippi to expand science and math programs;

$1,275,000--University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc. for a biodiversity information technology initiative;

$1,700,000--George Meany Center for Labor Studies in Silver Spring, Maryland, to support program and curriculum development associated with a National Center for Training the High Skilled Workforce, including the purchase of equipment;

$2,550,000--University of Arkansas in Fayetteville to establish academic and research programs for the Diane Blair Center for the Study of Southern Politics and Society;

$100,000--Neumann College, in Aston, Pennsylvania, for curriculum design, teacher training and development, and technology enhancements.

The conference agreement includes $67,000,000 for International Education domestic programs as proposed by the House instead of $62,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $730,000,000 for TRIO instead of $760,000,000 as proposed by the House and $736,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $295,000,000 for the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) instead of $200,000,000 as proposed by the House and $225,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $41,001,000 for Byrd Scholarships as proposed by the Senate instead of $39,859,000 proposed by the House.

The conference agreement includes $10,000,000 for the Javits Fellowship program in school year 2002-2003. The agreement also includes $31,000,000 for Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need instead of $33,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement includes $30,000,000 for the Learning Anytime Anywhere Partnerships as proposed by the Senate instead of $10,000,000 as proposed by the House.

The conference agreement includes $25,000,000 for Child Care Access Means Parents in School instead of $15,000,000 as proposed by the House and $10,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $1,750,000 for the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not fund this activity.

The conference agreement also includes $4,000,000 for Thurgood Marshall Scholarships and $1,000,000 for Olympic Scholarships. Neither the House nor the Senate funded these activities.

The conferees recognize efforts of the University of South Carolina's College of Education to develop and implement a teacher training/teacher exchange program with their counterparts in Brazil, Denmark, Hungary, and Thailand. The conferees encourage the Secretary to support such efforts that link postsecondary institutions on an international basis to promote and improve teacher training and development activities.

HOWARD UNIVERSITY

The conference agreement includes $232,474,000 for Howard University instead of $226,474,000 as proposed by the House and $224,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS (CHAFL)

The conference agreement includes $762,000 for the College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans administration instead of $737,000 as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL FINANCING, PROGRAM ACCOUNT

The conference agreement includes $208,000 for the Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program Account as proposed by the Senate instead of $207,000 as proposed by the House.

EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS AND IMPROVEMENT

The conference agreement includes $732,721,000 for Education Research, Statistics and Improvement instead of the $494,367,000 as proposed by the House and $506,519,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees provide $120,567,000 for research instead of $103,567,000 as proposed by the House and $113,567,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within this total, $20,000,000 is included for continuation of the interagency research initiative and $7,000,000 is included to support a research initiative on improving schooling for language-minority students. This program would support an interagency effort between the Department of Education and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to identify critical factors in the development of English-language literacy among students whose primary language is Spanish.

The conferees provide $80,000,000 for statistics instead of $68,000,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. Within the increase provided, $2,000,000 is for a National Adult Literacy Survey; $6,400,000 is for the Birth Cohort of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study to allow the Department to follow cognitive, physical, and social development of young children; $1,000,000 is for the Adult Literacy and Life Skills study, an international comparative study of American workforce literacy skills in the context of five other nations; and $2,600,000 is for the Faculty Salary and Staff Surveys which form part of the Institutional Postsecondary Educational Data System and are used by many organizations to conduct policy analysis on institutions of higher education.

The conference agreement includes $65,000,000 for regional educational labs as proposed by both the House and the Senate. Consistent with House report 104-537, it is the intent of the conferees that funds provided to the regional educational laboratories shall not be conditioned on meeting performance standards that compromise the priorities of the regional governing boards of each of the individual laboratories. Further, the conferees intend that regional educational laboratory funds shall be obligated and distributed on the same basis as the fiscal year 2000 allocations not later than January 31, 2001.

Fund for the Improvement of Education

For the fund for the improvement of education (FIE), the conference agreement includes $349,354,000 instead of the $145,000,000 as proposed by the House and $142,152,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes $50,000,000 for comprehensive school reform grants to school districts.

The conference agreement includes $30,000,000 to be used for the Elementary School Counseling Demonstration Program. The agreement also includes $5,000,000 to provide grants to enable schools to provide physical education and improve physical fitness and $3,000,000 for activities to promote consumer, economic, and personal finance education such as saving, investing and entrepreneurial education.

The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 to make awards under section 10101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for a dropout prevention demonstration project. These awards should be made to implement innovative model programs that undertake activities to provide support, enrichment and motivation to students at risk of dropping out or that undertake activities to raise standards and expectations for disadvantaged students traditionally underserved in schools in order to ensure school completion. The Secretary will make awards to States or local educational agencies, working in collaboration with institutions of higher education or other public and private agencies, organizations or institutions. Priority should be given to applicants serving the communities with the highest dropout rates.

The conferees recognize the need to promote the study of American history in our nation's schools, and therefore, have also included $50,000,000 for a new demonstration program focusing on the instruction of American history in elementary and secondary education. Under this program, the Secretary of Education will award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), and in turn, the LEAs will make awards to schools that are teaching American history as a separate subject within school curricula (not as a part of a social studies course). Grant awards are designed to augment the quality of American history instruction and to provide professional development activities and teacher education in the area of American history.

The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for high school reform state grants. Through this State grant program, the Secretary of Education shall award three year grants, through a peer review process, to State educational agencies. State educational agencies will make available not less than 90 percent of the funds, on a competitive basis, to secondary schools or consortia thereof to support programs, activities, classes, and other services designed to assist secondary school students in attaining State-established challenging academic and technical skills proficiencies. Grants awarded to secondary schools or consortia shall be used to carry out the following activities: integration of academics with technical skills courses; establishment of learning and technical skills centers within secondary schools; and programs that support and implement innovative strategies such as independent study, school-based enterprises, and project-based learning.

The conference agreement includes funding under this heading for an award to maintain and enhance the National Teacher Recruitment Clearinghouse and for associated outreach and technical assistance activities.

The conferees are aware of a research-based program that assesses a student's cognitive strengths and perceptual abilities and designs an individualized plan of strengthening them which has promise to improve students' reading levels, grades, test scores and behavior, thereby reducing referrals to special education.

Within the amounts provided for the Fund for the Improvement of Education, the conference agreement includes $139,624,000 for the following:

$921,000--Virginia Living Museum, Newport News, VA for an educational program;

$461,000--Giant Steps Illinois in Westmont, IL for educational services;

$1,000,000--San Diego Unified School District in CA for `The Blueprint for Student Success in a Standards-Based System';

$544,000--Utica City School District, Utica, New York for an English as a Second Language Program;

$9,000--Jefferson Consolidated School District, Jefferson New York for a summer school program;

$461,000--Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX for the Reading Research Center;

$184,000--Riverside Community College District, Riverside, CA for general planning for a Center for Primary Education;

$547,000--Riverside Community College District, Riverside, CA for curriculum development and related costs for the School for the Arts;

$343,000--Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA for `Project Life';

$686,000--WestEd Eisenhower Regional Consortium for Science and Mathematics, San Francisco, CA for 24 Challenge and Jumping Levels Math;

$507,000--George Mason University, Fairfax VA for Center for Families and Schools programming;

$275,000--Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, VA for the Teacher Leadership 2000 project in Annandale Terrace Elementary School, Belvedere Elementary School, Glen Forest Elementary School, Graham Road Elementary School, and Parklawn Elementary School;

$841,000--Institute for Student Achievement, New York, NY for establishment of programs at Holmes Middle School, Annandale High School and Falls Church High School in Virginia;

$929,000--Yosemite National Institute, Sausalito, CA for science-based environmental education;

$1,283,000--Indian River Community College, Fort Pierce, FL for the Living Science Interactive Learning Model;

$23,000--United Activities Unlimited Inc., Staten Island, NY for tutoring and homework assistance;

$28,000--Foundation for the Advancement of Autistic Persons in Staten Island, NY for Eden II teacher retention program;

$69,000--Community School District 31, Staten Island, NY for textbook and library book purchases;

$276,000--New Jersey Historical Society for `Educating New Jersey's Children in the Past';

$691,000--Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL for technology-based education programs;

$921,000--Space Education Initiatives, Inc., Green Bay, WI for professional development and technology programming;

$3,430,000--The Board of Education of the City of Chicago/Chicago Public Schools, National Teaching Training Academy, Chicago IL for the Consortium for the Advancement of Teaching;

$230,000--Fox Valley Illinois YMCA for the Teen Agenda Program;

$115,000--L.E.A.D.E.R.S. Program, Rochester Hills, MI for teen leadership, character development, and role modeling program;

$806,000--Clark State Community College, Springfield OH and Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH for the Early Childhood Literacy Project;

$369,000--Kids Voting USA, Tempe, AZ for educational programming;

$921,000--Rockford Public Schools--District 205, Rockford, IL for strengthening of a magnet school program;

$461,000--Carthage Central School District, Carthage, NY for an academic intervention plan;

$1,799,000--Reading Together USA Program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro for tutoring program expansion;

$691,000--National Center for Family Literacy, Louisville, KY for family literacy practitioner training;

$461,000--Center Unified School District, Antelope, CA for training for literacy professionals;

$497,000--San Juan Unified School District, Carmichael, CA for a comprehensive literacy program;

$921,000--San Joaquin Council of Governments, Stockton, CA for the San Joaquin County Reads Program;

$880,000--George C. Marshall Foundation, Lexington, VA for character development through community service;

$415,000--National Crime Prevention Council, Washington DC for continuation of the National Youth Safety Corps;

$921,000--Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Chicago, IL for Cyber Space Technology Learning Center;

$184,000--Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Institute for Policy Research for the School Youth Development Program;

$921,000--North Central Regional Educational Laboratory for the North Central Alliance, Oak Brook, IL for Improving Professional Development;

$276,000--Midwest Young Artists, Highwood, IL for music education programming;

$230,000--Shimer College, Waukegan, IL for the Graduate Program in the Foundations of Science;

$92,000--Aptakisic Tripp Community Consolidated School District #102 in IL for curriculum development;

$1,843,000--Lake County Forest Preserve District in Libertyville, IL for educational center programming;

$345,000--Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce, Columbus OH for a Career Academy Program;

$111,000--Mariposa County Unified School District, Mariposa California for a teacher initiative;

$350,000--Center for Advanced Research and Technology, Clovis CA for educational programming;

$921,000--Media Arts Center, Paintsville, KY for equipment and educational program support;

$921,000--University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL for enhancing teacher performance in schools;

$276,000--Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL for an urban quality teacher initiative;

$921,000--Wichita Public Schools, Wichita, KS for special education teaching reforms;

$46,000--Beaver Local School District, Lisbon, OH for educational programming;

$46,000--Belmont-Harrison Vocational School District, St. Clairsville, OH for educational programming;

$46,000--Brooke High School, Wellsburg, WV for educational programming;

$46,000--Bridgeport Exempted Village School District, Bridgeport, OH for educational programming;

$46,000--Buckeye Local School District, Rayland, OH for educational programming;

$46,000--Columbiana County Career Center, Lisbon, OH for educational programming;

$46,000--East Liverpool School District, East Liverpool, OH for educational programming;

$46,000--Edison Local School District, Hammondsville, OH for educational programming;

$46,000--Hancock County Schools, New Cumberland, WV for educational programming;

$46,000--John D. Rockefeller Vocational Technical Center, New Cumberland, WV for educational programming;

$46,000--Indian Creek School District, Wintersville, OH for educational programming;

$46,000--Jefferson County Joint Vocational School, Bloomingdale, OH for educational programming;

$46,000--Martins Ferry School District, Martins Ferry, OH for educational programming;

$46,000--Midland School District, Midland, PA for educational programming;

$46,000--Southern Local School District, Salineville, OH for educational programming;

$46,000--South Side School District, Hookstown, PA for educational programming;

$46,000--Steubenville City Schools, Steubenville, OH for educational programming;

$46,000--Toronto School District, Toronto, OH for educational programming;

$46,000--Wellsville Local School District, Wellsville, OH for educational programming;

$46,000--Wheeling Park High School, Wheeling, WV for educational programming;

$921,000--Girard Community Committee Inc., for development of the Girard Multigenerational Center in Girard, Ohio;

$369,000--St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana School Board, Covington, LA for teacher technology training;

$92,000--Orleans Parish, LA District Attorney's Office, New Orleans, LA for school based drug awareness education and prevention program;

$200,000--The ReadNet Foundation, New York, NY for innovative learning solutions for the mentally handicapped;

$480,000--Technological Research and Development Authority, Titusville, FL for the Mathematics, Science & Technology Teacher Education Program;

$46,000--Kentucky Sheriff's Boys and Girls Club in Gilbertsville KY for educational and outreach efforts for children;

$18,000--Oscar Cross Boys and Girls Club in Paducah KY for technology improvements;

$1,382,000--Paducah Community College for the Challenger Learning Center, Paducah, KY for hands-on science, mathematics and technology education;

$461,000--Mississippi Writing/Thinking Institute, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS for improving teaching and writing in K-12 schools throughout the state;

$1,176,000--University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM for the Math and Science Teacher Academy;

$871,000--Florida Department of Education for School Net;

$553,000--Galena School District, Galena Alaska for a comprehensive vocational program;

$230,000--California Drug Consultants, Moreno Valley CA for educational learning aids and equipment for disabled and ill children in the Riverside County region;

$460,000--Daemen College in Amherst, NY for staffing costs, supplies, equipment and computer needs for the Center for Achievement in Science;

$900,000--New Mexico Department of Education to continue to fund student performance plans at 12 schools and for a model school drop-out prevention program;

$500,000--Western Village Academy in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in partnership with Integris Health, for literacy programs and other educational enrichment activities;

$800,000--National Science Center Foundation in Augusta, Georgia to continue to develop computer based software Exit Exam Review Materials for ESOL students;

$9,000,000--Project GRAD-USA Inc. in Houston, Texas to support expansion of the successful school reform program, Project GRAD;

$800,000--State of Alaska to continue reading literacy programs for high school students;

$300,000--Providence Public School District in Providence, Rhode Island for comprehensive literacy training to ensure that all students are reading at grade level;

$2,000,000--Alaska Initiative for Community Engagement to improve academic achievement of students and involve them in their own communities;

$500,000--Semos Unlimited, Inc., in New Mexico to complete a comprehensive initiative for providing bilingual educational and literacy programs;

$850,000--Maine Center for Educational Services to implement the Schools & Technology for Assessment & Reflection program, a student performance data system for planning and instructional purposes;

$500,000--American Village in Montevallo, Alabama for an innovative civics education initiative that provides students with a better understanding of the Constitution and foundation of American self-government;

$500,000--Vermont Educational Leadership Alliance in Montpelier, Vermont to address the shortage of school leaders;

$600,000--University of Northern Iowa to continue developing a model demonstration program for early childhood education of all students;

$700,000--Utah State Office of Education to assist small and geographically isolated schools through the Necessarily Existent Small Schools Program;

$2,500,000--State of Alaska to develop innovative teacher recruitment and retention programs;

$400,000--Albuquerque Public School System in New Mexico for its Magnet High School for Math, Science and Technology;

$400,000--University of Oklahoma's Institute for Practical Robotics in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to provide hands on experiences in robotics by developing curricula and teacher training programs to integrate robotics and computer engineering with traditional math and science education;

$300,000--Salt Lake Organizing Committee or to a governmental agency or not-for profit organization designated by the Salt Lake City Organizing Committee for a national arts and education model initiative for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games of 2002;

$100,000--Museums & Universities Supporting Educational Enrichment in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for teacher training and technology- and museum-based curriculum development;

$105,000--Wilderness Technology Alliance in Bellevue, Washington for educational reform activities designed as part of its statewide demonstration program;

$2,500,000--Sheldon-Jackson College Center for Life Long Learning for teacher training and to address the shortage of teachers in remote Alaskan villages;

$1,000,000--Delta State University to improve access to and the quality of education in the Mississippi Delta area of the State of Mississippi;

$250,000--Washington and Jefferson College Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Pennsylvania for a comprehensive education initiative;

$75,000--Northwest Missouri Regional Council of Government's Access 2000 program for educational support services including career planning, leadership development and personal skill evaluation and improvement;

$1,800,000--University of Missouri-St. Louis for the Teacher Workforce Replenishment Program;

$800,000--University of Rhode Island for the 2001 World Scholar Athlete Games;

$50,000--KidsPeace in Orefield, Pennsylvania for equipment acquisition and educational services to support the integration of health and educational programs developed for at risk youth;

$250,000--Iowa State University Center for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education to collaborate with local school districts and other partners to increase the quality of mathematics and science technology education for K-12 grade students;

$400,000--Council of Chief State School Officers for professional development and recognition activities related to the Christa McAuliffe Foundation grant program;

$375,000--Madison Station Elementary School in Madison, Mississippi to begin a replicable, school-wide, arts based curriculum;

$250,000--Southeast Kansas Education Service Center in Girard, KS to expand and replicate state-wide a school-based mentoring effort that connects young people from grades K-12 with adult volunteers;

$750,000--Keystone Central School District in Pennsylvania, in collaboration with Lock Haven University, to develop a model alternative school;

$1,800,000--Vermont Department of Education to carry out section 1002(f) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965;

$100,000--Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge to develop programs integrating citizenship education, leadership development and literacy programs;

$850,000--California School of Professional Psychology, in cooperation with school districts in the San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Fresno metropolitan areas for model teacher training programs;

$200,000--Regional Performing Arts Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for equipment acquisition in support of distance learning programs arranged with area schools;

$250,000--CAPE/PETE Net in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania for distance learning technologies and educator training to improve educational outcomes;

$400,000--National Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, Ohio for curriculum development, technology upgrades and programmatic improvements to educational programs offered to students;

$290,000--Sunnyside School District in Washington for a reading literacy program;

$250,000--California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California for an urban distance learning program;

$250,000--Philadelphia Pops educational outreach program, Jazz in the Schools;

$500,000--University of Northern Iowa Center for Mathematics and Science Education to improve the teaching of mathematics and science;

$850,000--Southwest Texas State University Center for School Improvement to develop innovative programs to address specific K-12 challenges facing teachers and students;

$850,000--University of Montana in Missoula, Montana to facilitate a community-based statewide curriculum aimed at preventing violence in schools;

$20,000--Education, Social and Public Services Association in Seattle, Washington to develop targeted communications related to Washington learning standards;

$850,000--ARC of East Central Iowa for a comprehensive center in Cedar Rapids designed to meet the learning, medical and day care needs of children and adolescents with disabilities;

$250,000--American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland for educational and outreach programs targeted to underserved communities;

$250,000--Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to create, develop and implement a high school science learning program;

$2,500,000--Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America to strengthen and expand its school based mentoring program;

$200,000--National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship for expansion of basic academic skill development and entrepreneurship training programs for students in low income areas;

$250,000--Opera Company of Philadelphia for an integrated arts education program;

$9,000,000--Iowa Department of Education to continue a demonstration of public school facilities;

$750,000--Des Moines Independent School District in Iowa to support the Smoother Sailing program;

$1,000,000--Iowa Student Aid Commission for teacher training, recruitment and support;

$500,000--Iowa Child Institute located in Des Moines, IA for planning and development of an innovative teacher education and training center;

$100,000--Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Education Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for teacher training, research and equipment acquisition in support of environmental education programs;

$400,000--Southeastern Louisiana University to utilize distance learning for the improvement of teacher training;

$150,000--Rock School of Pennsylvania Ballet for innovative arts education through after school and summer programs;

$250,000--Flathead Valley Community College Montana TREK Center to provide rural educators with professional development opportunities through distance learning technologies;

$500,000--Hofstra University for a demonstration school that integrates mathematics, science, technology and literacy studies with the arts and cultural studies;

$250,000--CityVest, a non-profit development corporation in Pennsylvania, to collaborate with area school districts in providing alternative education programs;

$300,000--YMCA of America to expand drop out prevention, mentoring and teen pregnancy prevention programs serving at-risk teens in Dallas, San Antonio and Houston;

$250,000--American Film Institute for activities supporting a media literacy pilot project undertaken in coordination with the Los Angeles Unified School District;

$2,000,000--Reach Out and Read program to expand literacy and health awareness for at-risk families;

$850,000--South Carolina Association of School Administrators to facilitate and distribute the methodology and pedagogy utilized by Blue Ribbon Schools;

$50,000--Stillman College, Zelpha Wells Cultural Education Center to continue to provide music education and music instruction to minority and disadvantaged youth;

$650,000--Georgia Project, Inc. in Dalton, Georgia to assimilate Hispanic immigrant children into mainstream curriculum;

$100,000--West Virginia University in Morgantown for school safety research;

$1,000,000--Concord College in West Virginia for technical skills training of new teachers;

$900,000--New York Historical Society to collaborate with area high schools in developing a technology-based program designed to enhance teaching and learning;

$400,000--Child and Family Development Education Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico to better prepare students for school success;

$25,000--Freedom Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for performing arts training and mentoring programs for area youth;

$401,000--The National Mentoring Partnership in Washington DC for establishing the National E-Mentoring Clearinghouse;

$900,000--Florida Institute of Education in Tallahassee, Florida for community-based early learning and professional development hubs;

$4,000,000--Carnegie Hall in New York, New York to integrate distance learning and educational technology with music education programs through the Isaac Stern Legacy project;

$200,000--Hispanic Education and Media Group for a Latino-Chicano high school dropout prevention program in San Jose, CA;

$276,000--The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, PA for continuation of the Science Enrichment Expansion Curriculum program;

$2,550,000--University of Notre Dame, Indiana, for the Institute for Educational Initiatives research center for the comparative analysis of best practices in public and private elementary and secondary schools;

$1,700,000--Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana, Inc., Hammond, Indiana, to expand science education and teacher training programs;

$1,275,000--For demonstration and evaluation of `one-to-one' computing in high-need school districts in Bridgeport and New Haven, Connecticut; San Pablo, Fairfield, Bay Point, and East Menlo Park, California; and Searchlight and McDermitt, Nevada;

$1,233,000--University of Maine, Orono, Maine, for the development of curriculum for math and science teacher education;

$863,000--An Achievable Dream, Newport News, Virginia to improve academic performance of at-risk youth;

$1,250,000--Helen Keller Worldwide to expand the ChildSight Vision Screening Program and provide eyeglasses to additional children whose educational performance may be hindered because of poor vision;

$1,020,000--Sacramento City Unified School District, California to establish the California Home Visiting Center to train teachers and parents in order to improve student learning;

$935,000--Thornton Township High School District 205 to support the Thornton Township Teaching and Learning Partnership teacher training program;

$850,000--Early Reading Success Institute in Connecticut to broaden the training of professionals in best practices in the delivery of reading instruction;

$850,000--Olympic Park Institute in Olympic National Park, Washington, to expand science education programs.;

$850,000--The GRAMMY Foundation, Santa Monica, California, for music education programs;

$850,000--The Learning Collaborative Inc., Milford, Connecticut, for the `Pebbles Project' to demonstrate innovative technology to deliver educational services to children medically unable to attend school;

$744,000--Yale University Child Study Center, New Haven, Connecticut, for a child-centered education pilot program;

$723,000--Babyland Family Services, Newark, New Jersey for technology training and extended learning opportunities for students, parents and teachers;

$723,000--Chicago Public School System, Illinois, for teacher professional development and university partnerships to support implementation of new magnet school programs;

$723,000--DeKalb County School System in Georgia for a comprehensive school violence prevention initiative;

$723,000--East Hartford Public Schools, Connecticut, to support program and professional development associated with the international baccalaureate program, including equipment;

$723,000--Sam Houston University, Huntsville, Texas to establish a technical assistance center for after-school programs;

$723,000--Texas A & M University, Corpus Christi, Texas for services to at-risk bilingual families and for a middle school math and science center at the Early Childhood Development Center;

$723,000--University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois for the Project Impact Hispanic education initiative;

$638,000--Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Miami, Florida to establish career academies;

$638,000--University of Missouri, St. Louis, School of Education, for the Urban Educator Corps Partnership initiative;

$595,000--Rutgers University Law School to support a scholarship fund, public interest activities, and its work with the LEAP Academy Charter School, including the purchase of books and equipment to support these activities;

$700,000--Wisconsin Educational Partnership Initiative in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin for a professional development initiative;

$690,000--Washburn Public Schools, Washburn, Wisconsin, for a pilot project designed to provide 6th grade students and school faculty with access to technology, including laptop computers, software, and home internet access, and to provide expert curriculum development assistance to school faculty members;

$510,000--Dillard University, New Orleans, Louisiana, to expand the William L. Gilbert Academy pre-college program for high achieving low-income high school students;

$510,000--Educational Performances Foundation CPI, Boston, Massachusetts, for the continued development of the music educational program called `From the Top';

$510,000--West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District in Mercer County, New Jersey, for the `E=mc2' teacher training project;

$489,000--University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, for a joint project with the University of New Orleans, Louisiana, for the Great Cities' University Coalition Urban Educators Corps teacher training partnership;

$442,000--Maryland State Department of Education to support the Maryland Educational Opportunities Summer Program;

$425,000--Alameda County Social Services Agency, Oakland, California, to support an education and training program for high school students;

$425,000--Clark County School District, Las Vegas, Nevada for a comprehensive bilingual education program;

$425,000--Cleveland Botanical Garden, Cleveland, Ohio, to expand educational curriculum, outreach and teacher training programs;

$425,000--Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program, Inc., Detroit, Michigan, for engineering, science and math instructional, Saturday and summer programs, teacher training, and parental engagement activities;

$425,000--The Milton Eisenhower Foundation, Washington, DC for a full-service community school demonstration project in up to four locations;

$425,000--Virginia Marine Science Museum Science Camp in Virginia Beach, Virginia to expand educational programs and outreach to schools;

$361,000--Oakland Unified School District, California, for a teacher professional development initiative to increase student achievement in literacy, math and science;

$340,000--Council of Chief State School Officers to support the Arts Education Partnership to improve the awareness and quality of arts in education;

$340,000--Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, for the Project TEAM minority recruitment program;

$340,000--Smithsonian Institution for a jazz music education program in Washington, DC;

$340,000--Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx New York, to develop a distance learning education project for after school programs;

$298,000--Chicago Public School System, Illinois, to provide vision screening, eye exams, and glasses for low-income students;

$276,000--Chicago Public School System, Illinois, to expand the Chicago Math, Science and Technology Academies;

$266,000--City of Houston Public Library, Houston, Texas for the ASPIRE after school program;

$213,000--Future Leaders of America, Inc., Oxnard, California, to provide leadership training and educational experiences to talented youth;

$213,000--Institute for Student Achievement, Manhasset, New York to improve student learning outcomes without social promotion;

$191,000--Bremen Community High School District 228, in Midlothian, Illinois, for a summer transition program for incoming freshmen students;

$191,000--Center for Community Transformation in Chicago, Illinois to support student fellowships and ongoing secular educational activities in community leadership and transformation, including curriculum development;

$170,000--`ScienceClass in a Box' educational system, Hoboken, New Jersey, to enhance science and math education in disadvantaged school districts;

$175,000--Merrill Area Public Schools in Merrill, Wisconsin, to support activities designed to improve educational outcomes for at-risk students;

$149,000--Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland, Ohio, to establish interactive biomedical exhibitions and educational programs to increase minority awareness of health careers;

$128,000--Centro Latino de Educacion Popular in Los Angeles, California, program to provide literacy training for Hispanic children and adults;

$128,000--City of Eugene, Oregon, for the development of educational materials for a Wetland Environmental Education Center;

$94,000--Dallas Urban League, Inc., Dallas, Texas, to expand technology and literacy training for low-income youth;

$85,000--Los Angeles Free Net, Encino, California, to provide free internet access to schools and libraries;

$85,000--Pasadena Independent School District, Pasadena, Texas, to support an early learning program focused on reading, including to purchase equipment and supplies;

$50,000--Stevens Point Area School District, Wisconsin for an initiative to improve achievement among high school students;

$43,000--Santa Barbara County Education Office, California for school violence prevention resource kits;

$43,000--St. Vincent's Family Service Center, Kansas City, Missouri, to implement a violence prevention curriculum initiative;

$50,000--Merrill Area Public Schools in Merrill, Wisconsin, for an initiative to improve achievement among high school students;

$50,000--Superior School District, Superior, Wisconsin for an initiative to improve achievement among high school students;

$38,000--T.R. Hoover Community Development Corporation in Dallas, Texas, to provide technology training to children and their families in South Dallas;

$400,000--Chester Upland School District, Chester, PA, for recruitment, preparation and retention of teachers and teacher candidates;

$100,000--Family Communications, Inc., in Pittsburgh, PA, for the non-profit's Safe Havens Training Project which is designed to train school personnel in preventing and responding to acts of violence;

$250,000--Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory in Portland, OR for a reading tutor training program; and

$230,000--University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia, PA for development of a model high school curriculum on genetics and ethics.

