S.2536 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001106th Congress (1999-2000)
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Hide Overview| Sponsor: | Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] (Introduced 05/10/2000) |
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| Committees: | Senate - Appropriations |
| Committee Reports: | S. Rept. 106-288 |
| Latest Action: | 07/20/2000 See also H.R. 4461. (All Actions) |
| Notes: | For further action, see H.R. 4461, which became Public Law 106-387 on 10/28/2000. |
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Placed on Calendar Senate (05/10/2000)
[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[S. 2536 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]
Calendar No. 540
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2536
[Report No. 106-288]
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 10, 2000
Mr. Cochran, 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 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
DIVISION A
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other
purposes, namely:
TITLE I
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
Production, Processing, and Marketing
Office of the Secretary
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of
Agriculture, and not to exceed $75,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109, $27,914,000, of which, $25,000,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be available only for the development and
implementation of a common computing environment: Provided, That not to
exceed $11,000 of this amount shall be available for official reception
and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined
by the Secretary: Provided further, That the funds made available for
the development and implementation of a common computing environment
shall only be available upon prior notice to the Committee on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That none
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may
be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel of the Department
of Agriculture to carry out section 793(c)(1)(C) of Public Law 104-127:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to enforce section 793(d) of Public Law 104-127.
Executive Operations
chief economist
For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, including economic
analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, energy and new uses,
and the functions of the World Agricultural Outlook Board, as
authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g),
and including employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to
exceed $5,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $7,462,000.
national appeals division
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, including
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $25,000 is
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,421,000.
office of budget and program analysis
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program
Analysis, including employment pursuant to the second sentence of
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not
to exceed $5,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,765,000.
Office of the Chief Information Officer
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information
Officer, including employment pursuant to the second sentence of
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not
to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $10,046,000.
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial
Officer, including employment pursuant to the second sentence of
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not
to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,171,000.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Administration to carry out the programs funded by this
Act, $629,000.
Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments
(including transfers of funds)
For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public
Law 92-313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 delegation of
authority from the Administrator of General Services to the Department
of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities of the
Department which are included in this Act, and for the operation,
maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agriculture buildings,
$182,747,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That in the
event an agency within the Department should require modification of
space needs, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer a share of that
agency's appropriation made available by this Act to this
appropriation, or may transfer a share of this appropriation to that
agency's appropriation, but such transfers shall not exceed 5 percent
of the funds made available for space rental and related costs to or
from this account.
Hazardous Materials Management
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to comply
with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq., and the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901, et seq., $15,700,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That appropriations and funds
available herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Management
may be transferred to any agency of the Department for its use in
meeting all requirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-
Federal lands.
Departmental Administration
(including transfers of funds)
For Departmental Administration, $36,840,000, to provide for
necessary expenses for management support services to offices of the
Department and for general administration and disaster management of
the Department, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous
supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the
practical and efficient work of the Department, including employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 is for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That this appropriation shall be
reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel
expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C.
551-558.
outreach for socially disadvantaged farmers
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of the Food,
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279),
$3,000,000, to remain available until expended.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the programs funded
by this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental affairs and
liaison within the executive branch, $3,568,000: Provided, That no
other funds appropriated to the Department by this Act shall be
available to the Department for support of activities of congressional
relations: Provided further, That not less than $2,202,000 shall be
transferred to agencies funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the
agency level.
Office of Communications
For necessary expenses to carry on services relating to the
coordination of programs involving public affairs, for the
dissemination of agricultural information, and the coordination of
information, work, and programs authorized by Congress in the
Department, $8,873,000, including employment pursuant to the second
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225),
of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for employment under
5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for farmers'
bulletins.
Office of the Inspector General
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General,
including employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a)
of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and the Inspector General
Act of 1978, $66,867,000, including such sums as may be necessary for
contracting and other arrangements with public agencies and private
persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of
1978, including not to exceed $50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109; and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential
operational expenses, including the payment of informants, to be
expended under the direction of the Inspector General pursuant to
Public Law 95-452 and section 1337 of Public Law 97-98.
Office of the General Counsel
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel,
$31,080,000.
Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Research, Education and Economics to administer the laws
enacted by the Congress for the Economic Research Service, the National
Agricultural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research Service, and
the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service,
$556,000.
Economic Research Service
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in
conducting economic research and analysis, as authorized by the
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) and other laws,
$67,038,000: Provided, That $1,000,000 shall be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for ``Food and Nutrition Service, Food
Program Administration'' for studies and evaluations: Provided further,
That this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to
the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225).
National Agricultural Statistics Service
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics
Service in conducting statistical reporting and service work, including
crop and livestock estimates, statistical coordination and
improvements, marketing surveys, and the Census of Agriculture, as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627, Public Law 105-113, and other laws,
$100,615,000, of which up to $15,000,000 shall be available until
expended for the Census of Agriculture: Provided, That this
appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225),
and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for employment under 5
U.S.C. 3109.
Agricultural Research Service
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Research Service
to perform agricultural research and demonstration relating to
production, utilization, marketing, and distribution (not otherwise
provided for); home economics or nutrition and consumer use including
the acquisition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural
information; and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or
purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for land exchanges
where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be equalized
by a payment of money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent
of the total value of the land or interests transferred out of Federal
ownership, $871,593,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall
be available for temporary employment pursuant to the second sentence
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not
to exceed $115,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be
available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the
purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only: Provided further,
That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C.
2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and
improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing
any one building shall not exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or
greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and except for
10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed
$750,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building during the
fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement
value of the building or $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided
further, That the limitations on alterations contained in this Act
shall not apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities
at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations
hereunder shall be available for granting easements at the Beltsville
Agricultural Research Center, including an easement to the University
of Maryland to construct the Transgenic Animal Facility which upon
completion shall be accepted by the Secretary as a gift: Provided
further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement
of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C.
113a): Provided further, That funds may be received from any State,
other political subdivision, organization, or individual for the
purpose of establishing or operating any research facility or research
project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available to
carry out research related to the production, processing or marketing
of tobacco or tobacco products.
In fiscal year 2001, the agency is authorized to charge fees,
commensurate with the fair market value, for any permit, easement,
lease, or other special use authorization for the occupancy or use of
land and facilities (including land and facilities at the Beltsville
Agricultural Research Center) issued by the agency, as authorized by
law, and such fees shall be credited to this account, and shall remain
available until expended for authorized purposes.
buildings and facilities
For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement,
extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities as
necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of the
Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided, $56,330,000,
to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That
funds may be received from any State, other political subdivision,
organization, or individual for the purpose of establishing any
research facility of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized
by law.
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
research and education activities
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative
forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other expenses,
including $180,545,000 to carry into effect the provisions of the Hatch
Act (7 U.S.C. 361a-i); $21,932,000 for grants for cooperative forestry
research (16 U.S.C. 582a-a7); $30,676,000 for payments to the 1890
land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University (7 U.S.C. 3222), of
which $1,000,000 shall be made available to West Virginia State College
in Institute, West Virginia; $62,207,000 for special grants for
agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $13,721,000 for special
grants for agricultural research on improved pest control (7 U.S.C.
450i(c)); $121,350,000 for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C.
450i(b)); $5,109,000 for the support of animal health and disease
programs (7 U.S.C. 3195); $750,000 for supplemental and alternative
crops and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d); $650,000 for grants for research
pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act of 1984 (7 U.S.C.
178) and section 1472 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
3318), to remain available until expended; $1,000,000 for the 1994
research program (7 U.S.C. 301 note), to remain available until
expended; $3,000,000 for higher education graduate fellowship grants (7
U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b); $4,350,000 for higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C.
3152(b)(1)); $1,000,000 for a higher education multicultural scholars
program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), to remain available until expended (7
U.S.C. 2209b); $3,500,000 for an education grants program for Hispanic-
serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241); $3,000,000 for a program of
noncompetitive grants, to be awarded on an equal basis, to Alaska
Native-serving and Native Hawaiian-serving Institutions to carry out
higher education programs (7 U.S.C. 3242); $1,000,000 for a secondary
agriculture education program and 2-year post-secondary education (7
U.S.C. 3152(h)); $4,000,000 for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322);
$9,500,000 for sustainable agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C.
5811); $9,500,000 for a program of capacity building grants (7 U.S.C.
3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act of
August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321-326 and 328), including Tuskegee
University, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b);
$1,552,000 for payments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section
534(a)(1) of Public Law 103-382; and $16,402,000 for necessary expenses
of Research and Education Activities, of which not to exceed $100,000
shall be for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in all, $494,744,000.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available to
carry out research related to the production, processing or marketing
of tobacco or tobacco products.
native american institutions endowment fund
For the Native American institutions endowment fund authorized by
Public Law 103-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $7,100,000: Provided, That
hereafter, any distribution of the adjusted income from the Native
American institutions endowment fund is authorized to be used for
facility renovation, repair, construction, and maintenance, in addition
to other authorized purposes.
extension activities
Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam,
the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and American Samoa:
For payments for cooperative extension work under the Smith-Lever Act,
to be distributed under sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and under
section 208(c) of Public Law 93-471, for retirement and employees'
compensation costs for extension agents and for costs of penalty mail
for cooperative extension agents and State extension directors,
$276,548,000; payments for extension work at the 1994 Institutions
under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,500,000; payments
for the nutrition and family education program for low-income areas
under section 3(d) of the Act, $58,695,000; payments for the pest
management program under section 3(d) of the Act, $10,783,000; payments
for the farm safety program under section 3(d) of the Act, $3,400,000;
payments to upgrade research, extension, and teaching facilities at the
1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University, as authorized
by section 1447 of Public Law 95-113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $12,400,000, to
remain available until expended; payments for the rural development
centers under section 3(d) of the Act, $908,000; payments for youth-at-
risk programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $9,000,000; payments for
carrying out the provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of
1978, $3,192,000; payments for Indian reservation agents under section
3(d) of the Act, $2,500,000; payments for sustainable agriculture
programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,000,000; payments for rural
health and safety education as authorized by section 2390 of Public Law
101-624 (7 U.S.C. 2661 note, 2662), $2,628,000; payments for
cooperative extension work by the colleges receiving the benefits of
the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321-326 and 328) and Tuskegee
University, $26,843,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be made available to
West Virginia State College in Institute, West Virginia; and for
Federal administration and coordination including administration of the
Smith-Lever Act, and the Act of September 29, 1977 (7 U.S.C. 341-349),
and section 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301 note),
and to coordinate and provide program leadership for the extension work
of the Department and the several States and insular possessions,
$12,107,000; in all, $426,504,000: Provided, That funds hereby
appropriated pursuant to section 3(c) of the Act of June 26, 1953, and
section 506 of the Act of June 23, 1972, shall not be paid to any
State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin
Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and American Samoa prior to
availability of an equal sum from non-Federal sources for expenditure
during the current fiscal year.
integrated activities
For the integrated research, education, and extension competitive
grants programs, including necessary administrative expenses,
$43,541,000, as follows: payments for the water quality program,
$13,000,000; payments for the food safety program, $15,000,000;
payments for the national agriculture pesticide impact assessment
program, $4,541,000; payments for the Food Quality Protection Act risk
mitigation program for major food crop systems, $6,000,000; payments
for crops affected by the Food Quality Protection Act implementation,
$2,000,000; and payments for the methyl bromide transition program,
$3,000,000, as authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural
Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626).
Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs to administer programs
under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service; the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, $635,000.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
salaries and expenses
(including transfers of funds)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including those pursuant
to the Act of February 28, 1947 (21 U.S.C. 114b-c), necessary to
prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases; to
carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory activities; to
discharge the authorities of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Act
of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468; 7 U.S.C. 426-426b); and to protect the
environment, as authorized by law, $458,149,000, of which $4,105,000
shall be available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant
diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and birds to
the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions: Provided, That no
funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis
eradication program for the current fiscal year that does not require
minimum matching by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided
further, That this appropriation shall be available for field
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be
available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That
this appropriation shall be available for the operation and maintenance
of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall
be for replacement only: Provided further, That, in addition, in
emergencies which threaten any segment of the agricultural production
industry of this country, the Secretary may transfer from other
appropriations or funds available to the agencies or corporations of
the Department such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be available
only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of contagious
or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for
expenses in accordance with the Act of February 28, 1947, and section
102 of the Act of September 21, 1944, and any unexpended balances of
funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal
year shall be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided further,
That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C.
2250 for the repair and alteration of leased buildings and
improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering any
one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the
current replacement value of the building.
In fiscal year 2001, the agency is authorized to collect fees to
cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, goods, or
services requested by States, other political subdivisions, domestic
and international organizations, foreign governments, or individuals,
provided that such fees are structured such that any entity's liability
for such fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods,
or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall
be credited to this account, to remain available until expended,
without further appropriation, for providing such assistance, goods, or
services.
Of the total amount available under this heading in fiscal year
2001, $87,000,000 shall be derived from user fees deposited in the
Agricultural Quarantine Inspection User Fee Account.
buildings and facilities
For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance,
environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase
of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and
acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $9,870,000, to
remain available until expended.
Agricultural Marketing Service
marketing services
For necessary expenses to carry on services related to consumer
protection, agricultural marketing and distribution, transportation,
and regulatory programs, as authorized by law, and for administration
and coordination of payments to States, including field employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and not to exceed $90,000 for employment under 5
U.S.C. 3109, $64,696,000, including funds for the wholesale market
development program for the design and development of wholesale and
farmer market facilities for the major metropolitan areas of the
country: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant
to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and
improvements, but the cost of altering any one building during the
fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement
value of the building: Provided further, That $639,000 may be
transferred to the Expenses and Refunds, Inspection and Grading of Farm
Products fund account for the cost of the National Organic Production
Program and that such funds shall remain available until expended.
