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106th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 106-988
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND FOR SUNDRY INDEPENDENT AGENCIES,
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, CORPORATIONS, AND OFFICES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2001, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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October 18, 2000.--Ordered to be printed
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Mr. Walsh, from the committee of conference, submitted the following
CONFERENCE REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 4635]
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of
the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R.
4635) ``making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry
independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and
offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for
other purposes'', having met, after full and free conference,
have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective
Houses as follows:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an
amendment, as follows:
In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said
amendment, insert:
Section 1. (a) The provisions of the following bills of
the 106th Congress are hereby enacted into law:
(1) H.R. 5482, as introduced on October 18, 2000.
(2) H.R. 5483, as introduced on October 18, 2000.
(b) In publishing this Act in slip form and in the United
States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1,
United States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall
include after the date of approval at the end appendixes
setting forth the texts of the bills referred to in subsection
(a) of this section.
; And the Senate agree to the same.
James T. Walsh,
Tom DeLay,
Dave Hobson,
Joe Knollenberg,
Rodney Frelinghuysen,
Anne M. Northup,
John E. Sununu,
Virgil Goode, Jr.,
Bill Young,
Alan B. Mollohan,
Marcy Kaptur,
Carrie P. Meek,
David E. Price,
Bud Cramer,
Dave Obey,
Managers on the Part of the House.
Christopher S. Bond,
Conrad Burns,
Richard C. Shelby,
Larry E. Craig,
Kay Bailey Hutchison,
Ted Stevens,
Pete V. Domenici,
Barbara A. Mikulski,
Patrick Leahy,
Frank R. Lautenberg,
Tom Harkin,
Robert C. Byrd,
Harry Reid,
Daniel K. Inouye,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.
JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE
The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at
the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on
the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4635) making
appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent
agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other
purposes, submit the following joint statement to the House and
the Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed
upon by the managers and recommended in the accompanying
report.
This conference agreement includes more than the
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001.
The conference agreement has been expanded to include the
Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2001, as well
as the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001.
Both of these Acts have been enacted into law by reference in
this conference report; however, a copy of the referenced
legislation has been included in this statement for
convenience.
DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
The conference agreement would enact the provisions of
H.R. 5482 as introduced on October 18, 2000. The text of that
bill follows:
A BILL Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs
and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies,
boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for
sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations,
and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and
for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Veterans Benefits Administration
compensation and pensions
(including transfers of funds)
For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf
of veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as
authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53,
55, and 61); pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as
authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61;
92 Stat. 2508); and burial benefits, emergency and other
officers' retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and
certificates, payment of premiums due on commercial life
insurance policies guaranteed under the provisions of Article
IV of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as
amended, and for other benefits as authorized by law (38 U.S.C.
107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 50
U.S.C. App. 540-548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 735; 76 Stat.
1198), $22,766,276,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That not to exceed $17,419,000 of the amount
appropriated shall be reimbursed to ``General operating
expenses'' and ``Medical care'' for necessary expenses in
implementing those provisions authorized in the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1990, and in the Veterans' Benefits Act
of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapters 51, 53, and 55), the funding source
for which is specifically provided as the ``Compensation and
pensions'' appropriation: Provided further, That such sums as
may be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be
reimbursed to ``Medical facilities revolving fund'' to augment
the funding of individual medical facilities for nursing home
care provided to pensioners as authorized.
readjustment benefits
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation
benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C.
chapters 21, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61,
$1,634,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That expenses for rehabilitation program services and
assistance which the Secretary is authorized to provide under
section 3104(a) of title 38, United States Code, other than
under subsection (a)(1), (2), (5) and (11) of that section,
shall be charged to the account: Provided further, That funds
shall be available to pay any court order, court award or any
compromise settlement arising from litigation involving the
vocational training program authorized by section 18 of Public
Law 98-77, as amended.
veterans insurance and indemnities
For military and naval insurance, national service life
insurance, servicemen's indemnities, service-disabled veterans
insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized
by 38 U.S.C. chapter 19; 70 Stat. 887; 72 Stat. 487,
$19,850,000, to remain available until expended.
veterans housing benefit program fund program account
(including transfer of funds)
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as
may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by 38
U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended: Provided, That such costs,
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as
amended: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2001, within
the resources available, not to exceed $300,000 in gross
obligations for direct loans are authorized for specially
adapted housing loans.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $162,000,000, which may be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``General
operating expenses''.
education loan fund program account
(including transfer of funds)
For the cost of direct loans, $1,000, as authorized by 38
U.S.C. 3698, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as
amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct
loans not to exceed $3,400.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct loan program, $220,000, which may be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``General
operating expenses''.
vocational rehabilitation loans program account
(including transfer of funds)
For the cost of direct loans, $52,000, as authorized by
38 U.S.C. chapter 31, as amended: Provided, That such costs,
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as
amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct
loans not to exceed $2,726,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct loan program, $432,000, which may be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``General
operating expenses''.
native american veteran housing loan program account
(including transfer of funds)
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan
program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter V, as
amended, $532,000, which may be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.
guaranteed transitional housing loans for homeless veterans program
account
(including transfer of funds)
Not to exceed $750,000 of the amounts appropriated by
this Act for ``General operating expenses'' and ``Medical
care'' may be expended for the administrative expenses to carry
out the guaranteed loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter
37, subchapter VI.
Veterans Health Administration
medical care
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation
of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities; for
furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and outpatient care
and treatment to beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans
Affairs, including care and treatment in facilities not under
the jurisdiction of the department; and furnishing recreational
facilities, supplies, and equipment; funeral, burial, and other
expenses incidental thereto for beneficiaries receiving care in
the department; administrative expenses in support of planning,
design, project management, real property acquisition and
disposition, construction and renovation of any facility under
the jurisdiction or for the use of the department; oversight,
engineering and architectural activities not charged to project
cost; repairing, altering, improving or providing facilities in
the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the
department, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or
by the hire of temporary employees and purchase of materials;
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
5901-5902; aid to State homes as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 1741;
administrative and legal expenses of the department for
collecting and recovering amounts owed the department as
authorized under 38 U.S.C. chapter 17, and the Federal Medical
Care Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq., $20,281,587,000,
plus reimbursements: Provided, That of the funds made available
under this heading, $900,000,000 is for the equipment and land
and structures object classifications only, which amount shall
not become available for obligation until August 1, 2001, and
shall remain available until September 30, 2002: Provided
further, That of the funds made available under this heading,
not to exceed $500,000,000 shall be available until September
30, 2002: Provided further, That of the funds made available
under this heading, not to exceed $28,134,000 may be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``General
operating expenses'': Provided further, That the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs shall conduct by contract a program of
recovery audits for the fee basis and other medical services
contracts with respect to payments for hospital care; and,
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302(b), amounts collected, by setoff
or otherwise, as the result of such audits shall be available,
without fiscal year limitation, for the purposes for which
funds are appropriated under this heading and the purposes of
paying a contractor a percent of the amount collected as a
result of an audit carried out by the contractor: Provided
further, That all amounts so collected under the preceding
proviso with respect to a designated health care region (as
that term is defined in 38 U.S.C. 1729A(d)(2)) shall be
allocated, net of payments to the contractor, to that region.
In addition, in conformance with Public Law 105-33
establishing the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care
Collections Fund, such sums as may be deposited to such Fund
pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1729A may be transferred to this account,
to remain available until expended for the purposes of this
account.
None of the foregoing funds may be transferred to the
Department of Justice for the purposes of supporting tobacco
litigation.
medical and prosthetic research
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical
and prosthetic research and development as authorized by 38
U.S.C. chapter 73, to remain available until September 30,
2002, $351,000,000, plus reimbursements.
medical administration and miscellaneous operating expenses
For necessary expenses in the administration of the
medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction,
supply, and research activities, as authorized by law;
administrative expenses in support of capital policy
activities, $62,000,000 plus reimbursements: Provided, That
technical and consulting services offered by the Facilities
Management Field Service, including project management and real
property administration (including leases, site acquisition and
disposal activities directly supporting projects), shall be
provided to Department of Veterans Affairs components only on a
reimbursable basis, and such amounts will remain available
until September 30, 2001.
Departmental Administration
general operating expenses
For necessary operating expenses of the Department of
Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including
uniforms or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for
official reception and representation expenses; hire of
passenger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General
Services Administration for security guard services, and the
Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail,
$1,050,000,000: Provided, That expenses for services and
assistance authorized under 38 U.S.C. 3104(a) (1), (2), (5) and
(11) that the Secretary determines are necessary to enable
entitled veterans (1) to the maximum extent feasible, to become
employable and to obtain and maintain suitable employment; or
(2) to achieve maximum independence in daily living, shall be
charged to this account: Provided further, That of the funds
made available under this heading, not to exceed $45,000,000
shall be available until September 30, 2002: Provided further,
That funds under this heading shall be available to administer
the Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act.
national cemetery administration
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of
the National Cemetery Administration, not otherwise provided
for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; cemeterial
expenses as authorized by law; purchase of two passenger motor
vehicles for use in cemeterial operations; and hire of
passenger motor vehicles, $109,889,000: Provided, That travel
expenses shall not exceed $1,125,000: Provided further, That of
the amount made available under this heading, not to exceed
$125,000 may be transferred to and merged with the
appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.
office of inspector general
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
$46,464,000: Provided, That of the amount made available under
this heading, not to exceed $28,000 may be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for ``General operating
expenses''.
construction, major projects
For constructing, altering, extending and improving any of
the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the
Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the purposes set
forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108,
8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, United States Code, including
planning, architectural and engineering services, maintenance
or guarantee period services costs associated with equipment
guarantees provided under the project, services of claims
analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system
construction costs, and site acquisition, where the estimated
cost of a project is $4,000,000 or more or where funds for a
project were made available in a previous major project
appropriation, $66,040,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That except for advance planning of projects
(including market-based assessments of health care needs which
may or may not lead to capital investments) funded through the
advance planning fund and the design of projects funded through
the design fund, none of these funds shall be used for any
project which has not been considered and approved by the
Congress in the budgetary process: Provided further, That funds
provided in this appropriation for fiscal year 2001, for each
approved project shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a
construction documents contract by September 30, 2001; and (2)
by the awarding of a construction contract by September 30,
2002: Provided further, That the Secretary shall promptly
report in writing to the Committees on Appropriations any
approved major construction project in which obligations are
not incurred within the time limitations established above:
Provided further, That no funds from any other account except
the ``Parking revolving fund'', may be obligated for
constructing, altering, extending, or improving a project which
was approved in the budget process and funded in this account
until one year after substantial completion and beneficial
occupancy by the Department of Veterans Affairs of the project
or any part thereof with respect to that part only.
construction, minor projects
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of
the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the
Department of Veterans Affairs, including planning,
architectural and engineering services, maintenance or
guarantee period services costs associated with equipment
guarantees provided under the project, services of claims
analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system
construction costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the
purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103,
8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, 8122, and 8162 of title 38, United
States Code, where the estimated cost of a project is less than
$4,000,000, $162,000,000, to remain available until expended,
along with unobligated balances of previous ``Construction,
minor projects'' appropriations which are hereby made available
for any project where the estimated cost is less than
$4,000,000: Provided, That funds in this account shall be
available for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities
under the jurisdiction or for the use of the department which
are necessary because of loss or damage caused by any natural
disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary measures necessary
to prevent or to minimize further loss by such causes.
parking revolving fund
For the parking revolving fund as authorized by 38 U.S.C.
8109, income from fees collected, to remain available until
expended, which shall be available for all authorized expenses
except operations and maintenance costs, which will be funded
from ``Medical care''.
grants for construction of state extended care facilities
For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State
nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify
or alter existing hospital, nursing home and domiciliary
facilities in State homes, for furnishing care to veterans as
authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8131-8137, $100,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
grants for the construction of state veterans cemeteries
For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding, or
improving State veterans cemeteries as authorized by 38 U.S.C.
2408, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended.
administrative provisions
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2001 for
``Compensation and pensions'', ``Readjustment benefits'', and
``Veterans insurance and indemnities'' may be transferred to
any other of the mentioned appropriations.
Sec. 102. Appropriations available to the Department of
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2001 for salaries and expenses
shall be available for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
Sec. 103. No appropriations in this Act for the Department
of Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations for
``Construction, major projects'', ``Construction, minor
projects'', and the ``Parking revolving fund'') shall be
available for the purchase of any site for or toward the
construction of any new hospital or home.
Sec. 104. No appropriations in this Act for the Department
of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hospitalization or
examination of any persons (except beneficiaries entitled under
the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, and persons
receiving such treatment under 5 U.S.C. 7901-7904 or 42 U.S.C.
5141-5204), unless reimbursement of cost is made to the
``Medical care'' account at such rates as may be fixed by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2001 for ``Compensation and
pensions'', ``Readjustment benefits'', and ``Veterans insurance
and indemnities'' shall be available for payment of prior year
accrued obligations required to be recorded by law against the
corresponding prior year accounts within the last quarter of
fiscal year 2000.
Sec. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the
Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2001 shall be
available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding prior
year appropriations accounts resulting from title X of the
Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law 100-86, except
that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts they
shall be payable from ``Compensation and pensions''.
Sec. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
during fiscal year 2001, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C.
1920), the Veterans' Special Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C.
1923), and the United States Government Life Insurance Fund (38
U.S.C. 1955), reimburse the ``General operating expenses''
account for the cost of administration of the insurance
programs financed through those accounts: Provided, That
reimbursement shall be made only from the surplus earnings
accumulated in an insurance program in fiscal year 2001, that
are available for dividends in that program after claims have
been paid and actuarially determined reserves have been set
aside: Provided further, That if the cost of administration of
an insurance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings
accumulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made only
to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided further, That
the Secretary shall determine the cost of administration for
fiscal year 2001, which is properly allocable to the provision
of each insurance program and to the provision of any total
disability income insurance included in such insurance program.
Sec. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
collections authorized by the Veterans Millennium Health Care
and Benefits Act (Public Law 106-117) and credited to the
appropriate Department of Veterans Affairs accounts in fiscal
year 2001, shall not be available for obligation or expenditure
unless appropriation language making such funds available is
enacted.
Sec. 109. In accordance with section 1557 of title 31,
United States Code, the following obligated balance shall be
exempt from subchapter IV of chapter 15 of such title and shall
remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2003:
funds obligated by the Department of Veterans Affairs for a
contract with the Institute for Clinical Research to study the
application of artificial neural networks to the diagnosis and
treatment of prostate cancer through the Cooperative DoD/VA
Medical Research program from funds made available to the
Department of Veterans Affairs by the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103-335) under the heading
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide''.
Sec. 110. As HR LINK$ will not be part of the Franchise
Fund in fiscal year 2001, funds budgeted in customer accounts
to purchase HR LINK$ services from the Franchise Fund shall be
transferred to the General Administration portion of the
``General operating expenses'' appropriation in the following
amounts: $78,000 from the ``Office of Inspector General'',
$358,000 from the ``National cemetery administration'',
$1,106,000 from ``Medical care'', $84,000 from ``Medical
administration and miscellaneous operating expenses'', and
$38,000 shall be reprogrammed within the ``General operating
expenses'' appropriation from the Veterans Benefits
Administration to General Administration for the same purpose.
Sec. 111. Not to exceed $1,600,000 from the ``Medical
care'' appropriation shall be transferred to the ``General
operating expenses'' appropriation to fund personnel services
costs of employees providing legal services and administrative
support for the Office of General Counsel.
Sec. 112. Not to exceed $1,200,000 may be transferred from
the ``Medical care'' appropriation to the ``General operating
expenses'' appropriation to fund contracts and services in
support of the Veterans Benefits Administration's Benefits
Delivery Center, Systems Development Center, and Finance
Center, located at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical
Center, Hines, Illinois.
Sec. 113. Not to exceed $4,500,000 from the ``Construction,
minor projects'' appropriation and not to exceed $2,000,000
from the ``Medical care'' appropriation may be transferred to
and merged with the Parking Revolving Fund for surface parking
lot projects.
Sec. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in
this Act for ``Medical care'' appropriations of the Department
of Veterans Affairs may be obligated for the realignment of the
health care delivery system in Veterans Integrated Service
Network 12 (VISN 12) until 60 days after the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs certifies that the Department has: (1)
consulted with veterans organizations, medical school
affiliates, employee representatives, State veterans and health
associations, and other interested parties with respect to the
realignment plan to be implemented; and (2) made available to
the Congress and the public information from the consultations
regarding possible impacts on the accessibility of veterans
health care services to affected veterans.
TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Public and Indian Housing
housing certificate fund
(including transfers of funds)
For activities and assistance to prevent the involuntary
displacement of low-income families, the elderly and the
disabled because of the loss of affordable housing stock,
expiration of subsidy contracts (other than contracts for which
amounts are provided under another heading in this Act) or
expiration of use restrictions, or other changes in housing
assistance arrangements, and for other purposes,
$13,940,907,000 and amounts that are recaptured in this account
to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total
amount provided under this heading, $13,430,000,000, of which
$9,230,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2000 and
$4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2001, shall be
for assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937
(``the Act'' herein) (42 U.S.C. 1437): Provided further, That
the foregoing amounts shall shall be for use in connection with
expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy contracts, for
amendments to section 8 subsidy contracts, for enhanced
vouchers (including amendments and renewals) under any
provision of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t)
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (47 U.S.C. 1437f(t)),
contract administrators, and contracts entered into pursuant to
section 441 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act:
Provided further, That amounts available under the first
proviso under this heading shall be available for section 8
rental assistance under the Act: (1) for the relocation and
replacement of housing units that are demolished or disposed of
pursuant to section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937
or to other authority for the revitalization of severely
distressed public housing, as set forth in the Appropriations
Acts for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies for fiscal years
1993, 1994, 1995, and 1997, and in the Omnibus Consolidated
Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996; (2) for the
conversion of section 23 projects to assistance under section
8; (3) for funds to carry out the family unification program;
(4) for the relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts
to combat crime in public and assisted housing pursuant to a
request from a law enforcement or prosecution agency; (5) for
tenant protection assistance, including replacement and
relocation assistance; and (6) for the 1-year renewal of
section 8 contracts for units in a project that is subject to
an approved plan of action under the Emergency Low Income
Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing
Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990: Provided
further, That of the total amount provided under this heading,
$11,000,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund
for the development and maintenance of information technology
systems: Provided further, That of the total amount provided
under this heading, $40,000,000 shall be made available to
nonelderly disabled families affected by the designation of a
public housing development under section 7 of the Act, the
establishment of preferences in accordance with section 651 of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C.
1361l), or the restriction of occupancy to elderly families in
accordance with section 658 of such Act, and to the extent the
Secretary determines that such amount is not needed to fund
applications for such affected families, to other nonelderly
disabled families: Provided further, That of the total amount
provided under this heading, $452,907,000 shall be made
available for incremental vouchers under section 8 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 on a fair share basis and
administered by public housing agencies:
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under
this heading, up to $7,000,000 shall be made available for the
completion of the Jobs Plus Demonstration: Provided further,
That amounts available under this heading may be made available
for administrative fees and other expenses to cover the cost of
administering rental assistance programs under section 8 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937: Provided further, That the
fee otherwise authorized under section 8(q) of such Act shall
be determined in accordance with section 8(q), as in effect
immediately before the enactment of the Quality Housing and
Work Responsibility Act of 1998: Provided further, That
$1,833,000,000 is rescinded from unobligated balances remaining
from funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban
Development under this heading or the heading ``Annual
Contributions for Assisted Housing'' or any other heading for
fiscal year 2000 and prior years: Provided further, That any
such balances governed by reallocation provisions under the
statute authorizing the program for which the funds were
originally appropriated shall not be available for this
rescission: Provided further, That the Secretary shall have
until September 30, 2001, to meet the rescission in the proviso
preceding the immediately preceding proviso: Provided further,
That any obligated balances of contract authority that have
been terminated shall be canceled.
public housing capital fund
(including transfer of funds)
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to carry out
capital and management activities for public housing agencies,
as authorized under section 9 of the United States Housing Act
of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437), $3,000,000,000, to remain
available until expended, of which up to $50,000,000 shall be
for carrying out activities under section 9(h) of such Act, for
lease adjustments to section 23 projects and $43,000,000 shall
be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the development
and maintenance of information technology systems: Provided,
That no funds may be used under this heading for the purposes
specified in section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of
1937: Provided further, That of the total amount, up to
$75,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development to make grants to public housing agencies for
emergency capital needs resulting from emergencies and natural
disasters in fiscal year 2001.
public housing operating fund
For payments to public housing agencies for the operation
and management of public housing, as authorized by section 9(e)
of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C.
1437g), $3,242,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That no funds may be used under this heading for the
purposes specified in section 9(k) of the United States Housing
Act of 1937.
drug elimination grants for low-income housing
(including transfers of funds)
For grants to public housing agencies and Indian tribes and
their tribally designated housing entities for use in
eliminating crime in public housing projects authorized by 42
U.S.C. 11901-11908, for grants for federally assisted low-
income housing authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11909, and for drug
information clearinghouse services authorized by 42 U.S.C.
11921-11925, $310,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That of the total amount provided under this heading,
up to $3,000,000 shall be solely for technical assistance,
technical assistance grants, training, and program assessment
for or on behalf of public housing agencies, resident
organizations, and Indian tribes and their tribally designated
housing entities (including up to $150,000 for the cost of
necessary travel for participants in such training) for
oversight, training and improved management of this program,
$2,000,000 shall be available to the Boys and Girls Clubs of
America for the operating and start-up costs of clubs located
in or near, and primarily serving residents of, public housing
and housing assisted under the Native American Housing
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, and $10,000,000
shall be used in connection with efforts to combat violent
crime in public and assisted housing under the Operation Safe
Home Program administered by the Inspector General of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development: Provided further,
That of the amount under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be
provided to the Office of Inspector General for Operation Safe
Home: Provided further, That of the amount under this heading,
$20,000,000 shall be available for the New Approach Anti-Drug
program which will provide competitive grants to entities
managing or operating public housing developments, federally
assisted multifamily housing developments, or other multifamily
housing developments for low-income families supported by non-
Federal governmental entities or similar housing developments
supported by nonprofit private sources in order to provide or
augment security (including personnel costs), to assist in the
investigation and/or prosecution of drug-related criminal
activity in and around such developments, and to provide
assistance for the development of capital improvements at such
developments directly relating to the security of such
developments: Provided further, That grants for the New
Approach Anti-Drug program shall be made on a competitive basis
as specified in section 102 of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.
revitalization of severely distressed public housing (hope vi)
For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, site
revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based
assistance grants to projects as authorized by section 24 of
the United States Housing Act of 1937, $575,000,000 to remain
available until expended, of which the Secretary may use up to
$10,000,000 for technical assistance and contract expertise, to
be provided directly or indirectly by grants, contracts or
cooperative agreements, including training and cost of
necessary travel for participants in such training, by or to
officials and employees of the department and of public housing
agencies and to residents: Provided, That none of such funds
shall be used directly or indirectly by granting competitive
advantage in awards to settle litigation or pay judgments,
unless expressly permitted herein.
native american housing block grants
(including transfers of funds)
For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as
authorized under title I of the Native American Housing
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (Public
Law 104-330), $650,000,000, to remain available until expended,
of which $6,000,000 shall be to support the inspection of
Indian housing units, contract expertise, training, and
technical assistance in the training, oversight, and management
of Indian housing and tenant-based assistance, including up to
$300,000 for related travel: Provided, That of the amount
provided under this heading, $6,000,000 shall be made available
for the cost of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as
authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided further, That such
costs, including the costs of modifying such notes and other
obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further,
That these funds are available to subsidize the total principal
amount of any notes and other obligations, any part of which is
to be guaranteed, not to exceed $54,600,000: Provided further,
That for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed
loan program, up to $150,000 from amounts in the first proviso,
which shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation
for ``Salaries and expenses'', to be used only for the
administrative costs of these guarantees: Provided further,
That of the amount provided in this heading, $2,000,000 shall
be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for developing and
maintaining information technology systems.
indian housing loan guarantee fund program account
(including transfer of funds)
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section
184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (106
Stat. 3739), $6,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That such costs, including the costs of modifying
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further,
That these funds are available to subsidize total loan
principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed
$71,956,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the
guaranteed loan program, up to $200,000 from amounts in the
first paragraph, which shall be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses'', to be used
only for the administrative costs of these guarantees.
Community Planning and Development
housing opportunities for persons with aids
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with
AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act
(42 U.S.C. 12901), $258,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew all expiring
contracts that were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act
that meet all program requirements before awarding funds for
new contracts and activities authorized under this section:
Provided further, That the Secretary may use up to 1 percent of
the funds under this heading for training, oversight, and
technical assistance activities.
rural housing and economic development
For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development in
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, $25,000,000 to
remain available until expended, which amount shall be awarded
by June 1, 2001, to Indian tribes, State housing finance
agencies, State community and/or economic development agencies,
local rural nonprofits and community development corporations
to support innovative housing and economic development
activities in rural areas: Provided, That all grants shall be
awarded on a competitive basis as specified in section 102 of
the HUD Reform Act.
empowerment zones/enterprise communities
For grants in connection with a second round of empowerment
zones and enterprise communities, $90,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That $75,000,000 shall be
available for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
for ``Urban Empowerment Zones'', as authorized in the Taxpayer
Relief Act of 1997, including $5,000,000 for each empowerment
zone for use in conjunction with economic development
activities consistent with the strategic plan of each
empowerment zone: Provided further, That $15,000,000 shall be
available to the Secretary of Agriculture for grants for
designated empowerment zones in rural areas and for grants for
designated rural enterprise communities.
community development fund
(including transfers of funds)
For assistance to units of State and local government, and
to other entities, for economic and community development
activities, and for other purposes, $5,057,550,000: Provided,
That of the amount provided, $4,409,000,000 is for carrying out
the community development block grant program under title I of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended
(the ``Act'' herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301), to remain available
until September 30, 2003: Provided further, That $71,000,000
shall be for grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding section
106(a)(1) of such Act, $3,000,000 shall be available as a grant
to the Housing Assistance Council, $2,600,000 shall be
available as a grant to the National American Indian Housing
Council, $10,000,000 shall be available as a grant to the
National Housing Development Corporation, for operating
expenses not to exceed $2,000,000 and for a program of
affordable housing acquisition and rehabilitation, and
$45,500,000 shall be for grants pursuant to section 107 of the
Act of which $3,000,000 shall be made available to support
Alaska Native serving institutions and native Hawaiian serving
institutions, as defined under the Higher Education Act, as
amended, and of which $3,000,000 shall be made available to
tribal colleges and universities to build, expand, renovate,
and equip their facilities: Provided further, That not to
exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appropriated
herein (other than a grant made available in this paragraph to
the Housing Assistance Council or the National American Indian
Housing Council, or a grant using funds under section 107(b)(3)
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as
amended) shall be expended for ``Planning and Management
Development'' and ``Administration'' as defined in regulations
promulgated by the department: Provided further, That
$15,000,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund
for the development and maintenance of information technology
systems: Provided further, That $20,000,000 shall be for grants
pursuant to the Self Help Housing Opportunity Program.
Of the amount made available under this heading,
$28,450,000 shall be made available for capacity building, of
which $25,000,000 shall be made available for ``Capacity
Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing'',
for LISC and the Enterprise Foundation for activities as
authorized by section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993
(Public Law 103-120), as in effect immediately before June 12,
1997, of which not less than $5,000,000 of the funding shall be
used in rural areas, including tribal areas, and of which
$3,450,000 shall be made available for capacity building
activities administered by Habitat for Humanity International.
Of the amount made available under this heading, the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may use up to
$55,000,000 for supportive services for public housing
residents, as authorized by section 34 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937, as amended, and for residents of housing
assisted under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) and for grants for service
coordinators and congregate services for the elderly and
disabled residents of public and assisted housing and housing
assisted under NAHASDA.
Of the amount made available under this heading,
$44,000,000 shall be available for neighborhood initiatives
that are utilized to improve the conditions of distressed and
blighted areas and neighborhoods, to stimulate investment,
economic diversification, and community revitalization in areas
with population outmigration or a stagnating or declining
economic base, or to determine whether housing benefits can be
integrated more effectively with welfare reform initiatives:
Provided, That any unobligated balances of amounts set aside
for neighborhood initiatives in fiscal years 1998, 1999, and
2000 may be utilized for any of the foregoing purposes:
Provided further, That these grants shall be provided in accord
with the terms and conditions specified in the statement of
managers accompanying this conference report.
Of the amount made available under this heading,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $60,000,000 shall
be available for YouthBuild program activities authorized by
subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act, as amended, and such activities shall
be an eligible activity with respect to any funds made
available under this heading: Provided, That local YouthBuild
programs that demonstrate an ability to leverage private and
nonprofit funding shall be given a priority for YouthBuild
funding: Provided further, That no more than ten percent of any
grant award may be used for administrative costs: Provided
further, That not less than $10,000,000 shall be available for
grants to establish YouthBuild programs in underserved and
rural areas: Provided further, That of the amount provided
under this paragraph, $4,000,000 shall be set aside and made
available for a grant to Youthbuild USA for capacity building
for community development and affordable housing activities as
specified in section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993, as
amended.
Of the amounts made available under this heading,
$2,000,000 shall be available to the Utah Housing Finance
Agency for the temporary use of relocatable housing during the
2002 Winter Olympic Games provided such housing is targeted to
the housing needs of low-income families after the Games.
Of the amount made available under this heading,
$292,000,000 shall be available for grants for the Economic
Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety of targeted
economic investments in accordance with the terms and
conditions specified in the statement of managers accompanying
this conference report.
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $29,000,000, as
authorized by section 108 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974: Provided, That such costs, including
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as
amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be
guaranteed, not to exceed $1,261,000,000, notwithstanding any
aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in
section 108(k) of the Housing and Community Development Act of
1974: Provided further, That in addition, for administrative
expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $1,000,000,
which shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation
for ``Salaries and expenses''.
brownfields redevelopment
For Economic Development Grants, as authorized by section
108(q) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as
amended, for Brownfields redevelopment projects, $25,000,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall make these
grants available on a competitive basis as specified in section
102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform
Act of 1989.
home investment partnerships program
(including transfer of funds)
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized
under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act, as amended, $1,800,000,000 to remain available
until expended: Provided, That up to $20,000,000 of these funds
shall be available for Housing Counseling under section 106 of
the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968: Provided
further, That $17,000,000 shall be transferred to the Working
Capital Fund for the development and maintenance of information
technology systems.
homeless assistance grants
(including transfer of funds)
For the emergency shelter grants program (as authorized
under subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act, as amended); the supportive housing
program (as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of such
Act); the section 8 moderate rehabilitation single room
occupancy program (as authorized under the United States
Housing Act of 1937, as amended) to assist homeless individuals
pursuant to section 441 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Act; and the shelter plus care program (as
authorized under subtitle F of title IV of such Act),
$1,025,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That not less than 30 percent of these funds shall be used for
permanent housing, and all funding for services must be matched
by 25 percent in funding by each grantee: Provided further,
That all awards of assistance under this heading shall be
required to coordinate and integrate homeless programs with
other mainstream health, social services, and employment
programs for which homeless populations may be eligible,
including Medicaid, State Children's Health Insurance Program,
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Food Stamps, and
services funding through the Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Block Grant, Workforce Investment Act, and the Welfare-to-Work
grant program: Provided further, That up to 1.5 percent of the
funds appropriated under this heading is transferred to the
Working Capital Fund to be used for technical assistance for
management information systems and to develop an automated,
client-level Annual Performance Report System: Provided
further, That $500,000 shall be made available to the
Interagency Council on the Homeless for administrative needs.
shelter plus care renewals
For the renewal on an annual basis of contracts expiring
during fiscal years 2001 and 2002 under the Shelter Plus Care
program, as authorized under subtitle F of title IV of the
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, as amended,
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That each Shelter Plus Care project with an expiring contract
shall be eligible for renewal only if the project is determined
to be needed under the applicable continuum of care and meets
appropriate program requirements and financial standards, as
determined by the Secretary.
Housing Programs
housing for special populations
(including transfer of funds)
For assistance for the purchase, construction, acquisition,
or development of additional public and subsidized housing
units for low income families not otherwise provided for,
$996,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That $779,000,000 shall be for capital advances, including
amendments to capital advance contracts, for housing for the
elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of
1959, as amended, and for project rental assistance, and
amendments to contracts for project rental assistance, for the
elderly under such section 202(c)(2), and for supportive
services associated with the housing, of which amount
$50,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and the
continuation of existing congregate service grants for
residents of assisted housing projects and of which amount
$50,000,000 shall be for grants under section 202b of the
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q-2) for conversion of
eligible projects under such section to assisted living or
related use: Provided further, That of the amount under this
heading, $217,000,000 shall be for capital advances, including
amendments to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing
for persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, for
project rental assistance, for amendments to contracts for
project rental assistance, and supportive services associated
with the housing for persons with disabilities as authorized by
section 811 of such Act: Provided further, That $1,000,000, to
be divided evenly between the appropriations for the section
202 and section 811 programs, shall be transferred to the
Working Capital Fund for the development and maintenance of
information technology systems: Provided further, That the
Secretary may designate up to 25 percent of the amounts
earmarked under this paragraph for section 811 of such Act for
tenant-based assistance, as authorized under that section,
including such authority as may be waived under the next
proviso, which assistance is 5 years in duration: Provided
further, That the Secretary may waive any provision of such
section 202 and such section 811 (including the provisions
governing the terms and conditions of project rental assistance
and tenant-based assistance) that the Secretary determines is
not necessary to achieve the objectives of these programs, or
that otherwise impedes the ability to develop, operate, or
administer projects assisted under these programs, and may make
provision for alternative conditions or terms where
appropriate.
flexible subsidy fund
(transfer of funds)
From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all uncommitted
balances of excess rental charges as of September 30, 2000, and
any collections made during fiscal year 2001, shall be
transferred to the Flexible Subsidy Fund, as authorized by
section 236(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended.
Federal Housing Administration
fha--mutual mortgage insurance program account
(including transfers of funds)
During fiscal year 2001, commitments to guarantee loans to
carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the National
Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed a loan principal of
$160,000,000,000.
During fiscal year 2001, obligations to make direct loans
to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National
Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed $250,000,000:
Provided, That the foregoing amount shall be for loans to
nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with sales of
single family real properties owned by the Secretary and
formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund.
For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
guaranteed and direct loan program, $330,888,000, of which not
to exceed $324,866,000 shall be transferred to the
appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses''; and not to exceed
$4,022,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for
``Office of Inspector General''. In addition, for
administrative contract expenses, $160,000,000, of which
$96,500,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund
for the development and maintenance of information technology
systems: Provided, That to the extent guaranteed loan
commitments exceed $65,500,000,000 on or before April 1, 2001
an additional $1,400 for administrative contract expenses shall
be available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan
commitments (including a pro rata amount for any amount below
$1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by this
proviso exceed $16,000,000.
fha--general and special risk program account
(including transfers of funds)
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sections
238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and
1735c), including the cost of loan guarantee modifications (as
that term is defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, as amended), $101,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That these funds are available to
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be
guaranteed, of up to $21,000,000,000: Provided further, That
any amounts made available in any prior appropriations Act for
the cost (as such term is defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of guaranteed loans that are
obligations of the funds established under section 238 or 519
of the National Housing Act that have not been obligated or
that are deobligated shall be available to the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development in connection with the making of
such guarantees and shall remain available until expended,
notwithstanding the expiration of any period of availability
otherwise applicable to such amounts.
Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans,
as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of
the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $50,000,000; of
which not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be for bridge financing
in connection with the sale of multifamily real properties
owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under such Act; and
of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be for loans to
nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with the sale
of single-family real properties owned by the Secretary and
formerly insured under such Act.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry
out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, $211,455,000, of
which $193,134,000, shall be transferred to the appropriation
for ``Salaries and expenses''; and of which $18,321,000 shall
be transferred to the appropriation for ``Office of Inspector
General''. In addition, for administrative contract expenses
necessary to carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs,
$144,000,000, of which $33,500,000 shall be transferred to the
Working Capital Fund for the development and maintenance of
information technology systems: Provided, That to the extent
guaranteed loan commitments exceed $8,426,000,000 on or before
April 1, 2001, an additional $19,800,000 for administrative
contract expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in
additional guaranteed loan commitments over $8,426,000,000
(including a pro rata amount for any increment below
$1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by this
proviso exceed $14,400,000.
Government National Mortgage Association
guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account
(including transfer of funds)
New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the
purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as amended
(12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed $200,000,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2002.
For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program, $9,383,000 to be
derived from the GNMA guarantees of mortgage-backed securities
guaranteed loan receipt account, of which not to exceed
$9,383,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for
``Salaries and expenses''.
Policy Development and Research
research and technology
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs
of research and studies relating to housing and urban problems,
not otherwise provided for, as authorized by title V of the
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970, as amended (12
U.S.C. 1701z-1 et seq.), including carrying out the functions
of the Secretary under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization
Plan No. 2 of 1968, $53,500,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2002: Provided, That of the amount provided under
this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for the Partnership for
Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) Initiative: Provided
further, That $3,000,000 shall be for program evaluation to
support strategic planning, performance measurement, and their
coordination with the Department's budget process: Provided
further, That $500,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be for a commission as established under section 525 of
Preserving Affordable Housing for Senior Citizens and Families
into the 21st Century Act.
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
fair housing activities
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise
provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights
Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of
1988, and section 561 of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1987, as amended, $46,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2002, of which $24,000,000 shall be to carry out
activities pursuant to such section 561: Provided, That no
funds made available under this heading shall be used to lobby
the executive or legislative branches of the Federal Government
in connection with a specific contract, grant or loan.
Office of Lead Hazard Control
lead hazard reduction
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by
sections 1011 and 1053 of the Residential Lead-Based Hazard
Reduction Act of 1992, $100,000,000 to remain available until
expended, of which $1,000,000 shall be for CLEARCorps and
$10,000,000 shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant
to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development
Act of 1970 that shall include research, studies, testing, and
demonstration efforts, including education and outreach
concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other housing-related
environmental diseases and hazards.
Management and Administration
salaries and expenses
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary administrative and non-administrative
expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development,
not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed $7,000 for
official reception and representation expenses, $1,072,000,000,
of which $518,000,000 shall be provided from the various funds
of the Federal Housing Administration, $9,383,000 shall be
provided from funds of the Government National Mortgage
Association, $1,000,000 shall be provided from the ``Community
development fund'' account, $150,000 shall be provided by
transfer from the ``Title VI Indian federal guarantees
program'' account, and $200,000 shall be provided by transfer
from the ``Indian housing loan guarantee fund program''
account: Provided, That the Secretary is prohibited from using
any funds under this heading or any other heading in this Act
from employing more than 77 schedule C and 20 noncareer Senior
Executive Service employees: Provided further, That not more
than $758,000,000 shall be made available to the personal
services object class: Provided further, That no less than
$100,000,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund
for the development and maintenance of Information Technology
Systems: Provided further, That the Secretary shall fill 7 out
of 10 vacancies at the GS-14 and GS-15 levels until the total
number of GS-14 and GS-15 positions in the Department has been
reduced from the number of GS-14 and GS-15 positions on the
date of enactment of this provision by two and one-half
percent: Provided further, That the Secretary shall submit a
staffing plan for the Department by May 15, 2001: Provided
further, That the Secretary is prohibited from using funds
under this heading or any other heading in this Act to employ
more than 14 employees in the Office of Public Affairs or in
any position in the Department where the employee reports to an
employee of the Office of Public Affairs.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
$85,000,000, of which $22,343,000 shall be provided from the
various funds of the Federal Housing Administration and
$10,000,000 shall be provided from the amount earmarked for
Operation Safe Home in the appropriation for ``Drug elimination
grants for low-income housing'': Provided, That the Inspector
General shall have independent authority over all personnel
issues within the Office of Inspector General.
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprise Financial
Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, including not to exceed $500
for official reception and representation expenses,
$22,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived
from the Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Fund: Provided,
That not to exceed such amount shall be available from the
General Fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur
obligations and make expenditures pending the receipt of
collections to the Fund: Provided further, That the General
Fund amount shall be reduced as collections are received during
the fiscal year so as to result in a final appropriation from
the General Fund estimated at not more than $0.
Administrative Provisions
financing adjustment factors
Sec. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority,
or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated
with such budget authority, that are recaptured from projects
described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-628;
102 Stat. 3224, 3268) shall be rescinded, or in the case of
cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of
budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or
remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing finance
agencies or local governments or local housing agencies with
projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development for which settlement occurred after January 1,
1992, in accordance with such section. Notwithstanding the
previous sentence, the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of
the budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or
remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with
incentives to refinance their project at a lower interest rate.
fair housing and free speech
Sec. 202. None of the amounts made available under this Act
may be used during fiscal year 2001 to investigate or prosecute
under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity
engaged in by one or more persons, including the filing or
maintaining of a non-frivolous legal action, that is engaged in
solely for the purpose of achieving or preventing action by a
Government official or entity, or a court of competent
jurisdiction.
housing opportunities for persons with aids grants
Sec. 203. (a) Eligibility.--Notwithstanding section
854(c)(1)(A) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C.
12903(c)(1)(A)), from any amounts made available under this
title for fiscal year 2001 that are allocated under such
section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall
allocate and make a grant, in the amount determined under
subsection (b), for any State that--
(1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year
under clause (ii) of such section; and
(2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for
fiscal year 2001 under such clause (ii) because the
areas in the State outside of the metropolitan
statistical areas that qualify under clause (i) in
fiscal year 2001 do not have the number of cases of
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome required under such
clause.
(b) Amount.--The amount of the allocation and grant for any
State described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based on
the cumulative number of AIDS cases in the areas of that State
that are outside of metropolitan statistical areas that qualify
under clause (i) of such section 854(c)(1)(A) in fiscal year
2001, in proportion to AIDS cases among cities and States that
qualify under clauses (i) and (ii) of such section and States
deemed eligible under subsection (a).