For International Education, the conference agreement includes $10,000,000 as proposed by the Senate, instead of $7,000,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees support strengthening and expanding international education exchange programs to more students and teachers, expanding the early elementary school program begun last year in Bosnia, and pairing more American states with countries in the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe. Within the total, $1,200,000 is included for the civic education program in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and efforts in emerging democracies in developing countries.

The conferees recognize the efforts of Strategies to Accelerate Reading Success (STARS) in Las Vegas, NV where students in low performing schools have shown marked improvements in their reading and listening comprehension skills. The conferees are also aware of the Great Films Project Co., Inc. of New York and their ability to produce a documentary that will provide an objective assessment of the impact of Federal education programs on the education of our Nation's youth.

The conferees encourage the Secretary to consider funding a study by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences which provides a balanced evaluation of the consequences of high stakes testing, using data from a representative sample of states and local educational agencies. The evaluation may examine the consequences for students in general, minority students and students with limited English proficiency related to academic achievement, dropout and retention rates, quality of instruction, and the extent to which parents are informed about assessment results and consequences.

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

The conference agreement includes $525,684,000 for Departmental Management instead of $488,134,000 as proposed by the House and $504,551,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within this amount, the agreement provides $76,000,000 for the Office of Civil Rights instead of $71,200,000 as proposed by the House and $73,224,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also includes $36,500,000 for the Office of Inspector General instead of $34,000,000 as proposed by the House and $35,456,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement includes $510,000 to continue the Inspector General audit of the Department's Student Financial Assistance financial statements.

The conferees are supportive of the HEATH Clearinghouse which provides technical assistance and support services to disabled students and institutions of higher education. In the last five years, the number of requests for information has increased from 30,000 per year to more than 75,000 per year. The conferees encourage the Secretary to continue to support the clearinghouse.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

TRANSFER AUTHORITY

The conference agreement includes language to provide general transfer authority for the Departments and agencies in this bill except for the Department of Education (ED). This authority was first provided in fiscal year 1996 with the understanding that the flexibility it provides can only be carried out when proper financial management controls and systems are in place. ED did not receive an unqualified opinion on its financial statements for either fiscal year 1998 or 1999. The conferees recognize that ED is working to rectify problems that have been identified, but for fiscal year 2001 the conferees require a letter of reprogramming to the House and Senate Appropriation Committees and a written response from the Committees before any transfer of funds can be made.

TITLE I--TARGETING

The conference agreement includes language proposed by the Senate directing the Comptroller General to evaluate targeting within the title I program. The House bill contained no similar provisions.

NATIONAL ASSESSMENT GOVERNING BOARD DATE CHANGE

The conference agreement includes a provision that makes the terms of service for National Assessment Governing Board members four years.

RECALCULATION OF COHORT DEFAULT RATE

The conference agreement includes language changing the process for appealing cohort default rate calculations so that a school that misses the appeal deadline may retain eligibility if a clear mistake was made in the data used to calculate the rate.

COMPENSATION PARITY FOR AUDITORS AND EXAMINERS

The conference agreement includes an amendment to the Higher Education Act of 1965 relating to compensation parity for auditors and examiners.

TRIBAL COLLEGES

The conference agreement includes an amendment to the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 relating to tribally controlled postsecondary vocational and technical institutions.

SECURITY INTERESTS IN STUDENT LOANS

The conference agreement includes an amendment to the Higher Education Act of 1965 relating to perfection of security interests in student loans.

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

The conference agreement includes an amendment to the Higher Education Act of 1965 relating to default rates.

NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER

The conference agreement includes a provision which provides $10,000,000 to the Secretary of Education to be transferred to the Secretary of the Interior for an award to the National Constitution Center to continue activities authorized by P.L. 100-433.

CHARACTER EDUCATION

The conference agreement includes a modification to the Safe and Drug-Free Schools Act for the development and implementation of character education programs.

WAIVER REVIEW

The conference agreement includes a provision that directs the Secretary to review the nursing program operated by Graceland University in Iowa and specifies that the Secretary may exercise waiver authority relating to this program.

LEVERAGING EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIPS

The conference agreement includes an amendment to the Higher Education Act of 1965 clarifying that funds provided under the Special Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Program may not be used for administrative purposes and that matching funds must come from new sources in order to leverage more state funding.

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

The conference agreement includes an amendment to Part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 which allows grantees receiving funding under the Student Support Services program within TRIO to use part of these funds for direct grant aid to needy students. A grant provided under this provision may not exceed the maximum appropriated Pell Grant, or be less than the minimum appropriated Pell Grant, for the current academic year. Grantees using funds for this purpose are required to match at least 33 percent of the funds used for grant aid in cash from non-federal sources and may not use more than 20 percent of their grant amount for direct grant aid purposes.

STUDENT LOANS INTEREST RATE

The conference agreement includes a provision that replaces the interest rate formula for certain Parent Loans to Students and Supplemental Loans for Students which used the rates established by the auction of 52-week Treasury bills for setting new interest rates each July 1st. Interest rates for these loans will now be based on a new formula which uses the weekly average of the one year constant maturity Treasury yield, as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, for the last calendar week ending on or before June 26th preceding the July 1st effective date for interest rate changes.

OLYMPIC SCHOLARSHIPS

The conference agreement includes an amendment to the Higher Education Act of 1965 designating scholarships made under the Olympic Scholarships program as `B.J. Stupak Olympic Scholarships.'

PROPERTY TRANSFER

The conference agreement includes a provision that would release a reversionary interest at San Francisco State University.

IMPACT AID

The conference agreement includes an amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, relating to certain school districts eligible for the Impact Aid program.

TITLE IV--RELATED AGENCIES

ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME

The conference agreement does not include an additional advance appropriation for the Armed Forces Retirement Home as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision.

CORPERATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAMS, OPERATING EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes $303,850,000 for the Domestic Volunteer Service programs instead of $294,527,000 as proposed by the House and $302,504,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA)

The conference agreement includes $83,074,000 for VISTA as proposed by the Senate instead of $80,574,000 as proposed by the House.

National Senior Volunteer Corps

The conference agreement includes $98,868,000 for the Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) instead of $95,988,000 as proposed by the House and $97,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement includes $40,395,000 for the Senior Companion Program (SCP) instead of $39,219,000 as proposed by the House and $40,219,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also includes $48,884,000 for the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) instead $46,117,000 as proposed by the House and $48,117,000 as proposed by the Senate.

One-third of the increases provided for the FGP, SCP, and RSVP programs shall be used to fund Programs of National Significance expansion grants to allow existing FGP, RSVP and SCP programs to expand the number of volunteers serving in areas of critical need as identified by Congress in the Domestic Volunteer Service Act.

Sufficient funding has been included to provide a 2 percent increase for administrative costs realized by all current grantees in the FGP and SCP programs, and a 4 percent increase for administrative costs realized by all current grantees in the RSVP program. Funds remaining above these amounts should be used to begin new FGP, RSVP and SCP programs in geographic areas currently unserved. The conferees expect these projects to be awarded via a nationwide competition among potential community-based sponsors.

The Corporation for National and Community Service shall comply with the directive that use of funding increases in the Foster Grandparent Program, Retired and Senior Volunteer Program and VISTA not be restricted to America Reads activities. The conferees further direct that the Corporation shall not stipulate a minimum or maximum amount for PNS grant augmentations.

The conference agreement includes $400,000 for senior demonstration activities as proposed by the House instead of $1,494,000 as proposed by the Senate. These funds are to be used to carry out evaluations and to provide recruitment, training, and technical assistance to local projects as described in the budget request. No new demonstration projects may be begun with these funds. None of the increases provided for FGP, SCP, or RSVP in fiscal year 2001 may be used for demonstration activities. The conferees further expect that all future demonstration activities will be funded through allocations made through Part E of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act.

Funds appropriated for fiscal year 2001 may not be used to implement or support service collaboration agreements or any other changes in the administration and/or governance of national service programs prior to passage of a bill by the authorizing committees of jurisdiction specifying such changes.

Program Administration

The conference agreement includes $32,229,000 for program administration of DVSA programs at the Corporation as proposed by the House instead of $32,100,000 as proposed by the Senate. Funding should be used for the new core financial management system and to make other technology enhancements that will improve customer service and field communications.

CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

The conference agreement includes language proposed by the Senate providing an additional $20,000,000 for digitalization, if specifically authorized by subsequent legislation. The House bill contained no similar provision.

FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE

The conference agreement includes $38,200,000 for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service as proposed by the Senate instead of $37,500,000 as proposed by the House.

FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION

The conference agreement includes $6,320,000 for the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission as proposed by the Senate instead of $6,200,000 as proposed by the House.

INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES

The conference agreement includes $207,219,000 for the Institute of Museum and Library Services instead of $170,000,000 as proposed by the House and $168,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the amounts provided, the conference agreement includes $39,219,000 for the following:

$921,000--The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, VA for library archival and educational programming;

$461,000--DuPage County Children's Museum in Naperville, IL for educational programming;

$369,000--National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown New York for library improvements;

$92,000--City of Corona, Riverside, CA for library technology improvements;

$6,000--City of Murrieta Public Library, Murrieta, CA for technology improvements

$1,382,000--Sierra Madre Public Library, Sierra Madre, CA for technology improvements;

$23,000--Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY for library materials;

$46,000--NY Public Library Staten Island branch for book and archive enhancement;

$266,000--Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture at Salisbury State University, Salisbury, MD for a history laboratory project;

$461,000--Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX for the Virtual Vietnam Archive Project;

$230,000--City of Ontario Public Library, Ontario, CA for technology improvements;

$461,000--Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR for technology enhancements to the library's Government Documents Collection;

$1,106,000--Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA for upgrade of Information Technology Center;

$2,600,000--Southeast Missouri State University River Campus and Museum to restore the historic former St. Vincent Seminary for museum programs;

$900,000--Heritage Harbor Museum in Providence, Rhode Island for cataloging of materials and operations;

$700,000--Institute for the Historic Study of Jazz at the University of Idaho for the cataloguing, digitalization, development of an on-line database, and preservation of archival materials which it owns;

$1,800,000--Franklin Pierce College Life Center to serve as a library for the rural southwest region of New Hampshire;

$500,000--Louisville Zoo for the Diane Fossey Mountain Gorilla program;

$150,000--Oregon Historical Society Permanent Exhibition;

$250,000--Pittsburgh Children's Museum;

$510,000--Temple University Library for digitalization of resources from its Urban History ad African-American collections;

$576,000--Franklin Institute for the Design of Life exhibition;

$925,000--Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;

$500,000--Alaska Native Heritage Center portion of the New Trade Winds project;

$1,000,000--National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington D.C.;

$1,200,000--Mississippi River Museum and Discovery Center in Dubuque, Iowa for exhibit and library enhancement;

$650,000--Salisbury House Foundation in Des Moines, Iowa to improve security and preservation of its collection;

$150,000--Linn County, Iowa Historical Museum History Center in support of the `This Old Digital City' project;

$4,000,000--Newsline for the Blind to expand services for the blind to libraries across the country including $100,000 for the West Virginia Newsline for the Blind and $100,000 for the Iowa Newsline for the Blind;

$1,000,000--Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences for a multimedia display screen, and the fabrication and design of a science exhibit;

$650,000--Bishops Museum in Hawaii as part of the `New Trade Winds' project;

$500,000--Wisconsin Maritime Museum for interactive exhibits;

$250,000--Natural History Museum of Los Angeles to continue outreach and educational activities;

$400,000--Perkins Geology Museum at the University of Vermont to digitalize its collection;

$400,000--Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center in Camden, New Jersey to expand cultural education programs;

$400,000--Plainfield Public Library in Plainfield, New Jersey to upgrade and expand computer and internet services;

$150,000--Ducktown Arts District in Atlantic City, New Jersey to expand access to cultural arts programs;

$400,000--Lake Champlain Science Center for exhibits and programs;

$250,000--Foundation for the Arts, Music, and Entertainment of Shreveport-Bossier, Inc.;

$100,000--Bryant College in Rhode Island for a technology initiative linking libraries of institutions of higher education;

$120,000--Fenton Historical Museum of Jamestown, New York;

$461,000--Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission;

$43,000--Sumter County Library, Sumter, South Carolina for the acquisition of library materials;

$85,000--New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, to expand access to plant specimen database;

$128,000--Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn Harbor, New York, to expand educational programs for elementary and secondary students;

$128,000--Roberson Museum and Science Center in Binghampton, New York for an educational science and engineering pilot program;

$128,000--North Carolina Museum of Life and Science for development of BioQuest exhibits;

$170,000--George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, to digitally archive and catalog photographic collections;

$213,000--Fitchburg Art Museum in Fitchburg, Massachusetts to expand public access through technology upgrades;

$298,000--Columbia College, Chicago, Center for Black Music Research in Chicago, Illinois, for education and outreach activities;

$298,000--Mystic Seaport, the Museum of America and the Sea, in Connecticut, to develop an informal learning laboratory;

$468,000--City of Houston Public Library, Houston, Texas, for information technology development and equipment;

$410,000--AE Seaman Mineral Museum in Houghton, Michigan;

$680,000--AMISTAD Research Center at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana to expand automation, electronic communications, educational outreach and community involvement activities;

$723,000--New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts for exhibits, technology upgrades and to expand public access;

$723,000--The George C. Page Museum, Los Angeles, California to expand education and outreach programs;

$850,000--The Children's Museum of Los Angeles, California, for development of exhibits, educational programs and teacher training;

$850,000--Berman Museum of Art of Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania for expansion of an arts education program and community outreach activities;

$2,125,000--Silas Bronson Library in Waterbury, Connecticut for information technology equipment and upgrades;

$2,435,000--New York Public Library for the development of a digital archive at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture to document African American migration;

$425,000--National Aviary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, to develop and utilize interactive mobile robots in support of distance learning;

$723,000--Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts for the development of a distance learning project.

MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION

The conference agreement provides $8,000,000 for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), the same as both the House and the Senate. A documented national shortage of geriatricians, physicians who specialize in the management of care for frail, older persons, exists. The shortage has occurred, in part, because of inadequate Medicare reimbursement and physician training payment restrictions. For this reason, MedPAC should study the issue, reporting specifically on how the hospital specific cap on residents for purposes of Medicare graduate medical education payments impacts geriatric training programs and providing recommendations regarding how to alter the cap to resolve this problem.

NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

The conference agreement includes $1,495,000 for the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science as proposed by the Senate instead of $1,400,000 as proposed by the House.

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY

The conference agreement includes $2,615,000 for the National Council on Disability as proposed by the Senate instead of $2,450,000 as proposed by the House.

NATIONAL EDUCATION GOALS PANEL

The conference agreement includes $1,500,000 for the National Education Goals Panel instead of $2,350,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not propose funding for this agency.

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

The conference agreement includes $216,438,000 for the National Labor Relations Board as proposed by the Senate instead of $205,717,000 as proposed by the House.

NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD

The conference agreement includes $10,400,000 for the National Mediation Board as proposed by the Senate instead of $9,800,000 as proposed by the House.

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION

The conference agreement includes $8,720,000 for the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission as proposed by the Senate instead of $8,600,000 as proposed by the House.

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION

The conference agreement includes a limitation on transfers from the railroad trust funds of $95,000,000 for administrative expenses as proposed by the House instead of $92,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

The conference agreement includes a limitation on transfers from the railroad trust funds of $5,700,000 for administrative expenses of the Office of Inspector General as proposed by the Senate instead of $5,380,000 as proposed by the House.

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM

The conference agreement includes $23,344,000,000 for the Supplemental Security Income Program instead of $23,354,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and $23,127,000,000 as proposed by the House.

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes a limitation of $7,124,000,000 on transfers from the Social Security and Medicare trust funds and Supplemental Security Income program for administrative activities instead of $6,978,036,000 as proposed by the House and $7,010,800,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement includes language proposed by the House clarifying that the Social Security Administration may use unexpended funds for investment in information technology and telecommunications hardware and software infrastructure, including related equipment and non-payroll expenses associated solely with information technology and telecommunications technology. The agreement also includes language proposed by the House that requires the Secretary of the Treasury to reimburse the Trust Fund from the General Fund for the cost of official time for federal employees and facilities and support services for labor organizations. The Senate bill contained no similar provisions.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

The conference agreement includes $69,444,000 for the Office of Inspector General through a combination of general revenues and limitations on trust fund transfers as proposed by the Senate instead of $65,752,000 as proposed by the House.

UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE

The conference agreement includes $15,000,000 for the United States Institute of Peace as proposed by the House instead of $12,951,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees direct the United States Institute of Peace to provide information in the fiscal year 2002 Congressional budget justification regarding the use of appropriated funds in the Endowment. Included in this information should be the total amount of appropriated funds transferred into the Endowment from the most recent fiscal year available, the total amount of interest earned in the fiscal year on those funds, a list of all dates in which draw downs occur and those amounts, and a beginning and end of year balance of the Endowment.

TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

DISTRIBUTION OF STERILE NEEDLES

The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by the House that prohibits the use of funds in this Act to carry out any program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug. The Senate bill contained a similar provision except that it would have allowed for such a program if the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines that these programs are effective in preventing the spread of HIV and do not encourage the use of illegal drugs.

FIFTH QUARTER OBLIGATIONS

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by both the House and Senate to allow fiscal year 2000 unobligated balances for salaries and expenses to remain available through the first quarter of fiscal year 2001.

RESTORING SSI BENEFITS PAYMENTS TO APPROPRIATE YEAR

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the House to restore benefit payments for Supplemental Security Income to the appropriate year. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

EVALUATION OF ABSTINENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS

The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by the House to extend the funding available for evaluations of abstinence education programs to 2005 and provides for an interim report not later than January 1, 2002. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF)

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the Senate to reduce TANF supplemental grants in fiscal year 2001. The House bill contained no similar provision.

DISCRETIONARY ADVANCE APPROPRIATION REDUCTION

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the House to rescind funds from the Payments to States for the Child Care and Development Block Grant if the total level of discretionary advance appropriations for fiscal year 2002 exceeds $23,500,000,000. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

UNIQUE HEALTH IDENTIFIER

The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by the Senate to prohibit the promulgation or adoption of any final standard relating to a unique health identifier until legislation is enacted specifically approving the standard. The House bill contained a similar provision except it did not provide for legislative action.

STATE SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENTS

The conference agreement includes language proposed by the Senate that accelerates the effective date of current law requiring a State that has entered into an agreement with the Social Security Administration for Federal administration of State supplementary payments be required to remit payments and fees no later than the business day preceeding the SSI payment from September, 2000 to September, 2001.

MILITARY RECRUITING AT SECONDARY SCHOOLS

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the House preventing secondary schools from prohibiting military recruitment. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

NIH LICENSE AGREEMENTS

The conferees do not include a provision proposed by the House regarding NIH license agreements. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

ACROSS-THE-BOARD ADMINISTRATIVE AND RELATED EXPENSES REDUCTION

The conference agreement includes a provision to reduce administrative and related expenses of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education by $25,000,000.

EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION DISTRIBUTION THROUGH SCHOOL CLINICS

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the Senate to prohibit the distribution of or prescription for postcoital emergency contraception to an unemancipated minor on the premises or in the facilities of any elementary or secondary school. The House bill contained no similar provision.

RIGHTS OF RESIDENTS OF CERTAIN FACILITIES

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the Senate to amend the Public Health Service Act to add a new section titled `Requirement Relating to the Rights of Residents of Certain Facilities'. The House bill contained no similar provision.

SENSE OF THE SENATE ON EARLY HEAD START

The conference agreement deletes without prejudice a Sense of the Senate provision regarding blood lead screening tests on children enrolled in early head start programs. The House bill contained no similar provision.

SENSE OF THE SENATE ON A STUDY OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN SCHOOLS

The conference agreement deletes without prejudice a Sense of the Senate provision regarding a study on the issue of sexual abuse in schools. The House bill contained no similar provision.

GAO STUDY INTO FEDERAL FETAL TISSUE PRACTICES

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the Senate requesting a GAO study into Federal fetal tissue practices. The House bill contained no similar provision.

GENETIC INFORMATION NONDISCRIMINATION IN HEALTH INSURANCE ACT OF 1999

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the Senate regarding genetic information. The House bill contained no similar provision.

HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND PROTECTIONS FOR CONSUMERS

The conference agreement does not include the health care access and protections for consumers provision as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision.

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS

The conference agreement includes a provision related to human papillomavirus. The House and Senate bills contained no similar provision.

SACCHARIN LABELING

The conference agreement includes a provision that repeals the mandated saccharin warning label. The House and Senate bills contained no similar provision.

SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN WORLD WAR II VETERANS

The conference agreement includes a provision which allows a State and the Commissioner of Social Security to enter into an agreement under which the Commissioner would make State payments, on behalf of the State, to supplement federal payments provided under Title VIII of the Social Security Act.

STATUTORY EMPLOYEES

The Conferees note that, given the complexity of issues that were considered under prior law in correctly determining the amount of Supplemental Security Income payable to individuals who are classified as `statutory employees', or their dependents, that in the past cases may have been determined erroneously. The Conferees urge the Social Security Administration to act favorably on requests for waiver of overpayment that may have accrued in such cases.

TITLE VI--ASSETS FOR INDEPENDENCE ACT

The conference agreement includes amendments to the Assets for Independence Act to make technical and conforming changes to ensure accurate research and measurement of the effectiveness of Individual Development Accounts.

TITLE VII--PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM

The conference agreement includes the Physical Education for Progress program which will enable local educational agencies to initiate, expand, and improve physical education programs for all K-12 students.

TITLE VIII--EARLY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

The conference agreement includes the Early Learning Opportunities Act, which is designed to help states increase the availability of voluntary programs, services, and activities that support early childhood education.

TITLE IX--RURAL EDUCATION

The conference agreement includes the Rural Achievement Act, which amends Part J of Title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 to better address the different needs of small, rural school districts. Under this provision, a local educational agency (LEA) would be able to combine funding under various ESEA programs to support compensatory education, teacher professional development, education technology, and school drug and violence prevention activities authorized under ESEA that are intended to improve the academic achievement of elementary and secondary school students.

CONFERENCE AGREEMENT

The following table displays the amounts agreed to for each program, project or activity with appropriate comparisons:

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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS

The conference agreement would enact the provisions of H.R. 5657 as introduced on December 14, 2000. The text of that bill follows:

A BILL Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:

TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

SENATE

PAYMENT TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

For a payment to Nancy Nally Coverdell, widow of Paul D. Coverdell, late a Senator from Georgia, $141,300.

EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

For expense allowances of the Vice President, $10,000; the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; and Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Committees, $3,000 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees, $3,000 for each Chairman; in all, $62,000.

REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; in all, $30,000.

SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

For compensation of officers, employees, and others as authorized by law, including agency contributions, $92,321,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation without regard to the below limitations, as follows:

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

For the Office of the Vice President, $1,785,000.

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $453,000.

OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $2,742,000.

OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $1,722,000.

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, $6,917,000.

CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the Chairman of each such committee, $1,152,000 for each such committee; in all, $2,304,000.

OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $590,000.

POLICY COMMITTEES

For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority Policy Committee, $1,171,000 for each such committee; in all, $2,342,000.

OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

For Office of the Chaplain, $288,000.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

For Office of the Secretary, $14,738,000.

OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $34,811,000.

OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY

For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for the Minority, $1,292,000.

AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by law, and related expenses, $22,337,000.

OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, $4,046,000.

OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, $1,069,000.

EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE

For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, $3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $3,000; in all, $12,000.

CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, section 112 of Public Law 96-304 and Senate Resolution 281, agreed to March 11, 1980, $73,000,000.

EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, $370,000.

SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, $2,077,000.

SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $71,511,000, of which $2,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2003.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

For miscellaneous items, $8,655,000.

SENATORS' OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT

For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, $253,203,000.

OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate $300,000.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

SECTION 1. SEMIANNUAL REPORT. (a) IN GENERAL- Section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1965 (2 U.S.C. 104a) is amended by adding at the end the following:

`(5)(A) Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph (1) relating to the level of detail of statement and itemization, each report by the Secretary of the Senate required under such paragraph shall be compiled at a summary level for each office of the Senate authorized to obligate appropriated funds.

`(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to the reporting of expenditures relating to personnel compensation, travel and transportation of persons, other contractual services, and acquisition of assets.

`(C) In carrying out this paragraph the Secretary of the Senate shall apply the Standard Federal Object Classification of Expenses as the Secretary determines appropriate.'.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICATION-

(1) IN GENERAL- Subject to paragraph (2), the amendment made by this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.

(2) FIRST REPORT AFTER ENACTMENT- The Secretary of the Senate may elect to compile and submit the report for the semiannual period during which the date of enactment of this section occurs, as if the amendment made by this section had not been enacted.

SEC. 2. SENATE EMPLOYEE PAY ADJUSTMENTS. Section 4 of the Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 60a-1) is amended--

(1) in subsection (a)--

(A) by inserting `(or section 5304 or 5304a of such title, as applied to employees employed in the pay locality of the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore, Maryland consolidated metropolitan statistical area)' after `employees under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code,'; and

(B) by inserting `(and, as the case may be, section 5304 or 5304a of such title, as applied to employees employed in the pay locality of the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore, Maryland consolidated metropolitan statistical area)' after `the President under such section 5303';

(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and

(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:

`(e) Any percentage used in any statute specifically providing for an adjustment in rates of pay in lieu of an adjustment made under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, and, as the case may be, section 5304 or 5304a of such title for any calendar year shall be treated as the percentage used in an adjustment made under such section 5303, 5304, or 5304a, as applicable, for purposes of subsection (a).'.

