S.1596 - Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000106th Congress (1999-2000)
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Hide Overview| Sponsor: | Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] (Introduced 09/16/1999) |
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| Committees: | Senate - Appropriations |
| Committee Reports: | S. Rept. 106-161 |
| Latest Action: | Senate - 09/22/1999 Senate incorporated this measure in H.R. 2684 as an amendment. (All Actions) |
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Placed on Calendar Senate (09/16/1999)
[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[S. 1596 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]
Calendar No. 279
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1596
[Report No. 106-161]
Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies,
boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 16, 1999
Mr. Bond from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies,
boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Veterans Benefits Administration
compensation and pensions
For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of
veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as authorized
by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61);
pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38
U.S.C. chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 2508); and burial
benefits, emergency and other officers' retirement pay, adjusted-
service credits and certificates, payment of premiums due on commercial
life insurance policies guaranteed under the provisions of Article IV
of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended, and
for other benefits as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, 1312, 1977, and
2106, chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 50 U.S.C. App. 540-548; 43 Stat.
122, 123; 45 Stat. 735; 76 Stat. 1198), $21,568,364,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $38,079,000 of
the amount appropriated shall be reimbursed to ``General operating
expenses'' and ``Medical care'' for necessary expenses in implementing
those provisions authorized in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1990, and in the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapters 51,
53, and 55), the funding source for which is specifically provided as
the ``Compensation and pensions'' appropriation: Provided further, That
such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall
be reimbursed to ``Medical facilities revolving fund'' to augment the
funding of individual medical facilities for nursing home care provided
to pensioners as authorized.
readjustment benefits
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits to or
on behalf of veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 31,
34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61, $1,469,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That funds shall be available to pay any
court order, court award or any compromise settlement arising from
litigation involving the vocational training program authorized by
section 18 of Public Law 98-77, as amended.
veterans insurance and indemnities
For military and naval insurance, national service life insurance,
servicemen's indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance, and
veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 19;
70 Stat. 887; 72 Stat. 487, $28,670,000, to remain available until
expended.
veterans housing benefit program fund program account
(including transfer of funds)
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as may be
necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter
37, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That
during fiscal year 2000, within the resources available, not to exceed
$300,000 in gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for
specially adapted housing loans.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct
and guaranteed loan programs, $156,958,000, which may be transferred to
and merged with the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.
education loan fund program account
(including transfer of funds)
For the cost of direct loans, $1,000, as authorized by 38 U.S.C.
3698, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That
these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the
principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $3,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
direct loan program, $214,000, which may be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.
vocational rehabilitation loans program account
(including transfer of funds)
For the cost of direct loans, $57,000, as authorized by 38 U.S.C.
chapter 31, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost
of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That
these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the
principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $2,531,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
direct loan program, $415,000, which may be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.
native american veteran housing loan program account
(including transfer of funds)
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program
authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter V, as amended, $520,000,
which may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
``General operating expenses''.
guaranteed transitional housing loans for homeless veterans program
account
(including transfer of funds)
For the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the Budget Enforcement
Act of 1990, including the cost of modifying loans, of guaranteed loans
as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37 subchapter VI, $48,250,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than five loans
may be guaranteed under this program prior to November 11, 2001:
Provided further, That no more than fifteen loans may be guaranteed
under this program: Provided further, That the total principal amount
of loans guaranteed under this program may not exceed $100,000,000:
Provided further, That not to exceed $750,000 of the amounts
appropriated by this Act for ``General operating expenses'' and
``Medical care'' may be expended for the administrative expenses to
carry out the guaranteed loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter
37, subchapter VI.
Veterans Health Administration
medical care
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of
hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities; for furnishing,
as authorized by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to
beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including care and
treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Department;
and furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and equipment;
funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto for
beneficiaries receiving care in the Department; administrative expenses
in support of planning, design, project management, real property
acquisition and disposition, construction and renovation of any
facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department;
oversight, engineering and architectural activities not charged to
project cost; repairing, altering, improving or providing facilities in
the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the
Department, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by the
hire of temporary employees and purchase of materials; uniforms or
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; aid to State
homes as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 1741; administrative and legal
expenses of the Department for collecting and recovering amounts owed
the Department as authorized under 38 U.S.C. chapter 17, and the
Federal Medical Care Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.; and not to
exceed $8,000,000 to fund cost comparison studies as referred to in 38
U.S.C. 8110(a)(5), $18,406,000,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That
of the funds made available under this heading, $635,000,000 is for the
equipment and land and structures object classifications only, which
amount shall not become available for obligation until August 1, 2000,
and shall remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided further,
That of the funds made available under this heading, not to exceed
$900,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2001: Provided
further, That of the funds made available under this heading, not to
exceed $27,907,000 may be transferred to and merged with the
appropriation for ``General operating expenses'': Provided further,
That the Department shall conduct by contract a program of recovery
audits with respect to payments for hospital care; and, notwithstanding
31 U.S.C. 3302(b), amounts collected, by setoff or otherwise, as the
result of such audits shall be available, without fiscal year
limitation, for the purposes for which funds are appropriated under
this heading and the purposes of paying a contractor a percent of the
amount collected as a result of an audit carried out by the contractor:
Provided further, That all amounts so collected under the preceding
proviso with respect to a designated health care region (as that term
is defined in 38 U.S.C. 1729A(d)(2)) shall be allocated, net of
payments to the contractor, to that region.
In addition, in conformance with Public Law 105-33 establishing the
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund, such sums
as may be deposited to such Fund pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1729A may be
transferred to this account, to remain available until expended for the
purposes of this account.
medical and prosthetic research
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical and
prosthetic research and development as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter
73, to remain available until September 30, 2001, $316,000,000, plus
reimbursements.
medical administration and miscellaneous operating expenses
For necessary expenses in the administration of the medical,
hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, supply, and research
activities, as authorized by law; administrative expenses in support of
capital policy activities, $60,703,000 plus reimbursements: Provided,
That project technical and consulting services offered by the
Facilities Management Service Delivery Office, including technical
consulting services, project management, real property administration
(including leases, site acquisition and disposal activities directly
supporting projects), shall be provided to Department of Veterans
Affairs components only on a reimbursable basis, and such amounts will
remain available until September 30, 2000.
general post fund, national homes
(including transfer of funds)
For the cost of direct loans, $7,000, as authorized by Public Law
102-54, section 8, which shall be transferred from the ``General post
fund'': Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are
available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of
direct loans not to exceed $70,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct
loan programs, $54,000, which shall be transferred from the ``General
post fund'', as authorized by Public Law 102-54, section 8.
Departmental Administration
general operating expenses
For necessary operating expenses of the Department of Veterans
Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or allowances
therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official reception and
representation expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and
reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard
services, and the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas
employee mail, $912,594,000: Provided, That funds under this heading
shall be available to administer the Service Members Occupational
Conversion and Training Act: Provided further, That travel expenditures
for the immediate Office of the Secretary shall not exceed $100,000.
national cemetery administration
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of the
National Cemetery Administration, not otherwise provided for, including
uniforms or allowances therefor; cemeterial expenses as authorized by
law; purchase of two passenger motor vehicles for use in cemeterial
operations; and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $97,256,000:
Provided, That of the amount made available under this heading, not to
exceed $117,000 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation
for ``General operating expenses''.
office of inspector general
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
$43,200,000: Provided, That of the amount made available under this
heading, not to exceed $30,000 may be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.
construction, major projects
For constructing, altering, extending and improving any of the
facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of
Veterans Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316,
2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38,
United States Code, including planning, architectural and engineering
services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated
with equipment guarantees provided under the project, services of
claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system construction
costs, and site acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is
$4,000,000 or more or where funds for a project were made available in
a previous major project appropriation, $70,140,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That except for advance planning of
projects (including market-based assessments of health care needs which
may or may not lead to capital investments) funded through the advance
planning fund and the design of projects funded through the design
fund, none of these funds shall be used for any project which has not
been considered and approved by the Congress in the budgetary process:
Provided further, That funds provided in this appropriation for fiscal
year 2000, for each approved project shall be obligated: (1) by the
awarding of a construction documents contract by September 30, 2000;
and (2) by the awarding of a construction contract by September 30,
2001: Provided further, That the Secretary shall promptly report in
writing to the Committees on Appropriations any approved major
construction project in which obligations are not incurred within the
time limitations established above: Provided further, That no funds
from any other account except the ``Parking revolving fund'', may be
obligated for constructing, altering, extending, or improving a project
which was approved in the budget process and funded in this account
until one year after substantial completion and beneficial occupancy by
the Department of Veterans Affairs of the project or any part thereof
with respect to that part only.
construction, minor projects
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the
facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of
Veterans Affairs, including planning, architectural and engineering
services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated
with equipment guarantees provided under the project, services of
claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system construction
costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in
sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122
of title 38, United States Code, where the estimated cost of a project
is less than $4,000,000, $175,000,000, to remain available until
expended, along with unobligated balances of previous ``Construction,
minor projects'' appropriations which are hereby made available for any
project where the estimated cost is less than $4,000,000: Provided,
That funds in this account shall be available for: (1) repairs to any
of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of
the Department which are necessary because of loss or damage caused by
any natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary measures
necessary to prevent or to minimize further loss by such causes.
parking revolving fund
For the parking revolving fund as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8109,
income from fees collected, to remain available until expended, which
shall be available for all authorized expenses except operations and
maintenance costs, which will be funded from ``Medical care''.
grants for construction of state extended care facilities
For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State nursing
home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify or alter
existing hospital, nursing home and domiciliary facilities in State
homes, for furnishing care to veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8131-
8137, $90,000,000, to remain available until expended.
grants for the construction of state veterans cemeteries
For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding, or improving
State veteran cemeteries as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 2408, $25,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
administrative provisions
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2000 for ``Compensation
and pensions'', ``Readjustment benefits'', and ``Veterans insurance and
indemnities'' may be transferred to any other of the mentioned
appropriations.
Sec. 102. Appropriations available to the Department of Veterans
Affairs for fiscal year 2000 for salaries and expenses shall be
available for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
Sec. 103. No appropriations in this Act for the Department of
Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations for ``Construction, major
projects'', ``Construction, minor projects'', and the ``Parking
revolving fund'') shall be available for the purchase of any site for
or toward the construction of any new hospital or home.
Sec. 104. No appropriations in this Act for the Department of
Veterans Affairs shall be available for hospitalization or examination
of any persons (except beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing
such benefits to veterans, and persons receiving such treatment under 5
U.S.C. 7901-7904 or 42 U.S.C. 5141-5204), unless reimbursement of cost
is made to the ``Medical care'' account at such rates as may be fixed
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of Veterans
Affairs for fiscal year 2000 for ``Compensation and pensions'',
``Readjustment benefits'', and ``Veterans insurance and indemnities''
shall be available for payment of prior year accrued obligations
required to be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year
accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 1999.