(c) Environmental Review.--Section 856 of the Act is
amended by adding the following new subsection at the end:
``(h) Environmental Review.--For purposes of environmental
review, a grant under this subtitle shall be treated as
assistance for a special project that is subject to section
305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform
Act of 1994, and shall be subject to the regulations issued by
the Secretary to implement such section.''.
enhanced disposition authority
Sec. 204. Section 204 of the Departments of Veterans
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, is amended by striking ``and
2000'' and inserting ``2000, and thereafter''.
maximum payment standard for enhanced vouchers
Sec. 205. Section 8(t)(1)(B) of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 is amended by inserting ``and any other reasonable
limit prescribed by the Secretary'' immediately before the
semicolon.
due process for homeless assistance
Sec. 206. 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 or in any way diminish the
responsibilities of 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.
hud reform act compliance
Sec. 207. Except as explicitly provided in legislation, any
grant or assistance made pursuant to Title II of this Act shall
be made in accordance with section 102 of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 on a
competitive basis.
expansion of environmental assumption authority for homeless assistance
programs
Sec. 208. Section 443 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Act is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 443. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
``For purposes of environmental review, assistance and
projects under this title shall be treated as assistance for
special projects that are subject to section 305(c) of the
Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994,
and shall be subject to the regulations issued by the Secretary
to implement such section.''.
technical amendments and corrections to the national housing act
Sec. 209. (a) Section 203 Subsection Designations.--Section
203 of the National Housing Act is amended by--
(1) redesignating subsection (t) as subsection (u);
(2) redesignating subsection (s), as added by
section 329 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act, as subsection (t); and
(3) redesignating subsection (v), as added by
section 504 of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1992, as subsection (w).
(b) Mortgage Auctions.--The first sentence of section
221(g)(4)(C)(viii) of the National Housing Act is amended by
inserting after ``December 31, 2002'' the following: ``, except
that this subparagraph shall continue to apply if the Secretary
receives a mortgagee's written notice of intent to assign its
mortgage to the Secretary on or before such date''.
(c) Mortgagee Review Board.--Section 202(c)(2) of the
National Housing Act is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``and'';
(2) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``or their
designees.'' and inserting ``and'';
(3) by adding the following new subparagraph at the
end:
``(G) the Director of the Enforcement
Center; or their designees.''.
indian housing block grant program
Sec. 210. Section 201(b) of the Native American Housing
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as
paragraphs (5) and (6) respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following
new paragraph:
``(4) Law enforcement officers.--Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), a recipient may provide housing or
housing assistance provided through affordable housing
activities assisted with grant amounts under this Act
to a law enforcement officer on the reservation or
other Indian area, who is employed full-time by a
Federal, state, county or tribal government, and in
implementing such full-time employment is sworn to
uphold, and make arrests for violations of Federal,
state, county or tribal law, if the recipient
determines that the presence of the law enforcement
officer on the Indian reservation or other Indian area
may deter crime.''.
prohibition on the use of federal assistance in support of the sale of
tobacco products
Sec. 211. None of the funds appropriated in this or any
other Act may be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development to provide any grant or other assistance to
construct, operate, or otherwise benefit a facility, or
facility with a designated portion of that facility, which
sells, or intends to sell, predominantly cigarettes or other
tobacco products. For the purposes of this provision,
predominant sale of cigarettes or other tobacco products means
cigarette or tobacco sales representing more than 35 percent of
the annual total in-store, non-fuel, sales.
prohibition on implementation of puerto rico public housing
administration settlement agreement
Sec. 212. No funds may be used to implement the agreement
between the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico Public
Housing Administration, and the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, dated June 7, 2000, related to the allocation of
operating subsidies for the Puerto Rico Public Housing
Administration unless the Puerto Rico Public Housing
Administration and the Department of Housing and Urban
Development submit by December 31, 2000 a schedule of
benchmarks and measurable goals to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations designed to address issues of
mismanagement and safeguards against fraud and abuse.
hope vi grant for hollander ridge
Sec. 213. The Housing Authority of Baltimore City may use
the grant award of $20,000,000 made to such authority for
development efforts at Hollander Ridge in Baltimore, Maryland
with funds appropriated for fiscal year 1996 under the heading
``Public Housing Demolition, Site Revitalization, and
Replacement Housing Grants'' for use, as approved by the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development--
(1) for activities related to the revitalization of
the Hollander Ridge site; and
(2) in accordance with section 24 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937.
computer access for public housing residents
Sec. 214. (a) Use of Public Housing Capital and Operating
Funds.--Section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is
amended--
(1) in subsection (d)(1)(E), by inserting before
the semicolon the following: ``, including the
establishment and initial operation of computer centers
in and around public housing through a Neighborhood
Networks initiative, for the purpose of enhancing the
self-sufficiency, employability, and economic self-
reliance of public housing residents by providing them
with onsite computer access and training resources'';
(2) in subsection (e)(1)--
(A) in subparagraph (I), by striking the
word ``and'' at the end;
(B) in subparagraph (J), by striking the
period and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding after subparagraph (J) the
following:
``(K) the costs of operating computer
centers in public housing through a
Neighborhood Networks initiative described in
subsection (d)(1)(E), and of activities related
to that initiative.''; and
(3) in subsection (h)--
(A) in paragraph (6), by striking the word
``and'' at the end;
(B) in paragraph (7), by striking the
period and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (7) the
following:
``(8) assistance in connection with the
establishment and operation of computer centers in
public housing through a Neighborhood Networks
initiative described in subsection (d)(1)(E).''.
(b) Demolition, Site Revitalization, Replacement Housing,
and Tenant-Based Assistance Grants for Projects.--Section 24 of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended--
(1) in subsection (d)(1)(G), by inserting before
the semicolon the following: ``, including a
Neighborhood Networks initiative for the establishment
and operation of computer centers in public housing for
the purpose of enhancing the self-sufficiency,
employability, an economic self-reliance of public
housing residents by providing them with onsite
computer access and training resources''; and
(2) in subsection (m)(2), in the first sentence, by
inserting before the period the following ``, including
assistance in connection with the establishment and
operation of computer centers in public housing through
the Neighborhoods Networks initiative described in
subsection (d)(1)(G)''.
mark-to-market reform
Sec. 215. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
properties known as the Hawthornes in Independence, Missouri
shall be considered eligible multifamily housing projects for
purposes of participating in the multifamily housing
restructuring program pursuant to title V of the Departments of
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-
65).
section 236 excess income
Sec. 216. Section 236(g)(3)(A) of the National Housing Act
is amended by striking out ``fiscal year 2000'' and inserting
in lieu thereof ``fiscal years 2000 and 2001''.
cdbg eligibility
Sec. 217. Section 102(a)(6)(D) of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974 is amended by--
(1) in clause (v), striking out the ``or'' at the
end;
(2) in clause (vi), striking the period at the end;
and
(3) adding at the end the following new clause:
``(vii)(I) has consolidated its government with one or more
municipal governments, such that within the county boundaries
there are no unincorporated areas, (II) has a population of not
less than 650,000, (III) for more than 10 years, has been
classified as a metropolitan city for purposes of allocating
and distributing funds under section 106, and (IV) as of the
date of enactment of this clause, has over 90 percent of the
county's population within the jurisdiction of the consolidated
government; or
``(viii) notwithstanding any other provision of this
section, any county that was classified as an urban county
pursuant to subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 1999, at the
option of the county, may hereafter remain classified as an
urban county for purposes of this Act.''.
exemption for alaska and mississippi from requirement of resident on
board of pha
Sec. 218. Public housing agencies in the States of Alaska
and Mississippi shall not be required to comply with section
2(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended,
during fiscal year 2001.
use of moderate rehabilitation funds for home
Sec. 219. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall make the funds
available under contracts NY36K113004 and NY36K113005 of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development available for use
under the HOME Investment Partnerships Act and shall allocate
such funds to the City of New Rochelle, New York.
loma linda reprogramming
Sec. 220. Of the amounts made available under the sixth
undesignated paragraph under the heading ``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, 1999
(Public Law 105-276) for the Economic Development Initiative
(EDI) for grants for targeted economic investments, the
$1,000,000 to be made available (pursuant to the related
provisions of the joint explanatory statement in the conference
report to accompany such Act (House Report 105-769)) to the
City of Loma Linda, California, for infrastructure improvements
at Redlands Boulevard and California Streets shall,
notwithstanding such provisions, be made available to the City
for infrastructure improvements related to the Mountain View
Bridge.
native american eligibility for the ross program
Sec. 221. (a) Section 34 of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 is amended--
(1) in the heading, by striking ``PUBLIC HOUSING''
and inserting ``PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING'';
(2) in subsection (a)--
(A) by inserting after ``residents,'' the
following: ``recipients under the Native
American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 (notwithstanding
section 502 of such Act) on behalf of residents
of housing assisted under such Act,'' and
(B) by inserting after ``public housing
residents'' the second place it appears the
following: ``and residents of housing assisted
under such Act'',
(3) in subsection (b)--
(A) by inserting after ``project'' the
first place it appears the following: ``or the
property of a recipient under such Act or
housing assisted under such Act'';
(B) by inserting after ``public housing
residents'' the following: ``or residents of
housing assisted under such Act''; and
(C) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting
after ``public housing project'' the following:
``or residents of housing assisted under such
Act''; and
(4) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ``State or
local'' and inserting ``State, local, or tribal''.
(b) Assessment and Report.--Section 538(b)(1) of the
Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 is amended
by inserting after ``public housing'' the following: ``and
housing assisted under the Native American Housing Assistance
and Self-Determination Act of 1996''.
treatment of expiring economic development initiative grants
Sec. 222. (a) Availability.--Section 220(a) of the
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000
(Public Law 106-74; 113 Stat. 1075) is amended by striking
``September 30, 2000'' and inserting ``September 30, 2001''.
(b) Applicability.--The Secretary of the Treasury and the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall take such
actions as may be necessary to carry out such section 220 (as
amended by this subsection (a) of this section) notwithstanding
any actions taken previously pursuant to section 1552 of title
31, United States Code.
home program disaster funding for elderly housing
Sec. 223. Of the amounts made available under Chapter IX of
the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1993 for assistance
under the HOME investment partnerships program to the city of
Homestead, Florida (Public Law 103-50; 107 Stat. 262), up to
$583,926.70 shall be made available to Dade County, Florida,
for use only for rehabilitating housing for low-income elderly
persons, and such amount shall not be subject to the
requirements of such program, except for section 288 of the
HOME Investment Partnerships Act (42 U.S.C. 12838).
cdbg public services cap
Sec. 224. Section 105(a)(8) of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974 is amended by striking ``1993'' and all
that follows through ``City of Los Angeles'' and inserting
``1993 through 2001 to the City of Los Angeles''.
extension of applicability of downpayment simplification provisions
Sec. 225. Subparagraph (A) of section 203(b)(10) of the
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(10)(A)) is amended, in
the matter that precedes clause (i), by striking ``mortgage''
and all that follows through ``involving'' and inserting
``mortgage closed on or before December 31, 2002, involving''.
use of supportive housing program funds for information systems
Sec. 226. Section 423 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Act is amended under subsection (a) by adding the
following paragraph:
``(7) Management information system.--A grant for
the costs of implementing and operating management
information systems for purposes of collecting
unduplicated counts of homeless people and analyzing
patterns of use of assistance funded under this Act.''.
indian housing loan guarantee reform
Sec. 227. Section 184 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992 is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``or as a result
of a lack of access to private financial markets''; and
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting
``refinance,'' after ``acquire,''.
use of section 8 vouchers for opt-outs
Sec. 228. Section 8(t)(2) of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 is amended by inserting after ``contract for rental
assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of
1937 for such housing project'' the following: ``(including any
such termination or expiration during fiscal years after fiscal
year 1996 prior to the effective date of the Departments of
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001)''.
homeless discharge coordination policy
Sec. 229. (a) Discharge Coordination Policy.--Subtitle A of
title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 402. DISCHARGE COORDINATION POLICY.
``The Secretary may not provide a grant under this title
for any governmental entity serving as an applicant unless the
applicant agrees to develop and implement, to the maximum
extent practicable and where appropriate, policies and
protocols for the discharge of persons from publicly funded
institutions or systems of care (such as health care
facilities, foster care or other youth facilities, or
correction programs and institutions) in order to prevent such
discharge from immediately resulting in homelessness for such
persons.''.
(b) Assistance Under Emergency Shelter Grants Program.--
Section 414(a)(4) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Act is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by
inserting a comma after ``homelessness'';
(2) by striking ``Not'' and inserting the
following: ``Activities that are eligible for
assistance under this paragraph shall include
assistance to very low-income families who are
discharged from publicly funded institutions or systems
of care (such as health care facilities, foster care or
other youth facilities, or correction programs and
institutions). Not''.
technical change to seniors housing commission
Sec. 230. Section 525 of the Preserving Affordable Housing
for Senior Citizens and Families into the 21st Century Act''
(42 U.S.C. 12701 note) is amended in subsection (a) by striking
``Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Care Facility
Needs in the 21st Century'' and inserting ``Commission on
Affordable Housing and Health Facility Needs for Seniors in the
21st Century''.
interagency council on the homeless reforms
Sec. 231. Title II of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Act is amended--
(1) in section 202, under subsection (b) by
inserting after the period the following:
``The positions of Chairperson and Vice
Chairperson shall rotate among its members on
an annual basis.''; and
(2) in section 209 by striking ``1994'' and
inserting ``2005''.
section 8 pha project-based assistance
Sec. 232. (a) In General.--Paragraph (13) of section 8(o)
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437f(o)(13)) is amended to read as follows:
``(13) PHA project-based assistance.--
``(A) In general.--A public housing agency
may use amounts provided under an annual
contributions contract under this subsection to
enter into a housing assistance payment
contract with respect to an existing, newly
constructed, or rehabilitated structure, that
is attached to the structure, subject to the
limitations and requirements of this paragraph.
``(B) Percentage limitation.--Not more than
20 percent of the funding available for tenant-
based assistance under this section that is
administered by the agency may be attached to
structures pursuant to this paragraph.
``(C) Consistency with pha plan and other
goals.--A public housing agency may approve a
housing assistance payment contract pursuant to
this paragraph only if the contract is
consistent with--
``(i) the public housing agency
plan for the agency approved under
section 5A; and
``(ii) the goal of deconcentrating
poverty and expanding housing and
economic opportunities.
``(D) Income mixing requirement.--
``(i) In general.--Not more than 25
percent of the dwelling units in any
building may be assisted under a
housing assistance payment contract for
project-based assistance pursuant to
this paragraph.
``(ii) Exceptions.--The limitation
under clause (i) shall not apply in the
case of assistance under a contract for
housing consisting of single family
properties or for dwelling units that
are specifically made available for
households comprised of elderly
families, disabled families, and
families receiving supportive services.
``(E) Resident choice requirement.--A
housing assistance payment contract pursuant to
this paragraph shall provide as follows:
``(i) Mobility.--Each low-income
family occupying a dwelling unit
assisted under the contract may move
from the housing at any time after the
family has occupied the dwelling unit
for 12 months.
``(ii) Continued assistance.--Upon
such a move, the public housing agency
shall provide the low-income family
with tenant-based rental assistance
under this section or such other
tenant-based rental assistance that is
subject to comparable income,
assistance, rent contribution,
affordability, and other requirements,
as the Secretary shall provide by
regulation. If such rental assistance
is not immediately available to fulfill
the requirement under the preceding
sentence with respect to a low-income
family, such requirement may be met by
providing the family priority to
receive the next voucher or other
tenant-based rental assistance amounts
that become available under the program
used to fulfill such requirement.
``(F) Contract term.--A housing assistance
payment contract pursuant to this paragraph
between a public housing agency and the owner
of a structure may have a term of up to 10
years, subject to the availability of
sufficient appropriated funds for the purpose
of renewing expiring contracts for assistance
payments, as provided in appropriations Acts
and in the agency's annual contributions
contract with the Secretary, and to annual
compliance with the inspection requirements
under paragraph (8), except that the agency
shall not be required to make annual
inspections of each assisted unit in the
development. The contract may specify
additional conditions for its continuation. If
the units covered by the contract are owned by
the agency, the term of the contract shall be
agreed upon by the agency and the unit of
general local government or other entity
approved by the Secretary in the manner
provided under paragraph (11).
``(G) Extension of contract term.--A public
housing agency may enter into a contract with
the owner of a structure assisted under a
housing assistance payment contract pursuant to
this paragraph to extend the term of the
underlying housing assistance payment contract
for such period as the agency determines to be
appropriate to achieve long-term affordability
of the housing or to expand housing
opportunities. Such a contract shall provide
that the extension of such term shall be
contingent upon the future availability of
appropriated funds for the purpose of renewing
expiring contracts for assistance payments, as
provided in appropriations Acts, and may
obligate the owner to have such extensions of
the underlying housing assistance payment
contract accepted by the owner and the
successors in interest of the owner.
``(H) Rent calculation.--A housing
assistance payment contract pursuant to this
paragraph shall establish rents for each unit
assisted in an amount that does not exceed 110
percent of the applicable fair market rental
(or any exception payment standard approved by
the Secretary pursuant to paragraph (1)(D)),
except that if a contract covers a dwelling
unit that has been allocated low-income housing
tax credits pursuant to section 42 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 42)
and is not located in a qualified census tract
(as such term is defined in subsection (d) of
such section 42), the rent for such unit may be
established at any level that does not exceed
the rent charged for comparable units in the
building that also receive the low-income
housing tax credit but do not have additional
rental assistance. The rents established by
housing assistance payment contracts pursuant
to this paragraph may vary from the payment
standards established by the public housing
agency pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), but shall
be subject to paragraph (10)(A).
``(I) Rent adjustments.--A housing
assistance payments contract pursuant to this
paragraph shall provide for rent adjustments,
except that--
``(i) the adjusted rent for any
unit assisted shall be reasonable in
comparison with rents charged for
comparable dwelling units in the
private, unassisted, local market and
may not exceed the maximum rent
permitted under subparagraph (H); and
``(ii) the provisions of subsection
(c)(2)(C) shall not apply.
``(J) Tenant selection.--A public housing
agency shall select families to receive
project-based assistance pursuant to this
paragraph from its waiting list for assistance
under this subsection. Eligibility for such
project-based assistance shall be subject to
the provisions of section 16(b) that apply to
tenant-based assistance. The agency may
establish preferences or criteria for selection
for a unit assisted under this paragraph that
are consistent with the public housing agency
plan for the agency approved under section 5A.
Any family that rejects an offer of project-
based assistance under this paragraph or that
is rejected for admission to a structure by the
owner or manager of a structure assisted under
this paragraph shall retain its place on the
waiting list as if the offer had not been made.
The owner or manager of a structure assisted
under this paragraph shall not admit any family
to a dwelling unit assisted under a contract
pursuant to this paragraph other than a family
referred by the public housing agency from its
waiting list. Subject to its waiting list
policies and selection preferences, a public
housing agency may place on its waiting list a
family referred by the owner or manager of a
structure and may maintain a separate waiting
list for assistance under this paragraph, but
only if all families on the agency's waiting
list for assistance under this subsection are
permitted to place their names on the separate
list.
``(K) Vacated units.--Notwithstanding
paragraph (9), a housing assistance payment
contract pursuant to this paragraph may provide
as follows:
``(i) Payment for vacant units.--
That the public housing agency may, in
its discretion, continue to provide
assistance under the contract, for a
reasonable period not exceeding 60
days, for a dwelling unit that becomes
vacant, but only (I) if the vacancy was
not the fault of the owner of the
dwelling unit, and (II) the agency and
the owner take every reasonable action
to minimize the likelihood and extent
of any such vacancy. Rental assistance
may not be provided for a vacant unit
after the expiration of such period.
``(ii) Reduction of contract.--
That, if despite reasonable efforts of
the agency and the owner to fill a
vacant unit, no eligible family has
agreed to rent the unit within 120 days
after the owner has notified the agency
of the vacancy, the agency may reduce
its housing assistance payments
contract with the owner by the amount
equivalent to the remaining months of
subsidy attributable to the vacant
unit. Amounts deobligated pursuant to
such a contract provision shall be
available to the agency to provide
assistance under this subsection.
Eligible applicants for assistance under this
subsection may enforce provisions authorized by
this subparagraph.''.
(b) Applicability.--In the case of any dwelling unit that,
upon the date of the enactment of this Act, is assisted under a
housing assistance payment contract under section 8(o)(13) of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13))
as in effect before such enactment, such assistance may be
extended or renewed notwithstanding the requirements under
subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E) of such section 8(o)(13), as
amended by subsection (a).
disposition of hud-held and hud-owned multifamily projects for the
elderly or disabled
Sec. 233. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in
managing and disposing of any multifamily property that is
owned or held by the Secretary and is occupied primarily by
elderly or disabled families, the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development shall maintain any rental assistance payments
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 that
are attached to any dwelling units in the property. To the
extent the Secretary determines that such a multifamily
property owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible for
continued rental assistance payments under such section 8, the
Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants of that
property, contract for project-based rental assistance payments
with an owner or owners of other existing housing properties or
provide other rental assistance.
family unification program
Sec. 234. Section 8(x)(2) of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 (42 U.S.C 1437f(x)(2)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``any family (A) who is otherwise
eligible for such assistance, and (B)'' and inserting
``(A) any family (i) who is otherwise eligible for such
assistance, and (ii)''; and
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the
following: ``and (B) for a period not to exceed 18
months, otherwise eligible youths who have attained at
least 18 years of age and not more than 21 years of age
and who have left foster care at age 16 or older''.
permanent extension of fha multifamily mortgage credit demonstrations
Sec. 235. Section 542 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1707 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in the first sentence, by striking
``demonstrate the effectiveness of providing''
and inserting ``provide''; and
(B) in the second sentence, by striking
``demonstration'' and inserting ``the'';
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking
``determine the effectiveness of'' and
inserting ``provide''; and
(B) by striking paragraph (5), and
inserting the following new paragraph:
``(5) Insurance authority.--Using any authority
provided in appropriation Acts to insure mortgages
under the National Housing Act, the Secretary may enter
into commitments under this subsection for risk-sharing
units.'';
(3) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``test
the effectiveness of'' and inserting
``provide''; and
(B) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting
the following new paragraph:
``(4) Insurance authority.--Using any authority
provided in appropriation Acts to insure mortgages
under the National Housing Act, the Secretary may enter
into commitments under this subsection for risk-sharing
units.'';
(4) by striking subsection (d);
(5) by striking ``pilot'' and ``Pilot'' each place
such terms appear; and
(6) in the section heading, by striking
``demonstrations'' and inserting ``programs''.
TITLE III--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
American Battle Monuments Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the
American Battle Monuments Commission, including the acquisition
of land or interest in land in foreign countries; purchases and
repair of uniforms for caretakers of national cemeteries and
monuments outside of the United States and its territories and
possessions; rent of office and garage space in foreign
countries; purchase (one for replacement only) and hire of
passenger motor vehicles; and insurance of official motor
vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of such
countries, $28,000,000, to remain available until expended.
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant
to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including hire of
passenger vehicles, and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level
positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, $7,500,000, $5,000,000 of which
to remain available until September 30, 2001 and $2,500,000 of
which to remain available until September 30, 2002: Provided,
That the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board shall
have not more than three career Senior Executive Service
positions: Provided further, That there shall be an Inspector
General at the Board who shall have the duties,
responsibilities, and authorities specified in the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended: Provided further, That an
individual appointed to the position of Inspector General of
the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall, by virtue
of such appointment, also hold the position of Inspector
General of the Board: Provided further, That the Inspector
General of the Board shall utilize personnel of the Office of
Inspector General of FEMA in performing the duties of the
Inspector General of the Board, and shall not appoint any
individuals to positions within the Board.
Department of the Treasury
Community Development Financial Institutions
community development financial institutions
fund program account
To carry out the Community Development Banking and
Financial Institutions Act of 1994, including services
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not
to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for ES-3,
$118,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2002, of
which $5,000,000 shall be for technical assistance and training
programs designed to benefit Native American Communities, and
up to $8,750,000 may be used for administrative expenses, up to
$19,750,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans, and up to
$1,000,000 may be used for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct loan program: Provided, That the cost of direct
loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not
to exceed $53,000,000.
Consumer Product Safety Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the
maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase of nominal
awards to recognize non-Federal officials' contributions to
Commission activities, and not to exceed $500 for official
reception and representation expenses, $52,500,000.
Corporation for National and Community Service
national and community service programs
operating expenses
(including transfer and rescission of funds)
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and
Community Service (referred to in the matter under this heading
as the ``Corporation'') in carrying out programs, activities,
and initiatives under the National and Community Service Act of
1990 (referred to in the matter under this heading as the
``Act'') (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), $458,500,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That not more
than $31,000,000 shall be available for administrative expenses
authorized under section 501(a)(4) of the Act (42 U.S.C.
12671(a)(4)) with not less than $2,000,000 targeted for the
acquisition of a cost accounting system for the Corporation's
financial management system, an integrated grants management
system that provides comprehensive financial management
information for all Corporation grants and cooperative
agreements, and the establishment, operation and maintenance of
a central archives serving as the repository for all grant,
cooperative agreement, and related documents, without regard to
the provisions of section 501(a)(4)(B) of the Act: Provided
further, That not more than $2,500 shall be for official
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That
not more than $70,000,000, to remain available without fiscal
year limitation, shall be transferred to the National Service
Trust account for educational awards authorized under subtitle
D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.), of which not
to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available for national service
scholarships for high school students performing community
service: Provided further, That not more than $231,000,000 of
the amount provided under this heading shall be available for
grants under the National Service Trust program authorized
under subtitle C of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12571 et
seq.) (relating to activities including the AmeriCorps
program), of which not more than $45,000,000 may be used to
administer, reimburse, or support any national service program
authorized under section 121(d)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
12581(d)(2)); and not more than $25,000,000 may be made
available to activities dedicated to developing computer and
information technology skills for students and teachers in low-
income communities: Provided further, That not more than
$10,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading
shall be made available for the Points of Light Foundation for
activities authorized under title III of the Act (42 U.S.C.
12661 et seq.): Provided further, That no funds shall be
available for national service programs run by Federal agencies
authorized under section 121(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
12571(b)): Provided further, That to the maximum extent
feasible, funds appropriated under subtitle C of title I of the
Act shall be provided in a manner that is consistent with the
recommendations of peer review panels in order to ensure that
priority is given to programs that demonstrate quality,
innovation, replicability, and sustainability: Provided
further, That not more than $21,000,000 of the funds made
available under this heading shall be available for the
Civilian Community Corps authorized under subtitle E of title I
of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.): Provided further, That
not more than $43,000,000 shall be available for school-based
and community-based service-learning programs authorized under
subtitle B of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.):
Provided further, That not more than $28,500,000 shall be
available for quality and innovation activities authorized
under subtitle H of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12853 et
seq.): Provided further, That not more than $5,000,000 shall be
available for audits and other evaluations authorized under
section 179 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12639): Provided further,
That to the maximum extent practicable, the Corporation shall
increase significantly the level of matching funds and in-kind
contributions provided by the private sector, shall expand
significantly the number of educational awards provided under
subtitle D of title I, and shall reduce the total Federal costs
per participant in all programs: Provided further, That of
amounts available in the National Service Trust account from
previous appropriations Acts, $30,000,000 shall be rescinded:
Provided further, That not more than $7,500,000 of the funds
made available under this heading shall be made available to
America's Promise--The Alliance for Youth, Inc. only to support
efforts to mobilize individuals, groups, and organizations to
build and strengthen the character and competence of the
Nation's youth: Provided further, That not more than $5,000,000
of the funds made available under this heading shall be made
available to the Communities In Schools, Inc. to support
dropout prevention activities: Provided further, That not more
than $2,500,000 of the funds made available under this heading
shall be made available to the Parents as Teachers National
Center, Inc. to support childhood parent education and family
support activities: Provided further, That not more than
$2,500,000 of the funds made available under this heading shall
be made available to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to
establish an innovative outreach program designed to meet the
special needs of youth in public and Native American housing
communities: Provided further, That not more than $1,500,000 of
the funds made available under this heading shall be made
available to the Youth Life Foundation to meet the needs of
children living in insecure environments.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
$5,000,000, which shall be available for obligation through
September 30, 2002.
administrative provision
The Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000
(Public Law 106-74) is amended under the heading ``Corporation
for National and Community Service, National and Community
Service Programs Operating Expenses'' in title III by reducing
to $229,000,000 the amount available for grants under the
National Service Trust program authorized under subtitle C of
title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (the
``Act'') (with a corresponding reduction to $40,000,000 in the
amount that may be used to administer, reimburse, or support
any national service program authorized under section 121(d)(2)
of the Act), and by increasing to $33,500,000 the amount
available for quality and innovation activities authorized
under subtitle H of title I of the Act, with the increase in
subtitle H funds made available to provide a grant covering a
period of three years to support the ``P.A.V.E. the Way''
project described in House Report 106-379.
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the operation of the United
States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized by 38
U.S.C. 7251-7298, $12,445,000, of which $895,000 shall be
available for the purpose of providing financial assistance as
described, and in accordance with the process and reporting
procedures set forth, under this heading in Public Law 102-229.
Department of Defense--Civil
Cemeterial Expenses, Army
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for
maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington National
Cemetery and Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery,
including the purchase of two passenger motor vehicles for
replacement only, and not to exceed $1,000 for official
reception and representation expenses, $17,949,000, to remain
available until expended.
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
national institute of environmental health sciences
For necessary expenses for the National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities set
forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended,
$63,000,000.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set
forth in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended; section 118(f) of
the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
(SARA), as amended; and section 3019 of the Solid Waste
Disposal Act, as amended, $75,000,000, to be derived from the
Hazardous Substance Superfund Trust Fund pursuant to section
517(a) of SARA (26 U.S.C. 9507): Provided, That not
withstanding any other provision of law, in lieu of performing
a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the
Administrator of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health
studies, evaluations, or activities, including, without
limitation, biomedical testing, clinical evaluations, medical
monitoring, and referral to accredited health care providers:
Provided further, That in performing any such health assessment
or health study, evaluation, or activity, the Administrator of
ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines in section
104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for
the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to issue
in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section
104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2001, and existing profiles
may be updated as necessary.
Environmental Protection Agency
science and technology
For science and technology, including research and
development activities, which shall include research and
development activities under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended;
necessary expenses for personnel and related costs and travel
expenses, including uniforms, or allowances therefore, as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per
diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior
level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; procurement of laboratory
equipment and supplies; other operating expenses in support of
research and development; construction, alteration, repair,
rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed
$75,000 per project, $696,000,000, which shall remain available
until September 30, 2002.
environmental programs and management
For environmental programs and management, including
necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel
and related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or
allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902;
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the
maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C.
5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and
operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library
memberships in societies or associations which issue
publications to members only or at a price to members lower
than to subscribers who are not members; construction,
alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of
facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; and not to
exceed $6,000 for official reception and representation
expenses, $2,087,990,000, which shall remain available until
September 30, 2002: Provided, That none of the funds
appropriated by this Act shall be used to propose or issue
rules, regulations, decrees, or orders for the purpose of
implementation, or in preparation for implementation, of the
Kyoto Protocol which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in
Kyoto, Japan at the Third Conference of the Parties to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which
has not been submitted to the Senate for advice and consent to
ratification pursuant to article II, section 2, clause 2, of
the United States Constitution, and which has not entered into
force pursuant to article 25 of the Protocol: Provided further,
That none of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to implement or administer the interim guidance issued on
February 5, 1998, by the Environmental Protection Agency
relating to title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and
designated as the ``Interim Guidance for Investigating Title VI
Administrative Complaints Challenging Permits'' with respect to
complaints filed under such title after October 21, 1998, and
until guidance is finalized. Nothing in this proviso may be
construed to restrict the Environmental Protection Agency from
developing or issuing final guidance relating to title VI of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 1412(b)(12)(A)(v) of the Safe Drinking
Water Act, as amended, the Administrator shall promulgate a
national primary drinking water regulation for arsenic not
later than June 22, 2001.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, and for construction, alteration, repair,
rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed
$75,000 per project, $34,094,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2002.
buildings and facilities
For construction, repair, improvement, extension,
alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of,
or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency,
$23,931,000, to remain available until expended.
hazardous substance superfund
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(CERCLA), as amended, including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5),
(c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and for construction,
alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of
facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; $1,270,000,000
(of which $100,000,000 shall not become available until
September 1, 2001), to remain available until expended,
consisting of $635,000,000, as authorized by section 517(a) of
the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
(SARA), as amended by Public Law 101-508, and $635,000,000 as a
payment from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance
Superfund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA,
as amended: Provided, That funds appropriated under this
heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in
accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further,
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $11,500,000
shall be transferred to the ``Office of Inspector General''
appropriation to remain available until September 30, 2002, and
$36,500,000 shall be transferred to the ``Science and
technology'' appropriation to remain available until September
30, 2002.
leaking underground storage tank program
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground
storage tank cleanup activities authorized by section 205 of
the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and
for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and
renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project,
$72,096,000, to remain available until expended.
oil spill response
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental
Protection Agency's responsibilities under the Oil Pollution
Act of 1990, $15,000,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill
Liability trust fund, to remain available until expended.
state and tribal assistance grants
For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance,
including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and
performance partnership grants, $3,628,740,000, to remain
available until expended, of which $1,350,000,000 shall be for
making capitalization grants for the Clean Water State
Revolving Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act, as amended; $825,000,000 shall be for
capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving
Funds under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as
amended, except that, notwithstanding section 1452(n) of the
Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, none of the funds made
available under this heading in this Act, or in previous
appropriations Acts, shall be reserved by the Administrator for
health effects studies on drinking water contaminants;
$75,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, planning,
design, construction and related activities in connection with
the construction of high priority water and wastewater
facilities in the area of the United States-Mexico Border,
after consultation with the appropriate border commission;
$35,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska to
address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs of
rural and Alaska Native Villages; $335,740,000 shall be for
making grants for the construction of wastewater and water
treatment facilities and groundwater protection infrastructure
in accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such
grants in the conference report and joint explanatory statement
of the committee of conference accompanying this Act, except
that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds
herein and hereafter appropriated under this heading for such
special needs infrastructure grants, the Administrator may use
up to 3 percent of the amount of each project appropriated to
administer the management and oversight of construction of such
projects through contracts, allocation to the Corps of
Engineers, or grants to States; and $1,008,000,000 shall be for
grants, including associated program support costs, to States,
federally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal
consortia, and air pollution control agencies for multi-media
or single media pollution prevention, control and abatement and
related activities, including activities pursuant to the
provisions set forth under this heading in Public Law 104-134,
and for making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act
for particulate matter monitoring and data collection
activities: Provided, That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the
limitation on the amounts in a State water pollution control
revolving fund that may be used by a State to administer the
fund shall not apply to amounts included as principal in loans
made by such fund in fiscal year 2001 and prior years where
such amounts represent costs of administering the fund to the
extent that such amounts are or were deemed reasonable by the
Administrator, accounted for separately from other assets in
the fund, and used for eligible purposes of the fund, including
administration: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2001,
and notwithstanding section 518(f) of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, as amended, the Administrator is
authorized to use the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year
under section 319 of that Act to make grants to Indian tribes
pursuant to section 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act: Provided
further, That for fiscal year 2001, notwithstanding the
limitation on amounts in section 518(c) of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, as amended, up to a total of 1\1/2\
percent of the funds appropriated for State Revolving Funds
under Title VI of that Act may be reserved by the Administrator
for grants under section 518(c) of such Act: Provided further,
That no funds provided by this legislation to address the
water, wastewater and other critical infrastructure needs of
the colonias in the United States along the United States-
Mexico border shall be made available after June 1, 2001 to a
county or municipal government unless that government has
established an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning
rule, which prevents in that jurisdiction the development or
construction of any additional colonia areas, or the
development within an existing colonia the construction of any
new home, business, or other structure which lacks water,
wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all
claims for principal and interest registered through any
current grant dispute or any other such dispute hereafter filed
by the Environmental Protection Agency relative to construction
grants numbers C-180840-01, C-180840-04, C-470319-03, and C-
470319-04, are hereby resolved in favor of the grantee:
Provided further, That EPA, in considering the local match for
the $5,000,000 appropriated in fiscal year 1999 for the City of
Cumberland, Maryland, to separate and relocate the city's
combined sewer and stormwater system, shall take into account
non-federal money spent by the City of Cumberland for combined
sewer, stormwater and wastewater treatment infrastructure on or
after October 1, 1999, and that the fiscal year 1999 and any
subsequent funds may be used for any required non-federal share
of the costs of projects funded by the federal government under
Section 580 of Public Law 106-53.
administrative provisions
For fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, the obligated balances
of sums available in multiple-year appropriations accounts
shall remain available through the seventh fiscal year after
their period of availability has expired for liquidating
obligations made during the period of availability.
For fiscal year 2001, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and
6305(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, in carrying out the Agency's function to implement
directly Federal environmental programs required or authorized
by law in the absence of an acceptable tribal program, may
award cooperative agreements to federally-recognized Indian
Tribes or Intertribal consortia, if authorized by their member
Tribes, to assist the Administrator in implementing Federal
environmental programs for Indian Tribes required or authorized
by law, except that no such cooperative agreements may be
awarded from funds designated for State financial assistance
agreements.
Section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(6) Notwithstanding paragraph 5, this subsection
shall not apply with respect to an area designated
nonattainment under section 107(d)(1) until one year
after that area is first designated nonattainment for a
specific national ambient air quality standard. This
paragraph only applies with respect to the national
ambient air quality standard for which an area is newly
designated nonattainment and does not affect the area's
requirements with respect to all other national ambient
air quality standards for which the area is designated
nonattainment or has been redesignated from
nonattainment to attainment with a maintenance plan
pursuant to section 175(A) (including any pre-existing
national ambient air quality standard for a pollutant
for which a new or revised standard has been
issued).''.
Executive Office of the President
office of science and technology policy
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the National
Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act
of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 and 6671), hire of passenger motor
vehicles, and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, not to
exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation
expenses, and rental of conference rooms in the District of
Columbia, $5,201,000.
council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality
For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to
the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of
Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality Improvement Act
of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977, $2,900,000:
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
funds other than those appropriated under this heading shall be
used for or by the Council on Environmental Quality and Office
of Environmental Quality: Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of one member,
appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate, serving as chairman and exercising all powers,
functions, and duties of the Council.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
office of inspector general
(transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, $33,660,000, to be derived from the Bank
Insurance Fund, the Savings Association Insurance Fund, and the
FSLIC Resolution Fund.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
disaster relief
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $300,000,000, and, notwithstanding 42
U.S.C. 5203, to remain available until expended, of which not
to exceed $2,900,000 may be transferred to ``Emergency
management planning and assistance'' for the consolidated
emergency management performance grant program; and up to
$15,000,000 may be obligated for flood map modernization
activities following disaster declarations: Provided, That of
the funds made available under this heading in this and prior
Appropriations Acts and under section 404 of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to the
State of Florida, $3,000,000 shall be for a hurricane
mitigation initiative in Miami-Dade County.
For an additional amount for ``Disaster relief'',
$1,300,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be
available only to the extent 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.
disaster assistance direct loan program account
For the cost of direct loans, $1,678,000, as authorized by
section 319 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act: Provided, That such costs, including
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as
amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct
loans not to exceed $25,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the
direct loan program, $427,000.
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
including hire and purchase of motor vehicles as authorized by
31 U.S.C. 1343; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level
positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; expenses of attendance of
cooperating officials and individuals at meetings concerned
with the work of emergency preparedness; transportation in
connection with the continuity of Government programs to the
same extent and in the same manner as permitted the Secretary
of a Military Department under 10 U.S.C. 2632; and not to
exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation
expenses, $215,000,000.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
$10,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Inspector General of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency shall also serve as the Inspector General of
the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.
emergency management planning and assistance
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to
carry out activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of
1968, as amended, and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of
1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of
1977, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Federal Fire
Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2201
et seq.), the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50
U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the National
Security Act of 1947, as amended (50 U.S.C. 404-405), and
Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, $269,652,000: Provided, That
for purposes of pre-disaster mitigation pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
5131(b) and (c) and 42 U.S.C. 5196(e) and (i), $25,000,000 of
the funds made available under this heading shall be available
until expended for project grants.
radiological emergency preparedness fund
The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2001, as
authorized by Public Law 106-74, shall not be less than 100
percent of the amounts anticipated by FEMA necessary for its
radiological emergency preparedness program for the next fiscal
year. The methodology for assessment and collection of fees
shall be fair and equitable; and shall reflect costs of
providing such services, including administrative costs of
collecting such fees. Fees received pursuant to this section
shall be deposited in the Fund as offsetting collections and
will become available for authorized purposes on October 1,
2001, and remain available until expended.
emergency food and shelter program
To carry out an emergency food and shelter program pursuant
to title III of Public Law 100-77, as amended, $140,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That total
administrative costs shall not exceed 3\1/2\ percent of the
total appropriation.
national flood insurance fund
(including transfer of funds)
For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of
1968, the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended,
not to exceed $25,736,000 for salaries and expenses associated
with flood mitigation and flood insurance operations, and not
to exceed $77,307,000 for flood mitigation, including up to
$20,000,000 for expenses under section 1366 of the National
Flood Insurance Act, which amount shall be available for
transfer to the National Flood Mitigation Fund until September
30, 2002. In fiscal year 2001, no funds in excess of: (1)
$55,000,000 for operating expenses; (2) $455,627,000 for
agents' commissions and taxes; and (3) $40,000,000 for interest
on Treasury borrowings shall be available from the National
Flood Insurance Fund without prior notice to the Committees on
Appropriations.
In addition, up to $17,730,000 in fees collected but
unexpended during fiscal years 1994 through 1998 shall be
transferred to the Flood Map Modernization Fund and available
for expenditure in fiscal year 2001.
Section 1309(a)(2) of the National Flood Insurance Act of
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a)(2)), as amended by Public Law 104-208,
is further amended by striking ``September 30, 2000'' and
inserting ``December 31, 2001''.