SEC. 3. (a) Section 6(c) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 (2 U.S.C. 121b-1(c)) is amended--

(1) by striking `and agency contributions' in paragraph (2)(A), and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

`(3) Agency contributions for employees of Senate Hair Care Services shall be paid from the appropriations account for `SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES'.'.

(b) This section shall apply to pay periods beginning on or after October 1, 2000.

SEC. 4. (a) There is established in the Treasury of the United States a revolving fund to be known as the Senate Health and Fitness Facility Revolving Fund (`the revolving fund').

(b) The Architect of the Capitol shall deposit in the revolving fund--

(1) any amounts received as dues or other assessments for use of the Senate Health and Fitness Facility, and

(2) any amounts received from the operation of the Senate waste recycling program.

(c) Subject to the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, amounts in the revolving fund shall be available to the Architect of the Capitol, without fiscal year limitation, for payment of costs of the Senate Health and Fitness Facility.

(d) The Architect of the Capitol shall withdraw from the revolving fund and deposit in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts all moneys in the revolving fund that the Architect determines are in excess of the current and reasonably foreseeable needs of the Senate Health and Fitness Facility.

(e) Subject to the approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Architect of the Capitol may issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

SEC. 5. For each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001), there is authorized an expense allowance for the Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees which shall not exceed $3,000 each fiscal year for each such Chairman; and amounts from such allowance shall be paid to either of such Chairmen only as reimbursement for actual expenses incurred by him and upon certification and documentation of such expenses, and amounts so paid shall not be reported as income and shall not be allowed as a deduction under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

SEC. 6. (a) The head of the employing office of an employee of the Senate may, upon termination of employment of the employee, authorize payment of a lump sum for the accrued annual leave of that employee if--

(1) the head of the employing office--

(A) has approved a written leave policy authorizing employees to accrue leave and establishing the conditions upon which accrued leave may be paid; and

(B) submits written certification to the Financial Clerk of the Senate of the number of days of annual leave accrued by the employee for which payment is to be made under the written leave policy of the employing office; and

(2) there are sufficient funds to cover the lump sum payment.

(b)(1) A lump sum payment under this section shall not exceed the lesser of--

(A) twice the monthly rate of pay of the employee; or

(B) the product of the daily rate of pay of the employee and the number of days of accrued annual leave of the employee.

(2) The Secretary of the Senate shall determine the rates of pay of an employee under paragraph (1) (A) and (B) on the basis of the annual rate of pay of the employee in effect on the date of termination of employment.

(c) Any payment under this section shall be paid from the appropriation account or fund used to pay the employee.

(d) If an individual who received a lump sum payment under this section is reemployed as an employee of the Senate before the end of the period covered by the lump sum payment, the individual shall refund an amount equal to the applicable pay covering the period between the date of reemployment and the expiration of the lump sum period. Such amount shall be deposited to the appropriation account or fund used to pay the lump sum payment.

(e) The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate may prescribe regulations to carry out this section.

(f) In this section, the term--

(1) `employee of the Senate' means any employee whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, except that the term does not include a member of the Capitol Police or a civilian employee of the Capitol Police; and

(2) `head of the employing office' means any person with the final authority to appoint, hire, discharge, and set the terms, conditions, or privileges of the employment of an individual whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

SEC. 7. (a) Agency contributions for employees whose salaries are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate from the appropriations account `JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE' under the heading `JOINT ITEMS' shall be paid from the Senate appropriations account for `SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES'.

(b) This section shall apply to pay periods beginning on or after October 1, 2000.

SEC. 8. Section 316 of Public Law 101-302 (40 U.S.C. 188b-6) is amended--

(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking `items of art, fine art, and historical items' and inserting `works of art, historical objects, documents or material relating to historical matters for placement or exhibition';

(2) in the second sentence of subsection (a)--

(A) by striking `such items' each place it appears and inserting `such works, objects, documents, or material' in each such place; and

(B) by striking `an item' and inserting `a work, object, document, or material'; and

(3) in subsection (b)--

(A) by striking `such items of art' and inserting `such works, objects, documents, or materials'; and

(B) by striking `shall' and inserting `may'.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, $769,551,000, as follows:

HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $14,378,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $1,759,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,726,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,096,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $1,466,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $1,096,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority Whip; Speaker's Office for Legislative Floor Activities, $410,000; Republican Steering Committee, $765,000; Republican Conference, $1,255,000; Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,352,000; Democratic Caucus, $668,000; nine minority employees, $1,229,000; training and program development--majority, $278,000; and training and program development--minority, $278,000.

MEMBERS' REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

INCLUDING MEMBERS' CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

For Members' representational allowances, including Members' clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, $410,182,000.

COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and select, authorized by House resolutions, $92,196,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 2002.

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations, $20,628,000, including studies and examinations of executive agencies and temporary personal services for such committee, to be expended in accordance with section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 2002.

SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as authorized by law, $90,403,000, including: for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including not more than $3,500, of which not more than $2,500 is for the Family Room, for official representation and reception expenses, $14,590,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position of Superintendent of Garages, and including not more than $750 for official representation and reception expenses, $3,692,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, $58,550,000, of which $1,054,000 shall remain available until expended, including $26,605,000 for salaries, expenses and temporary personal services of House Information Resources, of which $26,020,000 is provided herein: Provided, That of the amount provided for House Information Resources, $6,497,000 shall be for net expenses of telecommunications: Provided further, That House Information Resources is authorized to receive reimbursement from Members of the House of Representatives and other governmental entities for services provided and such reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treasury for credit to this account; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, $3,249,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, $806,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, $140,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,201,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, $2,045,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $5,085,000; for salaries and expenses of the Corrections Calendar Office, $832,000; and for other authorized employees, $213,000.

ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or law, $141,764,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, $2,235,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House, $410,000; Government contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable employee benefits, $138,726,000; and miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, $393,000.

CHILD CARE CENTER

For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C. 184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

SEC. 101. During fiscal year 2001 and any succeeding fiscal year, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives may--

(1) enter into contracts for the acquisition of severable services for a period that begins in 1 fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year to the same extent as the head of an executive agency under the authority of section 303L of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253l); and

(2) enter into multi-year contracts for the acquisitions of property and nonaudit-related services to the same extent as executive agencies under the authority of section 304B of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 254c).

SEC. 102. (a) PERMITTING NEW HOUSE EMPLOYEES TO BE PLACED ABOVE MINIMUM STEP OF COMPENSATION LEVEL- The House Employees Position Classification Act (2 U.S.C. 291 et seq.) is amended by striking section 10 (2 U.S.C. 299).

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to employees appointed on or after October 1, 2000.

SEC. 103. (a) REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS' REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL DEBT- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for `HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--SALARIES AND EXPENSES--MEMBERS' REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES' shall be available only for fiscal year 2001. Any amount remaining after all payments are made under such allowances for fiscal year 2001 shall be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).

(b) REGULATIONS- The Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section.

(c) DEFINITION- As used in this section, the term `Member of the House of Representatives' means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.

SEC. 104. (a) There is hereby appropriated for payment to the Prince William County Public Schools $215,000, to be used to pay for educational services for the son of Mrs. Evelyn Gibson, the widow of Detective John Michael Gibson of the United States Capitol Police.

(b) The payment under subsection (a) shall be made in accordance with terms and conditions established by the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives.

(c) The funds used for the payment made under subsection (a) shall be derived from the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives.

JOINT ITEMS

For Joint Committees, as follows:

JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES OF 2001

For all construction expenses, salaries, and other expenses associated with conducting the inaugural ceremonies of the President and Vice President of the United States, January 20, 2001, in accordance with such program as may be adopted by the joint committee authorized by Senate Concurrent Resolution 89, agreed to March 14, 2000 (One Hundred Sixth Congress), and Senate Concurrent Resolution 90, agreed to March 14, 2000 (One Hundred Sixth Congress), $1,000,000 to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and to remain available until September 30, 2001. Funds made available under this heading shall be available for payment, on a direct or reimbursable basis, whether incurred on, before, or after, October 1, 2000: Provided, That the compensation of any employee of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate who has been designated to perform service for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies shall continue to be paid by the Committee on Rules and Administration, but the account from which such staff member is paid may be reimbursed for the services of the staff member (including agency contributions when appropriate) out of funds made available under this heading.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

SEC. 105. During fiscal year 2001 the Secretary of Defense shall provide protective services on a non-reimbursable basis to the United States Capitol Police with respect to the following events:

(1) Upon request of the Chair of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies established under Senate Concurrent Resolution 89, One Hundred Sixth Congress, agreed to March 14, 2000, the proceedings and ceremonies conducted for the inauguration of the President-elect and Vice President-elect of the United States.

(2) Upon request of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the joint session of Congress held to receive a message from the President of the United States on the State of the Union.

JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, $3,315,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, $6,430,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House.

For other joint items, as follows:

OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his assistants, including: (1) an allowance of $1,500 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an allowance of $500 per month each to three medical officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) an allowance of $500 per month to one assistant and $400 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such assistants; and (4) $1,159,904 for reimbursement to the Department of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending Physician, which shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropriation or appropriations from which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall be available for all the purposes thereof, $1,835,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House.

CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

CAPITOL POLICE

SALARIES

For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers, members, and employees of the Capitol Police, including overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allowance of not more than $600 each for members required to wear civilian attire, and Government contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable employee benefits, $97,142,000, of which $47,053,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House, and $50,089,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That, of the amounts appropriated under this heading, such amounts as may be necessary may be transferred between the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.

GENERAL EXPENSES

For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services, stenographic services, personal and professional services, the employee assistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and $85 per month for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board by an employee of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House of Representatives designated by the Chairman of the Board, $6,772,000, to be disbursed by the Capitol Police Board or their delegee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 2001 shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds available to the Department of the Treasury.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

SEC. 106. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for the Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may be transferred between the headings `SALARIES' and `GENERAL EXPENSES' upon the approval of--

(1) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, in the case of amounts transferred from the appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives under the heading `SALARIES';

(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, in the case of amounts transferred from the appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate under the heading `SALARIES'; and

(3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, in the case of other transfers.

SEC. 107. (a) APPOINTMENT OF CERTIFYING OFFICERS OF THE CAPITOL POLICE- The Chief Administrative Officer of the United States Capitol Police, or when there is not a Chief Administrative Officer the Capitol Police Board, shall appoint certifying officers to certify all vouchers for payment from funds made available to the United States Capitol Police.

(b) RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF CERTIFYING OFFICERS-

(1) IN GENERAL- Each officer or employee of the Capitol Police who has been duly authorized in writing by the Chief Administrative Officer, or the Capitol Police Board if there is not a Chief Administrative Officer, to certify vouchers pursuant to subsection (a) shall--

(A) be held responsible for the existence and correctness of the facts recited in the certificate or otherwise stated on the voucher or its supporting papers and for the legality of the proposed payment under the appropriation or fund involved;

(B) be held responsible and accountable for the correctness of the computations of certified vouchers; and

(C) be held accountable for and required to make good to the United States the amount of any illegal, improper, or incorrect payment resulting from any false, inaccurate, or misleading certificate made by such officer or employee, as well as for any payment prohibited by law or which did not represent a legal obligation under the appropriation or fund involved.

(2) RELIEF BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL- The Comptroller General may, at the Comptroller General's discretion, relieve such certifying officer or employee of liability for any payment otherwise proper if the Comptroller General finds--

(A) that the certification was based on official records and that the certifying officer or employee did not know, and by reasonable diligence and inquiry could not have ascertained, the actual facts; or

(B) that the obligation was incurred in good faith, that the payment was not contrary to any statutory provision specifically prohibiting payments of the character involved, and the United States has received value for such payment.

(c) ENFORCEMENT OF LIABILITY- The liability of the certifying officers of the United States Capitol Police shall be enforced in the same manner and to the same extent as currently provided with respect to the enforcement of the liability of disbursing and other accountable officers, and such officers shall have the right to apply for and obtain a decision by the Comptroller General on any question of law involved in a payment on any vouchers presented to them for certification.

SEC. 108. CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER- (a) There shall be within the Capitol Police an Office of Administration to be headed by a Chief Administrative Officer:

(1) The Chief Administrative Officer shall be appointed by the Comptroller General after consultation with the Capitol Police Board, and shall report to and serve at the pleasure of the Comptroller General.

(2) The Comptroller General shall appoint as Chief Administrative Officer an individual with the knowledge and skills necessary to carry out the responsibilities for budgeting, financial management, information technology, and human resource management described in this section.

(3) The Chief Administrative Officer shall receive basic pay at a rate determined by the Comptroller General, but not to exceed the annual rate of basic pay payable for ES-2 of the Senior Executive Service Basic Rates Schedule established for members of the Senior Executive Service of the General Accounting Office under section 733 of title 31.

(4) The Capitol Police shall reimburse from available appropriations any costs incurred by the General Accounting Office under this section.

(b) The Chief Administrative Officer shall have the following areas of responsibility:

(1) BUDGETING- The Chief Administrative Officer shall--

(A) after consulting with the Chief of Police on the portion of the budget covering uniformed police force personnel, prepare and submit to the Capitol Police Board an annual budget for the Capitol Police; and

(B) execute the budget and monitor through periodic examinations the execution of the Capitol Police budget in relation to actual obligations and expenditures.

(2) FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT- The Chief Administrative Officer shall--

(A) oversee all financial management activities relating to the programs and operations of the Capitol Police;

(B) develop and maintain an integrated accounting and financial system for the Capitol Police, including financial reporting and internal controls, which--

(i) complies with applicable accounting principles, standards, and requirements, and internal control standards;

(ii) complies with any other requirements applicable to such systems;

(iii) provides for--

(I) complete, reliable, consistent, and timely information which is prepared on a uniform basis and which is responsive to financial information needs of the Capitol Police;

(II) the development and reporting of cost information;

(III) the integration of accounting and budgeting information; and

(IV) the systematic measurement of performance;

(C) direct, manage, and provide policy guidance and oversight of Capitol Police financial management personnel, activities, and operations, including--

(i) the recruitment, selection, and training of personnel to carry out Capitol Police financial management functions; and

(ii) the implementation of Capitol Police asset management systems, including systems for cash management, debt collection, and property and inventory management and control; and

(D) the Chief Administrative Officer shall prepare annual financial statements for the Capitol Police and provide for an annual audit of the financial statements by an independent public accountant in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards.

(3) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY- The Chief Administrative Officer shall--

(A) direct, coordinate, and oversee the acquisition, use, and management of information technology by the Capitol Police;

(B) promote and oversee the use of information technology to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of programs of the Capitol Police; and

(C) establish and enforce information technology principles, guidelines, and objectives, including developing and maintaining an information technology architecture for the Capitol Police.

(4) HUMAN RESOURCES- The Chief Administrative Officer shall--

(A) direct, coordinate, and oversee human resource management activities of the Capitol Police, except that with respect to uniformed police force personnel, the Chief Administrative Officer shall perform these activities in cooperation with the Chief of the Capitol Police;

(B) develop and monitor payroll and time and attendance systems and employee services; and

(C) develop and monitor processes for recruiting, selecting, appraising, and promoting employees.

(c) Administrative provisions with respect to the Office of Administration:

(1) The Chief Administrative Officer is authorized to select, appoint, employ, and discharge such officers and employees as may be necessary to carry out the functions, powers, and duties of the Office of Administration but he shall not have the authority to hire or discharge uniformed police force personnel.

(2) The Chief Administrative Officer may utilize resources of another agency on a reimbursable basis to be paid from available appropriations of the Capitol Police.

(d) No later than 180 days after appointment, the Chief Administrative Officer shall prepare, after consultation with the Capitol Police Board and the Chief of the Capitol Police, a plan--

(1) describing the policies, procedures, and actions the Chief Administrative Officer will take in carrying out the responsibilities assigned under this section;

(2) identifying and defining responsibilities and roles of all offices, bureaus, and divisions of the Capitol Police for budgeting, financial management, information technology, and human resources management; and

(3) detailing mechanisms for ensuring that the offices, bureaus, and divisions perform their responsibilities and roles in a coordinated and integrated manner.

(e) No later than September 30, 2001, the Chief Administrative Officer shall prepare, after consultation with the Capitol Police Board and the Chief of the Capitol Police, a report on the Chief Administrative Officer's progress in implementing the plan described in subsection (d) and recommendations to improve the budgeting, financial, information technology, and human resources management of the Capitol Police, including organizational, accounting and administrative control, and personnel changes.

(f) The Chief Administrative Officer shall submit the plan required in subsection (d) and the report required in subsection (e) to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and of the Senate, the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.

(g) As of October 1, 2002, unless otherwise determined by the Comptroller General, the Chief Administrative Officer established by section (a) will cease to be an employee of the General Accounting Office and will become an employee of the Capitol Police, and the Capitol Police Board shall assume all responsibilities of the Comptroller General under this section.

SEC. 109. (a) Section 1(c) of Public Law 96-152 (40 U.S.C. 206-1) is amended by striking `the annual rate' and all that follows and inserting the following: `the rate of basic pay payable for level ES-4 of the Senior Executive Service, as established under subchapter VIII of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code (taking into account any comparability payments made under section 5304(h) of such title).'.

(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to pay periods beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE

For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office, $2,371,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to employ more than 43 individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not more than two additional individuals for not more than 120 days each, and not more than 10 additional individuals for not more than 6 months each, for the Capitol Guide Service.

STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, of the statements for the second session of the One Hundred Sixth Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized, together with a chronological history of the regular appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise the work.

OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $1,820,000.

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), including not more than $3,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with official representation and reception expenses, $28,493,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may be used for the purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

SEC. 110. Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and hereafter, the Congressional Budget Office may use available funds to enter into contracts for the procurement of severable services for a period that begins in one fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year and may enter into multi-year contracts for the acquisition of property and services, to the same extent as executive agencies under the authority of section 303L and 304B, respectively, of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act (41 U.S.C. 253l and 254c).

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

CAPITOL BUILDINGS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant Architect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys and studies in connection with activities under the care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol and electrical substations of the Senate and House office buildings under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings and office equipment, including not more than $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; and not to exceed $20,000 for attendance, when specifically authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or conventions in connection with subjects related to work under the Architect of the Capitol, $43,689,000, of which $3,843,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such amount shall be available for the position of Project Manager for the Capitol Visitor Center, at a rate of compensation which does not exceed the rate of basic pay payable for level ES-2 of the Senior Executive Service, as established under subchapter VIII of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code (taking into account any comparability payments made under section 5304(h) of such title): Provided further, That effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, any amount made available under this heading under the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2000, shall be available for such position at such rate of compensation.

CAPITOL GROUNDS

For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $5,362,000, of which $125,000 shall remain available until expended.

SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and furnishings to be expended under the control and supervision of the Architect of the Capitol, $63,974,000, of which $21,669,000 shall remain available until expended.

HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the House office buildings, $32,750,000, of which $123,000 shall remain available until expended.

CAPITOL POWER PLANT

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, $39,415,000, of which $523,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not more than $4,400,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2001.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United States of America, $73,592,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection with any publication, or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress unless such publication has obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and the distribution of Congressional information in any format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and distribution of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the recipient, $71,462,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edition of the Congressional Record for individual Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none of the funds appropriated or made available under this Act or any other Act for printing and binding and related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, may be expended to print a document, report, or publication after the 27-month period beginning on the date that such document, report, or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

SEC. 111. (a) CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING FOR THE HOUSE THROUGH CLERK OF HOUSE-

(1) IN GENERAL- Notwithstanding any provision of title 44, United States Code, or any other law, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Clerk of the House of Representatives such sums as may be necessary for congressional printing and binding services for the House of Representatives.

(2) PREPARATION OF ESTIMATES- Estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations for congressional printing and binding services shall be prepared and submitted by the Clerk of the House of Representatives in accordance with title 31, United States Code, in the same manner as estimates and requests are prepared for other legislative branch services under such title, except that such requests shall be based upon the results of the study conducted under subsection (b) (with respect to any fiscal year covered by such study).

(3) EFFECTIVE DATE- This subsection shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal year.

(b) STUDY-

(1) IN GENERAL- During fiscal year 2001, the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall conduct a comprehensive study of the needs of the House for congressional printing and binding services during fiscal year 2003 and succeeding fiscal years (including transitional issues during fiscal year 2002), and shall include in the study an analysis of the most cost-effective program or programs for providing printed or other media-based publications for House uses.

(2) SUBMISSION TO COMMITTEES- The Clerk shall submit the study conducted under paragraph (1) to the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, who shall review the study and prepare such regulations or other materials (including proposals for legislation) as it considers appropriate to enable the Clerk to carry out congressional printing and binding services for the House in accordance with this section.

(c) DEFINITION- In this section, the term `congressional printing and binding services' means the following services:

(1) Authorized printing and binding for the Congress and the distribution of congressional information in any format.

(2) Preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional Record.

(3) Printing and binding of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress.

(4) Printing, binding, and distribution of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the recipient.

This title may be cited as the `Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 2001'.

TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES

BOTANIC GARDEN

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, $3,328,000, of which $25,000 shall remain available until expended.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, $282,838,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2001, and shall remain available until expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2001 and shall remain available until expended for the development and maintenance of an international legal information database and activities related thereto: Provided, That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than the $6,850,000: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $10,459,575 is to remain available until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, newspapers, and all other materials including subscriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, including $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials for additions to the collections: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $2,506,000 is to remain available until expended for the acquisition and partial support for implementation of an Integrated Library System (ILS): Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $10,000,000 is to remain available until expended for salaries and expenses to carry out the Russian Leadership Program enacted on May 21, 1999 (113 Stat. 93 et seq.): Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $5,957,800 is to remain available until expended for the purpose of teaching educators how to incorporate the Library's digital collections into school curricula, which amount shall be transferred to the educational consortium formed to conduct the `Joining Hands Across America: Local Community Initiative' project as approved by the Library: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $404,000 is to remain available until expended for a collaborative digitization and telecommunications project with the United States Military Academy and any remaining balance is available for other Library purposes: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $4,300,000 is to remain available until expended for the purpose of developing a high speed data transmission between the Library of Congress and educational facilities, libraries, or networks serving western North Carolina, and any remaining balance is available for support of the Library's Digital Futures initiative.

COPYRIGHT OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $38,523,000, of which not more than $23,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2001 under 17 U.S.C. 708(d): Provided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not more than $5,783,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2001 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005: Provided further, That the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than $29,283,000: Provided further, That not more than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the maintenance of an `International Copyright Institute' in the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the purpose of training nationals of developing countries in intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official representation and reception expenses for activities of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, and seminars.

BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), $48,609,000, of which $14,154,000 shall remain available until expended.

FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and repair of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment, $4,892,000.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

SEC. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount of not more than $199,630, of which $59,300 is for the Congressional Research Service, when specifically authorized by the Librarian of Congress, for attendance at meetings concerned with the function or activity for which the appropriation is made.

SEC. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to administer any flexible or compressed work schedule which--

(1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS-15; and

(2) grants such manager or supervisor the right to not be at work for all or a portion of a workday because of time worked by the manager or supervisor on another workday.

(b) For purposes of this section, the term `manager or supervisor' means any management official or supervisor, as such terms are defined in section 7103(a)(10) and (11) of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general and administrative overhead costs generated by performing reimbursable work for other agencies under the authority of sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31, United States Code, shall not be used to employ more than 65 employees and may be expended or obligated--

(1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts; or

(2) in the case of an advance payment, only--

(A) to pay for such general or administrative overhead costs as are attributable to the work performed for such agency; or

(B) to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts, with respect to any purpose not allowable under subparagraph (A).

SEC. 204. Of the amounts appropriated to the Library of Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official representation and reception expenses for the incentive awards program.

SEC. 205. Of the amount appropriated to the Library of Congress in this Act, not more than $12,000 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official representation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.

SEC. 206. (a) For fiscal year 2001, the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed $92,845,000.

(b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded from sources other than appropriations to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.

SEC. 207. Section 1 of the Act entitled `An Act to authorize acquisition of certain real property for the Library of Congress, and for other purposes', approved December 15, 1997 (2 U.S.C. 141 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

`(c) TRANSFER PAYMENT BY ARCHITECT- Notwithstanding the limitation on reimbursement or transfer of funds under subsection (a) of this section, the Architect of the Capitol may, not later than 90 days after acquisition of the property under this section, transfer funds to the entity from which the property was acquired by the Architect of the Capitol. Such transfers may not exceed a total of $16,500,000.'.

SEC. 208. The Librarian of Congress may convert to permanent positions 84 indefinite, time-limited positions in the National Digital Library Program authorized in the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 for the Library of Congress under the heading, `Salaries and Expenses' (Public Law 104-53). Notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding qualifications and methods of appointment of employees of the Library of Congress, the Librarian may fill these permanent positions through the non-competitive conversion of the incumbents in the `indefinite-not-to-exceed' positions to `permanent' positions.

SEC. 209. (a) In addition to any other transfer authority provided by law, during fiscal year 2001 and fiscal years thereafter, the Librarian of Congress may transfer to and among available accounts of the Library of Congress amounts appropriated to the Librarian from funds for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and repair of furniture, furnishings, and office and library equipment.

(b) Any amounts transferred pursuant to subsection (a) shall be merged with and be available for the same purpose and for the same period as the appropriation or account to which such amounts are transferred.

(c) The Librarian may transfer amounts pursuant to subsection (a) only with the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate.

SEC. 210. (a)(1) This subsection shall apply to any individual who--

(A) is employed by the Library of Congress Child Development Center (known as the `Little Scholars Child Development Center', in this section referred to as the `Center') established under section 205(g)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991; and

(B) makes an election to be covered by this subsection with the Librarian of Congress, not later than the later of--

(i) 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act; or

(ii) 60 days after the date the individual begins such employment.

(2)(A) Any individual described under paragraph (1) may be credited, under section 8411 of title 5, United States Code, for service as an employee of the Center before the date of enactment of this Act, if such employee makes a payment of the deposit under section 8411(f)(2) of such title without application of section 8411(b)(3) of such title.

(B) An individual described under paragraph (1) shall be credited under section 8411 of title 5, United States Code, for any service as an employee of the Center on or after the date of enactment of this Act, if such employee has such amounts deducted and withheld from his pay as determined by the Office of Personnel Management which would be deducted and withheld from the basic pay of an employee under section 8422 of title 5, United States Code.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, any service performed by an individual described under paragraph (1) as an employee of the Center is deemed to be civilian service creditable under section 8411 of title 5, United States Code, for purposes of qualifying for survivor annuities and disability benefits under subchapters IV and V of chapter 84 of such title, if such individual makes payment of an amount, determined by the Office of Personnel Management, which would have been deducted and withheld from the basic pay of such individual if such individual had been an employee subject to section 8422 of title 5, United States Code, for such period so credited, together with interest thereon.