Sec. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the Department of
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2000 shall be available to pay prior
year obligations of corresponding prior year appropriations accounts
resulting from title X of the Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public
Law 100-86, except that if such obligations are from trust fund
accounts they shall be payable from ``Compensation and pensions''.
Sec. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during fiscal
year 2000, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, from the National
Service Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1920), the Veterans' Special
Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1923), and the United States Government
Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), reimburse the ``General operating
expenses'' account for the cost of administration of the insurance
programs financed through those accounts: Provided, That reimbursement
shall be made only from the surplus earnings accumulated in an
insurance program in fiscal year 2000, that are available for dividends
in that program after claims have been paid and actuarially determined
reserves have been set aside: Provided further, That if the cost of
administration of an insurance program exceeds the amount of surplus
earnings accumulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made only
to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year
2000, which is properly allocable to the provision of each insurance
program and to the provision of any total disability income insurance
included in such insurance program.
TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Public and Indian Housing
housing certificate fund
(including transfers of funds)
For activities and assistance to prevent the involuntary
displacement of low-income families, the elderly and the disabled
because of the loss of affordable housing stock, expiration of subsidy
contracts (other than contracts for which amounts are provided under
another heading in this Act) or expiration of use restrictions, or
other changes in housing assistance arrangements, and for other
purposes, $11,051,135,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That of the total amount provided under this heading,
$10,855,135,000, of which $6,655,135,000 shall be available on October
1, 1999 and $4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2000, shall
be for assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (``The
Act'' herein) (42 U.S.C. 1437) for use in connection with expiring or
terminating section 8 subsidy contracts, for enhanced vouchers
(including renewals) as provided under the ``Preserving Existing
Housing Investment'' account in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-204) for families eligible for assistance
under such Act, and contracts entered into pursuant to section 441 of
the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: Provided further, That
the Secretary may determine not to apply section 8(o)(6)(B) of the Act
to housing vouchers during fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That of
the total amount provided under this heading, $156,000,000 shall be for
section 8 rental assistance under the Act including assistance to
relocate residents of properties: (1) that are owned by the Secretary
and being disposed of; or (2) that are discontinuing section 8 project-
based assistance; for relocation and replacement housing for units that
are demolished or disposed of from the public housing inventory (in
addition to amounts that may be available for such purposes under this
and other headings); for the conversion of section 23 projects to
assistance under section 8; for funds to carry out the family
unification program; and for the relocation of witnesses in connection
with efforts to combat crime in public and assisted housing pursuant to
a request from a law enforcement or prosecution agency: Provided
further, That of the total amount provided under this heading,
$40,000,000 shall be made available to nonelderly disabled families
affected by the designation of a public housing development under
section 7 of such Act, the establishment of preferences in accordance
with section 651 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992
(42 U.S.C. 1361l), or the restriction of occupancy to elderly families
in accordance with section 658 of such Act, and to the extent the
Secretary determines that such amount is not needed to fund
applications for such affected families, to other nonelderly disabled
families: Provided further, That no funds under this heading may be
used for Regional Opportunity Counseling: Provided further, That all
balances for the section 8 rental assistance, section 8 counseling, new
construction sub-rehabilitation, relocation/replacement/demolition,
section 23 conversions, rental and disaster vouchers, loan management
set-aside, section 514 technical assistance, and programs previously
funded within the ``Annual Contributions'' account shall be transferred
to this account, to be available for the purposes for which they were
originally appropriated: Provided further, That all balances previously
recaptured in the ``Section 8 Reserve Preservation'' account shall be
transferred to this account, to be available for the purposes for which
they were originally appropriated: Provided further, That the
unexpended amounts previously appropriated for special purpose grants
within the ``Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing'' account shall
be recaptured and transferred to this account, to be available for
assistance under the Act for use in connection with expiring or
terminating section 8 subsidy contracts: Provided further, That of the
amounts previously appropriated for property disposition within the
``Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing'' account, up to
$79,000,000 shall be transferred to this account, to be available for
assistance under the Act for use in connection with expiring or
terminating section 8 subsidy contracts: Provided further, That of the
unexpended amounts previously appropriated for carrying out the Low-
Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 and
the Emergency Low-Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987, other than
amounts made available for rental assistance, within the ``Annual
Contributions for Assisted Housing'' and ``Preserving Existing Housing
Investments'' accounts, shall be recaptured and transferred to this
account, to be available for assistance under the Act for use in
connection with expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy contracts.
public housing capital fund
(including transfers of funds)
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to carry out capital
and management activities for public housing agencies, as authorized
under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended
(42 U.S.C. 1437), $2,555,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That of the total amount, up to $100,000,000 shall be for
carrying out activities under section 9(d) of such Act, and technical
assistance for the inspection of public housing units, contract
expertise, and training and technical assistance directly or
indirectly, under grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, to
assist in the oversight and management of public housing related to
capital activities for lease adjustments to section 23 projects:
Provided further, That no funds may be used under this heading for the
purposes specified in section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of
1937, as in effect immediately before enactment of this Act: Provided
further, That all balances for debt service for Public and Indian
Housing and Public and Indian Housing Grants previously funded within
the ``Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing'' account shall be
transferred to this account, to be available for the purposes for which
they were originally appropriated.
public housing operating fund
(including transfers of funds)
For payments to public housing agencies for the operation and
management of public housing, as authorized by section 9(e) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g),
$2,900,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no
funds may be used under this heading for the purposes specified in
section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as in effect
immediately before enactment of this Act.
drug elimination grants for low-income housing
For grants to public housing agencies and Indian tribes and their
tribally designated housing entities for use in eliminating crime in
public housing projects authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11901-11908, for grants
for federally assisted low-income housing authorized by 42 U.S.C.
11909, and for drug information clearinghouse services authorized by 42
U.S.C. 11921-11925, $310,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That of the total amount provided under this heading, up to
$5,000,000 shall be solely for technical assistance, training, and
program assessment for or on behalf of public housing agencies,
resident organizations, and Indian tribes and their tribally designated
housing entities (including up to $250,000 for the cost of necessary
travel for participants in such training): Provided further, That of
the amount provided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be used in
connection with efforts to combat violent crime in public and assisted
housing under the Operation Safe Home Program administered by the
Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development:
Provided further, That of the amount under this heading, $10,000,000
shall be provided to the Office of Inspector General for Operation Safe
Home: Provided further, That of the amount under this heading,
$20,000,000 shall be available for a program named the New Approach
Anti-Drug program which will provide competitive grants to entities
managing or operating public housing developments, federally assisted
multifamily housing developments, or other multifamily housing
developments for low-income families supported by non-Federal
governmental entities or similar housing developments supported by
nonprofit private sources in order to provide or augment security
(including personnel costs), to assist in the investigation and/or
prosecution of drug related criminal activity in and around such
developments, and to provide assistance for the development of capital
improvements at such developments directly relating to the security of
such developments: Provided further, That grants for the New Approach
Anti-Drug program shall be made on a competitive basis as specified in
section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform
Act of 1989: Provided further, That the term ``drug-related crime'', as
defined in 42 U.S.C. 11905(2), shall also include other types of crime
as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That none of the
funds under this heading may be awarded pursuant to a Notice of Funding
Availability which contains substantive program changes unless such
program changes have been subject to review under notice and comment
rulemaking: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 5130(c) of
the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11909(c)), the Secretary may
determine not to use any such funds to provide public housing youth
sports grants.
revitalization of severely distressed public housing (hope vi)
For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, site
revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based assistance grants
to projects as authorized by section 24 of the United States Housing
Act of 1937, $500,000,000 to remain available until expended: Provided,
That for purposes of environmental review pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, a grant under this heading or under
prior appropriations Acts for use for the purposes under this heading
shall be treated as assistance under title I of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 and shall be subject to the regulations issued by
the Secretary to implement section 26 of such Act: Provided further,
That none of such funds shall be used directly or indirectly by
granting competitive advantage in awards to settle litigation or pay
judgments, unless expressly permitted herein.
native american housing block grants
For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as authorized
under title I of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (Public Law 104-330), $620,000,000,
to remain available until expended, of which $4,000,000 shall be used
by the National American Indian Housing Council and up to $2,000,000 by
the Secretary to support the inspection of Indian housing units,
contract expertise, training, and technical assistance in the oversight
and management of Indian housing and tenant-based assistance, including
up to $300,000 for related travel: Provided, That of the amount
provided under this heading, $6,000,000 shall be made available for the
cost of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized by title
VI of NAHASDA: Provided further, That such costs, including the costs
of modifying such notes and other obligations, shall be as defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize the total
principal amount of any notes and other obligations, any part of which
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $54,600,000: Provided further, That
for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program,
up to $200,000 from amounts in the first proviso, which shall be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for departmental
salaries and expenses, to be used only for the administrative costs of
these guarantees.
indian housing loan guarantee fund program account
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184 of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 3739),
$6,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such
costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize total
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed
$71,956,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the
guaranteed loan program, up to $150,000 from amounts in the first
paragraph, which shall be transferred to and merged with the
appropriation for departmental salaries and expenses, to be used only
for the administrative costs of these guarantees.
rural housing and economic development
For an Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development to be
established in the Department of Housing and Urban Development,
$25,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the
amount under this heading, up to $3,000,000 shall be used to develop
capacity at the State and local level for developing rural housing and
for rural economic development and for maintaining a clearinghouse of
ideas for innovative strategies for rural housing and economic
development and revitalization: Provided further, That of the amount
under this heading, at least $22,000,000 which amount shall be awarded
by June 1, 2000 to Indian tribes, State housing finance agencies, State
community and/or economic development agencies, local rural nonprofits
and community development corporations to support innovative housing
and economic development activities in rural areas: Provided further,
That all grants shall be awarded on a competitive basis as specified in
section 102 of the HUD Reform Act.
Community Planning and Development
housing opportunities for persons with aids
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS
program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C.