The first sentence of section 1376(c) of the National Flood
Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4127(c)), is
amended by striking ``September 30, 2000'' and inserting
``December 31, 2001''.
national flood mitigation fund
(including transfer of funds)
Notwithstanding sections 1366(b)(3)(B)-(C) and 1366(f) of
the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended,
$20,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2002, for
activities designed to reduce the risk of flood damage to
structures pursuant to such Act, of which $20,000,000 shall be
derived from the National Flood Insurance Fund.
General Services Administration
federal consumer information center fund
For necessary expenses of the Federal Consumer Information
Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$7,122,000, to be deposited into the Federal Consumer
Information Center Fund: Provided, That the appropriations,
revenues, and collections deposited into the Fund shall be
available for necessary expenses of Federal Consumer
Information Center activities in the aggregate amount of
$12,000,000. Appropriations, revenues, and collections accruing
to this Fund during fiscal year 2001 in excess of $12,000,000
shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available for
expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
human space flight
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the
conduct and support of human space flight research and
development activities, including research, development,
operations, and services; maintenance; construction of
facilities including revitalization and modification of
facilities, construction of new facilities and additions to
existing facilities, facility planning and design, and
acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by
law; space flight, spacecraft control and communications
activities including operations, production, and services; and
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission
and administrative aircraft, $5,462,900,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2002.
science, aeronautics and technology
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the
conduct and support of science, aeronautics and technology
research and development activities, including research,
development, operations, and services; maintenance;
construction of facilities including revitalization, and
modification of facilities, construction of new facilities and
additions to existing facilities, facility planning and design,
and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized
by law; space flight, spacecraft control and communications
activities including operations, production, and services; and
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission
and administrative aircraft, $6,190,700,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2002.
mission support
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in
carrying out mission support for human space flight programs
and science, aeronautical, and technology programs, including
research operations and support; maintenance; construction of
facilities including revitalization and modification of
facilities, construction of new facilities and additions to
existing facilities, facility planning and design,
environmental compliance and restoration, and acquisition or
condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; program
management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902;
travel expenses; purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and
operation of mission and administrative aircraft; not to exceed
$40,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and
purchase (not to exceed 33 for replacement only) and hire of
passenger motor vehicles, $2,608,700,000 to remain available
until September 30, 2002.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
$23,000,000.
administrative provisions
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds
appropriated for ``Human space flight'', ``Science, aeronautics
and technology'', or ``Mission support'' by this appropriations
Act, when any activity has been initiated by the incurrence of
obligations for construction of facilities as authorized by
law, such amount available for such activity shall remain
available until expended. This provision does not apply to the
amounts appropriated in ``Mission support'' pursuant to the
authorization for minor revitalization and construction of
facilities, and facility planning and design.
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds
appropriated for ``Human space flight'', ``Science, aeronautics
and technology'', or ``Mission support'' by this appropriations
Act, the amounts appropriated for construction of facilities
shall remain available until September 30, 2003.
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds
appropriated for ``Mission support'' and ``Office of Inspector
General'', amounts made available by this Act for personnel and
related costs and travel expenses of the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration shall remain available until September
30, 2001 and may be used to enter into contracts for training,
investigations, costs associated with personnel relocation, and
for other services, to be provided during the next fiscal year.
Funds for announced prizes otherwise authorized shall remain
available, without fiscal year limitation, until the prize is
claimed or the offer is withdrawn.
Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the joint
explanatory statement of the committee of conference
accompanying this Act, no part of the funds appropriated for
``Human space flight'' may be used for the development of the
International Space Station in excess of the amounts set forth
in the budget estimates submitted as part of the budget request
for fiscal year 2001.
No funds in this or any other Appropriations Act may be
used to finalize an agreement prior to December 1, 2001 between
NASA and a nongovernment organization to conduct research
utilization and commercialization management activities of the
International Space Station.
National Credit Union Administration
central liquidity facility
(including transfer of funds)
During fiscal year 2001, gross obligations of the Central
Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new direct loans
to member credit unions, as authorized by 12 U.S.C. 1795 et
seq., shall not exceed $1,500,000,000: Provided, That
administrative expenses of the Central Liquidity Facility shall
not exceed $296,303: Provided further, That $1,000,000 shall be
transferred to the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund,
of which $650,000, together with amounts of principal and
interest on loans repaid, shall be available until expended for
loans to community development credit unions, and $350,000
shall be available until expended for technical assistance to
low-income and community development credit unions.
National Science Foundation
research and related activities
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875), and
the Act to establish a National Medal of Science (42 U.S.C.
1880-1881); services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; authorized
travel; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase of
flight services for research support; acquisition of aircraft;
$3,350,000,000, of which not to exceed $275,592,000 shall
remain available until expended for Polar research and
operations support, and for reimbursement to other Federal
agencies for operational and science support and logistical and
other related activities for the United States Antarctic
program; the balance to remain available until September 30,
2002: Provided, That receipts for scientific support services
and materials furnished by the National Research Centers and
other National Science Foundation supported research facilities
may be credited to this appropriation: Provided further, That
to the extent that the amount appropriated is less than the
total amount authorized to be appropriated for included program
activities, all amounts, including floors and ceilings,
specified in the authorizing Act for those program activities
or their subactivities shall be reduced proportionally:
Provided further, That $65,000,000 of the funds available under
this heading shall be made available for a comprehensive
research initiative on plant genomes for economically
significant crops: Provided further, That no funds in this or
any other Act shall be used to acquire or lease a research
vessel with ice-breaking capability built or retrofitted by a
shipyard located in a foreign country if such a vessel of
United States origin can be obtained at a cost no more than 50
per centum above that of the least expensive technically
acceptable foreign vessel bid: Provided further, That, in
determining the cost of such a vessel, such cost be increased
by the amount of any subsidies or financing provided by a
foreign government (or instrumentality thereof ) to such
vessel's construction: Provided further, That if the vessel
contracted for pursuant to the foregoing is not available for
the 2002-2003 austral summer Antarctic season, a vessel of any
origin may be leased for a period of not to exceed 120 days for
that season and each season thereafter until delivery of the
new vessel.
major research equipment
For necessary expenses of major construction projects
pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as
amended, including authorized travel, $121,600,000, to remain
available until expended.
education and human resources
For necessary expenses in carrying out science and
engineering education and human resources programs and
activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of
1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875), including services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, authorized travel, and rental of
conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $787,352,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That to
the extent that the amount of this appropriation is less than
the total amount authorized to be appropriated for included
program activities, all amounts, including floors and ceilings,
specified in the authorizing Act for those program activities
or their subactivities shall be reduced proportionally:
Provided further, That $10,000,000 shall be available for the
Office of Innovation Partnerships.
salaries and expenses
For salaries and expenses necessary in carrying out the
National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C.
1861-1875); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of
passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $9,000 for official
reception and representation expenses; uniforms or allowances
therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; rental of
conference rooms in the District of Columbia; reimbursement of
the General Services Administration for security guard
services; $160,890,000: Provided, That contracts may be entered
into under ``Salaries and expenses'' in fiscal year 2001 for
maintenance and operation of facilities, and for other
services, to be provided during the next fiscal year.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
$6,280,000, to remain available until September 30, 2002.
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
payment to the neighborhood reinvestment corporation
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized
by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C.
8101-8107), $90,000,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for a
homeownership program that is used in conjunction with section
8 assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937:
Provided, That of the amount made available, $2,500,000 shall
be for an endowment to establish the George Knight Scholarship
Fund for the Neighborhood Reinvestment Training Institute.
Selective Service System
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System,
including expenses of attendance at meetings and of training
for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Service
System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101-4118 for civilian
employees; and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and
representation expenses; $24,480,000: Provided, That during the
current fiscal year, the President may exempt this
appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever
he deems such action to be necessary in the interest of
national defense: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in connection
with the induction of any person into the Armed Forces of the
United States.
TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 401. Where appropriations in titles I, II, and III of
this Act are expendable for travel expenses and no specific
limitation has been placed thereon, the expenditures for such
travel expenses may not exceed the amounts set forth therefore
in the budget estimates submitted for the appropriations:
Provided, That this provision does not apply to accounts that
do not contain an object classification for travel: Provided
further, That this section shall not apply to travel performed
by uncompensated officials of local boards and appeal boards of
the Selective Service System; to travel performed directly in
connection with care and treatment of medical beneficiaries of
the Department of Veterans Affairs; to travel performed in
connection with major disasters or emergencies declared or
determined by the President under the provisions of the Robert
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; to
travel performed by the Offices of Inspector General in
connection with audits and investigations; or to payments to
interagency motor pools where separately set forth in the
budget schedules: Provided further, That if appropriations in
titles I, II, and III exceed the amounts set forth in budget
estimates initially submitted for such appropriations, the
expenditures for travel may correspondingly exceed the amounts
therefore set forth in the estimates in the same proportion.
Sec. 402. Appropriations and funds available for the
administrative expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development and the Selective Service System shall be available
in the current fiscal year for purchase of uniforms, or
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; hire
of passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109.
Sec. 403. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development subject to the Government Corporation Control Act
or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available,
without regard to the limitations on administrative expenses,
for legal services on a contract or fee basis, and for
utilizing and making payment for services and facilities of
Federal National Mortgage Association, Government National
Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation,
Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member
thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within
the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act,
as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1831).
Sec. 404. No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current
fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
Sec. 405. No funds appropriated by this Act may be
expended--
(1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or
employee of the United States unless--
(A) such certification is accompanied by,
or is part of, a voucher or abstract which
describes the payee or payees and the items or
services for which such expenditure is being
made; or
(B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to
such certification, and without such a voucher
or abstract, is specifically authorized by law;
and
(2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit by
the General Accounting Office or is specifically exempt
by law from such audit.
Sec. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act to any
department or agency may be expended for the transportation of
any officer or employee of such department or agency between
their domicile and their place of employment, with the
exception of any officer or employee authorized such
transportation under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or 5 U.S.C. 7905.
Sec. 407. None of the funds provided in this Act may be
used for payment, through grants or contracts, to recipients
that do not share in the cost of conducting research resulting
from proposals not specifically solicited by the Government:
Provided, That the extent of cost sharing by the recipient
shall reflect the mutuality of interest of the grantee or
contractor and the Government in the research.
Sec. 408. None of the funds in this Act may be used,
directly or through grants, to pay or to provide reimbursement
for payment of the salary of a consultant (whether retained by
the Federal Government or a grantee) at more than the daily
equivalent of the rate paid for level IV of the Executive
Schedule, unless specifically authorized by law.
Sec. 409. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be
used to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-
Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory
proceedings. Nothing herein affects the authority of the
Consumer Product Safety Commission pursuant to section 7 of the
Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2056 et seq.).
Sec. 410. Except as otherwise provided under existing law,
or under an existing Executive Order issued pursuant to an
existing law, the obligation or expenditure of any
appropriation under this Act for contracts for any consulting
service shall be limited to contracts which are: (1) a matter
of public record and available for public inspection; and (2)
thereafter included in a publicly available list of all
contracts entered into within 24 months prior to the date on
which the list is made available to the public and of all
contracts on which performance has not been completed by such
date. The list required by the preceding sentence shall be
updated quarterly and shall include a narrative description of
the work to be performed under each such contract.
Sec. 411. Except as otherwise provided by law, no part of
any appropriation contained in this Act shall be obligated or
expended by any executive agency, as referred to in the Office
of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), for
a contract for services unless such executive agency: (1) has
awarded and entered into such contract in full compliance with
such Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder; and (2)
requires any report prepared pursuant to such contract,
including plans, evaluations, studies, analyses and manuals,
and any report prepared by the agency which is substantially
derived from or substantially includes any report prepared
pursuant to such contract, to contain information concerning:
(A) the contract pursuant to which the report was prepared; and
(B) the contractor who prepared the report pursuant to such
contract.
Sec. 412. Except as otherwise provided in section 406, none
of the funds provided in this Act to any department or agency
shall be obligated or expended to provide a personal cook,
chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or
employee of such department or agency.
Sec. 413. None of the funds provided in this Act to any
department or agency shall be obligated or expended to procure
passenger automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C. 2001 with an EPA
estimated miles per gallon average of less than 22 miles per
gallon.
Sec. 414. None of the funds appropriated in title I of this
Act shall be used to enter into any new lease of real property
if the estimated annual rental is more than $300,000 unless the
Secretary submits, in writing, a report to the Committees on
Appropriations of the Congress and a period of 30 days has
expired following the date on which the report is received by
the Committees on Appropriations.
Sec. 415. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the
greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products
purchased with funds made available in this Act should be
American-made.
(b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into
any contract with, any entity using funds made available in
this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest
extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice
describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the
Congress.
Sec. 416. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be
used to implement any cap on reimbursements to grantees for
indirect costs, except as published in Office of Management and
Budget Circular A-21.
Sec. 417. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year
2001 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be
absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.
Sec. 418. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used for any program, project, or activity, when it is made
known to the Federal entity or official to which the funds are
made available that the program, project, or activity is not in
compliance with any Federal law relating to risk assessment,
the protection of private property rights, or unfunded
mandates.
Sec. 419. Corporations and agencies of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the
Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, are hereby
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of
funds and borrowing authority available to each such
corporation or agency and in accord with law, and to make such
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Act as may be
necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget
for 2001 for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter
provided: Provided, That collections of these corporations and
agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase
commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this
Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of
assistance provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts),
except that this proviso shall not apply to the mortgage
insurance or guaranty operations of these corporations, or
where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the
financial interest of the United States Government.
Sec. 420. Notwithstanding section 320(g) of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(g)), funds made
available pursuant to authorization under such section for
fiscal year 2001 may be used for implementing comprehensive
conservation and management plans.
Sec. 421. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
term ``qualified student loan'' with respect to national
service education awards shall mean any loan made directly to a
student by the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education, in
addition to other meanings under section 148(b)(7) of the
National and Community Service Act.
Sec. 422. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, no
part of any appropriation for the Department of Housing and
Urban Development shall be available for any activity in excess
of amounts set forth in the budget estimates submitted to the
Congress.
Sec. 423. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act shall be used to promulgate a final
regulation to implement changes in the payment of pesticide
tolerance processing fees as proposed at 64 Fed. Reg. 31040, or
any similar proposals. The Environmental Protection Agency may
proceed with the development of such a rule.
Sec. 424. Except in the case of entities that are funded
solely with Federal funds or any natural persons that are
funded under this Act, none of the funds in this Act shall be
used for the planning or execution of any program to pay the
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties to
lobby or litigate in respect to adjudicatory proceedings funded
in this Act. A chief executive officer of any entity receiving
funds under this Act shall certify that none of these funds
have been used to engage in the lobbying of the Federal
Government or in litigation against the United States unless
authorized under existing law.
Sec. 425. No part of any funds appropriated in this Act
shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, other than
for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships,
for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation,
distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication,
radio, television or film presentation designed to support or
defeat legislation pending before the Congress, except in
presentation to the Congress itself.
Sec. 426. None of the funds provided in title II for
technical assistance, training, or management improvements may
be obligated or expended unless HUD provides to the Committees
on Appropriations a description of each proposed activity and a
detailed budget estimate of the costs associated with each
activity as part of the Budget Justifications. For fiscal year
2001, HUD shall transmit this information to the Committees by
December 1, 2000, for 30 days of review.
Sec. 427. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used for the designation, or approval of the designation, of
any area as an ozone nonattainment area under the Clean Air Act
pursuant to the 8-hour national ambient air quality standard
for ozone that was promulgated by the Environmental Protection
Agency on July 18, 1997 (62 Fed. Reg. 38,356, p. 38855) and
remanded by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals on May
14, 1999, in the case, American Trucking Ass'ns. v. EPA (No.
97-1440, 1999 Westlaw 300618) prior to June 15, 2001 or final
adjudication of this case by the Supreme Court of the United
States, whichever occurs first.
Sec. 428. Section 432 of Public Law 104-204 (110 Stat.
2874) is amended--
(a) in subsection (c) by inserting ``or to
restructure and improve the efficiency of the
workforce'' after ``the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration'' and before ``the Administrator'';
(b) by deleting paragraph (4) of subsection (h) and
inserting in lieu thereof--
``(4) The provisions of subsections (1) and
(3) of this section may be waived upon a
determination by the Administrator that use of
the incentive satisfactorily demonstrates
downsizing or other restructuring within the
Agency that would improve the efficiency of
agency operations or contribute directly to
evolving mission requirements.''
(c) by deleting subsection (i) and inserting in
lieu thereof--
``(i) Reports.--The Administrator shall submit a report on
NASA's restructuring activities to the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate not later than
September 30, 2001. This report shall include--
``(1) an outline of a timetable for restructuring
the workforce at NASA Headquarters and field Centers;
``(2) annual Full Time Equivalent (FTE) targets by
broad occupational categories and a summary of how
these targets reflect the respective missions of
Headquarters and the field Centers;
``(3) a description of personnel initiatives, such
as relocation assistance, early retirement incentives,
and career transition assistance, which NASA will use
to achieve personnel reductions or to rebalance the
workforce; and
``(4) a description of efficiencies in operations
achieved through the use of the voluntary separation
incentive.''; and
(d) in subsection (j), by deleting ``September 30, 2000''
and inserting in lieu thereof ``September 30, 2002''.
Sec. 429. Section 70113(f) of title 49, United States Code,
is amended by striking ``December 31, 2000'', and inserting
``December 31, 2001''.
Sec. 430. All Departments and agencies funded under this
Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing statutory
authorities and funding, to expand their use of ``E-Commerce''
technologies and procedures in the conduct of their business
practices and public service activities.
Sec. 431. Title III of the National Aeronautics and Space
Act of 1958, Public Law 85-568, is amended by adding the
following new section at the end:
``Sec. 312. (a) Appropriations for the Administration for
fiscal year 2002 and thereafter shall be made in three
accounts, `Human space flight', `Science, aeronautics and
technology', and an account for amounts appropriated for the
necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General.
Appropriations shall remain available for 2 fiscal years. Each
account shall include the planned full costs of the
Administration's related activities.
``(b) To ensure the safe, timely, and successful
accomplishment of Administration missions, the Administration
may transfer amounts for Federal salaries and benefits;
training, travel and awards; facility and related costs;
information technology services; publishing services; science,
engineering, fabricating and testing services; and other
administrative services among accounts, as necessary.
``(c) The Administrator, in consultation with the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget, shall determine what
balances from the `Mission support' account are to be
transferred to the `Human space flight' and `Science,
aeronautics and technology' accounts. Such balances shall be
transferred and merged with the `Human space flight' and
`Science, aeronautics and technology' accounts, and remain
available for the period of which originally appropriated.''.
TITLE V--FILIPINO VETERANS' BENEFITS IMPROVEMENTS
Sec. 501. (a) Rate of Compensation Payments for Filipino
Veterans Residing in the United States.--(1) Section 107 of
title 38, United States Code, is amended--
(A) by striking ``Payments'' in the second sentence
of subsection (a) and inserting ``Except as provided in
subsection (c), payments''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(c) In the case of benefits under subchapters II and IV
of chapter 11 of this title paid by reason of service described
in subsection (a) to an individual residing in the United
States who is a citizen of, or an alien lawfully admitted for
permanent residence in, the United States, the second sentence
of subsection (a) shall not apply.''.
(2) The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect
on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to
benefits paid for months beginning on or after that date.
(b) Eligibility for Health Care of Disabled Filipino
Veterans Residing in the United States.--Section 1734 of such
title is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``The Secretary,'';
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) An individual who is in receipt of benefits under
subchapter II or IV of chapter 11 of this title paid by reason
of service described in section 107(a) of this title who is
residing in the United States and who is a citizen of, or an
alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in, the United
States shall be eligible for hospital and nursing home care and
medical services in the same manner as a veteran, and the
disease or disability for which such benefits are paid shall be
considered to be a service-connected disability for purposes of
this chapter.''.
(c) Health Care for Veterans Residing in the Philippines.--
Section 1724 of such title is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
``(e) Within the limits of an outpatient clinic in the
Republic of the Philippines that is under the direct
jurisdiction of the Secretary, the Secretary may furnish a
veteran who has a service-connected disability with such
medical services as the Secretary determines to be needed.''.
TITLE VI--DEBT REDUCTION
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Bureau of the Public Debt
gifts to the united states for reduction of the public debt
For deposit of an additional amount for fiscal year 2001
into the account established under section 3113(d) of title 31,
United States Code, to reduce the public debt,
$5,172,730,916.14.
Titles I-VI of this Act may be cited as the ``Departments
of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001''.
DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Following is explanatory language on H.R. 5482, as
introduced on October 18, 2000.
The conferees on H.R. 4635 agree with the matter included
in H.R. 5482 and enacted in this conference report by reference
and the following description of it. This bill was developed
through negotiations by the conferees on the differences in the
House and Senate versions of H.R. 4635. References in the
following description to the ``conference agreement'' mean the
matter included in the introduced bill enacted by this
conference report. References to the House bill mean the House
passed version of H.R. 4635. References to the Senate bill or
Senate reported bill mean the Senate reported version of H.R.
4635, not the Senate passed version of H.R. 4635, unless
otherwise stated.
The language and allocations set forth in House Report
106-674 and Senate Report 106-410 should be complied with
unless specifically addressed to the contrary in the conference
report and statement of the managers. Report language included
by the House which is not changed by the report of the Senate
or the conference, and Senate report language which is not
changed by the conference is approved by the committee of
conference. The statement of the managers, while repeating some
report language for emphasis, does not intend to negate the
language referred to above unless expressly provided herein. In
cases in which the House or Senate have directed the submission
of a report, such report is to be submitted to both House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations.
Unless specifically addressed in this report, the
conferees agree to retain the reprogramming thresholds for each
department or agency at the level established by the fiscal
year 2000 conference agreement.
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
veterans benefits administration
readjustment benefits
Appropriates the budget request of $1,634,000,000 as
proposed by the Senate instead of $1,664,000,000 as proposed by
the House. The conferees retain bill language as proposed by
the Senate ensuring that all administrative services are
charged to the general operating expenses appropriation.
veterans housing benefit program fund program account
(including transfer of funds)
Appropriates $162,000,000 as proposed by the Senate
instead of $161,484,000 as proposed by the House.
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
medical care
(including transfer of funds)
Retains the transfer of $28,134,000 as proposed by the
House instead of $27,907,000 as proposed by the Senate from
medical care to the general operating expenses appropriation
for expenses of the Office of Resolution Management and the
Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication.
Retains bill language delaying the availability of
$900,000,000 for equipment and land and structures until August
1, 2001 and remaining available until September 30, 2002 as
proposed by the Senate instead of $927,000,000 as proposed by
the House.
Retains bill language making $500,000,000 available until
September 30, 2002 as proposed by the Senate instead of
$900,000,000 as proposed by the House.
Deletes bill language limiting $3,000,000,000 for
maintenance and operations expenses. The conferees strongly
support the redirection of medical resources from the
maintenance and operations of unneeded buildings to support
direct patient care. The conferees understand that for fiscal
year 2001 VA is anticipating spending less than $3,000,000,000
in this area. The conferees direct that VA carefully monitor
maintenance and operation expenditures and that significant
efforts to reduce those expenditures be undertaken prior to and
in conjunction with full CARES evaluation and implementation
over the next several years. A report that identifies these
fiscal year 2001 costs by network and the efforts to reduce
these costs this year should be submitted by March 31, 2001.
Retains bill language proposed by the House prohibiting
the transfer of medical care funds to the Department of Justice
for the purpose of pursuing tobacco litigation.
The conferees direct the Department to submit one report
within four months of enactment of this Act addressing the
concerns regarding hepatitis C expenditures, testing and
treatment contained in House Report 106-674 and Senate Report
106-410.
The House report contained language directing the VA to
reimburse hepatitis C treatment as a complex care component
starting in fiscal year 2001. The conferees recognize VA for
releasing $20,000,000 from the National Reserve in June 2000 to
address the growing need for treatment and the geographic
differences in prevalence of the disease. The conferees also
note the action by the Department in August 2000 to amend the
VERA policy to reimburse hepatitis C treatment as a complex
care component effective fiscal year 2001. The conferees direct
the Department to continue adjusting testing and treatment
funds as more is learned about the prevalence of the disease
and keep the Committees on Appropriations informed about
funding levels and decisions.
The conferees urge the Department to establish up to five
centers of excellence for motor-neuron diseases such as
Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis.
The conferees urge the implementation of the telemedicine
project in Huntsville, Alabama.
The conferees direct that the Department include in the
fiscal year 2002 budget justification estimates for all
national programs, projects and initiatives totaling $5,000,000
or more. The conferees further direct that the Department
include in the fiscal year 2001 operating plan its efforts to
implement management efficiencies, including instituting best
practices on a national basis.
The conferees direct the Department to continue the
demonstration project involving the Clarksburg VAMC and the
Ruby Memorial Hospital at West Virginia University.
The conferees direct that of the amounts provided, not to
exceed $250,000 may be used to host The Sixth International
Paralympic Committee Scientific Congress on ``Sport and Human
Performance Beyond Disability.'' The conferees believe this
conference is within the mission of VA considering the
Department's current programs, which support disabled athletes.
The conferees support the expansion of the Joslin Vision
Network to additional pilot sites in fiscal year 2001.
Estimated costs for fiscal year 2001 are $5,000,000.
The conferees encourage VA to initiate a national
demonstration project of excellence in the care of aging
veterans with rehabilitative needs involving a collaborative
effort between the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
Emory Healthcare, and its affiliated network of community-based
services, Atlanta Senior Care.
The conferees are aware that the VA undertakes numerous
pilot projects in hospitals and VISNs across the country in
hopes of providing better access to medical care more
efficiently to our nation's veterans. The conferees trust that
the Department's leadership carefully reviews the costs and
benefits of pilot projects to determine the project's
feasibility and value for standard operation prior to inclusion
in the Department's budget justification. No funds may be
obligated for new pilot projects authorized by law in fiscal
year 2001 exceeding $10,000,000 in cost until a reprogramming
request is submitted by the Department and approved by the
Committees on Appropriations.
The conferees are concerned with the issues raised in the
GAO report ``Disabled Veterans' Care, Better Data and More
Accountability Needed to Adequately Assess Care'' regarding
VA's ability to measure compliance with maintaining a certain
level of care for special disability programs such as spinal
cord injury and mental illness. The conferees urge the VA to
re-examine GAO's recommendation to establish a work group to
monitor these programs. In addition, the conferees direct VA to
develop outcome measures applicable to each VISN to evaluate
the Department's performance in these areas.
medical and prosthetic research
Appropriates $351,000,000 for medical and prosthetic
research as proposed by the House instead of $321,000,000 as
proposed by the Senate.
The conferees are aware of the impact that drug addiction
has on the veterans population and are pleased with the VA's
leadership role in pursuing and developing new treatments for
addiction. The conferees strongly encourage the VA to increase
its support for addiction research efforts in this area, and
note that an effective research program must include large
clinical trials, as well as, biochemical and neuro-
pharmacological basic research.
The conferees are encouraged by the progress made by the
VA and the National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC) during
the past year in identifying promising VA technological
advances that offer the potential for commercial applications.
The conferees direct that this partnership should be continued
at the current level of effort and that a targeted partnership
identification process is essential to the successful marketing
and licensing process.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
general operating expenses
Appropriates $1,050,000,000 for general operating
expenses as proposed by the Senate instead of $1,006,000,000 as
proposed by the House. Retains bill language proposed by the
Senate making $45,000,000 available until September 30, 2002,
instead of $50,050,000 as proposed by the House.
Deletes without prejudice the provision proposed by the
House regarding transfers. The conferees have no objection to
fund transfers authorized by law.
Retains bill language as proposed by the Senate allowing
administrative services provided for rehabilitation services to
be charged to the general operating expenses account.
The conferees direct that of the amount provided,
$826,488,000 is for the Veterans Benefits Administration.
Funding priority should be given to hiring additional FTEs for
improving claims processing time and accuracy.
The conferees are aware that there is a pressing need for
renovating the Lafayette Building at 811 Vermont Avenue to the
benefit of both the VA and the Export-Import Bank. The House
report included language requesting a feasibility study to be
conducted on the potential utilization of enhanced-use leasing
authority by the VA as a means of renovating the Lafayette
Building. In lieu of the feasibility study recommended by the
House, the conferees direct the General Services Administration
to work with the VA and the Export-Import Bank on an expedited
basis to develop a renovation plan considering all alternatives
authorized by law for the Lafayette Building which would ensure
the continued ability of both agencies to collocate in the
building and submit a joint report to the Committee by June 1,
2001.
The conferees have provided funds for the coreFLS and HR
LINK$ projects and expects VA to implement these initiatives as
top priorities. The conferees direct VA to submit a report by
December 1, 2000 on the milestones and funding commitments for
the projects through fiscal year 2002.
national cemetery administration
(including transfer of funds)
Appropriates $109,889,000 for the National Cemetery
Administration as proposed by the Senate instead of
$106,889,000 as proposed by the House.
Retains House language transferring not to exceed
$125,000 from the national cemetery administration
appropriation to the general operating expenses appropriation
for expenses of the Office of Resolution Management and the
Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication
instead of $117,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Retains language proposed by the House and stricken by
the Senate providing a travel limitation of $1,125,000 for the
National Cemetery Administration.
The conferees are aware of the provision in the Veterans
Millennium Heath Care and Benefits Act (P.L. 106-117) requiring
VA to conduct a national cemetery needs survey. The conferees
direct the National Cemetery Administration to complete this
survey expeditiously and include in a report to the Committees
on Appropriations the geographic areas in need of a cemetery
within 75 miles of veterans populations, when the currently-
available cemeteries will close, and a priority ranking for
establishing new cemeteries. The survey should include the
Albuquerque area of New Mexico.
office of inspector general
(including transfer of funds)
Retains House language transferring not to exceed $28,000
from the Office of Inspector General appropriation to the
general operating expenses appropriation for expenses of the
Office of Resolution Management and the Office of Employment
Discrimination Complaint Adjudication instead of $30,000 as
proposed by the Senate.
construction, major projects
Appropriates $66,040,000 for construction, major projects
instead of $62,140,000 as proposed by the House and $48,540,000
as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes the following changes
from the budget estimate:
+$1,000,000 for advanced planning of a national
cemetery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
+$2,500,000 for advanced planning of a national
cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia.
+$15,000,000 for land acquisition for a national
cemetery in South Florida.
+$12,000,000 for cemetery construction in Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma.
+$1,000,000 for design of a nursing home at the
Beckley, West Virginia VAMC.
-$26,600,000 from Palo Alto NHCU.
-$0 for the medical design fund.
+$1,400,000 for National Cemetery Administration
advance planning.
-$1,735,000 from the working reserve.
The conferees encourage the Department to begin planning
efforts for a national cemetery in New Mexico.
construction, minor projects
Appropriates $162,000,000 for construction, minor
projects as proposed by the Senate instead of $100,000,000 as
proposed by the House.
The conferees reiterate the expectation that VA will
review and approve all minor construction projects in a manner
that is consistent with the process applied by the Capital
Investment Board which reviews major projects, and consistent
with the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services
(CARES) initiative. A central office work group, consisting of
both VHA and other Department officials, is to review all minor
projects using criteria consistent with those developed for
CARES. If the total costs of projects being initiated at any
facility or integrated health care system exceeds $4,000,000,
the recommendations of the work group must be approved by the
Deputy Secretary.
The conferees urge the Department to give highest
priority to projects improving female patient privacy in VA
health facilities.
The conferees recommend $150,000 for construction of a
sunscreen structure for the National Memorial Cemetery of the
Pacific.
parking revolving fund
Retains language proposed by the Senate permitting
operation and maintenance costs of parking facilities to be
funded from the medical care appropriation.
grants for construction of state extended care facilities
Appropriates $100,000,000 for grants for construction of
state extended care facilities as proposed by the Senate
instead of $90,000,000 as proposed by the House.
The conferees note that the VA has not yet promulgated
regulations for the state grant program as directed in the
Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act (P.L. 106-
117). Until those regulations are issued, many state and local
governments which seek to obtain these grants are severely
disadvantaged by the lack of criteria available to determine
eligibility. The conferees direct the VA to move expeditiously
to issue the regulations mandated by P.L. 106-117.
grants for the construction of state veterans cemeteries
The conferees encourage the Department to work with
California as the state applies for a state cemetery grant.
administrative provisions
Retains language proposed by the Senate requiring
receipts collected under the Veterans Millennium Health Care
and Benefits Act (P.L. 106-117) to be maintained in the
collections fund subject to appropriation.
Retains language proposed by the House extending the
availability of previously appropriated funds for artificial
neural networks research with the Department of Defense until
September 30, 2003.
Retains language proposed by the House transferring funds
from the Office of Inspector General ($78,000), national
cemetery administration ($358,000), medical care ($1,106,000),
and medical administration and miscellaneous operating expenses
($84,000) accounts, and reprogrammed within the general
operating expenses account ($38,000) to general operating
expenses for HR LINK$ services.
Retains language proposed by the House transferring
$1,600,000 from medical care to general operating expenses for
general counsel services.
Deletes language proposed by the House directing Capital
Investment Board pre-approval for large procurement actions and
a report on the establishment of mental illness, education and
clinical centers.
Retains language proposed by the Senate transferring up
to $1,200,000 from medical care to general operating expenses
for Hines Data Center services.
Retains language proposed by the Senate transferring up
to $4,500,000 from minor construction and up to $2,000,000 from
medical care to the parking revolving fund for surface parking
lot projects.
Retains language proposed by the Senate establishing a
60-day wait period for any action related to VISN 12
realignment after the Secretary makes a recommendation and
consults all pertinent stakeholders.
TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Appropriates $13,940,907,000 for the housing certificate
fund, instead of $13,275,388,000 as proposed by the House and
$13,171,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference
agreement includes:
$12,972,000,000 for expiring section 8 housing
assistance contracts, section 8 amendments, and
contracts entered into pursuant to section 441 of the
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act;
$452,907,000 to provide 79,000 ``incremental''
section 8 housing assistance vouchers, to increase the
number of low-income individuals and families receiving
assistance. The conferees note that HUD took more than
12 months awarding new vouchers despite the fact that a
formula dictates their distribution. The delay can be
attributed, in large part, to including the voucher
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) with the ``Super
NOFA,'' which is rarely published until March--six
months into the fiscal year. HUD is encouraged to issue
the NOFA earlier, so that vouchers can be awarded
within eight months of enactment of this appropriations
measure. The Committees will be following HUD's
progress making these awards, and will act
appropriately if the funds are not awarded with
alacrity.
$40,000,000 to provide section 8 housing vouchers
to non-elderly, disabled residents who are affected by
the designation of public and assisted housing as
``elderly-only'' developments as proposed by the Senate
instead of $25,000,000 as proposed by the House;
$192,000,000 is for section 8 contract
administrators as proposed by the House. The Senate did
not provide a specific appropriation for this activity;
and
$266,000,000 is for tenant protection vouchers,
including for relocating residents impacted by a HOPE
VI project.
Deletes language proposed by the House providing
$37,000,000 for Shelter Plus Care renewals. A new account
called ``Shelter Plus Care'' was created for this purpose.
Deletes language proposed by the House providing
$66,000,000 for low-income tax credit vouchers. The Senate did
not include a similar provision.
Deletes language proposed by the House providing $660,000
for systems needed to monitor PHAs that increase the payment
standard of vouchers. The Senate did not include a similar
provision.
Includes language proposed by the House transferring
$11,000,000 to the Working Capital Fund for developing and
maintaining information technology systems. The Senate did not
include a similar provision.
Includes language proposed by the House to cancel
obligated balances of terminated contract authority. The Senate
did not include a similar provision.
Deletes language proposed by the Senate providing that
funds for administrative fees may be used to cover costs of
administering section 8 programs. The House did not include a
similar provision.
Inserts new language appropriating $7,000,000 to complete
the funding required for the Jobs-Plus Demonstration program.
Rescinds $1,833,000,000 in excess section 8 recaptures.
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Appropriates $3,000,000,000 for the public housing
capital fund instead of $2,955,000,000 as proposed by the
Senate and $2,800,000,000 as proposed by the House. Like last
year, the conferees recommend increasing this account above the
request, and above levels provided in the House and Senate
bills, recognizing the serious unmet needs for capital
improvements to the nation's public housing.
Transfers $43,000,000 from this account to the Working
Capital Fund for the development and maintenance of information
technology systems.
Recognizing that public housing for the elderly serves
the poorest, the most racially and ethnically diverse, the
oldest, and the largest number of seniors of the assisted
housing programs, the conferees reiterate the House report
regarding the potential importance of the Elderly Plus
demonstration which proposes to retrofit these buildings.
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND
Appropriates $3,242,000,000 for the public housing
operating fund instead of $3,139,000,000 as proposed by the
House and $3,192,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Like the
increase to the public housing capital fund, this increase
reflects the conferees' commitment to providing adequate
resources to public housing--in this case for basic costs like
water, gas and electric utilities, security, and routine
maintenance.
The conferees remain troubled by the Department's
implementation of the ``Public Housing Assessment System''
(PHAS). The system has had problems with the reliability of the
inspections, the training and skills of some contract
inspectors, and the effectiveness of quality assurance
measures. Accordingly, the conferees direct HUD to continue to
assess the accuracy and effectiveness of the PHAS system and to
take whatever remedial steps may be needed, including
implementing the recommendations made by GAO in its July 2000
report. Specifically, the conferees direct HUD to revise its
April 2000 quality assurance plan to ensure that quality
assurance activities it contains will provide HUD with the
information it needs to evaluate (1) inspection contractors'
compliance with provisions in their contracts and quality
control program, (2) inspectors' performance in applying HUD's
inspection protocol, (3) the accuracy of the inspections and
resulting scores, and (4) the performance of the program as
indicated by the precision and replicability of the inspection
protocol. Further, the conferees direct HUD to perform a
statistically valid test of PHAS, conduct a thorough analysis
of the results, and have the methodology and results reviewed
by an independent expert. The Department should provide a
report to the Committees on Appropriations by March 1, 2001,
that describes the results of these reviews and the steps taken
to improve the accuracy and reliability of PHAS. In the
interim, HUD should not take any adverse actions against
housing authorities solely on the basis of PHAS scores.
DRUG ELIMINATION GRANTS FOR LOW--INCOME HOUSING
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Appropriates $310,000,000 for drug elimination grants as
proposed by the Senate instead of $300,000,000 as proposed by
the House.
Includes $20,000,000 for the New Approach Anti-Drug
program as proposed by the Senate instead of no funding as
proposed by the House.
Includes $3,000,000 for technical assistance grants
instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the House and Senate. This
account was reduced from the requested level of $10,000,000,
and the House and Senate proposed levels of $5,000,000. The
conferees are displeased about HUD's refusal to provide
information in a timely way about the amount of funds expended
and/or obligated on HUD's gun buy-back program--an unauthorized
activity according to a legal opinion by the Comptroller
General of the United States. Even if HUD's attorneys interpret
existing legal authority differently from the Comptroller
General, refusing to provide information to the Committees,
especially about matters clearly within their purview, is
unacceptable and will be dealt with accordingly.
Includes $2,000,000 for the Boys and Girls Clubs of
America for operating expenses and start up costs of clubs
operating in or near public housing, or in housing assisted
under the Native American housing block grant program.
REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING
(HOPE VI)
Appropriates $575,000,000 for the revitalization of
severely distressed public housing program as proposed by the
Senate instead of $565,000,000 as proposed by the House.
Recognizing the importance of affordable basic financial
services in low-income neighborhoods, the conferees urge
grantees to encourage and facilitate the establishment of
community credit unions as part of HOPE VI housing
revitalization projects. The conferees further direct HUD to
provide technical assistance in meeting this goal, working in
cooperation with appropriate staff of the National Credit Union
Administration (NCUA).
The conferees commend HUD's decision to continue support
for the Campus Affiliates Program, a unique partnership of HUD,
the Housing Authority of New Orleans, higher education, and the
private sector. This program has begun to meet the needs of
public housing residents in New Orleans by providing assistance
and activities that foster self-sufficiency. The conferees
expect HUD to continue to participate in this activity.
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Appropriates $650,000,000 for Native American Housing
Block Grants as proposed by the Senate instead of $620,000,000
as proposed by the House.
Appropriates $6,000,000 for technical assistance grants
as proposed by the House instead of $4,000,000 as proposed by
the Senate. The conferees agree not to provide $2,000,000 to
the National American Indian Housing Council (NAIHC) as
proposed by the House or $4,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Transfers $2,000,000 to the Working Capital Fund for the
development and maintenance of information technology systems
as proposed by the House. Similar language was not included by
the Senate.
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Historically, Native Americans have had limited access to
private mortgage capital because much of the land in Indian
country is held in trust by the Federal government. As such,
the land cannot be encumbered or alienated. The Indian Home
Loan Guarantee Program was created to address the lack of
mortgage capital by authorizing HUD to guarantee loans made by
private lenders. Getting a loan, however, depends on the
borrower securing a leasehold on tribally-held lands. This
leasehold, which is used as security for the mortgage, can only
be obtained after the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) conducts a
title status report (TSR). HUD cannot endorse the guarantee
until a final TSR is completed and is part of the financial
package.
Fortunately, HUD and BIA have made considerable progress
making their program requirements more compatible with one
another; however, if the loan guarantee program is to be used
to its greatest potential, additional progress needs to be
made, especially on the length of time it takes to complete a
TSR. HUD and BIA should continue their dialogue on removing any
impediments to this process.
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS
Appropriates $258,000,000 for housing opportunities for
persons with AIDS instead of $250,000,000 as proposed by the
House and $232,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of the
amount, one percent is appropriated for technical assistance as
proposed by the House instead of .75 percent as proposed by the
Senate.
Includes language that requires HUD to renew all expiring
HOPWA contracts funded under the non-formula component of the
HOPWA program so long as the project meets all other program
requirements. The conferees believe that it is critical to
maintain the federal investment in existing projects to the
maximum extent feasible.
RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Appropriates $25,000,000 for rural housing and economic
development instead of $27,000,000 as proposed by the Senate,
and $20,000,000 as proposed by the House.