(4) An individual described under paragraph (1) shall be deemed an employee for purposes of chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, including subchapter III of such title, and may make contributions under section 8432 of such title effective for the first applicable pay period beginning on or after the date such individual elects coverage under this section.

(5) The Office of Personnel Management shall accept the certification of the Librarian of Congress concerning creditable service for purposes of this subsection.

(b) Any individual who is employed by the Center on or after the date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed an employee under section 8901(1) of title 5, United States Code, for purposes of health insurance coverage under chapter 89 of such title. An individual who is an employee of the Center on the date of enactment of this Act may elect coverage under this subsection before the 60th day after the date of enactment of this Act, and during such periods as determined by the Office of Personnel Management for employees of the Center employed after such date.

(c) An individual who is employed by the Center shall be deemed an employee under section 8701(a) of title 5, United States Code, for purposes of life insurance coverage under chapter 87 of such title.

(d) Government contributions for individuals receiving benefits under this section, as computed under sections 8423, 8432, 8708, and 8906 shall be made by the Librarian of Congress from any appropriations available to the Library of Congress.

(e) The Library of Congress, directly or by agreement with its designated representative, shall--

(1) process payroll for Center employees, including making deductions and withholdings from the pay of employees in the amounts determined under sections 8422, 8432, 8707, and 8905 of title 5, United States Code;

(2) maintain appropriate personnel and payroll records for Center employees, and transmit appropriate information and records to the Office of Personnel Management; and

(3) transmit funds for Government and employee contributions under this section to the Office of Personnel Management.

(f) The Center shall--

(1) pay to the Library of Congress funds sufficient to cover the gross salary and the employer's share of taxes under section 3111 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for Center employees, in amounts computed by the Library of Congress;

(2) as required by the Library of Congress, reimburse the Library of Congress for reasonable administrative costs incurred under subsection (e)(1);

(3) comply with regulations and procedures prescribed by the Librarian of Congress for administration of this section;

(4) maintain appropriate records on all Center employees, as required by the Librarian of Congress; and

(5) consult with the Librarian of Congress on the administration and implementation of this section.

(g) The Librarian of Congress may prescribe regulations to carry out this section.

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and grounds, $15,970,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government publications and their distribution to the public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies, and designated depository and international exchange libraries as authorized by law, $27,954,000: Provided, That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the Depository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed $175,000: Provided further, That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations are authorized for producing and disseminating Congressional serial sets and other related publications for 1999 and 2000 to depository and other designated libraries: Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in accord with the law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving fund: Provided, That not more than $2,500 may be expended on the certification of the Public Printer in connection with official representation and reception expenses: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available for temporary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided further, That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the headings `OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS' and `SALARIES AND EXPENSES' together may not be available for the full-time equivalent employment of more than 3,285 workyears (or such other number of workyears as the Public Printer may request, subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives): Provided further, That activities financed through the revolving fund may provide information in any format: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall not be used to administer any flexible or compressed work schedule which applies to any manager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS-15: Provided further, That expenses for attendance at meetings shall not exceed $75,000.

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, including not more than $10,000 to be expended on the certification of the Comptroller General of the United States in connection with official representation and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those payable under sections 901(5), 901(6), and 901(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6), and 4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries, $384,867,000: Provided, That not more than $1,900,000 of payments received under 31 U.S.C. 782 shall be available for use in fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That not more than $1,100,000 of reimbursements received under 31 U.S.C. 9105 shall be available for use in fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That this appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of any other department or agency which is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share of either Forum's costs as determined by the respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants. Payments hereunder to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs involved are initially financed: Provided further, That this appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of any other department or agency which is a member of the American Consortium on International Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be available to finance an appropriate share of ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA, including any expenses attributable to membership of ACIPA in the International Institute of Administrative Sciences.

TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee on House Administration and for the Senate issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

SEC. 302. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2001 unless expressly so provided in this Act.

SEC. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or designation of any office or position appropriated for is different from that specifically established by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act for the various items of official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto.

SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

SEC. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds made available in this Act should be American-made.

(c) If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a `Made in America' inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in the United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in section 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

SEC. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated to the account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of Public Law 104-1 to pay awards and settlements as authorized under such subsection.

SEC. 307. Amounts available for administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity which participates in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legislative branch entities (in such allocations among the entities as the entities may determine) may not exceed $252,000.

SEC. 308. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act under the heading `Architect of the Capitol' or `Botanic Garden' shall be obligated or expended for a construction contract in excess of $100,000, unless such contract includes a provision that requires liquidated damages for contractor caused delay in an amount commensurate with the daily net usable square foot cost of leasing similar space in a first class office building within two miles of the United States Capitol multiplied by the square footage to be constructed under the contract.

SEC. 309. Section 316 of Public Law 101-302 is amended in the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking `2000' and inserting `2001'.

SEC. 310. RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. Section 3011 of the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 106-31; 113 Stat. 93) is amended--

(1) by striking `fiscal years 1999 and 2000' in subsections (a)(1), (b)(4)(B), (d)(3), and (h)(1)(A) and inserting `fiscal years 2000 and 2001'; and

(2) by striking `2001' in subsection (a)(2), (e)(1), and (h)(1)(B) and inserting `2002'.

SEC. 311. (a)(1) Any State may request the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress to approve the replacement of a statue the State has provided for display in Statuary Hall in the Capitol of the United States under section 1814 of the Revised Statutes (40 U.S.C. 187).

(2) A request shall be considered under paragraph (1) only if--

(A) the request has been approved by a resolution adopted by the legislature of the State and the request has been approved by the Governor of the State, and

(B) the statue to be replaced has been displayed in the Capitol of the United States for at least 10 years as of the time the request is made, except that the Joint Committee may waive this requirement for cause at the request of a State.

(b) If the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress approves a request under subsection (a), the Architect of the Capitol shall enter into an agreement with the State to carry out the replacement in accordance with the request and any conditions the Joint Committee may require for its approval. Such agreement shall provide that--

(1) the new statue shall be subject to the same conditions and restrictions as apply to any statue provided by a State under section 1814 of the Revised Statutes (40 U.S.C. 187), and

(2) the State shall pay any costs related to the replacement, including costs in connection with the design, construction, transportation, and placement of the new statue, the removal and transportation of the statue being replaced, and any unveiling ceremony.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to permit a State to have more than 2 statues on display in the Capitol of the United States.

(d)(1) Subject to the approval of the Joint Committee on the Library, ownership of any statue replaced under this section shall be transferred to the State.

(2) If any statue is removed from the Capitol of the United States as part of a transfer of ownership under paragraph (1), then it may not be returned to the Capitol for display unless such display is specifically authorized by Federal law.

(e) The Architect of the Capitol, upon the approval of the Joint Committee on the Library and with the advice of the Commission of Fine Arts as requested, is authorized and directed to relocate within the United States Capitol any of the statues received from the States under section 1814 of the Revised Statutes (40 U.S.C. 187) prior to the date of the enactment of this Act, and to provide for the reception, location, and relocation of the statues received hereafter from the States under such section.

SEC. 312. (a) Section 201 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (40 U.S.C. 216c note) is amended by striking `$10,000,000' each place it appears and inserting `$14,500,000'.

(b) Section 201 of such Act is amended--

(1) by inserting `(a)' before `Pursuant', and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

`(b) The Architect of the Capitol is authorized to solicit, receive, accept, and hold amounts under section 307E(a)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c(a)(2)) in excess of the $14,500,000 authorized under subsection (a), but such amounts (and any interest thereon) shall not be expended by the Architect without approval in appropriation Acts as required under section 307E(b)(3) of such Act (40 U.S.C. 216c(b)(3)).'.

SEC. 313. CENTER FOR RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. (a) ESTABLISHMENT-

(1) IN GENERAL- There is established in the legislative branch of the Government a center to be known as the `Center for Russian Leadership Development' (the `Center').

(2) BOARD OF TRUSTEES- The Center shall be subject to the supervision and direction of a Board of Trustees which shall be composed of 9 members as follows:

(A) 2 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 1 of whom shall be designated by the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives and 1 of whom shall be designated by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.

(B) 2 members appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, 1 of whom shall be designated by the Majority Leader of the Senate and 1 of whom shall be designated by the Minority Leader of the Senate.

(C) The Librarian of Congress.

(D) 4 private individuals with interests in improving United States and Russian relations, designated by the Librarian of Congress.

Each member appointed under this paragraph shall serve for a term of 3 years. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment and the individual so appointed shall serve for the remainder of the term. Members of the Board shall serve without pay, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

(b) PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY OF THE CENTER-

(1) PURPOSE- The purpose of the Center is to establish, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2), a program to enable emerging political leaders of Russia at all levels of government to gain significant, firsthand exposure to the American free market economic system and the operation of American democratic institutions through visits to governments and communities at comparable levels in the United States.

(2) GRANT PROGRAM- Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4), the Center shall establish a program under which the Center annually awards grants to government or community organizations in the United States that seek to establish programs under which those organizations will host Russian nationals who are emerging political leaders at any level of government.

(3) RESTRICTIONS-

(A) DURATION- The period of stay in the United States for any individual supported with grant funds under the program shall not exceed 30 days.

(B) LIMITATION- The number of individuals supported with grant funds under the program shall not exceed 3,000 in any fiscal year.

(C) USE OF FUNDS- Grant funds under the program shall be used to pay--

(i) the costs and expenses incurred by each program participant in traveling between Russia and the United States and in traveling within the United States;

(ii) the costs of providing lodging in the United States to each program participant, whether in public accommodations or in private homes; and

(iii) such additional administrative expenses incurred by organizations in carrying out the program as the Center may prescribe.

(4) APPLICATION-

(A) IN GENERAL- Each organization in the United States desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Center at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Center may reasonably require.

(B) CONTENTS- Each application submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall--

(i) describe the activities for which assistance under this section is sought;

(ii) include the number of program participants to be supported;

(iii) describe the qualifications of the individuals who will be participating in the program; and

(iv) provide such additional assurances as the Center determines to be essential to ensure compliance with the requirements of this section.

(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND-

(1) IN GENERAL- There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the `Russian Leadership Development Center Trust Fund' (the `Fund') which shall consist of amounts which may be appropriated, credited, or transferred to it under this section.

(2) DONATIONS- Any money or other property donated, bequeathed, or devised to the Center under the authority of this section shall be credited to the Fund.

(3) FUND MANAGEMENT-

(A) IN GENERAL- The provisions of subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 116 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 1105 (b), (c), and (d)), and the provisions of section 117(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1106(b)), shall apply to the Fund.

(B) EXPENDITURES- The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to pay to the Center from amounts in the Fund such sums as the Board of Trustees of the Center determines are necessary and appropriate to enable the Center to carry out the provisions of this section.

(d) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR- The Board shall appoint an Executive Director who shall be the chief executive officer of the Center and who shall carry out the functions of the Center subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of Trustees. The Executive Director of the Center shall be compensated at the annual rate specified by the Board, but in no event shall such rate exceed level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code.

(e) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS-

(1) IN GENERAL- The provisions of section 119 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 1108) shall apply to the Center.

(2) SUPPORT PROVIDED BY LIBRARY OF CONGRESS- The Library of Congress may disburse funds appropriated to the Center, compute and disburse the basic pay for all personnel of the Center, provide administrative, legal, financial management, and other appropriate services to the Center, and collect from the Fund the full costs of providing services under this paragraph, as provided under an agreement for services ordered under sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31, United States Code.

(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS- There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.

(g) TRANSFER OF FUNDS- Any amounts appropriated for use in the program established under section 3011 of the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 106-31; 113 Stat. 93) shall be transferred to the Fund and shall remain available without fiscal year limitation.

(h) EFFECTIVE DATES-

(1) IN GENERAL- This section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.

(2) TRANSFER- Subsection (g) shall only apply to amounts which remain unexpended on and after the date the Board of Trustees of the Center certifies to the Librarian of Congress that grants are ready to be made under the program established under this section.

SEC. 314. REVIEW OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO EXPORT THRESHOLDS FOR COMPUTERS. Not more than 50 days after the date of the submission of the report referred to in subsection (d) of section 1211 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (50 U.S.C. App. 2404 note), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit an assessment to Congress which contains an analysis of the new computer performance levels being proposed by the President under such section.

TITLE IV--EMERGENCY FISCAL YEAR 2000 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

The following sums are appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to provide additional emergency supplemental appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:

CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS

For an additional amount for the Capitol Police Board for costs associated with security enhancements, under the terms and conditions of chapter 5 of title II of division B of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277), $2,102,000, to remain available until expended, of which--

(1) $228,000 shall be for the acquisition and installation of card readers for 4 additional access points which are not currently funded under the implementation of the security enhancement plan; and

(2) $1,874,000 shall be for security enhancements to the buildings and grounds of the Library of Congress:

Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget request for a specific dollar amount that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

For an additional amount for necessary expenses for urgent repairs to the underground garage in the Cannon House Office Building, $9,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget request for a specific dollar amount that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

FHA--GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For an additional amount for FHA--General and special risk program account for the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and 1735c), including the cost of loan modifications (as that term is defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended), $40,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget request, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: Provided further, That the funding under this heading shall only be made available upon the submission of a certification by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to the Committees on Appropriations that all funds committed, expended, or obligated under this heading in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 were committed, expended or obligated in compliance with the Antideficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1341).

SEC. 401. Appropriations made by this title are available immediately upon enactment of this Act.

This Act may be cited as the `Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001'.

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS

Following is explanatory language on H.R. 5657, as introduced on December 14, 2000.

The conferees on H.R. 4577 agree with the matter included in H.R. 5657 and enacted in this conference report by reference and the following description. This bill was developed through negotiations by conferees on the differences in H.R. 4516. References in the following description to the `conference agreement' mean the matter included in the introduced bill enacted by this conference report. References to the House bill mean the House passed version of H.R. 4516. References to the Senate bill or Senate amendment mean the Senate reported version of H.R. 4516.

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS

Many items in both House and Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations bills are identical and are included in the conference agreement without change. The conferees have endorsed statements or policy contained in the House and Senate reports accompanying the appropriations bills, unless amended or restated herein. The conferees have agreed to drop without prejudice the direction in the House report under the heading, Information Security, subsumed under `LEGISLATIVE BRANCH WIDE MATTERS'. With respect to those items in the conference agreement that differ between House and Senate bills, the conferees have agreed to the following with the appropriate section numbers, punctuation, and other technical corrections:

TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

SENATE

Appropriates $506,797,300 for Senate operations, and includes, at the request of the managers on the part of the Senate, an amendment adding $250,000, an amendment containing the traditional death gratuity upon the death of a Senator, and an amendment to Section 8. Inasmuch as this item relates solely to the Senate, and in accord with long practice under which each body determines its own housekeeping requirements and the other concurs without intervention, the managers on the part of the House, at the request of the managers on the part of the Senate, have receded to the Senate.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

At the request of the managers on the part of the House, an enrollment error in the House bill has been corrected and an administrative provision has been added to provide funds for a special education need. Inasmuch as this item relates solely to the House, and in accord with long practice under which each body determines its own housekeeping requirements and the other concurs without intervention, the managers on the part of the Senate, at the request of the managers on the part of the House, have receded to the House.

JOINT ITEMS

JOINT COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES OF 2001

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriates $1,000,000 for the Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2001 as proposed by the Senate, amending two dates.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

The conferees have amended the administrative provision proposed by the House regarding assistance for the Capitol Police during the Inauguration in January 2001 and the 2001 joint session of Congress to receive the State of the Union message.

JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

Appropriates $3,315,000 for the Joint Economic Committee as proposed by the Senate instead of $3,072,000 as proposed by the House.

JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

Appropriates $6,430,000 for the Joint Committee on Taxation instead of $6,174,000 as proposed by the House and $6,686,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees believe that this level of funding is sufficient for the Joint Committee on Taxation to complete its report on the overall state of the Federal tax system.

CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

CAPITOL POLICE

SALARIES

Appropriates $97,142,000 for salaries of officers, members, and employees of the Capitol Police instead of $92,769,000 as proposed by the House and $102,700,000 as proposed by the Senate, of which $47,053,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and $50,089,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate. Of the amount provided, $4,660,000 is for overtime.

The conferees have agreed this will fund 1,481 FTE's, the level proposed by the Senate. The Chief of Police is directed to secure the approval of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees before filling positions above the level of 1,402 FTE's. The conferees intend that sufficient resources be allocated to implement the `two officers per door' policy. The Police are directed to study the posting requirements of all posts and report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. Until such a study is presented, the police are authorized an FTE level of 1402.

GENERAL EXPENSES

Appropriates $6,772,000 for general expenses of the Capitol Police instead of $6,549,000 as proposed by the House and $6,884,000 as proposed by the Senate. The funds provide $103,000 for motorcycle replacement, and the conferees direct that the Capitol Police continue the program begun in FY 2000 to utilize American-made motorcycles, targeting the funds made available in this agreement towards smaller motorcycles. In addition, the conferees have not included reimbursement for telecommunications costs ($235,000) and direct that these savings be applied to other programs. Items for installation and maintenance of physical security and information security measures shall not be less than the FY 2000 funded level.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The conferees have included two administrative provisions proposed by the House relating to certifying officers and a chief administrative officer. The conferees have also added a provision adjusting the salary of the chief of the Capitol police.

CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE

Appropriates $2,371,000 for the Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office as proposed by the Senate instead of $2,201,000 as proposed by the House.

STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

Appropriates $30,000 for statements of appropriations as proposed by the Senate instead of $29,000 as proposed by the House and makes technical changes.

OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

Appropriates $1,820,000 for the Office of Compliance instead of $1,816,000 as proposed by the House and $2,066,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees note that Office of Compliance telephones frequently are not answered during normal business hours. As an agency providing service to employees and agencies of the Legislative branch, the Executive Director should ensure that calls to the Office of Compliance are answered during normal business hours. In addition, the conferees believe the Executive Director should examine the use of contract couriers to make deliveries to Congressional offices and should reduce costs for such deliveries by use of other means when appropriate.

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Establishes the limitation on funds for representation and reception expenses at $3,000 as proposed by the House instead of $2,500 as proposed by the Senate and appropriates $28,493,000 for salaries and expenses of the Congressional Budget Office instead of $27,403,000 as proposed by the House and $27,113,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees have included an administrative provision, as proposed by the Senate, authorizing the Congressional Budget Office to enter into multiple year contracts to the same extent as executive agencies.

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

CAPITOL BUILDINGS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriates $43,689,000 for salaries and expenses, Capitol buildings, Architect of the Capitol, instead of $44,234,000 as proposed by the House and $44,191,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of this amount, $3,843,000 shall remain available until expended instead of $4,280,000 as proposed by the House and $4,255,000 as proposed by the Senate. With respect to object class and project differences between the House and Senate bills, the conferees have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget: $39,346,000

Capitol Projects:
1. Update electrical system drawings on CAD 70,000

2. CAD Mechanical database 70,000

3. Conservation of wall paintings 200,000

4. Study, confined spaces, Capitol Complex 0

5. Replacement on Minton tile 100,000

6. Provide infrastructure for security installations 400,000

7. Computer, telecommunications and electrical support 300,000

8. Security project support for AOC 0

9. Roof fall protection 555,000

10. Life safety support services 0

11. Safety and environmental program and SOP development 0

12. Wayfinding and ADA compliant signage 50,000

13. Computer aided facility management 263,000

The conference agreement includes a provision authorizing the Architect of the Capitol to hire a project manager for the construction of the Capitol Visitors Center and establishing a ceiling on the level of pay for this position. The conferees direct the Architect to fill this position from among persons recruited from outside the agency. The language authorizing the position and funding for same will require inclusion in annual appropriations bills and will be withdrawn upon completion of the project.

The conferees have agreed to modify the Senate report language directing the Architect to create and fill a position for employee advocate. The conferees direct that the Architect fill the position of Employee Advocate on a one-year, temporary basis, using existing resources, at a level appropriate to the task. In the submission of the FY 2002 budget request, the Architect is directed to report on measures taken to fulfill directives in the Senate report in lieu of the quarterly reports outlined in the Senate report regarding this position. The House and Senate Committees on Appropriations will review the results of this temporary measure before considering a permanent solution.

The conferees are aware that the Architect of the Capitol employs a significant number of temporary workers (excluding intermittent workers) who do not receive the usual benefits available to permanent federal workers. The Architect is directed to provide a report within 90 days to the Senate Committees on Appropriations and Rules and Administration, and to the House Committees on Appropriations, Transportation and Infrastructure, and House Administration, both majority and minority, detailing its use of temporary workers, the terms and conditions thereof, and the reasons therefor; the total number of such workers employed during each of the last five fiscal years; and a list and explanation of the benefits, if any, such workers receive by reason of their AOC employment. The report shall make recommendations for how to provide such workers access to federal benefits and a list of any alternatives that may exist to the use of temporary workers.

The conferees are concerned about a class-action suit against the Architect (Harris et al. v. Architect of the Capitol). The Architect is urged to make every effort to settle this lawsuit as expeditiously as possible, and to report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 45 days on the status of the case.

CAPITOL GROUNDS

Appropriates $5,362,000 to the Architect of the Capitol for care and improvement of grounds surrounding the Capitol, House and Senate office buildings, and the Capitol power plant instead of $5,217,000 as proposed by the House and $5,512,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of this amount, $125,000 shall remain available until expended instead of $25,000 as proposed by the House and $225,000 as proposed by the Senate. With respect to object class and project differences between the House and Senate bills, the conferees have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget $5,127,000

Capitol Projects:
1. CAD database development--site utilities 110,000

2. Wayfinding and ADA compliant signage 100,000

SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

Appropriates $63,974,000 to the Architect of the Capitol as proposed by the Senate, of which $21,669,000 shall remain available until expended, for the operations of the Senate office buildings. Inasmuch as this item relates solely to the Senate, and in accord with long practice under which each body determines its own housekeeping requirements and the other concurs without intervention, the managers on the part of the House, at the request of the managers on the part of the Senate, have receded to the Senate.

HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

Appropriates $32,750,000 to the Architect of the Capitol as proposed by the House, of which $123,000 shall remain available until expended, for the operations of the House office buildings. Inasmuch as this item relates solely to the House, and in accord with long practice under which each body determines its own housekeeping requirements and the other concurs without intervention, the managers on the part of the Senate, at the request of the managers on the part of the House, have receded to the House.

CAPITOL POWER PLANT

In addition to the $4,400,000 available from receipts, appropriates $39,415,000 to the Architect of the Capitol for Capitol power plant operations instead of $39,151,000 as proposed by the House and $39,569,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of this amount, $523,000 shall remain available until expended as proposed by the Senate instead of $200,000 as proposed by the House. With respect to object class and project differences between the House and Senate bills, the conferees have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget:
1. Personnel compensation 4,467,000

2. Other expenses 34,110,000

Capital Projects:
1. Study, heat balance/efficiency improvements 0

2. Update CAD drawings 65,000

3. Roof fall protection 323,000

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriates $73,592,000 for salaries and expenses, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress instead of $73,810,000 as proposed by the House and $73,374,000 as proposed by the Senate. In keeping with both the complete research and maximum practicable administrative independence of the Congressional Research Service, it is the conferees' intent that the Director of the Congressional Research Service shall be obligated to bring to the attention of the appropriate House and Senate Committees issues which directly impact the Congressional Research Service and its ability to serve the needs of Congress. The budgetary needs of CRS that may not be adequately addressed in the annual budget submission should be raised with the Appropriations Committees.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

Appropriates $71,462,000 for Congressional printing and binding instead of $69,626,000 as proposed by the House and $73,297,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes a heading and provision for transfer of balances for preceding fiscal years to the Government Printing Office revolving fund as proposed by the House and language proposed by the Senate to provide for printing and binding for the Architect of the Capitol and for preparing the semimonthly and session indexes for the Congressional Record.

Rather than limiting funding for the Congressional Record Index and indexers to close out activities, as directed in the House report, the conferees agree that this activity should continue and that improvements in work processes should be pursued by taking advantage of the latest available technology. These activities and initiatives should be more closely integrated and coordinated with related GPO functions and should be pursued under the direction of the Public Printer or appropriate officials designated by the Public Printer.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

The conference agreement amends an administrative provision proposed by the House regarding a study of Congressional printing needs and authorization of appropriations beginning in fiscal year 2003 to limit its application to the Clerk of the House and the printing needs of the House of Representatives.

TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES

BOTANIC GARDEN

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriates $3,328,000 for salaries and expenses, Botanic Garden instead of $3,216,000 as proposed by the House and $3,653,000 as proposed by the Senate of which $25,000 shall remain available until expended instead of $150,000 as proposed by the Senate. With respect to object class and project differences between the House and Senate bills, the conferees have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget $3,303,000

Capitol Projects:
1. Replace equipment at growing facilities 0

2. Wayfinding signage 25,000

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Provides $282,838,000 for salaries and expenses, Library of Congress instead of $269,864,000 as proposed by the House and $267,330,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of this amount, $6,850,000 is made available from receipts collected by the Library of Congress, and $10,459,575 is to remain available until expended for acquisition of library materials as proposed by the House instead of $10,398,600 as proposed by the Senate. With respect to differences between the House and Senate bills, the conferees have agreed to the following:

1. Mandatories $8,459,000

2. Price level -1,920,000

3. Russian Leadership Program 10,000,000

4. Hands Across America 5,957,800

5. Arrearage reduction 500,000

6. Mass deacidification 1,216,000

7. National Film Preservation Board 250,000

8. Digitization pilot with West Point 404,000

9. Digitization non-personal costs $ 7,590,000

10. Ft. Meade Storage: One-time costs -406,000

11. Ft. Meade Storage: Open module one 618,000

12. Automation: National Digital Library servers and storage 300,000

13. Security Office 2,342,000

14. High-speed transmission line 4,300,000

The conference agreement includes funds for four programs, to remain available until expended. One provision, for $5,957,800, is for teaching educators how to incorporate the Library's digital collection into school curricula. A second provision provides $404,000 for a digitization pilot project with the Military Academy at West Point. A third provision provides $10,000,000 to continue the Russian Leadership Program for FY2001. A fourth provision provides $4,300,000 to the Library of Congress to develop high speed data transmission between the Library of Congress and educational facilities, libraries, or networks serving the National Digital Library pilot program. The Library is directed to investigate the most cost effective method of providing this capability and take the necessary steps to develop the capability within the resources available. Any remaining balance not required for the development of the high speed data transmission is available for support of the Library's digital futures initiative.

The conferees agree with language in the House report directing the Library to employ students at the Ft. Meade remote storage facility and with language in the Senate report directing the Library to devote all available resources to elimination of cataloging arrearage.

The conferees are aware that a task force has been established at the Library of Congress to explore the feasibility and desirability of instituting a telecommuting program for the Library. The conferees encourage the Librarian to consider a telecommuting program for the Library (including the Congressional Research Service), and to include a description of the program with his next budget submission.