12901), $225,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the funds under this
heading shall be awarded on a priority basis to renew and maintain
existing programs funded under this heading: Provided further, That the
Secretary may use up to 1 percent of the funds under this heading for
technical assistance.
community development block grants
(including transfers of funds)
For grants to States and units of general local government and for
related expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out a community
development grants program as authorized by title I of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (the ``Act'' herein) (42
U.S.C. 5301), $4,800,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2002: Provided, That $67,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes
notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, $3,000,000 shall be
available as a grant to the Housing Assistance Council, $2,000,000
shall be available to support Alaska Native serving institutions and
native Hawaiian serving institutions as defined under the Higher
Education Act, as amended, $1,800,000 shall be available as a grant to
the National American Indian Housing Council, and $45,500,000 shall be
for grants pursuant to section 107 of the Act: Provided further, That
all funding decisions under section 107 except as specified herein
shall be subject to a reprogramming request unless otherwise specified
in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the committee
report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That not to exceed 20
percent of any grant made with funds appropriated herein (other than a
grant made available in this paragraph to the Housing Assistance
Council or the National American Indian Housing Council, or a grant
using funds under section 107(b)(3) of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974, as amended) shall be expended for ``Planning
and Management Development'' and ``Administration'' as defined in
regulations promulgated by the Department: Provided further, That all
balances for the Economic Development Initiative grants program, the
John Heinz Neighborhood Development program, grants to Self Help
Housing Opportunity program, and the Moving to Work Demonstration
program previously funded within the ``Annual Contributions for
Assisted Housing'' account shall be transferred to this account, to be
available for the purposes for which they were originally appropriated.
Of the amount made available under this heading, $25,000,000 shall
be made available for ``Capacity Building for Community Development and
Affordable Housing,'' for LISC and the Enterprise Foundation for
activities as authorized by section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of
1993 (Public Law 103-120), as in effect immediately before June 12,
1997, with not less than $5,000,000 of the funding to be used in rural
areas, including tribal areas.
Of the amount made available under this heading, the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development may use up to $45,000,000 for supportive
services for public housing residents, as authorized by section 34 of
the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, and not less than
$10,000,000 for grants for service coordinators and congregate services
for the elderly and disabled residents of public and assisted housing:
Provided further, That amounts made available for congregate services
and service coordinators for the elderly and disabled under this
heading and in prior fiscal years may be used by grantees to reimburse
themselves for costs incurred in connection with providing service
coordinators previously advanced by grantees out of other funds due to
delays in the granting by or receipt of funds from the Secretary, and
the funds so made available to grantees for congregate services or
service coordinators under this heading or in prior years shall be
considered as expended by the grantees upon such reimbursement. The
Secretary shall not condition the availability of funding made
available under this heading or in prior years for congregate services
or service coordinators upon any grantee's obligation or expenditure of
any prior funding.
Of the amount made available under this heading, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, $42,500,000 shall be available for
YouthBuild program activities authorized by subtitle D of title IV of
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as amended, and
such activities shall be an eligible activity with respect to any funds
made available under this heading: Provided, That local YouthBuild
programs that demonstrate an ability to leverage private and nonprofit
funding shall be given a priority for YouthBuild funding: Provided
further, That up to $2,500,000 may be used for capacity buildings
efforts.
Of the amount made available under this heading, $110,000,000 shall
be available for grants for the Economic Development Initiative (EDI)
to finance a variety of economic development efforts, including
$95,000,000 for making individual grants for targeted economic
investments in accordance with the terms and conditions specified for
such grants in the committee report accompanying this Act.
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $29,000,000, as authorized by
section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974:
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans,
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed,
not to exceed $1,261,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate limitation
on outstanding obligations guaranteed in section 108(k) of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1974: Provided further, That in
addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan
program, $1,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with the
appropriation for departmental salaries and expenses.
The Secretary is directed to transfer the administration of the
small cities component of the Community Development Block Grant Program
for fiscal year 2000 and all fiscal years thereafter to the State of
New York. No funds under this heading may be made available to grantees
until the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development transfers the
administration of the Small Cities component of the Community
Development Block Grants program to the State of New York.
brownfields redevelopment
For Economic Development Grants, as authorized by section 108(q) of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, for
Brownfields redevelopment projects, $25,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development shall make these grants available on a competitive basis as
specified in section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development Reform Act of 1989.
home investment partnerships program
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized under
title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act
(Public Law 101-625), as amended, $1,600,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That up to $20,000,000 of these funds shall
be available for Housing Counseling under section 106 of the Housing
and Urban Development Act of 1968: Provided further, That all Housing
Counseling program balances previously appropriated in the ``Housing
Counseling Assistance'' account shall be transferred to this account,
to be available for the purposes for which they were originally
appropriated.
homeless assistance grants
For the emergency shelter grants program (as authorized under
subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance
Act, as amended); the supportive housing program (as authorized under
subtitle C of title IV of such Act); the section 8 moderate
rehabilitation single room occupancy program (as authorized under the
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended) to assist homeless
individuals pursuant to section 441 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Act; and the shelter plus care program (as authorized under
subtitle F of title IV of such Act), $1,020,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That not less than 30 percent of
these funds shall be used for permanent housing, and all funding for
services must be matched by 25 percent in funding by each grantee:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
shall conduct a review of any balances of amounts provided under this
heading in this or any previous appropriations Act that have been
obligated but remain unexpended and shall deobligate any such amounts
that the Secretary determines were obligated for contracts that are
unlikely to be performed and award such amounts during this fiscal
year: Provided further, That up to 1 percent of the funds appropriated
under this heading may be used for technical assistance: Provided
further, That all balances previously appropriated in the ``Emergency
Shelter Grants,'' ``Supportive Housing,'' ``Supplemental Assistance for
Facilities to Assist the Homeless,'' ``Shelter Plus Care,'' ``Section 8
Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy,'' and ``Innovative
Homeless Initiatives Demonstration'' accounts shall be transferred to
and merged with this account, to be available for any authorized
purpose under this heading.
Housing Programs
housing for special populations
For assistance for the purchase, construction, acquisition, or
development of additional public and subsidized housing units for low
income families not otherwise provided for, $904,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That $710,000,000 shall be for
capital advances, including amendments to capital advance contracts,
for housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the
Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental assistance, and
amendments to contracts for project rental assistance, for the elderly
under such section 202(c)(2), and for supportive services associated
with the housing of which amount $50,000,000 shall be for service
coordinators and continuation of existing congregate services grants
for residents of assisted housing projects, and for other eligible
elderly persons residing in the neighborhood in which such projects are
located on an exception basis, and of which amount $50,000,000 shall be
for grants for conversion of existing section 202 projects, or portions
thereof, to assisted living or related use, subject to the provision
that the Secretary shall select existing section 202 projects to
receive such assistance on a competitive basis based on a set of
conditions that take into account the need for and quality of the
proposed alterations, the extent to which the application demonstrates
the ability to complete the alterations promptly and successfully, past
history of successful deliverance of services to the elderly, and such
other factors as the Secretary deems appropriate: Provided further,
That of the amount under this heading, $194,000,000 shall be for
capital advances, including amendments to capital advance contracts,
for supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as authorized by
section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act,
for project rental assistance, for amendments to contracts for project
rental assistance, and supportive services associated with the housing
for persons with disabilities as authorized by section 811 of such Act:
Provided further, That the Secretary may designate up to 25 percent of
the amounts earmarked under this paragraph for section 811 of such Act
for tenant-based assistance, as authorized under that section,
including such authority as may be waived under the next proviso, which
assistance is five years in duration: Provided further, That the
Secretary may waive any provision of such section 202 and such section
811 (including the provisions governing the terms and conditions of
project rental assistance and tenant-based assistance) that the
Secretary determines is not necessary to achieve the objectives of
these programs, or that otherwise impedes the ability to develop,
operate or administer projects assisted under these programs, and may
make provision for alternative conditions or terms where appropriate.
flexible subsidy fund
(transfer of funds)
From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all uncommitted balances
of excess rental charges as of September 30, 1999, and any collections
made during fiscal year 2000, shall be transferred to the Flexible
Subsidy Fund, as authorized by section 236(g) of the National Housing
Act, as amended.
Federal Housing Administration
fha--mutual mortgage insurance program account
(including transfers of funds)
During fiscal year 2000, commitments to guarantee loans to carry
out the purposes of section 203(b) of the National Housing Act, as
amended, shall not exceed a loan principal of $120,000,000,000.
During fiscal year 2000, obligations to make direct loans to carry
out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as
amended, shall not exceed $100,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing
amount shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in
connection with sales of single family real properties owned by the
Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance
Fund.
For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the guaranteed
and direct loan program, $330,888,000, of which not to exceed
$324,866,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for departmental
salaries and expenses; not to exceed $4,022,000 shall be transferred to
the appropriation for the Office of Inspector General. In addition, for
administrative contract expenses, $160,000,000: Provided, That to the
extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed $49,664,000,000 on or before
April 1, 2000, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract
expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional
guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro-rata amount for any amount
below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by this
proviso exceed $16,000,000.
fha--general and special risk program account
(including transfers of funds)
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 guarantee modifications (as that term is
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as
amended), $153,000,000, including not to exceed $153,000,000 from
unobligated balances previously appropriated under this heading, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That these funds are
available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be
guaranteed, of up to $18,100,000,000: Provided further, That any
amounts made available in any prior appropriations Act for the cost (as
such term is defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974) of guaranteed loans that are obligations of the funds established
under section 238 or 519 of the National Housing Act that have not been
obligated or that are deobligated shall be available to the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development in connection with the making of such
guarantees and shall remain available until expended, notwithstanding
the expiration of any period of availability otherwise applicable to
such amounts.
Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as
authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of the National
Housing Act, shall not exceed $50,000,000; of which not to exceed
$30,000,000 shall be for bridge financing in connection with the sale
of multifamily real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly
insured under such Act; and of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be
for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with the
sale of single-family real properties owned by the Secretary and
formerly insured under such Act.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
guaranteed and direct loan programs, $211,455,000 (including not to
exceed $147,000,000 from unobligated balances previously appropriated
under this heading), of which $193,134,000, shall be transferred to the
appropriation for departmental salaries and expenses; and of which
$18,321,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for the Office of
Inspector General. In addition, for administrative contract expenses
necessary to carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs,
$144,000,000: Provided, That to the extent guaranteed loan commitments
exceed $7,263,000,000 on or before April 1, 2000, an additional $19,800
for administrative contract expenses shall be available for each
$1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments over
$7,263,000,000 (including a pro rata amount for any increment below
$1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by this proviso
exceed $14,400,000.
Government National Mortgage Association
guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account
(including transfer of funds)
During fiscal year 2000, new commitments to issue guarantees to
carry out the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as
amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed $200,000,000,000.
For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the guaranteed
mortgage-backed securities program, $15,383,000, of which not to exceed
$9,383,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for departmental
salaries and expenses.
Policy Development and Research
research and technology
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs of
research and studies relating to housing and urban problems, not
otherwise provided for, as authorized by title V of the Housing and
Urban Development Act of 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 et seq.),
including carrying out the functions of the Secretary under section
1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, $35,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2001.
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
fair housing activities
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise provided
for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as
amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended,
$40,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001, of which
$20,000,000 shall be to carry out activities pursuant to such section
561: Provided, That no funds made available under this heading shall be
used to lobby the executive or legislative branches of the Federal
Government in connection with a specific contract, grant or loan.