AMERICA'S PRIVATE INVESTMENT COMPANIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT
The conferees are aware that the President and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives have agreed to a
framework for a ``New Markets Initiative'' that includes
providing $37,000,000 in credit subsidy for APIC. As part of
this conference agreement, the conferees agree, when the
initiative is enacted, to provide these funds through a
supplemental appropriation measure, or through another
appropriate vehicle.
EMPOWERMENT ZONES/ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES
Inserts new language providing $75,000,000 for grants to
urban empowerment zones to be used in conjunction with economic
development activities detailed in the strategic plans of each
empowerment zone. Neither the House nor the Senate included a
similar provision.
Inserts new language providing $15,000,000 to the
Secretary of Agriculture for grants to designated empowerment
zones. Neither the House nor the Senate included a similar
provision.
As with APIC, the conferees agree to provide an
additional $110,000,000 for EZ/ECs when the New Markets
Initiative is enacted.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Appropriates $5,057,550,000 for the community development
fund instead of $4,505,000,000 as proposed by the House and
$4,800,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Inserts language proposed by the House creating the
Community Development Fund (CDF) and identifying the various
set-asides in the account. The conferees agree to the following
earmarks;
$4,409,000,000 for formula grants under the community
development block grant program;
$71,000,000 for grants to Indian tribes instead of
$67,000,000 as proposed by the House and Senate;
$45,500,000 for section 107 grants. The House provided
$39,500,000 for section 107 grants and the Senate provided
$41,500,000 for section 107 grants. The conference agreement
provides the following earmarks within section 107:
$3,000,000 is for community development work study;
$10,000,000 is for historically black colleges and
universities;
$8,000,000 is for the Community Outreach
Partnerships program;
$7,000,000 is for insular areas;
$3,000,000 for tribal colleges and universities;
$3,000,000 for Alaska Native-Serving Institutions
and native Hawaiian-serving institutions;
$6,500,000 is for Hispanic-Serving Institutions;
and
$5,000,000 is for management information systems;
$2,600,000 for the National American Indian Housing
Council instead of $3,000,000 as proposed by the House and
$2,200,000 as proposed by the Senate;
$10,000,000 for the National Housing Development
Corporation (NHDC), for continuation of its program of
acquisition, rehabilitation, and preservation of at-risk
affordable housing. The conferees direct NHDC to establish
benchmarks for performance (addressing matters such as the
amount of capital and loan funds raised, the degree to which
federal investment is leveraged through non-federal sources,
and the number of units of housing acquired and transferred to
new owners who will continue and protect the housing's
affordability for low-income residents), and to report to the
Committees on Appropriations regarding performance and progress
in meeting those benchmarks;
$28,450,000 for the Capacity Building for Community
Development and Affordable Housing program, authorized by
section 4 of P.L. 103-120, as in effect before June 12, 1997,
instead of $23,450,000 proposed by the House and $25,000,000
proposed by the Senate. Of the amount provided, at least
$5,000,000 shall be for capacity building activities in rural
areas as proposed by the Senate instead of $4,000,000 as
proposed by the House. Additionally, $3,450,000 is for Habitat
for Humanity International as proposed by the House. The Senate
did not provide funds for this program;
$60,000,000 for Youthbuild as proposed by the Senate
instead of $45,000,000 as proposed by the House. This amount
includes $4,000,000 for capacity building activities and
$10,000,000 for underserved and rural areas as proposed by the
Senate. The House did not include similar language;
$20,000,000 for grants to eligible grantees under section
11 of the Self-Help Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act
of 1996, as proposed by the House. The Senate did not include
funds for this item;
$44,000,000 for the Neighborhood Initiatives program
instead of $10,000,000 as proposed by the House and no funding
as proposed by the Senate, of which:
$5,000,000 is for the Institute for Software Research for
construction related to a high-technology diversification
initiative;
$10,000,000 is for the City of Syracuse for the
Neighborhood Initiative Program;
$2,000,000 is for the Louisville Community Development
Bank for the Louisville Neighborhood Initiative;
$5,000,000 to the Vandalia Heritage Foundation, Inc. for
community and neighborhood revitalization and economic
diversification initiatives;
$2,500,000 for the Omaha Housing Initiative to create
affordable housing and encourage homeownership in Omaha,
Nebraska;
$2,000,000 for the Community Development Corporation of
Kansas City and Health Midwest Partners for Change in Kansas
City, Missouri for the revitalization initiative on the
northwest corner of 63rd Street and Prospect Avenue;
$2,850,000 for the Missouri Botanical Gardens in St.
Louis, Missouri for development and revitalization activities
associated with McRee Town;
$2,500,000 for Downtown Now for revitalization efforts of
the Old Post Office District in St. Louis Missouri;
$2,000,000 for the Kansas City Neighborhood Alliance in
Kansas City, Missouri for the Neighborhood Preservation
Initiative in the Blue Hills and Vineyard neighborhoods;
$1,500,000 for the City of South Bend, Indiana for the
redevelopment of the Studebaker Corridor;
$1,500,000 for the Midtown Development Corporation in
Kansas City, Missouri for the redevelopment of the Mount
Cleveland Community;
$850,000 for the City of Spartanburg, South Carolina for
Arkwright/Forest Park revitalization;
$300,000 for the City of Beloit, Wisconsin for the Beloit
urban renewal project;
$500,000 for the City of Waterloo, Iowa for the
redevelopment of blighted portions of the downtown area;
$500,000 for Patterson Park Development Corporation for
the purchase and rehabilitation of homes in the Patterson Park
neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland;
$1,000,000 for the City of Des Moines, Iowa for planning
of the redevelopment of the Riverpoint area;
$1,200,000 for City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin for
revitalization of the Menomonee Valley industrial area;
$500,000 for the City of Woodbury, New Jersey for
downtown economic development activities;
$1,000,000 for the City of Wildwood, New Jersey for
revitalization of the Pacific Avenue Business District;
$500,000 for the City of Gardena, California for planning
of downtown redevelopment;
$300,000 for the City of Chicago, Illinois for the South
Chicago Housing Initiative;
$500,000 for the city of Detroit, Michigan for the
Detroit River Promenade Project.
$29,000,000 is appropriated separately for credit subsidy
for section 108 loan guarantees as proposed by the Senate
instead of $28,000,000 as proposed by the House. Limits loan
guarantees to $1,261,000,000 as proposed by the Senate instead
of $1,217,000,000 as proposed by the House;
$2,000,000 is for the Utah Housing Finance Agency for
temporary housing necessary for the 2002 Olympic Games to be
held in Salt Lake City, Utah, as proposed by the Senate. The
House did not have similar language;
$15,000,000 is to be transferred to the Working Capital
Fund for the development of information technology systems;
$292,000,000 for economic development initiatives. The
targeted grants shall be made as follows:
$500,000 for The Palace Theater for its renovation in
Manchester, New Hampshire;
$300,000 for the Manchester Historic Association for the
restoration of the Millyard Museum in Manchester, New
Hampshire;
$700,000 for Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon
for construction and program activities at Bicentennial Hall in
Portland, Oregon;
$1,000,000 for the Omaha Housing Initiative to create
affordable housing and encourage homeownership in Omaha,
Nebraska;
$1,000,000 for the LOVE Social Services Center in
Fairbanks, Alaska for a facility to serve disadvantaged youth
and provide other services;
$250,000 for the Portland Oregon Visitors Association for
the Pioneer Courthouse Square Lobby Renovation project in
Portland, Oregon;
$250,000 for Portland State University for the Portland
State Engineering Building and Central City Streetcar;
$1,100,000 for the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois for
the development of the ``Sue'' exhibit, a showcase of a 67
million-year-old T-Rex;
$1,000,000 for the Community Action Agency of Southern
New Mexico, Inc., for construction of a regional food bank and
supporting offices;
$700,000 for the City of Santa Fe, New Mexico, to
construct a permanent site for the Santa Fe Area Farmers Market
at the historic Santa Fe rail yard;
$250,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Las Cruces, New
Mexico to upgrade existing facilities;
$500,000 for Tatum, New Mexico to replace its community
center;
$150,000 for the Bataan Death March Memorial renovations
in Las Cruces, New Mexico;
$1,000,000 for Granite Falls, Minnesota to aid in
recovery efforts from a tornado and severe thunder storms;
$1,020,000 for the University of Idaho for the
construction of the Center for Science and Technology in Idaho
Falls, Idaho;
$200,000 for Elmore County, Idaho for meeting water
system needs in the town of Atlanta;
$1,000,000 for the City of Salmon, Idaho for land
acquisition, construction, and alteration for the Sacajawea
Interpretive, Cultural, and Education Center;
$500,000 for the Clearwater Economic Development
Association in Northern Idaho, for implementation of the Lewis
and Clark Bicentennial Plan;
$500,000 for Lewis-Clark State College for start-up
activities associated with the Idaho Virtual Incubator;
$1,200,000 for MSU-Billings for the acquisition of a
College of Business facility to house economic development
activities;
$1,000,000 for Billings, Montana for the completion of
the Billings depot project;
$100,000 for Miles Community College in Miles City,
Montana for a feasibility study regarding the conveyance of a
VA medical facility;
$500,000 for the Jefferson County Local Development
Corporation in Whitehall, Montana for economic development
activities;
$350,000 for the Human Resources Development Council in
Bozeman, Montana for the restoration of a historic property for
community services offices;
$300,000 for the City of Columbia Falls, Montana for the
restructuring of the Old Main Veterans Facility;
$1,500,000 for the City of Memphis for the construction
of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis,
Tennessee;
$500,000 for the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee,
Department of Parks Recreation, Arts, and Culture for
revitalization efforts in Alton Park;
$700,000 for Winston-Salem-Forsyth County, North Carolina
for the development of the Science Center and Environment Park
of Forsyth County, North Carolina;
$700,000 for the redevelopment of Midwest City, Oklahoma
from damage from a tornado;
$250,000 for the Allen County Historical Society for the
redevelopment of the Funston Museum complex in Iola, Allen
County, Kansas;
$1,000,000 for the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries for
the purchase and renovation of a building;
$500,000 for Northern Initiatives to capitalize an Upper
Peninsula Michigan Equity Fund to assist in the development of
small businesses;
$250,000 for the City of Jackson, Michigan for downtown
redevelopment;
$250,000 for William Tyndale College in Tyndale, Michigan
for a learning resource center;
$500,000 for the University of Utah for the planning and
design of the Museum of Science and Nature;
$700,000 for the Covenant House Michigan for the
construction costs of a permanent Rights of Passage facility;
$1,000,000 for West Valley City, Utah for the
construction of the West Valley City Multi-Cultural Community
Center.
$500,000 for the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation for an
interactive learning center in Powell, Wyoming;
$500,000 for the Vermont Rural Fire Protection Task Force
of Randolph, Vermont for the purchase of equipment;
$500,000 for the Southern Vermont Recreation Center
Foundation in Springfield, Vermont;
$500,000 for the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
for the development of affordable housing in Northern Vermont;
$500,000 for Marlboro College for a technology incubator
facility in downtown Brattleboro, Vermont;
$500,000 for the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
for the development of affordable housing in Williston,
Vermont;
$500,000 for the Town of Hartford, Vermont for the
development of the Railroad Row Historic District in downtown
White River Junction, Vermont;
$500,000 for Vermont Technical College for economic
development in Randolph, Vermont;
$250,000 for the Town of Fairfield, Vermont for the
development of the President Chester A. Arthur visitor
facility;
$800,000 for the City of Montrose, Colorado for the
development of affordable low-income housing;
$900,000 for the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence,
Rhode Island for the conversion of an abandoned banking
building;
$300,000 for Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania to assist
residents with homes that are sinking due to soil subsidence;
$150,000 for the Urban Redevelopment Authority of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for economic development on
Pittsburgh's North Shore;
$100,000 for the City of Hazleton, Pennsylvania for
economic development and revitalization activities;
$750,000 for the City of Johnstown, Pennsylvania for
downtown economic development;
$300,000 for the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to
assist in the relocation of families in the Logan neighborhood
whose homes were built on an improperly filled creek bed;
$500,000 for Ford City, Pennsylvania for brownfield
revitalization;
$300,000 for the City of Chester, Pennsylvania for the
redevelopment of DeShong Park;
$250,000 for Erie, Pennsylvania for the Discovery Square
museum expansion;
$500,000 for the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania for relocation costs;
$200,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Allentown,
Pennsylvania for the Northern Lehigh Community Center;
$400,000 for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania for the
redevelopment of the Braddock-Swissvale-Rankin industrial site;
$500,000 for the National Museum for American Jewish
History in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for expansion efforts;
$500,000 for the Reading Berks Emergency Shelter in
Reading, Pennsylvania for the construction of a transitional
housing facility for the homeless;
$250,000 for the City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania for the
development of the Lancaster Square project;
$100,000 for Clarion County, Pennsylvania for continued
development of Liberty Towers Senior Activities Facility;
$250,000 for the Nueva Esperanza Community Development
Corporation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for economic
revitalization of commercial and industrial facilities;
$200,000 for Light of Life Ministries in Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania for infrastructure improvements at the
Serenity Village homeless program;
$250,000 for Universal Community Homes for economic
development activities in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
$250,000 for the City of Philadelphia to address the
safety concerns related to abandoned and structurally impaired
homes
$600,000 for the City of East Providence, Rhode Island to
develop recreational facilities at Crescent Park;
$300,000 for the City of State Line, Mississippi for
downtown infrastructure and economic revitalization;
$1,000,000 for the City of Madison, Mississippi for the
renovation of the historic downtown of Madison, Mississippi;
$500,000 for Mississippi State University for the
renovation and expansion of facilities for the Stoneville,
Mississippi Research and Education Complex;
$500,000 for the City of Canton, Mississippi for the
establishment of a State film complex;
$2,000,000 for the rehabilitation and restoration of Cain
Hall on the campus of Hinds Community College in Raymond,
Mississippi;
$400,000 for Nashua, New Hampshire for the redevelopment
of the Mines Fall Park;
$1,000,000 for the City of Bangor, Maine for the
installation of steel bulkheading on the Penobscot River;
$1,000,000 for the City of Portland, Maine for funding
the Bayside Development Project;
$550,000 for Vinalhaven Elder Care Services, Inc. in
Maine for the development of an elder care facility;
$500,000 for the City of Dayton, Ohio for the restoration
of the Main Street historic district;
$500,000 for Cleveland Tomorrow in Cleveland, Ohio for
the restoration of the Euclid Beach Carousel;
$700,000 for the City of Xenia, Ohio for the
redevelopment of the area from damage due to a tornado.
$700,000 for the Cleveland Botanical garden for the
development of a glass house conservatory;
$500,000 for Skagit County for the preservation of
farmland in Skagit County, Washington;
$1,000,000 for the Pacific Science Center in Seattle,
Washington to complete the Mercer Island Slough Environmental
Education Center;
$500,000 for the Seattle Art Museum in Seattle,
Washington for site development;
$1,000,000 for the City of Lincoln, Nebraska for the
construction of the Northbridge Center for Children and Youth;
$500,000 for the Southwest Border Region Partnership for
an assessment of the border region's future economic health;
$250,000 for the Centro de Salud familiar La Fe in El
Paso, Texas for community outreach activities to assist low-
income families;
$1,000,000 for the City of Houston for redevelopment
activities within Freedman's Town;
$250,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Brownsville,
Texas for building repairs and community services;
$250,000 for the George Gervin Youth center in San
Antonio for the construction of a youth center;
$500,000 for the City of Beaumont, Texas to revitalize
the Charlton-Pollard neighborhood;
$500,000 for the Bayfront Arts and Science Park in Corpus
Christi, Texas for the expansion of the park;
$250,000 for West Texas A&M; University to develop an
integrated services center in Amarillo, Texas;
$250,000 for Sam Houston State University for the
redevelopment of the Sam Houston Memorial Museum;
$7,000,000 for the University of Louisville for the
expansion of the university's main library;
$1,000,000 for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for the Oklahoma
City Murrah Revitalization project;
$1,000,000 for the National Council on Agricultural Life
and Labor in Dover, Delaware for a variety of housing
assistance programs;
$1,000,000 for the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa,
Alabama for the Gorgas House Renovation Project;
$100,000 for the Hammoundville Armory in the Town of
Valley Head, Alabama for the renovation of a historic facility
to enhance economic development and tourist activity;
$500,000 for Monroeville, Alabama for the Monroe County
Courthouse Restoration Project;
$1,000,000 for the Mobile Public Library, Mobile, Alabama
for the renovation of facilities as part of a neighborhood
redevelopment project;
$500,000 for the City of LaFayette, (Chambers County)
Alabama for the Chambers County Courthouse Restoration Project;
$100,000 for Union Springs, Alabama for the
rehabilitation of facilities for downtown restoration/
revitalization;
$250,000 for the Mobile Historic Development Commission
for the Oakleigh District Revitalization Project;
$250,000 for the National Community College for the Deaf
and Blind in Talladega, Alabama for the renovation of
facilities for development of economic education program;
$500,000 for Tuscaloosa, Alabama for the Tuscaloosa
Alberta City Project;
$500,000 for the City of Brundidge, Alabama for the
completion of Pike County Covered Arena;
$500,000 for the City of Mobile, Alabama for the
Battlehouse Restoration Project;
$700,000 for Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka,
Kansas for the restoration of the home of William Allen White;
$1,000,000 for the development of the Life Center at
Franklin Pierce College in Ridge, New Hampshire;
$100,000 for the Housing Partnership in Portsmouth, New
Hampshire to provide below market rents and to rehabilitate
deteriorated buildings;
$400,000 for the Northern Forest Heritage Park in Berlin,
New Hampshire to develop facilities;
$2,600,000 for the City of Meridian, Mississippi for the
rehabilitation of the opera house;
$300,000 for the City of Laurel, Mississippi for the
development of a veterans museum;
$100,000 for the City of Jackson, Mississippi for the
revitalization of LeFleur's Bluff;
$500,000 for Rowan Oak for the restoration of the home of
William Faulkner in Oxford, Mississippi;
$500,000 for the George Ohr Museum in Biloxi, Mississippi
for the development of an African-American art center;
$500,000 for Ocean Springs, Mississippi for the
restoration of the old high school administration building;
$500,000 for Mississippi State University School of
Architecture in Starkville, Mississippi for rural
revitalization;
$2,500,000 for the University of Alaska for a pilot
training simulator;
$450,000 for Bird TLC in Alaska for the construction of
Potter's Marsh Conservation Center;
$2,000,000 for Catholic Community Services in Alaska for
the reconstruction of a homeless shelter and to acquire new
housing stock for battered women;
$270,000 for the Fairbanks Hospitality House in
Fairbanks, Alaska for the purchase and renovation of an
emergency shelter;
$500,000 for Kids are People, Inc. for a transitional
living program for homeless youth and an emergency shelter in
Wasilla, Alaska;
$3,000,000 for the Alaska Pacific University for the
restoration of a historic property in Anchorage, Alaska;
$250,000 for Marceline, Missouri for downtown
redevelopment activities;
$500,000 for Ozark Action, Inc. of Missouri for low-
income rural housing;
$400,000 for Sedalia, Missouri for the Katy Depot
Restoration Project;
$200,000 for the Bond Family Housing Center in St. Louis,
Missouri for the Transitional Housing Program;
$200,000 for Trenton, Missouri for community
redevelopment, including renovation and restoration activities
of modifying the Plaza hotel into a senior citizen apartment
building;
$500,000 for Sullivan County, Missouri for water supply
and interconnection projects;
$2,000,000 for James S. McDonnell Planetarium in St.
Louis, Missouri for renovation;
$100,000 for Clarksville, Missouri for improved year-
round facilities related to the Mississippi River and the
American Bald Eagle;
$250,000 for the Center for Emerging Technologies in St.
Louis, Missouri for incubator space development;
$300,000 for the Columbia Housing Authority in Missouri
for installation of fire suppression sprinkler systems in Oak
and Paquin Towers;
$200,000 for the Bonne Terre, Missouri for infrastructure
improvement of an industrial development;
$100,000 for the Lamar Community Betterment Association
for an open air pavillion in Lamar, Missouri;
$100,000 for the Roxy Theater Youth Center in Hopkins,
Missouri for renovation;
$250,000 for the Bootheel Youth Museum in Malden,
Missouri for expansion;
$500,000 for renovation of the Ridgway Center at the
Missouri Botanical Gardens;
$2,000,000 for Arkansas State University at Mountain
Home, Arkansas for the construction of a multipurpose
auditorium;
$1,000,000 for Marion County, Indiana for the
construction of the Sexually Transmitted Disease and HIV
Prevention and Research Center;
$850,000 for the South Carolina Association of Community
Development Corporations in Charleston, South Carolina for job
creation, small business development and quality of life
improvements within the State of South Carolina;
$850,000 for the University of South Carolina in
Columbia, South Carolina to enlarge the main building at the
University of South Carolina School of Public Health;
$500,000 for Helping Hands Hawaii in Honolulu, Hawaii for
community based activities including the delivery of goods and
services to Hawaii's needy;
$750,000 for Waipahu Community Association in Waipahu,
Hawaii for renovations and the establishment of a Waipahu
festival market fair;
$500,000 for the Kauai Economic Development Board in
Lihue, Hawaii for site acquisition, design, construction and
equipment for the West Kauai Technology Center;
$250,000 for the Maui Academy of Performing Arts in
Puunene, Hawaii for the acquisition and renovation of the
facility;
$250,000 for the Homestake Opera House in Lead, South
Dakota for renovation of the interior of the Homestake Opera
House;
$250,000 for the City of Fort Pierre, South Dakota for
development of the Lewis and Clark Waterfront Trail;
$250,000 for Cedar Youth Services in Lincoln, Nebraska to
complete construction of the Northbridge Center for Children
and Youth;
$250,000 for Family Housing Advisory Services Project
Jericho in Omaha, Nebraska for affordable housing activities;
$500,000 for the Lowell Cultural and Performing Arts
Downtown Initiative in Lowell, Massachusetts for development of
the site for the Lowell Performing Arts Center;
$500,000 for the City of Boston, Massachusetts for its
Main Streets Program;
$500,000 for the City of New Bedford, Massachusetts for
construction and renovation of the Portugese American Cultural
Center;
$325,000 for the City of Racine, Wisconsin for
construction of the Racine Root River Pathway;
$300,000 for the Historic Third Ward Association in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin to establish a public market;
$250,000 for Jentry-McDonald Corporation in Baltimore,
Maryland for capital improvements to the Jentry-McDonald House;
$250,000 for the City of Takoma Park, Maryland for the
construction of the Takoma Park Computer Center;
$250,000 for Montgomery County, Maryland for costs
associated with the Wheaton Small Business Technology Center;
$500,000 for the Central Montana Foundation to upgrade,
install technology, and facilitate occupancy of One Stop Center
in Lewistown, Montana;
$250,000 for the City of South Bend, Indiana for economic
development activities related to the Studebaker Auto/Oliver
Plow Works project;
$1,000,000 for the City of Belen, New Mexico for
construction of a community center;
$350,000 for Rio Arriba County, New Mexico for an
environmental impact statement;
$150,000 for Pueblo Cochiti, New Mexico for the
construction of a community center;
$500,000 for Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico for the
construction of a multi-purpose facility;
$500,000 for the City of San Francisco, California for
preservation and restoration of the Old Mint;
$500,000 for Booker T. Washington Outreach, Inc. in
Monroe, Louisiana for construction of an Elderly Living Center;
$250,000 for UNITY for the Homeless in New Orleans,
Louisiana for the Oasis project;
$2,400,000 for Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling,
West Virginia for construction of science/computer centers;
$1,800,000 for the City of Hinton, West Virginia for
construction of a high technology office building and small
business incubator;
$250,000 for the Tubman African American Museum in Macon,
Georgia for construction of the Tubman African American Museum;
$250,000 for the Lemmon Area Charitable and Economic
Development Corporation in Lemmon, South Dakota for economic
development activities;
$100,000 for the Mathilda Geppert Childcare Center in
Vermillion, South Dakota for development of a child day care
center;
$75,000 for the Spearfish Economic Development
Corporation in Spearfish, South Dakota for infrastructure
development in the city's industrial park;
$300,000 for the City of Brandon, South Dakota to
construct a community library;
$1,500,000 for the City of Aberdeen, South Dakota for
construction of a community center;
$500,000 for the Sioux Falls Empire Fair Association in
Sioux Falls, South Dakota for infrastructure improvements to
the W.H. Lyons Fairgrounds;
$250,000 for the City of Redfield, South Dakota for
infrastructure improvement at its industrial park;
$250,000 for the West River Foundation in Sturgis, South
Dakota for a statewide business development initiative;
$100,000 for South Dakota Housing Development Authority
in Pierre, South Dakota for the development of an employer
assisted housing program;
$500,000 for Fairfield University in Fairfield,
Connecticut for continued construction of an Information
Technology Center;
$250,000 for Prince George's County, Maryland for the
Prince George's County Technology Commercialization Center;
$100,000 for the American Visionary Arts Museum in
Baltimore, Maryland for expansion of the museum;
$1,500,000 for the Discovery Center in Williston, North
Dakota for construction of a visitor center and reconstruction
of former barracks at Fort Buford State Historic Site;
$500,000 for the Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones in
North Dakota;
$250,000 for North Dakota State University in Fargo,
North Dakota for development of a campus-based technology park;
$500,000 for the City of Taylorville, Illinois for an
emergency services center;
$1,000,000 for Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois for
development of a life sciences center;
$200,000 for the Merit Music Program in Chicago, Illinois
to expand Project BEGIN;
$400,000 for the City of Freeport, Illinois for
Brownfields cleanup;
$100,000 for the City of Benton, Illinois for streetscape
and beautification of downtown Benton;
$250,000 for the City of Charlotte, North Carolina for
economic development activities within Charlotte's Wilkinson
Boulevard Corridor;
$250,000 for Asheville-Buncome Technical College in
Asheville, North Carolina for construction of a small business
incubator;
$250,000 for the Museum of Latin American Art in Long
Beach, California to expand and upgrade existing facilities;
$250,000 for FAME Renaissance in Los Angeles, California
to continue work on a small business incubator;
$750,000 for the City of Fresno, California for the
Fresno Community Health Centers regional medical center;
$250,000 for the City of Inglewood, California for the
Market Street Senior Center;
$250,000 for the City of San Francisco, California for a
homeless housing initiative;
$250,000 for the City of Santa Ana, California for the
IDEA high-tech education center;
$1,800,000 for Comprehensive Housing Assistance, Inc., in
Baltimore, Maryland for renovations to the Concord Apartments;
$500,000 for the City of Davenport, Iowa for development
of Friendly House;
$500,000 for the City of Council Bluffs, Iowa for land
purchase and construction of an elderly community center;
$10,000 for LaCrosse County, Wisconsin for economic
development information centers;
$450,000 for the Biomedical Research Foundation of
Northwest Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana for infrastructure
improvements for InterTech Park and construction of a Cleanroom
Biotechnology Incubator;
$1,000,000 for University Heights Science Park, Newark,
New Jersey for University Heights Science Park's Newark Digital
Century Center;
$500,000 for Bayshore Economic Development Corporation
for development of the Henry Hudson Trail;
$400,000 for Shepherd College in Shepherdstown, West
Virginia for renovation of Scarborough Library;
$400,000 for Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia
for continued work on a health and wellness center;
$250,000 for the Town of Millville, New Jersey for
development of the Glasstown Center project;
$400,000 for the City of Burlington, Vermont for
Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts;
$400,000 for the City of Montpelier, Vermont for Pyralisk
Arts Center;
$200,000 for the Vermont Youth Orchestra Association,
Colchester, Vermont for rehabilitation of the Fort Ethan Allen
Riding Hall;
$250,000 for the Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier,
Vermont for restoration of historic library and addition to the
children's library;
$750,000 for the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board,
Brattleboro, Vermont for rehabilitation of the Westgate
apartments;
$500,000 for the City of Detroit, Michigan for the
Detroit River Promenade Project;
$500,000 for the Bushnell Theatre, Hartford, Connecticut
for final completion of renovation;
$225,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Drew County,
Arkansas for construction of general purpose facility;
$250,000 for the Frank Lloyd Wright Darwin Martin House,
Buffalo, New York for restoration work;
$250,000 for the Westside Rowing Club of Buffalo, New
York for construction of the Frank Lloyd Wright Boathouse;
$1,750,000 for the Washington State Department of
Community Development to address farmworker housing issues in
the State;
$250,000 for the Three Rivers Community Foundation in
Tri-Cities, Washington for economic development activities in
Benton, Franklin and Grant counties related to the Hanford
Reach National Monument;
$250,000 for the Trinity Repertory Pell-Chafee Theatre,
Providence, Rhode Island for theater expansion and operations;
$250,000 for the City of Providence, Rhode Island for
construction of the Lillian Feinstein Senior Center;
$1,250,000 for the City of Henderson, Nevada for downtown
redevelopment and infrastructure upgrade;
$350,000 for Opportunity Village Foundation, Las Vegas,
Nevada for start-up funding for downpayment assistance program
to disabled;
$500,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Las Vegas, Nevada
for the renovation and expansion of existing facilities;
$750,000 for Henry and Martinsville Counties, Virginia
for economic development activities;
$300,000 for CityArts for Youth, Inc. in Providence,
Rhode Island for renovations for a business incubator;
$250,000 for Bayview Citizens for Social Justice and the
Northampton-Accomack Planning District Commission to support
economic development projects on the Eastern Shore of Virginia;
$250,000 for Monroe Community College, Rochester, New
York to establish a Virtual Campus Center;
$250,000 for the West Virginia School of Osteopathic
Medicine in Lewisburg, West Virginia for expansion of the
ambulatory care facility;
$400,000 for Prince George's County, Maryland for
architecture, design and engineering work for redevelopment of
McGuire House;
$500,000 for Howard County, Maryland for renovations to
Route 1;
$250,000 for the City of Atlanta, Georgia for continued
construction of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center;
$500,000 for Philander-Smith College, Arkansas for
facilities and equipment upgrades for scientific and emerging
technology research;
$250,000 for University of Arkansas in Pine Bluff, for
facilities and equipment upgrades for scientific and emerging
technology research;
$100,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Olney, Maryland
for facility construction;
$100,000 for the Wesley Acres Independent Living
Retirement Center in Mitchell, South Dakota for capital and
other improvements;
$500,000 for Liberty County, Georgia Economic Development
Authority for planning and engineering the industrial park
project in coastal Georgia;
$500,000 for County of Maui, Hawaii for land acquisition,
planning and design, and construction of a senior housing/
housing division office building in Central Maui, Hawaii;
$500,000 for Vermont Historical Society for the Vermont
Historical Society renovation project;
$250,000 for Eva's Village in Patterson, New Jersey for
renovation of new transitional housing sites;
$500,000 for the Iowa Finance Authority and Muscatine
Center for Strategic Action to reduce illegal and predatory
mortgage lending practices;
$500,000 for City of Reno, Nevada for land acquisition
for downtown revitalization;
$500,000 for the City of Sheboygan, Wisconsin to
redevelop a contaminated former industrial site to mixed use
development;
$500,000 for El Centro de la Raza in Seattle, Washington
for acquisition of the Beacon Hill School;
$250,000 for North Dakota State University for the
development of the Virtual Archival Storage Terminal;
$250,000 for the Smyrna-Clayton Heritage Association in
Smyrna, Delaware, for restoration work on the Smyrna Opera
House;
$400,000 for the Montana World Trade Center for the
Informational Outreach Project;
$325,000 to Boaz, Alabama for the Senior Citizens Center;
$20,000 to the Blount County Multi-need Center in Alabama
for equipment for the mentally retarded and severely
handicapped;
$800,000 to San Diego, California for final construction
of San Diego's Children's Convalescent Hospital;
$930,000 to Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida for
an intercultural community center;
$1,110,000 to Long Island University in New York for
restoration of the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts;
$575,000 for Tennessee Valley Family Services in
Guntersville, Alabama for construction and repair costs for the
A+ house for homeless children;
$1,145,000 to the Lubbock Science Spectrum Museum in
Texas for construction costs of the Brazos River Exhibit;
$930,000 to Provo City, Utah for the Ironton
Redevelopment Site;
$1,110,000 to Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey
for construction of a science building;
$150,000 for the Owensboro Riverfront Project in Kentucky
for development of its waterfront;
$1,000,000 to the Louisville Zoo, Kentucky for
construction of the Gorilla Forest Exhibition;
$193,500 to the town of Yucca Valley, California for
community regional park improvements to provide recreational
opportunities to the local community;
$51,600 to Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania for
construction of an industrial park and facility;
$215,000 to complete the Logan, Utah Emergency Services
Training Facility project;
$344,000 to the City of Ackerman and Choctaw County,
Mississippi for development of a community center;
$800,000 to Aurora, Illinois to revitalize downtown
through adaptive reuse of architecturally significant
structures;
$860,000 to Waukegan, Illinois for renovation of the
historic Genesee Theater;
$430,000 to Riverside, California for the Goeske Center
for Senior and Disabled Citizens;
$200,000 to St. Stephen's Community Center in Kentucky
for expansion of the life center;
$258,000 to West Palm Beach, Florida to refurbish and
expand the Northwood Community and Recreation Center;
$825,000 to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania for the Capitol
Theatre project;
$60,000 to the Coos Economic Development Corporation in
New Hampshire for the Connecticut River Byway Gateway Center
including purchase and renovation of a former cog mill;
$365,500 to the Boys and Girls Club of Camden, Arkansas;
$77,400 to Wayne County, Pennsylvania to establish a
revolving loan fund for a Small Business Incubation Program;
$350,000 to the Patrick Henry Development Council (PHDC)
of Virginia for economic development;
$215,000 to Escondido, California for the Quail Hills
Development Program;
$860,000 to Dillard University in Louisiana to continue
construction of the International Center for Economic Freedom;
$215,000 to the City of Charlotte, North Carolina for
economic development activities within Charlotte's Wilkinson
Boulevard Corridor;
$215,000 to Proctor Hospital in Peoria, Illinois for the
Women's Health Center;
$172,000 to Baton Rouge, Louisiana for Downtown
Development/Plan Baton Rouge;
$430,000 to the Center for Hazards Assessment, Response
and Technology in New Orleans, Louisiana for emergency
assessment and response;
$43,000 to the Borough of Tunkhannock, Wyoming County,
Pennsylvania for upgrade of the Dietrich Theater Cultural
Center;
$200,000 to the Marcelino Plan y Vino, Inc. A 501(c)(3)
in Virginia for the MAPAVI program to provide assistance to
communities and individuals coping with the financial burden of
catastrophic illness;
$1,000,000 to Sandy City, Utah for the purchase of land
related to the Little Cottonwood Watershed Protection project;
$34,400 to the YWCA of Walla Walla, Washington for the
repair and enhancements to the family emergency shelter;
$430,000 to Columbus, Ohio for a Housing Trust Fund;
$250,000 to Motor City Blight Busters in Detroit,
Michigan to establish a revolving loan fund for new
construction, acquisition, and rehabilitation of distressed
homes;
$430,000 to Daytona Beach, Florida for design and
construction of Community Center;
$43,000 to the County of San Bernardino, California for
roadway signage improvements to historic Route 66 between
Topock and Victorville;
$430,000 to Montgomery County, Kentucky for a community
center;
$430,000 to Hackensack University Medical Center in New
Jersey for women's and children's hospital;
$1,720,000 to the Olympic Regional Development Authority
to upgrade the Lake Placid, New York winter sports facilities;
$258,000 to the Hamlet Historic Train Depot in North
Carolina for depot restoration;
$43,000 to Highland Falls, New York to renovate downtown;
$473,000 to Monroe County, Pennsylvania for construction
of an industrial park;
$860,000 for the restoration of Glamorgan Castle in
Alliance, Ohio;
$301,000 to the City of Redlands, California for
infrastructure activities related to the Redlands Community
Center;
$172,000 to Ouachita County, Arkansas for Tate's Bluff
Bridge;
$430,000 to Doane College--Crete, Nebraska for
rehabilitation of historic Whitcomb Conservatory for performing
arts center;
$215,000 to Memorial Health System in Springfield,
Illinois for initial facility planning for a Cardiology Center;
$301,000 to Ft. Wayne, Indiana for revitalization of the
of Bowser Avenue and Hanna-Creighton brownfield area;
$430,000 to the Town of Skaneateles, New York for
construction of a recreation center;
$645,000 to Carnegie Hall in New York for continuation of
Carnegie Hall's Third Stage project;
$430,000 to the MCB Foundation of Wichita, Kansas for
revitalization of the downtown community recreation center;
$430,000 to the VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System
in California for renovation of the gymnasium on the Sepulveda
campus;
$438,600 to the Children's Hospital and Health Center in
San Diego, California for construction and infrastructure
improvements;
$301,000 to the Port of South, Louisiana for expansion of
the Globalplex intermodal terminal facility;
$430,000 to the City of Tucson, Arizona for clean-up and
development of brownfield;
$344,000 to Carmel, New York to create a downtown park
and commercial area;
$1,240,000 to Spring Hill College in Alabama for the
Regional Library Resource Center;
$25,600 to the City of Thibodaux, Louisiana for
infrastructure improvements to the Civic Center;
$430,000 to Tuscaloosa, Alabama for the Alberta City
housing initiative;
$444,000 to Knoxville, Tennessee for equipment needs of
the Halls-Powell Boys and Girls Club of Greater Knoxville;
$200,000 to the Virginia Department of Transportation for
engineering design and construction of a debris diverter on the
Tripps Run in Falls Church, Virginia;
$64,500 to the Twentynine Palms Fire Department in
Twentynine Palms, California for fire suppression equipment;
$250,000 to the Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks
in Tupper Lake, New York for the construction of the Natural
History Museum of the Adirondacks;
$430,000 to Redding, California for Stillwater Industrial
Park within the Shasta Metro Enterprise Zone ``Distressed
Community'';
$430,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Tucson, Arizona
for new construction;
$430,000 to the Coach George E. Ford Cultural Arts Center
in Georgia for building renovation;
$430,000 to the St. Francis Community Center in New
Jersey for construction of indoor community pool;
$430,000 for the New York Institute of Technology Robbins
Hall for renovation of the auditorium;
$215,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for
infrastructure improvements to the Erie Canal Museum;
$430,000 to Kern County, California for infrastructure
work in support of the new air terminal to Meadows Field;
$215,000 to the City of Medford, Oregon for the City of
Medford Urban Revitalization Project;
$415,000 to Temecula, California for the Alternatives to
Domestic Violence Shelter;
$21,500 to the City of Redlands, California for
restoration projects at the historic Kimberly Crest House and
Gardens;
$344,000 to the State University of New York at Albany
for continued development of a manufacturing/workforce training
center;
$645,000 to the Cities of El Segundo, Manhattan Beach and
Hawthorne, California to ease traffic congestion along the
Rosecrans corridor;
$645,000 to Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City for
facility construction;
$430,000 to Rochelle, Illinois for economic development
and infrastructure improvements;
$172,000 to the ArtSpace Victory Center in Texas for the
revitalization of the Our Lady of Victory Convent;
$98,900 to the Whitman County Rural Fire District No. 11
in Colfax, Washington for construction and repair of the Colfax
Fire Station;
$215,000 to NewTown, Inc., Macon, Georgia for
revitalization of downtown area;
$86,000 to the Economic Opportunity Authority of Chatham
County, Georgia for the Austin House shelter for homeless;
$645,000 to the City of Leesburg, Virginia for
preservation and infrastructure improvements for the George C.