COPYRIGHT OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Provides $38,523,000, including $29,283,000 made available from receipts, for salaries and expenses, Copyright Office instead of $38,771,000, including $31,783,000 from receipts, as proposed by the House and $38,332,000, including $26,783,000 from receipts, as proposed by the Senate. With respect to differences between the House and Senate bills, the conferees have agreed to the following:

Salaries $31,318,000

Expenses 7,205,000

BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriates $48,609,000 for salaries and expenses, books for the blind and physically handicapped instead of $48,507,000 as proposed by the House and $48,711,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of this amount, $14,154,000 shall remain available until expended as proposed by the Senate instead of $14,135,000 as proposed by the House.

FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

Appropriates $4,892,000 for furniture and furnishings at the Library of Congress as proposed by the Senate instead of $5,394,000 as proposed by the House.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Various technical corrections and section number changes have been made. In Section 201, the conferees have agreed to an overall limitation of $199,630 on funds available for attendance at meetings as proposed by the House and a limitation of $59,300 on CRS attendance at meetings as proposed by the House. The conference agreement includes Section 202 as proposed by the House. The conferees have modified the scope of accounts available for transfer authority to include transfers only from the furniture and furnishings account and not to it. The conference agreement does not include the separation incentives proposed by the House. The conferees have authorized use of appropriated funds to pay the employer share of benefit costs for employees of the Library of Congress child care center.

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

Appropriates $15,970,000 for structural and mechanical care, Library buildings and grounds, Architect of the Capitol instead of $15,837,000 as proposed by the House and $16,347,000 as proposed by the Senate. With respect to object class and project differences between the House and Senate bills, the conferees have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget:
1. Personnel compensation and benefits $7,959,000

2. Annual expenses 1,966,000

Capitol Projects:
3. Preservations environmental monitoring 0

4. Replace HVAC variable speed drive motor 90,000

5. Room and partition modifications 165,000

6. Replace partition supports 200,000

7. Lightning protection, Madison building 190,000

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriates $27,954,000 for salaries and expenses, Office of the Superintendent of Documents instead of $25,652,000 as proposed by the House and $30,255,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees have retained the heading `Transfer of Funds' as proposed by the House and `distribution' to replace the wording, `on-line access', within the appropriating paragraph as proposed by the Senate. The conferees have included the Senate language for the appropriating provision on the availability of $2,000,000 from the appropriation and the appropriation provision authorizing transfer of funds as proposed by the House.

The conferees recognize that the funding level provided may require adjustments in historically applicable program services and agree that no employee layoffs will be required. Emphasis should be on streamlining the distribution of traditional paper copies of publications which may include providing online access and less expensive electronic formats. The conferees agree to the transfer of unexpended funds proposed by the House, which provides additional flexibility in meeting program requirements.

The conferees have agreed to modify the language in the House report directing the Congressional Research Service to conduct a study and direct that the General Accounting Office shall conduct a comprehensive study on the impact of providing documents to the public solely in electronic format. The study shall include: (1) a current inventory of publications and documents which are provided to the public, (2) the frequency with which each type of publication or document is requested for deposit at non-regional depository libraries, and (3) an assessment of the feasibility of transfer of the depository library program to the Library of Congress that: Identifies how such a transfer might be accomplished; Identifies when such a transfer might optimally occur; Examines the functions, services, and programs of the Superintendent of Documents; Examines and identifies administrative and infrastructure support that is provided to the Superintendent by the Government Printing Office, with a view to the implications for such a transfer; Examines and identifies the costs, for both the Government Printing Office and the Library of Congress, of such a transfer; Identifies measures that are necessary to ensure the success of such a transfer.

The study shall be submitted to the Committee on House Administration and the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration by March 30, 2001.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

The conferees have not included a provision proposed by the Senate amending 44 U.S.C. 1708.

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriates $384,867,000 for salaries and expenses, General Accounting Office as proposed by the Senate instead of $368,896,000 as proposed by the House. Within the appropriating paragraph, the conferees have set the limitation on representation expenses at $10,000 as proposed by the House, instead of $7,000 as proposed by the Senate and made technical corrections to two other matters.

The General Accounting Office shall undertake a study of the effects on air pollution caused by all polluting sources, including automobiles and the electric power generation emissions of the Tennessee Valley Authority on the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Pisgah, Nantahla, and Cherokee National Forests. This study will also include the amount of carbon emissions avoided by the use of non-emitting electricity sources such as nuclear power within the same region. The GAO shall report to the Committees on Appropriations no later than January 31, 2001.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The conferees have not included several administrative provisions proposed by the Senate.

TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

In Title III, General Provisions, section numbers have been changed to conform to the conference agreement and technical corrections have been made. The conferees have included a liquidated damages provision proposed by the House. The conferees have included provisions proposed by the Senate changing a date and extending the Russian Leadership Program. The conferees have not included a proposed merger of various law enforcement activities and have amended language in the Senate bill regarding the placement of statues in Statuary Hall. The conferees have adjusted the limitation on the National Garden and have agreed to establish a Center for Russian Leadership Development as proposed by the Senate. A Sense of the Senate provision and a limitation on the use of pesticides have not been included. There is a provision regarding an assessment by the General Accounting Office of a report referred to in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998.

TITLE IV--FISCAL YEAR 2000 EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL

The conferees have included several Fiscal Year 2000 supplemental appropriation items that require urgent attention and are considered emergency situations.

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

JOINT ITEMS

CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS

The conference agreement provides an additional $2,102,000 for Fiscal Year 2000 to the Capitol Police Board for security enhancements. Of this amount, $228,000 are for acquisition and installation of card readers for four additional Capitol buildings access points not currently funded in the security enhancements plan. In addition, $1,874,000 is provided for work at the Library of Congress to complete the closed circuit television ($1,390,000) and access control ($484,000) improvement tasks. These funds are designated as an emergency requirement.

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

The conference agreement appropriates $9,000,000 for Fiscal Year 2000 to the Architect of the Capitol for urgent repairs to the underground garage in the Cannon House Office Building. These funds are designated as an emergency requirement.

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

FHA--GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

At the request of the House and Senate subcommittees on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies Appropriations, the conferees have agreed to include a provision for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that provides, on an emergency basis, $40,000,000 in credit subsidy for the FHA General and Special Risk Program Account. Without these additional funds, the Title I home improvement program, the condominium loan program, the FHA reverse mortgage program for senior citizens, and various multifamily housing insurance programs would have to be suspended. The additional appropriation would have been unnecessary if HUD had adhered to assumptions made by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in determining credit subsidy rates when the President's budget was submitted to Congress, a violation of budget conventions. In the future, HUD should refrain from similar actions.

CONFERENCE TOTAL--WITH COMPARISONS

The total new budget (obligational) authority for the fiscal year 2001 recommended by the Committee of Conference, with comparisons to the fiscal year 2000 amount, the 2001 budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2001 follow:

[In thousands of dollars]
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2000 $2,475,080

Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2001 2,725,604

House bill, fiscal year 2001 1,913,691

Senate bill, fiscal year 2001 2,523,378

Conference agreement, fiscal year 2001 2,526,863

Conference agreement compared with:
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2000 +51,783

Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2001 -198,741

House bill, fiscal year 2001 +613,172

Senate bill, fiscal year 2001 +3,485

Title IV--FY 2000 Emergency Supplemental 51,102

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, AND CERTAIN INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

The conference agreement would enact the provisions of H.R. 5658 as introduced on December 14, 2000. The text of that bill follows:

A BILL Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:

TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Provided,

Provided further

DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For development and acquisition of automatic data processing equipment, software, and services for the Department of the Treasury, $47,287,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That these funds shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Department's offices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated shall be used to support or supplement the Internal Revenue Service appropriations for Information Systems.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, not to exceed $2,000,000 for official travel expenses, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury, $32,899,000.

TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, including purchase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only for police-type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Inspector General for Tax Administration; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official travel expenses; and not to exceed $500,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administration, $118,427,000.

TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND RESTORATION

For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Treasury Building and Annex, $31,000,000, to remain available until expended.

EXPANDED ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

To develop and implement programs to expand access to financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of these funds, such sums as may be necessary may be transferred to accounts of the Department's offices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority provided in this Act.

FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement personnel to attend meetings concerned with financial intelligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regulation; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, with or without reimbursement, $37,576,000, of which not to exceed $2,800,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2003; and of which $2,275,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That funds appropriated in this account may be used to procure personal services contracts.

COUNTERTERRORISM FUND

For necessary expenses, as determined by the Secretary, $55,000,000, to remain available until expended, to reimburse any Department of the Treasury organization for the costs of providing support to counter, investigate, or prosecute terrorism, including payment of rewards in connection with these activities: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request for a specific dollar amount that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in such Act is transmitted by the President to the Congress.

FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of the Treasury, including materials and support costs of Federal law enforcement basic training; purchase (not to exceed 52 for police-type use, without regard to the general purchase price limitation) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; for expenses for student athletic and related activities; uniforms without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year; the conducting of and participating in firearms matches and presentation of awards; for public awareness and enhancing community support of law enforcement training; not to exceed $11,500 for official reception and representation expenses; room and board for student interns; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $94,483,000, of which up to $17,043,000 for materials and support costs of Federal law enforcement basic training shall remain available until September 30, 2003: Provided, That the Center is authorized to accept and use gifts of property, both real and personal, and to accept services, for authorized purposes, including funding of a gift of intrinsic value which shall be awarded annually by the Director of the Center to the outstanding student who graduated from a basic training program at the Center during the previous fiscal year, which shall be funded only by gifts received through the Center's gift authority: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, students attending training at any Federal Law Enforcement Training Center site shall reside in on-Center or Center-provided housing, insofar as available and in accordance with Center policy: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this account shall be available, at the discretion of the Director, for the following: training United States Postal Service law enforcement personnel and Postal police officers; State and local government law enforcement training on a space-available basis; training of foreign law enforcement officials on a space-available basis with reimbursement of actual costs to this appropriation, except that reimbursement may be waived by the Secretary for law enforcement training activities in foreign countries undertaken pursuant to section 801 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Public Law 104-32; training of private sector security officials on a space-available basis with reimbursement of actual costs to this appropriation; and travel expenses of non-Federal personnel to attend course development meetings and training sponsored by the Center: Provided further, That the Center is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from agencies receiving training sponsored by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available at the end of the fiscal year: Provided further, That the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide training for the Gang Resistance Education and Training program to Federal and non-Federal personnel at any facility in partnership with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Provided further, That the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide short-term medical services for students undergoing training at the Center.

ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED EXPENSES

For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, for acquisition of necessary additional real property and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance, facility improvements, and related expenses, $29,205,000, to remain available until expended.

INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

For expenses necessary to conduct investigations and convict offenders involved in organized crime drug trafficking, including cooperative efforts with State and local law enforcement, as it relates to the Treasury Department law enforcement violations such as money laundering, violent crime, and smuggling, $103,476,000, of which $7,827,000 shall remain available until expended.

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Financial Management Service, $206,851,000, of which not to exceed $10,635,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2003, for information systems modernization initiatives; and of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.

BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed 812 vehicles for police-type use, of which 650 shall be for replacement only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; services of expert witnesses at such rates as may be determined by the Director; for payment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where a major investigative assignment requires an employee to work 16 hours or more per day or to remain overnight at his or her post of duty; not to exceed $20,000 for official reception and representation expenses; for training of State and local law enforcement agencies with or without reimbursement, including training in connection with the training and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire accelerants detection; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and development programs for Laboratory Services and Fire Research Center activities; and provision of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies, with or without reimbursement, $768,695,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of attorneys' fees as provided by 18 U.S.C. 924(d)(2); of which up to $2,000,000 shall be available for the equipping of any vessel, vehicle, equipment, or aircraft available for official use by a State or local law enforcement agency if the conveyance will be used in joint law enforcement operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and for the payment of overtime salaries including Social Security and Medicare, travel, fuel, training, equipment, supplies, and other similar costs of State and local law enforcement personnel, including sworn officers and support personnel, that are incurred in joint operations with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Provided, That no funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to transfer the functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to other agencies or Departments in fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be available for salaries or administrative expenses in connection with consolidating or centralizing, within the Department of the Treasury, the records, or any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposition of firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees: Provided further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any officer or employee of the United States to implement an amendment or amendments to 27 CFR 178.118 or to change the definition of `Curios or relics' in 27 CFR 178.11 or remove any item from ATF Publication 5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be available to investigate or act upon applications for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That such funds shall be available to investigate and act upon applications filed by corporations for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That no funds under this Act may be used to electronically retrieve information gathered pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by name or any personal identification code.

UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the United States Customs Service, including purchase and lease of up to 1,050 motor vehicles of which 550 are for replacement only and of which 1,030 are for police-type use and commercial operations; hire of motor vehicles; contracting with individuals for personal services abroad; not to exceed $40,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and awards of compensation to informers, as authorized by any Act enforced by the United States Customs Service, $1,863,765,000, of which such sums as become available in the Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that Account; of the total, not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for payment for rental space in connection with preclearance operations; not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be available until expended for research; of which not less than $100,000 shall be available to promote public awareness of the child pornography tipline; of which not less than $200,000 shall be available for Project Alert; not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available until expended for conducting special operations pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2081; not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available until expended for the procurement of automation infrastructure items, including hardware, software, and installation; and not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available until expended for repairs to Customs facilities: Provided, That uniforms may be purchased without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the fiscal year aggregate overtime limitation prescribed in subsection 5(c)(1) of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 261 and 267) shall be $30,000.

HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE COLLECTION

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For administrative expenses related to the collection of the Harbor Maintenance Fee, pursuant to Public Law 103-182, $3,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund and to be transferred to and merged with the Customs `Salaries and Expenses' account for such purposes.

OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROCUREMENT, AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION PROGRAMS

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, aircraft, and other related equipment of the Air and Marine Programs, including operational training and mission-related travel, and rental payments for facilities occupied by the air or marine interdiction and demand reduction programs, the operations of which include the following: the interdiction of narcotics and other goods; the provision of support to Customs and other Federal, State, and local agencies in the enforcement or administration of laws enforced by the Customs Service; and, at the discretion of the Commissioner of Customs, the provision of assistance to Federal, State, and local agencies in other law enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts, $133,228,000, which shall remain available until expended: Provided, That no aircraft or other related equipment, with the exception of aircraft which is one of a kind and has been identified as excess to Customs requirements and aircraft which has been damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred to any other Federal agency, department, or office outside of the Department of the Treasury, during fiscal year 2001 without the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations.

AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

For expenses not otherwise provided for Customs automated systems, $258,400,000, to remain available until expended, of which $5,400,000 shall be for the International Trade Data System, and not less than $130,000,000 shall be for the development of the Automated Commercial Environment: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be obligated for the Automated Commercial Environment until the United States Customs Service prepares and submits to the Committees on Appropriations a final plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital planning and investment control review requirements established by the Office of Management and Budget, including OMB Circular A-11, part 3; (2) complies with the United States Customs Service's Enterprise Information Systems Architecture; (3) complies with the acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition management practices of the Federal Government; (4) is reviewed and approved by the Customs Investment Review Board, the Department of the Treasury, and the Office of Management and Budget; and (5) is reviewed by the General Accounting Office: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be obligated for the Automated Commercial Environment until that final expenditure plan has been approved by the Committees on Appropriations.

BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt issues of the United States, $187,301,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses, and of which not to exceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for systems modernization: Provided, That the sum appropriated herein from the General Fund for fiscal year 2001 shall be reduced by not more than $4,400,000 as definitive security issue fees and Treasury Direct Investor Account Maintenance fees are collected, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2001 appropriation from the General Fund estimated at $182,901,000. In addition, $23,600, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse the Bureau for administrative and personnel expenses for financial management of the Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101-380; and in addition, to be appropriated from the General Fund, such sums as may be necessary for administrative expenses in association with the South Dakota Trust Fund and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Terrestrial Wildlife Restoration and Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Terrestrial Restoration Trust Fund, as authorized by sections 603(f) and 604(f) of Public Law 106-53.

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT

For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for tax returns processing; revenue accounting; tax law and account assistance to taxpayers by telephone and correspondence; providing an independent taxpayer advocate within the Service; programs to match information returns and tax returns; management services; rent and utilities; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner, $3,567,001,000, of which up to $3,950,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, and of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses.

TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for determining and establishing tax liabilities; providing litigation support; issuing technical rulings; providing service to tax exempt customers, including employee plans, tax exempt organizations, and government entities; examining employee plans and exempt organizations; conducting criminal investigation and enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns; collecting unpaid accounts; compiling statistics of income and conducting compliance research; purchase (for police-type use, not to exceed 850) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner, $3,382,402,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2003, for research.

EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE

For funding essential earned income tax credit compliance and error reduction initiatives pursuant to section 5702 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33), $145,000,000, of which not to exceed $10,000,000 may be used to reimburse the Social Security Administration for the costs of implementing section 1090 of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.

INFORMATION SYSTEMS

For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for information systems and telecommunications support, including developmental information systems and operational information systems; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner, $1,545,090,000 which shall remain available until September 30, 2002.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations.

SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall maintain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue Service employees are trained in taxpayers' rights, in dealing courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural relations.

SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute and enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the confidentiality of taxpayer information.

SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for improved facilities and increased manpower to provide sufficient and effective 1-800 help line service for taxpayers. The Commissioner shall continue to make the improvement of the Internal Revenue Service 1-800 help line service a priority and allocate resources necessary to increase phone lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue Service 1-800 help line service.

UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service, including purchase of not to exceed 844 vehicles for police-type use, of which 541 shall be for replacement only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of American-made side-car compatible motorcycles; hire of aircraft; training and assistance requested by State and local governments, which may be provided without reimbursement; services of expert witnesses at such rates as may be determined by the Director; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private or other property not in Government ownership or control, as may be necessary to perform protective functions; for payment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where a protective assignment during the actual day or days of the visit of a protectee require an employee to work 16 hours per day or to remain overnight at his or her post of duty; the conducting of and participating in firearms matches; presentation of awards; for travel of Secret Service employees on protective missions without regard to the limitations on such expenditures in this or any other Act if approval is obtained in advance from the Committees on Appropriations; for research and development; for making grants to conduct behavioral research in support of protective research and operations; not to exceed $25,000 for official reception and representation expenses; not to exceed $100,000 to provide technical assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement organizations in counterfeit investigations; for payment in advance for commercial accommodations as may be necessary to perform protective functions; and for uniforms without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year, $823,800,000, of which $3,633,000 shall be available as a grant for activities related to the investigations of exploited children and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That up to $18,000,000 provided for protective travel shall remain available until September 30, 2002.

ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alteration, and improvement of facilities, $8,941,000, to remain available until expended.

GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

SEC. 110. Any obligation or expenditure by the Secretary of the Treasury in connection with law enforcement activities of a Federal agency or a Department of the Treasury law enforcement organization in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9703(g)(4)(B) from unobligated balances remaining in the Fund on September 30, 2001, shall be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines.

SEC. 111. Appropriations to the Department of the Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing of health and medical services to employees and their dependents serving in foreign countries; and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

SEC. 112. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 2001 in this Act for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act shall be expended in a manner so as not to diminish enforcement efforts with respect to section 105 of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.

SEC. 113. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in this Act made available to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, United States Customs Service, and United States Secret Service may be transferred between such appropriations upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. No transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.

SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in this Act made available to the Departmental Offices, Office of Inspector General, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, Financial Management Service, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be transferred between such appropriations upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. No transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.

SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration's appropriation upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. No transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.

SEC. 116. Of the funds available for the purchase of law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase by the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with Departmental vehicle management principles: Provided, That the Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant Secretary for Management.

SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this Act or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.

SEC. 118. Hereafter, funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to pay premium pay for protective services authorized by section 3056(a) of title 18, United States Code, without regard to the limitation on the rate of pay payable during a pay period contained in section 5547(c)(2) of title 5, United States Code, except that such premium pay shall not be payable to an employee to the extent that the aggregate of the employee's basic and premium pay for the year would otherwise exceed the annual equivalent of that limitation. The term premium pay refers to the provisions of law cited in the first sentence of section 5547(a) of title 5, United States Code. Payment of additional premium pay payable under this section may be made in a lump sum on the last payday of the calendar year.

SEC. 119. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer funds from `Salaries and Expenses', Financial Management Service, to the Debt Services Account as necessary to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That such amounts shall be reimbursed to such Salaries and Expenses account from debt collections received in the Debt Services Account.

SEC. 120. Under the heading of Treasury Franchise Fund in Public Law 104-208, delete the following: the phrases `pilot, as authorized by section 403 of Public Law 103-356,'; and `as provided in such section'; and the final proviso. After the phrase `to be available', insert `without fiscal year limitation,'. After the phrase, `established in the Treasury a franchise fund', insert, `until October 1, 2002'.

SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no reorganization of the field operations of the United States Customs Service Office of Field Operations shall result in a reduction in service to the area served by the Port of Racine, Wisconsin, below the level of service provided in fiscal year 2000.

SEC. 122. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shall reimburse the subcontractor that provided services in 1993 and 1994 pursuant to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms contract number TATF 93-3 from amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2001 or unobligated balances from prior fiscal years, and such reimbursement shall cover the cost of all professional services rendered, plus interest calculated in accordance with the Contract Dispute Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)

This title may be cited as the `Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 2001'.

TITLE II--POSTAL SERVICE

PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code, $96,093,000, of which $67,093,000 shall not be available for obligation until October 1, 2001: Provided, That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Provided further, That none of the funds made available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or employee of any State or local child support enforcement agency, or any individual participating in a State or local program of child support enforcement, a fee for information requested or provided concerning an address of a postal customer: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close small rural and other small post offices in fiscal year 2001.

This title may be cited as the `Postal Service Appropriations Act, 2001'.

TITLE III--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE

COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT

For compensation of the President, including an expense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 102, $390,000: Provided, That none of the funds made available for official expenses shall be expended for any other purpose and any unused amount shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That none of the funds made available for official expenses shall be considered as taxable to the President.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the White House as authorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, periodicals, teletype news service, and travel (not to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official entertainment expenses, to be available for allocation within the Executive Office of the President, $53,288,000: Provided, That $9,072,000 of the funds appropriated shall be available for reimbursements to the White House Communications Agency.

EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

OPERATING EXPENSES

For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, refurnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at the White House and official entertainment expenses of the President, $10,900,000, to be expended and accounted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112-114.

REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at the White House, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable political event to pay in advance an amount equal to the estimated cost of the event, and all such advance payments shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall require the national committee of the political party of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately accounted for and available for expenses relating to reimbursable political events sponsored by such committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing such amount within 60 days after such expense is incurred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount that is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an outstanding debt on a United States Government claim under section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence during the preceding fiscal year, including the total amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political events, and the portion of each such amount that has been reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events within the Executive Residence that includes a standard for the classification of any such expense as political or nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Residence from any other applicable requirement of subchapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code.

WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Executive Residence at the White House, $968,000, to remain available until expanded, for projects for required maintenance, safety and health issues, Presidential transition, telecommunications infrastructure repair, and continued preventive maintenance.

SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to provide assistance to the President in connection with specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $3,673,000.

OPERATING EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, heating and lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the official residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for official entertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be accounted for solely on his certificate, $354,000: Provided, That advances or repayments or transfers from this appropriation may be made to any department or agency for expenses of carrying out such activities.

COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Advisors in carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), $4,110,000.

OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $4,032,000.

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the National Security Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $7,165,000.

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $43,737,000, of which $9,905,000 shall be available until September 30, 2002 for a capital investment plan which provides for the continued modernization of the information technology infrastructure.

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $68,786,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available to carry out the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code: Provided, That, as provided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations shall be applied only to the objects for which appropriations were made except as otherwise provided by law: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Office of Management and Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds made available for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of Management and Budget, before the Committees on Appropriations or the Committees on Veterans' Affairs or their subcommittees: Provided further, That the preceding shall not apply to printed hearings released by the Committees on Appropriations or the Committees on Veterans' Affairs.

OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (title VII of division C of Public Law 105-277); not to exceed $8,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and for participation in joint projects or in the provision of services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or public organizations or agencies, with or without reimbursement, $24,759,000, of which $2,100,000 shall remain available until expended, consisting of $1,100,000 for policy research and evaluation, and $1,000,000 for the National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws, and up to $600,000 for the evaluation of the Drug-Free Communities Act: Provided, That the Office is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and personal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Office.

COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center for research activities pursuant to the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (title VII of Division C of Public Law 105-277), $29,053,000, which shall remain available until expended, consisting of $15,803,000 for counternarcotics research and development projects, and $13,250,000 for the continued operation of the technology transfer program: Provided, That the $15,803,000 for counternarcotics research and development projects shall be available for transfer to other Federal departments or agencies.

FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control Policy's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, $206,500,000 for drug control activities consistent with the approved strategy for each of the designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which no less than 51 percent shall be transferred to State and local entities for drug control activities, which shall be obligated within 120 days of the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent, to remain available until September 30, 2002, may be transferred to Federal agencies and departments at a rate to be determined by the Director: Provided further, That, of this latter amount, $1,800,000 shall be used for auditing services: Provided further, That HIDTAs designated as of September 30, 2000, shall be funded at fiscal year 2000 levels unless the Director submits to the Committees, and the Committees approve, justification for changes in those levels based on clearly articulated priorities for the HIDTA program, as well as published ONDCP performance measures of effectiveness.

SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For activities to support a national anti-drug campaign for youth, and other purposes, authorized by Public Law 105-277, $233,600,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such funds may be transferred to other Federal departments and agencies to carry out such activities: Provided further, That of the funds provided, $185,000,000 shall be to support a national media campaign, as authorized in the Drug-Free Media Campaign Act of 1998: Provided further, That of the funds provided, $3,300,000 shall be made available to the United States Olympic Committee's anti-doping program no later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided, $40,000,000 shall be to continue a program of matching grants to drug-free communities, as authorized in the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997: Provided further, That of the funds provided, $1,000,000 shall be available to the National Drug Court Institute.

This title may be cited as the `Executive Office Appropriations Act, 2001'.

TITLE IV--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled established by the Act of June 23, 1971, Public Law 92-28, $4,158,000.

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, $40,500,000, of which no less than $4,689,500 shall be available for internal automated data processing systems, and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for reception and representation expenses.

FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, including hire of experts and consultants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $25,058,000: Provided, That public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in the Government service, and compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non-Federal participants at labor-management relations conferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, to be available without further appropriation for the costs of carrying out these conferences.