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization activities,
as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701).
limitation on administrative expenses
Not to exceed $60,730,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses: Provided,
That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrollable events
occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with
notification to the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.
funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply (section 32)
(including transfers of funds)
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7
U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity program expenses as
authorized therein, and other related operating expenses, except for:
(1) transfers to the Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish
and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in
this Act; and (3) not more than $13,438,000 for formulation and
administration of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act
of 1961.
payments to states and possessions
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and departments
of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activities under section
204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)),
$1,200,000.
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the United
States Grain Standards Act, for the administration of the Packers and
Stockyards Act, for certifying procedures used to protect purchasers of
farm products, and the standardization activities related to grain
under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, including field
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $25,000 for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $27,269,000: Provided, That this
appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for
the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost
of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10
percent of the current replacement value of the building.
limitation on inspection and weighing service expenses
Not to exceed $42,557,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated
during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing services:
Provided, That if grain export activities require additional
supervision and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur, this
limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the
Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Food Safety to administer the laws enacted by the
Congress for the Food Safety and Inspection Service, $460,000.
Food Safety and Inspection Service
For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by the
Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and
the Egg Products Inspection Act, $678,011,000, of which no less than
$578,544,000 shall be available for Federal food inspection; and in
addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from fees
collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as authorized by
section 1017 of Public Law 102-237: Provided, That this appropriation
shall not be available for shell egg surveillance under section 5(d) of
the Egg Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1034(d)): Provided further,
That this appropriation shall be available for field employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That this
appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for
the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost
of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10
percent of the current replacement value of the building.
Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural
Services
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services to administer the
laws enacted by Congress for the Farm Service Agency, the Foreign
Agricultural Service, the Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity
Credit Corporation, $589,000.
Farm Service Agency
salaries and expenses
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration and
implementation of programs administered by the Farm Service Agency,
$828,385,000: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to use the
services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of the
Commodity Credit Corporation to make program payments for all programs
administered by the Agency: Provided further, That other funds made
available to the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to
and merged with this account: Provided further, That these funds shall
be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed
$1,000,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
state mediation grants
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit
Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106), $3,000,000.
dairy indemnity program
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments to
dairy farmers for milk or cows producing such milk and manufacturers of
dairy products who have been directed to remove their milk or dairy
products from commercial markets because it contained residues of
chemicals registered and approved for use by the Federal Government,
and in making indemnity payments for milk, or cows producing such milk,
at a fair market value to any dairy farmer who is directed to remove
his milk from commercial markets because of: (1) the presence of
products of nuclear radiation or fallout if such contamination is not
due to the fault of the farmer; or (2) residues of chemicals or toxic
substances not included under the first sentence of the Act of August
13, 1968 (7 U.S.C. 450j), if such chemicals or toxic substances were
not used in a manner contrary to applicable regulations or labeling
instructions provided at the time of use and the contamination is not
due to the fault of the farmer, $450,000, to remain available until
expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That none of the funds contained
in this Act shall be used to make indemnity payments to any farmer
whose milk was removed from commercial markets as a result of the
farmer's willful failure to follow procedures prescribed by the Federal
Government: Provided further, That this amount shall be transferred to
the Commodity Credit Corporation: Provided further, That the Secretary
is authorized to utilize the services, facilities, and authorities of
the Commodity Credit Corporation for the purpose of making dairy
indemnity disbursements.
agricultural credit insurance fund program account
(including transfers of funds)
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and
guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928-1929, to be available
from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm
ownership loans, $559,373,000, of which $431,373,000 shall be for
guaranteed loans; operating loans, $2,397,842,000, of which
$1,697,842,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and
$200,000,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; Indian tribe
land acquisition loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $1,028,000; for
emergency insured loans, $25,000,000 to meet the needs resulting from
natural disasters; and for boll weevil eradication program loans as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1989, $100,000,000.
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of
modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, as follows: farm ownership loans, $15,986,000, of which
$2,200,000 shall be for guaranteed loans; operating loans, $84,680,000,
of which $23,260,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and
$16,320,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; Indian tribe land
acquisition loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $166,000; and for
emergency insured loans, $6,133,000 to meet the needs resulting from
natural disasters.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $269,454,000, of which
$265,315,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation
for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insurance
Program Account for farm ownership and operating direct loans and
guaranteed loans may be transferred among these programs with the prior
approval of the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
Risk Management Agency
For administrative and operating expenses, as authorized by the
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 6933),
$65,597,000: Provided, That not to exceed $700 shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7
U.S.C. 1506(i).
CORPORATIONS
The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized to
make expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority
available to each such corporation or agency and in accord with law,
and to make contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation
Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth
in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation or
agency, except as hereinafter provided.
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal Crop
Insurance Act, such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until
expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
Commodity Credit Corporation Fund
reimbursement for net realized losses
For fiscal year 2001, such sums as may be necessary to reimburse
the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses sustained, but
not previously reimbursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August
17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a-11).
operations and maintenance for hazardous waste management
For fiscal year 2001, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall not
expend more than $5,000,000 for site investigation and cleanup
expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to comply with the
requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and
section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C.
6961.
TITLE II
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment to administer the laws
enacted by the Congress for the Forest Service and the Natural
Resources Conservation Service, $711,000.
Natural Resources Conservation Service
conservation operations
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the Act
of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), including preparation of
conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve soil and
water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special
measures for soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent
floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricultural
related pollutants); operation of conservation plant materials centers;
classification and mapping of soil; dissemination of information;
acquisition of lands, water, and interests therein for use in the plant
materials program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost
not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C.
428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement of permanent
and temporary buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft,
$714,116,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of
which not less than $5,990,000 is for snow survey and water forecasting
and not less than $9,975,000 is for operation and establishment of the
plant materials centers: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall
be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement
of buildings and public improvements at plant materials centers, except
that the cost of alterations and improvements to other buildings and
other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further,
That when buildings or other structures are erected on non-Federal
land, that the right to use such land is obtained as provided in 7
U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be
available for technical assistance and related expenses to carry out
programs authorized by section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River
Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): Provided
further, That this appropriation shall be available for employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $25,000 shall be available for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That qualified local
engineers may be temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the
technical planning work of the Service (16 U.S.C. 590e-2).
watershed surveys and planning
For necessary expenses to conduct research, investigation, and
surveys of watersheds of rivers and other waterways, and for small
watershed investigations and planning, in accordance with the Watershed
Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C.
1001-1009), $10,705,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be
available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed
$110,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
watershed and flood prevention operations
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, including
but not limited to research, engineering operations, methods of
cultivation, the growing of vegetation, rehabilitation of existing
works and changes in use of land, in accordance with the Watershed
Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C.
1001-1005 and 1007-1009), the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935
(16 U.S.C. 590a-f), and in accordance with the provisions of laws
relating to the activities of the Department, $99,443,000, to remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b) (of which up to $15,000,000
may be available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood Control
Act approved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 U.S.C. 1006a)):
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $200,000 shall be available for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not to exceed
$1,000,000 of this appropriation is available to carry out the purposes
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-205), including
cooperative efforts as contemplated by that Act to relocate endangered
or threatened species to other suitable habitats as may be necessary to
expedite project construction: Provided further, That of the funds
available for Emergency Watershed Protection activities, $4,000,000
shall be available for Mississippi and Wisconsin for financial and
technical assistance for pilot rehabilitation projects of small,
upstream dams built under the Watershed and Flood Prevention Act (16
U.S.C. 1001 et seq., section 13 of the Act of December 22, 1994; Public
Law 78-534; 58 Stat. 905), and the pilot watershed program authorized
under the heading ``FLOOD PREVENTION'' of the Department of Agriculture
Appropriation Act, 1954 (Public Law 83-156; 67 Stat. 214).
resource conservation and development
For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out projects for
resource conservation and development and for sound land use pursuant
to the provisions of section 32(e) of title III of the Bankhead-Jones
Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1010-1011; 76 Stat. 607); the Act of April
27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f); and the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981
(16 U.S.C. 3451-3461), $36,265,000, to remain available until expended
(7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That this appropriation shall be available
for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall be
available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
forestry incentives program
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out
the program of forestry incentives, as authorized by the Cooperative
Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101), including technical
assistance and related expenses, $6,325,000, to remain available until
expended, as authorized by that Act.
TITLE III
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Rural Development to administer programs under the laws
enacted by the Congress for the Rural Housing Service, the Rural
Business-Cooperative Service, and the Rural Utilities Service of the
Department of Agriculture, $605,000.
rural community advancement program
(including transfers of funds)
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants, as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1926a, 1926c, 1926d, and 1932, except for
sections 381E-H, 381N, and 381O of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009f), $749,284,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $53,225,000 shall be for rural community
programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which
$634,360,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs described in
sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of such Act; and of which
$61,699,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative development
programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of such Act: Provided, That of
the total amount appropriated in this account, $24,000,000 shall be for
loans and grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native American
Tribes, including grants for drinking and waste disposal systems
pursuant to Section 306C of such Act: Provided further, That the
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes are not eligible for any
other rural utilities program set aside under the Rural Community
Advancement Program: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated
for rural community programs, $6,000,000 shall be available for a Rural
Community Development Initiative: Provided further, That such funds
shall be used solely to develop the capacity and ability of private,
nonprofit community-based housing and community development
organizations, and low-income rural communities to undertake projects
to improve housing, community facilities, community and economic
development projects in rural areas: Provided further, That such funds
shall be made available to qualified private and public (including
tribal) intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a program of
technical assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary
organizations shall provide matching funds from other sources in an
amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, That of the
amount appropriated for the rural business and cooperative development
programs, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available for a grant to
a qualified national organization to provide technical assistance for
rural transportation in order to promote economic development; and
$2,000,000 shall be for grants to Mississippi Delta Region counties:
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated for rural utilities
programs, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be for water and waste
disposal systems to benefit the Colonias along the United States/Mexico
borders, including grants pursuant to section 306C of such Act; not to
exceed $20,000,000 shall be for water and waste disposal systems for
rural and native villages in Alaska pursuant to section 306D of such
Act, with up to one percent available to administer the program and up
to one percent available to improve interagency coordination; not to
exceed $16,215,000 shall be for technical assistance grants for rural
waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act; and not to
exceed $9,500,000 shall be for contracting with qualified national
organizations for a circuit rider program to provide technical
assistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That of the total
amount appropriated, not to exceed $42,574,650 shall be available
through June 30, 2001, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise
communities and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture
as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones; of which $34,704,000 shall be
for the rural utilities programs described in section 381E(d)(2) of
such Act; and of which $8,435,000 shall be for the rural business and
cooperative development programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of
such Act.
rural development salaries and expenses
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of administering Rural Development programs
as authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936; the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act; title V of the Housing Act
of 1949; section 1323 of the Food Security Act of 1985; the Cooperative
Marketing Act of 1926 for activities related to marketing aspects of
cooperatives, including economic research findings, authorized by the
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946; for activities with institutions
concerning the development and operation of agricultural cooperatives;
and for cooperative agreements: $130,371,000: Provided, That this
appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225),
and not to exceed $1,000,000 may be used for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109: Provided further, That not more than $10,000 may be expended to
provide modest nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employees: Provided
further, That any balances available from prior years for the Rural
Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business-
Cooperative Service salaries and expenses accounts shall be transferred
to and merged with this account.
Rural Housing Service
Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account
(including transfers of funds)
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and
guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 1949,
to be available from funds in the rural housing insurance fund, as
follows: $4,300,000,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, as
determined by the Secretary, of which $3,200,000,000 shall be for
unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $32,396,000 for section 504 housing
repair loans; $100,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family
housing loans; $114,321,000 for section 515 rental housing; $5,152,000
for section 524 site loans; $7,503,000 for credit sales of acquired
property, of which up to $1,250,000 may be for multi-family credit
sales; and $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help housing land
development loans.
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of
modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans, $215,060,000, of which
$38,400,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504
housing repair loans, $11,481,000; section 538 multi-family housing
guaranteed loans, $1,520,000; section 515 rental housing, $56,326,000;
multi-family credit sales of acquired property, $613,000; and section
523 self-help housing land development loans, $279,000: Provided, That
of the total amount appropriated in this paragraph, $13,832,000 shall
be available through June 30, 2001, for authorized empowerment zones
and enterprise communities and communities designated by the Secretary
of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $409,233,000, which shall be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural
Development, Salaries and Expenses''.
rental assistance program
For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed pursuant
to the authority under section 521(a)(2) or agreements entered into in
lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as
authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949,
$680,000,000; and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as
authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred
prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program
under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That of this amount, not
more than $5,900,000 shall be available for debt forgiveness or
payments for eligible households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D)
of the Act, and not to exceed $10,000 per project for advances to
nonprofit organizations or public agencies to cover direct costs (other
than purchase price) incurred in purchasing projects pursuant to
section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That agreements
entered into or renewed during fiscal year 2001 shall be funded for a
5-year period, although the life of any such agreement may be extended
to fully utilize amounts obligated.
mutual and self-help housing grants
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of the
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $34,000,000, to remain available
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That of the total amount
appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2001, for
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities and communities
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area
Partnership Zones.
rural housing assistance grants
For grants and contracts for very low-income housing repair,
supervisory and technical assistance, compensation for construction
defects, and rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing
Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m,
$44,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the
total amount appropriated, $5,000,000 shall be for a housing
demonstration program for agriculture, aquaculture, and seafood
processor workers: Provided further, That of the total amount
appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available through June 30, 2001, for
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities and communities
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area
Partnership Zones.
farm labor program account
For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as authorized
by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $28,750,000, to remain available until
expended for direct farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor
housing grants and contracts.
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
rural development loan fund program account
(including transfers of funds)
For the cost of direct loans, $19,476,000, as authorized by the
Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), of which $2,036,000
shall be for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes; and of which
$4,072,000 shall be for the Mississippi Delta Region Counties (as
defined by Public Law 100-460): Provided, That such costs, including
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these
funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct loans of $38,256,000: Provided further, That of the
total amount appropriated, $3,216,000 shall be available through June
30, 2001, for the cost of direct loans for authorized empowerment zones
and enterprise communities and communities designated by the Secretary
of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct
loan programs, $3,640,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the
appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.
rural economic development loans program account
(including rescission of funds)
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized under
section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of
promoting rural economic development and job creation projects,
$15,000,000.