Marshall International Center at the Dodona Manor;
$1,118,000 to the United Cerebral Palsy of Suffolk
County, New York for the Sports and Recreation Center and
Education complex;
$1,000,000 to the Future of the Piedmont Foundation in
Danville, Virginia for development of a regional higher
education center;
$236,500 to Arkadelphia, Arkansas for the Streetscape
project;
$21,500 to the Donald L. Heiter Community Center in
Pennsylvania for renovation project;
$129,000 to Bruce, Mississippi for a multi-purpose
facility for economic development purposes;
$208,000 to Ashland, Alabama to complete renovations of
the Clay County Courthouse;
$215,000 to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center
in Ohio for renovation of the Medical Sciences Building;
$215,000 to Pike County, Pennsylvania for construction of
an industrial facility to employ disabled individuals;
$430,000 to the Bethesda Academy of Performing Arts in
Maryland for creation of children's art center;
$344,000 to the San Diego Youth and Community Services in
California for the Storefront emergency shelter relocation of
facilities ($172,000) and for the Take Wing transitional
housing program for at-risk youth and families ($172,000);
$430,000 to restore and rehabilitate Mile Square Park in
California;
$250,000 to Lysander, Van Buren, and Eldridge, New York
for a water line extension for Jack's Reef;
$430,000 to Cheyenne, Wyoming for economic development
and infrastructure improvements to the airport;
$129,000 to Miami-Dade County, Florida for the City of
Miami Beach North Beach Recreational Corridor;
$215,000 to Stamford, Connecticut to acquire property for
the Mill River Corridor Revitalization Project;
$150,000 to the City of Johnstown, New York for
rehabilitation and redevelopment work at the former Karg
Brothers Tannery;
$1,220,000 to St. Petersburg, Florida for the Sunken
Gardens improvement project;
$860,000 to Citrus Heights, California for Phase II of
the Sunrise MarketPlace Revitalization project;
$215,000 to El Monte, California for renovation of
recreational facility by replacing swimming pools, modernizing
parking areas, developing youth center;
$430,000 to Fairview Health Services in Minnesota for the
Fairview-University Medical Center for Healthy Mothers and
Babies Technology Demonstration Initiative;
$86,000 to the City of New Iberia, Louisiana for economic
development and revitalization of the downtown area;
$215,000 to the Titusville YMCA in Pennsylvania for the
purchase of a new structure and preliminary renovation;
$86,000 to St. Charles Parish, Louisiana for the
development of a bike path and enhancement of recreation
opportunities;
$430,000 to the Terre Haute/Vigo County Department of
Redevelopment in Indiana pursuant to a memorandum of
understanding between the General Services Administration and
the United States Postal Service;
$130,000 to El Rio, California for extension of water and
wastewater infrastructure to the community center gymnasium;
$430,000 to Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama for
renovation and expansion of the Natural Sciences facility,
Bellingrath Hall;
$200,000 to TeenPride Inc. in Morristown, New Jersey to
expand outreach to low-income, at-risk teenagers and their
families;
$258,000 to Mercer County, New Jersey for the Senior
Citizen Centers of Hamilton Township and the City of Trenton;
$86,000 to the Upper Bucks County community of
Quakertown, Pennsylvania for revitalization of former
brownfield site;
$300,000 to Santa Paula, California purchase of new fire
engine and equipment for the Fire Department;
$100,000 to the City of Rochester, New Hampshire for
emergency housing;
$86,000 to Original Town of Liberal Revitalization, Inc.
in Kansas for economic development activities;
$430,000 to Coachella, California for construction of
Boys and Girls Club facility;
$400,000 to St. Joseph's Hospital Health Care Center for
the Central New York Cardiac Care and Hemodialysis Enhancement
Center in Syracuse, New York;
$75,000 to Paul Smith's College in Paul Smiths, New York
for the construction of the Adirondack Information Resource
Center;
$860,000 to Rockland County, New York for extension of
water and wastewater infrastructure of the Western Ramapo Sewer
District;
$450,000 to Xenia, Ohio for renovation of fire station
No. 1;
$860,000 to the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for
Children in Indiana to expand services at the autism clinic;
$215,000 to the County of San Bernardino, California for
a public park complex to meet the recreational needs of the
Spring Valley Lake community in Victorville;
$430,000 to Laural, Mississippi for the Veterans Memorial
Museum;
$1,500,000 for development of the Interactive Education
Center at the Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum in New York;
$415,000 to Oceanside, California for the Calle Montecito
Neighborhood Center;
$100,000 to complete the Chattahoochee Indian Heritage
Center at Fort Mitchell County Park, Alabama;
$17,200 to the City of Grand Isle, Louisiana for
emergency service needs;
$395,000 to the City of Ellicottville, New York for use
toward the repair and/or replacement of the City's waste water
treatment plant;
$172,000 to Shea's Performing Arts Center in the City of
Buffalo, New York for renovations to the main theater;
$430,000 to Bradford, Pennsylvania for the restoration of
Bradford City Hall;
$495,000 for the Green County ``Spec Building'' in
Kentucky for preparation and construction of an industrial
site;
$430,000 to Oklahoma State University to continue and
expand rural economic development;
$430,000 to the University of Missouri-Columbia for the
Agriculture Product Utilization and Incubation Center;
$430,000 to Rural Enterprises Inc. of Oklahoma to
continue and expand rural economic development;
$114,000 to Fairfax County, Virginia for the Computer
Clubhouse Project at the Bailey's Community Center;
$430,000 to Yakima, Washington for railroad grade
separations;
$215,000 to Bristol, Pennsylvania for construction of a
gateway and beautification;
$172,000 to Stepping-Stones for Youth in Hutchinson,
Kansas;
$35,000 to the St. Lawrence Aquarium and Ecological
Center in Massena, New York for continued development and
construction of the St. Lawrence Aquarium;
$245,100 to Holly Springs, Mississippi for North Memphis
Street District Redevelopment and Revitalization Program;
$430,000 to the Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins,
Georgia for development plan and expansion;
$500,000 to Somerset County, New Jersey for the Eldercare
Center in Bridgewater Township;
$930,000 to the City of Cincinnati, Ohio for the
expansion of Findlay Market;
$50,000 to the City of Ogdensburg, New York for
reconstruction of Fort La Presentation;
$86,000 to Nike Base in the Town of Hamburg, New York for
removal of storage tank;
$387,000 to Lake Worth Palm Beach County, Florida for the
Mid-County Senior Center;
$25,000 to Safe Haven, Inc. in Oswego, New York for
construction of a museum/interpretive center chronicling the
Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee;
$215,000 to Memorial Temple Community Center in the city
of Buffalo, New York for equipment for the inner-city community
center;
$43,000 to Onondaga County, New York for restoration and
preservation of Civil War flags;
$172,000 for the Huntington Station Enrichment Center in
New York for renovation and conversion to a community center;
$215,000 to Fairfield University in Connecticut for
establishment of Information Technology Center;
$215,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for
renovations to the Salt City Theatre for the Performing Arts;
$400,000 to Marshall County, Alabama for drinking water
infrastructure improvements on Merrill Mountain;
$430,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for monument
repair and infrastructure improvements for Clinton Square;
$75,000 to Fulton-Montgomery Community College in
Johnstown, New York for construction of a remote sensing/
spatial information technology center;
$200,000 to the James Lee Community Center in Virginia;
$258,000 to Fort Worth, Texas for renovation of the
historic Marine Theater;
$268,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of McGehee, Arkansas;
$430,000 to the Community House in Hinsdale, Illinois for
renovation, upgrades and restoration to meet ADA compliance
codes and local fire codes;
$430,000 to South Sioux City, Nebraska for downtown
redevelopment for civic building site;
$430,000 to Sacramento County, California for
rehabilitation and preservation of historic structures and
physical improvements for the town of Locke;
$430,000 to Chester, Pennsylvania for the Institute for
Economic Development for planning funds for high-tech building;
$860,000 to the City of Pikeville, Kentucky for an
integrated transit/parking facility;
$250,000 to Elmira College in New York for the historic
renovation of Cowles Hall;
$172,000 to the Millennium Port Commission for planning
and development of the Millennium Port in south Louisiana;
$75,000 to Fayette County, Alabama for emergency services
equipment;
$172,000 to Morgantown, Kentucky to construct recreation
center;
$215,000 to Rockdale County, Georgia for Georgia's
Veteran's Park for future veteran memorials and events;
$172,000 to the County of Inyo, California for facility
and infrastructure improvements at the Bishop Airport to
facilitate economic development and recreational access;
$430,000 to the New Britain Museum of American Art in
Connecticut for expansion of facilities;
$860,000 to Arizona State University for the
establishment of the Center for Basic Research and Applied
Research within the Barry M. Goldwater Center for Science and
Engineering;
$500,000 to Cortland County, New York for infrastructure
and expanded operational improvements for Borg-Warner
Automotive, Inc.;
$215,000 to the Town of Aurora, New York for renovation
of the Aurora Senior's and Adult Day Care facility;
$860,000 to Winston-Salem, North Carolina for Downtown
revitalization;
$258,000 to Albemarle, North Carolina for the Gateway to
Albemarle project;
$400,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for equipment
and infrastructure improvements for the Institute of Human
Performance;
$215,000 to Jacksonville, Florida for redevelopment of
Cecil Field;
$43,000 to the City of Dumas, Arkansas for the Tannenbaum
Theatre renovations;
$344,000 to Broward County, Florida for the Museum of
Discovery and Science;
$430,000 to Muncie, Indiana for downtown economic
development project;
$258,000 to the Fund for the Preservation of the
California State Mining and Mineral Museum;
$215,000 to Jackson, Michigan for the downtown
redevelopment project;
$215,000 for Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, New
York for infrastructure improvements along Westside Drive;
$86,000 to the Hamlet Opera House in North Carolina for
development of a performing arts center;
$430,000 to the Hebrew Academy for Special Children in
New York to construct a national service center for low-income
and developmentally disabled;
$200,000 to the Village of Malone, New York for
rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Hotel Flanagan
Project;
$98,900 for the Inland Northwest Blood Center in
Washington for construction and improvements of the blood
center;
$56,000 to Fairfax County, Virginia for the Herndon
Senior Center;
$77,400 to the City of Imperial Beach, California for
lands purchased by the city for the Tijuana Wildlife Refuge;
$430,000 to Boyle County, Kentucky for Phase III of
Millennium Park;
$129,000 to SocialServe.com in North Carolina for a
demonstration grant to increase access to low-income and
special needs housing;
$215,000 to Miami Beach, Florida for the Atlantic
Greenway Corridor Initiative--North Beach Recreational
Corridor;
$215,000 to the Economic Corporation of Newport, New
Hampshire for rehabilitation of Eagle Block;
$86,000 to Vista Optimist Club, California for the Youth
Activities Facility to build lighted ballfields;
$750,000 to William Tyndale College in Farmington Hills,
Michigan for the construction of a science and computing
learning center;
$688,000 to Baton Rouge, Louisiana for expansion of the
South Louisiana Community Health Alliance;
$215,000 for renovation and rehabilitation of North
Central Flint Hills Area Agency on Aging, Manhattan, Kansas;
$800,000 to the Tawawa Community Development Corporation
in Wilberforce, Ohio;
$215,000 to Shake-A-Leg Miami, Inc. in Florida for
recreation facilities serving people with disabilities and at-
risk youth;
$73,100 to Bellevue, Washington for Eastside Domestic
Violence;
$172,000 to Grand Junction, Colorado for planning
assistance for the Grand Valley Audubon Nature Center;
$430,000 to Lees-McRae College in North Carolina for a
field laboratory to support the College's Biology departments
and community outreach;
$860,000 to Pasadena, California for construction of a
new fire station;
$205,000 to the Children's Center in Brooklyn, New York
for the construction of a facility to house educational and
therapeutic programs for disabled preschool children;
$270,000 to the County of San Bernardino, California for
the construction of the Hall of Paleontology at the historic
San Bernardino County Museum;
$250,000 to the Shiloh Community Renewal Center in
Kentucky for rehabilitation of facilities;
$90,000 to the Fairfax County Parks Authority in Virginia
for the Mason District Park;
$170,000 to the Pittsfield Library in New Hampshire for
renovations necessary to meet ADA compliance;
$1,935,000 to Syracuse University in New York for
completion of the Crouse-Marshall Street Improvement Project;
$50,000 to the Nelson County Senior Citizen Center in
Virginia for renovation and expansion of the facility near
Lovingston, Virginia;
$1,200,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for the
building of a temporary transmission tower during the
transition of the public TV station from analog to digital
television;
$430,000 for Madison County, New York for economic
development and infrastructure improvements;
$430,000 to California State University and the City of
Omaha, California for the Omaha Housing Initiative;
$430,000 to Shreveport, Louisiana for Convention Center
Downtown Redevelopment and construction of infrastructure
surrounding convention center;
$258,000 to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in
Michigan for the ``Legacy of Flight'' project;
$215,000 to the Boys Town National Research Hospital in
Nebraska for establishing the National Center for the Study and
Treatment of Usher Syndrome;
$43,000 for the Central Bucks, Pennsylvania Joint
Municipal Planning Issues study;
$820,000 for Griffiss Business and Technology Park in
Oneida County, New York for economic development and
infrastructure improvements;
$860,000 to Midwest City, Oklahoma for construction of
small conference center;
$645,000 to the University of Southern California to help
create the Alfred E. Mann Institute and Biomedical Engineering
Center;
$215,000 to Lebanon College in New Hampshire for a
community center;
$430,000 to Monrovia, California for the renovation and
upgrade of existing city facility into teen center;
$645,000 for the Cornell Agriculture and Technical Park-
Geneva Station in Ontario County, New York;
$800,000 to the Washington Association in Harding
Township, New Jersey;
$258,000 for the Troy Rent-to-Own Housing Pilot project
in North Carolina;
$344,000 to the University Colleges of Technology at the
State University of New York for the continued development of a
Telecommunications Center for Education;
$309,000 to the New York Public Library for renovations
and infrastructure improvements;
$500,000 to MBI International in Michigan for economic
development activities that provide infrastructure to
accelerate the development of biobased industrial product
technologies;
$98,900 to the Oaksdale/Farmington Fire District No. 10
in Whitman County, Washington for the repair and construction
of facilities;
$215,000 to the Tubman African American Museum in Macon,
Georgia for the construction of the Tubman African American
Museum;
$98,900 to the Coalition for Women on the Street in
Spokane, Washington for the development of the Downtown Women's
Shelter;
$20,000 to Culman, Alabama for a study to plan and design
the Agriplex Agriculture Museum;
$172,000 to 1490 Enterprises Inc., City of Buffalo, New
York for a Community Action Organization (CAO) Head Start
Expansion;
$100,000 to the City of Bedford, Virginia for economic
development and tourism in connection with the World War II D-
Day Memorial;
$645,000 to Warren County, Virginia for asbestos
remediation and lead paint removal at the Avtex Superfund site;
$430,000 to the Next Generation Economy Initiative in
Albuquerque, New Mexico to enter into ``matching funds''
technology maturation partnerships with local companies using
the expertise from the University of New Mexico and Sandia
National Laboratories;
$125,000 to Escambia County in Florida for development
costs for infrastructure of Central Commerce Park;
$600,000 to the City of Portland, Oregon for the
Portland-Vancouver Regional Housing Affordability Pilot
Program;
$750,000 to Northeast Ventures Corporation in Duluth,
Minnesota to provide equity capital support for community
development venture capital and microenterprise in Northeast
Minnesota;
$350,000 to the City of Indianapolis, Indiana for
infrastructure needs in the King Park homeownership zone;
$700,000 to the City of Takoma, Washington for the
Downtown Revitalization and Shelter Improvements Program;
$15,000 to Renew Oakville in the town of Oakville,
Missouri for a community enhancement program;
$200,000 to the City of Burlington, Vermont for a
homeownership program designed to assist low and moderate
income first time homebuyers in purchasing duplex housing,
including down payment assistance;
$250,000 to the Township of Plainsboro, New Jersey for
construction of a nature center at the Plainsboro Preserve;
$150,000 to Marin City, California for a Marin City
Cultural and Community Center facility;
$350,000 to the Jefferson County, Missouri Parks &
Recreation Department for improvements to existing county-owned
parks;
$1,000,000 to the City of Johnstown, Pennsylvania for
construction of an intermodal parking garage;
$1,000,000 to the Self-Help Ventures Fund in Durham,
North Carolina to establish a revolving loan fund;
$150,000 to the Memphis Zoo in Memphis, Tennessee for the
Northwest Passage Campaign;
$50,000 to the Historical Centre Foundation in San
Antonio, Texas for construction of a community center and
startup of a program for community outreach near the San
Fernando Cathedral;
$175,000 to St. Ignace, Michigan for construction of a
public library;
$200,000 to the Flint, Michigan Chamber of Commerce for
economic development efforts;
$100,000 to the Wholistic Family Agape Ministries
Industries in Arlington, Virginia for an HIV/AIDS/Substance
Abuse program;
$125,000 to the Word of God Parish and School, St. Anselm
site, in Swissvale, Pennsylvania for infrastructure
rehabilitation projects;
$200,000 to the Sacramento, California Housing and
Redevelopment Agency for the Smart Workplace Demonstration
Center;
$100,000 to the City of Berwyn, Illinois for the
expansion and renovation of Public Safety and Fire facilities;
$250,000 to the Baltimore, Maryland Symphony Orchestra
for construction of a concert hall and youth music education
center in Rockville, Maryland;
$100,000 to Essex County, Massachusetts for cyberdistrict
economic development initiatives;
$250,000 to the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the
rehabilitation and revitalization of the Garfield neighborhood;
$200,000 to the Governing Board of Tower Grove Park in
St. Louis, Missouri for an ongoing renovation project;
$350,000 to the Town of Wilson, New York for repair and
expansion of the pier at Wilson Harbor;
$300,000 to Southern Illinois University in Carbondale,
Illinois for infrastructure needs related to the development of
a University Research Park;
$1,000,000 to Ford City Borough, Armstrong County,
Pennsylvania for development of the Ford City Heritage and
Technology Park;
$310,000 to the West Virginia Humanities Council:
$210,000 to support production of ``The Appalachians,'' a film
documentary, and $100,000 for Council programs;
$500,000 to the Fairmont Community Development
Partnership for downtown revitalization, and relocation of a
homeless nutrition service program;
$400,000 to the City of Gainesville, Florida for the East
Side Community Recreation Center, Cone Park;
$250,000 to Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts
for construction of the National Center for Science Education;
$50,000 to the Great Lakes Consortium for an
International Training and Development program in Toledo, Ohio;
$100,000 to the Village of Chicago Ridge, Illinois for
construction of a Municipal Complex;
$450,000 to the Potomac Heritage Partnership for the
Potomac River Heritage Trail Project to improve access to
parks;
$100,000 to the Washington County Economic Development
Council in Washington County, Florida for economic development
efforts;
$50,000 to the Institute for Economic Development for
development of University Technology Park in Chester,
Pennsylvania;
$1,000,000 to Northeastern University in Boston,
Massachusetts for a pilot program on the health problems of
urban communities;
$150,000 to Elkhart County, Indiana for natural gas and
electric service to the Harrison Ridge subdivision project;
$100,000 to the New Kensington Redevelopment Authority in
New Kensington, Pennsylvania for asbestos removal and
demolition of the Ridge Avenue High School building;
$450,000 to the City of Durham, North Carolina for
community development, employment training, and youth
development efforts;
$300,000 to the City of Monticello, Florida for
conversion of a school building to a multi-purpose community
center;
$270,000 to the Somerset County Commission in Somerset
County, Pennsylvania for facilities improvements at Windber
Recreational Park;
$450,000 to Family Connections in Weirton, West Virginia
for facility needs related to the provision of services to at-
risk juvenile females;
$25,000 to the City of Jacksonville, Florida for
development of a distinctive business district;
$200,000 to the Abilene, Texas Regional Airport for
hangar renovation related to the Southwest Regional Fly-In;
$400,000 to the City of Salinas, California for the
construction of a municipal pool;
$50,000 to the City of Thousand Oaks, California for
planning and construction of a child care center;
$100,000 to the New York City, New York Department of
Parks and Recreation for clean-up of the College Point Sports
Complex in Queens;
$100,000 to the Brooke-Hancock County Veterans Memorial,
Inc. in West Virginia for a community park improvement project,
military history museum and memorial;
$100,000 to Covenant House Washington in Washington, D.C.
for the construction of a Community Service Center;
$900,000 to the City of Wausau, Wisconsin for a
supportive living facility to serve low income elderly
residents;
$150,000 to the City of Tonawanda, New York for public
works infrastructure and housing rehabilitation grants;
$200,000 to the St. Louis County, Missouri Parks &
Recreation Department for renovation of the structures at Bee
Tree Park;
$1,100,000 to Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center
in Chicago, Illinois for the Center for Research on Aging;
$80,000 to the Borough of Latrobe, Pennsylvania for the
Latrobe Veterans Plaza;
$200,000 to SW Resources, Inc. in Parkersburg, West
Virginia for facilities expansion for the creation of
additional job opportunities for people with disabilities;
$50,000 to the Cambria Historical Society in Cambria,
California for the preservation of the Bianchini House;
$400,000 to the City of Dayton, Ohio for land acquisition
for the Tool Town precision metal working park;
$80,000 to the St. Louis County, Missouri Parks &
Recreation Department for the renovation of recreation
facilities within Black Forest Park;
$150,000 to the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency for
mortgage assistance in Chatham County;
$225,000 to the Alabama State University for facility
needs related to the Environmental Microbiology program;
$100,000 to Lorain County Community College in Ohio for
the establishment of the Learning Technology Center;
$100,000 to Salem International University in West
Virginia for equipment, information technology and
infrastructure needs;
$50,000 to Portland State University in Portland, Oregon
for development of the Northwest Center for Engineering,
Science, and Technology;
$400,000 to the UDI Community Development Corporation in
Durham, North Carolina for economic development efforts;
$250,000 to the New York City, New York Department of
Parks and Recreation for costs relating to construction of a
Recreation Center in Chelsea;
$250,000 to the Upper Kanawha Valley Economic Development
Corporation in Montgomery, West Virginia for the development of
a technology community park;
$25,000 to CHANGE, Inc. Community Action Agency in
Weirton, West Virginia for equipment needs for after-school
programs for under-served youth;
$175,000 to the National Council of La Raza to provide
technical and financial assistance to community development
efforts through its Hope Fund;
$200,000 to the Southside Boys and Girls Club in St.
Cloud, Minnesota for planning and construction of a community
center;
$100,000 to the Fresno Community Medical Center in
Fresno, California for development of a regional trauma and
burn center;
$175,000 to the City of Houston, Texas for a
homeownership program, involving down payment subsidy
assistance for sewer/water hook-up;
$150,000 to the Multicultural Educational Counseling
Through the Arts (MECA) program in Houston, Texas for
operational and facilities needs;
$75,000 to the Lafayette, Louisiana Chamber of Commerce
for the Zydetech Initiative;
$100,000 to the Village of Tuckahoe, New York for
streetscape improvements;
$50,000 to the Cambridge, Massachusetts Redevelopment
Authority for recreation development efforts;
$1,250,000 to the City of Mt. Clemens, Michigan for the
establishment of a community recreation center;
$250,000 to the Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative in
Los Angeles, California for economic development efforts in the
Fairfax Avenue Ethiopian Business District;
$250,000 to the City of Brownsville, Texas for
reconstruction of downtown streets as part of city center
redevelopment efforts;
$200,000 to the Village of Matteson, Illinois for
renovation and expansion of a community center;
$500,000 to Southern West Virginia Community and
Technical College in Logan, West Virginia for a cooperative
economic development effort with the Appalachian Transportation
Institute at Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia;
$250,000 to Culver City, California for the construction
of the Culver City Senior Center;
$200,000 to the Safer Foundation in Chicago, Illinois for
a workforce development program to provide ex-offenders with
education and job training;
$125,000 to the Franklin County Community Development
Corporation in Greenfield, Massachusetts for construction of a
food processing center;
$200,000 to the Township of Stickney, Illinois for
renovations related to a multipurpose municipal center;
$150,000 to Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana
for facilities renovation and educational outreach at the
AMISTAD Research Center;
$250,000 to Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York
to study the feasibility of establishing a wellness center as a
collaborative effort with Brooklyn Hospital;
$200,000 to the Sacramento, California Boys and Girls
Club for the construction of a facility on Lemon Hill Avenue;
$200,000 to Calhoun Community College in Decatur, Alabama
for the Aerospace and Advanced Technology Park;
$300,000 to the Township of North Bergen, New Jersey for
the establishment of Technology Literacy Learning Centers;
$250,000 to Casa Puerto Rico in New York City, New York:
$150,000 for a feasibility study and seed money for the
restoration of a theater located in the Villa Alejandrina
Apartments in South Bronx, New York, and $100,000 for a
feasibility study and startup costs for the conversion of the
Bronx Borough Courthouse into a Puerto Rican Historical,
Cultural and Activities Center;
$800,000 to the Wausau Performing Arts Foundation, Inc.
in Wausau, Wisconsin for the ArtsBlock project;
$150,000 to the City of Baytown, Texas for construction
of an Emergency Operations Center;
$75,000 to Northern Kentucky University in Highland
Heights, Kentucky for the Urban Learning Center;
$400,000 to Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia for the
historic preservation of Packard Hall;
$400,000 to Milwaukee County, Wisconsin for renovations
to the Milwaukee County War Memorial;
$50,000 to the City of Norwalk, California for
renovations at the Norwalk Aquatic Center;
$100,000 to the Tampa Port Authority in Tampa, Florida
for infrastructure improvements related to the Channelside
economic development project;
$200,000 to the L.I.F.T. Women's Resource Center in
Detroit, Michigan for expansion of the Positive Change Project;
$50,000 to the 21st Century Council Adult Career Center
in Scottsboro, Alabama for computer system improvements,
acquisition of office equipment, and instructional materials;
$50,000 to the Tri-Valley Business Council in Livermore,
California for a business incubator initiative known as Tri-
Valley Technology Enterprise Center;
$400,000 to the City of New Haven, Connecticut for the
restoration and rehabilitation of the West River Memorial Park;
$25,000 to the Township of Branchburg, New Jersey for the
construction of a war veterans memorial;
$400,000 to Ohio University in Athens, Ohio for the
Innovation Center, a technology business incubator;
$250,000 to the Wawashkamo Restoration and Preservation
Fund in Mackinac Island, Michigan for initiatives related to
the Mackinac Island Battlefield;
$100,000 to the City of Dallas, Texas for an affordable
housing program operated by the T.R. Hoover Community
Development Corporation;
$100,000 to the New London Development Corporation in New
London, Connecticut for renovation related to affordable
housing;
$100,000 to Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation of
Kansas City, Kansas for development of low income housing;
$50,000 to the New York City, New York Department of
Parks and Recreation for phase three of the rebuilding and
restoration of Joyce Kilmer Park in South Bronx, New York;
$550,000 to the Springfield Library and Museum
Association in Springfield, Massachusetts for construction and
infrastructure improvements related to a national memorial and
park honoring Theodor Geisl;
$225,000 to the City of Ferndale, Michigan for
refurbishment of Washington Elementary School for use as a
community center;
$100,000 to the City of Mollalla, Oregon for the
conversion of a gymnasium into a public library, community and
technology training center;
$300,000 to the City of Albany, New York for waterfront
improvements;
$250,000 to the Berkeley County Commission in
Martinsburg, West Virginia for the Historic Baltimore and Ohio
Roundhouse Renovation Project;
$100,000 to the Cape Cod, Massachusetts Chamber of
Commerce for the Cape Cod High Technology Center technology
incubator initiative;
$100,000 to Consolidated Fruit Packers, Inc. in New
Paltz, New York for a job retention program;
$1,000,000 to the National Children's Advocacy Center in
Huntsville, Alabama for the establishment of a research and
training facility;
$350,000 to the Richland County Neighborhood Technology
Center in Richland County, South Carolina for facilities and
equipment needs;
$500,000 to the Center for Economic Development at the
University of San Francisco in San Francisco, California for
economic development efforts;
$400,000 to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans
in Washington, DC for the provision of technical assistance to
local organizations;
$150,000 to the Saugerties Historical Society in
Saugerties, New York for historic preservation of the Kiersted
House;
$200,000 to the Village of Glenwood, Illinois for
renovations to the Glenwood Senior Center;
$150,000 to the Point Community Development Corporation
in New York City, New York for the purchase and/or renovation
as a boathouse of an abandoned factory at the corner of
Lafayette Avenue and Edgewater Road in South Bronx, New York;
$500,000 to the City of Falls Church, Virginia to
refinance the Winter Hill Apartments, low-income housing
complex;
$100,000 to Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, New
York for the establishment of a community service center;
$1,050,000 to Lucas County, Ohio for the acquisition and
improvement of Quarry Farms Park;
$250,000 to Santa Monica College in Santa Monica,
California for the Madison Site Theater Center;
$200,000 to the Lewiston Auburn Economic Growth Council
in Lewiston, Maine for administering loans to stimulate
economic growth;
$50,000 to the Borough of Peapack, New Jersey for
facility improvements to the Township Hall;
$225,000 to the City of Los Angeles, California for
construction of the Ernest E. Debs Nature Center;
$450,000 to the American Indian Business Development
Corporation for construction of a multi-purpose facility to
support business development in south Minneapolis, Minnesota;
$325,000 to the Berkshire South Regional Community Center
in Great Barrington, Massachusetts for planning and
construction;
$165,000 to the Millvale Borough Development Corporation
in Millvale, Pennsylvania for the implementation of the
Millvale Gateway and Riverfront Plan;
$200,000 to Nanticoke, Pennsylvania for downtown
revitalization and infrastructure improvements;
$1,000,000 to the George Meany Center for Labor Studies
in Silver Spring, Maryland for facility needs;
$500,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Nogales, Arizona
for expenses related to the construction of a facility;
$250,000 to the City of Buffalo, New York for
refurbishing of the exterior of St. Louis Church, including
facade work;
$80,000 to the Eureka Volunteer Fire Department in
Tarentum, Pennsylvania for asbestos removal and demolition of
the Tarentum Municipal Building;
$150,000 to the Tioga County Rural Economic Area
Partnership in Owego, New York for economic development
efforts;
$100,000 to the Village of Hempstead, New York for
infrastructure improvements to Kennedy Park;
$465,000 to the Prospect Park Alliance in New York City,
New York for interior exhibits and furnishing for Prospect Park
Audubon Center at the Boathouse;
$200,000 to the Ukrainian Museum Archives in Cleveland,
Ohio for facilities improvements;
$25,000 to the Orlando Community Redevelopment Agency in
Orlando, Florida for redevelopment of Otey Place;
$125,000 to the Academy Family Foundation in Fairmont,
West Virginia for facility and programmatic needs;
$100,000 to the Little Tokyo Service Community Center in
Los Angeles, California for the development of a job training
program;
$200,000 to Broward County, Florida for the Broward
County African-American Community and Cultural Center;
$50,000 to the County of San Diego, California for
planning related to the development of a business park in East
Otay Mesa;
$150,000 to the Indiana County Community Action Program
in Indiana County, Pennsylvania for equipment, facilities and
activities needs;
$200,000 to the City of East Palo Alto, California for
the redevelopment of the Ravenswood Industrial Area;
$300,000 to the City of Huntington, New York for a sewage
treatment facility;
$100,000 to the Town of Beacon Falls, Connecticut for the
purchase of Pinesbridge Industrial Park;
$100,000 to the City of Worcester, Massachusetts for the
Gardner-Kilby-Hammond Street neighborhood revitalization
project;
$100,000 to the Bronx Museum of the Arts in New York
City, New York for infrastructure improvements, construction,
renovation, operation and facility upgrades;
$50,000 to the Eugene A. Obregon CMH Memorial Foundation
for the creation of a memorial to honor Latinos who have served
in the Armed Services;
$50,000 to the City of Garden Grove, California for
planning and construction of the West Haven Park Community
Center;
$250,000 to the City of Abilene, Texas for renovation of
the historic Wooten Hotel;
$100,000 to the City of San Leandro, California for
landslide mitigation efforts;
$200,000 to the City of Saint Marys, West Virginia for
downtown revitalization, and vehicle and equipment needs to
support the Senior Service Advisory Council's senior nutrition
program;
$75,000 to the City of Hartford, Connecticut for the
Temple Street redevelopment project;
$250,000 to the Brotherhood Crusade Business Development
and Capital Fund in Los Angeles, California for facility
infrastructure needs and/or technical assistance and loans to
small businesses;
$200,000 to West Virginia University at Parkersburg for
equipment needs related to the Caperton Center;
$500,000 to the International Glass Museum in Takoma,
Washington for capital costs associated with a new facility;
$400,000 to the Montclair Art Museum in Montclair, New
Jersey for facility expansion;
$225,000 to the South Sumter Resource Center in Sumter
County, South Carolina for facilities renovation and equipment;
$40,000 to the Schuylkill County Fire Fighters
Association in Morea, Pennsylvania for facilities improvements;
$100,000 to West Liberty State College in West Liberty,
West Virginia for planning and development related to the SMART
Center;
$200,000 to Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama for
the establishment of a Wellness Center;
$200,000 to the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin for facilities construction;
$200,000 to the Filipino Community Center in Seattle,
Washington for costs related to facilities relocation;
$250,000 to Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minnesota
for rehabilitation of Sverdrup Hall;
$50,000 to the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands for
fire fighting efforts in territorial waters;
$1,000,000 to the Salvatore Mancini Center on Aging in
North Providence, Rhode Island for facilities needs;
$400,000 to Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania for economic development studies and activities;
$200,000 to the St. Louis County, Missouri Parks &
Recreation Department for renovations and improvements to
Jefferson Barracks Park;
$750,000 to John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio to
support the Center for Mathematics and Science Education;
$50,000 to the Town of Pelham, New York for renovations
to Memorial Park;
$75,000 to the Town of St. George, South Carolina for the
Klauber Building Project;
$150,000 to the University of North Carolina at
Wilmington School of Nursing to provide multidisciplinary
nurse-managed primary health care services in rural northern
Brunswick County and rural eastern Columbus County, North
Carolina;
$950,000 to the Mid-Atlantic Aerospace Complex, Inc. for
operating and marketing expenses, site use assessment, land
acquisition and construction of facilities;
$600,000 to the National Civil Rights Hall of Fame in
Gary, Indiana for facility construction;
$100,000 to Camp Kon-O-Kwee/Spencer YMCA camp in Beaver
County, Pennsylvania for continued construction of a wastewater
treatment facility;
$325,000 to the Seneca Center in New York City, New York
for the acquisition and partial renovation of a permanent
facility in South Bronx, New York;
$250,000 to the Huntington Park Oldtimers Foundation in
Huntington Park, California for the rehabilitation of a senior
center;
$50,000 to Ottawa County, Ohio for street improvements
for the central business district in Rocky Ridge, Ohio;
$200,000 to the Peninsula Marine Institute in Newport
News, Virginia for the acquisition of a permanent facility to
house its juvenile offenders program;
$100,000 to the Martin Luther King Freedom Center in
Oakland, California for planning and development purposes;
$1,500,000 to Miami-Dade County, Florida to expand and
improve the physical plant of the anchor industry in Poinciana
Industrial Park;
$300,000 to St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New
York to establish an Institute of Teaching and Learning;
$200,000 to the Daniel Freeman Hospital in Inglewood,
California for community health outreach to the uninsured and
medically underserved;
$1,000,000 to Columbia University in New York City, New
York for its audubon research project;
$400,000 to the University of California-Merced for the
renovation of the civil engineering building on Castle Air
Force Base;
$150,000 to the City of Moundsville, West Virginia for
downtown revitalization associated with the Strand Theater;
$250,000 to the Mystic Valley Development Commission for
a regional technology development project known as TeleCom
City;
$200,000 to Bethune Cookman College in Daytona Beach,
Florida for costs related to a community services and student
union building;
$50,000 to the city of Dallas, Texas for the Pleasant
Wood/Pleasant Grove Community Development Corporation for
improvement efforts focused on West Dallas neighborhoods;
$1,200,000 to the West Virginia High Technology
Consortium Foundation, Inc. for continued development of the I-
79 Technology Park;
$100,000 to the City of Dallas, Texas for the Southfair
Community Development Corporation for land acquisition and
efforts to revitalize the Grand Avenue corridor;
$1,000,000 to the St. Coletta School in Alexandria,
Virginia for facilities needs;
$50,000 to the St. Louis County, Missouri Economic
Council for infrastructure and streetscape enhancements for the
Affton/Gravois Business District;
$110,000 to the Reading Area Community College in Berks
County, Pennsylvania for planning and development of an
Advanced Technology Center;
$100,000 to Temple University Ambler in Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania for a community planning and sustainable
development initiative;
$150,000 to the Arlington Housing Corporation to purchase
investor-owned units at the Arlington Oaks condominium complex
for operation as affordable housing;
$100,000 to the Abington Township Public Library in
Abington, Pennsylvania for facilities renovation;
$200,000 to Pittson, Pennsylvania for downtown
revitalization and infrastructure improvements;
$1,000,000 to Concord College in Athens, West Virginia
for infrastructure development for an information technology
training program;
$200,000 to the St. Louis, Missouri City Parks Department
for renovations of Wilmore Park;
$250,000 to the Village of Mamaroneck, New York for
streetscape improvements;
$50,000 to the St. Louis County, Missouri Economic
Council for infrastructure and streetscape enhancements for the
LeMay Business District;
$1,000,000 to the Mandel School of Applied Social
Sciences' Center for Community Development at Case Western
Reserve University for the establishment of the Lou Stokes
Fellows Program in Community Organization and Development;
$50,000 to the City of Tuscumbia, Alabama for stage and
infrastructure improvements at Spring Park;
$150,000 to Fulton County, Ohio for upgrades of emergency
notification/siren systems;
$225,000 to the Town of Bolton, Mississippi for a
business district restoration plan that includes job training
and a revolving loan fund;
$300,000 to the Christiansburg Institute Board in
Christiansburg, Virginia for renovation of a historic building
into a museum and community learning center;
$1,000,000 to St. John's County, Florida for water,
sewer, wastewater, and stormwater system improvements.
Excludes report language proposed by the Senate directing
HUD to make a comprehensive report on all EDI grants. Similar
language was not included by the House. However, the conferees
agree that HUD should conduct a close-out review of each non-
congressionally designated EDI grant within five years of the
award. Any funds not obligated should be identified and
reported to the Committees by May 1, 2001, for possible
rescission and reallocation.
BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT
Appropriates $25,000,000 for brownfields redevelopment as
proposed by the Senate instead of $20,000,000 as proposed by
the House.
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Appropriates $1,800,000,000 for the HOME program instead
of $1,585,000,000 as proposed by the House, and $1,600,000,000
as proposed by the Senate. The conferees increased the funding
level for HOME above the Senate and House levels, and above the
request, as an indication of their support for producing
substantially more affordable homes for low-income Americans.
Recognizing the tremendous unmet need for affordable
housing, and in light of the fact that 5,400,000 families pay
more than half their income for rent, the conferees seriously
considered proposing a new production program targeted at
extremely low-income families. In addition to creating new
affordable homes, the proposal would have encouraged the
concepts of income-mixing, and tenant choice. Unfortunately, in
deference to the committees of jurisdiction, the conferees
agreed to withdraw the proposal. Nevertheless, the conferees
encourage the authorizing committees to consider the need for
additional homes for extremely low-income families, and to
draft legislation that will meet these increasing needs.
Includes $20,000,000 for the Housing Counseling program
as proposed by the Senate instead of $15,000,000 as proposed by
the House. For two consecutive years, HUD has been directed to
develop a process for measuring the performance of housing
counseling agencies. This year, several nonprofit
intermediaries working cooperatively with HUD developed
meaningful recommendations that include such measurements. The
conferees direct HUD to implement these recommendations and,
upon implementation, report to the Committees on
Appropriations.
Transfers $17,000,000 to the Working Capital Fund for the
development and maintenance of information technology systems
as proposed by the House instead of no funding as proposed by
the Senate.
The conferees are concerned that there appears to be some
ambiguity about whether Native American non-profit entities
working on Indian lands are eligible to receive HOME funds.
After reviewing the relevant statutes, the conferees see
nothing that indicates Native American nonprofits are
ineligible to compete for HOME funds at the state level.
Furthermore, the conferees believe it is highly questionable
for states to count low-income Native American residents in
their funding calculations, but upon receipt of their
allocation, be unwilling to share HOME funds with Native
American non-profits. Economic and housing conditions on Native
American lands are among the most challenging in the United
States. The HOME program was designed to assist in meeting
these challenges for all Americans and not to discriminate
based on where an individual chooses to live.
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Appropriates $1,025,000,000 for homeless assistance
grants instead of $1,020,000,000 as proposed by the House and
the Senate. Funds provided in this account include funds for
new Shelter Plus Care grants. Renewals of existing grants are
included in a new account called ``Shelter Plus Care
Renewals.''
Includes language proposed by the House requiring that
all homeless programs be coordinated with health, social
service, and employment programs. The Senate did not include
similar language.
Includes language proposed by the House providing that
1.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the program shall be
for technical assistance and the development and maintenance of
management information systems, instead of .75 percent as
proposed by the Senate.
Appropriates $500,000 for the Interagency Council on the
Homeless as proposed by the Senate. The House did not include
similar language.
The conferees reiterate and endorse language included in
the Senate report regarding the need for data and analysis on
the extent of homelessness and the effectiveness of McKinney
Act programs, the desirability of convening a group of experts
to discuss alternatives to the current ``pro rata shares''
formula, the importance of oversight by HUD field staff, and
the need to increase the supply of permanent supportive
housing. The conferees concur with the importance of developing
unduplicated counts of the homeless at the local level, as well
as taking whatever steps are possible to draw inferences from
this data about the extent and nature of homelessness in the
nation as a whole.
Likewise, the conferees agree that local jurisdictions
should be collecting an array of data on homelessness in order
to prevent duplicate counting of homeless persons, and to
analyze their patterns of use of assistance, including how they
enter and exit the homeless assistance system and the
effectiveness of the systems. HUD is directed to take the lead
in working with communities toward this end, and to analyze
jurisdictional data within three years. Implementation and
operation of Management Information Systems (MIS), and
collection and analysis of MIS data, have been made eligible
uses of Supportive Housing Program funds. The conferees direct
HUD to report to the Committees within six months after the
date of enactment of this Act on its strategy for achieving
this goal, including details on financing, implementing, and
maintaining the effort.
Recognizing the need to provide assured funding for
renewing Shelter Plus Care grants, the conferees have shifted
renewal funding to a separate account. The conferees are aware
that there is a similar permanent housing component to the
Supportive Housing Program (SHP), which remains funded through
the Homeless Assistance Grants account under this conference
agreement. While the conferees have not shifted renewal funding
for the SHP permanent housing program to the new account, they
nevertheless believe there is good reason to provide for
reliable renewal of permanent housing for the formerly homeless
people with disabilities, addictions, and similar problems who
are served by both of these programs.
Accordingly, the conferees direct HUD to implement a
mechanism for renewing the permanent housing component of SHP
grants as part of its process for awarding funds under this
account--provided, of course, that the activities funded by the
grant are determined to meet local needs and appropriate
standards of performance and financial accountability.
SHELTER PLUS CARE RENEWALS
Appropriates $100,000,000 for renewing shelter plus care
grants that expire in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 instead of
$105,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House proposed
renewing these contracts in the Housing Certificate Fund. These
are the grants that would be subject to renewal in the fiscal
years 2000 and 2001 funding cycles.
Because renewal funding is provided in this account for
Shelter Plus Care grants being handled in the fiscal year 2000
continuum of care funding competition now underway, the
conferees intend that grants qualifying for renewal under this
account be removed from that competition and instead be renewed
with funds in this account.
HOUSING PROGRAMS
HOUSING FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Appropriates $996,000,000 for housing for special
populations as proposed by the Senate instead of $911,000,000
as proposed by the House.
Includes $779,000,000 for section 202 housing for the
elderly instead of $783,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and
$710,000,000 as proposed by the House.
Includes $217,000,000 for section 811 housing for the
disabled instead of $213,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and
$210,000,000 as proposed by the House.
Includes language proposed by the House providing grants
under section 202b for converting eligible projects to assisted
living.
Includes language proposed by the Senate allowing the
Secretary to designate up to 25% of amounts earmarked for
section 811 for tenant-based assistance. The House included
language that allowed the Secretary to earmark between 25% and
50% of the funds for this use.
Transfers $1,000,000 to the Working Capital Fund for the
development and maintenance of information technology systems
as proposed by the House. The Senate did not include a similar
provision.
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION
FHA--MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Limits obligations for direct loans to no more than
$250,000,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $100,000,000
as proposed by the House.
Transfers $96,500,000 from administrative contract
expenses to the Working Capital Fund for the development and
maintenance of information technology systems as proposed by
the House. The Senate did not include similar language.