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For an additional amount to be deposited in, and to be used for the purposes of, the Fund established pursuant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Administration Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), $464,154,000. The revenues and collections deposited into the Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of real property management and related activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agencies (including space adjustments and telecommunications relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, allocation and transfer of space; contractual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of federally owned buildings including grounds, approaches and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of projects by contract or otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equipment for such buildings); and payment of principal, interest, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the aggregate amount of $5,971,509,000 of which (1) $472,176,000 shall remain available until expended for construction (including funds for sites and expenses and associated design and construction services) of additional projects at the following locations: California, Los Angeles, U.S. Courthouse; District of Columbia, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Headquarters; Florida, Saint Petersburg, Combined Law Enforcement Facility; Maryland, Montgomery County, Food and Drug Administration Consolidation; Michigan, Sault St. Marie, Border Station; Mississippi, Biloxi-Gulfport, U.S. Courthouse; Montana, Eureka/Roosville, Border Station; Virginia, Richmond, U.S. Courthouse; Washington, Seattle, U.S. Courthouse: Provided, That funding for any project identified above may be exceeded to the extent that savings are effected in other such projects, but not to exceed 10 percent of the amounts included in an approved prospectus, if required, unless advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a greater amount: Provided further, That all funds for direct construction projects shall expire on September 30, 2002, and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except for funds for projects as to which funds for design or other funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such date; (2) $671,193,000 shall remain available until expended for repairs and alterations which includes associated design and construction services: Provided further, That funds in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the amount by project, as follows, except each project may be increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent unless advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a greater amount:

Repairs and alterations:

Arizona:

Phoenix, Federal Building Courthouse, $26,962,000

California:

Santa Ana, Federal Building, $27,864,000

District of Columbia:

Internal Revenue Service Headquarters (Phase 1), $31,780,000

Main State Building, (Phase 3), $28,775,000

Maryland:

Woodlawn, SSA National Computer Center, $4,285,000

Michigan:

Detroit, McNamara Federal Building, $26,999,000

Missouri:

Kansas City, Richard Bolling Federal Building, $25,882,000

Kansas City, Federal Building, 8930 Ward Parkway, $8,964,000

Nebraska:

Omaha, Zorinsky Federal Building, $45,960,000

New York:

New York City, 40 Foley Square, $5,037,000

Ohio:

Cincinnati, Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse, $18,434,000

Pennsylvania:

Pittsburgh, U.S. Post Office-Courthouse, $54,144,000

Utah:

Salt Lake City, Bennett Federal Building, $21,199,000

Virginia:

Reston, J.W. Powell Federal Building (Phase 2), $22,993,000

Nationwide:

Design Program, $21,915,000

Energy Program, $5,000,000

Glass Fragment Retention Program, $5,000,000

Basic Repairs and Alterations, $290,000,000:

Provided further, That additional projects for which prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded under this category only if advance notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the amounts provided in this or any prior Act for `Repairs and Alterations' may be used to fund costs associated with implementing security improvements to buildings necessary to meet the minimum standards for security in accordance with current law and in compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate Committees of the House and Senate: Provided further, That the difference between the funds appropriated and expended on any projects in this or any prior Act, under the heading `Repairs and Alterations', may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: Provided further, That all funds for repairs and alterations prospectus projects shall expire on September 30, 2002, and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except funds for projects as to which funds for design or other funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such date: Provided further, That the amount provided in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may be used to pay claims against the Government arising from any projects under the heading `Repairs and Alterations' or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects; (3) $185,369,000 for installment acquisition payments including payments on purchase contracts which shall remain available until expended; (4) $2,944,905,000 for rental of space which shall remain available until expended; and (5) $1,624,771,000 for building operations which shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That in addition to amounts made available herein, $276,400,000 shall be deposited to the Fund, to become available on October 1, 2001, and remain available until expended for the following construction projects (including funds for sites and expenses and associated design and construction services): District of Columbia, U.S. Courthouse Annex; Florida, Miami, U.S. Courthouse; Massachusetts, Springfield, U.S. Courthouse; New York, Buffalo, U.S. Courthouse: Provided further, That funding for any project identified above may be exceeded to the extent that savings are effected in other such projects, but not to exceed 10 percent of the amounts included in an approved prospectus, if required, unless advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a greater amount: Provided further, That funds available to the General Services Administration shall not be available for expenses of any construction, repair, alteration and acquisition project for which a prospectus, if required by the Public Buildings Act of 1959, as amended, has not been approved, except that necessary funds may be expended for each project for required expenses for the development of a proposed prospectus: Provided further, That funds available in the Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency repairs when advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special services to other agencies under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private or other property not in Government ownership or control as may be appropriate to enable the United States Secret Service to perform its protective functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available from such revenues and collections: Provided further, That revenues and collections and any other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2001, excluding reimbursements under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) in excess of $5,971,509,000 shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts.

POLICY AND OPERATIONS

For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, for Government-wide policy and oversight activities associated with asset management activities; utilization and donation of surplus personal property; transportation; procurement and supply; Government-wide responsibilities relating to automated data management, telecommunications, information resources management, and related technology activities; utilization survey, deed compliance inspection, appraisal, environmental and cultural analysis, and land use planning functions pertaining to excess and surplus real property; agency-wide policy direction; Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, records management, and other support services incident to adjudication of Indian Tribal Claims by the United States Court of Federal Claims; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, $123,920,000, of which $27,301,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated from this Act shall be available to convert the Old Post Office at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue in Northwest Washington, D.C., from office use to any other use until a comprehensive plan, which shall include street-level retail use, has been approved by the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works: Provided further, That no funds from this Act shall be available to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise the leasehold rights of the existing lease with private parties at the Old Post Office prior to the approval of the comprehensive plan by the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $34,520,000: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall be available for payment for information and detection of fraud against the Government, including payment for recovery of stolen Government property: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness.

ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95-138, $2,517,000: Provided, That the Administrator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of such Acts.

EXPENSES, PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION

For expenses necessary to carry out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, as amended, $7,100,000.

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION--GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund available to the General Services Administration shall be credited with the cost of operation, protection, maintenance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part of rentals received from Government corporations pursuant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).

SEC. 402. Funds available to the General Services Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles.

SEC. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made available for fiscal year 2001 for Federal Buildings Fund activities may be transferred between such activities only to the extent necessary to meet program requirements: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be approved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations.

SEC. 404. No funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit a fiscal year 2002 request for United States Courthouse construction that: (1) does not meet the design guide standards for construction as established and approved by the General Services Administration, the Judicial Conference of the United States, and the Office of Management and Budget; and (2) does not reflect the priorities of the Judicial Conference of the United States as set out in its approved 5-year construction plan: Provided, That the fiscal year 2002 request must be accompanied by a standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility to be constructed, replaced, or expanded.

SEC. 405. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any other service usually provided through the Federal Buildings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per square foot assessment for space and services as determined by the General Services Administration in compliance with the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-313).

SEC. 406. Funds provided to other Government agencies by the Information Technology Fund, General Services Administration, under 40 U.S.C. 757 and sections 5124(b) and 5128 of Public Law 104-106, Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996, for performance of pilot information technology projects which have potential for Government-wide benefits and savings, may be repaid to this Fund from any savings actually incurred by these projects or other funding, to the extent feasible.

SEC. 407. From funds made available under the heading `Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability of Revenue', claims against the Government of less than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from savings effected in other construction projects with prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations.

SEC. 408. Section 411 of Public Law 106-58 is amended by striking `April 30, 2001' each place it appears and inserting `April 30, 2002'.

SEC. 409. DESIGNATION OF RONALD N. DAVIES FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE. (a) The Federal building and courthouse located at 102 North 4th Street, Grand Forks, North Dakota, shall be known and designated as the `Ronald N. Davies Federal Building and United States Courthouse'.

(b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal building and courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the Ronald N. Davies Federal Building and United States Courthouse.

SEC. 410. From the funds made available under the heading `Federal Buildings Fund Limitations on Revenue', in addition to amounts provided in budget activities above, up to $2,500,000 shall be available for the construction of a road and acquisition of the property necessary for construction of said road and associated port of entry facilities: Provided, That said property shall include a 125 foot wide right of way beginning approximately 700 feet east of Highway 11 at the northeast corner of the existing port facilities and going north approximately 4,750 feet and approximately 10.22 acres adjacent to the port of entry in Township 29 S. Range 8W., Section 14: Provided further, That construction of the road shall occur only after this property is deeded and conveyed to the United States by and through the General Services Administration without reimbursement or cost to the United States at the election of its current landholder: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to the foregoing conditions, the Administrator of General Services shall construct a road to the Columbus, New Mexico Port of Entry Station on the property, connecting the port with a road to be built by the County of Luna, New Mexico to connect to State Highway 11: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, Luna County shall construct the roadway from State Highway 11 to the terminus of the northbound road to be constructed by the General Services Administration in time for completion of the road to be constructed by the General Services Administration in time for completion of the road to be constructed by the General Services Administration: Provided further, That upon completion of the construction of the road by the General Services Administration, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of General Services shall convey to the municipality of Luna County, New Mexico, without reimbursement, all right, title, and interest of the United States to that portion of the property constituting the improved road and standard county road right of way which is not required for the operation of the port of entry: Provided further, That the General Services Administration on behalf of the United States upon conveyance of the property to the municipality of Luna, New Mexico, shall retain the balance of the property located adjacent to the port, consisting of approximately 12 acres, to be owned or otherwise managed by the Administrator pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended: Provided further, That the General Services Administration is authorized to acquire such additional real property and rights in real property as may be necessary to construct said road and provide a contiguous site for the port of entry: Provided further, That the United States shall incur no liability for any environmental laws or conditions existing at the property at the time of conveyance to the United States or in connection with the construction of the road: Provided further, That Luna County and the Village of Columbus shall be responsible for providing adequate access and egress to existing properties east of the port of entry: Provided further, That the Bureau of Land Management, the International Boundary and Water Commission, the Federal Inspection Agencies and the Department of State shall take all actions necessary to facilitate the construction of the road and expansion of the port facilities.

SEC. 411. DESIGNATION OF J. BRATTON DAVIS UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURTHOUSE. (a) The United States bankruptcy courthouse at 1100 Laurel Street in Columbia, South Carolina, shall be known and designated as the `J. Bratton Davis United States Bankruptcy Courthouse'.

(b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the United States bankruptcy courthouse referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the `J. Bratton Davis United States Bankruptcy Courthouse'.

SEC. 412. (a) The United States Courthouse Annex located at 901 19th Street in Denver, Colorado is hereby designated as the `Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse Annex'.

(b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, or paper or other record of the United States to the Courthouse Annex herein referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the `Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse Annex'.

SEC. 413. DESIGNATION OF THE PAUL COVERDELL DORMITORY. The dormitory building currently being constructed on the Core Campus of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia, shall be known and designated as the `Paul Coverdell Dormitory'.

MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and direct procurement of survey printing, $29,437,000 together with not to exceed $2,430,000 for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Systems Protection Board.

FEDERAL PAYMENT TO MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION

For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Trust Fund, to be available for the purposes of Public Law 102-252, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended.

ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Environmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, $1,250,000, to remain available until expended.

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

OPERATING EXPENSES

For necessary expenses in connection with the administration of the National Archives (including the Information Security Oversight Office) and archived Federal records and related activities, as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the review and declassification of documents, and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, $209,393,000: Provided, That the Archivist of the United States is authorized to use any excess funds available from the amount borrowed for construction of the National Archives facility, for expenses necessary to provide adequate storage for holdings.

REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for holdings, $95,150,000, to remain available until expended of which $88,000,000 is to complete renovation of the National Archives Building.

NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION

GRANTS PROGRAM

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for historical publications and records as authorized by 44 U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $6,450,000, to remain available until expended.

OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, as amended and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $9,684,000.

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses; advances for reimbursements to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel Management and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act activities require an employee to remain overnight at his or her post of duty, $94,095,000; and in addition $101,986,000 for administrative expenses, to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management without regard to other statutes, including direct procurement of printed materials, for the retirement and insurance programs, of which $10,500,000 shall remain available until expended for the cost of automating the retirement recordkeeping systems: Provided, That the provisions of this appropriation shall not affect the authority to use applicable trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B) and 8909(g) of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of the Office of Personnel Management established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further, That the President's Commission on White House Fellows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2001, accept donations of money, property, and personal services in connection with the development of a publicity brochure to provide information about the White House Fellows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the salaries of employees of such Commission.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act, as amended, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, $1,360,000; and in addition, not to exceed $9,745,000 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and provide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Management's retirement and insurance programs, to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector General: Provided, That the Inspector General is authorized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere.

GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS

For payment of Government contributions with respect to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amended, such sums as may be necessary.

GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE LIFE INSURANCE

For payment of Government contributions with respect to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as required by chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, such sums as may be necessary.

PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND

For financing the unfunded liability of new and increased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after October 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and annuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That annuities authorized by the Act of May 29, 1944, as amended, and the Act of August 19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771-775), may hereafter be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.

OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-454), the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-12), Public Law 103-424, and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-353), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $11,147,000.

UNITED STATES TAX COURT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $37,305,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge.

This title may be cited as the `Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001'.

TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

THIS ACT

SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

SEC. 502. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the salary of any Government employee where funding an activity or paying a salary to a Government employee would result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or policy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930.

SEC. 504. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be available in fiscal year 2001 for the purpose of transferring control over the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center located at Glynco, Georgia, and Artesia, New Mexico, out of the Department of the Treasury.

SEC. 505. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily completed his period of active military or naval service, and has within 90 days after his release from such service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not more than 1 year, made application for restoration to his former position and has been certified by the Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to perform the duties of his former position and has not been restored thereto.

SEC. 506. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c, popularly known as the `Buy American Act').

SEC. 507. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS- In the case of any equipment or products that may be authorized to be purchased with financial assistance provided under this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that entities receiving such assistance should, in expending the assistance, purchase only American-made equipment and products.

(b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE- In providing financial assistance under this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide to each recipient of the assistance a notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.

SEC. 508. If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a `Made in America' inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in the United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

SEC. 509. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative expenses in connection with any health plan under the Federal employees health benefit program which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions.

SEC. 510. The provision of section 509 shall not apply where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.

SEC. 511. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2001 from appropriations made available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2001 in this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 2002, for each such account for the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines.

SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any official background investigation report on any individual, except when--

(1) such individual has given his or her express written consent for such request not more than 6 months prior to the date of such request and during the same presidential administration; or

(2) such request is required due to extraordinary circumstances involving national security.

SEC. 513. The cost accounting standards promulgated under section 26 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (Public Law 93-400; 41 U.S.C. 422) shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program established under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 514. (a) IN GENERAL- As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Archivist of the United States shall transfer to the Gerald R. Ford Foundation, as trustee, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the approximately 2.3 acres of land located within Grand Rapids, Michigan, and further described in subsection (b), such grant to be in trust, with the beneficiary being the National Archives and Records Administration, for the purpose of supporting the facilities and programs of the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the Gerald R. Ford Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in accordance with a trust agreement to be agreed upon by the Archivist and the Gerald R. Ford Foundation.

(b) LAND DESCRIPTION- The land to be transferred pursuant to subsection (a) is described as follows:

The following premises in the City of Grand Rapids, County of Kent, State of Michigan, described as:

That part of Block 2, Converse Plat, and that part of Block 2 of J.W. Converse Replatted Addition, and that part of Government Lot 1 of Section 25, T7N, R12W, City of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, described as: BEGINNING at the NE corner of Lot 1 of Block 2 of Converse Plat; thence East 245.0 feet along the South line of Bridge Street; thence South 230.0 feet along a line which is parallel with and 170 feet East from the East line of Front Avenue as originally platted; thence West 207.5 feet parallel with the South line of Bridge Street; thence South along the centerline of vacated Front Avenue 109 feet more or less to the extended centerline of vacated Douglas Street; thence West along the centerline of vacated Douglas Street 237.5 feet more or less to the East line of Scribner Avenue; thence North along the East line of Scribner Avenue 327 feet more or less to a point which is 7.0 feet South from the NW corner of Lot 8 of Block 2 of Converse Plat; thence Easterly 200 feet more or less to the place of beginning, also described as:

Parcel A--Lots 9 & 10, Block 2 of Converse Plat, being the subdivision of Government Lots 1 & 2, Section 25, T7N, R12W; also Lots 11-24, Block 2 of J.W. Converse Replatted Addition; also part of N 1/2 of Section 25, T7N, R12W commencing at SE corner Lot 24, Block 2 of J.W. Converse Replatted Addition, thence N to NE corner of Lot 9 of Converse Plat, thence E 16 feet, thence S to SW corner of Lot 23 of J.W. Converse Replatted Addition, thence W 16 feet to beginning.

Parcel B--Part of Section 25, T7N, R12W, commencing on S line of Bridge Street 50 feet E of E line of Front Avenue, thence S 107.85 feet, thence 77 feet, thence N to a point on S line of said street which is 80 feet E of beginning, thence W to beginning.

Parcel C--Part of Section 25, T7N, R12W, commencing at SE corner Bridge Street & Front Avenue, thence E 50 feet, thence S 107.85 feet to alley, thence W 50 feet to E line Front Avenue, thence N 106.81 feet to beginning.

Parcel D--Part of Government Lot 1, Section 25, T7N, R12W, commencing at a point on S line of Bridge Street (66 wide) 170 feet E of E line of Front Avenue (75 wide), thence S 230 feet parallel with Front Avenue, thence W 170 feet parallel with Bridge Street to E line of Front Avenue, thence N along said line to a point 106.81 feet S of intersection of said line with extension of N & S line of Bridge Street, thence E 127 feet, thence northerly to a point on S line of Bridge Street 130 feet E of E line of Front Avenue, thence E along S line of Bridge Street to beginning.

Parcel E--Lots 1 through 8 of Block 2 of Converse Plat, being the subdivision of Government Lots 1 and 2, Section 25, T7N, R12W.

Also part of N 1/2 of Section 25, T7N, R12W, commencing at NW corner of Lot 9, Block 2 of J.W. Converse Replatted Addition; thence N 15 feet to SW corner of Lot 8; thence E 200 feet to SE corner Lot 1; thence S 15 feet to NE corner of Lot 10; thence W 200 feet to beginning.

Together with any portion of vacated streets and alleys that have become part of the above property.

(c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS-

(1) COMPENSATION- The land transferred pursuant to subsection (a) shall be transferred without compensation to the United States.

(2) APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE- In the event that the Gerald R. Ford Foundation for any reason is unable or unwilling to continue to serve as trustee, the Archivist of the United States is authorized to appoint a successor trustee.

(3) REVERSIONARY INTEREST- If the Archivist of the United States determines that the Gerald R. Ford Foundation (or a successor trustee appointed under paragraph (2)) has breached its fiduciary duty under the trust agreement entered into pursuant to this section, the land transferred pursuant to subsection (a) shall revert to the United States under the administrative jurisdiction of the Archivist.

SEC. 515. (a) IN GENERAL- The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall, by not later than September 30, 2001, and with public and Federal agency involvement, issue guidelines under sections 3504(d)(1) and 3516 of title 44, United States Code, that provide policy and procedural guidance to Federal agencies for ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information (including statistical information) disseminated by Federal agencies in fulfillment of the purposes and provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Paperwork Reduction Act.

(b) CONTENT OF GUIDELINES- The guidelines under subsection (a) shall--

(1) apply to the sharing by Federal agencies of, and access to, information disseminated by Federal agencies; and

(2) require that each Federal agency to which the guidelines apply--

(A) issue guidelines ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information (including statistical information) disseminated by the agency, by not later than 1 year after the date of issuance of the guidelines under subsection (a);

(B) establish administrative mechanisms allowing affected persons to seek and obtain correction of information maintained and disseminated by the agency that does not comply with the guidelines issued under subsection (a); and

(C) report periodically to the Director--

(i) the number and nature of complaints received by the agency regarding the accuracy of information disseminated by the agency; and

(ii) how such complaints were handled by the agency.

SEC. 516. For the purpose of resolving litigation and implementing any settlement agreements regarding the nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of Personnel Management may accept and utilize (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made available to the Office pursuant to court approval.

SEC. 517. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol, which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan, at the Third Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II, section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25 of the Protocol.

SEC. 518. Not later than July 1, 2001, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit a report to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Governmental Affairs in the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives that (1) evaluates, for each agency, the extent to which implementation of chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-13), has reduced burden imposed by rules issued by the agency, including the burden imposed by each major rule issued by the agency; (2) includes a determination, based on such evaluation, of the need for additional procedures to ensure achievement of the purposes of that chapter, as set forth in section 3501 of title 31, United States Code, and evaluates the burden imposed by each major rule that imposes more than 10,000,000 hours of burden, and identifies specific reductions expected to be achieved in each of fiscal years 2001 and 2002 in the burden imposed by all rules issued by each agency that issued such a major rule.

TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

SEC. 601. Funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be used to pay travel to the United States for the immediate family of employees serving abroad in cases of death or life threatening illness of said employee.

SEC. 602. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any other Act for fiscal year 2001 shall obligate or expend any such funds, unless such department, agency, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to administer in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act) by the officers and employees of such department, agency, or instrumentality.

SEC. 603. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year in accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement, and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at $8,100 except station wagons for which the maximum shall be $9,100: Provided, That these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles, and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehicles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 101-549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles.

SEC. 604. Appropriations of the executive departments and independent establishments for the current fiscal year available for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922-5924.

SEC. 605. Unless otherwise specified during the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer or employee of the Government of the United States (including any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the United States) whose post of duty is in the continental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United States; (2) is a person in the service of the United States on the date of the enactment of this Act who, being eligible for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States prior to such date and is actually residing in the United States; (3) is a person who owes allegiance to the United States; (4) is an alien from Cuba, Poland, South Vietnam, the countries of the former Soviet Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence; (5) is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee paroled in the United States after January 1, 1975; or (6) is a national of the People's Republic of China who qualifies for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992: Provided, That for the purpose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person shall be considered prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section with respect to his or her status have been complied with: Provided further, That any person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided further, That any payment made to any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Government. This section shall not apply to citizens of Ireland, Israel, or the Republic of the Philippines, or to nationals of those countries allied with the United States in a current defense effort, or to international broadcasters employed by the United States Information Agency, or to temporary employment of translators, or to temporary employment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies.

SEC. 606. Appropriations available to any department or agency during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, including maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be available for payment to the General Services Administration for charges for space and services and those expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings and facilities which constitute public improvements performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (87 Stat. 216), or other applicable law.

SEC. 607. In addition to funds provided in this or any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs. Such funds shall be available until expended for the following purposes:

(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, and recycling programs as described in Executive Order No. 13101 (September 14, 1998), including any such programs adopted prior to the effective date of the Executive order.

(2) Other Federal agency environmental management programs, including, but not limited to, the development and implementation of hazardous waste management and pollution prevention programs.

(3) Other employee programs as authorized by law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the Federal agency.

SEC. 608. Funds made available by this or any other Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in the event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be correspondingly reduced.

SEC. 609. No part of any appropriation for the current fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall be paid to any person for the filling of any position for which he or she has been nominated after the Senate has voted not to approve the nomination of said person.

SEC. 610. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be available for interagency financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive financial support from more than one agency or instrumentality.

SEC. 611. Funds made available by this or any other Act to the Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall be available for employment of guards for all buildings and areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service and under the charge and control of the Postal Service, and such guards shall have, with respect to such property, the powers of special policemen provided by the first section of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318), and, as to property owned or occupied by the Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take the same actions as the Administrator of General Services may take under the provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318a and 318b), attaching thereto penal consequences under the authority and within the limits provided in section 4 of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318c).

SEC. 612. None of the funds made available pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the United States.

SEC. 613. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2001, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate employee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code--

(1) during the period from the date of expiration of the limitation imposed by section 613 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2000, until the normal effective date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that is to take effect in fiscal year 2001, in an amount that exceeds the rate payable for the applicable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule in accordance with such section 613; and

(2) during the period consisting of the remainder of fiscal year 2001, in an amount that exceeds, as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate payable under paragraph (1) by more than the sum of--

(A) the percentage adjustment taking effect in fiscal year 2001 under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay under the General Schedule; and

(B) the difference between the overall average percentage of the locality-based comparability payments taking effect in fiscal year 2001 under section 5304 of such title (whether by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall average percentage of such payments which was effective in fiscal year 2000 under such section.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be paid during the periods for which subsection (a) is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) applicable to such employee.

(c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable to an employee who is covered by this section and who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30, 2000, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of premium pay for employees subject to this section may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 2000, except to the extent determined by the Office of Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose of this section.

(e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for service performed after September 30, 2000.

(f) For the purpose of administering any provision of law (including any rule or regulation that provides premium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other employee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribution, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay payable after the application of this section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay.

(g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to permit or require the payment to any employee covered by this section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be payable were this section not in effect.

(h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employees.

SEC. 614. During the period in which the head of any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian employee of the Government appointed by the President of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or redecorate the office of such department head, agency head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or make improvements for any such office, unless advance notice of such furnishing or redecoration is expressly approved by the Committees on Appropriations. For the purposes of this section, the word `office' shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space used primarily by the individual or the use of which is directly controlled by the individual.

SEC. 615. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforcement training without the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations, except that the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities.

SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United States Code, or section 610 of this Act, funds made available for fiscal year 2001 by this or any other Act shall be available for the interagency funding of national security and emergency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive Order No. 12472 (April 3, 1984).

SEC. 617. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a position of a confidential or policy-determining character excepted from the competitive service pursuant to section 3302 of title 5, United States Code, without a certification to the Office of Personnel Management from the head of the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C position was not created solely or primarily in order to detail the employee to the White House.

(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to Federal employees or members of the armed services detailed to or from--

(1) the Central Intelligence Agency;

(2) the National Security Agency;

(3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;

(4) the offices within the Department of Defense for the collection of specialized national foreign intelligence through reconnaissance programs;

(5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the Department of State;

(6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration of the Department of Justice, the Department of Transportation, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Energy performing intelligence functions; and

(7) the Director of Central Intelligence.

SEC. 618. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any other Act for fiscal year 2001 shall obligate or expend any such funds, unless such department, agency, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to administer in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that all of its workplaces are free from discrimination and sexual harassment and that all of its workplaces are not in violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

SEC. 619. None of the funds made available in this Act for the United States Customs Service may be used to allow the importation into the United States of any good, ware, article, or merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured by forced or indentured child labor, as determined pursuant to section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).

SEC. 620. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be available for the payment of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal Government, who--

(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government from having any direct oral or written communication or contact with any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Congress in connection with any matter pertaining to the employment of such other officer or employee or pertaining to the department or agency of such other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of whether such communication or contact is at the initiative of such other officer or employee or in response to the request or inquiry of such Member, committee, or subcommittee; or

(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any employment right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of employment of, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or employee, by reason of any communication or contact of such other officer or employee with any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as described in paragraph (1).

SEC. 621. (a) None of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training that--

(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official duties;

(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of emotional response or psychological stress in some participants;

(3) does not require prior employee notification of the content and methods to be used in the training and written end of course evaluation;

(4) contains any methods or content associated with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or `new age' belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Notice N-915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or

(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.

(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.

SEC. 622. No funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agreements in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain the following provisions: `These restrictions are consistent with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Executive Order No. 12958; section 7211 of title 5, U.S.C. (governing disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by the Military Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclosure to Congress by members of the military); section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by the Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public health or safety threats); the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing disclosures that could expose confidential Government agents); and the statutes which protect against disclosure that may compromise the national security, including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18, United States Code, and section 4(b) of the Subversive Activities Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 783(b)). The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by said Executive order and listed statutes are incorporated into this agreement and are controlling.': Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that is to be executed by a person connected with the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other than an employee or officer of the United States Government, may contain provisions appropriate to the particular activity for which such document is to be used. Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not disclose any classified information received in the course of such activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures to Congress or to an authorized official of an executive agency or the Department of Justice that are essential to reporting a substantial violation of law.