For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modifying loans
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
$3,911,000.
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit
payments in fiscal year 2001, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, $3,911,000 shall not be obligated and
$3,911,000 are rescinded.
rural cooperative development grants
For rural cooperative development grants authorized under section
310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1932), $6,000,000, of which $1,500,000 shall be available for
cooperative agreements for the appropriate technology transfer for
rural areas program: Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 of the
total amount appropriated shall be made available to cooperatives or
associations of cooperatives whose primary focus is to provide
assistance to small, minority producers.
Rural Utilities Service
rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account
(including transfers of funds)
Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305 of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935) shall be made as follows: 5
percent rural electrification loans, $121,500,000; 5 percent rural
telecommunications loans, $75,000,000; cost of money rural
telecommunications loans, $300,000,000; municipal rate rural electric
loans, $295,000,000; and loans made pursuant to section 306 of that
Act, rural electric, $1,700,000,000 and rural telecommunications,
$120,000,000; and $500,000,000 for Treasury rate direct electric loans.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct and
guaranteed loans authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7
U.S.C. 935 and 936), as follows: cost of direct loans, $19,871,000; and
cost of municipal rate loans, $20,503,000: Provided, That
notwithstanding section 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of
1936, borrower interest rates may exceed 7 percent per year.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $34,716,000, which shall be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural
Development, Salaries and Expenses''.
rural telephone bank program account
(including transfers of funds)
The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to make such
expenditures, within the limits of funds available to such corporation
in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without
regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the
Government Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying out
its authorized programs. During fiscal year 2001 and within the
resources and authority available, gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct loans shall be $175,000,000.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct loans
authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935),
$2,590,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
loan programs, $3,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses''.
distance learning and telemedicine program
For the cost of direct loans and grants, as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
950aaa et seq., $27,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be
available for loans and grants for telemedicine and distance learning
services in rural areas, of which $2,000,000 may be available for a
pilot program to finance broadband transmission and local dial-up
Internet service in areas that meet the definition of ``rural area''
contained in section 203(b) of the Rural Electrification Act (7 U.S.C.
924(b)): Provided, That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
TITLE IV
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS
Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services to administer the
laws enacted by the Congress for the Food and Nutrition Service,
$570,000.
Food and Nutrition Service
child nutrition programs
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out the National School Lunch Act
(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21;
$9,541,539,000, to remain available through September 30, 2002, of
which $4,413,960,000 is hereby appropriated and $5,127,579,000 shall be
derived by transfer from funds available under section 32 of the Act of
August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That, except as specifically
provided under this heading, none of the funds made available under
this heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided
further, That of the funds made available under this heading, up to
$6,000,000 shall be for school breakfast pilot projects, including the
evaluation required under section 18(e) of the National School Lunch
Act: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this
heading, $500,000 shall be for a School Breakfast Program startup grant
pilot program for the State of Wisconsin: Provided further, That up to
$4,511,000 shall be available for independent verification of school
food service claims.
special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children
(wic)
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental
nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $4,052,000,000, to remain available
through September 30, 2002: Provided, That none of the funds made
available under this heading shall be used for studies and evaluations:
Provided further, That of the total amount available, the Secretary
shall obligate $15,000,000 for the farmers' market nutrition program
within 45 days of the enactment of this Act, and an additional
$5,000,000 for the farmers' market nutrition program from any funds not
needed to maintain current caseload levels: Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, up to $14,000,000
shall be available for the purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B),
no less than $6,000,000 of which shall be used for the development of
electronic benefit transfer systems: Provided further, That none of the
funds in this Act shall be available to pay administrative expenses of
WIC clinics except those that have an announced policy of prohibiting
smoking within the space used to carry out the program: Provided
further, That none of the funds provided in this account shall be
available for the purchase of infant formula except in accordance with
the cost containment and competitive bidding requirements specified in
section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds
provided shall be available for activities that are not fully
reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or agencies unless
authorized by section 17 of such Act.
food stamp program
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp Act (7 U.S.C.
2011 et seq.), $21,221,293,000, of which $100,000,000 shall be placed
in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become
necessary to carry out program operations: Provided, That none of the
funds made available under this heading shall be used for studies and
evaluations: Provided further, That funds provided herein shall be
expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided
further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any work
registration or workfare requirements as may be required by law:
Provided further, That funds made available for Employment and Training
under this heading shall remain available until expended, as authorized
by section 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act.
commodity assistance program
For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity supplemental food
program as authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer
Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); and the Emergency Food
Assistance Act of 1983, $140,300,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2002: Provided, That none of these funds shall be
available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities
donated to the program.
food donations programs
For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of the Agriculture
and Consumer Protection Act of 1973; special assistance for the nuclear
affected islands as authorized by section 103(h)(2) of the Compacts of
Free Association Act of 1985, as amended; and section 311 of the Older
Americans Act of 1965, $141,081,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2002.
food program administration
For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic food programs
funded under this Act, $116,807,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be
available only for simplifying procedures, reducing overhead costs,
tightening regulations, improving food stamp benefit delivery, and
assisting in the prevention, identification, and prosecution of fraud
and other violations of law and of which not less than $4,500,000 shall
be available to improve integrity in the Food Stamp and Child Nutrition
programs: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $150,000 shall
be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
TITLE V
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS
Foreign Agricultural Service
salaries and expenses
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service,
including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954 (7
U.S.C. 1761-1768), market development activities abroad, and for
enabling the Secretary to coordinate and integrate activities of the
Department in connection with foreign agricultural work, including not
to exceed $158,000 for representation allowances and for expenses
pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C.
1766), $113,424,000: Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of
funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf
of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and institutions
under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food production
assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance programs
of the United States Agency for International Development.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available to
promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products.
public law 480 title i program account
(including transfers of funds)
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, of agreements under the Agricultural Trade Development and
Assistance Act of 1954, and the Food For Progress Act of 1985,
including the cost of modifying credit arrangements under said Acts,
$114,186,000, to remain available until expended.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the credit
program of title I, Public Law 83-480, and the Food for Progress Act of
1985, to the extent funds appropriated for Public Law 83-480 are
utilized, $1,850,000, of which $1,035,000 may be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for ``Foreign Agricultural Service,
Salaries and Expenses'', and of which $815,000 may be transferred to
and merged with the appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries
and Expenses''.
public law 480 title i ocean freight differential grants
(including transfers of funds)
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise
recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest
thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of
1954, $20,322,000, to remain available until expended, for ocean
freight differential costs for the shipment of agricultural commodities
under title I of said Act: Provided, That funds made available for the
cost of title I agreements and for title I ocean freight differential
may be used interchangeably between the two accounts with prior notice
to the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
public law 480 titles ii and iii grants
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise
recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest
thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of
1954, $837,000,000, to remain available until expended, for commodities
supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under title II of said
Act.
commodity credit corporation export loans program account
(including transfers of funds)
For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit
Corporation's export guarantee program, GSM 102 and GSM 103,
$3,820,000; to cover common overhead expenses as permitted by section
11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity
with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which $3,231,000 may be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Foreign
Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses'', and of which $589,000
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Farm
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.
TITLE VI
RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration,
including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for payment of
space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 92-313 for
programs and activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are
included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the
District of Columbia or elsewhere; and for miscellaneous and emergency
expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and approved by the
Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary's
certificate, not to exceed $25,000; $1,216,796,000, of which not to
exceed $149,273,000 in prescription drug user fees authorized by 21
U.S.C. 379(h) may be credited to this appropriation and remain
available until expended: Provided, That fees derived from applications
received during fiscal year 2001 shall be subject to the fiscal year
2001 limitation: Provided further, That none of these funds shall be
used to develop, establish, or operate any program of user fees
authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total
amount appropriated: (1) $292,934,000 shall be for the Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the Office
of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $313,143,000 shall be for the Center for
Drug Evaluation and Research and related field activities in the Office
of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $12,534,000 shall be
available for grants and contracts awarded under section 5 of the
Orphan Drug Act (21 U.S.C. 360ee); (3) $141,368,000 shall be for the
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $59,349,000 shall
be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $164,762,000 shall
be for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for related
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $35,842,000
shall be for the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7)
$25,855,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, other than the
amounts paid to the General Services Administration; (8) $104,954,000
shall be for payments to the General Services Administration for rent
and related costs; and (9) $78,589,000 shall be for other activities,
including the Office of the Commissioner; the Office of Management and
Systems; the Office of the Senior Associate Commissioner; the Office of
International and Constituent Relations; the Office of Policy,
Legislation, and Planning; and central services for these offices:
Provided further, That funds may be transferred from one specified
activity to another with the prior approval of the Committee on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 263(b)
may be credited to this account, to remain available until expended.
In addition, export certification user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C.
381 may be credited to this account, to remain available until
expended.
buildings and facilities
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension,
alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of or used by
the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise provided,
$31,350,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Commodity
Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase and hire of
passenger motor vehicles; the rental of space (to include multiple year
leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and not to exceed
$25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $67,100,000, including not
to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses.
Farm Credit Administration
limitation on administrative expenses
Not to exceed $36,800,000 (from assessments collected from farm
credit institutions and from the Federal Agricultural Mortgage
Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for
administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided,
That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with
receiverships.
TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law,
appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of
Agriculture for fiscal year 2001 under this Act shall be available for
the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of not to
exceed 389 passenger motor vehicles, of which 385 shall be for
replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles.
Sec. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Department of
Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor as
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
Sec. 703. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropriations of the
Department of Agriculture in this Act for research and service work
authorized by sections 1 and 10 of the Act of June 29, 1935 (7 U.S.C.
427, 427i; commonly known as the Bankhead-Jones Act), subtitle A of
title II and section 302 of the Act of August 14, 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621
et seq.), and chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code, shall be
available for contracting in accordance with such Acts and chapter.
Sec. 704. The cumulative total of transfers to the Working Capital
Fund for the purpose of accumulating growth capital for data services
and National Finance Center operations shall not exceed $2,000,000:
Provided, That no funds in this Act appropriated to an agency of the
Department shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the
approval of the agency administrator.
Sec. 705. New obligational authority provided for the following
appropriation items in this Act shall remain available until expended:
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the contingency fund to
meet emergency conditions, fruit fly program, boll weevil program, up
to 10 percent of the screwworm program, and up to $2,000,000 for costs
associated with colocating regional offices; Food Safety and Inspection
Service, field automation and information management project;
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, funds for
competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)) and funds for the Native
American Institutions Endowment Fund; Farm Service Agency, salaries and
expenses funds made available to county committees; Foreign
Agricultural Service, middle-income country training program, and up to
$2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropriation solely for
the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in international currency
exchange rates, subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural
Service.
Sec. 706. 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. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropriations available to
the Department of Agriculture in this Act shall be available to provide
appropriate orientation and language training pursuant to section 606C
of the Act of August 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1766b; commonly known as the
Agricultural Act of 1954).
Sec. 708. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to pay
negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements or similar
arrangements between the United States Department of Agriculture and
nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost
of the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements is
to carry out programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This
does not preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on grants and
contracts with such institutions when such indirect costs are computed
on a similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are
provided in this Act.
Sec. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to
restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit Corporation to lease
space for its own use or to lease space on behalf of other agencies of
the Department of Agriculture when such space will be jointly occupied.
Sec. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay
indirect costs charged against competitive agricultural research,
education, or extension grant awards issued by the Cooperative State
Research, Education, and Extension Service that exceed 19 percent of
total Federal funds provided under each award: Provided, That
notwithstanding section 1462 of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds
provided by this Act for grants awarded competitively by the
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service shall be
available to pay full allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded
under section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638).
Sec. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, all loan
levels provided in this Act shall be considered estimates, not
limitations.
Sec. 712. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the
cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in fiscal year 2001
shall remain available until expended to cover obligations made in
fiscal year 2001 for the following accounts: the rural development loan
fund program account; the Rural Telephone Bank program account; the
rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account; the
Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account; and the rural economic
development loans program account.
Sec. 713. Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, United States
Code, marketing services of the Agricultural Marketing Service; Grain
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration; the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service; and the food safety activities of the Food
Safety and Inspection Service may use cooperative agreements to reflect
a relationship between the Agricultural Marketing Service; the Grain
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration; the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service; or the Food Safety and Inspection Service
and a State or Cooperator to carry out agricultural marketing programs,
to carry out programs to protect the Nation's animal and plant
resources, or to carry out educational programs or special studies to
improve the safety of the Nation's food supply.
Sec. 714. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary
of Agriculture may enter into cooperative agreements (which may provide
for the acquisition of goods or services, including personal services)
with a State, political subdivision, or agency thereof, a public or
private agency, organization, or any other person, if the Secretary
determines that the objectives of the agreement will (1) serve a mutual
interest of the parties to the agreement in carrying out the programs
administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service; and (2) all
parties will contribute resources to the accomplishment of these
objectives.
Sec. 715. None of the funds in this Act may be used to retire more
than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the Rural Telephone Bank or to
maintain any account or subaccount within the accounting records of the
Rural Telephone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been
authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this Act may be used to transfer to the Treasury or to the
Federal Financing Bank any unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone
Bank telephone liquidating account which is in excess of current
requirements and such balance shall receive interest as set forth for
financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Federal Credit Reform Act
of 1990.
Sec. 716. Of the funds made available by this Act, not more than
$1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of activities
related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and task
forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels used to
comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate
competitively awarded grants: Provided, That interagency funding is
authorized to carry out the purposes of the National Drought Policy
Commission.
Sec. 717. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to
carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C.
679a) or section 30 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C.
471).