The conferees reiterate report language included by the
Senate regarding the implementation of the single family
property disposition legislation, specifically the statutory
authority to discount properties in distressed neighborhoods.
In fiscal year 1999, legislation was enacted authorizing HUD to
dispose of its HUD-held single family loans. As part of that
agreement, seriously distressed neighborhoods where the
possibility of disinvestment is greatest could be designated as
asset control areas. For these areas, HUD was granted the
authority to establish discounts on the price of foreclosed
homes for local governments and nonprofit institutions that
establish neighborhood redevelopment plans to revitalize these
areas.
HUD, however, has not aggressively implemented this
legislative mandate. In fact, HUD has instituted a pricing
structure that is far more restrictive than required in the
law, making it extremely difficult for local governments to
repair deteriorated homes and to reinvigorate neighborhoods.
The conferees reiterate their support for the solution
contained in the fiscal year 1999 legislation, and direct HUD
to implement it--specifically the discount provisions--in a way
that allows local governments and nonprofits to rebuild
neighborhoods. Furthermore, the conferees reaffirm the Senate's
directive to report on the implementation of the disposition
program by May 15, 2001.
Finally, the conferees are extremely concerned about the
proliferation of predatory lending and commend HUD for acting
to combat this practice. As directed in the Senate report, the
conferees look forward to being briefed by HUD on the progress
made in this area.
The conferees are disappointed that HUD utilized only a
small fraction of the lending authority made available in
fiscal year 1999 for direct loans to nonprofit organizations
and local government agencies in connection with sales of HUD-
owned single-family homes under section 204(g) of the National
Housing Act. HUD is expected to make fuller use of this lending
authority in fiscal year 2001. In particular, the conferees
believe that section 204(g) loans could be a valuable tool to
assist with the acquisition, rehabilitation, and sale of homes
in the asset control areas created in the fiscal year 1999 VA,
HUD, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, and direct
HUD to take steps to facilitate use of section 204(g) loans by
nonprofit organizations working to revitalize neighborhoods in
these areas.
FHA--GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Transfers $33,500,000 from administrative contract
expenses to the Working Capital Fund for the development and
maintenance of information technology systems as proposed by
the House. The Senate did not include similar language.
Deletes language included by the Senate requiring at
least $50,000,000 of credit subsidy be directed to insuring
multifamily projects where a portion of the units are targeted
to extremely low-income families. However, HUD is directed to
report back to the Committees on Appropriations on the
feasibility of creating an insurance program that targets
extremely low- and low-income families. As part of this report,
HUD should include an estimate of the costs of providing credit
subsidy, or of any other subsidies, that would be necessary for
such a program to be successful.
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Appropriates $53,500,000 for research and technology
instead of $45,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and
$40,000,000 as proposed by the House. As proposed by the House,
$3,000,000 of the amount provided is for program evaluation to
support the inclusion of strategic planning and performance
measurements in the preparation of the budget. The Senate did
not include similar language.
Includes new language providing $500,000 for the
Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Care Facility Needs
for Seniors in the 21st Century.
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES
Appropriates $46,000,000 for fair housing activities
instead of $44,000,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate.
Of the amount provided, $24,000,000 is for section 561 of the
Housing and Community Development Act of 1987.
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL
LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION
Appropriates $100,000,000 for lead hazard reduction, as
proposed by the Senate instead of $80,000,000 as proposed by
the House.
Of the amount, $10,000,000 is for the Healthy Homes
Initiative as proposed by the House instead of $5,000,000 as
proposed by the Senate.
Inserts language proposed by the House and stricken by
the Senate providing $1,000,000 for CLEARCorps.
Deletes language proposed by the Senate transferring
balances from pre-existing lead reduction programs. This
transfer was included in the fiscal year 2000 appropriations
measure and has already been implemented.
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Appropriates $1,072,000,000 for salaries and expenses
instead of $1,003,380,000 as proposed by the House and
$1,002,233,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Deletes language proposed by the Senate limiting per-
employee costs (including benefits) to an average of $78,000.
The House did not include similar language.
Inserts language proposed by the Senate prohibiting HUD
from employing more than 14 employees in the Office of Public
Affairs. The House did not include similar language.
Deletes language proposed by the Senate limiting the
number of HUD full time equivalent (FTE) positions to no more
than 9,100.
Inserts new language limiting the personal services
object class to no more than $758,000,000.
Inserts new language requiring that not less than
$100,000,000 in the Working Capital Fund be used for the
development and maintenance of information technology systems.
Inserts new language limiting the number of outside
employees that HUD may hire at grade levels of GS-14 and GS-15.
Under the limitation, HUD may hire only 7 GS-14 and GS-15 level
employees for every 10 such employees who leave the Department.
The limitation will be lifted only when the number of GS-14 and
GS-15 level employees falls 2.5 percent from the level at the
date of enactment. This moratorium on hiring does not include
promoting from within HUD, nor does it impact the number of
Schedule C employees that can be hired at these grade levels.
The conferees are concerned about the growth of the
personal service object class in the salaries and expenses
account. To gain control over its growth, a cap of $758,000,000
has been placed on the personal service object class. Finally,
HUD is directed to spend at least $100,000,000 on the
development and maintenance of information technology systems.
The conferees hope that HUD will use these tools in a
constructive manner to deal with several serious issues.
First, HUD has been unable to accurately portray its
salary and expense needs. In its fiscal year 2000 request, HUD
requested funding for 9,300 people though only 9,030 people
were on staff at the time. Despite this knowledge, which HUD
did not share with the Committees, HUD threatened a reduction
in force (RIF) unless more funds were forthcoming. Relying on
the representation that a RIF was a real possibility,
$20,000,000 more than was recommended was provided. Even then,
HUD claimed this amount was insufficient.
However, during fiscal year 2000, instead of threatened
staff reductions, HUD hired more than 700 employees, an
unprecedented number of new hires. In addition, HUD increased
the number of personnel receiving quality step increases from a
negligible amount to approximately 30% of the total staff. This
action brought the average cost per employee up to $81,500--a
level that is $2,700 higher than estimated in the fiscal year
2001 budget request--thus making the fiscal year 2001 budget
request insufficient by $18,650,000.
Making a bad situation worse, almost 25% of HUD's total
staff--or 2,018 people according to HUD--are at the GS-14 and
GS-15 levels of pay. Yet in fiscal year 2000 alone, HUD hired
more than 200 new GS-14 and GS-15s, causing displacement of
existing staff and making it virtually impossible for younger
employees to expect upward movement in their careers in a
reasonable amount of time.
Such poor management decisions only underscore other
management deficiencies. For years, Congress has requested HUD
to provide a staff plan that matches staffing requirements with
programmatic responsibilities. For six years, HUD has
systematically and deliberately ignored these Congressional
requests and directives. Therefore, it isn't surprising that
the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) recently
reported that ``. . . the basis for most staff level changes in
the recent past has been top-down direction that HUD reduce
staff levels to get to a target number. The lack of an
analytical basis for much of that direction has not let top
management know whether resulting staff levels in individual
offices and overall are adequate to accomplish the department's
mission.'' Not only does this conclusion concern the conferees,
it flies in the face of HUD's own restructuring plan embodied
in Management Reform Plan 2020.
Exacerbating these problems is HUD's annual transfer of
funds from its information technology account to offset the
personal services account, significantly delaying HUD's entry
to the information age. HUD's inability to account for its
appropriations--in terms of funding and in terms of results--
and its raid of the IT account to supplement an inadequate
personal services account is simply unacceptable. For that
reason, the conferees have fenced the IT account and direct HUD
to move forward on implementing an enterprise data warehouse
that incorporates a geographic information system (GIS)
platform for HUD as quickly as possible.
The conferees reassert the House report language
directing HUD to present a comprehensive, multi-year budget
plan that creates, maintains, and refines HUD's information
technology systems. Finally, HUD is directed to provide a plan
that matches staff resources with programmatic needs by May 15,
2001.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
Appropriates $85,000,000 for the Office of Inspector
General instead of $83,000,000 as proposed by the House and
$87,843,000 as proposed by the Senate.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Restores language proposed by the House and stricken by
the Senate giving HUD enhanced authority to dispose of HUD-held
mortgages.
Restores language proposed by the House and stricken by
the Senate allowing HUD to set maximum payment standards for
enhanced vouchers.
Deletes language proposed by the House authorizing PHAs
to utilize any excess section 8 for increasing the value of a
voucher in high cost areas, and for other purposes. The Senate
had included similar language in its Title II of Division B.
Includes language proposed by the Senate to prohibit HUD
from prohibiting or debarring entities that administer the
continuum of care process for homeless grants without due
process. The House did not include similar language.
Includes language proposed by the Senate to require all
Title II programs to comply with the HUD Reform Act. The House
did not include similar language.
Includes language proposed by the Senate enabling
homeless programs to utilize the environmental assumption
authority contained in section 305(c) of the Multifamily
Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994. The House did
not include similar language.
Includes language proposed by the Senate making technical
changes and corrections to the National Housing Act. The House
did not include similar language.
Includes language proposed by the Senate making law
enforcement officers eligible for housing assistance under the
Indian housing block grant program. The House did not include
similar language.
Includes language proposed by the Senate prohibiting
federal assistance to facilities that sell predominantly
cigarettes or other tobacco products. The House did not include
similar language.
Modifies language proposed by the Senate prohibiting the
implementation of the Puerto Rico PHA settlement agreement
until management reform goals and benchmarks are identified
including safeguards against fraud and abuse by inserting a
date by which the report is due. The House did not include
similar language.
Modifies language proposed by the Senate allowing a grant
award to the Hollander Ridge project to be used for activities
that benefit the site. The House did not include similar
language.
Deletes language proposed by the Senate reducing the
downpayment requirements for teachers and uniformed municipal
employees. The House did not include similar language. However,
the Office of Policy Development and Research is directed to
contract with an outside entity to determine the feasibility of
decreasing the downpayment requirements for these individuals
and assess its impact on communities.
Includes language proposed by the Senate authorizing the
``neighborhood networks'' computer concept to be an eligible
activity to receive funding under the modernization and HOPE VI
grant programs. The House did not include similar language.
Includes language proposed by the Senate deeming a
project in Independence, Missouri, to be eligible for mark-to-
market reforms. The House did not include similar language.
Modifies language proposed by the Senate to extend
section 236(g)(3)(A) of the National Housing Act for one year.
The House did not include similar language.
Modifies language proposed by the Senate enabling a
county to elect to remain an ``urban county'' if it was so
defined in fiscal year 1999. The House did not include similar
language.
Deletes language proposed by the Senate to authorize a
low-income multifamily risk-sharing mortgage insurance program.
The House did not include similar language.
Includes language proposed by the Senate exempting Alaska
and Mississippi from the statutory requirement of having a
resident on the board of a PHA. The House did not include
similar language.
Includes new language making moderate rehabilitation
funds available for use under the HOME Investment Partnerships
Act for two projects in New Rochelle, New York.
Includes new language reprogramming $1,000,000 for the
City of Loma Linda for infrastructure improvements at Redlands
Boulevard and California Streets, for infrastructure
improvements in the city related to Mountain View Bridge.
Includes new language making Native American communities
eligible to receive funding under the Resident Opportunity and
Social Services program.
Includes new language extending for one year an economic
development initiative in Miami Beach, Florida.
Includes new language reprogramming funds from Homestead,
Florida, to housing for low-income elderly persons in Dade
County, Florida.
Includes new language waiving the CDBG social services
cap for the City of Los Angeles.
Includes new language extending FHA's downpayment
simplification provisions to December 31, 2002.
Includes new language amending section 423 of the Stewart
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act program to allow grants to
be used to pay for the costs of implementing and operating
management information systems.
Includes new language amending section 184 of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1992 by allowing the program
to be used to refinance previously made loans for purposes of
rehabilitation, and by eliminating the requirement to show lack
of access to private financial markets.
Includes new language making enhanced vouchers available
to residents who have continued to reside in section 8
properties which opted out of expired federal assistance
contracts prior to enactment of Subtitle C of Title V of the
fiscal year 2000 VA, HUD and Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act.
Includes new language requiring grantees under Subtitle A
of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act
to coordinate their discharge policies.
Includes new language amending section 525 of the VA, HUD
and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act of 2000 by changing
the title of the ``Commission on Affordable Housing and Health
Care Facility Needs'' to the ``Commission on Affordable Housing
and Health Care Facility Needs for Seniors in the 21st
Century.''
Includes new language amending the McKinney Act allowing
for the chair of the Interagency Council for the Homeless to
rotate between HUD, the Department of Health and Human
Services, the Department of Labor, and the Department of
Veterans Affairs.
Modifies language proposed by the Senate amending the
Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (QHWRA), to
allow PHAs to ``project-base'' up to 20 percent of their
section 8 voucher funds. For many reasons, including burdensome
implementation regulations, the option in QHWRA has never
worked effectively. Therefore, the conferees have agreed to
include legislation that makes substantive revisions to section
8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act.
First, the revision makes the option to project-base
vouchers more flexible, and allows PHAs to designate up to 20%
of their available voucher funds for this purpose without any
requirement that owners invest additional funding in the units.
This change allows PHAs to decide whether to link project-
basing to new construction, to rehabilitation, or simply to use
project-basing as a tool to promote voucher utilization and to
expand housing opportunities. A PHA may project-base their
vouchers only if the choice is consistent with the housing
needs and strategies identified in the PHA plan. If a PHA
chooses this option, the initial contract term with the owner
of the development may be no more than 10 years in duration,
but may be extended, subject to the agreement of the owner and
the PHA. All contracts are subject to the availability of
appropriations.
Additionally, it requires PHAs to offer families with
project-based vouchers a ``continued assistance option''--a
program variation that allows families to move from the
assisted building, and to retain federal housing assistance.
Under this option, PHAs agree to link a specified number of
subsidies to a particular development. The initial families are
selected by the manager of the development from among families
referred by PHAs. Families with the continued assistance option
have the right to move after one year but retain their federal
housing assistance by going to the top of the PHA waiting list,
or by receiving assistance through other means devised by the
PHA. Families that move from a subsidized unit are replaced by
families referred from the PHA's waiting list, ensuring that
the specified number of subsidies continue to be utilized at
the development throughout the term of the PHA's contract with
the owner. Special rules would be applied in tax credit units.
To promote mixed-income developments, only 25 percent of
the units in a multifamily building may have project-based
assistance. PHAs are allowed to offer vacancy payments to
owners for no more than 60 days. However, PHAs and owners must
seek to reduce the need for vacancy payments and such payments
may not be made if the vacancy is the fault of the owner--for
example, the unit does not pass re-inspection, or a PHA refers
a reasonable number of families to the owner but the owner
refuses to select any of them.
Modifies language proposed by the Senate requiring HUD to
maintain section 8 rental assistance payments on HUD-held or
HUD-owned properties that are occupied primarily by elderly or
disabled families. If the properties are not viable affordable
housing, the Secretary may contract for project-based
assistance with other existing housing properties, or provide
other rental assistance.
Modifies language proposed by the Senate making the
family unification program more flexible.
Includes language proposed by the Senate making the FHA
risk-sharing programs permanent.
TITLE III--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
American Battle Monuments Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriates $28,000,000 for salaries and expenses as
proposed by the House instead of $26,196,000 as proposed by the
Senate. The conferees commend the ABMC for the progress made in
reducing the backlogged maintenance needs throughout the ABMC
system, and have provided funds in excess of the budget request
to continue this important program.
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriates $7,500,000 for salaries and expenses instead
of $8,000,000 as proposed by the House and $7,000,000 as
proposed by the Senate. Bill language has been included again
this fiscal year which limits the number of career Senior
Executive Service positions to three. Of the available funds,
$5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2001, and
$2,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2002.
In addition, language has been adopted which stipulates
that the Inspector General of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency shall also serve as the Inspector General of the Board,
shall utilize personnel of the Office of Inspector General of
FEMA in performing the duties of the Inspector General of the
Board, and shall not appoint any individuals to positions
within the Board.
The conferees agree that not later than March 1, 2002,
and thereafter, the Chief Operating Officer of the Board shall
prepare a financial report for the preceding year, covering all
accounts and associated activities of the Board. Each such
financial report shall be audited according to generally
accepted accounting principles by the Inspector General of the
Board or another qualified external auditor as determined by
the Inspector General, and each such audit report shall be
submitted to the Chief Operating Officer not later than June 30
following the fiscal year for which the audit was performed.
Department of the Treasury
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
Appropriates $118,000,000 for community development
financial institutions fund program account instead of
$105,000,000 as proposed by the House and $95,000,000 as
proposed by the Senate.
Includes $5,000,000 for technical assistance to promote
economic development in Native American communities. The
conferees intend that this assistance be provided primarily
through qualified community development lenders, organizations
with experience and expertise in banking and lending in Indian
country, Native American organizations, and other suitable
providers, as well as through financial assistance to tribes
and tribal organizations for procurement of appropriate
expertise and services.
Provides $8,750,000 for administrative expenses instead
of $9,500,000 as proposed by the House, and $8,000,000 as
proposed by the Senate.
Provides $19,750,000 for the cost of direct loans instead
of $23,000,000 as proposed by the House, and $16,500,000 as
proposed by the Senate.
Excludes language proposed by the House and stricken by
the Senate regarding the accounting of certain administrative
costs.
Eliminates language proposed by the Senate capping the
Bank Enterprise Award program at $30,000,000. The House did not
include similar language.
Consumer Product Safety Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriates $52,500,000 for the Consumer Product Safety
Commission, salaries and expenses, as proposed by the Senate,
instead of $51,000,000 as proposed by the House.
The conferees are in agreement that significant progress
has been made by the Commission in reducing children's deaths
in cribs. Despite this accomplishment, deaths in used cribs
remain too high. Accordingly, the conferees urge the Commission
to undertake an initiative to continue its excellent efforts to
further reduce crib deaths.
Corporation for National and Community Service
NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS OPERATING EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
Appropriates $458,500,000 for national and community
service programs operating expenses, instead of $433,500,000 as
proposed by the Senate. The House proposed termination of the
Corporation for National and Community Service using funds
appropriated in prior years.
Limits funds for administrative expenses to not more than
$31,000,000, instead of $29,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conferees have included language proposed by the Senate
which directs the Corporation to use $2,000,000 for acquisition
of a cost accounting system for the Corporation's financial
management system, an integrated grants management system that
provides comprehensive financial management information for all
Corporation grants and cooperative agreements, and the
establishment, operation and maintenance of a central archives.
The conferees agree that improvements to the Corporation's
accounting systems, including a cost accounting system, is of
very high priority and deserves senior management's full
attention. The conferees agree that the Corporation is
prohibited from providing any salary increases (with the
exception of locality adjustments and other appropriate
adjustments provided to all government employees) or bonuses to
its senior management until the Corporation has certified, with
the IG's concurrence, that an adequate cost accounting and
grants management system has been acquired, implemented, and
conforms to all Federal requirements.
Limits funds as proposed by the Senate to not more than:
$28,500,000 for quality and innovation activities; $2,500 for
official reception and representation expenses; $70,000,000 for
education awards, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be
available for national service scholarships for high school
students performing community service; $231,000,000 for
AmeriCorps grants, of which not to exceed $45,000,000 may be
for national direct programs and $25,000,000 shall be for
activities dedicated to developing computer and information
technology skills; $10,000,000 for the Points of Light
Foundation; $21,000,000 for the civilian community corps;
$43,000,000 for school-based and community-based service-
learning programs; and $5,000,000 for audits and other
evaluations.
The conferees agree to add $3,000,000 to the national
civilian community corps (NCCC) account to cover the additional
costs of relocating a campus site in San Diego and to
administer a program level of 1,100 members, which would match
its fiscal year 1998 level. The conferees understand that the
number of campuses would remain at the current level of five
sites.
Inserts language proposed by the Senate which prohibits
using any funds for national service programs run by Federal
agencies; provides that, to the maximum extent feasible, funds
for the AmeriCorps program will be provided consistent with the
recommendation of peer review panels; and provides that, to the
maximum extent practicable, the level of matching funds shall
be increased, education only awards shall be expanded, and the
cost per participant shall be reduced.
Rescinds $30,000,000 from the National Service Trust,
instead of $50,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees
have taken this action because the balances in the Trust appear
at this time to be in excess of requirements based upon usage
rates. The conferees direct the Corporation to provide a
quarterly report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House and Senate on the assets and liabilities of the National
Service Trust fund, including information on interest earned
and interest received and an explanation of the relationship
between the amounts in the completed financial statements and
the budget request.
The conferees agree to the Senate proposal to earmark
$5,000,000 for Communities In Schools, Inc., $2,500,000 for
Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc., $7,500,000 for
America's Promise--The Alliance for Youth, Inc., and $2,500,000
for Boys and Girls Clubs of America.
The conferees agree to provide $1,500,000 for the Youth
Life Foundation (YLF). The YLF aims to replicate the programs
it has developed in Washington, D.C. to address the challenges
of children living in insecure environments and make those
programs applicable to other parts of the Nation. The conferees
recognize that America's Promise is already trying to establish
partnerships with locally-based organizations such as YLF.
Accordingly, the conferees expect YLF to continue its effort in
coordinating and collaborating its activities with America's
Promise.
The House proposed that the Corporation be terminated and
did not include any of the foregoing limitations or provisions
proposed by the Senate.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
Appropriates $5,000,000 for the Office of Inspector
General, the same amount as provided by the House and the
Senate.
administrative provision
Includes an administrative provision, as proposed by the
Senate, which provides a technical correction to language
included in the fiscal year 2000 appropriations Act.
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
salaries and expenses
Appropriates $12,445,000 for the Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims as proposed by the Senate instead of
$12,500,000 as proposed by the House.
Department of Defense-Civil Cemeterial Expenses, Army
salaries and expenses
Appropriates $17,949,000 for salaries and expenses as
proposed by the House instead of $15,949,000 as proposed by the
Senate. The conferees note that the funding level represents an
increase of over $5,000,000 above the previous fiscal year, and
will be used for the highest priority maintenance and capital
improvement projects as identified in the Cemetery's Ten-Year
Plan.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
national institute of environmental health sciences
Appropriates $63,000,000 for the National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences in a new, separate account
instead of $60,000,000 as proposed in a new account by the
House and $60,000,000 as proposed through the Environmental
Protection Agency's Hazardous Substance Superfund account by
the Senate. The conferees believe this new account structure
will provide higher visibility and better oversight of the
NIEHS. The conferees have deleted language proposed by the
House making funding available until September 30, 2002.
Of the funds provided, $40,000,000 is for the research
program and $23,000,000 is for the worker training program.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
salaries and expenses
Appropriates $75,000,000 for salaries and expenses of the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in a new,
separate account instead of $70,000,000 as provided by the
House in a new account and $75,000,000 as provided through the
Environmental Protection Agency's Hazardous Substance Superfund
account by the Senate. The conferees believe this new account
structure will provide higher visibility and better oversight
of the ATSDR.
The conferees have also included bill language which
permits the Administrator of the ATSDR to conduct other
appropriate health studies and evaluations or activities in
lieu of health assessments pursuant to section 104(i)(6) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA). The language
further stipulates that in the conduct of such other health
assessments, evaluations, or activities, the ATSDR shall not be
bound by the deadlines imposed in section 104(i)(6)(A) of
CERCLA. The conferees have deleted language proposed by the
House making funding available until September 30, 2002.
Funds provided for fiscal year 2001 cannot be used by the
ATSDR to conduct in excess of 40 toxicological profiles.
Within the appropriated level, ATSDR is to use up to
$2,000,000 to continue the Great Lakes fish consumption study;
up to $6,000,000 for medical monitoring and related activities
in Libby, Montana; $500,000 to conduct subsistence and dietary
studies of contaminents in the environment, subsistence
resources, and people in Alaska Native populations; and up to
$1,000,000 for completion of the Toms River, New Jersey cancer
evaluation and research project. The ATSDR is further directed
to provide support for the minority health professions program.
As in the past, ATSDR's administrative costs charged by
the CDC are capped at 7.5 percent of the amount appropriated
herein.
Environmental Protection Agency
science and technology
Appropriates $696,000,000 for science and technology
instead of $650,000,000 as proposed by the House and
$670,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conferees have agreed to the following increases to
the budget request:
1. $2,500,000 for EPSCoR.
2. $4,000,000 for the Water Environment Research
Foundation.
3. $4,000,000 for the American Water Works Association
Research Foundation.
4. $2,000,000 for the National Decentralized Water
Resource Capacity Development Project, in coordination with
EPA, for continued training and research and development.
5. $1,500,000 for the National Jewish Medical and
Research Center for research on the relationship between indoor
and outdoor pollution and the development of respiratory
diseases.
6. $1,900,000 for the National Environmental Respiratory
Center at the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute. The
research should be coordinated with EPA's overall particulate
matter research program and consistent with the recommendations
set forth by the National Academy of Sciences report on PM
research.
7. $1,000,000 for the Environmental Technology
Commercialization Center to increase the transfer of federally-
developed environmental technology.
8. $1,250,000 for the Center for Air Toxics Metals at the
Energy and Environmental Research Center.
9. $1,500,000 for the Mickey Leland National Urban Air
Toxics Research Center.
10. $250,000 for acid rain research at the University of
Vermont.
11. $1,500,000 for the Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance
Research Center.
12. $250,000 for the Institute for Environmental and
Industrial Science at Southwest Texas State University.
13. $750,000 for the Integrated Public/Private Energy and
Environmental Consortium (IPEC) to develop cost-effective
environmental technology, improved business practices, and
technology transfer for the domestic petroleum industry.
14. $1,000,000 for the University of South Alabama Center
for Estuarine Research.
15. $4,527,000 for the Mine Waste Technology Program and
the Heavy Metal Water Program at the National Environmental
Waste Technology, Testing, and Evaluation Center ($3,902,000)
and for a field demonstration of ceramic microfiltration
technology ($625,000).
16. $400,000 for the Texas Institute for Applied
Environmental Research at Tarleton State University.
17. $500,000 for the Consortium for Plant Biotechnology
Research.
18. $750,000 for the Geothermal Heat Pump (GHP)
Consortium.
19. $750,000 for the Kalamazoo River Watershed Initiative
through Western Michigan University's Environmental Research
Institute.
20. $900,000 to Old Dominion University in Virginia for
the continued development, design, and implementation of a
research effort on tributyltin-based ship bottom paints.
21. $1,000,000 to the University of California, Riverside
for continued research of advanced vehicle design, advanced
transportation systems, vehicle emissions, and atmospheric
pollution at the CE-CERT facility.
22. $2,000,000 to the University of Miami in Florida for
the Rosentiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.
23. $1,000,000 for the Environmental Protection Agency to
become involved in the Department of Energy's fine particulate
matter research program.
24. $3,000,000 to the National Technology Transfer Center
to continue its cooperative agreement with EPA to assess,
market and license technologies owned by EPA, and to conduct
commercialization best practices training activities.
25. $2,000,000 to the Canaan Valley Institute for
continuation of its regional environmental data center and
coordinated information management system in the Mid-Atlantic
Highlands in coordination with the Federal Geographic Data
Committee and the National Spatial Data Infrastructure.
26. $1,000,000 above the budget request to the Canaan
Valley Institute in close coordination with the Regional
Vulnerability and Assessment (ReVA) initiative to develop
research and educational tools using integrative technologies
to predict future environmental risk and support informed,
proactive decision-making.
27. $500,000 to establish the Center for Metals in the
Environment in Delaware.
28. $625,000 to New Mexico State University to determine
the Carbon Sequestration Potential of southwestern lands.
29. $1,400,000 to the University of New Hampshire for
continuation of the Bedrock Bioremediation Center research
project.
30. $990,000 for research associated with the restoration
and enhancement of Manchac Swamp conducted by Southeastern
Louisiana at the Turtle Cove Research Station.
31. $500,000 to the Metropolitan Development Association
of Syracuse and Central New York to continue assessing and
mitigating the impact of exposure to multiple indoor
contaminants on human health.
32. $3,637,000 to the National Alternative Fuels
Foundation for research and development of a new class of
alternative fuels known as vapor-phase combustion fuels.
The conferees have agreed to the following reductions
from the budget request:
1. $26,089,000 from the CCTI Transportation research
program; and
2. $1,138,000 from project EMPACT.
Within the funds transferred from the Hazardous Substance
Superfund (HSS) account, $7,000,000 is for the Superfund
Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) program, including
$500,000 for a demonstration project at the Port of Richfield,
Washington involving an innovative steam extraction technology.
Also from within those funds transferred from HSS as well as
from funds appropriated to science and technology, $4,500,000
is for continued operation of the Hazardous Substance Research
Centers.
The conferees direct EPA to contract, within 30 days of
enactment of this Act, with the National Academy of Sciences or
other appropriate entity for a study of carbon monoxide
episodes in meteorological and topographical problem areas,
addressing the role of cold weather inversions and addressing
public health significance and strategies, including the use of
catalytic converter and other cold-start technology, for
managing these rare occurrences in national ambient air quality
standards non-attainment areas, due mostly to cold weather
inversions. One of the major case studies is to be Fairbanks,
Alaska, for which there shall be a preliminary report by
September 1, 2001 in order to inform the further development of
a State Implementation Plan for such area.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT
Appropriates $2,087,990,000 for environmental programs
and management instead of $1,895,000,000 as proposed by the
House and $2,000,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
conferees have included bill language as proposed by the House,
identical to that carried in the fiscal years 1999 and 2000
Acts, which limits the expenditure of funds to implement or
administer guidance relating to title VI of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964, with certain exceptions. This provision does not
provide the Agency statutory authority to implement its
Environmental Justice Guidance. Rather, it simply clarifies the
applicability of the Interim Guidance with respect to certain
pending cases as an administrative convenience for the Agency.
The conferees have included bill language providing up to
an additional 6 months for EPA to issue a final regulation for
arsenic in drinking water. The conferees are very concerned
about the cost of EPA's proposed arsenic drinking water rule to
small communities. Moreover, the information EPA used to
develop the proposed standard is the subject of considerable
controversy and disagreement. The conferees believe EPA should
take a full year--as intended by the Safe Drinking Water Act
Amendments of 1996--to finalize the new standard and therefore
strongly recommend EPA not finalize the rule until June 2001
and provide significant, additional opportunity for public
comment.
Bill language proposed by the House and the Senate has
been included, as in the past two fiscal years, prohibiting EPA
from spending funds to implement the Kyoto Protocol. The
conferees note that this restriction on the use of funds shall
not apply to the conduct of education activities and seminars
by the agency.
The conferees note that several programs funded through
this Act conduct science and technology research that are
associated partly with global climate change. To the extent
that the conferees have funded this work, they have done so
based on each program's individual merits of contributing to
issues associated with domestic energy production, national
energy security, energy efficiency and cost savings, related
environmental assessments, and general energy emission
improvements. The bill language is intended to prohibit funds
provided in this bill from being used to implement actions
called for solely under the Kyoto Protocol, prior to its
ratification.
The Byrd-Hagel Resolution passed in 1997 (S. Res. 98)
remains the clearest statement of the will of the Senate with
regards to the Kyoto Protocol, and the conferees are committed
to ensuring that the Administration not implement the Kyoto
Protocol without Congressional consent. The conferees
recognize, however, that there are also longstanding energy
research programs which have goals and objectives that, if met,
could have positive effects on energy use and the environment.
The conferees do not intend to preclude these programs from
proceeding, provided they have been funded and approved by
Congress.
To the extent future funding requests may be submitted
which would increase funding for climate change activities
prior to Senate consideration of the Kyoto Protocol (whether
under the auspices of the Climate Change Technology Initiative
or any other initiative), the Administration must do a better
job of explaining the components of the programs, their
anticipated goals and objectives, the justification for any
funding increases, a discussion of how success will be
measured, and a clear definition of how these programs are
justified by goals and objectives independent of implementation
of the Kyoto Protocol. The conferees expect these items to be
included as part of the fiscal year 2002 budget submission for
all affected agencies.
The conferees have agreed to the following increases to
the budget request:
1. $14,500,000 for rural water technical assistance and
groundwater protection, including $8,600,000 for the NRWA,
$2,600,000 for RCAP, $700,000 for GWPC, $1,600,000 for the SFC,
and $1,000,000 for the NETC.
2. $1,000,000 for implementation of the National
Biosolids Partnership Program.
3. $1,500,000 for source water protection programs. These
funds are to be used to develop local source water protection
programs within each state utilizing the infrastructure and
process of an organization now engaged in groundwater and
wellhead protection programs.
4. $1,250,000 for the national onsite and community
wastewater treatment demonstration project through the Small
Flows Clearinghouse.
5. $2,500,000 for the Southwest Center for Environmental
Research and Policy.
6. $4,000,000 for the Small Public Water System
Technology Centers at Western Kentucky University; the
University of New Hampshire; the University of Alaska-Sitka;
Pennsylvania State University; the University of Missouri-
Columbia; Montana State University; the University of Illinois;
and Mississippi State University.
7. $500,000 for the final year of Federal funding to
assist communities in Hawaii to meet successfully the water
quality permitting requirements for rehabilitating native
Hawaiian fishponds.
8. $5,000,000 under section 104(b) of the Clean Water Act
for America's Clean Water Foundation for implementation of on-
farm environmental assessments for livestock operations, with
the goal of improving surface and ground water quality.
9. $500,000 for the Ohio River Watershed Pollutant
Reduction Program, to be cost-shared.
10. $1,650,000 to continue the sediment decontamination
technology demonstration in the New York-New Jersey Harbor.
11. $1,500,000 for the National Alternative Fuels Vehicle
Training Program.
12. $300,000 for the Coalition for Utah's Future to
continue the Envision Utah project including the development of
a sustainable plan for future growth and environmental
stewardship in the Wasatch Front.
13. $300,000 for the Northeast States for Coordinated Air
Use Management.
14. $750,000 for planning, coordination and development
of a comprehensive watershed based implementation program for
the Santa Fe River.
15. $500,000 for the Brazos-Navasota watershed management
project.
16. $500,000 for the Kentucky Center for Wastewater
Research to establish training, education and database
management for wastewater research to identify the greatest
threats to regional watersheds.
17. $250,000 for the Maryland Bureau of Mines for an acid
mine drainage remediation project to reduce or eliminate the
loss of quality water from surface streams in the Kempton Mine
complex.
18. $2,000,000 to the University of Missouri-Rolla for
research and development of technologies to mitigate the
impacts of livestock operations on the environment.
19. $500,000 for marsh restoration activities at Acowmin
Marsh and Little River Marsh near North Hampton and Rye, New
Hampshire.
20. $200,000 for the Tri-State Water Quality Council for
development of voluntary nutrient reduction programs,
establishing a basin-wide water quality monitoring program, and
related activities.
21. $1,000,000 for the Global Environmental Management
Education Center within the College of Natural Resources at the
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, to provide training and
outreach education for safeguarding the quality of surface and
groundwater resources.
22. $1,000,000 for the Frank Tejeda Center for Excellence
in Environmental Operations to continue its efforts to
demonstrate new technology for water and wastewater treatment.
23. $1,250,000 for the Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed
Grants Program. Funds provided for the Chesapeake Bay small
watersheds program are to be managed by the Fish and Wildlife
Foundation and shall be used for community-based projects
including those that design and implement on-the-ground and in-
the-water environmental restoration or protection activities to
help meet Chesapeake Bay Program goals and objectives.
24. $1,000,000 for the Lake Champlain management plan.
25. $4,500,000 for operation of the Long Island Sound
Office and programs consistent with new authorization relative
to the Long Island Sound. The total program is provided
$5,000,000.
26. $500,000 for the Environmentors project.
27. $200,000 for the Northeast Waste Management Officials
Association to continue solid waste, hazardous waste, cleanup
and pollution prevention programs.
28. $2,000,000 for the Food and Agricultural Policy
Research Institute's Missouri watershed initiative project to
link economic and environmental data with ambient water
quality.
29. $500,000 for the Small Business Pollution Prevention
Center at the University of Northern Iowa.
30. $750,000 for the painting and coating compliance
enhancement project through the Iowa Waste Reduction Center.
31. $1,890,000 for the Michigan Biotechnology Institute
for development and demonstration of environmental cleanup
technologies.
32. $200,000 for the Hawaii Department of Agriculture and
the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and
Human Resources to continue projects aimed at improving the
acceptability and efficacy of agriculturally-based
environmental restoration technologies.
33. $1,000,000 for the Animal Waste Management Consortium
through the University of Missouri, acting with Iowa State
University, North Carolina State University, Michigan State
University, Oklahoma State University, and Purdue University to
supplement ongoing research, demonstration, and outreach
projects associated with animal waste management.
34. $1,000,000 to complete a cumulative impacts study by
the National Academy of Sciences of North Slope oil and gas
development.
35. $750,000 for an expansion of EPA's efforts related to
the Government's purchase and use of environmentally preferable
products focused on bio-based products with an emphasis on soy-
based industrial oils, greases and hydraulic fluid. This
includes $200,000 to complete the soy smoke initiative through
the University of Missouri-Rolla.
36. $975,000 for the Alabama Department of Environmental
Management water and wastewater training programs.
37. $250,000 for the Vermont Department of Agriculture to
work with the conservation districts along the Connecticut
River in Vermont to reduce nonpoint source pollution.
38. $600,000 for the Wetland Development project in
Logan, Utah.
39. $500,000 for the Economic Development Alliance of
Hawaii to accelerate commercialization of biotechnology to
reduce pesticide use in tropical and subtropical agricultural
production.
40. $100,000 for the Connecticut River Science Consortium
to develop an interdisciplinary scientific monitoring and
analysis project in the Connecticut River Basin.
41. $1,000,000 to develop and demonstrate new tools for
imaging and monitoring the movement of fluids and contaminants
in the shallow subsurface using time-lapse geophysical imaging
and tomography techniques. This project will involve
researchers from Boise State University, the Idaho National
Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, other Federal labs
and industry.
42. $500,000 for Mississippi State University, the
University of Mississippi and the University of Georgia to
conduct forestry best management practice water quality
effectiveness studies in the States of Mississippi and Georgia.
43. $750,000 for the University of Idaho's groundwater
assessment project for rural Idaho cities and towns.
44. $500,000 for a study by the City of Fairbanks using
geographic information system mapping to assess methods to
comply with NPDES requirements.
45. $150,000 to Colchester, Vermont to study nonpoint
source influences on water quality in Mallets Bay on Lake
Champlain and to plan for mitigation, with a focus on
stormwater management and on-site disposal systems.
46. $750,000 for the Resource and Agricultural Policy
Systems Project at Iowa State University.
47. $700,000 to continue the Urban Rivers Awareness
Program at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia for
its environmental science program.
48. $500,000 for the Kenai River Center for continued
research on watershed issues and related activities.
49. $750,000 for the New Hampshire Estuaries Project
management plan implementation.
50. $100,000 to continue the Design for the Environment
for Farmers Program to address the unique environmental
concerns of the American Pacific area through the adoption of
sustainable agricultural practices.
51. $5,000,000 to the Gas Research Institute for the
development of a bio-refinery commercialization pilot project
which will utilize thermal-depolymerization technology to break
down waste streams into usable products.
52. $700,000 to the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
for programs as described in Senate Report 106-410.
53. $300,000 to Davie County, North Carolina for the
Cooleemee Falls Project.
54. $1,000,000 to Union County, Arkansas for the
continuation of the Union County Sparta Aquifer study.
55. $500,000 to Riverside County, California for the
Community and Environmental Transportation Acceptability
Process (CETAP).
56. $150,000 for the Santa Clara River Enhancement and
Management Plan.
57. $450,000 to Ventura County, California for continued
development of the Calleguas Creek Watershed management plan.
58. $1,200,000 to Gateway Cities, Council of Governments
in California to complete Phase II of the Truck Impacted
Intersections Program and develop the comprehensive Diesel
Emissions Reduction Program.
59. $900,000 for continuation of the Sacramento River
Toxic Pollution Control Project, to be cost shared.
60. $600,000 to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for design and
construction as part of the Fort Lauderdale International
Airport Wetlands Development Project.
61. $131,000 to Miami-Dade County, Florida for lead
screening, testing, outreach, education and abatement in the
Liberty City neighborhood.
62. $600,000 for fishery and habitat restoration in Lake
Panasoffkee, Florida.
63. $600,000 to Osceola County, Florida to preserve the
watershed and drainage system currently under attack by exotic
aquatic plants.
64. $1,150,000 for the Tampa Bay Watch program.
65. $1,000,000 to St. Petersburg, Florida for the Clam
Bayou Habitat Restoration Project.
66. $100,000 to Pinellas County, Florida for the
cooperative exchange education module on environmental
sustainability and the stewardship of natural resources.
67. $1,000,000 to the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency for the ``Illinois Rivers 2020'' restoration program.
68. $600,000 for the Water Systems Council in Iowa to
assist in the effective delivery of water to rural citizens
nationwide.
69. $300,000 for investigation of pollution sources in
the Lower Arkansas River in Wichita, Kansas.
70. $300,000 for the Urban Waste Management and Research
Center in Louisiana.
71. $700,000 for the Louisiana Environmental Research
Center.
72. $300,000 for the Oyster Habitat Restoration program
in the Chesapeake Bay.
73. $800,000 for the National Center for Manufacturing
Sciences in Michigan to facilitate industrial input into EPA's
compliance assistance clearinghouse and to expand the scope of
compliance assistance centers ($500,000) and for continuation
of EPA's Environmental Roadmapping Initiative ($300,000).
74. $300,000 to Mississippi State University for the
Southeast Center for Technology Assistance for Small Drinking
Water Systems.
75. $300,000 to the Ten Towns Great Swamp Watershed
Management Committee in New Jersey.
76. $1,000,000 to Alfred University in New York for the
Center for the Engineered Conservation of Energy (EnCo).
77. $1,000,000 to the Darrin Fresh Water Institute in New
York to extend and expand studies of acid deposition.
78. $500,000 to Cortland County, New York for continued
work on the aquifer protection plan of which $150,000 is for
continued implementation of the comprehensive water quality
management program in the Upper Susquehanna Watershed.
79. $1,200,000 for continued work on the water quality
management plans for the Central New York watersheds in
Onondaga and Cayuga Counties.