Office of Lead Hazard Control
lead hazard reduction
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by sections
1011 and 1053 of the Residential Lead-Based Hazard Reduction Act of
1992, $80,000,000 to remain available until expended, of which
$10,000,000 shall be for a Healthy Homes Initiative, which shall be a
program pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban
Development Act of 1970 that shall include research, studies, testing,
and demonstration efforts, including education and outreach concerning
lead-based paint poisoning and other housing-related environmental
diseases and hazards: Provided, That all balances for the Lead Hazard
Reduction Programs previously funded in the Annual Contributions for
Assisted Housing and Community Development Block Grant accounts shall
be transferred to this account, to be available for the purposes for
which they were originally appropriated.
Management and Administration
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary administrative and non-administrative expenses of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, not otherwise provided
for, including not to exceed $7,000 for official reception and
representation expenses, $985,826,000, of which $518,000,000 shall be
provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration,
$9,383,000 shall be provided from funds of the Government National
Mortgage Association, $1,000,000 shall be provided from the ``Community
Development Block Grants Program'' account, $150,000 shall be provided
by transfer from the ``Title VI Indian Federal Guarantees Program''
account, and $200,000 shall be provided by transfer from the ``Indian
Housing Loan Guarantee Fund Program'' account: Provided, That the
Secretary is prohibited from using any funds under this heading or any
other heading in this Act from employing more than 77 schedule C and 20
noncareer Senior Executive Service employees: Provided further, That
the Secretary is prohibited from using funds under this heading or any
other heading in this Act to employ more than 9,300 employees,
including any contract employees working on site in the Department:
Provided further, That the Secretary is prohibited from using funds
under this heading or any other heading in this Act after February 1,
2000 to employ any external community builders or to convert any
external community builder to career employee after August 1, 1999:
Provided further, That the Secretary is prohibited from using funds
under this heading or any other heading in this Act to employ more than
14 employees in the Office of Public Affairs: Provided further, That
the Secretary is prohibited from using funds in excess of $1,000,000
under this heading or any other heading in this Act to pay for travel.
office of inspector general
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
$95,910,000, of which $22,343,000 shall be provided from the various
funds of the Federal Housing Administration and $10,000,000 shall be
provided from the amount earmarked for Operation Safe Home in the
``Drug Elimination Grants for Low-Income Housing'' account: Provided,
That the Inspector General shall have independent authority over all
personnel issues within the Office of Inspector General: Provided
further, That of the amount under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be
made available for the Inspector General to enter in contracts for
independent financial audits of programs at the Department of Housing
and Urban Development, including audits of internal financial accounts:
Provided further, That the amount made available under the previous
proviso shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 2001.
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprise Financial Safety
and Soundness Act of 1992, $16,000,000, to remain available until
expended, to be derived from the Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
Fund: Provided, That not to exceed such amount shall be available from
the General Fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur
obligations and make expenditures pending the receipt of collections to
the Fund: Provided further, That the General Fund amount shall be
reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to
result in a final appropriation from the General Fund estimated at not
more than $0.
administrative provisions
financing adjustment factors
Sec. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, or in
lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated with such budget
authority, that are recaptured from projects described in section
1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act
of 1988 (Public Law 100-628, 102 Stat. 3224, 3268) shall be rescinded,
or in the case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such
amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or
remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing finance
agencies or local governments or local housing agencies with projects
approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for which
settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance with such
section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Secretary may award
up to 15 percent of the budget authority or cash recaptured and not
rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with
incentives to refinance their project at a lower interest rate.
fair housing and free speech
Sec. 202. None of the amounts made available under this Act may be
used during fiscal year 2000 to investigate or prosecute under the Fair
Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged in by one or more
persons, including the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal
action, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or
preventing action by a government official or entity, or a court of
competent jurisdiction.
enhanced disposition authority
Sec. 203. Section 204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1997, is amended by striking ``fiscal years 1997, 1998 and 1999''
and inserting ``fiscal years 1999 and 2000''.
housing opportunities for persons with aids grants
Sec. 204. (a) Eligibility.--Section 854(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the AIDS
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)(1)(A))(ii), is amended by
inserting after ``clause (i)'' a comma and ``or States that received an
allocation under this clause in a prior fiscal year''.
(b) Minimum Grant Repealer.--Section 854(c)(2) of such Act is
repealed.
(c) Environmental Review.--Section 856 of such Act is amended by
adding the following new subsection at the end: ``(h) Environmental
Review.--For purposes of environmental review, decisionmaking, and
action pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and
other provisions of law that further the purposes of such Act, a grant
under this subtitle shall be treated as assistance for a special
project that is subject to section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing
Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 3547), and shall be
subject to the regulations issued by the Secretary to implement such
section.''.
fha multifamily mortgage credit demonstrations
Sec. 205. Section 542 of the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1992 is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(5) by striking ``during fiscal year
1999'', and inserting ``in each of fiscal years 1999 and
2000'', and
(2) in the first sentence of subsection (c)(4) by striking
``during fiscal year 1999'' and inserting ``in each of fiscal
years 1999 and 2000''.
clarification of owner's right to prepay
Sec. 206. (a) Prepayment Right.--Notwithstanding section 211 of the
Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 or section 221 of the
Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 (as in effect pursuant to
section 604(c) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing
Act), subject to subsection (b), with respect to any project that is
eligible low-income housing (as that term is defined in section 229 of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987)--
(1) the owner of the project may prepay, and the mortgagee
may accept prepayment of, the mortgage on the project, and
(2) the owner may request voluntary termination of a
mortgage insurance contract with respect to such project and
the contract may be terminated notwithstanding any requirements
under sections 229 and 250 of the National Housing Act.
(b) Conditions.--Any prepayment of a mortgage or termination of an
insurance contract authorized under subsection (a) may be made--
(1) only to the extent that such prepayment or termination
is consistent with the terms and conditions of the mortgage on
or mortgage insurance contract for the project;
(2) only if the owner of the project involved agrees not to
increase the rent charges for any dwelling unit in the project
during the 60-day period beginning upon such prepayment or
termination; and
(3) only if the owner of the project provides notice of
intent to prepay or terminate, in such form as the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development may prescribe, to each tenant of
the housing, the Secretary, and the chief executive officer of
the appropriate State or local government for the jurisdiction
within which the housing is located, not less than 150 days,
but not more than 270 days, before such prepayment or
termination, except that such requirement shall not apply to a
prepayment or termination that--
(A) occurs during the 150-day period immediately
following the date of the enactment of this Act;
(B) is necessary to effect conversion to ownership
by a priority purchaser (as defined in section 231(a)
of the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident
Ownership Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 4120(a)), or
(C) will otherwise ensure that the project will
continue to operate, at least until the maturity date
of the loan or mortgage, in a manner that will provide
rental housing on terms at least as advantageous to
existing and future tenants as the terms required by
the program under which the loan or mortgage was made
or insured prior to the proposed prepayment or
termination.
funding of certain public housing
Sec. 207. No funds in this Act or any other Act may hereafter be
used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to determine
allocations or provide assistance for operating subsidies or
modernization for certain State and city funded and locally developed
public housing or assisted housing units, as described in section
9(n)(1)(B) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, unless such unit
was so assisted before October 1, 1998.
fha administrative contract expense authority
Sec. 208. Section 1 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1702) is
amended by inserting the following new sentence after the first
proviso: ``For the purposes of this section, the term
``nonadministrative'' shall not include contract expenses that are not
capitalized or routinely deducted from the proceeds of sales, and such
expenses shall not be payable from funds made available by this Act.''.
full payment of claims
Sec. 209. (a) Section 541 of the National Housing Act is amended
(1) by amending the heading to read as follows: ``partial payment of
claims on defaulted mortgages and in connection with mortgage
restructuring''; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``partial payment of the
claim under the mortgage insurance contract'' and inserting,
``partial or full payment of claim under one or more mortgage
insurance contracts''.
(b) Section 517 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and
Affordability Act of 1997 is amended by adding a new subsection (a)(6)
to read as follows: ``(6) The second mortgage under this section may be
a first mortgage if no restructured or new first mortgage will meet the
requirement of paragraph (1)(A).''.
availability of income matching information
Sec. 210. (a) Section 3(f) of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C. 1437a), as amended by section 508(d)(1) of the Quality
Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, is further amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) after the first appearance of ``public housing
agency'', by inserting ``, or the owner responsible for
determining the participant's eligibility or level of
benefits,''; and
(B) after ``as applicable'', by inserting ``, or to
the owner responsible for determining the participant's
eligibility or level of benefits''; and
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'';
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and
inserting ``, or''; and
(C) by inserting at the end the following new
subparagraph:
``(C) for which project-based assistance is provided under
section 8, section 202, or section 811.''.
(b) Section 904(b) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance
Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 3544), as amended by section
508(d)(2) of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998,
is further amended in paragraph (4)--
(1) by inserting after ``public housing agency'' the first
time it appears the following: ``, or the owner responsible for
determining the participant's eligibility or level of
benefits,''; and
(2) by striking ``the public housing agency verifying
income'' and inserting ``verifying income''.
elimination of secretary public housing set-aside funds
Sec. 211. Subsection (k) of section 9 of the United States Housing
Act of 1937, as amended by the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility
Act of 1998, is hereby deleted and the following subsections are
redesignated, accordingly.
technical correction to the departments of veterans affairs and housing
and urban development, and independent agencies appropriations act,
1998
Sec. 212. (a) Exemptions From Restructuring.--Section 514(h)(1) of
the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development,
and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 is amended to read as
follows:
``(1) the primary financing for the project was provided by a unit
of State government or a unit of general local government (or an agency
or instrumentality of either) and the primary financing involves
mortgage insurance under the National Housing Act, such that the
implementation of a mortgage restructuring and rental assistance
sufficiency plan under this Act would be in conflict with applicable
law or agreements governing such financing;''.
technical correction to fha single family mortgage limits
Sec. 213. (a) In General.--Section 203(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the National
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended by inserting after
``may not be less than'' the following: ``the greater of the dollar
amount limitation in effect for the area on the date of enactment of
the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development,
and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
effect on October 1, 1999.
limitation on compensation for public housing
Sec. 214. None of the funds appropriated in this title under the
heading of the Public Housing Operating Fund shall be used to pay
compensation of an individual, either as direct costs or any proration
of an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of $125,000, unless the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development certifies that such
compensation should be increased on an individual basis due to special
circumstances.
limitation on compensation for youthbuild
Sec. 215. None of the funds appropriated in this title for the
Youthbuild program shall be used to pay compensation of an individual,
either as direct costs or any proration of an indirect cost, at a rate
in excess of $125,000, unless the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development certifies that such compensation should be increased on an
individual basis.