Sec. 718. No employee of the Department of Agriculture may be
detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this Act to any
other agency or office of the Department for more than 30 days unless
the individual's employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by the
receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee
for the period of assignment.
Sec. 719. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available to the Department of Agriculture shall be used to transmit or
otherwise make available to any non-Department of Agriculture employee
questions or responses to questions that are a result of information
requested for the appropriations hearing process.
Sec. 720. None of the funds made available to the Department of
Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information
technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the Office
of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of the Chief
Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Information
Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be transferred to the Office of the
Chief Information Officer without the prior approval of the Committee
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
Sec. 721. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided
by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that
remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2001, or
provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act,
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a
reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates
a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by
any means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied
or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorganizes
offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out or privatizes
any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employees;
unless the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are
notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous
Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2001, or
provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act,
shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activities,
programs, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in excess of
$500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: (1) augments existing
programs, projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding
for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel
by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general
savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change in
existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress;
unless the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are
notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
Sec. 722. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries
and expenses of personnel to carry out the transfer or obligation of
fiscal year 2001 funds under section 793 of Public Law 104-127 (7
U.S.C. 2204f).
Sec. 723. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of
personnel who carry out an environmental quality incentives program
authorized by chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) in excess of $174,000,000.
Sec. 724. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries
and expenses of personnel to carry out the transfer or obligation of
fiscal year 2001 funds under the provisions of section 401 of Public
Law 105-185, the Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems (7
U.S.C. 7621).
Sec. 725. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act shall be used to carry out any commodity purchase
program that would prohibit eligibility or participation by farmer-
owned cooperatives.
Sec. 726. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of
personnel to carry out a conservation farm option program, as
authorized by section 1240M of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3839bb).
Sec. 727. None of the funds made available to the Food and Drug
Administration by this Act shall be used to close or relocate, or to
plan to close or relocate, the Food and Drug Administration Division of
Drug Analysis in St. Louis, Missouri.
Sec. 728. None of the funds made available to the Food and Drug
Administration by this Act shall be used to reduce the Detroit,
Michigan, Food and Drug Administration District Office below the
operating and full-time equivalent staffing level of July 31, 1999; or
to change the Detroit District Office to a station, residence post or
similarly modified office; or to reassign residence posts assigned to
the Detroit District Office: Provided, That this section shall not
apply to Food and Drug Administration field laboratory facilities or
operations currently located in Detroit, Michigan, except that field
laboratory personnel shall be assigned to locations in the general
vicinity of Detroit, Michigan, pursuant to cooperative agreements
between the Food and Drug Administration and other laboratory
facilities associated with the State of Michigan.
Sec. 729. Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated by this Act or
any other Act may be used to:
(1) carry out the proviso under 7 U.S.C. 1622(f); or
(2) carry out 7 U.S.C. 1622(h) unless the Secretary of
Agriculture inspects and certifies agricultural processing
equipment, and imposes a fee for the inspection and
certification, in a manner that is similar to the inspection
and certification of agricultural products under that section,
as determined by the Secretary: Provided, That this provision
shall not affect the authority of the Secretary to carry out
the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the
Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.), or the
Egg Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq.).
Sec. 730. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any other
Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who
prepare or submit appropriations language as part of the President's
Budget submission to the Congress of the United States for programs
under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on
Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies that assumes
revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user
fees proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the
submission of the Budget unless such Budget submission identifies which
additional spending reductions should occur in the event the users fees
proposals are not enacted prior to the date of the convening of a
committee of conference for the fiscal year 2001 appropriations Act.
Sec. 731. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act shall be used to establish an Office of Community
Food Security or any similar office within the United States Department
of Agriculture without the prior approval of the Committee on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
Sec. 732. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this or any other Act may be used to carry out provision
of section 612 of Public Law 105-185.
Sec. 733. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used to declare excess or surplus all or
part of the lands and facilities owned by the Federal Government and
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture at Fort Reno, Oklahoma, or
to transfer or convey such lands or facilities, without the specific
authorization of Congress.
Sec. 734. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act or any other Act shall be used for the
implementation of a Support Services Bureau or similar organization.
Sec. 735. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for any
fiscal year, in the case of a high cost, isolated rural area of the
State of Alaska that is not connected to a road system--
(1) in the case of assistance provided by the Rural Housing
Service for single family housing under title V of the Housing
Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.), the maximum income level
for the assistance shall be 150 percent of the average income
level in metropolitan areas of the State;
(2) in the case of community facility loans and grants
provided under paragraphs (1) and (19), respectively, of
section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) and assistance provided under programs
carried out by the Rural Utilities Service, the maximum income
level for the loans, grants, and assistance shall be 150
percent of the average income level in nonmetropolitan areas of
the State;
(3) in the case of a business and industry guaranteed loan
made under section 310B(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(a)(1)), to the extent
permitted under that Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall--
(A) guarantee the repayment of 90 percent of the
principal and interest due on the loan; and
(B) charge a loan origination and servicing fee in
an amount not to exceed 1 percent of the amount of the
loan; and
(4) in the case of assistance provided under the Rural
Community Development Initiative for fiscal year 2000 carried
out under the rural community advancement program established
under subtitle E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act (7 U.S.C. 2009 et seq.), the median household income level,
and the not employed rate, with respect to applicants for
assistance under the Initiative shall be scored on a community-
by-community basis.
Sec. 736. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
housing or residence in a foreign country purchased by an agent or
instrumentality of the United States, for the purpose of housing the
agricultural attache, shall be sold or disposed of without the approval
of the Foreign Agricultural Service of the United States Department of
Agriculture, including property purchased using foreign currencies
generated under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act
of 1954 (Public Law 480) and used or occupied by agricultural attaches
of the Foreign Agricultural Service: Provided, That the Department of
State/Office of Foreign Buildings may sell such properties with the
concurrence of the Foreign Agricultural Service if the proceeds are
used to acquire suitable properties of appropriate size for Foreign
Agricultural Service agricultural attaches: Provided further, That the
Foreign Agricultural Service shall have the right to occupy such
residences in perpetuity with costs limited to appropriate maintenance
expenses.
Sec. 737. Hereafter, funds appropriated to the Department of
Agriculture may be used to employ individuals to perform services
outside the United States as determined by the agencies to be necessary
or appropriate for carrying out programs and activities abroad; and
such employment actions, hereafter referred to as Personal Service
Agreements (PSA), are authorized to be negotiated, the terms of the PSA
to be prescribed and work to be performed, where necessary, without
regard to such statutory provisions as related to the negotiation,
making and performance of contracts and performance of work in the
United States: Provided, That individuals employed under a PSA to
perform such services outside the United States shall not, by virtue of
such employment, be considered employees of the United States
government for purposes of any law administered by the Office of
Personnel Management: Provided further, That such individuals may be
considered employees within the meaning of the Federal Employee
Compensation Act, 5 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.: Provided further, That
Government service credit shall be accrued for the time employed under
a PSA should the individual later be hired into a permanent U.S.
Government position if their authorities so permit.
Sec. 738. None of the funds made available by this Act or any other
Act may be used to close or relocate a state Rural Development office
unless or until cost effectiveness and enhancement of program delivery
have been determined.
Sec. 739. Of any shipments of commodities made pursuant to Section
416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431(b)), the
Secretary of Agriculture shall, to the extent practicable, direct that
tonnage equal in value to not less than $25,000,000 shall be made
available to foreign countries to assist in mitigating the effects of
the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome on communities, including the provision of--
(1) agricultural commodities to--
(A) individuals with Human Immunodeficiency Virus
or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in the
communities, and
(B) households in the communities, particularly
individuals caring for orphaned children; and
(2) agricultural commodities monetized to provide other
assistance (including assistance under microcredit and
microenterprise programs) to create or restore sustainable
livelihoods among individuals in the communities, particularly
individuals caring for orphaned children.
DIVISION B
The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
NATURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE AND OTHER EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
salaries and expenses
For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'',
$39,000,000: Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only
to the extent an official budget request for $39,000,000, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of such Act.
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund
For an additional amount for the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Fund, up to $13,000,000, to provide premium discounts to purchasers of
crop insurance reinsured by the Corporation (except for catastrophic
risk protection coverage), as authorized under section 1102(g)(2) of
the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277):
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
Rural Community Advancement Program
For an additional amount for the Rural Community Advancement
Program, $50,000,000 to provide grants pursuant to the Rural Community
Facilities Grant Program for areas of extreme unemployment or economic
depression, subject to authorization: Provided, That the entire amount
shall be available only to the extent an official budget request for
$50,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the
request as an emergency requirement as defined by the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted
by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
For an additional amount for the Rural Community Advancement
Program, $30,000,000 to provide grants pursuant to the Rural Utility
Service Grant Program for rural communities with extremely high energy
costs, subject to authorization: Provided, That the entire amount shall
be available only to the extent an official budget request for
$30,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the
request as an emergency requirement as defined by the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted
by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
For an additional amount for the Rural Community Advancement
Program, $50,000,000, for the cost of direct loans and grants of the
rural utilities programs described in section 381E(d)(2) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009f), as
provided in 7 U.S.C. 1926(a) and 7 U.S.C. 1926C for distribution
through the national reserve for applications associated with a risk to
public heath or the environment or a natural emergency: Provided, That
of the amount provided by this paragraph, $10,000,000 may only be used
in counties which have received an emergency designation by the
President or the Secretary after January 1, 2000, for applications
responding to water shortages resulting from the designated emergency:
Provided further, That the entire amount necessary to carry out this
section shall be available only to the extent that an official budget
request for $50,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount
of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That
the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
Rural Housing Service
rural housing insurance fund program account
For additional gross obligations for the principal amount of direct
loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 1949 for section
515 rental housing to be available from funds in the rural housing
insurance fund to meet needs resulting from Hurricanes Dennis, Floyd,
or Irene, $40,000,000.
For the additional cost of direct loans for section 515 rental
housing, including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, to remain available until
expended, $15,872,000: Provided, That the entire amount is designated
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended.
rental assistance program
For an additional amount for rental assistance agreements entered
into or renewed pursuant to section 521(a)(2) of the Housing Act of
1949 for emergency needs resulting from Hurricanes Dennis, Floyd, or
Irene, $13,600,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
Rural Utilities Service
rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account
For additional five percent rural electrification loans pursuant to
the authority of section 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936
(7 U.S.C. 935), $113,250,000.
For the additional cost, as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying
loans, of five percent rural electrification loans authorized by the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), $1,000,000: Provided,
That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent an
official budget request for $1,000,000, that includes designation of
the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined
in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided
further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251 (b)(2)(A) of such Act.
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS CHAPTER
Sec. 1101. Notwithstanding section 11 of the Commodity Credit
Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i), an additional $35,000,000, to
remain available until expended, shall be provided through the
Commodity Credit Corporation in fiscal year 2000 for technical
assistance activities performed by any agency of the Department of
Agriculture in carrying out the Conservation Reserve Program and the
Wetlands Reserve Program funded by the Commodity Credit Corporation:
Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent
an official budget request for $35,000,000, that includes designation
of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress:
Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such
Act.
Sec. 1102. The paragraph under the heading ``Livestock Assistance''
in chapter 1, title I of H.R. 3425 of the 106th Congress, enacted by
section 1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106-113 (113 Stat. 1536) is amended by
striking ``during 1999'' and inserting ``from January 1, 1999, through
February 7, 2000'': Provided, That the entire amount necessary to carry
out this section shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request for the entire amount, that includes designation of the
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided
further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
Sec. 1103. The issuance of regulations by the Secretary of
Agriculture to implement section 104 of H.R. 3425 of the 106th
Congress, as enacted by section 1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106-113 (113
Stat. 1536) shall be made without regard to--
(1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of
title 5 United States Code;
(2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture
effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804) relating to
notices of proposed rulemaking; and
(3) chapter 35 of title 44 United States Code.
Sec. 1104. With respect to any 1999 crop year loan made by the
Commodity Credit Corporation to a cooperative marketing association
established under the laws of North Carolina, and to any person or
entity in North Carolina obtaining a 1999 crop upland cotton marketing
assistance loan, the Corporation shall reduce the amount of such
outstanding loan indebtedness in an amount up to 75 percent of the
amount of the loan applicable to any collateral (in the case of
cooperative marketing associations of upland cotton producers and
upland cotton producers, not to exceed $5,000,000 for benefits to such
associations and such producers for up to 75 percent of the loss
incurred by such associations and such producers with respect to upland
cotton that had been placed under loan) that was produced in a county
in which either the Secretary of Agriculture or the President of the
United States declared a major disaster or emergency due to the
occurrence of Hurricanes Dennis, Floyd or Irene if the Corporation
determines that such collateral suffered any quality loss as a result
of said hurricane: Provided, That if a person or entity obtains a
benefit under this section with respect to a quantity of a commodity,
no marketing loan gain or loan deficiency payment shall be made
available under the Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act of
1996 with respect to such quantity: Provided further, That no more than
$81,000,000 of the funds of the Corporation shall be available to carry
out this section: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be
available only to the extent an official budget request for
$81,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the
request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted
by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
Sec. 1105. Hereafter, for the purposes of the Livestock Indemnity
Program authorized in Public Law 105-18, the term ``livestock'' shall
have the same meaning as the term ``livestock'' under section 104 of
Public Law 106-31.