80. $300,000 to the Central New York Regional Planning
and Development Board for the Oneida Lake and Watershed
Management Plan.
81. $1,200,000 for the Dry Creek Flood Mitigation project
in Cortland, New York.
82. $500,000 to the town of Pilot Mountain, North
Carolina for stream restoration and upland protection in the
watershed.
83. $300,000 to Charlotte, North Carolina for the
Charlotte Surface Water Improvement and Management Program.
84. $855,000 to North Carolina Central University for the
Environmental Risk and Impact Research Initiative.
85. $300,000 to Cleveland State University in Ohio for
continuation of the Program of Excellence in Risk Analysis.
86. $1,000,000 to the Pennsylvania Geographic Information
Consortium to continue development of a comprehensive
environmental masterplan for Upper Susquehanna-Lackawanna
Watershed.
87. $175,000 to the Pennsylvania State University
Technical Assistance Center to provide technical expertise to
operate public water systems.
88. $2,000,000 to the University of Houston, Texas and in
consultation with the Greater Houston Partnership for Ozone
Simulation and Forecasting.
89. $500,000 to Texas A&M; University for the National
Chemical Safety Data System.
90. $2,500,000 to the Salt Lake Organizing Committee or
its designee for environmental programs and operations of the
2002 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Eligible activities
may include tree programs; environmental compliance activities;
programs highlighting the use of environmentally-friendly
technologies including, but not limited to, photovoltaic
lighting and CNG fuel; waste management and recycling programs
and operations; and public information and outreach efforts.
91. $600,000 to Fairfax County, Virginia for the Fairfax
County Water Authority to conduct a study on water supply for
drought resistance.
92. $1,000,000 to Arlington County and the City of
Alexandria, Virginia for demonstration of environmental
improvements to Four Mile Run.
93. $600,000 to Franklin, Grant and Adams counties in
Washington for the Groundwater Management Area to address
nitrate levels in drinking water.
94. $300,000 for the continuation of the Molten Carbonate
Fuel Cell Demonstration project in King County, Washington.
95. $168,000 for the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife
Commission for technical work near the Crandon Mine in
Wisconsin.
96. $1,225,000 to the Canaan Valley Institute for ongoing
operations.
97. $2,400,000 for the National Energy Technology
Laboratory (NETL) for continued activities of a comprehensive
clean water initiative in cooperation with EPA Region III.
98. $2,800,000 to the Polymer Alliance Zone's MARCEE
Initiative with oversight being provided by the Office of Solid
Waste.
99. $500,000 to the University of North Carolina at
Greensboro for the Bioterrorism Water Quality Protection
Program with the aim of developing highly automated and
inexpensive testing protocols.
100. $500,000 to Water Project 2000 in Tennessee to
provide a benchmark water quality study.
101. $500,000 to Fallon, Nevada to address levels of
naturally occurring arsenic.
102. $500,000 to the University of Toledo in the Ohio
Lake Erie Research Center for participation in the Western Lake
Erie Basin Study authorized by Sec. 441 of WRDA 1999, Public
Law 106-53.
103. $450,000 for the Water Resources Institute at
California State University, San Bernardino to develop and
maintain an information repository of water-related research
and conflict resolution.
104. $600,000 for the San Bernardino Municipal Water
District in California for research and design of a mitigation
project addressing the City's contaminated high groundwater
table and dangers presented by liquefaction.
105. $990,000 for continuation of the Soil Aquifer
Treatment Project.
106. $200,000 to Miami-Dade County Department of
Environmental Resources Management in Florida to expand the
existing education program.
107. $300,000 to Leon County, Florida for the Aquifer
Protection Assessment program.
108. $750,000 to Calhoun County, Michigan for development
of a comprehensive research and development plan for Kalamazoo
River Watershed.
109. $250,000 to the Northwest Straits Advisory
Commission of Washington.
The conferees have agreed to the following reductions
from the budget request:
1. $27,413,000 from the CCTI Buildings program.
2. $9,495,000 from the CCTI Transportation program.
3. $31,686,100 from the CCTI Industry program.
4. $5,076,200 from the CCTI International Capacity
Building program.
5. $2,025,000 from the CCTI State and Local program.
6. $2,410,000 from the CCTI Carbon Removal program.
7. $848,800 from Project EMPACT.
8. $9,000,000 from the Integrated Information Initiative.
The conferees have provided $5,000,000 for continued planning
and design of this new initiative's exchange network.
9. $4,841,000 from the innovative community partnership
program.
10. $9,000,000 from the Montreal Protocol Multilateral
Fund.
11. $4,250,000 from the international environmental
monitoring program.
12. $3,840,000 from the regional geographic program.
13. $3,395,000 from urban environmental quality and human
health.
14. $10,000,000 as a reduction in payroll costs.
The seven Environmental Finance Centers and the Regional
Environmental Enforcement Associations are to be funded at the
fiscal year 2000 funding level, and the Environmental Education
programs are to be funded as proposed in the budget submission.
The conferees agree that operations of the Clean Water Act Sec.
104(g)(1) Wastewater Onsite Technical Assistance Centers shall
remain at the current funding level.
The conference agreement includes the budget request of
$34,100,000 for pesticides reregistration, and $39,300,000 for
pesticides registration activities performed by EPA. Faster
review and approval for registration applications will allow
safer, more environmentally friendly products on the market
sooner and ensure that farmers have the ability to protect
their crop. The conferees expect no reductions to be proposed
for these programs in the operating plan submission.
Similarly, the Endocrine Disruptor Screening and the
Pesticide Residue Tolerance Reassessment programs are to
receive $10,200,000 and $14,600,000, respectively. The
Tolerance Reassessment program has been funded at a level that
equals the budget request if a tolerance fee was imposed by EPA
and an additional $7,000,000 was recovered through that fee.
The conferees have prohibited implementation of the fee again
this year, due in part to provisions of that fee structure
proposed by EPA which would charge more than 100 percent of
actual costs and which would make such charges retroactive.
Until the Agency works toward a fee-for-service proposal which
is both fair and reasonable, the conferees do not expect to
entertain approval. As noted previously, these programs are not
to be proposed for reduction through the operating plan
submission.
The Agency is directed to take no reductions below the
budget request from the NPDES permit backlog, the High
Production Volume Chemical Challenge Program, the Chesapeake
Bay Program Office, and the water quality monitoring program
along the New Jersey-New York shoreline. The Agency is expected
to fund the Great Lakes Program Office and the National Estuary
program at no less than the 2000 level, and is directed to fund
compliance assistance activities at no less than $25,000,000.
The conferees direct EPA to contract expeditiously with
the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for a review of the
quality of science used to develop and implement TMDLs, and
direct that the final report be submitted to Congress by June
1, 2001. Further, EPA is directed to conduct a comprehensive
assessment of the potential State resources which will be
required for the development and implementation of TMDLs and
present the results of the study to Congress within 120 days of
enactment of this Act. In conducting this cost assessment, EPA
must, in addition to direction included in Senate Report 106-
410, provide an estimate of the annual costs to the regulated
community in both the private and public sectors; address
concerns regarding the economic analysis performed by the
Administrator on regulatory changes to the TMDL program that
were identified by the Comptroller General in a June 21, 2000,
report; and estimate the costs to small businesses that would
result from regulatory changes to the TMDL program. In
conducting these analyses, the Administrator shall solicit
comment from the Comptroller General, each State, and the
public regarding the Agency's assessment.
In addition, the conferees direct the Agency to prepare
an analysis of the monitoring data needed for development and
implementation of TMDLs, and further direct EPA Region IX as
well as all other EPA Regions and EPA Headquarters not to
impose or mandate new TMDL-related requirements or issue new
guidance relative to new TMDL-related permits prior to the date
the TMDL rule can be implemented under current law.
The conferees understand that in June 2000, EPA released
a substantially revised draft dioxin reassessment after five
years of considering recommendations from its Science Advisory
Board (SAB). The SAB's November 1995 Report noted numerous
weaknesses in the risk characterization and dose-response
chapters of the 1994 draft reassessment and directed EPA to
ensure that its conclusions were based on a more complete
consideration of available scientific studies.
The conferees commend EPA for convening a peer review
panel to assess two key sections of the revised reassessment
prior to a second SAB review. The conferees are concerned,
based on the report of this peer review panel, that EPA's key
conclusions regarding dioxin risks remain controversial and do
not completely address questions raised by the SAB in 1995.
The conferees understand that Congressional science and
agriculture committees have called for a SAB review of the full
dioxin reassessment, including all new information. The
conferees further understand that the Department of Agriculture
is finalizing an agreement with the National Academy of
Sciences to understand better the dioxin impacts on the U.S.
food supply. Therefore, the conferees strongly encourage the
Agency to await completion of these reviews before finalizing
its dioxin reassessment.
This direction should not be interpreted to restrict EPA
from issuing regulations to control dioxin emissions such as
air toxics rules under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, which have reduced industrial emissions of
dioxin by 90 percent.
In view of the uncertain future supply of pharmaceutical-
grade CFCs, the conferees are mindful that a smooth and timely
transition to chlorofluorocarbon-free metered dose inhalers
(MDIs) is needed for patients to continue to have access to the
treatments they need. The conferees are aware that a year ago
FDA, in consultation with EPA, issued a proposed rule to
determine when CFC MDIs are non-essential, and that a decision
was proposed at a July 2000 Meeting of the Montreal Protocol's
Open-Ended Working Group. The conferees understand that major
patient and physician organizations, environmental groups and
industry supported the July decision. This decision has now
been revised. The conferees note that the July decision and
this revised decision include a provision on the non-
essentiality of new CFC MDIs unless certain specified criteria
are met. The conferees believe that a decision by the Protocol
Parties such as the revised decision could facilitate the
transition without putting patients at risk, and believe it is
important that a final decision make it clear that each
national health authority make the finding as to whether the
essentiality criteria are met for a particular product. The
conferees strongly urge EPA to work with the U.S. Delegation to
the Protocol's Meeting of the Parties this December to actively
seek adoption of a decision which incorporates the essential
use criteria contained in the revised July decision, which
adheres to a timely phase-out of new CFC MDIs, and which
retains the ability of FDA to protect the health and safety of
U.S. citizens. The conferees further urge EPA to work with FDA
on any final Protocol decision.
The conferees note that EPA's plans to promulgate a
regulation pertaining to radon in drinking water have
significant financial implications for states and local water
districts across the United States. The conferees believe it is
important that the Agency obtain cost data prior to finalizing
such a rule. In this regard, the General Accounting Office is
directed to study the financial impacts of the proposed EPA
regulation and submit the report expeditiously to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate. Prior to
finalizing this rule, the Agency is strongly encouraged to
consider fully the GAO's findings.
The conferees note with disappointment that the Agency
has not solicited public comment regarding scientific community
recommendations for exemptions from the 1994 proposed rule
regarding so-called ``plant pesticides.'' The conferees urge
EPA to solicit and consider public comment regarding such
recommendations before completion of the ``plant pesticide''
rulemaking. EPA's failure to consider such exemptions timely is
not a basis for promulgation of an over-reaching final rule.
The conferees fully expect the Agency to follow through
on its current commitment to the Sustainable Industry program.
The program's success thus far with the metal finishing
industry has focused on collaboration rather than confrontation
with industry, improved EPA understanding of industry
practices, and achieving better environmental results from
companies in tandem with concrete improvements to the
regulatory system. The Agency is encouraged to provide
resources at the fiscal year 1999 level in order to support
necessary personnel, outreach, grants, and EPA regional
capacity for continued progress with the metal finishing
industry and other key participating sectors, including
specialty chemicals, meat processing, metal casting,
shipbuilding and repair, photo processing, and travel and
tourism.
The conferees are concerned that EPA has not submitted
for independent peer review the Agency's application of the
persistent, bioaccumulative toxicants (PBT) criteria and
methodology to metals as utilized in various Agency programs
and proposed regulations. Serious doubts about the scientific
validity of applying PBT criteria and methodology to metals
have been expressed by international scientific bodies, invited
experts at a January 2000 public workshop co-sponsored by EPA,
and EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB). In May 2000, the SAB
noted that ``classification of metals as PBTs is problematic,
since their environmental fate and transport cannot be
adequately described using models for organic contaminants.''
Therefore, the conferees urge EPA to seek independent peer
review and refer to the SAB the question of the scientific
appropriateness of applying PBT criteria and methodology to
metals before any application of the PBT criteria and
methodology to metals.
The EPA has proposed to redesignate the San Joaquin
Valley Ozone Nonattainment area from ``serious'' to ``severe''
nonattainment. The conferees note that the East Kern County
portion of this area is geographically separated from the San
Joaquin Valley air basin and in itself may not warrant a
reclassification and may not contribute to the ozone
nonattainment in the San Joaquin Valley. The conferees also
note that within the East Kern County area are two defense
installations pursuing vital defense programs and a NASA
laboratory conducting advanced aerospace research which could
be hampered seriously by reclassification. In view of this the
Administrator is strongly encouraged to exclude the East Kern
County area from the San Joaquin area redesignation.
The conferees continue to be concerned with EPA's chosen
preferred alternative for constructing secondary treatment
facilities at the USIWTP near San Diego. The conferees are
aware of EPA's request to raise the existing cap on
construction spending at the IWTP in order to build 25 mgd of
secondary ponds at the IWTP with previously appropriated monies
in the BEIF. The conferees are also aware of the significant
concerns which exist regarding the limited capacity of EPA's
preferred alternative, the lack of available land on which
future capacity could be constructed, and its inadequacy in
addressing increasing future cross-border sewage flows in the
region. Finally, the conferees note there is at least one
private sector proposal to construct in Mexico similar
secondary facilities which would have considerably greater
potential capacity better suited to the long term sewage
treatment needs of the rapidly growing border region.
The conferees are encouraged by the progress of separate
authorizing legislation now pending before the Congress which
would facilitate such a proposal, as well as the growing level
of documented support for such a proposal by Mexican leaders.
The conferees thus continue to believe that it would be
inappropriate to lift the cap at this time or to permit
construction of a limited capacity secondary treatment facility
at the IWTP which would not meet long-term sewage treatment
needs. The conferees urge EPA to continue working with the
IBWC, State Department, and its counterparts in Mexico to
encourage and develop such a viable proposal in a timely
manner.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
Appropriates $34,094,000 for the Office of Inspector
General as proposed by the Senate instead of $34,000,000 as
proposed by the House. In addition to this appropriation,
$11,500,000 is available to the OIG by transfer from the
Hazardous Substance Superfund account.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
Appropriates $23,931,000 for buildings and facilities as
proposed by the House instead of $23,000,000 as proposed by the
Senate.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Appropriates $1,270,000,000 for hazardous substance
superfund as proposed by the House instead of $1,400,000,000 as
proposed by the Senate. Bill language provides that
$635,000,000 of the appropriated amount is to be derived from
the Superfund Trust Fund, while the remaining $635,000,000 is
to be derived from General Revenues of the Treasury. Additional
language (1) provides for a transfer of $11,500,000 to the
Office of Inspector General; (2) provides for a transfer of
$36,500,000 to the Science and Technology account; and (3)
provides that $100,000,000 of the appropriated amount shall not
become available for obligation until September 1, 2001.
The conferees note that funds for the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry and for the National Institute
of Environmental Health Sciences have been provided in new,
separate accounts elsewhere in this Act instead of through the
Environmental Protection Agency as has been done in previous
years.
The conferees have agreed to the following fiscal year
2001 funding levels:
1. $914,800,000 for Superfund response/cleanup actions.
2. $140,000,000 for enforcement activities.
3. $139,500,000 for management and support. Of this
amount, $11,500,000 is to be provided by transfer to the Office
of Inspector General.
4. $36,500,000 for research and development activities,
to be transferred to the Science and Technology account.
5. $39,200,000 for reimbursable interagency activities,
including $28,500,000 for the Department of Justice, $650,000
for OSHA, $1,100,000 for FEMA, $2,450,000 for NOAA, $5,500,000
for the Coast Guard, and $1,000,000 for the Department of the
Interior.
6. The Brownfields program has been funded at the budget
request level of $91,600,000, which includes funding from
various programs within this account and the Environmental
Programs and Management account.
The Agency is directed to notify the Committees on
Appropriations of the House and Senate of any non-ATSDR
resources to be devoted to the Libby, Montana medical
monitoring program and related activities.
The conferees remain concerned regarding the Agency's
plans to conduct certain dredging or invasive remediation
technology activities while these matters remain under study by
the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The pending NAS study
is addressing dredging, capping, source control, natural
recovery, and disposal of contaminated sediments, and is
comparing the risks of each technology. The NAS expects to
submit its draft report of this study during Fall 2000 and the
conferees strongly encourage the NAS to issue a final report no
later than January 1, 2001. Accordingly, the conferees continue
to direct the EPA to take no action to initiate or order the
use of dredging or invasive remedial technologies where a final
plan has not been adopted prior to October 1, 2000 or where
such activities are not now occuring until the NAS report has
been completed and its findings have been properly considered
by the Agency. As in previous years, exceptions are provided
for voluntary agreements and for urgent cases where
contaminated sediment poses a significant threat to public
health.
In adopting this direction to the Agency, the conferees
do not intend to prevent EPA from publishing, issuing, or
taking public comment on specific proposed or draft remediation
plans; but do encourage the Agency to take into account the NAS
study when available as it goes through the above process.
However, any such plans are not to be finalized until June 30,
2001 or until the Agency has properly considered the NAS
report, whichever comes first.
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM
Appropriates $72,096,000 for the leaking underground
storage tank program as provided by the Senate instead of
$79,000,000 as proposed by the House.
OIL SPILL RESPONSE
Appropriates $15,000,000 for oil spill response as
provided by both the House and the Senate.
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
Appropriates $3,628,740,000 for state and tribal
assistance grants instead of $3,176,957,000 as proposed by the
House and $3,320,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Bill
language specifically provides $1,350,000,000 for Clean Water
State Revolving Fund (SRF) capitalization grants, $825,000,000
for Safe Drinking Water SRF capitalization grants, $75,000,000
for the United States-Mexico Border program, $35,000,000 for
grants to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure
needs in rural and native Alaska, $1,008,000,000 for
categorical grants to the states and tribes, and $335,740,000
for grants for construction of water and wastewater treatment
facilities and for groundwater protection infrastructure.
The conferees have included bill language which, for
fiscal year 2001 only, authorizes the Administrator of the EPA
to use funds appropriated under section 319 of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) to make grants to Indian
tribes pursuant to section 319(h) and 518(e) of FWPCA. In
addition, bill language has been adopted by the conferees to
permit states to include as principal amounts considered to be
the cost of administering SRF loans to eligible borrowers, with
certain limitations.
The conferees have further agreed to include bill
language which resolves in favor of the grantee two disputed
grants, docket numbers C-180840-01, C-180840-04, C-470319-03,
and C-470319-04; as well as language carried in previous years'
Acts which stipulates that none of the funds in this or any
previous Act may be used by the Administrator for health
effects studies on drinking water contaminants. As in past
years, funds for such studies have been provided in other EPA
accounts. In addition, language requested in the budget
submission has been included which permits the Administrator to
reserve up to 1\1/2\ percent of the funds appropriated for the
SRF under Title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
for grants under section 518(c) of the Act.
Finally, the conferees have included language which
stipulates that no funds provided in this Act to address water
infrastructure needs of colonias within the United States along
the U.S.-Mexico border shall be made available after June 1,
2001 unless the receiving governmental entity has established
an enforceable ordinance or rule which prevents the development
or construction of any additional colonia areas, or the
development within an existing colonia of any new home,
business, or other structure which lacks water, wastewater or
other necessary infrastructure.
Of the funds provided for the United States-Mexico Border
Program, $3,500,000 is for the El Paso-Las Cruces sustainable
water project, $2,000,000 is for the Brownsville, Texas water
supply project, $1,000,000 is for the Del Rio/San Felipe
Springs Water Treatment Plant, and $3,000,000 is for upgrades
and expansion of the Nogales International Waste Treatment
Plant, replacement of the International Outfall Interceptor,
and replacement of sewer infrastructure facilities of the City
of Nogales. Of the funds provided for rural and Alaska Native
villages, $2,000,000 is for training and technical assistance.
The State of Alaska must also provide a 25 percent match for
all expenditures through this program.
The conferees agree that the $335,740,000 provided to
communities or other entities for construction of water and
wastewater treatment facilities and for groundwater protection
infrastructure shall be accompanied by a cost-share requirement
whereby 45 percent of a project's cost is to be the
responsibility of the community or entity consistent with long-
standing guidelines of the Agency. These guidelines also offer
flexibility in the application of the cost-share requirement
for those few circumstances when meeting the 45 percent
requirement is not possible. The Agency is commended for its
past efforts in working with communities and other entities to
resolve problems in this regard, and the conferees expect this
level of effort and flexibility to continue throughout fiscal
year 2001. The distribution of funds under this program is as
follows:
1. $2,100,000 for the Jasper, Alabama sewer extension
project.
2. $900,000 for the Scottsboro, Alabama drinking water
project.
3. $3,000,000 for the Thomasville, Alabama water facility
project.
4. $350,000 to Winfield, Alabama for sewer infrastructure
improvements near the Corridor X highway.
5. $350,000 to Hamilton, Alabama for water and sewer
infrastructure improvements.
6. $1,000,000 to Cullman County, Alabama for a water
infrastructure improvements.
7. $150,000 to the Fayett County Water Board in Alabama
for drinking water system enhancements.
8. $60,000 to Winston County, Alabama to complete Phase I
of the Houston-Moreland water project.
9. $1,000,000 to Shelby County, Alabama for water
infrastructure improvements.
10. $1,000,000 to the City of Huntsville, Alabama for
water and wastewater infrastructure improvements.
11. $1,000,000 to the City of Hartselle, Alabama for
wastewater infrastructure improvements.
12. $1,000,000 to Morgan County, Alabama for wastewater
infrastructure improvements at the Sherbrooke Sanitary Sewer
System.
13. $500,000 to the Limestone County Water and Sewer
Authority in Alabama for wastewater infrastructure
improvements.
14. $250,000 to the City of Rogersville, Alabama for
wastewater infrastructure improvements.
15. $250,000 the City of Triana, Alabama for wastewater
infrastructure improvements.
16. $3,000,000 for the State of Alaska Department of
Environmental Conservation groundwater remediation project near
the Kenai River. The match requirement can be met with non-
Federally funded pre-award expenditures by the State of Alaska
for this project.
17. $2,200,000 for water and sewer improvements in the
North Star Borough, Alaska.
18. $1,100,000 for water and sewer improvements in
Whittier, Alaska.
19. $2,200,000 for water and sewer improvements in Sitka,
Alaska.
20. $2,500,000 for the Water Infrastructure Finance
Authority of Arizona (WIFA) for a loan to Pima County, Arizona
for wastewater treatment facility improvements. WIFA may lend
the funds directly to Pima County or use the funds to support
bonds to fund loans to Pima County and other Arizona
communities on Arizona's SRF priority list. Pima County and
other benefiting communities, if any, shall repay loans to
Arizona's SRF.
21. $750,000 to Gila County, Arizona for water
infrastructure improvements in the Kellner and Ice House Canyon
areas.
22. $450,000 to Barling, Arkansas for water
infrastructure development and engineering studies for future
water and sewer improvements.
23. $2,000,000 to San Diego, California for the Coastal
Low Flow Storm Drain Diversion Project.
24. $1,500,000 to the Mission Springs Water District in
California to protect groundwater in the City of Desert Hot
Springs.
25. $2,650,000 to Olivenhain Municipal Water District in
California for continued construction of a water treatment
plant.
26. $1,000,000 for the Cutler-Orosi Wastewater JPA for a
wastewater treatment plant serving Cutler, Orosi, East Orosi,
and Sultana, California.
27. $1,000,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements
at the Placer County, California Subregional Wastewater
Treatment Plant.
28. $1,900,000 to the Metropolitan Water District of
Southern California for the Desalination Research and
Innovation Partnership.
29. $1,500,000 to Lomita, California to upgrade water
reservoir infrastructure.
30. $600,000 for the continuation of a water reuse
nitrate treatment demonstration project in Yucca Valley,
California.
31. $500,000 for continuation of water infrastructure
improvements in Twentynine Palms, California.
32. $850,000 for the continuation of water infrastructure
improvements in the Yucaipa Valley Water District in Yucaipa,
California.
33. $1,300,000 for the Lower Owens River Project in Inyo
County, California ($900,000) and in the City of Los Angeles
($400,000).
34. $500,000 for storm and wastewater drainage and
infrastructure improvements in the City of Yucaipa, California
35. $1,000,000 to San Clemente, California for the storm
drainage management and pilot program implementation.
36. $1,750,000 to Carlsbad, California for the Encina
Basin Recycled Water System.
37. $1,000,000 to San Joaquin County, California to
rehabilitate water, sewer, storm drains, and surface
infrastructure in East Stockton.
38. $1,250,000 to Huntington Beach, California for
wastewater and sewer infrastructure improvements.
39. $1,000,000 for the City of Sacramento, California
combined sewer overflow project.
40. $1,000,000 for the City of Vallejo, California for a
sanitary sewer system at Mare Island.
41. $100,000 for wastewater and groundwater
infrastructure improvements in Murrieta, California.
42. $500,000 for Eureka, California for work on the
Martin Slough Interceptor.
43. $2,000,000 for the City of Montrose, Colorado sewage
treatment upgrade.
44. $1,500,000 for the New Britain Water Department in
Connecticut for wastewater infrastructure improvements.
45. $1,000,000 to the Council of Governments of the
Central Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut for water and sewer
improvements in the Naugatuck Valley.
46. $1,000,000 to Lewes, Delaware to construct pump
stations, force mains, storage lagoons and spray irrigation
facility.
47. $1,200,000 for the West Rehoboth Expansion of the
Dewey Beach Sanitary District, Delaware.
48. $15,000,000 to the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection for the Tampa Bay, Florida regional
reservoir infrastructure project.
49. $1,700,000 to the City of Tallahassee, Florida for
improvements to the stormwater drainage system.
50. $900,000 to the City of West Palm Beach, Florida for
completion of wetlands-based indirect potable water and
wastewater reuse program.
51. $1,325,000 to the City of Opa-locka, Florida for
wastewater and sewer infrastructure improvements.
52. $2,325,000 to the City of North Miami Beach, Florida
for wastewater and sewer infrastructure improvements in the
Highland Village Neighborhood.
53. $1,500,000 to Sarasota Bay, Florida for wastewater
infrastructure improvements necessary to reduce effluent
discharge into the Bay.
54. $1,000,000 to the Escambia County Utilities Authority
in Florida for extension of the sanitary sewer collection
system.
55. $1,500,000 for the Homosassa Regional Wastewater
Project in Citrus County, Florida.
56. $1,000,000 to Paulding County, Georgia for the
Richland Creek Reservoir Project.
57. $1,000,000 to the City of Roswell, Georgia for
infrastructure development and improvements of the Big Creek
Watershed Demonstration Project.
58. $700,000 to the Toombs County Development Authority
in Georgia to provide water and wastewater infrastructure
improvements.
59. $1,900,000 to Big Haynes Creek, Georgia for continued
work on the basin stormwater retention and reuse project.
60. $500,000 for the Waimea Wastewater Treatment Plant
Interim Expansion in the County of Kauai, Hawaii.
61. $1,000,000 for Burley, Idaho sewer system improvement
project.
62. $2,300,000 for Granite Reeder, Idaho Water and Sewer
District sewer system construction.
63. $1,500,000 for the McCall, Idaho water plant
improvement project.
64. $500,000 to Burley, Idaho for water and wastewater
infrastructure improvements.
65. $750,000 to the City of Hailey, Idaho for water and
wastewater infrastructure improvements.
66. $750,000 to the City of Glenns Ferry, Idaho for the
Glenns Ferry Water Improvement Project.
67. $500,000 to Burr Ridge, Illinois for a sanitary sewer
improvement project.
68. $400,000 to Earlville, Illinois for a new wastewater
treatment facility.
69. $250,000 to Maple Park, Illinois for wastewater
infrastructure improvements.
70. $1,750,000 to North Aurora, Illinois for construction
of water treatment and wastewater treatment facilities.
71. $1,000,000 to West Chicago, Illinois for construction
of water treatment and wastewater treatment facilities.
72. $1,750,000 to Dixon, Illinois for construction of
water treatment and wastewater treatment facilities.
73. $1,900,000 to Bloomington, Illinois for construction
of water treatment and wastewater treatment facilities.
74. $350,000 to DuPage County, Illinois for the Village
of Bensenville and the City of Wood Dale water and wastewater
infrastructure improvements.
75. $1,400,000 to Prospect Heights, Illinois for
construction of a new drinking water conveyance system.
76. $1,000,000 for the Village of Johnsburg, Illinois
wastewater treatment project.
77. $3,440,000 to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
District in Chicago, Illinois for continued development of the
tunnel and reservoir project (TARP).
78. $550,000 to the City of Liberty, Indiana for the
Waterworks System Improvement Project.
79. $1,000,000 to Evansville, Indiana for infrastructure
development of the Pigeon Creek Enhancement project.
80. $1,000,000 to West Lafayette, Indiana for
infrastructure improvements associated with the development of
a new business district.
81. $1,000,000 to Mason City, Iowa for construction of a
new water treatment facility.
82. $3,250,000 for Clinton, Iowa to separate storm and
sewage systems.
83. $2,000,000 to Wichita, Kansas for water and
wastewater infrastructure improvements.
84. $500,000 to Clark County, Kentucky for the WMU head
works facility.
85. $500,000 to upgrade the wastewater infrastructure
facilities in Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky.
86. $300,000 to the Bluegrass Area Development District
in Kentucky for a regional water treatment feasibility study.
87. $200,000 to Scott County, Kentucky for construction
of a water tower.
88. $500,000 to Madison County, Kentucky for sewer
infrastructure improvements.
89. $100,000 to Mercer County, Kentucky for drinking
water system enhancements.
90. $500,000 to the East Casey County Water District,
Kentucky for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements.
91. $1,000,000 for the Northern Kentucky Area Development
District for the expansion of the Carrollton, Kentucky Regional
Wastewater Treatment Plant.
92. $1,000,000 to Pike County, Kentucky for water and
wastewater infrastructure improvements.
93. $1,000,000 to Lawrence County, Kentucky for water and
wastewater infrastructure improvements.
94. $400,000 to Christian County, Kentucky for water and
wastewater infrastructure improvements.
95. $300,000 to the Crittenden-Livingston Regional Water
System in Kentucky for the improvement of water distribution
facilities.
96. $400,000 to Madisonville, Kentucky for sewer system
improvements.
97. $300,000 to Centertown, Kentucky for sewer system
improvements.
98. $3,000,000 for Logan/Todd, Kentucky Regional Water
Commission for water system improvements.
99. $1,000,000 to the City of Monroe, Louisiana for water
and wastewater infrastructure improvements.
100. $800,000 to the East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements.
101. $600,000 to the Town of Livingston, Louisiana to
expand the town's water system.
102. $100,000 to Iberville Parish, Louisiana for water
and sewer infrastructure improvements.
103. $1,000,000 to Shreveport, Louisiana to address
infrastructure and storage problems affecting water quality as
identified in a recent study.
104. $1,400,000 to St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana for
water and wastewater infrastructure improvements.
105. $1,200,000 to Iberia Parish, Louisiana for water and
wastewater infrastructure improvements in the City of Iberia
($1,000,000) and to the City of Jeanerette ($200,000).
106. $100,000 to St. John Parish, Louisiana for water and
wastewater infrastructure improvements.
107. $50,000 to Ascension Parish, Louisiana for water and
wastewater infrastructure improvements.
108. $100,000 to Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana for water
and wastewater infrastructure improvements.
109. $1,000,000 for the Corinna, Maine sewer upgrade.
110. $4,600,000 for biological nutrient removal on the
eastern shore of Maryland, including $2,000,000 to the City of
Crisfield; $1,800,000 for the City of Fruitland; and $800,000
for the Somerset County Sanitary District for Princess Anne.
111. $2,000,000 for Bristol County, Massachusetts,
wastewater projects.
112. $1,000,000 for the Massachusetts Water Resources
Authority's combined sewer overflow control plan.
113. $1,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure
improvements in Taunton, Massachusetts.
114. $2,000,000 for St. Clair Shores, Michigan combined
sewer overflow correction project.
115. $1,000,000 to Bad Axe, Michigan for continued
drinking water infrastructure improvements.
116. $1,500,000 to Port Huron, Michigan for water and
wastewater infrastructure improvements.
117. $500,000 to Mt. Clemens, Michigan for water and
wastewater infrastructure improvements.
118. $1,000,000 to Higgins Lake, Michigan for a
wastewater treatment program.
119. $1,500,000 to Grand Rapids, Michigan for combined
sewer overflow infrastructure improvements for the National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
120. $2,000,000 for continuation of the Rouge River
National Wet Weather Demonstration Project.
121. $800,000 to Oakland County, Michigan for
infrastructure improvements within the George W. Kuhn Drainage
District.
122. $1,000,000 for water system infrastructure
improvements in Jackson, Mississippi.
123. $1,500,000 to the City of Picayune, Mississippi for
water and wastewater infrastructure improvements.
124. $1,300,000 to Tupelo, Mississippi for water
infrastructure needs.
125. $3,000,000 for the DeSoto County, Mississippi
comprehensive water and wastewater management project.
126. $1,000,000 for the City of Pearl, Mississippi
wastewater collection rehabilitation.
127. $3,000,000 for Jefferson County, Mississippi water
and sewer infrastructure needs.
128. $1,000,000 for West Rankin Metropolitan Sewer
Authority to develop alternative water and wastewater systems
for Rankin County, Mississippi.
129. $6,500,000 for St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri
for the Meramec River enhancement and wetlands protection
project ($3,500,000) and the Central Industrial District
wastewater project ($3,000,000).
130. $100,000 for Allendale, Missouri wastewater
infrastructure improvements.
131. $900,000 for Nodaway County, Missouri wastewater
needs, including the communities of Pickering and Ravenwood.
132. $500,000 to Holt County, Missouri for water and
wastewater infrastructure improvements including the
communities of Mound City and Craig.
133. $2,000,000 to Jefferson County, Missouri for water
and wastewater infrastructure improvements.
134. $700,000 to the City of Byrnes Mill, Missouri for
water and wastewater infrastructure improvements.
135. $3,000,000 for the Lockwood, Montana wastewater
collection system and wastewater treatment and disposal system.
136. $2,000,000 for the City of Belgrade, Montana
wastewater collection, treatment and disposal system.
137. $1,000,000 for West Valley, Montana water and sewer
development.
138. $1,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure
needs of the Moapa Valley, Nevada Water District.
139. $1,000,000 to Omaha, Nebraska for combined sewer
overflow infrastructure improvements.
140. $2,000,000 to Nashua, New Hampshire for combined
sewer overflow infrastructure improvements.
141. $300,000 for Lebanon, New Hampshire combined sewer
overflow elimination project.
142. $400,000 for the Newmarket, New Hampshire outflow
discharge pipe.
143. $2,000,000 for the Berlin, New Hampshire water works
improvement project.
144. $1,500,000 for the City of Elizabeth, New Jersey
combined sewer overflow abatement project.
145. $1,500,000 for the City of Carteret, New Jersey
combined sewer overflow improvements.
146. $2,500,000 to the Musconetcong Sewerage Authority in
New Jersey to assist the plant in accommodating sewage from
Hopatcong and Jefferson Township.
147. $800,000 to the Ocean County Utilities Authority in
New Jersey for reimbursement of the completed Crestwood
Interceptor project.
148. $1,700,000 to Las Cruces, New Mexico for
improvements to the wastewater collection and treatment
facilities.
149. $500,000 to Village Bosque Farms, New Mexico for
water and wastewater infrastructure improvements.
150. $1,000,000 to Silver City, New Mexico for water and
wastewater infrastructure improvements.
151. $4,380,000 for North and South Valley of the City of
Albuquerque and the county of Bernalillo, New Mexico regional
water and wastewater system improvements.
152. $990,000 for Corrales, New Mexico centralized water
and wastewater treatment system.
153. $830,000 for Los Lunas, New Mexico wastewater system
upgrade.
154. $750,000 for Clovis, New Mexico wastewater treatment
system repair.
155. $750,000 to the Village of Morrisville, New York for
the construction of a wastewater treatment system.
156. $1,400,000 to Genesee County, New York for Phase I
of the Public Water Supply Program.
157. $14,000,000 for continued clean water improvements
for Onondaga Lake, New York.
158. $2,500,000 to the City of Auburn, New York for the
Auburn Municipal Water Filtration Plant and Water Reservoir.
159. $3,000,000 to Wayne County, New York for Phase I of
the Wayne County wastewater treatment facility improvements.
160. $500,000 to Onondaga County, New York for water and
wastewater infrastructure improvements in the Village of Minoa.
161. $350,000 to Onondaga County, New York for drainage
improvements in the Town of Onondaga for Nedrow.
162. $300,000 to Onondaga County, New York for drainage
improvements in the Village of Marcellus.
163. $500,000 to the Town of Clarence, New York for
construction of a sanitary sewer system.
164. $300,000 to the Village of McGraw, New York for the
replacement of a water storage tank.
165. $8,000,000 for drinking water infrastructure needs
in the New York City Watershed.
166. $1,350,000 for extension and construction of water
infrastructure in Union County, North Carolina.
167. $650,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure
improvements in Stanly County, North Carolina.
168. $2,000,000 to the North Carolina Rural Economic
Development Center for water and wastewater treatment planning.
169. $1,500,000 to Henderson County, North Carolina for
sewer line connections and improvements.
170. $1,000,000 to Rosman, North Carolina for facility
repairs to the current wastewater treatment facility and
engineering plans for a new facility.
171. $500,000 to Rutherford County, North Carolina for
repairs to water and sewer lines in Lake Lure, Spindale and
Chimney Rock, North Carolina.
172. $3,000,000 for Grand Forks, North Dakota water
treatment plant.
173. $1,800,000 to the City of Toledo, Ohio for Secor
Garden infrastructure improvements ($1,400,000) and for Erie
Street Market water and wastewater infrastructure improvements
($400,000).
174. $300,000 to the City of Oregon, Ohio for extension
of water and wastewater infrastructure.
175. $300,000 to Lucas County, Ohio for the Jerusalem
Township water and wastewater infrastructure improvements.
176. $200,000 to Swanton Township, Ohio for the
Bittersweet Farms/Camp Courageous Infrastructure project.
177. $75,000 to Fulton County, Ohio for the Village of
Lyons Sanitary Sewer Project.
178. $825,000 to Wood County Regional Water and Sewer
District in Ohio for the Owens-Walbridge-Plumey Roads Sanitary
Sewer Project ($325,000); for the Village of Millbury
Infiltration Inflow project ($250,000); and for water and
wastewater infrastructure improvements in the Village of
Walbridge ($250,000).
179. $1,650,000 for the Doan Brook Watershed Area in Ohio
for continued development of a storm water abatement system.
180. $1,500,000 to Beach City, Ohio for a wastewater
infrastructure improvement project.
181. $2,875,000 for Dunlap Reservoir and related
infrastructure upgrades, and phase I and II wastewater
treatment plant improvements for the city of Washington Court
House, Ohio.
182. $875,000 for sewer infrastructure upgrades for the
villages of DeGraff and Quincy, Ohio.
183. $250,000 for water and sewer infrastructure upgrades
for the City of Springfield, Ohio.
184. $1,650,000 to Norman, Oklahoma for expanding
existing wastewater treatment facilities.
185. $1,000,000 to Hood River, Oregon for water and
wastewater infrastructure improvements.
186. $750,000 to Hermitage, Pennsylvania for the Pine
Hollow Pump Station upgrade and forcemain replacement.
187. $750,000 to Sharon, Pennsylvania for storm and
sanitary sewer projects repairs.
188. $1,000,000 to Washington County, Pennsylvania for
construction of wastewater infrastructure improvements in Cecil
Township.
189. $2,000,000 to Lincoln Township in Somerset County,
Pennsylvania for water and wastewater infrastructure
improvements.
190. $500,000 to Monroe County, Pennsylvania for sewer
and water infrastructure improvements.
191. $500,000 to Wayne County, Pennsylvania to upgrade
and renovate a sewer system in the Borough of Honesdale.
192. $1,000,000 to Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania for
upgrade of combined sewer overflow system for the Borough of
Moosic ($500,000) and the Borough of Archbald ($500,000).
193. $450,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure
improvements in Sandy Township, Clearfield County,
Pennsylvania.
194. $450,000 to Blair County, Pennsylvania for water and
wastewater infrastructure improvements in Logan Township.
195. $450,000 to the Clearfield Municipal Authority in
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania for water and wastewater
infrastructure improvements.
196. $450,000 to the Bear Valley, Franklin County,
Pennsylvania Joint Authority for water and wastewater
infrastructure improvements.
197. $450,000 to Mifflin County, Pennsylvania for water
and wastewater infrastructure improvements in Lewistown
Borough.
198. $450,000 to the Bedford Township Municipal Authority
in Bedford County, Pennsylvania for water and wastewater
infrastructure improvements.
199. $1,000,000 for the Springettsbury, Pennsylvania
regional sewer project.
200. $5,000,000 for the Three Rivers Wet Weather
Demonstration project, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
201. $750,000 for the Pawtucket, Rhode Island water
treatment plant construction.
202. $1,000,000 to the Narragansett Bay Commission of
Rhode Island for the combined sewer overflow control project.
203. $900,000 to the West Georgetown, South Carolina
County Regional Wastewater Treatment System for construction of
a wastewater interceptor transmission system.
204. $1,000,000 for the City of Florence, South Carolina
for water and wastewater infrastructure.
205. $500,000 for Branchville, South Carolina water
distribution system.
206. $1,000,000 for the City of York, South Carolina
water treatment plant upgrade.
207. $500,000 for the City of Alcester, South Dakota for
a wastewater treatment facility.
208. $3,000,000 for Rapid City, South Dakota to upgrade
its water reclamation facility.
209. $4,000,000 for the City of Huron, South Dakota to
upgrade its water treatment facility.
210. $1,000,000 to Athens, Tennessee for storm sewer
reconstruction and improvements to the drainage basin.