adjustments to income eligibility for unusually high or low families
incomes in assisted housing
Sec. 216. Section 16 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by inserting before the period
the following: ``; except that the Secretary may establish
income ceilings higher or lower than 30 percent of the area
median income on the basis of the Secretary's findings that
such variations are necessary because of unusually high or low
family incomes''; and
(2) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting before the period
the following: ``; except that the Secretary may establish
income ceilings higher or lower than 30 percent of the area
median income on the basis of the Secretary's findings that
such variations are necessary because of unusually high or low
family incomes''.
gao reimbursement
Sec. 217. The Comptroller General of the United States shall
certify to the Congress on a quarterly basis on the cost of time
attributable to the failure of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development to cooperate in any investigation being conducted by the
General Accounting Office with regard to the activities of the
Department. Within 30 days of such certification, the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development shall reimburse the General Accounting
Office for such costs from the Salaries and Expenses account of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
home technical correction
Sec. 218. Section 212(a)(1) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act is amended in the first sentence by inserting
after ``community housing development organizations,'' the following:
``to preserve housing assisted or previously assisted with section 8
assistance,''.
exemption for alaska and mississippi from requirement of resident on
board
Sec. 219. Public housing agencies in the states of Alaska and
Mississippi shall not be required to comply with section 2(b) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, during fiscal year 2000.
administration of the cdbg program by new york state
Sec. 220. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall
transfer on October 1, 1999 the administration of the Small Cities
component of the Community Development Block Grants program, as
established in the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, to
the State of New York to be administered by the Governor.
renewal of section 8 project-based contracts
Sec. 221. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law and except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the
Secretary may use amounts available for the renewal of assistance under
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, upon the
termination or expiration of a contract for assistance under section 8
(other than a contract for tenant-based assistance and notwithstanding
section 8(v) of such Act for loan management assistance), to provide
assistance under section 8 of such Act for a covered project (as
defined under section 524(b)(2) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing
Reform and Affordability Act) under this section at rent levels that do
not exceed comparable market rents for the market area.
(b) Mandatory Renewals.--The Secretary shall offer to renew at up
to rent levels that do not exceed comparable market rents for the
market area any contract for assistance under section 8 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (other than a contract for tenant-based
assistance and notwithstanding section 8(v) of such Act for loan
management assistance) that has expired for any covered project (as
defined under section 524(b)(2) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing
Reform and Affordability Act)--
(1) in a low-vacancy area; or
(2) where a predominant number of units are occupied by
elderly families, disabled families, or elderly and disabled
families.
(c) Establishment of Market Rents.--The Secretary shall establish
for units assisted with project-based assistance in covered projects
(as defined under section 524(b)(2) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing
Reform and Affordability Act) adjusted rent levels that are equivalent
to rents based on appraisals that are derived from comparable
properties if the market rent determination is based on not less than 2
comparable properties, including, if there are no comparable properties
in the sane market area, 2 properties that have been certified by the
Secretary as similar to the covered properties as to neighborhood
(including risk of crime), type of location, access, street appeal,
age, property size, apartment mix, physical configuration, property and
unit amenities, utilities, and other relevant characteristics, provided
that the comparable projects are not receiving project-based
assistance.
(d) 10-Year Contracts.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary and owner of any covered project (as defined under
section 524(b)(2) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and
Affordability Act) may agree to up to a 10-year contract renewal for
assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(other than a contract for tenant-based assistance and notwithstanding
section 8(v) of such Act for loan management assistance) under which
payments shall be subject to the annual availability of appropriations.
enhanced voucher authority
Sec. 222. (a) In General.--Section 8 of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amended by inserting after subsection
(s) the following new subsection:
``(t) Enhanced Vouchers.--
``(1) In general.--Enhanced voucher assistance under this
subsection for a family shall be voucher assistance under
subsection (o), except that under such enhanced voucher
assistance--
``(A) subject only to subparagraph (D), the
assisted family shall pay as rent no less than the
amount the family was paying on the date of the
eligibility event for the project in which the family
was residing on such date;
``(B) during any period that the assisted family
continues residing in the same unit in which the family
was residing on the date of the eligibility event for
the project, if the rent for the dwelling unit of the
family in such project exceeds the applicable payment
standard established pursuant to subsection (o) for the
unit, the amount of rental assistance provided on
behalf of the family shall be determined using a
payment standard that is equal to the rent for the
dwelling unit (as such rent may be increased from time
to time), subject to paragraph (10)(A) of subsection
(o);
``(C) subparagraph (B) of this paragraph shall not
apply and the payment standard for the dwelling unit
occupied by the family shall be determined in
accordance with subsection (o) if--
``(i) the assisted family moves, at any
time, from such project; or
``(ii) the voucher is made available for
use by any family other than the original
family on behalf of whom the voucher was
provided; and
``(D) if the income of the assisted family declines
to a significant extent, the percentage of income paid
by the family for rent shall not exceed the greater of
30 percent or the percentage of income paid at the time
of the eligibility event for the project.
``(2) Eligibility event.--For purposes of this subsection,
the term `eligibility event' means, with respect to a
multifamily housing project, the prepayment of the mortgage on
such housing project, the voluntary termination of the
insurance contract for the mortgage for such housing project,
or the termination or expiration of the contract for rental
assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of
1937 for such housing project, that, under paragraphs (3) and
(4) of section 515(c) or section 524(b) of the Multifamily
Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42
U.S.C. 1437f note) or section 223(f) of the Low-Income Housing
Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C.
4113(f)), results in tenants in such housing project being
eligible for enhanced voucher assistance under this subsection.
``(3) Treatment of enhanced vouchers provided under other
authority.--
``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, any enhanced voucher assistance
provided under any authority specified in subparagraph
(D) shall be treated, and subject to the same
requirements, as enhanced voucher assistance under this
subsection.
``(B) Identification of other authority.--The
authority specified in this subparagraph is the
authority under--
``(i) the 10th, 11th, and 12th provisos
under the `Preserving Existing Housing
Investment' account in title II of the
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-204;
110 Stat. 2884), pursuant to such provisos, the
first proviso under the `Housing Certificate
Fund' account in title II of the Departments of
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-65;
111 Stat. 1351), or the first proviso under the
`Housing Certificate Fund' account in title II
of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law
105-276; 112 Stat. 2469); and
``(ii) paragraphs (3) and (4) of section
515(c) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing
Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C.
1437f note), as in effect before the enactment
of this Act.
``(4) Authorization of appropriations.--There are
authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2000,
2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 such sums as may be necessary for
enhanced voucher assistance under this subsection.''.
(b) Enhanced Vouchers Under MAHRAA.--Section 515(c) of the
Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42
U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting
the following new paragraph:
``(4) Assistance through enhanced vouchers.--In the case of
any family described in paragraph (3) that resides in a project
described in section 512(2)(B), the tenant-based assistance
provided shall be enhanced voucher assistance under section
8(t) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437f(t)).''.
(c) Enhanced Vouchers For Certain Tenants in Prepayment and
Voluntary Termination Properties.--Section 223 of the Low-Income
Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C.
4113) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(f) Enhanced Voucher Assistance for Certain Tenants.--
``(1) Authority.--In lieu of benefits under subsections
(b), (c), and (d), and subject to the availability of
appropriated amounts, each family described in paragraph (2)
shall be offered enhanced voucher assistance under section 8(t)
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)).
``(2) Eligible families.--A family described in this
paragraph is a family that is--
``(A) a low-income family or a moderate-income
family;
``(B) an elderly family, a disabled family, or
residing in a low-vacancy area; and
``(C) residing in eligible low-income housing on
the date of the prepayment of the mortgage or voluntary
termination of the insurance contract.''.
(d) Enhanced Vouchers for Expiring Contracts.--Section 524 of the
Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42
U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(b) Enhanced Voucher Assistance for Covered Residents.--
``(1) In general.--In the case of a contract for project-
based assistance under section 8 for a covered project that is
not renewed under subsection (a) of this section (or any other
authority), to the extent that amounts for assistance under
this subsection are provided in advance in appropriation Acts,
upon the date of the expiration of such contract the
Secretary--
``(A) shall make enhanced voucher assistance under
section 8(t) of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)) available on behalf of each
covered resident of the covered project; and
``(B) may make enhanced voucher assistance under
such section available on behalf of any other low-
income family who, upon the date of such expiration, is
residing in an assisted dwelling unit in the covered
project.
``(2) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection, the
following definitions shall apply:
``(A) Assisted dwelling unit.--The term `assisted
dwelling unit' means a dwelling unit that--
``(i) is in a covered project; and
``(ii) is covered by rental assistance
provided under the contract for project-based
assistance for the covered project.
``(B) Covered project.--The term `covered project'
means any housing that--
``(i) consists of more than 4 dwelling
units;
``(ii) is covered in whole or in part by a
contract for project-based assistance under--
``(I) the new construction or
substantial rehabilitation program
under section 8(b)(2) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (as in
effect before October 1, 1983),
``(II) the property disposition
program under section 8(b) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937,
``(III) the moderate rehabilitation
program under section 8(e)(2) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (as
in effect before October 1, 1991);
``(IV) the loan management
assistance program under section 8 of
the United States Housing Act of 1937,
``(V) section 23 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (as in
effect before January 1, 1975),
``(VI) the rent supplement program
under section 101 of the Housing and
Urban Development Act of 1965, or
``(VII) section 8 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937, following
conversion from assistance under
section 101 of the Housing and Urban
Development Act of 1965,
which contract will under its own terms expire
during the period consisting of fiscal years
2000 through 2004;
``(iii) is not housing for which residents
are eligible for enhanced voucher assistance
pursuant to section 223(f) of the Low-Income
Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership
Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 4113(f)); and
``(iv) is not housing for which residents
are eligible for enhanced voucher assistance
pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (4) of section
515(c) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing
Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C.
1437f note).
``(C) Covered resident.--The term `covered
resident' means a family who--
``(i) upon the date of the expiration of
the contract for project-based assistance for a
covered project, is residing in an assisted
dwelling unit in the covered project; and
``(ii) as a result of a rent increase
occurring after the date of such contract
expiration is subject to a rent for such unit
that exceeds 30 percent of adjusted income.''.
housing finance agencies
Sec. 223. The Secretary may contract with State or local housing
finance agencies that have been selected as a Participating
Administrative Entity under the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and
Affordability Act of 1997 for determining the market rental rates of a
covered project as defined under such Act.
section 202 exemption
Sec. 224. Notwithstanding section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 or
any other provision of law, Peggy A. Burgin may not be disqualified on
the basis of age from residing at Clark's Landing in Groton, Vermont.
darlinton preservation amendment
Sec. 225. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon
prepayment of the FHA-insured Section 236 mortgage, the Secretary shall
continue to provide interest reduction payment in accordance with the
existing amortization schedule for Darlinton Manor Apartments, a 100-
unit project located at 606 North 5th Street, Bozemen, Montana, which
will continue as affordable housing pursuant to a use agreement with
the State of Montana.
section 236 irp reform
Sec. 226. Section 236(g) of the National Housing Act is amended, in
the last sentence, by inserting ``or a project owner with a mortgage
formerly insured under this section (if such mortgage is held by the
Secretary and such project owner is current with respect to the
mortgage obligation),'' before ``may retain''.
risk-sharing priority
Sec. 227. Section 517(b)(3) of the Departments of Veterans Affairs
and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998 is amended by inserting after ``1992.'' the
following: ``The Secretary shall give a priority to risk-shared
financing under section 542(c) of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1992 for any mortgage restructuring, rehabilitation financing,
or debt refinancing included as part of a mortgage restructuring and
rental assistance sufficiency plan if the terms and conditions will
result in reduced risk of loss to the federal government.''.