Sec. 1106. The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities and
authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make and administer
supplemental payments to dairy producers who received a payment under
section 805 of Public Law 106-78 in an amount equal to thirty-five
percent of the reduction in market value of milk production in 2000, as
determined by the Secretary, based on price estimates as of the date of
enactment of this Act, from the previous five-year average: Provided,
That the Secretary shall make payments to producers under this section
in a manner consistent with the payments to dairy producers under
section 805 of Public Law 106-78: Provided further, That the Secretary
shall make a determination as to whether a dairy producer is considered
a new producer for purposes of section 805 by taking into account the
number of months such producer has operated as a dairy producer in
order to calculate a payment rate for such producer: Provided further,
That the entire amount necessary to carry out this section shall be
available only to the extent that an official budget request for the
entire amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of the
request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted
by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
Sec. 1107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of Agriculture may use the funds, facilities and authorities
of the Commodity Credit Corporation to administer and make payments to:
(a) compensate growers whose crops could not be sold due to Mexican
fruit fly quarantines in San Diego and San Bernadino/Riverside counties
in California since their imposition on August 14, 1998, and September
22, 1999, respectively; (b) compensate growers in relation to the
Secretary's ``Declaration of Extraordinary Emergency'' on March 2,
2000, regarding the plum pox virus; (c) compensate growers for losses
due to Pierce's disease; (d) compensate growers for losses incurred due
to infestations of grasshoppers and mormon crickets; and (e) compensate
commercial producers for losses due to citrus canker: Provided, That
the entire amount necessary to carry out this section shall be
available only to the extent that an official budget request for the
entire amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of the
request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted
by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
Sec. 1108. (a) Section 141 of the Agricultural Market Transition
Act (7 U.S.C. 7251) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ``and 2000'' and
inserting ``through 2001''; and
(2) in subsection (h), by striking ``2000'' each place it
appears and inserting ``2001''.
(b) Section 142(e) of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7
U.S.C. 7252(e)) is amended by striking ``2001'' and inserting ``2002''.
(c) The entire amount necessary to carry out this section shall be
available only to the extent that an official budget request for the
entire amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of the
request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted
by the President to the Congress: Provided, That the entire amount is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
Sec. 1109. The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities and
authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation in an amount equal to
$450,000,000 to make and administer payments for livestock losses using
the criteria established to carry out the 1999 Livestock Assistance
Program (except for application of the national percentage reduction
factor) to producers for 2000 losses in a county which has received an
emergency designation by the President or the Secretary after January
1, 2000, and shall be available until September 30, 2001: Provided,
That the Secretary shall give consideration to the effect of recurring
droughts in establishing the level of payments to producers under this
section: Provided further, That the entire amount necessary to carry
out this section shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request for $450,000,000, that includes designation of the
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided
further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
Sec. 1110. In lieu of imposing, where applicable, the assessment
for producers provided for in subsection (d)(8) of 7 U.S.C. 7271
(Section 155 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act), the Secretary
shall, as necessary to offset remaining loan losses for the 1999 crop
of peanuts, borrow such amounts as would have been collected under 7
U.S.C. 7271(d)(8) from the Commodity Credit Corporation. Such borrowing
shall be against all excess assessments to be collected under
subsection 7 U.S.C. 7271(g) for crop year 2000 and subsequent years.
For purposes of the preceding sentence, an assessment shall be
considered to be an ``excess'' assessment to the extent that it is not
used or will not be used, under the provisions of 7 U.S.C. 7271(d), to
offset losses on peanuts for the crop year in which the assessment is
collected. The Commodity Credit Corporation shall retain its own
account sums collected under 7 U.S.C. 7271(g) as needed to recover the
borrowing provided for in this section to the extent that such
collections are not used under 7 U.S.C. 7271(d) to cover losses on
peanuts: Provided, That the entire amount necessary to carry out this
section shall be available only to the extent an official budget
request for the entire amount, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended,
is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That
the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
CHAPTER 2
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Corps of Engineers--Civil
general investigations
For an additional amount for ``General investigations'' to complete
preconstruction engineering and design of an emergency outlet from
Devils Lake, North Dakota, to the Sheyenne River, $4,500,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the work shall include an
Environmental Impact Statement and the international coordination
required to comply with the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909: Provided
further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
flood control, mississippi river and tributaries, arkansas, illinois,
kentucky, louisiana, mississippi, missouri, and tennessee
For an additional amount for emergency repairs and dredging due to
the effects of drought and other conditions, $10,000,000, to remain
available until expended, which shall be available only to the extent
an official budget request for a specific dollar amount that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
operation and maintenance, general
For an additional amount for emergency repairs and dredging due to
storm damages, $35,000,000, to remain available until expended, of
which such amounts for eligible navigation projects which may be
derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund pursuant to Public Law
99-662, shall be derived from that Fund: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Appalachian Regional Commission
For an additional amount necessary to carry out the programs
authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as
amended, $11,000,000, to remain available until expended, which shall
be available only to the extent an official budget request for
$11,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the
request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted
by the President to the Congress: Provided, That the entire amount is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended.
CHAPTER 3
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
management of lands and resources
For an additional amount for ``Management of Lands and Resources'',
$17,172,000 to remain available until expended, of which $15,687,000
shall be used to address restoration needs caused by wildland fires and
$1,485,000 shall be used for the treatment of grasshopper and Mormon
Cricket infestations on lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided
further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent
an official budget request for a specific dollar amount, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined by such Act, is transmitted by the President to
the Congress.
wildland fire management
For an additional amount for ``Wildland Fire Management'',
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended, for emergency
rehabilitation and wildfire suppression activities: Provided, That the
entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That this
amount shall be available only to the extent that an official budget
request for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined by
such Act, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
resource management
For an additional amount for ``Resource Management'', $1,500,000,
to remain available until expended, for support of the preparation and
implementation of plans, programs, or agreements, identified by the
State of Idaho, that address habitat for freshwater aquatic species on
nonfederal lands in the State voluntarily enrolled in such plans,
programs, or agreements, of which $200,000 shall be made available to
the Boise, Idaho field office to participate in the preparation and
implementation of the plans, programs or agreements, of which $300,000
shall be made available to the State of Idaho for preparation of the
plans, programs, or agreements, including data collection and other
activities associated with such preparation, and of which $1,000,000
shall be made available to the State of Idaho to fund habitat
enhancement, maintenance, or restoration projects consistent with such
plans, programs, or agreements.
In addition, for an additional amount for ``Resource Management'',
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, which amount shall be
made available to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to carry
out a competitively awarded grant program for State, local, or other
organizations in the State of Maine to fund on-the-ground projects to
further Atlantic salmon conservation or restoration efforts in
coordination with the State of Maine and the Maine Atlantic Salmon
Conservation Plan, including projects to (1) assist in land acquisition
and conservation easements to benefit Atlantic salmon; (2) develop
irrigation and water use management measures to minimize any adverse
effects on salmon habitat; and (3) develop and phase in enhanced
aquaculture cages to minimize escape of Atlantic salmon: Provided,
That, of the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, $2,000,000
shall be made available to the Atlantic Salmon Commission for salmon
restoration and conservation activities, including installing and
upgrading weirs and fish collection facilities, conducting risk
assessments, fish marking, and salmon genetics studies and testing, and
developing and phasing in enhanced aquaculture cages to minimize escape
of Atlantic salmon, and $500,000 shall be made available to the
National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of Atlantic salmon:
Provided further, That the amounts appropriated under this paragraph
shall not be subject to section 10(b)(1) of the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act (16 U.S.C. 3709(b)(1)): Provided
further, That the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation shall give
special consideration to proposals that include matching contributions
(whether in currency, services, or property) made by private persons or
organizations or by State or local government agencies, if such
matching contributions are available: Provided further, That funds made
available under this paragraph shall be provided to the National Fish
and Wildlife Foundation not later than 15 days after the date of
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the entire amount made
available under this heading is designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement under section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
construction
For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $8,500,000, to
remain available until expended, to repair or replace buildings,
equipment, roads, bridges, and water control structures damaged by
natural disasters and conduct critical habitat restoration directly
necessitated by natural disasters: Provided, That the entire amount is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That $3,500,000
shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request
that includes designation of the entire amount as an emergency as
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
National Park Service
construction
For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $5,300,000, to
remain available until expended, to repair or replace visitor
facilities, equipment, roads and trails, and cultural sites and
artifacts at national park units damaged by natural disasters:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided
further, That $1,300,000 shall be available only to the extent that an
official budget request that includes designation of the entire amount
as an emergency as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress.
United States Geological Survey
surveys, investigations, and research
For an additional amount for ``Surveys, Investigations, and
Research'', $1,800,000, to remain available until expended, to repair
or replace stream monitoring equipment and associated facilities
damaged by natural disasters: Provided, That the entire amount is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended.
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
regulation and technology
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act, Public Law 95-87, as amended,
$9,821,000, to remain available until expended, of which $6,222,000,
not subject to section 705(a) of the Act, shall be available for
regulatory program enhancements for the surface mining regulatory
program of the State of West Virginia: Provided, That the balance of
the funds shall be made available to the State to augment staffing and
provide relative support expenses for the State's regulatory program:
Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:
Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the
extent an official budget request for $9,821,000, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
operation of indian programs
For an additional amount for ``Operation of Indian Programs'',
$1,200,000, to remain available until expended, for repair of the
portions of the Yakama Nation's Signal Peak Road that have the most
severe damage: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent that an official budget request that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
national forest system
For an additional amount for ``National Forest System'' for
emergency expenses resulting from damages from wind storms, $5,759,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget request
for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined by such
Act, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
wildland fire management
For an additional amount for ``Wildland Fire Management'' for
emergency expenses resulting from damages from wind storms, $1,620,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget request
for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined by such
Act, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
reconstruction and maintenance
For an additional amount for ``Reconstruction and Maintenance'' for
emergency expenses resulting from damages from wind storms, $1,870,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget request
for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined by such
Act, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
CHAPTER 4
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
program management
For an additional amount for ``Program Management'', $15,000,000 to
be available through September 30, 2001: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the
entire amount provided shall be available only to the extent an
official budget request that includes designation of the entire amount
of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress.
Administration for Children and Families
low income home energy assistance
For an additional amount for ``Low Income Home Energy Assistance''
for emergency assistance under section 2602(e) of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621(e)), $600,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is hereby
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That this amount
shall be available only to the extent an official budget request for a
specific dollar amount that includes designations of the entire amount
of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended, is transmitted by
the President to the Congress.
CHAPTER 5
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
JOINT ITEMS
Capitol Police Board
security enhancements
For an additional amount for costs associated with security
enhancements, as appropriated under chapter 5 of title II of division B
of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277), $11,874,000, to remain available until
expended, of which--
(1) $10,000,000 shall be for security enhancements in
connection with the initial implementation of the United States
Capitol Police master plan: Provided, That notwithstanding such
chapter 5, such funds shall be available for facilities located
within or outside of the Capitol Grounds, and such security
enhancements shall be subject to the approval of the Committee
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(2) $1,874,000 shall be for security enhancements to the
buildings and grounds of the Library of Congress:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
Capitol Police
salaries
For an additional amount for costs of overtime, $2,700,000, to be
available to increase, in equal amounts, the amounts provided to the
House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
fire safety
For an additional amount for expenses for fire safety, $17,480,000,
to remain available until expended, of which $7,039,000 shall be for
``Capitol Buildings and Grounds--Capitol Buildings--Salaries and
Expenses''; $2,314,000 shall be for ``Senate Office Buildings'';
$4,213,000 shall be for ``House Office Buildings''; $3,000 shall be for
``Capitol Power Plant''; $26,000 shall be for ``Botanic Garden--
Salaries and Expenses''; and $3,885,000 shall be for ``Architect of the
Capitol--Library Buildings and Grounds--Structural and Mechanical
Care'': Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS CHAPTER
Sec. 1501. (a) Section 201 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 1993 (40 U.S.C. 216c note) is amended by striking ``$10,000,000''
each place it appears and inserting ``$14,500,000''.
(b) Section 201 of such Act is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``Pursuant'', and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) The Architect of the Capitol is authorized to solicit,
receive, accept, and hold amounts under section 307E(a)(2) of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c(a)(2)) in
excess of the $14,500,000 authorized under subsection (a), but such
amounts (and any interest thereon) shall not be expended by the
Architect without approval in appropriation Acts as required under
section 307E(b)(3) of such Act (40 U.S.C. 216c(b)(3)).''.
Sec. 1502. Trade Deficit Review Commission. (a) Issues to be
Addressed.--Section 127(d)(2) of division A of the Omnibus Consolidated
and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-
277; 19 U.S.C. 2213 note) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subparagraph:
``(I) The impact of the merchandise trade and
current account balances on the national security of
the United States, including in particular an
assessment of the significance to national security of
persistent and substantial bilateral trade deficits and
the need of a fully integrated national security,
trade, and industrial base trade-impact adjustment
policy.''.
(b) Deadline for Submission of Final Report.--Section 127(e)(1) of
division A of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277; 19 U.S.C. 2213 note) is
amended by striking ``12 months'' and inserting ``15 months''.
CHAPTER 6
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES
RELATED AGENCIES
National Transportation Safety Board
salaries and expenses
For an additional amount for ``Salaries and expenses,''
$24,739,000, for emergency expenses associated with the investigation
of the Egypt Air 990 and Alaska Air 261 accidents, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That such funds shall be available for
wreckage location and recovery, facilities, technical support, testing,
and wreckage mock-up: Provided further, That the entire amount is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended.
CHAPTER 7
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Departmental Offices
salaries and expenses
For an additional amount, $24,900,000 for the Secretary of the
Treasury to establish and operate an in-service firearms training
facility for the U.S. Customs Service and other agencies, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to
designate a lead agency to oversee the development, implementation and
operation of the facility and to conduct training: Provided further,
That the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shall without
compensation and at the earliest practicable date, initiate a
permanent, no-cost transfer of property owned by the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, identified as the Sleepy Hollow Partnership & Marcus
Enterprises tract, (44,-R), 327.46 acres, Harpers Ferry Magisterial
District, Jefferson County, West Virginia, together with a forty-five
foot right-of-way over the lands of Valley Blox, Inc. as described in
the deed from Joel T. Broyhill Enterprises, Inc. to Sleepy Hollow
Partnership, et al., in a Deed dated March 29, 1989 and recorded in the
Jefferson County Clerk's Office in Deed Book 627, Page 494, to the
United States Department of the Treasury: Provided further, That the
total amount made available under this section is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent that an official budget request that includes
designation of the entire amount as an emergency requirement as defined
in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'' for
enforcement of existing gun laws, $93,751,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That the entire amount in this section is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire
amount shall be available only to the extent that an official budget
request for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined by
such Act, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
General Services Administration
policy and operations
For an additional amount, $3,300,000 to remain available until
expended for the Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games
doping control program.