SEC. 623. No part of any funds appropriated in this or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself.

SEC. 624. (a) IN GENERAL- For calendar year 2002 and each year thereafter, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall prepare and submit to Congress, with the budget submitted under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, an accounting statement and associated report containing--

(1) an estimate of the total annual costs and benefits (including quantifiable and nonquantifiable effects) of Federal rules and paperwork, to the extent feasible--

(A) in the aggregate;

(B) by agency and agency program; and

(C) by major rule;

(2) an analysis of impacts of Federal regulation on State, local, and tribal government, small business, wages, and economic growth; and

(3) recommendations for reform.

(b) NOTICE- The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide public notice and an opportunity to comment on the statement and report under subsection (a) before the statement and report are submitted to Congress.

(c) GUIDELINES- To implement this section, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue guidelines to agencies to standardize--

(1) measures of costs and benefits; and

(2) the format of accounting statements.

(d) PEER REVIEW- The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide for independent and external peer review of the guidelines and each accounting statement and associated report under this section. Such peer review shall not be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).

SEC. 625. None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Federal employee's home address to any labor organization except when the employee has authorized such disclosure or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.

SEC. 626. Hereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to establish scientific certification standards for explosives detection canines, and shall provide, on a reimbursable basis, for the certification of explosives detection canines employed by Federal agencies, or other agencies providing explosives detection services at airports in the United States.

SEC. 627. None of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public information such as mailing or telephone lists to any person or any organization outside of the Federal Government without the approval of the Committees on Appropriations.

SEC. 628. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States not heretofore authorized by the Congress.

SEC. 629. (a) In this section the term `agency'--

(1) means an Executive agency as defined under section 105 of title 5, United States Code;

(2) includes a military department as defined under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, and the Postal Rate Commission; and

(3) shall not include the General Accounting Office.

(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations to use such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, has an obligation to expend an honest effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee's time in the performance of official duties.

SEC. 630. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, except where the contract also includes a provision for contraceptive coverage.

(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract with--

(1) any of the following religious plans:

(A) Personal Care's HMO;

(B) Care Choices;

(C) OSF Health Plans, Inc.; and

(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of religious beliefs.

(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters into or renews a contract under this section may not subject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for contraceptives because such activities would be contrary to the individual's religious beliefs or moral convictions.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.

SEC. 631. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 610 of this Act, funds made available for fiscal year 2001 by this or any other Act to any department or agency, which is a member of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP), shall be available to finance an appropriate share of JFMIP administrative costs, as determined by the JFMIP, but not to exceed a total of $800,000 including the salary of the Executive Director and staff support.

SEC. 632. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 610 of this Act, the head of each Executive department and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to the `Policy and Operations' account, General Services Administration, with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, funds made available for fiscal year 2001 by this or any other Act, including rebates from charge card and other contracts. These funds shall be administered by the Administrator of General Services to support Government-wide financial, information technology, procurement, and other management innovations, initiatives, and activities, as approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the appropriate interagency groups designated by the Director (including the Chief Financial Officers Council and the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program for financial management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers Council for information technology initiatives, and the Procurement Executives Council for procurement initiatives). The total funds transferred shall not exceed $17,000,000. Such transfers may only be made 15 days following notification of the Committees on Appropriations by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

SEC. 633. (a) IN GENERAL- In accordance with regulations promulgated by the Office of Personnel Management, an Executive agency which provides or proposes to provide child care services for Federal employees may use appropriated funds (otherwise available to such agency for salaries and expenses) to provide child care, in a Federal or leased facility, or through contract, for civilian employees of such agency.

(b) AFFORDABILITY- Amounts so provided with respect to any such facility or contractor shall be applied to improve the affordability of child care for lower income Federal employees using or seeking to use the child care services offered by such facility or contractor.

(c) DEFINITION- For purposes of this section, the term `Executive agency' has the meaning given such term by section 105 of title 5, United States Code, but does not include the General Accounting Office.

(d) NOTIFICATION- None of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be used to implement the provisions of this section absent advance notification to the Committees on Appropriations.

SEC. 634. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at the location.

SEC. 635. Nothwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United States Code, or section 610 of this Act, funds made available for fiscal year 2001 by this or any other Act shall be available for the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of the National Science and Technology Council (authorized by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a report describing the budget of and resources connected with the National Science and Technology Council to the Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on Science; and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days after enactment of this Act.

SEC. 636. RETIREMENT PROVISIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE OF THE METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS AUTHORITY- (a) QUALIFIED MWAA POLICE OFFICER DEFINED- For purposes of this section, the term `qualified MWAA police officer' means any individual who, as of the date of the enactment of this Act--

(1) is employed as a member of the police force of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (hereinafter in this section referred to as an `MWAA police officer'); and

(2) is subject to the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees' Retirement System by virtue of section 49107(b) of title 49, United States Code.

(b) ELIGIBILITY TO BE TREATED AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FOR RETIREMENT PURPOSES-

(1) IN GENERAL- Any qualified MWAA police officer may, by written election submitted in accordance with applicable requirements under subsection (c), elect to be treated as a law enforcement officer (within the meaning of section 8331 or 8401 of title 5, United States Code, as applicable), and to have all prior service described in paragraph (2) similarly treated.

(2) PRIOR SERVICE DESCRIBED- The service described in this paragraph is all service which an individual performed, prior to the effective date of such individual's election under this section, as--

(A) an MWAA police officer; or

(B) a member of the police force of the Federal Aviation Administration (hereinafter in this section referred to as an `FAA police officer').

(c) REGULATIONS- The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out this section, including provisions relating to the time, form, and manner in which any election under this section shall be made. Such an election shall not be effective unless--

(1) it is made before the employee separates from service with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, but in no event later than 1 year after the regulations under this subsection take effect; and

(2) it is accompanied by payment of an amount equal to, with respect to all prior service of such employee which is described in subsection (b)(2)--

(A) the employee deductions that would have been required for such service under chapter 83 or 84 of title 5, U.S.C. (as the case may be) if such election had then been in effect, minus

(B) the total employee deductions and contributions under such chapter 83 and 84 (as applicable) that were actually made for such service,

taking into account only amounts required to be credited to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund. Any amount under paragraph (2) shall be computed with interest, in accordance with section 8334(e) of such title 5.

(d) GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS- Whenever a payment under subsection (c)(2) is made by an individual with respect to such individual's prior service (as described in subsection (b)(2)), the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority shall pay into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund any additional contributions for which it would have been liable, with respect to such service, if such individual's election under this section had then been in effect (and, to the extent of any prior FAA police officer service, as if it had then been the employing agency). Any amount under this subsection shall be computed with interest, in accordance with section 8334(e) of title 5, United States Code.

(e) CERTIFICATIONS- The Office of Personnel Management shall accept, for the purpose of this section, the certification of--

(1) the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (or its designee) concerning any service performed by an individual as an MWAA police officer; and

(2) the Federal Aviation Administration (or its designee) concerning any service performed by an individual as an FAA police officer.

(f) REIMBURSEMENT TO COMPENSATE FOR UNFUNDED LIABILITY-

(1) IN GENERAL- The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority shall pay into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount (as determined by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management) equal to the amount necessary to reimburse the Fund for any estimated increase in the unfunded liability of the Fund (to the extent the Civil Service Retirement System is involved), and for any estimated increase in the supplemental liability of the Fund (to the extent the Federal Employees' Retirement System is involved), resulting from the enactment of this section.

(2) PAYMENT METHOD- The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority shall pay the amount so determined in five equal annual installments, with interest (which shall be computed at the rate used in the most recent valuation of the Federal Employees' Retirement System).

SEC. 637. (a) For purposes of this section--

(1) the term `comparability payment' refers to a locality-based comparability payment under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code;

(2) the term `President's pay agent' refers to the pay agent described in section 5302(4) of such title; and

(3) the term `pay locality' has the meaning given such term by section 5302(5) of such title.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, for purposes of determining appropriate pay localities and making comparability payment recommendations, the President's pay agent may, in accordance with succeeding provisions of this section, make comparisons of General Schedule pay and non-Federal pay within any of the metropolitan statistical areas described in subsection (d)(3), using--

(1) data from surveys of the Bureau of Labor Statistics;

(2) salary data sets obtained under subsection (c); or

(3) any combination thereof.

(c) To the extent necessary in order to carry out this section, the President's pay agent may obtain any salary data sets (referred to in subsection (b)) from any organization or entity that regularly compiles similar data for businesses in the private sector.

(d)(1)(A) This paragraph applies with respect to the five metropolitan statistical areas described in paragraph (3) which--

(i) have the highest levels of nonfarm employment (as determined based on data made available by the Bureau of Labor Statistics); and

(ii) as of the date of the enactment of this Act, have not previously been surveyed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (as discrete pay localities) for purposes of section 5304 of title 5, United States Code.

(B) The President's pay agent, based on such comparisons under subsection (b) as the pay agent considers appropriate, shall: (i) determine whether any of the five areas under subparagraph (A) warrants designation as a discrete pay locality; and (ii) if so, make recommendations as to what level of comparability payments would be appropriate during 2002 for each area so determined.

(C)(i) Any recommendations under subparagraph (B)(ii) shall be included--

(I) in the pay agent's report under section 5304(d)(1) of title 5, United States Code, submitted for purposes of comparability payments scheduled to become payable in 2002; or

(II) if compliance with subclause (I) is impracticable, in a supplementary report which the pay agent shall submit to the President and the Congress no later than March 1, 2001.

(ii) In the event that the recommendations are completed in time to be included in the report described in clause (i)(I), a copy of those recommendations shall be transmitted by the pay agent to the Congress contemporaneous with their submission to the President.

(D) Each of the five areas under subparagraph (A) that so warrants, as determined by the President's pay agent, shall be designated as a discrete pay locality under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, in time for it to be treated as such for purposes of comparability payments becoming payable in 2002.

(2) The President's pay agent may, at any time after the 180th day following the submission of the report under subsection (f), make any initial or further determinations or recommendations under this section, based on any pay comparisons under subsection (b), with respect to any area described in paragraph (3).

(3) An area described in this paragraph is any metropolitan statistical area within the continental United States that (as determined based on data made available by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Office of Personnel Management, respectively) has a high level of nonfarm employment and at least 2,500 General Schedule employees whose post of duty is within such area.

(e)(1) The authority under this section to make pay comparisons and to make any determinations or recommendations based on such comparisons shall be available to the President's pay agent only for purposes of comparability payments becoming payable on or after January 1, 2002, and before January 1, 2007, and only with respect to areas described in subsection (d)(3).

(2) Any comparisons and recommendations so made shall, if included in the pay agent's report under section 5304(d)(1) of title 5, United States Code, for any year (or the pay agent's supplementary report, in accordance with subsection (d)(1)(C)(i)(II)), be considered and acted on as the pay agent's comparisons and recommendations under such section 5304(d)(1) for the area and the year involved.

(f)(1) No later than March 1, 2001, the President's pay agent shall submit to the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and of the Senate, a report on the use of pay comparison data, as described in subsection (b)(2) or (3) (as appropriate), for purposes of comparability payments.

(2) The report shall include the cost of obtaining such data, the rationale underlying the decisions reached based on such data, and the relative advantages and disadvantages of using such data (including whether the effort involved in analyzing and integrating such data is commensurate with the benefits derived from their use). The report may include specific recommendations regarding the continued use of such data.

(g)(1) No later than May 1, 2001, the President's pay agent shall prepare and submit to the committees specified in subsection (f)(1) a report relating to the ongoing efforts of the Office of Personnel Management, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics to revise the methodology currently being used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in performing its surveys under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code.

(2) The report shall include a detailed accounting of any concerns the pay agent may have regarding the current methodology, the specific projects the pay agent has directed any of those agencies to undertake in order to address those concerns, and a time line for the anticipated completion of those projects and for implementation of the revised methodology.

(3) The report shall also include recommendations as to how those ongoing efforts might be expedited, including any additional resources which, in the opinion of the pay agent, are needed in order to expedite completion of the activities described in the preceding provisions of this subsection, and the reasons why those additional resources are needed.

SEC. 638. FEDERAL FUNDS IDENTIFIED. Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant application, form, notification, press release, or other publications involving the distribution of Federal funds shall indicate the agency providing the funds and the amount provided. This provision shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal funds.

SEC. 639. MANDATORY REMOVAL FROM EMPLOYMENT OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CONVICTED OF FELONIES.

(a) IN GENERAL- Chapter 73 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding after subchapter VI the following:

`SUBCHAPTER VII--MANDATORY REMOVAL FROM EMPLOYMENT OF CONVICTED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

`Sec. 7371. Mandatory removal from employment of law enforcement officers convicted of felonies

`(a) In this section, the term--

`(1) `conviction notice date' means the date on which an agency that employs a law enforcement officer has notice that the officer has been convicted of a felony that is entered by a Federal or State court, regardless of whether that conviction is appealed or is subject to appeal; and

`(2) `law enforcement officer' has the meaning given that term under section 8331(20) or 8401(17).

`(b) Any law enforcement officer who is convicted of a felony shall be removed from employment as a law enforcement officer on the last day of the first applicable pay period following the conviction notice date.

`(c)(1) This section does not prohibit the removal of an individual from employment as a law enforcement officer before a conviction notice date if the removal is properly effected other than under this section.

`(2) This section does not prohibit the employment of any individual in any position other than that of a law enforcement officer.

`(d) If the conviction is overturned on appeal, the removal shall be set aside retroactively to the date on which the removal occurred, with back pay under section 5596 for the period during which the removal was in effect, unless the removal was properly effected other than under this section.

`(e)(1) If removal is required under this section, the agency shall deliver written notice to the employee as soon as practicable, and not later than 5 calendar days after the conviction notice date. The notice shall include a description of the specific reasons for the removal, the date of removal, and the procedures made applicable under paragraph (2).

`(2) The procedures under section 7513 (b) (2), (3), and (4), (c), (d), and (e) shall apply to any removal under this section. The employee may use the procedures to contest or appeal a removal, but only with respect to whether--

`(A) the employee is a law enforcement officer;

`(B) the employee was convicted of a felony; or

`(C) the conviction was overturned on appeal.

`(3) A removal required under this section shall occur on the date specified in subsection (b) regardless of whether the notice required under paragraph (1) of this subsection and the procedures made applicable under paragraph (2) of this subsection have been provided or completed by that date.'.

(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT- The table of sections for chapter 73 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to section 7363 the following:

`SUBCHAPTER VII--MANDATORY REMOVAL FROM EMPLOYMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
`7371. Mandatory removal from employment of law enforcement officers convicted of felonies.'.

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall take effect 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act and shall apply to any conviction of a felony entered by a Federal or State court on or after that date.

SEC. 640. Section 504 of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106-346) is repealed.

SEC. 641. (a) Section 5545b(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the following new paragraph:

`(4) Notwithstanding section 8114(e)(1), overtime pay for a firefighter subject to this section for hours in a regular tour of duty shall be included in any computation of pay under section 8114.'.

(b) The amendment in subsection (a) shall be effective as if it had been enacted as part of the Federal Firefighters Overtime Pay Reform Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681-519).

SEC. 642. Section 6323(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

`(3) The minimum charge for leave under this subsection is one hour, and additional charges are in multiples thereof.'.

SEC. 643. Section 616 of the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1988, as contained in the Act of December 22, 1987 (40 U.S.C. 490b), is amended by adding at the end the following:

`(e)(1) All existing and newly hired workers in any child care center located in an executive facility shall undergo a criminal history background check as defined in section 231 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13041).

`(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term `executive facility' means a facility that is owned or leased by an office or entity within the executive branch of the Government (including one that is owned or leased by the General Services Administration on behalf of an office or entity within the judicial branch of the Government).

`(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to apply with respect to a facility owned by or leased on behalf of an office or entity within the legislative branch of the Government.'.

SEC. 644. Section 501 of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106-346) is amended by striking subsection (c) and by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).

SEC. 645. (a)(1) Title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5372a the following:

`Sec. 5372b. Administrative appeals judges

`(a) For the purpose of this section--

`(1) the term `administrative appeals judge position' means a position the duties of which primarily involve reviewing decisions of administrative law judges appointed under section 3105; and

`(2) the term `agency' means an Executive agency, as defined by section 105, but does not include the General Accounting Office.

`(b) Subject to such regulations as the Office of Personnel Management may prescribe, the head of the agency concerned shall fix the rate of basic pay for each administrative appeals judge position within such agency which is not classified above GS-15 pursuant to section 5108.

`(c) A rate of basic pay fixed under this section shall be--

`(1) not less than the minimum rate of basic pay for level AL-3 under section 5372; and

`(2) not greater than the maximum rate of basic pay for level AL-3 under section 5372.'.

(2) Section 7323(b)(2)(B)(ii) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking `or 5372a' and inserting `5372a, or 5372b'.

(3) The table of sections for chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 5372a the following:

`5372b. Administrative appeals judges.'.

(b) The amendment made by subsection (a)(1) shall apply with respect to pay for service performed on or after the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after--

(1) the 120th day after the date of the enactment of this Act; or

(2) if earlier, the effective date of regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management to carry out such amendment.

SEC. 646. Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of each department or agency shall submit to Congress a report that discloses any activity of the applicable department or agency relating to--

(1) the collection or review of singular data, or the creation of aggregate lists that include personally identifiable information, about individuals who access any Internet site of the department or agency; and

(2) entering into agreements with third parties, including other government agencies, to collect, review, or obtain aggregate lists or singular data containing personally identifiable information relating to any individual's access or viewing habits for governmental and nongovernmental Internet sites.

This Act may be cited as the `Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001'.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, AND CERTAIN INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Following is explanatory language on H.R. 5658, as introduced on December 14, 2000.

The conferees on H.R. 4577 agree with the matter included in H.R. 5658 and enacted in this conference report by reference and the following description. This bill was developed through negotiations by subcommittee members of the Treasury, Postal Service, General Government Appropriations Subcommittees of the House and Senate on the differences in the House passed and Senate reported versions of H.R. 4871. References in the following description to the `conference agreement' mean the matter included in the introduced bill enacted by this conference report. References to the House bill mean the House passed version of H.R. 4871. References to the Senate reported bill or Senate reported amendment mean the Senate reported version of H.R. 4871.

H.R. 4871, the House passed Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriation Bill, 2001, and S. 2900, the Senate reported Treasury and General Government Appropriation Bill, 2001, were the basis for development of the introduced bill. The following statement is an explanation of the action agreed upon in resolving the differences of those two bills and recommended in the accompanying conference report.

The conference agreement on the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001, incorporates some of the language and allocations set forth in House Report 106-756 and in the Senate Report to accompany S. 2900. The language in these reports should be complied with unless specifically addressed in the accompanying statement of managers. Throughout the accompanying explanatory statement, the managers refer to the Committee and the Committees on Appropriations. Unless otherwise noted, in both instances, the managers are referring to the House Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government and the Senate Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government.

REPROGRAMMING AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS GUIDELINES

The conference agreement includes the following reprogramming guidelines which shall be complied with by all agencies funded by the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001:

1. Except under extraordinary and emergency situations, the Committees on Appropriations will not consider requests for a reprogramming or a transfer of funds, or use of unobligated balances, which are submitted after the close of the third quarter of the fiscal year, June 30;

2. Clearly stated and detailed documentation presenting justification for the reprogramming, transfer, or use of unobligated balances shall accompany each request;

3. For agencies, departments, or offices receiving appropriations in excess of $20,000,000, a reprogramming shall be submitted if the amount to be shifted to or from any object class, budget activity, program line item, or program activity involved is in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is greater, of the object class, budget activity, program line item, or program activity;

4. For agencies, departments, or offices receiving appropriations less than $20,000,000, a reprogramming shall be submitted if the amount to be shifted to or from any object class, budget activity, program line item, or program activity involved is in excess of $50,000, or 10 percent, whichever is greater, of the object class, budget activity, program line item, or program activity;

5. For any action where the cumulative effect of below threshold reprogramming actions, or past reprogramming and/or transfer actions added to the request, would exceed the dollar threshold mentioned above, a reprogramming shall be submitted;

6. For any action which would result in a major change to the program or item which is different than that presented to and approved by either of the Committees, or the Congress, a reprogramming shall be submitted;

7. For any action where funds earmarked by either of the Committees for a specific activity are proposed to be used for a different activity, a reprogramming shall be submitted; and,

8. For any action where funds earmarked by either of the Committees for a specific activity are in excess of the project or activity requirement, and are proposed to be used for a different activity, a reprogramming shall be submitted.

Additionally, each request shall include a declaration that, as of the date of the request, none of the funds included in the request have been obligated, and none will be obligated, until the Committees on Appropriations have approved the request.

TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $156,315,000 instead of $149,437,000 as proposed by the House and $149,610,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $7,332,000 to maintain current levels; $3,813,000 as a transfer from the Department-Wide Systems and Capital Investments Programs (SCIP); $3,027,000 to annualize the costs of the fiscal year 2000 drug supplemental for the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC); $854,000 to annualize the costs of filling 6 positions with the Office of International Affairs during fiscal year 2000; $2,899,000 for OFAC program initiatives; $504,000 and no more than 3 positions for increased management and coordination by the Office of Enforcement of the Department's involvement in the National Money Laundering Strategy; $2,900,000 for grants to state and local law enforcement groups to help combat money laundering; $502,000 for reimbursements to Morris County, New Jersey, for law enforcement agencies; $150,000 for reimbursements to Arlington County, Virginia, law enforcement agencies; and not to exceed $300,000 to reimburse the State Police, the police departments of the towns of New Castle, North Castle, Mount Kisco, Bedford, and the Department of Public Safety of Westchester County of the State of New York.

RECEPTION AND REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES

The conferees are concerned to learn that, over the past several years, the Office of the Under Secretary of Enforcement has required the various Treasury law enforcement bureaus to transfer a portion of their reception and representation funds to the Office of the Under Secretary. Although there may be certain functions appropriate to the involvement of all the Treasury law enforcement bureaus, the conferees remind the Under Secretary that expenses for these events are accommodated within the amounts authorized for Departmental Offices reception and representation allowances. In the event that the Under Secretary believes that Departmental Offices representation allowances are insufficient to meet current needs, the Under Secretary should submit a justification for increases to this allowance to the Committees for its consideration. The conferees also direct the Under Secretary to submit for advance approval any requirement to use reception and representation allowance funds from any appropriation account other than Departmental Offices, Salaries and Expenses.

ALTERNATIVE FUELS

The conferees urge the Treasury Department to use ethanol, biodiesel, and other alternative fuels to the maximum extent practicable in meeting the Department's fuel needs.

DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

The conferees agree to provide $47,287,000 instead of $41,787,000 as proposed by the House and $37,279,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $14,779,000 for communications infrastructure (including radios and related equipment) associated with Departmental law enforcement responsibilities for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics; $2,000,000 for Critical Infrastructure Protection; and $3,500,000 for Public Key Infrastructure.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $32,899,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $31,940,000 as proposed by the House.

TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $118,427,000 as proposed by Senate instead of $115,477,000 as proposed by the House.

TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND RESTORATION

The conferees agree to provide $31,000,000 as proposed by the House instead of $22,700,000 as proposed by the Senate.

EXPANDED ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES

The conferees agree to provide $2,000,000 as proposed by the House instead of $400,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree to $300,000 to assist one or more locally-owned Alaska banking institutions and community partners and $100,000 to begin a pilot program with the Metropolitan Family Services' Family Economic Development program.

FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $37,576,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $34,694,000 as proposed by the House.

COUNTERTERRORISM FUND

The conferees agree to provide $55,000,000 for the Counterterrorism Fund as proposed by the Senate instead of no appropriation as proposed by the House. Funds are provided as a contingent emergency.

TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND

The conferees are aware that the $42,500,000 assumed to be available by the Administration in the Super Surplus to the Treasury Forfeiture Fund will not be available in fiscal year 2001. Activities proposed for funding through this account have been included in either Salaries and Expenses or Construction related accounts, as appropriate, for the individual law enforcement bureaus.

FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $94,483,000 instead of $93,483,000 as proposed by the House and $93,198,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $1,000,000 for the rural law enforcement education project.

ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $29,205,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $17,331,000 as proposed by the House.

INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

The conferees agree to provide $103,476,000 as proposed by the House instead of $90,976,000 as proposed by the Senate.

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $206,851,000 instead of $198,736,000 as proposed by the House and $202,851,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees fully fund the President's request. In addition, the conferees include $4,000,000 to partially fund a budget shortfall. The conferees fully concur with the language on this topic contained under Departmental Offices in the Senate Report accompanying S. 2900.

BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $768,695,000 instead of $731,325,000 as proposed by the House and $724,937,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees fully fund the President's request with the exception of $5,521,000 for tobacco compliance initiatives and $4,148,000 for the proposed Joint Terrorism Task Forces.

GANG RESISTANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING GRANTS

The conferees agree to provide $13,000,000 for grants to local law enforcement organizations as proposed by the Senate.

UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $1,863,765,000 instead of $1,822,365,000 as proposed by the House and $1,804,687,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $13,700,000 for the second year of funding of the fiscal year 2000 Southwest Border initiative; $10,000,000 for security enhancements along the northern border; $11,000,000 for vehicle replacement; $3,700,000 for money laundering; $9,500,000 for drug investigations; and an additional $5,000,000 to combat forced child labor. Additionally, the conferees include $500,000 for Customs' ongoing research on trade of agricultural commodities and products at a Northern Plains university with an agricultural economics program and support the use of $2,500,000 for the acquisition of Passive Radar Detection Technology.

TARGETED RESOURCES FOR THE SOUTHWEST BORDER

The conferees provide $13,700,000 to be combined with the $11,300,000 in fiscal year 2000 Super Surplus of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to hire new inspectors, agents, or acquire new detection technology for use along the Southwest border for a total of $25,000,000. The House conferees do not concur with the Senate Report language on Targeted Resources for the Southwest Border.

PORTS OF ENTRY

The conferees have received numerous requests to establish, expand, or preserve Customs presence at various ports, as well as, to designate new ports of entry. Customs has made a commitment to put in place a staffing resource allocation model to permit a more transparent and consistent basis for making such decisions, but the delay in doing so has caused concern about the ability of Customs to fulfill its responsibilities. The conferees therefore direct the Treasury Department and Customs to complete this model and to report to the Committees on Appropriations not later than November 1, 2000 on its implementation. In relation to this, the conferees urge the Customs Service to give full consideration to the needs of the following areas for increases or improvements in Customs services: Fargo, North Dakota; Highgate Springs, Vermont; Charleston, South Carolina; Charleston, West Virginia; Honolulu, Hawaii; Great Falls, Sweetgrass-Coutts, and Missoula, Montana; Tri-Cities Regional Airport, Tennessee; Dulles International Airport, Virginia; Louisville International Airport, Kentucky; Miami International Airport, Florida; Pittsburg, New Hampshire; San Antonio, Texas; and multiple port areas in Arizona, New Mexico, and Florida.

OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROCUREMENT, AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION PROGRAMS

The conferees agree to provide $133,228,000 instead of $125,778,000 as proposed by the House and $128,228,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $5,000,000 for source zone deployment of P-3's; $2,174,000 to maintain current levels; $7,450,000 for flight safety and enhancements; and $9,916,000 for costs associated with the delivery of new P-3's.

AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

The conferees agree to provide $258,400,000 instead of $233,400,000 as proposed by the House and $128,400,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $5,400,000 for the International Trade Data System, as well as not less than $130,000,000 to begin work on the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE).

BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

The conferees agree to provide $182,901,000 as proposed by the House and Senate. The conferees agree to include a provision as proposed by the Senate with respect to administrative costs associated with certain trust funds.

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT

The conferees agree to provide $3,567,001,000 instead of $3,487,232,000 as proposed by the House and $3,506,939,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees fully fund the President's request with respect to adjustments required to maintain current levels of service, organizational modernization, and operational contract support. The funding level also reflects an increase of $60,000,000 above the fiscal year 2000 level as a result of an inter-appropriation transfer during fiscal year 2000. The conferees have not provided any funding for the Staffing Tax Administration for Balance and Equity (STABLE) initiative, a proposed fiscal year 2001 inter-appropriation transfer, or the electronic tax administration marketing initiative.

IRS DATA FOR ECONOMIC MODELING

The conferees are aware of the critical importance and usefulness of IRS data to economic modeling, such as the modeling used to project the economic impact of proposed Social Security legislation. The conferees direct IRS to continue working closely with the Bureau of the Census to ensure the appropriate availability of these data in a timely manner to groups such as the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to facilitate the operation of CBO's long-term models of Social Security and Medicare. CBO requires records from the IRS' Statistics Of Income that are matched with survey data from the Bureau of the Census (involving the Current Population Survey and the Survey of Income and Program Participation) and records of the Social Security Administration with all record identifiers removed.

TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

The conferees agree to provide $3,382,402,000 instead of $3,332,676,000 as proposed by the House and $3,378,040,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees fully fund the President's request with respect to adjustments required to maintain current levels of service and operational contract support. The funding level also reflects a decrease of $100,000,000 below the fiscal year 2000 level as a result of an inter-appropriation transfer during fiscal year 2000 and a decrease of $666,000 for a transfer to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, as requested. The conferees have not provided any funding for the Staffing Tax Administration for Balance and Equity (STABLE) initiative or for the Counterterrorism Initiative, nor have they agreed to a proposed transfer of $41,000,000 out of the account as an inter-appropriation transfer during fiscal year 2001.

INFORMATION SYSTEMS

The conferees agree to provide $1,545,090,000 instead of $1,488,090,000 as proposed by the House and $1,505,090,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees fully fund the President's request with the exception of the Staffing Tax Administration for Balance and Equity (STABLE) initiative and $3,000,000 for an inter-appropriation transfer proposed for fiscal year 2001.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

Section 101. The conferees agree to continue a provision which allows the transfer of 5 percent of any appropriation made available to the IRS to any other IRS appropriation subject to Congressional approval.

Section 102. The conferees agree to continue a provision which requires the IRS to maintain a training program in taxpayers' rights, dealing courteously with taxpayers, and cross cultural relations.

Section 103. The conferees agree to continue a provision which requires the IRS to institute and enforce policies and practices that will safeguard the confidentially of taxpayer information.

Section 104. The conferees agree to continue a provision proposed by the Senate with respect to the IRS 1-800 help line service.

UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $823,800,000 as proposed by the House instead of $778,279,000 as proposed by the Senate.

ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, AND RELATED EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $8,941,000 instead of $5,021,000 as proposed by the House and $4,283,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $3,920,000 for security enhancements at the Vice President's residence.

GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Section 110. The conferees agree to continue a provision which requires the Secretary of the Treasury to comply with certain reprogramming guidelines when obligating or expending funds for law enforcement activities.

Section 111. The conferees agree to continue a provision which allows the Department of the Treasury to purchase uniforms, insurance, and motor vehicles without regard to the general purchase price limitation, and enter into contracts with the Department of State for health and medical services for Treasury employees in overseas locations.

Section 112. The conferees agree to continue a provision which requires the expenditure of funds so as not to diminish efforts under section 105 of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.

Section 113. The conferees agree to continue a provision which authorizes transfers, up to 2 percent, between law enforcement appropriations under certain circumstances.

Section 114. The conferees agree to continue a provision which authorizes the transfer, up to 2 percent, between the Departmental Offices, Office of Inspector General, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, Financial Management Service, and Bureau of Public Debt appropriations under certain circumstances.

Section 115. The conferees agree to include a new provision proposed by the House that authorizes transfer, up to 2 percent, between the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration under certain circumstances.

Section 116. The conferees agree to continue a provision regarding the purchase of law enforcement vehicles.

Section 117. The conferees agree to continue a provision proposed by the House which prohibits the Department of the Treasury and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from redesigning the $1 Federal Reserve Note.

Section 118. The conferees agree to continue and make permanent a provision which authorizes Treasury law enforcement agencies to pay their protection officers premium pay in excess of the pay period limitation.

Section 119. The conferees agree to include a new provision that provides for transfer from and reimbursements to the Salaries and Expenses appropriation of the Financial Management Service for the purposes of debt collection.

Section 120. The conferees agree to include a new provision that extends the Treasury Franchise Fund through October 1, 2002.

Section 121. The conferees agree to include a new provision that requires that no reorganization of the US Customs Service shall result in a reduction of service to the area served by the Port of Racine, Wisconsin, below the level of service provided in fiscal year 2000.

Section 122. The conferees agree to include a new provision proposed by the House authorizing and directing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to reimburse the subcontractor that provided services in 1993 and 1994 pursuant to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms contract number TATF 93-3 out of fiscal year 2001 appropriations or prior year unobligated balances.

TITLE II--POSTAL SERVICE

PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

The conferees agree to provide $96,093,000 as proposed by the House instead of $67,093,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of this amount, $67,093,000 is provided as an advance appropriation for free and reduced rate mail and $29,000,000 is provided for reimbursement to the Postal Service for prior year losses.

TITLE III--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $53,288,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $52,135,000 as proposed by the House and include a proviso that $9,072,000 of the funds appropriated shall be available for reimbursements to the White House Communications Agency, as proposed by the House.

EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

OPERATING EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $10,900,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $10,286,470 as proposed by the House.

WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

The conferees agree to provide $968,000 instead of $5,510,000 as proposed by the Senate and $658,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees provide $458,000 for the design and replacement of the existing concrete raceway containing voice and communication lines serving the East Wing and the Executive Residence instead of the full request of $5,000,000. The conferees direct the Executive Residence to submit a completed design to the Committees on Appropriations, including an estimate of total construction costs associated with this project.

SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $3,673,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $3,664,000 as proposed by the House.

COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $4,110,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $3,997,000 as proposed by the House.

OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $4,032,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $4,030,000 as proposed by the House.

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $7,165,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $7,148,000 as proposed by the House.

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $43,737,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $41,185,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees agree to delete language proposed by the House to delay the effective date of section 638(h) of Public Law 106-58, regarding the establishment of a Chief Financial Officer within the Executive Office of the President.

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $68,786,000 instead of $67,143,000 as proposed by the House and $67,935,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees fully fund the President's request.

APPORTIONMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

The conferees do not concur with the House report language regarding apportionment for International Food Assistance Programs.

OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $24,759,000 as proposed by the House instead of $24,312,000 as proposed by the Senate.

COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER

The conferees agree to provide $29,053,000 instead of $29,750,000 as proposed by the House and $29,052,000 as proposed by the Senate.

FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

The conferees agree to provide $206,500,000 instead of $217,000,000 as proposed by the House and $196,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees fully fund the Administration's request, and include an additional $14,500,000 to increase funding or expand existing HIDTAs, or to fund newly designated HIDTAs. The conferees provide that existing HIDTAs shall be funded at fiscal year 2000 levels unless the ONDCP Director submits to the Committees, and the Committees approve, justification for changes in those levels based on clearly articulated priorities for the HIDTA program, as well as published ONDCP performance measures of effectiveness (PMEs). Similarly, while the conferees provide additional funding that may be used for newly designated HIDTAs, they direct that no funds may be obligated for such purposes until similar justification is provided to the Committees for approval.

The ability to evaluate effectiveness of individual HIDTAs, and to match funding needs against budgets, depends on reliable and consistent methodology for performance measurement and management. This is particularly important given the key role HIDTAs play in bringing together many divergent counterdrug agencies and crosscutting programs--which also exacerbates the problem of isolating the impact of HIDTAs. The conferees anticipate that the completion of work by the HIDTA Performance Management Working Group will improve performance measurement methodology and data collection covering the three main target areas identified in 1999. These are: increasing compliance with HIDTA developmental standards; dismantling or disabling at least 5 percent of targeted drug trafficking organizations; and reducing specific types of violent crime. The conferees support ONDCP plans to validate and verify the HIDTA management, including the use of on-site reviews and external financial evaluations.

As ONDCP reviews candidates for new HIDTA funding, the conferees direct it to consider the following: Las Vegas, Nevada; Arkansas; Minnesota; North Carolina; and Northern Florida, which have requested designation; increases for Central Florida, Southwest Border (for New Mexico, South Texas, West Texas, and Arizona), New England, Gulf Coast, Oregon, Northwest (including southwest and eastern Washington), and Chicago HIDTAs; and full minimum funding for new HIDTAs in Central Valley, California, Hawaii, and Ohio. The conferees urge ONDCP to consider using funds provided above the budget request for designating new HIDTAs from areas which have already submitted requests.

SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND

The conferees agree to provide $233,600,000 instead of $219,000,000 as proposed by the House and $144,300,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of this amount, the conferees provide $185,000,000 for the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign; $40,000,000 to carry out the Drug Free Communities Act; $3,000,000 for the costs of space and operations of the counter drug intelligence executive secretariat (CDX); $3,300,000 for anti-doping efforts of the United States Olympic Committee; $1,300,000 to the Metro Intelligence Support and Technical Investigative Center (MISTIC); and $1,000,000 for the National Drug Court Institute.

NATIONAL YOUTH ANTI-DRUG MEDIA CAMPAIGN

The conferees negate neither the House nor Senate Committee Report language regarding the youth media campaign. The conferees are concerned with ONDCP's use of pro bono credits under the match program for programming content, and note with interest the Statement of Pro-Bono Match Program and Guidelines that ONDCP posted on its website in July 2000. Consistent with those guidelines, the conferees direct that ONDCP not issue credits for ad time and/or space if already purchased with funds appropriated for the campaign. Furthermore, the conferees direct that ONDCP not issue any credits for programming content once a program is in syndication unless it has previously reported to the Committees on Appropriations reasons why such credit is necessary. Finally, the conferees underscore the language on page 11 of the guidelines that reads `ONDCP exercises its authority to review public service match materials for credit and valuation through its primary advertising contractor. No ONDCP contractor may make suggestions or requests about, or otherwise attempt to influence or modify the creative product of any media organization or representative for the purpose of qualifying for pro bono match credit.' In keeping with this the conferees direct ONDCP to ensure that neither it nor its contractor will review programming content under consideration for pro bono credit under the match program until such programming is in its final form.

TITLE IV--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $40,500,000 instead of $40,240,000 as proposed by the House and $39,755,000 as proposed by the Senate.

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

The conferees agree to provide $5,971,509,000 in new obligational authority instead of $5,272,370,000 as proposed by the House and $5,502,333,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees directly appropriate $464,154,000 into the Fund to cover a portion of the new obligational needs of the Fund.

AFRICAN BURIAL GROUND

The conferees recognize the efforts of GSA to memorialize the 17th and 18th century African Americans whose remains were discovered during the excavation for a new Federal building at Foley Square in lower Manhattan. Since 1992, significant work has been conducted on the memorialization but additional work is required prior to and including the reinterment of the remains. The conferees expect GSA to complete the project using funds made available from the Federal Buildings Fund or from the borrowing authority remaining for the buildings project at Foley Square.

CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION

The conferees agree to provide $472,176,000 instead of no funding as proposed by the House and $3,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. These funds are provided for nine projects. The conferees direct GSA to provide a written report to the Committees on Appropriations with respect to how GSA plans to allocate these funds among the various projects prior to allocating the funds. Within the funds provided the conferees have included $3,500,000 for the design and site acquisition of a combined law enforcement facility in Saint Petersburg, Florida.

The conferees also agree to provide $276,400,000 as an advance appropriation, not available until October 1, 2001, for four courthouse construction projects.

REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS

The conferees agree to provide $671,193,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $490,592,000 as proposed by the House. This level fully funds the request with the following exceptions: no funds are provided for the chlorofluorocarbon program, the energy program is funded at $5,000,000, and the glass fragment retention program is funded at $5,000,000.

BUILDING OPERATIONS

The conferees agree to provide $1,624,771,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $1,580,909,000 as proposed by the House. Within this limitation level, the conferees have included $500,000 to conduct a site selection analysis for a replacement facility for the National Center for Environmental Prediction of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, currently located in Camp Springs, Maryland. The delineated area shall be in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area and include the consideration of appropriate educational institutions qualified to be project partners. A report on the findings of the study shall be provided to the conferees within 120 days of the enactment of this Act.

POLICY AND OPERATIONS

The conferees agree to provide $123,920,000 instead of $123,420,000 as proposed by the Senate and $115,434,000 as proposed by the House. Increases above the enacted level include $3,285,000 for pay costs to maintain current levels, $2,075,000 for protection and maintenance at the Lorton complex in Virginia, and $8,000,000 for the critical infrastructure protection initiative. The conferees agree to provide up to $500,000 for virtual archive storage and agree to provide $190,000, from within available funds, for the Plains States Depopulation Symposium as proposed by the Senate. The conferees do not agree to the reduction of funding from the fiscal year 2000 level for the digital learning technology effort and direct that $1,000,000 be used to continue a digital medical education project in connection with the Native American Digital Telehealth Project and Upper Great Plains Native American Telehealth Program and that $1,000,000 be used to continue activities that will be the basis for the 21st Century Distributed Learning Environment in Education.

ALTERNATIVE FUELS

The conferees urge the General Services Administration to use ethanol, biodiesel, and other alternative fuels to the maximum extent practicable in meeting GSA's fuel needs.

EXPENSES, PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION

The conferees agree to provide $7,100,000, as proposed by the Senate instead of no appropriation as proposed by the House.

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 401. The conferees agree to continue a provision that provides that accounts available to GSA shall be credited with certain funds received from government corporations.

Section 402. The conferees agree to continue a provision that provides that funds available to GSA shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles.

Section 403. The conferees agree to continue a provision that authorizes GSA to transfer funds within the Federal Buildings Fund to meet program requirements subject to approval by the Committees on Appropriations.

Section 404. The conferees agree to continue a provision that prohibits the use of funds to submit a fiscal year 2001 budget request for courthouse construction projects that do not meet design guide criteria, do not reflect the priorities of the Judicial Conference of the United States, and are not accompanied by a standardized courtroom utilization study.

Section 405. The conferees agree to continue a provision that provides that no funds may be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet or provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any other service usually provided to any agency which does not pay the requested rental rates.

Section 406. The conferees agree to continue a provision that provides that funds provided by the Information Technology Fund for pilot information technology projects may be repaid to the Fund.

Section 407. The conferees agree to continue a provision that permits GSA to pay claims of up to $250,000 arising from construction projects and the acquisition of buildings.

Section 408. The conferees agree to include a provision as proposed by the House to provide a one-year extension to the period for which voluntary separation incentive payments may be offered by the Administrator of General Services to qualified employees.

Section 409. The conferees agree to include a new provision proposed by the Senate designating the Federal Building and United States Courthouse located at 102 North 4th Street in Grand Forks, North Dakota, as the `Ronald N. Davies Federal Building and United States Courthouse'.

Section 410. The conferees agree to include a new provision proposed by the Senate regarding the Columbus, New Mexico border station.

Section 411. The conferees agree to include a new provision proposed by the Senate designating the United States Bankruptcy Courthouse located at 1100 Laurel Street in Columbia, South Carolina, as the `J. Bratton Davis United States Bankruptcy Courthouse'.

Section 412. The conferees agree to include a new provision proposed by the Senate designating the United States Courthouse Annex located at 901 19th Street in Denver, Colorado, as the `Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse Annex'.

Section 413. The conferees agree to include a new provision proposed by the Senate designating the dormitory building currently being constructed on the Core Campus of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia, as the `Paul Coverdell Dormitory'.

MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $29,437,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $28,857,000 as proposed by the House.

FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION

The conferees agree to provide $2,000,000 as proposed by the House instead of $1,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

The conferees agree to provide $1,250,000 as proposed by the House instead of $500,000 as proposed by the Senate.

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

OPERATING EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $209,393,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $195,119,000 as proposed by the House, of which up to $5,000,000 may be used for the implementation of the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act (5 U.S.C. 552 note; Public Law 105-246), including preservation and restoration of declassified records, public access and dissemination activities, and necessary support services for the Nazi War Criminal Records Interagency Working Group.

REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

The conferees agree to provide $95,150,000 instead of $5,650,000 as proposed by the House and $4,950,000 as proposed by the Senate. This level of funding provides $4,950,000 for the base repairs and restoration program, $88,000,000 for the major repair and restoration project at the main Archives building, $1,500,000 for the construction of a new Southeast Regional Archives facility, and $700,000 for the design of a 10,000-square-foot extension to the Gerald R. Ford Museum.

NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION

GRANTS PROGRAM

The conferees agree to provide $6,450,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $6,000,000 as proposed by the House.

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $94,095,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $93,471,000 as proposed by the House.

PARENTAL LEAVE

The conferees direct the Office of Personnel Management to conduct a study to develop alternative means for providing Federal employees with at least 6 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth or adoption of a child, and submit a report containing its findings and recommendations to the Committees on Appropriations by September 30, 2001. The report should include projected utilization rates and views as to whether this benefit can be expected to curtail the rate at which Federal employees are being lost to the private sector, help the Federal government recruit and retain employees, reduce turnover and replacement costs, and contribute to parental involvement during a child's formative years.

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $101,986,000 as proposed by the House instead of $99,624,000 as proposed by the Senate.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $1,360,000 as proposed by the House instead of $1,356,000 as proposed by the Senate.

OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $11,147,000 instead of $10,319,000 as proposed by the House and $10,733,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees fully fund the President's request.

UNITED STATES TAX COURT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide $37,305,000 as proposed by the House instead of $35,474,000 as proposed by the Senate.

TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

THIS ACT

Section 501. The conferees agree to continue the provision limiting the expenditure of funds to the current year unless expressly provided in this Act.

Section 502. The conferees agree to continue the provision limiting the expenditure of funds for consulting services under certain conditions.

Section 503. The conferees agree to continue the provision prohibiting the use of funds to engage in activities that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of the 1930 Tariff Act.

Section 504. The conferees agree to continue the provision prohibiting the transfer of control over the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center out of the Department of the Treasury.

Section 505. The conferees agree to continue the provision concerning employment rights of Federal employees who return to their civilian jobs after assignment with the Armed Forces.

Section 506. The conferees agree to continue the provision that requires compliance with the Buy American Act.

Section 507. The conferees agree to continue the provision concerning prohibition of contracts that use certain goods not made in America.

Section 508. The conferees agree to continue the provision prohibiting contract eligibility where fraudulent intent has been proven in affixing `Made in America' labels.

Section 509. The conferees agree to continue the provision prohibiting the expenditure of funds for abortions under the FEHBP, as proposed by the House.

Section 510. The conferees agree to continue the provision that would authorize the expenditure of funds for abortions under the FEHBP if the life of the mother is in danger or the pregnancy is a result of an act of rape or incest, as proposed by the House.

Section 511. The conferees agree to continue the provision providing that fifty percent of unobligated balances may remain available for certain purposes.

Section 512. The conferees agree to continue the provision restricting the use of funds for the White House to request official background reports without the written consent of the individual who is the subject of the report.

Section 513. The conferees agree to continue the provision that cost accounting standards under the Federal Procurement Policy Act shall not apply to the FEHBP.

Section 514. The conferees agree to include a new provision that transfers a parcel of land from the Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum to the Gerald R. Ford Foundation as trustee, with reversionary interest as proposed by the House.

Section 515. The conferees include a new provision requiring OMB to develop guidelines for ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information disseminated by Federal agencies as proposed by the House.

Section 516. The conferees agree to include a new provision permitting OPM to utilize certain funds to resolve litigation and implement settlement agreements regarding the non-foreign area cost-of-living allowance program as proposed by the Senate.

Section 517. The conferees include and modify a provision prohibiting the use of funds for the purpose of implementation, or in preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol as proposed by the House.

Section 518. The conferees agree to include a new provision requiring OMB to report to Congress on the effectiveness of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1975 as proposed by the Senate.

TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES AND CORPORATIONS

Section 601. The conferees agree to continue the provision authorizing agencies to pay costs of travel to the United States for the immediate families of Federal employees assigned to foreign duty in the event of a death or a life threatening illness of the employee.

Section 602. The conferees agree to continue the provision requiring agencies to administer a policy designed to ensure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use of controlled substances.

Section 603. The conferees agree to continue the provision regarding price limitations on vehicles to be purchased by the Federal Government.

Section 604. The conferees agree to continue the provision allowing funds made available to agencies for travel to also be used for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances.

Section 605. The conferees agree to continue the provision prohibiting the Government, with certain specified exceptions, from employing non-U.S. citizens whose posts of duty would be in the continental U.S.

Section 606. The conferees agree to continue the provision ensuring that agencies will have authority to pay GSA bills for space renovation and other services.

Section 607. The conferees agree to continue the provision allowing agencies to finance the costs of recycling and waste prevention programs with proceeds from the sale of materials recovered through such programs.

Section 608. The conferees agree to continue the provision providing that funds may be used by certain groups to pay rent and other service costs in the District of Columbia.

Section 609. The conferees agree to continue the provision providing that no funds may be used to pay any person filling a nominated position that has been rejected by the Senate.

Section 610. The conferees agree to continue the provision precluding the financing of groups by more than one Federal agency absent prior and specific statutory approval.

Section 611. The conferees agree to continue the provision authorizing the Postal Service to employ guards and give them the same special police powers as GSA guards as proposed by the Senate.

Section 612. The conferees agree to continue the provision prohibiting the use of funds for enforcing regulations disapproved in accordance with the applicable law of the U.S.

Section 613. The conferees agree to continue the provision limiting the pay increases of certain prevailing rate employees.

Section 614. The conferees agree to continue the provision limiting the amount of funds that can be used for redecoration of offices under certain circumstances.

Section 615. The conferees agree to continue the provision prohibiting the expenditure of funds for the acquisition of additional law enforcement training facilities.

Section 616. The conferees agree to continue the provision to allow for interagency funding of national security and emergency telecommunications initiatives.

Section 617. The conferees agree to continue the provision requiring agencies to certify that a Schedule C appointment was not created solely or primarily to detail the employee to the White House.

Section 618. The conferees agree to continue the prov


	December 15, 2000- Ordered to be printed

	Mr. YOUNG of Florida, from the committee of conference, submitted the following
	CONFERENCE REPORT
	[To accompany H.R. 4577]

Environmental Disease Prevention:
Arctic populations	$390,000
Asthma	27,906,362
Autism	6,734,000
Birth defects	17,608,000
Disabilities prevention	15,276,000
Environmental lab and health activities	46,593,117
Fetal alcohol syndrome	9,551,843
Folic Acid	2,500,000
Hanford Study	1,679,000
Limb Loss	3,352,000
Mild mental retardation	4,396,000
Newborn Hearing Screening	6,315,576
Pfisteria	9,081,000
Radiation	1,949,000
Spina bifida	2,155,000
Volcanic emissions	97,000
Subtotal, Environmental	155,583,898
Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion:
Arthritis and healthy aging	11,889,000
Behavior risk factor surveillance	1,918,000
Cancer registries	36,434,297
Cardiovascular diseases	35,038,825
Chronic fatigue syndrome	7,000,000
Colorectal cancer	8,901,345
Community health promotion	7,164,000
Comprehensive cancer control	3,096,000
Diabetes	58,344,038
Epilepsy	4,074,255
Iron overload	495,000
Nutrition/Physical activity	16,222,438
Oral health	8,460,000
Prevention of teen pregnancies	13,258,000
Prostate cancer	11,173,000
School health program	9,775,000
Skin cancer	1,647,000
Tobacco (smoking and health)	103,355,034
Women's health	1,500,000
Ovarian cancer	2,625,870
Subtotal, Chronic	342,371,102
Consolidated program administration	-80,916,000
Total, Chronic & Environmental	417,039,000

Operating Budget:	$39,346,000
Capitol Projects:
1. Update electrical system drawings on CAD	70,000
2. CAD Mechanical database	70,000
3. Conservation of wall paintings	200,000
4. Study, confined spaces, Capitol Complex	0
5. Replacement on Minton tile	100,000
6. Provide infrastructure for security installations	400,000
7. Computer, telecommunications and electrical support	300,000
8. Security project support for AOC	0
9. Roof fall protection	555,000
10. Life safety support services	0
11. Safety and environmental program and SOP development	0
12. Wayfinding and ADA compliant signage	50,000
13. Computer aided facility management	263,000

Operating Budget	$5,127,000
Capitol Projects:
1. CAD database development--site utilities	110,000
2. Wayfinding and ADA compliant signage	100,000

Operating Budget:
1. Personnel compensation	4,467,000
2. Other expenses	34,110,000
Capital Projects:
1. Study, heat balance/efficiency improvements	0
2. Update CAD drawings	65,000
3. Roof fall protection	323,000

Operating Budget	$3,303,000
Capitol Projects:
1. Replace equipment at growing facilities	0
2. Wayfinding signage	25,000

1. Mandatories	$8,459,000
2. Price level	-1,920,000
3. Russian Leadership Program	10,000,000
4. Hands Across America	5,957,800
5. Arrearage reduction	500,000
6. Mass deacidification	1,216,000
7. National Film Preservation Board	250,000
8. Digitization pilot with West Point	404,000
9. Digitization non-personal costs $	7,590,000
10. Ft. Meade Storage: One-time costs	-406,000
11. Ft. Meade Storage: Open module one	618,000
12. Automation: National Digital Library servers and storage	300,000
13. Security Office	2,342,000
14. High-speed transmission line	4,300,000

Operating Budget:
1. Personnel compensation and benefits	$7,959,000
2. Annual expenses	1,966,000
Capitol Projects:
3. Preservations environmental monitoring	0
4. Replace HVAC variable speed drive motor	90,000
5. Room and partition modifications	165,000
6. Replace partition supports	200,000
7. Lightning protection, Madison building	190,000

[In thousands of dollars]
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2000	$2,475,080
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2001	2,725,604
House bill, fiscal year 2001	1,913,691
Senate bill, fiscal year 2001	2,523,378
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2001	2,526,863
Conference agreement compared with:
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2000	+51,783
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2001	-198,741
House bill, fiscal year 2001	+613,172
Senate bill, fiscal year 2001	+3,485
Title IV--FY 2000 Emergency Supplemental	51,102