TITLE III--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
American Battle Monuments Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the American
Battle Monuments Commission, including the acquisition of land or
interest in land in foreign countries; purchases and repair of uniforms
for caretakers of national cemeteries and monuments outside of the
United States and its territories and possessions; rent of office and
garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one for replacement only)
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and insurance of official motor
vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of such countries,
$26,467,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
American Battle Monuments Commission may borrow up to $65,000,000 from
the Treasury of the United States for the construction of the World War
II memorial in the District of Columbia on such terms and conditions as
required by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant to
section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including hire of passenger
vehicles, and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates
for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum
rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376,
$6,500,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation
Board shall have not more than three career Senior Executive Service
positions.
Department of the Treasury
Community Development Financial Institutions
community development financial institutions
fund program account
For grants, loans, and technical assistance to qualifying community
development lenders, and administrative expenses of the Fund, including
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not
to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for ES-3,
$80,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001, of which
$12,000,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans, and up to
$1,000,000 may be used for administrative expenses to carry out the
direct loan program: Provided, That the cost of direct loans, including
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these
funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct loans not to exceed $32,000,000: Provided further,
That not more than $25,000,000 of the funds made available under this
heading may be used for programs and activities authorized in section
114 of the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act
of 1994.
Consumer Product Safety Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety Commission,
including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem
rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376,
purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials'
contributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed $500 for
official reception and representation expenses, $49,500,000.
Corporation for National and Community Service
national and community service programs
operating expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and
Community Service (referred to in the matter under this heading as the
``Corporation'') in carrying out programs, activities, and initiatives
under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred to in
the matter under this heading as the ``Act'') (42 U.S.C. 12501 et
seq.), $423,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000:
Provided, That not more than $27,000,000 shall be available for
administrative expenses authorized under section 501(a)(4) of the Act
(42 U.S.C. 12671(a)(4)): Provided further, That not more than $2,500
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided
further, That not more than $70,000,000, to remain available without
fiscal year limitation, shall be transferred to the National Service
Trust account for educational awards authorized under subtitle D of
title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.), of which not to exceed
$5,000,000 shall be available for national service scholarships for
high school students performing community service: Provided further,
That not more than $224,500,000 of the amount provided under this
heading shall be available for grants under the National Service Trust
program authorized under subtitle C of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C.
12571 et seq.) (relating to activities including the AmeriCorps
program), of which not more than $40,000,000 may be used to administer,
reimburse, or support any national service program authorized under
section 121(d)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12581(d)(2)): Provided
further, That not more than $7,500,000 of the funds made available
under this heading shall be made available for the Points of Light
Foundation for activities authorized under title III of the Act (42
U.S.C. 12661 et seq.): Provided further, That no funds shall be
available for national service programs run by Federal agencies
authorized under section 121(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12571(b)):
Provided further, That to the maximum extent feasible, funds
appropriated under subtitle C of title I of the Act shall be provided
in a manner that is consistent with the recommendations of peer review
panels in order to ensure that priority is given to programs that
demonstrate quality, innovation, replicability, and sustainability:
Provided further, That not more than $18,000,000 of the funds made
available under this heading shall be available for the Civilian
Community Corps authorized under subtitle E of title I of the Act (42
U.S.C. 12611 et seq.): Provided further, That not more than $43,000,000
shall be available for school-based and community-based service-
learning programs authorized under subtitle B of title I of the Act (42
U.S.C. 12521 et seq.): Provided further, That not more than $28,500,000
shall be available for quality and innovation activities authorized
under subtitle H of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12853 et seq.):
Provided further, That not more than $5,000,000 shall be available for
audits and other evaluations authorized under section 179 of the Act
(42 U.S.C. 12639): Provided further, That to the maximum extent
practicable, the Corporation shall increase significantly the level of
matching funds and in-kind contributions provided by the private
sector, shall expand significantly the number of educational awards
provided under subtitle D of title I, and shall reduce the total
Federal costs per participant in all programs: Provided further, That
of amounts available in the National Service Trust account from
previous appropriations acts, $80,000,000 shall be rescinded.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $5,000,000.
Court of Veterans Appeals
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the operation of the United States Court
of Veterans Appeals as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 7251-7298, $11,450,000,
of which $910,000, shall be available for the purpose of providing
financial assistance as de scribed, and in accordance with the process
and reporting procedures set forth, under this heading in Public Law
102-229.
Department of Defense--Civil
Cemeterial Expenses, Army
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for maintenance,
operation, and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers'
and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, including the purchase of one
passenger motor vehicle for replacement only, and not to exceed $1,000
for official reception and representation expenses, $12,473,000, to
remain available until expended.
Environmental Protection Agency
science and technology
(including transfer of funds)
For science and technology, including research and development
activities, which shall include research and development activities
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended; necessary expenses for
personnel and related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or
allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed
the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior
level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; procurement of laboratory
equipment and supplies; other operating expenses in support of research
and development; construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and
renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project,
$642,483,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 2001:
Provided, That the obligated balance of sums available in this account
shall remain available through September 30, 2008 for liquidating
obligations made in fiscal years 2000 and 2001: Provided further, That
the obligated balance of funds transferred to this account in Public
Law 105-276 shall remain available through September 30, 2007 for
liquidating obligations made in fiscal years 1999 and 2000.
environmental programs and management
For environmental programs and management, including necessary
expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel and related costs
and travel expenses, including uniforms, or allowances therefore, as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level positions under
5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and
operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in
societies or associations which issue publications to members only or
at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members;
construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of
facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; and not to exceed $6,000
for official reception and representation expenses, $1,885,000,000,
which shall remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That
the obligated balance of such sums shall remain available through
September 30, 2008 for liquidating obligations made in fiscal years
2000 and 2001: Provided further, That personnel compensation and
benefits costs shall not exceed $900,000,000: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used to propose or
issue rules, regulations, decrees, or orders for the purpose of
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: Provided
further, That notwithstanding 7 U.S.C. 136r and 15 U.S.C. 2609,
beginning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, grants awarded under
section 20 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act,
as amended, and section 10 of the Toxic Substances Control Act, as
amended, shall be available for research, development, monitoring,
public education, training, demonstrations, and studies.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and
renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project,
$32,409,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided,
That the sums available in this account shall remain available through
September 30, 2008 for liquidating obligations made in fiscal years
2000 and 2001: Provided further, That the obligated balance of funds
transferred to this account in Public Law 105-276 shall remain
available through September 30, 2007 for liquidating obligations made
in fiscal years 1999 and 2000.
buildings and facilities
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by, the
Environmental Protection Agency, $25,930,000, to remain available until
expended.
hazardous substance superfund
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended,
including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C.
9611), and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and
renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; not to
exceed $1,400,000,000 (of which $100,000,000 shall not become available
until September 1, 2000), including $650,000,000 as appropriated under
this heading in Public Law 105-276, notwithstanding the language in the
sixth proviso under this heading of such Act which conditions the
availability of such funds for obligation upon enactment by August 1,
1999 of specific Superfund reauthorization legislation, and the seventh
proviso; all of which is to remain available until expended, consisting
of $700,000,000, as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by Public
Law 101-508, and $700,000,000 as a payment from general revenues to the
Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as authorized by section
517(b) of SARA, as amended by Public Law 101-508: Provided, That funds
appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other Federal
agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further,
That $10,753,100 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be
transferred to the ``Office of Inspector General'' appropriation to
remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 111(m) of CERCLA or any other provision of law,
$70,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be
available to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
(ATSDR) to carry out activities described in sections 104(i),
111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of CERCLA and section 118(f) of SARA:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in
lieu of performing a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of
CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health
studies, evaluations or activities, including, without limitation,
biomedical testing, clinical evaluations, medical monitoring, and
referral to accredited health care providers: Provided further, That in
performing any such health assessment or health study, evaluation, or
activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be bound by the
deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A): Provided further, That $38,000,000
of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to
the ``Science and Technology'' appropriation to remain available until
September 30, 2001: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated under this heading shall be available for the Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to issue in excess of 40
toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during
fiscal year 2000.
leaking underground storage tank trust fund
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground storage
tank cleanup activities authorized by section 205 of the Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and for construction,
alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not
to exceed $75,000 per project, $71,556,000, to remain available until
expended.
oil spill response
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protection
Agency's responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,
$15,000,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, and
to remain available until expended.
state and tribal assistance grants
For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, including
capitalization grants for State revolving funds and performance
partnership grants, $3,250,000,000, to remain available until expended,
of which $1,350,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for
the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act, as amended; $825,000,000 shall be for
capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds
under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, except
that, notwithstanding section 1452(n) of the Safe Drinking Water Act,
as amended, none of the funds made available under this heading in this
Act, or in previous appropriations acts, shall be reserved by the
Administrator for health effects studies on drinking water
contaminants; $50,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering,
planning, design, construction and related activities in connection
with the construction of high priority water and wastewater facilities
in the area of the United States-Mexico Border, after consultation with
the appropriate border commission; $30,000,000 shall be for grants to
the State of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater
infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages; $100,000,000
shall be for making grants for the construction of wastewater and water
treatment facilities and groundwater protection infrastructure in
accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such grants in
Senate Report 106-161 accompanying this Act (S. 1596); $885,000,000
shall be for grants, including associated program support costs, to
States, federally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal
consortia, and air pollution control agencies for multi-media or single
media pollution prevention, control and abatement and related
activities, including activities pursuant to the provisions set forth
under this heading in Public Law 104-134, and for making grants under
section 103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate matter monitoring and
data collection activities; and $10,000,000 for competitive grants to
States and federally-recognized Indian tribes to develop and implement
integrated information systems to improve environmental decisionmaking,
reduce the burden on regulated entities and improve the reliability of
information available to the public: Provided, That notwithstanding
section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as
amended, the limitation on the amounts in a State water pollution
control revolving fund that may be used by a State to administer the
fund shall not apply to amounts included as principal in loans made by
such fund in fiscal year 2000 and hereafter where such amounts
represent costs of administering the fund, to the extent that such
amounts are or were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, accounted
for separately from other assets in the fund, and used for eligible
purposes of the fund, including administration: Provided further, That
beginning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, notwithstanding section
518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Administrator is
authorized to use the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under
section 319 of that Act to make grants to Indian Tribes pursuant to
section 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act: Provided further, That the
$2,200,000 appropriated in Public Law 105-276 in accordance with House
Report No. 105-769, for a grant to the Charleston, Utah Water
Conservancy District, as amended by Public Law 106-31, shall be awarded
to Wasatch County, Utah, for water and sewer needs: Provided further,
That the funds appropriated under this heading in Public Law 105-276
for the City of Fairbanks, Alaska, water system improvements shall
instead be for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, water and sewer
improvements.
administrative provision
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency shall not award any funds under any
heading in this Act to a non-profit organization as defined by section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code unless such organization has
certified that it has not used federal funds to engage in litigation
against the United States.