CHAPTER 8
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Community Planning and Development
home investment partnerships program
For an additional amount for the HOME investment partnerships
program, as authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101-625), as amended, $25,000,000:
Provided, That these funds shall be provided to states with designated
disaster areas caused by Hurricane Floyd for the purpose of providing
temporary assistance in obtaining rental assistance and for the
construction of affordable replacement rental housing for very low-
income families displaced by flooding caused by Hurricane Floyd:
Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:
Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the
extent that an official budget request for a specific dollar amount,
that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
President to the Congress.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Federal Emergency Management Agency
disaster relief
Of the unobligated balances made available under the second
paragraph under the heading ``Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Disaster Relief'' in Public Law 106-74, in addition to other amounts
made available, up to $50,000,000 may be used by the Director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency for the buyout of repetitive loss
properties which are principal residences that have been made
uninhabitable by floods in areas which were declared federal disasters
in fiscal year 1999 and 2000: Provided, That such properties are
located in a 100-year floodplain: Provided further, That no homeowner
may receive any assistance for buyouts in excess of the pre-flood fair
market value of the residence (reduced by any proceeds from insurance
or any other source paid or owed as a result of the flood damage to the
residence): Provided further, That each state shall ensure that there
is a contribution from non-Federal sources of not less than 25 percent
in matching funds (other than administrative costs) for any funds
allocated to the State for buyout assistance: Provided further, That
all buyouts under this section shall be subject to the terms and
conditions specified under 42 U.S.C. 5170c(b)(2)(B): Provided further,
That none of the funds made available for buyouts under this paragraph
may be used in any calculation of a State's section 404 allocation:
Provided further, That the Director shall report quarterly to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the use of all funds
allocated under this paragraph and certify that the use of all funds
are consistent with all applicable laws and requirements: Provided
further, That no funds shall be allocated for buyouts under this
paragraph except in accordance with regulations promulgated by the
Director: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent an official budget request, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
CHAPTER 9
GENERAL PROVISION--THIS TITLE
Sec. 1901. For an additional amount for ``Health Resources and
Services Administration, Health Resources and Services'', $3,500,000,
for the Saint John's Lutheran Hospital in Libby, Montana, for
construction and renovation of health care and other facilities and an
additional amount for the ``Economic Development Administration'',
$8,000,000, only for a grant to the City of Libby, Montana: Provided,
That the entire amounts in this section are designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:
Provided further, That the entire amounts provided within this section
shall be available only to the extent an official budget request that
includes designation of the entire amounts of the request as an
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
President to the Congress.
Sec. 1902. For an additional amount for ``Operations, Research, and
Facilities'', for emergency expenses for fisheries disaster relief
pursuant to section 312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act, as amended, for the Pribilof Island and East
Aleutian area of the Bering Sea, $10,000,000 to remain available until
expended: Provided, That in implementing this section, notwithstanding
section 312(a)(3), the Secretary shall immediately make available as a
direct payment $2,000,000 to the States of Alaska, Washington, and
Oregon for distribution of emergency aid to individuals with family
incomes below 185 percent of the federal poverty level who have
suffered a direct negative impact from the fisheries resource disaster
and $3,000,000 for Bering Sea ecosystem research including $1,000,000
for the State of Alaska to develop a cooperative research plan to
restore the crab fishery: Provided further, That the Secretary of
Commerce declares a fisheries failure pursuant to section 312(a) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, as amended:
Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:
Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the
extent an official budget request that includes designation of the
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
Sec. 1903. For an additional amount for the District of Columbia
Metropolitan Police Department, $4,485,000 for the reimbursement of
certain costs incurred by the District of Columbia as host of the
International Monetary Fund and World Bank Organization Spring
Conference in April 2000: Provided, That the entire amount shall be
available only to the extent an official budget request for $4,485,000,
that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
TITLE II
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND OFFSETS
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
From amounts appropriated under this heading in Public Law 106-78
not needed for federal food inspection, up to $6,000,000 may be used to
liquidate obligations incurred in previous years, to the extent
approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget based
on documentation provided by the Secretary of Agriculture.
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS CHAPTER
Sec. 2101. Section 381A(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009(1)) is amended as follows:
``(1) Rural and Rural Area.--The terms `rural and rural
area' mean, subject to 306(a)(7), a city or town that has a
population of 50,000 inhabitants or less, other than an
urbanized area immediately adjacent to a city or town that has
a population in excess of 50,000 inhabitants, except for
business and industry projects or facilities described in
section 310(B)(a)(1), a city or town with a population in
excess of 50,000 inhabitants and its immediately adjacent
urbanized area shall be eligible for funding when the primary
economic beneficiaries of such projects or facilities are
producers of agriculture commodities.''.
Sec. 2102. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Natural
Resources Conservation Service shall provide financial and technical
assistance to the Long Park Dam in Utah from funds available for the
Emergency Watershed Program, not to exceed $4,500,000.
Sec. 2103. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Natural
Resources Conservation Service shall provide financial and technical
assistance to the Kuhn Bayou (Point Remove) Project in Arkansas from
funds available for the Emergency Watershed Program, not to exceed
$3,300,000.
Sec. 2104. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Natural
Resources Conservation Service shall provide financial and technical
assistance to the Snake River Watershed project in Minnesota from funds
available for the Emergency Watershed Program, not to exceed
$4,000,000.
CHAPTER 2
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Radiation Exposure Compensation
payment to radiation exposure compensation trust fund
For an additional amount for ``Payment to Radiation Exposure
Compensation Trust Fund'', $7,246,000.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
economic development assistance programs
For an additional amount for ``Economic Development Assistance
Programs'', $8,000,000 for public works grants for communities affected
by hurricanes and other natural disasters.
salaries and expenses
For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', $300,000 to
administer public works grants for communities affected by hurricanes
and other natural disasters.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
operations, research, and facilities
For an additional amount for the account entitled ``Operations,
Research, and Facilities'', $5,500,000.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United
States
For an additional amount for the ``Presidential Advisory Commission
on Holocaust Assets in the United States'', as authorized by Public Law
105-186, as amended, $1,400,000, to remain available until March 31,
2001, for the direct funding of the activities of the Commission:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided
further, That the entire amount provided shall be available only to the
extent an official budget request that includes designation of the
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
CHAPTER 3
ENERGY PROGRAMS
Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund
For an additional amount for ``Uranium enrichment decontamination
and decommissioning fund'', $58,000,000, to be derived from the Fund,
to remain available until expended.
CHAPTER 4
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
training and employment services
For an additional amount for ``Training and Employment Services'',
$40,000,000, to be available for obligation for the period April 1,
2000, through June 30, 2001, to be distributed by the Secretary of
Labor to States for youth activities in the local areas containing the
50 cities with the largest populations, as determined by the latest
available Census data, in accordance with the formula criteria for
allocations to local areas contained in section 128(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
Workforce Investment Act: Provided, That the amounts distributed to the
States shall be distributed within each State to the designated local
areas without regard to section 127(a) and (b)(1) and section 128(a) of
such Act.
Mine Safety and Health Administration
salaries and expenses
The matter under this heading in the Departments of Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106-
113) is amended by striking ``including not to exceed $750,000 may be
collected by the National Mine Health and Safety Academy'' and
inserting ``and, in addition, not to exceed $750,000 may be collected
by the National Mine Health and Safety Academy''.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
payments to states for foster care and adoption assistance
For an additional amount for ``Payments to States for Foster Care
and Adoption Assistance'' for payments for fiscal year 2000,
$35,000,000.
Administration on Aging
aging services programs
The matter under this heading in the Departments of Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106-
113) is amended by inserting after ``$934,285,000'' the following: ``,
of which $2,200,000 shall be for the Anchorage, Alaska Senior Center,
and shall remain available until expended''.
General Provisions--Department of Health and Human Services
Sec. 2401. Section 206 of the Departments of Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2000 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106-113)
is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``:
Provided further, That this section shall not apply to funds
appropriated under the heading `Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention--Disease Control, Research, and Training', funds made
available to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under the
heading `Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund', or any
other funds made available in this Act to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention''.
Sec. 2402. Section 216 of the Departments of Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2000 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106-113)
is repealed.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
higher education
Funds appropriated under this heading in Public Law 105-78 to carry
out title X-E of the Higher Education Act shall be available for
obligation by the states through September 30, 2000, and funds
appropriated in Public Law 105-277 to carry out title VIII-D of the
Higher Education Amendments of 1998 shall be available for obligation
by the states through September 30, 2001.
education research, statistics, and improvement
The matter under this heading in the Departments of Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law 106-
113) is amended--
(1) by striking ``North Babylon Community Youth Services
for an educational program'' and inserting ``Town of Babylon
Youth Bureau for an educational program'';
(2) by striking ``to promote participation among youth in
the United States democratic process'' and inserting ``to
expand access to and improve advanced education'';
(3) by striking ``Oakland Unified School District in
California for an African American Literacy and Culture
Project'' and inserting ``California State University, Hayward,
for an African-American Literacy and Culture Project carried
out in partnership with the Oakland Unified School District in
California''; and
(4) by striking ``$900,000 shall be awarded to the Boston
Music Education Collaborative comprehensive interdisciplinary
music program and teacher resource center in Boston,
Massachusetts'' and inserting ``$462,000 shall be awarded to
the Boston Symphony Orchestra for the teacher resource center
and $370,000 shall be awarded to the Boston Music Education
Collaborative for an interdisciplinary music program, in
Boston, Massachusetts''.
RELATED AGENCIES
Railroad Retirement Board
limitation on administration
For an additional amount for ``Limitation on Administration'',
$500,000, to be available through September 30, 2001.
Social Security Administration
limitation on administrative expenses
For an additional amount for ``Limitation on Administrative
Expenses'', $50,000,000, to be available through September 30, 2001.
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS CHAPTER
Sec. 2403. Section 403(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
603(a)(5)), as amended by section 806(b) of the Departments of Labor,
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of
Public Law 106-113) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``$1,500,000'' and
inserting ``$15,000,000'';
(2) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``$900,000'' and
inserting ``$9,000,000''; and
(3) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``$300,000'' and
inserting ``$3,000,000''.
Sec. 2404. (a) Workforce Investment Act of 1998.--The Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 2841) is amended--
(1) in section 503--
(A) by striking ``under Public Law 88-210 (as
amended; 20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.)'' each place it
appears and inserting in lieu thereof, ``under Public
Law 105-332 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.)''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, for
fiscal year 2000, the Secretary shall not consider the expected levels
of performance under Public Law 105-332 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) and
shall not award a grant under subsection (a) based on the levels of
performance for that Act.''.
(b) Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of
1998.--Section 111 (a)(1)(C) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and
Technical Education Act of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 2321) is amended by striking
``fiscal years 2000'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``fiscal years
2001''.
CHAPTER 5
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES
Federal Aviation Administration
operations
(airport and airways trust fund)
(transfer of funds)
For an additional amount for ``Operations'', $77,000,000, of which
$50,400,000 shall be derived by transfer from the unobligated balances
of ``Facilities and Equipment'', and $26,600,000 shall be derived from
funds transferred to the Department of Transportation for year 2000
conversion of Federal information technology systems and related
expenses pursuant to Public Law 105-277, to be available until
September 30, 2001.
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS CHAPTER
Sec. 2501. Under the heading ``Discretionary Grants'' in Public Law
105-66, ``$4,000,000 for the Salt Lake City regional commuter system
project;'' is amended to read ``$4,000,000 for the transit and other
transportation-related portions of the Salt Lake City regional commuter
system and Gateway Intermodal Terminal;''.
Sec. 2502. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Commandant shall transfer $8,000,000 identified in the conference
report accompanying Public Law 106-69 for ``Unalaska, AK--pier'' to the
City of Unalaska, Alaska for the construction of a municipal pier and
other harbor improvements: Provided, That the City of Unalaska enter
into an agreement with the United States to accommodate Coast Guard
vessels and support Coast Guard operations at Unalaska, Alaska.
Sec. 2503. From amounts previously made available in Public Law
106-69 (Department of Transportation and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2000) for ``Research, Engineering, and
Development'', $600,000 shall be available only for testing the
potential for ultra-wideband signals to interfere with global
positioning system receivers by the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration (NTIA): Provided, That the results of said
test be reported to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
not later than six months from the date of enactment of this act.
Sec. 2504. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is
appropriated to the Federal Highway Administration for transfer to the
Utah Department of Transportation, $35,000,000 for Interstate 15
reconstruction; such sums to remain available until expended: Provided,
That the Utah Department of Transportation shall make available from
state funds $35,000,000 for transportation planning, and temporary and
permanent transportation infrastructure improvements for the Salt Lake
City 2002 Olympic Winter Games: Provided further, That the specific
planning activities and transportation infrastructure projects
identified for state funding shall be limited to the following projects
included in the Olympic Transportation Concept Plan approved by the
Secretary of Transportation:
(1) Planning
(2) Venue Load and Unload
(3) Transit Bus Project
(4) Bus Maintenance Facilities
(5) Olympic Park & Ride Lots
(6) North-South Light Rail Park & Ride Lot Expansion.
Sec. 2505. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of Transportation may hereafter use Federal Highway
Administration Emergency Relief funds as authorized under 23 U.S.C.
125, to reconstruct or modify to a higher elevation roads that are
currently impounding water within a closed basin lake greater than
fifty thousand acres: Provided, That the structures on which the
roadways are to be built shall be constructed to applicable approved
United States Army Corps of Engineers design standards.
CHAPTER 6
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Homeless Assistance Grants
Amounts made available under this heading in title II of Public Law
106-74 shall first be made available to renew all expiring rental
contracts under the supportive housing program (as authorized under
subtitle C of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance
Act, as amended), and the shelter plus care program (as authorized
under subtitle F of title IV of such Act): Provided, That a request for
such funding be submitted in accordance with the eligibility
requirements established by the Secretary pursuant to a notice of
funding availability for fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That the
Secretary may make funds available as necessary to renew all grants for
rental assistance under subtitle C of title IV of the Stewart B.