Executive Office of the President
office of science and technology policy
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and Technology
Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the National Science and
Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C.
6601 and 6671), hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official
reception and representation expenses, and rental of conference rooms
in the District of Columbia, $5,201,000.
council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality
For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to the
Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the
Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan
No. 1 of 1977, $2,675,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, no funds other than those appropriated under this
heading shall be used for or by the Council on Environmental Quality
and Office of Environmental Quality: Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of
1970, the Council shall consist of one member, appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, serving as
chairman and exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the
Council.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
office of inspector general
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $34,666,000, to be derived from the Bank Insurance Fund, the
Savings Association Insurance Fund, and the FSLIC Resolution Fund.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
disaster relief
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.),
$300,000,000, and, notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 5203, to remain available
until expended, of which not to exceed $2,900,000 may be transferred to
``Emergency Management Planning and Assistance'' for the consolidated
emergency management performance grant program.
disaster assistance direct loan program account
For the cost of direct loans, $1,295,000, as authorized by section
319 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are
available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of
direct loans not to exceed $25,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct
loan program, $420,000.
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, including hire
and purchase of motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343;
uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902;
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable
for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; expenses of attendance
of cooperating officials and individuals at meetings concerned with the
work of emergency preparedness; transportation in connection with the
continuity of Government programs to the same extent and in the same
manner as permitted the Secretary of a Military Department under 10
U.S.C. 2632; and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and
representation expenses, $180,000,000.
office of the inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $8,015,000.
emergency management planning and assistance
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out
activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended,
and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended (42 U.S.C.
4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards
Reduction Act of 1977, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Federal
Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 et
seq.), the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App.
2061 et seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the National Security Act of
1947, as amended (50 U.S.C. 404-405), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of
1978, $255,850,000: Provided, That for purposes of pre-disaster
mitigation pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5131 (b) and (c) and 42 U.S.C. 5196
(e) and (i), $25,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading
shall be available until expended for project grants: Provided further,
That beginning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, and notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the Director of FEMA is authorized to
provide assistance from funds appropriated under this heading, subject
to terms and conditions as the Director of FEMA shall establish, to any
State for multi-hazard preparedness and mitigation through consolidated
emergency management performance grants: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, FEMA shall extend its
cooperative agreement for the Jones County, Mississippi Emergency
Operating Center, and the $250,000 obligated as federal matching funds
for that Center shall remain available for expenditure until September
30, 2001.
emergency food and shelter program
To carry out an emergency food and shelter program pursuant to
title III of Public Law 100-77, as amended, $110,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That total administrative costs
shall not exceed three and one-half percent of the total appropriation.
radiological emergency preparedness fund
The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2000, as
authorized by Public Law 105-276, shall not be less than 100 percent of
the amounts anticipated by the Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) necessary for its radiological emergency
preparedness program for the next fiscal year. The methodology for
assessment and collection of fees shall be fair and equitable; and
shall reflect costs of providing such services, including
administrative costs of collecting such fees. Fees received pursuant to
this section shall be deposited in the Fund as offsetting collections
and will become available for authorized purposes on October 1, 2000,
and remain available until expended.
national flood insurance fund
(including transfer of funds)
For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, the
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, not to exceed
$24,333,000 for salaries and expenses associated with flood mitigation
and flood insurance operations, and not to exceed $78,710,000 for flood
mitigation, including up to $20,000,000 for expenses under section 1366
of the National Flood Insurance Act, which amount shall be available
for transfer to the National Flood Mitigation Fund until September 30,
2001. In fiscal year 2000, no funds in excess of: (1) $47,000,000 for
operating expenses; (2) $456,427,000 for agents' commissions and taxes;
and (3) $50,000,000 for interest on Treasury borrowings shall be
available from the National Flood Insurance Fund without prior notice
to the Committees on Appropriations. For fiscal year 2000, flood
insurance rates shall not exceed the level authorized by the National
Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994.
Section 1309(a)(2) of the National Flood Insurance Act (42 U.S.C.
4016(a)(2)), as amended by Public Law 104-208, is further amended by
striking ``1999'' and inserting ``2000''.
The first sentence of section 1376(c) of the National Flood
Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4127(c)), is amended by
striking ``September 30, 1999'' and inserting ``September 30, 2000''.
national insurance development fund
To liquidate the indebtedness of the Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency resulting from prior borrowing pursuant to
the Urban Property Protection and Reinsurance Act of 1968, as amended
(12 U.S.C. 1749bbb et seq.), $3,730,100.
General Services Administration
consumer information center fund
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Information Center,
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,622,000, to be
deposited into the Consumer Information Center Fund: Provided, That the
appropriations, revenues and collections deposited into the fund shall
be available for necessary expenses of Consumer Information Center
activities in the aggregate amount of $7,500,000. Appropriations,
revenues, and collections accruing to this fund during fiscal year 2000
in excess of $7,500,000 shall remain in the fund and shall not be
available for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
international space station
(including transfer of funds)
For the necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in support
of the International Space Station, including development, operations
and research support; maintenance; construction of facilities including
repair, rehabilitation, and modification of real and personal property,
and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law;
and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission and
administrative aircraft, $2,482,700,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2001: Provided, That funds under this heading may be used
to support eligible activities under the Launch Vehicles and Payload
Operations account, subject to reprogramming approval of such transfer
by the Senate and House Appropriations Committees.
launch vehicles and payload operations
For the necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in support
of the space shuttle program, including safety and performance
upgrades, space shuttle operations, and payload utilization and
operations, and services; maintenance; construction of facilities
including repair, rehabilitation, and modification of real and personal
property, and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as
authorized by law; space flight, spacecraft control and communications
activities including operations, production, and services; and
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission and
administrative aircraft, $3,156,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2001: Provided, That none of the funds under this heading
may be used to support the development or operations of the
International Space Station other than the costs of space shuttle
flights utilized for space station assembly.
science, aeronautics and technology
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct
and support of science, aeronautics and technology research and
development activities, including research, development, operations,
and services; maintenance; construction of facilities including repair,
rehabilitation, and modification of real and personal property, and
acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law;
space flight, spacecraft control and communications activities
including operations, production, and services; and purchase, lease,
charter, maintenance and operation of mission and administrative
aircraft, $5,424,700,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001.
mission support
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in carrying out
mission support for human space flight programs and science,
aeronautical, and technology programs, including research operations
and support; space communications activities including operations,
production and services; maintenance; construction of facilities
including repair, rehabilitation, and modification of facilities, minor
construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities,
facility planning and design, environmental compliance and restoration,
and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law;
program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; travel
expenses; purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of
mission and administrative aircraft; not to exceed $35,000 for official
reception and representation expenses; and purchase (not to exceed 33
for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$2,495,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
$20,000,000.
administrative provisions
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds
appropriated for ``International Space Station'', ``Launch vehicles and
payload operations'', ``Science, aeronautics and technology'', or
``Mission support'' by this appropriations Act, when any activity has
been initiated by the incurrence of obligations for construction of
facilities as authorized by law, such amount available for such
activity shall remain available until expended. This provision does not
apply to the amounts appropriated in ``Mission support'' pursuant to
the authorization for repair, rehabilitation and modification of
facilities, minor construction of new facilities and additions to
existing facilities, and facility planning and design.
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds
appropriated for ``International Space Station'', ``Launch vehicles and
payload operations'', ``Science, aeronautics and technology'', or
``Mission support'' by this appropriations Act, the amounts
appropriated for construction of facilities shall remain available
until September 30, 2002.
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds
appropriated for ``Mission support'' and ``Office of Inspector
General'', amounts made available by this Act for personnel and related
costs and travel expenses of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration shall remain available until September 30, 2000 and may
be used to enter into contracts for training, investigations, costs
associated with personnel relocation, and for other services, to be
provided during the next fiscal year.
Except for activities identified for fiscal year 2000 or prior
fiscal years as part of the budget for the International Space Station,
NASA shall terminate any discrete program or activity that exceeds
either its annual or aggregate budget by fifteen percent as provided in
NASA's budget justifications.
National Credit Union Administration
central liquidity facility
During fiscal year 2000, the administrative expenses of the Central
Liquidity Facility in fiscal year 2000 shall not exceed $257,000.
National Science Foundation
research and related activities
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875), and the Act
to establish a National Medal of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880-1881);
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and operation of
aircraft and purchase of flight services for research support;
acquisition of aircraft; $3,007,300,000, of which not to exceed
$253,630,000 shall remain available until expended for Polar research
and operations support, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies
for operational and science support and logistical and other related
activities for the United States Antarctic program; the balance to
remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That receipts for
scientific support services and materials furnished by the National
Research Centers and other National Science Foundation supported
research facilities may be credited to this appropriation: Provided
further, That to the extent that the amount appropriated is less than
the total amount authorized to be appropriated for included program
activities, all amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified in
the authorizing Act for those program activities or their subactivities
shall be reduced proportionally: Provided further, That $60,000,000 of
the funds available under this heading shall be made available for a
comprehensive research initiative on plant genomes for economically
significant crop: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated
or otherwise made available to the National Science Foundation in this
or any prior Act may be obligated or expended by the National Science
Foundation to enter into or extend a grant, contract, or cooperative
agreement for the support of administering the domain name and
numbering system of the Internet after September 30, 1998: Provided
further, That no funds in this or any other Act shall be used to
acquire or lease a research vessel with ice-breaking capability built
or retrofitted by a shipyard located in a foreign country if such a
vessel of United States origin can be obtained at a cost no more than
50 per centum above that of the least expensive technically acceptable
foreign vessel bid: Provided further, That, in determining the cost of
such a vessel, such cost be increased by the amount of any subsidies or
financing provided by a foreign government (or instrumentality thereof)
to such vessel's construction: Provided further, That if the vessel
contracted for pursuant to the foregoing is not available for the 2002-
2003 austral summer Antarctic season, a vessel of any origin may be
leased for a period of not to exceed 120 days for that season and each
season thereafter until delivery of the new vessel.
major research equipment
For necessary expenses of major construction projects pursuant to
the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, including
award-related travel, $70,000,000, to remain available until expended.
education and human resources
For necessary expenses in carrying out science and engineering
education and human resources programs and activities pursuant to the
National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-
1875), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, award-related
travel, and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia,
$688,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided,
That to the extent that the amount of this appropriation is less than
the total amount authorized to be appropriated for included program
activities, all amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified in
the authorizing Act for those program activities or their subactivities
shall be reduced proportionally: Provided further, That $55,000,000
shall be available for the purpose of establishing an office of
innovation partnerships.
salaries and expenses
For salaries and expenses necessary in carrying out the National
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875);
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles;
not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and representation
expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
5901-5902; rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia;
reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard
services; $150,000,000: Provided, That contracts may be entered into
under ``Salaries and expenses'' in fiscal year 2000 for maintenance and
operation of facilities, and for other services, to be provided during
the next fiscal year.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
$5,550,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001.