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, for permanent housing for
homeless persons with disabilities or subtitle F of such Act where a
request for funding was submitted in accordance with the eligibility
requirements established by the Secretary pursuant to the notice of
funding availability for fiscal year 1999 covering such programs but
not approved; and the grant request was made by an entity that received
such a grant pursuant to the notice of funding availability for a
previous fiscal year and the funding under such previous grant expiries
during calendar year 2000: Provided further, That each grant awarded
under this heading shall be certified by the Secretary as needed to
meet the needs of the homeless in the community in which the grant was
made and that the financial accounts of each grantee are determined to
meet all applicable accounting requirements.
Housing Programs
fha-general and special risk program account
For an additional amount for ``FHA General and special risk program
account'' for the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sections
238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and 1735c),
including the cost of loan modifications (as that term is defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended),
$49,000,000, to remain available until expended.
Management and Administration
office of the inspector general
(including rescission of funds)
Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public Law 106-
74, the $20,000,000 provided for the Office of the Inspector General is
rescinded. For an additional amount for the ``Office of the Inspector
General'', $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001:
Provided, That these funds shall be made available under the same terms
and conditions as authorized for the funds under this heading in Public
Law 106-74.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
human space flight
For an additional amount for ``Human Space Flight'' to provide for
urgent upgrades to the space shuttle fleet, $25,800,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2001.
mission support
For an additional amount for ``Mission Support'' to provide for
needed augmentation of personnel, $20,200,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2001.
National Science Foundation
education and human resources
For an additional amount for ``Education and human resources'',
$1,000,000.
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS CHAPTER
Sec. 2601. Title V, Subtitle C, section 538 of Public Law 106-74,
is amended by striking ``during any period that the assisted family
continues residing in the same project in which the family was residing
on the date of the eligibility event for the project, if'' and
inserting in lieu thereof the following: ``the assisted family may
elect to remain in the same project in which the family was residing on
the date of the eligibility event for the project, and if, during any
period the family makes such an election and continues to reside,''.
Sec. 2602. None of the funds appropriated under this or any other
Act may be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to
hire any staff for the replacement of any position that is designated
or was formerly designated as an external community builder position
within the Department of Housing and Urban Development: Provided, That
none of the funds appropriated under this or any other Act shall be
used to hire any staff above a GS-12 grade level until the Secretary
has submitted an employment staffing plan to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations that reflects the staffing and capacity
needs of the Department: Provided further, That the Secretary may hire
staff above a GS-12 level on a finding of special need and that the
finding of special need has been certified as such by the Office of
Personnel Management.
Sec. 2603. None of the funds appropriated under this or any other
Act may be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to
prohibit or debar any entity (and the individuals comprising that
entity) that is responsible for convening and managing a continuum of
care process (convenor) in a community for purposes of the Stewart B.
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act from participating in that capacity
unless the Secretary has published in the Federal Register a
description of all circumstances that would be grounds for prohibiting
or debarring a convenor from administering a continuum of care process
and the procedures for a prohibition or debarment: Provided, That these
procedures shall include a requirement that a convenor shall be
provided with timely notice of a proposed prohibition or debarment, an
identification of the circumstances that could result in the
prohibition or debarment, an opportunity to respond to or remedy these
circumstances, and the right for judicial review of any decision of the
Secretary that results in a prohibition or debarment.
Sec. 2604. Section 175 of Public Law 106-113 is amended by striking
out ``as a grant for Special Olympics in Anchorage Alaska to develop
the Ben Boeke Arena and Hilltop Ski Area,'' and insert in lieu thereof
the following ``to the Organizing Committee for the 2001 Special
Olympics World Winter games to be used in support of related activities
in Alaska,''.
Sec. 2605. Of the amount made available under the fourth
undesignated paragraph under the ``Community Planning and Development--
Community Development Block Grants'' in title II of the Departments of
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-74; 113 Stat. 1062)
for neighborhood initiatives for specified grants, the $500,000 to be
made available (pursuant to the related provisions of the joint
explanatory statement in the conference report to accompany such Act
(House Report No. 106-379, 106th Congress, 1st session)) to the City of
Yankton, South Dakota, for the restoration of the downtown area and the
development of the Fox Run Industrial Park shall, notwithstanding such
provisions, be made available to such city for activities to facilitate
economic development, including infrastructure improvements.
Sec. 2606. (a) Technical Revision to Public Law 106-74.--Title II
of Public Law 106-74 is amended--
(1) under the heading ``Urban Empowerment Zones'', by
striking ``$3,666,000'' and inserting ``$3,666,666''; and
(2) under the heading ``Community Development Block
Grants'' under the fourth undesignated paragraph, by striking
``$23,000,000'' and inserting ``$22,750,000''.
(b) Technical Revision to Public Law 106-113.--Section 242(a) of
Appendix E of Public Law 106-113 is amended--
(1) by striking ``seventh'' and inserting ``sixth''; and
(2) by striking ``$250,175,000'' and inserting
``$250,900,000''.
(c) Effective Dates.--The amendments made by--
(1) subsection (a) shall be construed to have taken effect
on October 20, 1999; and
(2) subsection (b) shall be construed to have taken effect
on November 29, 1999.
Sec. 2607. Section 235 Rescission. Section 208(3) of the
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 is amended--
(1) by striking ``235(r)'' and inserting ``235'';
(2) by inserting after ``104 Stat. 2305)'' the following:
``for payments under section 235(r) of the National Housing
Act''; and
(3) by striking ``for such purposes''.
Sec. 2608. Public Housing Advisory Committee. Section 2(b)(2) of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended--
(a) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (A);
(b) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B)
and inserting in lieu thereof ``; or''; and
(c) by adding the following new subparagraph (C):
``(C) that is a state housing finance agency that
is responsible for administering public housing or
section 8 in a state, except that the state housing
finance agency shall establish an advisory committee of
persons who are residents of such public housing or who
are assisted under such section 8. This advisory
committee shall meet not less than quarterly and shall
advise the state housing finance agency on issues that
directly impact the public housing or section 8 that is
administered by the state housing finance agency.''.
CHAPTER 7
OFFSETS
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Of the funds transferred to ``Office of the Chief Information
Officer'' for year 2000 conversion of Federal information technology
systems and related expenses pursuant to Division B, Title III of
Public Law 105-277, $2,435,000 of the unobligated balances are hereby
canceled.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
General Administration
salaries and expenses
(rescission)
Of the amounts made available under this heading for General
Administration, $2,000,000 are rescinded.
United States Parole Commission
salaries and expenses
(rescission)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading,
$1,147,000 are rescinded.
Legal Activities
salaries and expenses, general legal activities
(rescission)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading for the
Civil Division, $2,000,000 are rescinded.
asset forfeiture fund
(rescission)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading,
$13,500,000 are rescinded.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
salaries and expenses
(rescission)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading for the
Information Sharing Initiative, $15,000,000 are rescinded.
Immigration and Naturalization Service
salaries and expenses
enforcement and border affairs
(rescission)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading for
Washington headquarters operations, including all unobligated balances
available for the Office of the Chief of the Border Patrol, $5,000,000
are rescinded.
citizenship and benefits, immigration support and program direction
(rescission)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading for
Washington headquarters operations, $5,000,000 are rescinded.
violent crime reduction programs
(rescission)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading for
Washington headquarters operations, $5,000,000 are rescinded.
Office of Justice Programs
justice assistance
(rescission)
Of the amounts made available under this heading for the Bureau of
Justice Assistance, $500,000 are rescinded from the Management and
Administration activity.
state and local law enforcement assistance
(rescission)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading for the
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, $82,399,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Science and Technology
National Institute of Standards and Technology
industrial technology services
(rescission)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading for the
Advanced Technology Program, $4,500,000 are rescinded.
RELATED AGENCIES
Small Business Administration
salaries and expenses
(rescission)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading,
$5,000,000 are rescinded from the New Markets Venture Capital Program.
business loans program account
(rescission)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading for the
New Markets Venture Capital Program, $1,500,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Departmental Management
public health and social services emergency fund
Of the funds transferred to ``Public Health and Social Services
Emergency Fund'' for year 2000 conversion of Federal information
technology systems and related expenses pursuant to Division B, Title
III of Public Law 105-277, $26,452,000 of the unobligated balances is
hereby canceled. In addition, of the funds appropriated for the
Department's year 2000 computer conversion activities under this
heading in the Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations
Act, 2000, as enacted by section 1000(a)(4) of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-113), $98,048,000 is hereby
canceled.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Federal Drug Control Programs
special forfeiture fund
(rescission)
Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public Law 106-
58 for the national media campaign, $3,300,000 are hereby rescinded.
Unanticipated Needs
information technology systems and related expenses
Under this heading in division B, title III of Public Law 105-277,
strike ``$2,250,000,000'' and insert ``$2,015,000,000''.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Public and Indian Housing
housing certificate fund
(rescission)
Of the amounts recaptured under this heading from funds
appropriated during fiscal year 2000 and prior years, $128,000,000 is
hereby rescinded.
GENERAL PROVISION--THIS CHAPTER
(rescission)
Sec. 2701. (a) Of the unobligated balances available on October 1,
2000 from appropriations made in fiscal year 2000 and prior years, in
the nondefense, general purpose category to the departments and
agencies of the Federal Government for Information Technology programs
and activities, $325,000,000 are rescinded.
(b) Within 30 days after the date of the effective date of this
section, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate a listing of the amounts by account of
the reductions made pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of
this section.
(c) Subsection (a) shall be effective on October 1, 2000.
CHAPTER 8
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE
Sec. 2801. For purposes of Section 201 of the Drug Price
Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act, commonly known as the
Hatch-Waxman Act (35 U.S.C. 156), a patent which claims an elemental
biologic used in manufacturing a product shall be eligible for an
extension of its term on the same terms and conditions as other patents
eligible under such Section, except that: (1) under 35 U.S.C.
156(a)(4), the product manufactured using such elemental biologic,
rather than such elemental biologic, shall have been subject to a
regulatory review period before its commercial marketing or use; and
(2) an application for extension of term may be submitted within the
sixty-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this section or
within the sixty-day period beginning on the date the patent becomes
eligible for extension under this section. For purposes of this
section, the term ``elemental biologic'' means a genetically engineered
cell, or method of making thereof, used in manufacturing five or more
new drugs, antibiotic drugs, or human biological products, each subject
to a regulatory review period before commercial marketing or use and
each receiving permission under the provision of law under which the
applicable regulatory review period occurred for commercial marketing
or use. To be eligible to apply for a term extension under this
section, the owner of record of a patent claiming an elemental biologic
must: (1) be a non-profit organization as defined by section 201 of
title 35; (2) not itself commercially sell the product, and have made
reasonable efforts to promote utilization of the patented invention in
commercial markets by licensing, on a non-exclusive, royalty free or
reasonable royalty basis, rights to make, use, offer to sell, or sell
the invention; and (3) share any royalties with the inventor, and after
payment of expenses (including payments to inventors) incidental to
administration of inventions, invest the balance of any royalties or
income earned from the invention in scientific research or education.
This section shall apply to any patent not yet expired at the time of
enactment of this section and to any patent issued thereafter. A timely
applicant shall be entitled to a decision by the Commissioner of
Patents and Trademarks granting or denying the application prior to
such expiration of the patent, or if the Commissioner cannot render
such decision prior to such expiration, an extension under section
156(e)(2), Title 35 United States Code, prior to expiration of the
patent.
Sec. 2802. At the end of the first paragraph under the heading
``National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Operations,
Research, and Facilities'' in title II of H.R. 3421 of the 106th
Congress as enacted by section 1000(a)(1) of Public Law 106-113, add
the following: ``: Provided further, That the vessel RAINIER shall use
Ketchikan, Alaska as its home port''.
Sec. 2803. Notwithstanding any other provision of law Section 109
of the Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act 1995, Public Law 103-317 (28 U.S.C. 509 note) is
repealed.
Sec. 2804. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later
than 15 days after the date of enactment of this Act the Department of
Justice shall transfer back to any Department or Agency all funds
provided to the Department of Justice as reimbursement for the costs of
tobacco litigation: Provided, That the Department of Justice shall
report to the Committees on Appropriations on the amounts reimbursed,
by Department and Agency, and the date when the reimbursements are
completed.
Sec. 2805. Under the heading ``Federal Communications Commission,
Salaries and Expenses'' in title V of H.R. 3421 of the 106th Congress,
as enacted by section 1000(a)(1) of Public Law 106-113, delete
``$210,000,000'' and insert ``$215,800,000''; in the first and third
provisos delete ``$185,754,000'' and insert ``$191,554,000'' in each
such proviso.
Sec. 2806. Under the heading ``Telecommunications carrier
compliance fund'' in title I of H.R. 3421 of the 106th Congress, as
enacted by section 1000(a)(1) of Public Law 106-113, strike
``$15,000,000'' and insert ``$115,000,000''.
Sec. 2807. At the end of the paragraph under the heading ``Justice
prisoner and alien transportation system fund, United States Marshals
Service'' in title I of H.R. 3421 of the 106th Congress, as enacted by
section 1000(a)(1) of Public Law 106-113, add the following: ``In
addition, $13,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
available only for the purchase of two Sabreliner-class aircraft.''.
Sec. 2808. Title IV of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as
contained in Public Law 106-113) is amended in the paragraph entitled
``Diplomatic and consular programs'' by inserting after the fourth
proviso: ``Provided further, That of the amount made available under
this heading, $5,000,000, less any costs already paid, shall be used to
reimburse the City of Seattle and other Washington state jurisdictions
for security costs incurred in hosting the Third World Trade
Organization Ministerial Conference:''.