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
payment to the neighborhood reinvestment corporation
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for use in
neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by the Neighborhood
Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101-8107), $60,000,000.
Selective Service System
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, including
expenses of attendance at meetings and of training for uniformed
personnel assigned to the Selective Service System, as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 4101-4118 for civilian employees; and not to exceed $1,000 for
official reception and representation expenses; $25,250,000: Provided,
That during the current fiscal year, the President may exempt this
appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever he deems
such action to be necessary in the interest of national defense:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be expended for or in connection with the induction of any person into
the Armed Forces of the United States.
TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 401. Where appropriations in titles I, II, and III of this Act
are expendable for travel expenses and no specific limitation has been
placed thereon, the expenditures for such travel expenses may not
exceed the amounts set forth therefore in the budget estimates
submitted for the appropriations: Provided, That this provision does
not apply to accounts that do not contain an object classification for
travel: Provided further, That this section shall not apply to travel
performed by uncompensated officials of local boards and appeal boards
of the Selective Service System; to travel performed directly in
connection with care and treatment of medical beneficiaries of the
Department of Veterans Affairs; to travel performed in connection with
major disasters or emergencies declared or determined by the President
under the provisions of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act; to travel performed by the Offices of
Inspector General in connection with audits and investigations; or to
payments to interagency motor pools where separately set forth in the
budget schedules: Provided further, That if appropriations in titles I,
II, and III exceed the amounts set forth in budget estimates initially
submitted for such appropriations, the expenditures for travel may
correspondingly exceed the amounts therefore set forth in the estimates
in the same proportion.
Sec. 402. Appropriations and funds available for the administrative
expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the
Selective Service System shall be available in the current fiscal year
for purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 5901-5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
Sec. 403. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
subject to the Government Corporation Control Act or section 402 of the
Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, without regard to the
limitations on administrative expenses, for legal services on a
contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for
services and facilities of Federal National Mortgage Association,
Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any
member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within
the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as
amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1831).
Sec. 404. 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. 405. No funds appropriated by this Act may be expended--
(1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or employee
of the United States unless--
(A) such certification is accompanied by, or is
part of, a voucher or abstract which describes the
payee or payees and the items or services for which
such expenditure is being made; or
(B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to such
certification, and without such a voucher or abstract,
is specifically authorized by law; and
(2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit by the
General Accounting Office or is specifically exempt by law from
such audit.
Sec. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act to any department
or agency may be expended for the transportation of any officer or
employee of such department or agency between their domicile and their
place of employment, with the exception of any officer or employee
authorized such transportation under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or 5 U.S.C. 7905.
Sec. 407. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used for
payment, through grants or contracts, to recipients that do not share
in the cost of conducting research resulting from proposals not
specifically solicited by the Government: Provided, That the extent of
cost sharing by the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of interest
of the grantee or contractor and the Government in the research.
Sec. 408. None of the funds in this Act may be used, directly or
through grants, to pay or to provide reimbursement for payment of the
salary of a consultant (whether retained by the Federal Government or a
grantee) at more than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for level
IV of the Executive Schedule, unless specifically authorized by law.
Sec. 409. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to
pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings. Nothing herein
affects the authority of the Consumer Product Safety Commission
pursuant to section 7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C.
2056 et seq.).
Sec. 410. Except as otherwise provided under existing law, or under
an existing Executive Order issued pursuant to an existing law, the
obligation or expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for
contracts for any consulting service shall be limited to contracts
which are: (1) a matter of public record and available for public
inspection; and (2) thereafter included in a publicly available list of
all contracts entered into within twenty-four months prior to the date
on which the list is made available to the public and of all contracts
on which performance has not been completed by such date. The list
required by the preceding sentence shall be updated quarterly and shall
include a narrative description of the work to be performed under each
such contract.
Sec. 411. Except as otherwise provided by law, no part of any
appropriation contained in this Act shall be obligated or expended by
any executive agency, as referred to in the Office of Federal
Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), for a contract for
services unless such executive agency: (1) has awarded and entered into
such contract in full compliance with such Act and the regulations
promulgated thereunder; and (2) requires any report prepared pursuant
to such contract, including plans, evaluations, studies, analyses and
manuals, and any report prepared by the agency which is substantially
derived from or substantially includes any report prepared pursuant to
such contract, to contain information concerning: (A) the contract
pursuant to which the report was prepared; and (B) the contractor who
prepared the report pursuant to such contract.
Sec. 412. Except as otherwise provided in section 406, none of the
funds provided in this Act to any department or agency shall be
obligated or expended to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other
personal servants to any officer or employee of such department or
agency.
Sec. 413. None of the funds provided in this Act to any department
or agency shall be obligated or expended to procure passenger
automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C. 2001 with an EPA estimated miles
per gallon average of less than 22 miles per gallon.
Sec. 414. None of the funds appropriated in title I of this Act
shall be used to enter into any new lease of real property if the
estimated annual rental is more than $300,000 unless the Secretary
submits, in writing, a report to the Committees on Appropriations of
the Congress and a period of 30 days has expired following the date on
which the report is received by the Committees on Appropriations.
Sec. 415. (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.
Sec. 416. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to
implement any cap on reimbursements to grantees for indirect costs,
except as published in Office of Management and Budget Circular A-21.
Sec. 417. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2000 pay
raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the
levels appropriated in this Act.
Sec. 418. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
for any program, project, or activity, when it is made known to the
Federal entity or official to which the funds are made available that
the program, project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal
law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private property
rights, or unfunded mandates.
Sec. 419. Corporations and agencies of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development which are subject to the Government Corporation
Control Act, as amended, are hereby authorized to make such
expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority
available to each such corporation or agency 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 Act as may be
necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for 2000
for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter provided:
Provided, That collections of these corporations and agencies may be
used for new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent
expressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans are in support of
other forms of assistance provided for in this or prior appropriations
Acts), except that this proviso shall not apply to the mortgage
insurance or guaranty operations of these corporations, or where loans
or mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the financial interest
of the United States Government.
Sec. 420. Notwithstanding section 320(g) of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(g)), funds made available
pursuant to authorization under such section for fiscal year 2000 may
be used for implementing comprehensive conservation and management
plans.
Sec. 421. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term
``qualified student loan'' with respect to national service education
awards shall mean any loan made directly to a student by the Alaska
Commission on Postsecondary Education, in addition to other meanings
under section 148(b)(7) of the National and Community Service Act.
Sec. 422. Notwithstanding any other law, funds made available by
this or any other Act or previous Acts for the United States/Mexico
Foundation for Science may be used for the endowment of such
Foundation: Provided, That funds from the U.S. Government shall be
matched in equal amounts with funds from Mexico: Provided further, That
the accounts of such Foundation shall be subject to U.S. Government
administrative and audit requirements concerning grants and
requirements concerning cost principles for nonprofit organizations.
Sec. 423. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to carry out Executive Order No. 13083.
Sec. 424. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, no part of any
appropriation for the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall
be available for any activity in excess of amounts set forth in the
budget estimates submitted for the appropriations.
Sec. 425. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
for purposes of lobbying or litigating against, including any related
activity or cost, any Federal entity or official or be used to provide
any compensation for any lobbying or litigation activity. Any funds
received under this Act shall be maintained in an account separate from
any funds used for litigating or lobbying. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, none of the funds made available in this Act (or any
subsequent Act that makes available appropriations for programs funded
under this Act) shall be made available for a period of five years to
any entity or person that violates the requirements of the preceding
two sentences.
Sec. 426. None of the funds provided in this Act may be obligated
after February 15, 2000, unless each department, agency, corporation,
and commission that receives funds herein provides detailed
justifications to the Committees on Appropriations for all salary and
expense activities for fiscal years 2001 through 2005, including
personnel compensation and benefits, consulting costs, professional
services or technical service contracts regardless of the dollar
amount, contracting out costs, travel and other standard object
classifications for all headquarters offices, regional offices, or
field installations and laboratories, including the number of full-time
equivalents per office, and the personnel compensation, benefits and
travel costs for each Secretary, Assistance Secretary or Administrator.
Sec. 427. Section 810(a) of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C.
3610(a)) is amended by adding the following at the end of subsection
(iii): ``Before filing a complaint arising under section 3604(c) of
this Act, a prospective complainant shall serve on each prospective
respondent a written notice that identifies the alleged violation in
sufficient detail to allow remedial action by the prospective
respondent. If the prospective respondent acts to cease publication of
the alleged item in violation within 72 hours of receipt of the notice
or prior to the next publication, whichever is greater, no
administrative action arising from section 3606(c) may be brought by
the prospective complainant, acting for himself or on behalf of an
aggrieved person.''.
Sec. 428. Section 813(a) of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C.
3613(a)) is amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end:
``(4) An aggrieved person may not commence a civil action
arising from Section 3604(c) unless the prospective
complainant, acting for himself or on behalf of an aggrieved
person, serves written notice on the prospective respondent
identifying the alleged violation in sufficient detail to allow
remedial action by the prospective respondent and the
prospective respondent failed to take remedial action within 72
hours of receipt of the notice or prior to the next
publication, whichever is greater.''.
Sec. 429. Law Enforcement Agencies Not Responsible for Clean-Up of
Methamphetamine Laboratories. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no state or local law enforcement agency shall be responsible
under any Federal law for any costs associated with the clean-up or
remediation of any premises used for the manufacture or production of
methamphetamine.
Sec. 430. No funds in this Act shall be made available for any
activity or the publication or distribution of literature that in any
way tends to promote public support or opposition to any legislative
proposal on which congressional action is not complete.
This Act may be cited as the ``Departments of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2000''.
Calendar No. 279
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1596
[Report No. 106-161]
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies,
boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
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September 16, 1999
Read twice and placed on the calendar