Sec. 2809. Of the discretionary funds appropriated to the Edward
Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program in
fiscal year 2000, $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the Violent
Offender Incarceration and Truth In Sentencing Incentive Grants Program
to be used for the construction costs of the Hoonah Spirit Camp, as
authorized under section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the 1994
Act.
Sec. 2810. Title I of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as
contained in Public Law 106-113) is amended in the paragraph entitled
``Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries and Expenses'' by inserting
after the third proviso the following new proviso: ``: Provided
further, That in addition to amounts made available under this heading,
$3,000,000 shall be available for the creation of a new site for the
National Domestic Preparedness Office outside of FBI Headquarters and
the implementation of the `Blueprint' with regard to the National
Domestic Preparedness Office''.
Sec. 2811. Of the funds made available in fiscal year 2000 for the
Department of Commerce, $1,000,000 shall be derived from the account
entitled ``General Administration'' and $500,000 from the account
entitled ``Office of the Inspector General'' and made available for the
Commission on Online Child Protection as established under Title XIII
of Public Law 105-825, and extended by subsequent law.
TITLE III
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS DIVISION
Sec. 3101. 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. 3102. Notwithstanding the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 125(a),
3013, 3014, 3015, and 3016, none of the funds made available in this or
any other Act may be used to restructure, reorganize, abolish,
transfer, consolidate, or otherwise alter or modify, the organizational
or management oversight structure; existing delegations; or functions
or activities, applicable to the Army Corps of Engineers.
Sec. 3103. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
provided in this or any other Act may be used to further reallocate
Central Arizona Project water or to prepare an Environmental
Assessment, Environmental Impact Statement, or Record of Decision
providing for a reallocation of Central Arizona Project water until
further act of Congress authorizing and directing the Secretary of the
Interior to make allocations and enter into contracts for delivery of
Central Arizona Project water.
Sec. 3104. Funds appropriated in this or any other Act and
hereafter may not be used to pay on behalf of the United States or a
contractor or subcontractor of the United States for posting a bond or
fulfilling any other financial responsibility requirement relating to
closure or post-closure care and monitoring of the Waste Isolation
Pilot Plant. The State of New Mexico or any other entity may not
enforce against the United States or a contractor or subcontractor of
the United States, in this or any subsequent fiscal year, a requirement
to post bond or any other financial responsibility requirement relating
to closure or post-closure care and monitoring of the Waste Isolation
Pilot Plant. Any financial responsibility requirement in a permit or
license for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant on the date of enactment of
this section may not be enforced against the United States or its
contractors or subcontractors at the Plant.
Sec. 3105. None of the funds made available under this Act or any
other Act shall be used by the Secretary of the Interior, in this or
the succeeding fiscal year, to promulgate final rules to revise or
amend 43 C.F.R. Subpart 3809, except that the Secretary may finalize
amendments to that Subpart that are limited to only the specific
regulatory gaps identified at pages 7 through 9 of the National
Research Council report entitled ``Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands''
and that are consistent with existing statutory authorities. Nothing in
this section shall be construed to expand the existing statutory
authority of the Secretary.
Sec. 3106. No funds may be expended in fiscal year 2000 by the
Federal Communications Commission to conduct competitive bidding
procedures that involve mutually exclusive applications where one or
more of the applicants in a station, including an auxiliary radio
booster or translator station or television translator station,
licensed under section 397(6) of the Communications Act, whether
broadcasting on reserved or non-reserved spectrum.
Sec. 3107. Using previously appropriated and available funds, the
Secretary shall develop and implement a process which pays interim
compensation by June 15, 2000, to all persons and entities eligible for
compensation under section 123 of title I, section 101(e) of Public Law
105-277, as amended.
Sec. 3108. Oregon Inlet, North Carolina, Flood Control
Improvements. (a) In General.--
(1) Joint designation.--Not later than 60 days after the
date of enactment of this Act--
(A) the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary
of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers,
shall jointly designate tracts of land for the jetty
and sand transfer system for the Oregon Inlet on the
Coast of North Carolina, approximately 85 miles south
of Cape Henry and 45 miles north of Cape Hatteras (as
described on page 12 of the Report of the House of
Representatives numbered 91-1665), authorized under the
River and Harbor Act of 1970 and the Flood Control Act
of 1970 (Public Law 91-611; 84 Stat. 1818); and
(B) the Secretary of the Interior shall transfer
administrative jurisdiction over the tracts of land
referred to in subparagraph (A) to the Secretary of the
Army.
(2) Failure to jointly designate.--If the Secretary of the
Interior and the Secretary of the Army fail to jointly
designate the tracts of land referred to in paragraph (1)(A) by
the date that is 60 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of the Army shall designate the tracts of
land pursuant to a description prepared by the Secretary of the
Army, in consultation with the Chief of Engineers, and shall
provide notice to the Secretary of the Interior of the
designation. Upon receipt of the notice, the Secretary of the
Interior shall transfer administrative jurisdiction over the
tracts of land to the Secretary of the Army.
(b) Size.--
(1) Limits.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
quantity of acreage in the tracts of land referred to in
subsection (a) shall not exceed--
(A) with respect to the tract in the Cape Hatteras
National Seashore Recreational Area, 93 acres; and
(B) with respect to the tract in the Pea Island
National Wildlife Refuge, 33 acres.
(2) Exception.--If the Secretary of the Army and the
Secretary of the Interior jointly designate the tracts of land
pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(A), the area of each tract may
exceed the acreage specified for the tract in paragraph (1).
(c) Modification of Size in Event of Failure to Jointly
Designate.--Notwithstanding subsection (b)(1), if, after designating
the tracts of land pursuant to subsection (a)(2), the Secretary of the
Army determines that any tract is inadequate for the construction,
operation, and maintenance of a jetty and sand transfer system for the
Oregon Inlet, the Secretary of the Army may designate, not earlier than
60 days after providing notice of a designation to the Secretary of the
Interior under subsection (a)(2), an additional tract of land adjacent
to the inadequate tract.
Sec. 3109. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Indian
Health Service is authorized to improve municipal, private or tribal
lands with respect to the new construction of the clinic for the
community of King Cove, Alaska authorized under section 353 of Public
Law 105-277 (112 Stat. 2681-303).
Sec. 3110. Section 306 of H.R. 3425 of the 106th Congress, as
enacted into law by section 1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106-113, is hereby
repealed.
TITLE IV--FOOD AND MEDICINE FOR THE WORLD ACT
SEC. 4001. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Food and Medicine for the World
Act''.
SEC. 4002. DEFINITIONS.
In this title:
(1) Agricultural commodity.--The term ``agricultural
commodity'' has the meaning given the term in section 102 of
the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602).
(2) Agricultural program.--The term ``agricultural
program'' means--
(A) any program administered under the Agricultural
Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C.
1691 et seq.);
(B) any program administered under section 416 of
the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431);
(C) any program administered under the Agricultural
Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.);
(D) the dairy export incentive program administered
under section 153 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (15
U.S.C. 713a-14);
(E) any commercial export sale of agricultural
commodities; or
(F) any export financing (including credits or
credit guarantees) provided by the United States
Government for agricultural commodities.
(3) Joint resolution.--The term ``joint resolution''
means--
(A) in the case of section 4003(a)(1), only a joint
resolution introduced within 10 session days of
Congress after the date on which the report of the
President under section 4003(a)(1) is received by
Congress, the matter after the resolving clause of
which is as follows: ``That Congress approves the
report of the President pursuant to section 4003(a)(1)
of the Food and Medicine for the World Act, transmitted
on ______________.'', with the blank completed with the
appropriate date; and
(B) in the case of section 4006(1), only a joint
resolution introduced within 10 session days of
Congress after the date on which the report of the
President under section 4006(2) is received by
Congress, the matter after the resolving clause of
which is as follows: ``That Congress approves the
report of the President pursuant to section 4006(1) of
the Food and Medicine for the World Act, transmitted on
______________.'', with the blank completed with the
appropriate date.
(4) Medical device.--The term ``medical device'' has the
meaning given the term ``device'' in section 201 of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).
(5) Medicine.--The term ``medicine'' has the meaning given
the term ``drug'' in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).
(6) Unilateral agricultural sanction.--The term
``unilateral agricultural sanction'' means any prohibition,
restriction, or condition on carrying out an agricultural
program with respect to a foreign country or foreign entity
that is imposed by the United States for reasons of foreign
policy or national security, except in a case in which the
United States imposes the measure pursuant to a multilateral
regime and the other member countries of that regime have
agreed to impose substantially equivalent measures.
(7) Unilateral medical sanction.--The term ``unilateral
medical sanction'' means any prohibition, restriction, or
condition on exports of, or the provision of assistance
consisting of, medicine or a medical device with respect to a
foreign country or foreign entity that is imposed by the United
States for reasons of foreign policy or national security,
except in a case in which the United States imposes the measure
pursuant to a multilateral regime and the other member
countries of that regime have agreed to impose substantially
equivalent measures.
SEC. 4003. RESTRICTION.
(a) New Sanctions.--Except as provided in sections 4004 and 4005
and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may not
impose a unilateral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical
sanction against a foreign country or foreign entity, unless--
(1) not later than 60 days before the sanction is proposed
to be imposed, the President submits a report to Congress
that--
(A) describes the activity proposed to be
prohibited, restricted, or conditioned; and
(B) describes the actions by the foreign country or
foreign entity that justify the sanction; and
(2) there is enacted into law a joint resolution stating
the approval of Congress for the report submitted under
paragraph (1).
(b) Existing Sanctions.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
President shall terminate any unilateral agricultural sanction
or unilateral medical sanction that is in effect as of the date
of enactment of this Act.
(2) Exemptions.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a
unilateral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical sanction
imposed--
(A) with respect to any program administered under
section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.
1431);
(B) with respect to the Export Credit Guarantee
Program (GSM-102) or the Intermediate Export Credit
Guarantee Program (GSM-103) established under section
202 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C.
5622); or
(C) with respect to the dairy export incentive
program administered under section 153 of the Food
Security Act of 1985 (15 U.S.C. 713a-14).
SEC. 4004. EXCEPTIONS.
Section 4003 shall not affect any authority or requirement to
impose (or continue to impose) a sanction referred to in section 4003--
(1) against a foreign country or foreign entity--
(A) pursuant to a declaration of war against the
country or entity;
(B) pursuant to specific statutory authorization
for the use of the Armed Forces of the United States
against the country or entity;
(C) against which the Armed Forces of the United
States are involved in hostilities; or
(D) where imminent involvement by the Armed Forces
of the United States in hostilities against the country
or entity is clearly indicated by the circumstances; or
(2) to the extent that the sanction would prohibit,
restrict, or condition the provision or use of any agricultural
commodity, medicine, or medical device that is--
(A) controlled on the United States Munitions List
established under section 38 of the Arms Export Control
Act (22 U.S.C. 2778);
(B) controlled on any control list established
under the Export Administration Act of 1979 or any
successor statute (50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.); or
(C) used to facilitate the development or
production of a chemical or biological weapon or weapon
of mass destruction.
SEC. 4005. COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.
Notwithstanding section 4003 and except as provided in section
4007, the prohibitions in effect on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act under section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2371) on providing, to the government of any country
supporting international terrorism, United States Government
assistance, including United States foreign assistance, United States
export assistance, or any United States credits or credit guarantees,
shall remain in effect for such period as the Secretary of State
determines under such section 620A that the government of the country
has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.
SEC. 4006. TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.
Any unilateral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical sanction
that is imposed pursuant to the procedures described in section 4003(a)
shall terminate not later than 2 years after the date on which the
sanction became effective unless--
(1) not later than 60 days before the date of termination
of the sanction, the President submits to Congress a report
containing--
(A) the recommendation of the President for the
continuation of the sanction for an additional period
of not to exceed 2 years; and
(B) the request of the President for approval by
Congress of the recommendation; and
(2) there is enacted into law a joint resolution stating
the approval of Congress for the report submitted under
paragraph (1).
SEC. 4007. STATE SPONSORS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this title,
the export of agricultural commodities, medicine, or medical devices to
the government of a country that has been determined by the Secretary
of State to have repeatedly provided support for acts of international
terrorism under section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2371) shall only be made--
(1) pursuant to one-year licenses issued by the United
States Government for contracts entered into during the one-
year period and completed with the 12-month period beginning on
the date of the signing of the contract, except that, in the
case of the export of items used for food and for food
production, such one-year licenses shall otherwise be no more
restrictive than general licenses; and
(2) without benefit of Federal financing, direct export
subsidies, Federal credit guarantees, or other Federal
promotion assistance programs.
(b) Quarterly Reports.--The applicable department or agency of the
Federal Government shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees on a quarterly basis a report on any activities undertaken
under subsection (a)(1) during the preceding calendar quarter.
(c) Biennial Reports.--Not later than two years after the date of
enactment of this Act, and every two years thereafter, the applicable
department or agency of the Federal Government shall submit a report to
the appropriate congressional committees on the operation of the
licensing system under this section for the preceding two-year period,
including--
(1) the number and types of licenses applied for;
(2) the number and types of licenses approved;
(3) the average amount of time elapsed from the date of
filing of a license application until the date of its approval;
(4) the extent to which the licensing procedures were
effectively implemented; and
(5) a description of comments received from interested
parties about the extent to which the licensing procedures were
effective, after the applicable department or agency holds a
public 30-day comment period.
SEC. 4008. CONGRESSIONAL EXPEDITED PROCEDURES.
Consideration of a joint resolution relating to a report described
in section 4003(a)(1) or 4006(1) shall be subject to expedited
procedures as determined by the House of Representatives and as
determined by the Senate.
SEC. 4009. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this title
takes effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) Existing Sanctions.--In the case of any unilateral agricultural
sanction or unilateral medical sanction that is in effect as of the
date of enactment of this Act, this title takes effect 180 days after
the date of enactment of this Act.
This Division may be cited as the ``Fiscal Year 2000 Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act for Natural Disasters Assistance''.
This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2001''.
Calendar No. 540
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2536
[Report No. 106-288]
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A BILL
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
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May 10, 2000
Read twice and placed on the calendar