211. $500,000 to Clinton, Tennessee for engineering study
and design to address water and wastewater system flooding
problems.
212. $1,000,000 to Oak Ridge, Tennessee for the extension
of water and sewer infrastructure.
213. $1,000,000 to Sequatchie County, Tennessee for
waterline infrastructure improvements.
214. $1,000,000 to the City of Meridian, Texas for water
and wastewater infrastructure improvements.
215. $1,000,000 for the City of Abilene, Texas water
treatment facility.
216. $1,750,000 to Grand Water and Sewer Service Agency
in Utah for the extension of water and sewer lines to Arches
National Park.
217. $2,000,000 for Ogden, Utah, water and sewer
improvements.
218. $4,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure
improvements in Sandy City, Utah.
219. $1,000,000 for Montgomery, Vermont wastewater
demonstration project.
220. $2,500,000 for the City of Pownal, Vermont
wastewater treatment project.
221. $2,000,000 to Richmond, Virginia for continued
development of combined sewer overflow improvements.
222. $2,000,000 to Lynchburg, Virginia for continued
development of combined sewer overflow improvements.
223. $1,000,000 to Tazewell County, Virginia for
construction of a public wastewater system to serve Bluefield
and Divides.
224. $650,000 to the Smith Mountain Lake 4-H Education
Center in Wirtz, Virginia for sewage treatment operation
improvements.
225. $2,000,000 to Henry County, Virginia for the Henry
County City of Martinsville's water and sewer infrastructure
improvements project.
226. $250,000 to Buckley, Washington for water pipe
replacement.
227. $85,000 to the City of Carnation, Washington for the
engineering and design of wastewater treatment plant and
collection facilities.
228. $3,000,000 for the City of Bremerton, Washington
Callow 5 combined sewer overflow project.
229. $600,000 for the Hoodsport Water System, Mason
County, Washington drinking water system improvements.
230. $2,000,000 for the Coulee Dam, Washington water
infiltration system.
231. $650,000 for the Cowen Public Service District to
provide water and sewer to the proposed Cowen Industrial Park
in Webster County, West Virginia.
232. $10,200,000 to the Brooke County PSD, West Virginia
for wastewater infrastructure needs in the Eldersville Road,
Mahan's Lane and Bruin Drive areas.
233. $3,200,000 to the City of Thomas, West Virginia for
water infrastructure needs.
234. $1,500,000 to Huntington, West Virginia for the
Fourpole/Park Sewer project No. 1.
235. $680,000 to the Lake Tomahawk Sanitary District,
Wisconsin for repayment of debt on a water treatment conveyance
project.
236. $1,000,000 for Beloit, Wisconsin combined sewer
overflow project.
237. $3,000,000 for Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Metropolitan
Sewerage District for continued renovations and repairs to the
sewer system.
The conferees have included bill language which allows
the Administrator to use up to 3% of the appropriated amount of
each above-listed project to administer the management and
oversight of construction of such projects through contracts,
allocation to the Corps of Engineers, or grants to the States.
The conferees intend that the non-federal share of the
cost of planning, design and construction of water and
wastewater infrastructure improvements in Bernalillo, New
Mexico and in the North and South Valley areas of Albuquerque
and Bernalillo County, New Mexico, may be paid in installments
of any amount so long as the entire amount of the non-federal
share is paid by the end of the 10-year project period,
including fiscal year 2000. Bill language has been included
regarding a grant provided in fiscal year 1999 for Cumberland,
Maryland clarifying the intent of this grant.
Of the amount provided for categorical grants,
$209,000,000 is for State and local air assistance grants,
including $8,000,000 for section 103 grants to the states to
develop regional haze programs under title I, part C of the
Clean Air Act. It is the intention of the conferees that these
funds be used to aid states in the development of emissions
inventories, quantification of natural visibility conditions,
monitoring and other data necessary to define reasonable
progress and develop control strategies, and to support the
states' participation in regional efforts to coordinate their
strategies, where necessary, and at the election of the
individual states. The conferees have also provided
$238,000,000 for section 319 non-point source pollution grants
and $172,262,300 for section 106 pollution control grants to,
among other things, assist the States in meeting the long-term
needs of the TMDL program. Included in the total is $2,000,000
for grants to coastal states as provided in Senate Report 106-
410.
No funds have been provided for the new Great Lakes
Initiative program, and funds for the Information Integration
Initiative have been provided only in the Environmental
Programs and Management account. Funds for the new Clean Air
Partnership have not been provided by the conferees.
Legislation proposed by the Agency to require a 40% cost-share
for the section 106 grant program has not been approved by the
conferees.
In the interest of minimizing the need for additional
administrative appeals, judicial review, and legislative
remedies relative to EPA's construction grant program, the
conferees direct EPA to resolve, equitably and as expeditiously
as its resources will allow, grantee requests for review or
waiver, audit resolutions, and appeals in accordance with a
specific set of guidelines set forth on page 62 of House Report
106-674. The conferees expect this process will eliminate the
need for Congress to resolve specific audit disputes in the
future.
The conferees agree that, due to economic hardship, EPA
should not apply the normal cost-share requirements to a grant
provided for the Fancy Farm, Kentucky water system in Public
Law 106-74.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The conferees have included an administrative provision
which, for fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, provides that the
obligated balances of sums available in multiple year
appropriations accounts shall remain available through the
seventh fiscal year after their period of availability has
expired for liquidating obligations made during the period of
availability.
In addition, an administrative provision is included
which stipulates that, for fiscal year 2001, the Administrator,
in carrying out environmental programs required or authorized
by law in the absence of an acceptable tribal program, may
award cooperative agreements to federally-recognized tribes or
duly authorized intertribal groups to assist the Administrator
in implementing federal environmental programs for tribes
required or authorized by law. Funds designated for State
financial assistance agreements may not be used for such
cooperative agreements.
Finally, an administrative provision has been included
which reinstates the 12-month grace period following
designation for new nonattainment areas for the National
Ambient Air Quality Standards originally contained in EPA
conformity regulations.
The conferees direct EPA to implement GPRA to the fullest
extent possible. This includes defining its long-term strategic
goals in terms of environmental, health, and other outcomes and
tracking progress using appropriate outcomes measures. Such
measures include indicators of health, ecology and welfare,
exposure or body burden or uptake, ambient environmental
conditions, discharges or emissions, and actions and/or
responses by regulated parties.
The conferees recognize that the Agency may not be able
to establish nor measure all the appropriate outcome measures
by the time of its first Strategic Plan revision after 2000.
The conferees therefore direct the Agency to make significant
progress in its first revision after 2000, and in subsequent
revisions to the Strategic Plan. Further, the conferees call on
the Agency to organize and present performance measures in a
manner that makes appropriate use of performance information
supplied by EPA regions and states.
Executive Office of The President
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
Appropriates $5,201,000 for the Office of Science and
Technology Policy as proposed by the Senate instead of
$5,150,000 as proposed by the House.
Public Law 105-261 transferred responsibility for
satellite technology export licensing from the Department of
Commerce to the Department of State as part of the
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). An
unfortunate and unintended consequence of that move has been
that university-based fundamental science and engineering
research, widely disseminated and unclassified, has become
subject to overly restrictive and inconsistent ITAR direction.
The result has been critical delays in NASA-funded research
projects and has forced some universities to forgo
participation in such projects. Such research traditionally has
been excluded from export controls under the fundamental
research exemption. The conferees find the current situation to
be unacceptable and direct the Office of Science and Technology
Policy to work jointly with the National Security Council, in
consultation with the NASA Administrator and the Secretary of
State, to expeditiously issue clarification of ITAR that
ensures that university collaborations and personnel exchanges,
which are vital to the continued success of federally-funded
research, are allowed to continue as they had under the long-
standing fundamental research exception in the Export
Administration Regulations, which had governed export controls
over this technology when the Department of Commerce had
jurisdiction over it. The conferees expect this review to be
completed within 120 days of enactment of this Act. Upon the
issuance of guidance, NASA shall ensure that university
principal investigators are fully aware of their
responsibilities.
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Appropriates $2,900,000 for the Council on Environmental
Quality and the Office of Environmental Quality as proposed by
the House and the Senate. The conferees have once again
included bill language which prohibits CEQ from using funds
other than those appropriated directly under this heading. The
Council is expected to implement this provision in a manner
consistent with its implementation during fiscal years 1998 and
1999. Language has also been included again this year which,
notwithstanding law, authorizes the Council to operate with one
member, that member acting as chairman of the Council.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Appropriates $33,660,000 for the Office of Inspector
General as proposed by the Senate instead of $33,661,000 as
proposed by the House. Funds for this account are derived from
the Bank Insurance Fund, the Savings and Loan Association
Insurance Fund, and the FSLIC Resolution Fund, and are
therefore not reflected in either the budget authority or
budget outlay totals.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
DISASTER RELIEF
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Appropriates $300,000,000 for disaster relief as proposed
by both the House and the Senate. In addition, appropriates
$1,300,000,000 in emergency funding for disaster relief instead
of $2,609,220,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House had
proposed no emergency funding. Retains language proposed by the
Senate authorizing the transfer of $2,900,000 to EMPA for the
consolidated emergency management performance grant, in lieu of
$5,500,000 as proposed by the House.
The conferees agree that up to $15,000,000 of the funds
provided in this account may be used for flood map
modernization activities in areas which receive Presidential
disaster declarations, as proposed by the Senate. The House had
proposed that $30,000,000 be transferred from this account to
the Flood Map Modernization Fund for non-disaster and disaster-
related flood map modernization.
The conferees do not agree with the House proposal to
allow up to $50,000,000 of the disaster relief funds to be
obligated for predisaster mitigation and repetitive loss
property buyouts. The conferees have taken this action because
additional funding was provided for buyouts and elevation of
flood damaged properties as part of the fiscal year 2000
supplemental and these funds are not required at this time.
The conferees have agreed to include language in the bill
making $3,000,000 from section 404 hazard mitigation grant
funding available to the State of Florida hurricane mitigation
initiative in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The conferees
recognize that, in light of the devastation of Hurricanes
Floyd, Irene, and Dennis to the Southeast United States,
resources must be focused on mitigation activities because many
communities are not adequately prepared to provide local
emergency shelter for category 3 or higher hurricanes. To
demonstrate the effectiveness of certain mitigation
technologies, the conferees direct that a portion of the
section 404 hazard mitigation grant funding available to the
State of Florida be used for a pre-disaster hurricane
mitigation program initiative in Miami-Dade County, Florida
utilizing perforated metal technology employed in fixed,
passive protection window applications as demonstrated through
the Miami Wind Shutter Program.
The conferees are not in agreement with regard to the
issue of insurance requirements for public and non-profit
buildings. While the goal of reducing Federal costs associated
with natural disasters is shared by the conferees, there is not
agreement on the best way to achieve that goal. The House
continues to believe that FEMA must ensure that the concerns of
all interested parties are taken into consideration and that a
detailed cost-benefit analysis must be completed prior to
finalizing any rule in this regard. The Senate continues to
believe that all relevant information is in hand and that a
final rule should be promulgated expeditiously. The conferees
acknowledge their inability to resolve this issue and urge the
Congress to address this issue as part of a comprehensive
legislative package.
DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
The conferees agree to provide a limitation of
$25,000,000 on direct loans, a cost of $1,678,000 for direct
loans, and a limitation on administrative expenses of $427,000
for the disaster assistance direct loan program account. The
foregoing amounts are the same as proposed by the Senate. The
House had proposed a limitation of $19,000,000 on direct loans,
a cost of $1,295,000 for direct loans, and a limitation on
administrative expenses of $420,000.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriates $215,000,000 for salaries and expenses as
proposed by the Senate instead of $190,000,000 as proposed by
the House.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
Appropriates $10,000,000 for the Office of Inspector
General as proposed by the Senate instead of $8,015,000 as
proposed by the House. The conferees are in agreement that the
FEMA Inspector General shall also serve as the Inspector
General for the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.
In order to fulfill these additional duties, the conferees
agree to provide the Inspector General with additional funds
and anticipate that the duties will require an increase of 8
FTE. To ensure the independence of the Office of Inspector
General, funds are provided to enable the OIG to support its
own administrative functions rather than relying on FEMA for
support services such as budget and accounting, procurement and
personnel.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE
Appropriates $269,652,000 for emergency management
planning and assistance as proposed by the Senate instead of
$267,000,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees agree to
include bill language earmarking $25,000,000 of the funds
provided in this account for pre-disaster mitigation activities
as proposed by the Senate. The House had included authority to
use disaster relief funds for this purpose, to be administered
through the EMPA account.
EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM
Appropriates $140,000,000 for emergency food and shelter
instead of $110,000,000 as proposed by both the House and
Senate.
FLOOD MAP MODERNIZATION FUND
Appropriates no funding for this activity in this
account. The conferees have included authority within the
disaster relief account to use up to $15,000,000 for post-
disaster flood map activities in areas which receive
Presidential disaster declarations.
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conferees agree to include bill language which
authorizes the National Flood Insurance Program through
December 31, 2001 instead of September 30, 2001 as proposed by
the House and Senate. Without this authorization, new flood
insurance policies could not be written throughout the fiscal
year. In addition, the conferees direct FEMA to make $2,000,000
available to the New York Department of Environmental
Conservation for initiating the Statewide Flood Plain Mapping
Program.
NATIONAL FLOOD MITIGATION FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Provides for the transfer of $20,000,000 from the
National Flood Insurance Fund to the National Flood Mitigation
Fund as proposed by both the House and Senate.
General Services Administration
FEDERAL CONSUMER INFORMATION CENTER FUND
Appropriates $7,122,000 for the Federal Consumer
Information Fund as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The conferees agree with the requirement of the Senate
that NASA must articulate a comprehensive agenda and strategy
through a strategic plan for each of NASA's primary centers
that links staffing, funding resources, mission activities and
core competencies in a manner that will ensure each primary
center will be vested with specific responsibilities and
activities. Within each plan, NASA should identify where a
center has or is expected to develop the same or similar
expertise and capacity as another center, including the
justification for this need. The plan should also include a
specific 10-year profile of flight mission elements. This
profile should identify the primary NASA center responsible for
each flight's mission management. The profile also should
articulate clearly the criteria that is used and/or will be
used to permit missions to be built intramurally, as well as
the strategy for using industry and leading academic
laboratories for mission development and execution. These plans
are to be updated annually, with the first plan to be submitted
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate by
July 31, 2001. For purposes of the foregoing reporting
requirement, primary NASA centers shall include the nine
centers and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory listed on page AS-21
of the fiscal year 2001 budget submission.
The conferees agree that information on the long-term
consequences of reprogramming and operating plan actions should
be made available to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House and Senate when requested. While the Senate had proposed
making the information a requirement to be submitted with all
reprogrammings and operating plans, the conferees recognize
that this would be a burden on the agency when most of the
changes are relatively minor in nature. The conferees expect
NASA to be responsive whenever such an information request is
made.
The conferees agree that NASA should report annually on
the issue of safeguarding sensitive technology as proposed by
the Senate.
The conferees agree that NASA should not be required to
include an accounting of program reserves when addressing a
program in the initial operating plan or subsequent operating
plans. The conferees expect NASA to be able to provide this
information when requested by the Committees on Appropriations.
The conferees have agreed to delete the general
provision, proposed by the House which would have terminated
all NASA-Air Force joint aeronautics and space-related
research.
The conferees do not agree that NASA should conduct a
joint study with the National Research Council and the National
Academy of Public Administration on the research and analysis
portions of NASA's programs. The conferees urge NASA to take
actions to ensure that research and analysis funding is
sufficient to support the goals of the various programs.
Of the amounts approved in the following appropriations
accounts, NASA must limit transfers of funds between programs
and activities to not more than $500,000 without prior approval
of the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate.
Further, no changes may be made to any account or program
element if it is construed to be policy or a change in policy.
Any activity or program cited in this report shall be construed
as the position of the conferees and should not be subject to
reductions or reprogramming without prior approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate. Finally,
it is the intent of the conferees that all carryover funds in
the various appropriations accounts are subject to the normal
reprogramming requirements outlined above.
The conferees recognize that personnel management at an
agency such as NASA is difficult and note that the Congress has
provided authority in the past for NASA to offer incentives to
employees as a way to reduce the agency's overall workforce.
The challenge NASA now faces is to ensure that the proper skill
mix is in place at the various NASA Centers. To accomplish this
task, NASA has proposed a continuation of its current buyout
authority with modifications which allow the agency to retain
the same number of full-time equivalent personnel, while
offering incentives to achieve a workforce reduction in skill
areas where an excess exists. The conferees agree to provide
NASA with this authority for two years and have included the
necessary statutory authority as a general provision of the
bill.
The conferees agree to include the House provision on
NASA full cost accounting instead of the Senate provision. The
conferees remain concerned about the impact of full cost
accounting on program and financial information that will be
made available to the Congress through full cost accounting. If
the program and financial information is determined to be
inadequate, the conferees expect NASA to be able to address the
concerns of the Congress. In addition, the conferees direct
NASA to report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
and Senate on the status of any program or activity that has
exceeded its budget plan by 15 percent. The report should be
provided to the Committees within 15 days of the date on which
NASA has determined that the budget overrun has occurred. This
report shall include the reasons for the budget overrun
including any proposals for the termination or restructuring of
the program or activity and the related impact on the funding
of other programs or activities.
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT
Appropriates $5,462,900,000 for Human Space Flight
instead of $5,472,000,000 as proposed by the House and
$5,400,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The funding level
arrived at for this account includes a reduction of $40,000,000
as proposed by NASA to provide additional funding for the Mars
2003 Lander program. This reduction includes $30,000,000 from
shuttle reserves and $10,000,000 from the commercialization and
technology program. Other adjustments follow.
The conferees recognize that NASA is obligated to ensure
the well-being of astronauts, who will build the International
Space Station (ISS), and live and work there for increasingly
longer periods of time. On-orbit stay times beyond 90 days will
require implementation of countermeasures against the negative
effects of space flight. The basic research and countermeasure
development will be done using the ISS crew members as research
subjects. This requires establishment of medical baselines
prior to flight, close monitoring of in-flight changes to the
baseline, including the beneficial impacts of the
countermeasures, and post-flight monitoring throughout the
rehabilitation process. A key objective of NASA's
Bioastronautics Initiative is to re-focus existing NASA
biomedical assets to accomplish this aim more effectively.
The conferees understand that NASA has determined that
the most effective approach to ensuring synergy between a
strong research program and necessary astronaut clinical care
is to construct a Bioastronautics Facility at the Johnson Space
Center. The facility will be sited at NASA's Johnson Space
Center because that is the living and working area of the
astronaut corps and the medical support personnel. The facility
will provide a necessary focal point for human health care
delivery, research, and education for Space Medicine and
Research. The research capabilities provided in this facility
will be consistent with the NASA analysis of research
requirements. This facility will enable access to all peer
reviewed researchers, including universities across the
country, NASA, NIH, and NSBRI, to carry out their science in a
symbiotic laboratory setting and accomplish their goals.
The conferees agree to provide $3,000,000 to complete the
facility design effort, and that a design/build approach is
being baselined to ensure timely completion of the facility.
The conferees further understand that initial construction
funding could be required in fiscal year 2001 if the design is
completed as planned by mid-2001, and direct NASA to submit an
Operating Plan notification to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House and Senate at that time to identify construction
funds within ISS resources.
The conferees agree that NASA should develop a 10-year
plan for all research efforts related to the International
Space Station, including operational needs as proposed by the
Senate. NASA is directed to submit this report to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate no later
than April 15, 2001.
The conferees do not agree with the Senate requirement
for a blueprint plan that identifies lead and complimentary
universities that will coordinate with NASA for science
disciplines that will be the focus of research after assembly
of the ISS is complete. The conferees direct NASA to submit a
plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and
Senate which includes various ISS management options. The
conferees agree that such a plan will give the Congress the
information it needs in order to determine what management
structure is best and most able to deliver the benefits of the
ISS. The Committees on Appropriations will require this
information prior to approving funding for any final agreement.
Therefore, the conferees have included an administrative
provision which prohibits the expenditure of any funds prior to
December 1, 2001 for finalizing an agreement between NASA and a
non government organization to conduct research utilization and
commercialization management activities of the ISS.
For the past several years, the conferees have expressed
dismay at the lack of dedicated life and microgravity research
missions being flown on shuttle during station assembly. This
problem is made worse by continuing delay in station assembly,
leading to a significant backlog of critical research waiting
to be flown. The conferees believe it is prudent to plan
regular life and microgravity shuttle research missions during
station assembly to protect the shuttle flight rate and to
prepare experiments for the space station. The conferees
therefore direct NASA, within 30 days of enactment of this Act,
to submit a plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House and Senate which details a schedule for shuttle research
missions, beginning after the flight of STS-107 and continuing
until the space station reaches its full research capability.
SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY
Appropriates $6,190,700,000 for science, aeronautics and
technology instead of $5,579,600,000 as proposed by the House
and $5,837,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The amount
provided is $261,300,000 above the budget request. The amount
provided consists of:
$2,508,300,000 for space science.
$316,900,000 for life and microgravity
sciences.
$1,498,050,000 for earth sciences.
$1,253,150,000 for aero-space technology.
$529,400,000 for space operations.
$134,000,000 for academic programs.
$49,100,000 as a general reduction.
In reaching the amount of $6,190,700,000 appropriated for
science, aeronautics and technology, the conferees have
included only $8,000,000 for space solar power, $20,000,000 for
commercial remote sensing data buys, $20,000,000 for quiet
aircraft technology, $10,000,000 for the EPSCoR program, and
$19,100,000 for space grant colleges designated under section
208 of the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Act.
The conferees recognize the efforts of NASA, particularly
Goddard Space Flight Center, in developing comprehensive
programmatic and operations plans for the Independent
Verification and Validation Facility and in confirming the
Facility's agency-wide role in software reliability. The
conferees further recognize NASA's increased commitment to IV&V;
as a mission critical activity, as evidenced by the increase in
funding (to $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2001) dedicated to IV&V;
activities. The conferees expect NASA to report to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate by May 1,
2001 regarding progress on development of the Facility, its
role within NASA and the degree to which new and related
software initiatives have been implemented.
Space Science
The conferees have agreed to provide $2,508,300,000 for
space science programs. Included in this amount is $75,000,000
for the Mars 2003 Lander program as proposed by NASA in
communications with the conferees subsequent to submission of
the budget. Of this amount, $2,000,000 is to be financed within
the space science account; $7,000,000 is to be derived from the
life and microgravity account; $20,000,000 is to be derived
from the aeronautics and space technology account; $6,000,000
is to be derived from the mission support account; and
$40,000,000 is to be derived from the human space flight
account.
Prior conference agreements have directed NASA to
establish a goal of competitively selecting 75 percent of space
science advanced technology funding. Based upon this direction,
NASA recently released an open research announcement in the
Cross-Enterprise Technology Development Program (CETDP) that
resulted in an impressive response of over 1,200 proposals
competing for $40,000,000 in funding. The conferees are aware
that NASA was only able to award funding for 8 percent of the
proposals and that a 92 percent disapproval rate is frustrating
to the university community and industry partners. In addition,
the conferees note that NASA has expressed concern that the
diversion of a high percentage of funds to open solicitations
is contributing to a loss of needed ``core competencies'' in
technology at the NASA field centers. NASA, on the CETDP, is
directed to allocate at least 75% of all new procurement awards
through full and open competition. If NASA feels that
additional funding is needed in fiscal year 2001 to address
transitional core competency issues, then the agency may
propose for the consideration by the Committees on
Appropriations, a reprogramming of funds from other sources.
The conferees understand that the responsibility and
funding for the CETDP is being transferred from the Office of
Space Science to the Office of Aerospace Technology. Therefore,
the conferees direct that NASA's Office of Aerospace Technology
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House and Senate by April 30, 2001 which addresses how NASA
plans to increase competitive selection of advanced technology
funding while maintaining NASA Center core competencies. The
report should identify the core competencies by NASA Center
that are critical to the long-term future of the Nation's space
program and the level of resources required to ensure their
support. The NASA core competency strategy should include long-
term strategic alliances with universities and industry
partners.
The conferees note that applying the recommendations of
the Mars Program Independent Assessment Team to all space
science programs may lead to cost increases for those programs.
The conferees agree that NASA should provide a five-year
profile of the costs associated with implementing these
recommendations as part of the budget submission for fiscal
year 2002, as proposed by the Senate.
The conferees have provided the budget request of
$20,000,000 for the Living with a Star program, as proposed by
the Senate. The House had deleted the funding for this program
because of concern about the contracting strategy being used by
the program. The NASA Inspector General has reviewed the
procurement strategy and the conferees are confident that NASA
will take into consideration the recommendations of the
Inspector General with regard to this program, as well as the
recommendations of the Applied Physics Laboratory and NASA. The
conferees agree with the direction of the Senate that NASA
should submit a long-term plan to create a resilient Sun-Earth
Connection program and that the report should be submitted by
February 15, 2001.
The conferees agree that the cost of the Hubble Wide
Field Camera 3 should have a cost cap of $75,500,000 as
proposed by the Senate. The conferees do not agree that cost
increases associated with the Hubble Servicing Mission should
be allocated to the Human Space Flight account. Instead, the
conferees direct NASA to provide a report to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House and Senate on the policy for
allocating cost increases which are associated with launch or
payload delays and the rationale for the policy. The report
should be provided no later that March 31, 2001.
The conferees agree to the following changes to the
budget request:
1. An increase of $1,500,000 for Ohio Wesleyan University
for infrastructure needs.
2. An increase of $1,500,000 for the Center for Space
Sciences at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
3. An increase of $8,000,000 for space solar power.
4. An increase of $5,000,000 for the STEP-AirSEDS tether
propulsion program.
5. An increase of $2,500,000 for the Hubble telescope
project to initiate a Composites Technology Institute in
Bridgeport, West Virginia.
6. An increase of $3,500,000 for a center on life in
extreme thermal environments at Montana State University,
Bozeman.
7. An increase of $2,500,000 for the Bishop Museum/Mauna
Kea Astronomy Education Center.
8. An increase of $1,000,000 for the Chabot Observatory
and Science Center, Oakland, California.
9. An increase of $4,000,000 for the Green Bank Radio
Astronomy Observatory visitor center.
10. An increase of $2,000,000 for equipment for the South
Carolina State Museum's Observatory, Planetarium and Theater.
11. An increase of $8,000,000 for the University of
Hawaii for infrastructure needs of the Mauna Kea Education
Center.
Life and Microgravity Sciences
The conferees agree to provide $316,900,000 for life and
microgravity sciences. This amount includes a reduction of
$7,000,000 from the biomedical research and countermeasures
program which has been transferred to the space sciences
account for the Mars 2003 Lander program. The conferees agree
to the following changes to the budget request:
1. An increase of $5,000,000 for the Space Radiation
program at Loma Linda University Hospital.
2. An increase of $1,000,000 to EARTH University and the
University of Alabama in Birmingham to research Chagas disease.
3. An increase of $500,000 for ongoing research in the
area of disease monitoring and diagnosis through the use of
medical intelligence for the manned spaceflight effort.
4. An increase of $3,000,000 for the Donald Danforth
Plant Science Center's Modern Genetics project.
5. An increase of $15,000,000 for infrastructure needs
for the Life Sciences building at the University of Missouri-
Columbia.
Earth Sciences
The conferees agree to provide $1,498,050,000 for the
earth sciences account.
The conferees take seriously their responsibility to
oversee the activities of the various Departments and Agencies
and feel the direction provided by the Congress in the
Statement of Managers accompanying the Conference Report for
prior fiscal years should be implemented without fail. It has
come to the attention of the conferees that this has not been
the case with the implementation of direction contained in the
fiscal year 2000 Appropriations Act and accompanying Statement
of Managers. For this reason, the conferees agree with the
Senate proposal to suspend the authority of the Office of Earth
Science to reprogram any funds in fiscal year 2001 unless
specifically authorized by the Committees on Appropriations of
the House and Senate.
The conferees direct NASA to report to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House and Senate, by March 15, 2001 with
a ten-year strategy and funding profile to extend the benefits
of Earth science, technology and data results beyond the
traditional science community and address practical, near-term
problems. This strategy should incorporate fully the unique
data, data products and services available from U.S. companies.
NASA is also directed to develop, with universities, existing
Applications Centers, such as ARCs and RESACs, NASA Field
Centers, and other cognizant Federal agencies, mechanisms
through which current public and private remote sensing and
related technologies will be made readily available to state
and local governments, public agencies and private
organizations for applications in agriculture, flood mapping,
forestry, environmental protection, urban planning and other
land-use issues.
The Vegetation Canopy LIDAR Project (VCL), the first NASA
Earth Systems Pathfinder Mission, is designed to provide a
global database of forest structure and tree height. The
conferees believe that this data will be invaluable as the
scientific community continues research into global climate
change and related areas. At the same time, the conferees
recognize the valuable commercial potential of the data and the
associated interest within the commercial sector. The conferees
are concerned that if the VCL mission is not launched by 2002,
the baseline data needed by the United States scientific and
commercial community may be delayed or lost. Therefore, the
conferees direct NASA to report by October 2001 on the progress
of developing the VCL mission, with the expectation of a Spring
2002 launch date.
The conferees agree to the following changes to the
budget request:
1. An increase of $500,000 for the Temporal Landscape
Change Research Program to establish a regional baseline
monitoring program.
2. An increase of $500,000 for the operations of the
applications center for remote sensing at Fulton-Montgomery
Community College, Johnston, New York.
3. An increase of $1,000,000 for the Center for Earth
Observing and Space Research at George Mason University.
4. An increase of $5,000,000 for NASA's Regional
Applications Center for the Northeast.
5. An increase of $2,500,000 for the U.S. portion of the
joint U.S./Italian satellite development program to remotely
observe forest fires.
6. An increase of $450,000 for continuation of
application remote sensing to forestry at the State University
of New York, College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry.
7. An increase of $4,000,000 for the continuation of
programs at the American Museum of Natural History.
8. An increase of $1,000,000 for the Advanced Tropical
Remote Sensing Center of the National Center for Tropical
Remote Sensing Applications and Resources at the Rosenstiel
School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.
9. An increase of $8,800,000 to the Institute for
Software Research, for the following activities: $5,000,000 for
development and construction of research facilities; $2,300,000
for the development of a Goddard Institute for Systems,
Software and Technology Research (GISSTR) in cooperation with
the Goddard Space Flight Center's Systems, Technology and
Advanced Concepts (STAAC) organization; and $1,500,000 for a
microcomputer clustering and data throughput/visualization
algorithm research initiative.
10. An increase of $20,000,000 to continue commercial
data purchases.
11. An increase of $3,000,000 for the University of South
Mississippi for research into remotely sensed data for coastal
zone management.
12. An increase of $1,000,000 for carbon cycle remote
sensing technology at the KARS Regional Earth Sciences
Applications Center at the University of Kansas.
13. An increase of $1,500,000 for the University of North
Dakota to support the Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium.
14. An increase of $1,500,000 for topographic sensor
measurement efforts in Alaska.
15. An increase of $2,000,000 for remote ocean sensing
research and measurements in the areas of the Bering Sea and
the northernmost Pacific Ocean.
16. An increase of $500,000 for continued development of
nickel metal hydride battery technology.
17. An increase of $3,000,000 for the NASA International
Earth Observing System Natural Resource Training Center at the
University of Montana, Missoula.
18. An increase of $1,000,000 for the Pipelines Project
at Iowa State University/Southern University--Baton Rouge.
19. An increase of $35,000,000 for the Earth Observing
System Data Information System, for a total fiscal year 2001
program level of $277,000,000. These additional funds are for
the EOSDIS Core System only so that its total program level in
fiscal year 2001 shall be $115,000,000 allocated as follows:
First, an additional $22,500,000 should be added to the core
ECS program to provide optimized system functionality, planning
for future growth and adaptations due to instrument team
changes, provision for additional processing, and archival
capabilities needed at the DAAC's. Second, the remaining
$12,500,000 is to continue and expand the Synergy program that
was begun in fiscal year 2000. In fiscal year 2001, the
conferees believe the Synergy program should focus on the
following: continued development of the current applications to
make them accessible to the general public; expansion of the
number of info marts/data store fronts to broaden the
application base and implementation of a unified access data
server for local, State, and Federal agencies and the
commercial marketplace. As part of this effort, NASA is
directed to integrate the regional earth science applications
centers into the Synergy program by the end of fiscal year
2001.
20. The conferees provided the full amount requested for
the EOS follow-on. Within the amount provided, the conferees
recommend: $1,500,000 for studies initiating a Landsat-7
follow-on commercial data purchase; $2,000,000 for the Global
Precipitation Mission for phase A/B studies and preliminary
advanced technology development work; $2,000,000 for the Global
Earthquake Satellite for phase A/B studies and preliminary
advanced technology development work; $1,500,000 for studies
related to the ``New DIS'' which the conferees believe should
emphasize the re-use of the existing system in order to
minimize future costs; $35,600,000 for studies and advanced
technology development for the NPOESS preparatory project of
which $4,000,000 shall be allocated for the development of high
speed data processing and algorithm validation processes that
maximize prior year investments in this area; and $2,000,000 to
initiate a global wind profile commercial data purchase
consistent with the science objectives identified in the
National Academy of Sciences study.
Aero-Space Technology
The conferees agree to provide $1,253,150,000 for the
aero-space technology account. Included in this amount is a
reduction of $20,000,000 to the research and technology base
with the funds transferred to the space sciences account for
the Mars 2003 Lander program.
The conferees agree to provide the budget request of
$9,000,000 for the small aircraft transportation system (SATS)
as proposed by the Senate. The House had deleted funding for
this effort. The House action was based upon limited funding
available to NASA and an underlying concern that the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) was less than enthusiastic about
the program which was not very well defined in the budget
submission. Based upon new information provided to the
conferees, funding for SATS has been restored to be used for
operational evaluations, or proofs of concept where operational
evaluations are not possible, of four new capabilities that
promise to increase the safe and efficient capacity of the
National Airspace System for all NAS users, and to extend
reliable air service to smaller communities. These capabilities
are:
High-volume operations at airports without control
towers or terminal radar facilities.
Lower adverse weather landing minimums at minimally
equipped landing facilities.
Integration of SATS aircraft into a higher en route
capacity air traffic control system with complex flows
and slower aircraft.
Improved single-pilot ability to function
competently in complex airspace in an evolving NAS.
The conferees recognize that the expansion of the SATS is
a technically high-risk program, and that the expansion of the
SATS program to perform operational evaluations on all four
capabilities will require additional resources. Therefore, the
conferees direct the Administration to include such resources
in the fiscal year 2002 budget request for NASA.
It is the expectation of the conferees that SATS will
develop and operationally evaluate these four capabilities in a
five-year program which will produce sufficient data to support
FAA decisions to approve operational use of the capabilities,
and FAA and industry decisions to invest in the necessary
technologies. The conferees direct that not less than 75% of
the funding provided for development of technologies shall be
awarded subject to full and open competition. Collaborative
industry/university teams are encouraged to compete for these
awards. In addition, NASA is directed to transfer funds as
required to the FAA for personnel with authority to set
criteria and approve test plans.
The usefulness of the data for this purpose will be
ensured through the following process:
1. In fiscal year 2001, NASA will plan SATS activities
with, and secure the agreement of, FAA staff from aircraft
certification, flight standards, air traffic, and airports
before undertaking the proof of concept or operational
evaluations. This will also be done with appropriate industry
involvement.
2. The SATS plan will identify the operational safety
criteria required by FAA for each capability, and test plans
determined by FAA to be adequate to establish that these
criteria are met.
3. The objective of SATS is that the output of the
operational evaluation as defined in the plan will be
sufficient for the FAA to give full credit to the test data
when an applicant subsequently proposes the certification and
operational approvals for a system that would implement these
SATS capabilities.
NASA and FAA SATS program managers will keep the SATS
Subcommittee, a joint subcommittee of NASA's Aero Space
Technology Advisory Committee and FAA's Research Engineering
and Development Advisory Committee, fully informed of all
planning activities. SATS program managers will seek specific
advice on their plan from the Subcommittee and respond in
writing to such advice. The Advisory Committees will request
status reports from the SATS Subcommittee on the planning
activities and their conformance to the above directions of the
conferees and these reports shall also be provided to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate.
NASA is directed to provide a report the Committees on
Appropriations of the House and Senate on the status of
implementing this program with the first report to be submitted
by July 31, 2001 and subsequent reports to be submitted on each
March 31 thereafter.
The conferees agree to provide the budget request for the
Space Launch Initiative (SLI) as proposed by the Senate. The
conferees are in general agreement with the direction in the
Senate report with regard to the key principles NASA should
maintain throughout the life of the program, namely: (1) any
launch vehicles developed fully will be owned and operated by
private industry and be capable of competing effectively in the
commercial marketplace; and (2) the program will rely on
competition from existing and emerging launch service providers
to ensure innovations, openness, and resiliency. Further, the
conferees are in agreement that at least 75% of SLI funding
should be subject to full and open competition and that all
NASA Centers should be eligible to participate in the SLI
program.
The conferees continue to support the Software
Optimization and Reuse Technology (SORT) program, which will
help NASA address the growing cost and schedule complexities
associated with traditional one-at-a-time software development
strategies. The conferees are aware of a recent independent
assessment of SORT program efforts at the Goddard Space Flight
Center (GSFC) Information Systems Center (ISC), which confirmed
the compatibility of GSFC/ISC goals with those of the SORT
program. The report confirmed that the technologies proposed
under the SORT program would promote improvements in
productivity, quality, cost and schedule, but identified
communication and management problems between the SORT program
and NASA. The conferees fully support the transfer of SORT's
management to the GSFC/ISC, and expect the contents of the
independent assessment to be integrated into a detailed plan
for future SORT activities. The conferees direct GSFC/ISC to
submit this plan to Congress no later than April 1, 2001.
The conferees agree to the following changes to the
budget request:
1. An increase of $13,000,000 for the Ultra Efficient
Engine Technology program.
2. An increase of $2,000,000 for the development of
eyetracking technology and applications research.
3. An increase of $500,000 for evaluation and design of
Lithium-Ion batteries for use on space shuttles.
4. An increase of $3,000,000 for the NASA-Illinois
Technology Commercialization Center at DuPage County Research
Park.
5. An increase of $3,000,000 for the University of New
Orleans Composites Research Center for Excellence at Michoud,
Louisiana.
6. An increase of $5,000,000 for Rotocraft Research and
Technology base programs.
7. An increase of $6,000,000 to expand the Space Alliance
Technology Outreach Program in the states of Florida, New
Mexico, New York, and Texas.
8. An increase of $4,000,000 for deployment of
multilateration and Mode-S based Automatic Dependent
Surveillance-Broadcast sensors for the Helicopter In-Flight
Tracking System.
9. An increase of $1,800,000 to augment deployment of an
ATIDS multilateration sensor and surveillance server for the
Airport Surface Management System.
10. An increase of $1,600,000 for the continued
development of the Dynamic Runway Occupancy Measurement System
integration with the Multistatic Dependent Surveillance System
and SensorBahn server.
11. An increase of $1,000,000 for the remote sensing SAID
research program at Syracuse University.
12. An increase of $1,000,000 for Agile Collaboration
Environments for Systems Synthesis in Engineering Education.
13. An increase of $1,000,000 for Enhanced Vision Systems
development and testing.
14. An increase of $2,000,000 to continue work on
SOCRATES.
15. An increase of $1,000,000 for the Center for Emerging
Technologies at Stony Brook, State University of New York.
16. An increase of $1,000,000 for the Garrett Morgan
Commercialization Initiative in Ohio.
17. An increase of $6,500,000 to the Institute for
Software Research, for the following activities: $2,000,000 to
perform fundamental research of propellantless space propulsion
with NASA's Center of Excellence for Space Propulsion,
including the analysis of prototype radio frequency momentum
sources and the use of automated tensor algorithms to simulate
and evaluate prototype drive mechanisms; $3,500,000 to continue
the Self-Adaptive Vehicular Equipment (SAVE) initiative; and
$1,000,000 to continue the Breakthrough Propulsion Physics
(BPP) program.
18. An increase of $7,500,000 for completion of the
National Space Science and Technology Center for infrastructure
needs.
19. An increase of $2,000,000 for the Earth Alert project
at the Goddard Space Flight Center.
20. An increase of $10,000,000 for a Propulsion Research
Laboratory to be located at NASA's Center of Excellence for
Space Propulsion at the Marshall Space Flight Center.
21. An increase of $2,000,000 for Montana State
University, Bozeman for research in advanced optoelectronic
materials.
22. An increase of $1,000,000 for the University of
Akron, for nanotechnology research.
23. An increase of $1,000,000 for aerospace projects at
MSE Technology Applications in Butte, Montana.
24. An increase of $250,000 for the Oklahoma Aeronautics
and Space Commission for sounding rockets.
25. An increase of $1,000,000 for Montana State
University for the techlink program.
26. An increase of $500,000 for the National Aviation
Hall of Fame for development of exhibits.
27. An increase of $1.500,000 for the National Technology
Transfer Center, for a total of $7,300,000.
Space Operations
The conferees have provided $529,400,000 for space
operations, the same amount as provided by both the House and
Senate.
Academic Programs
The conferees have agreed to provide $134,000,000 for
academic programs. The conferees agree to the following changes
to the budget request:
1. An increase of $3,000,000 for continued academic and
infrastructure needs related to the computer sciences,
mathematics and physics building at the University of Redlands,
Redlands, California.
2. An increase of $1,000,000 for equipment needs at the
University of San Diego Science and Education Outreach Center.
3. An increase of $500,000 for Science, Engineering, Math
and Aerospace Academy programs at Central Arizona College.
4. An increase of $1,000,000 for the Science Facilities
Initiative at Heidelberg College in Ohio.
5. An increase of $1,000,000 for the NASA Glenn ``Gateway
to the Future: Ohio Pilot'' project.
6. An increase of $1,500,000 for the Santa Ana College
Space Education Center in California.
7. An increase of $5,400,000 for the EPSCoR program for a
total funding level of $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2001.
8. An increase of $9,100,000 for the Minority University
Research and Education program for a total funding level of
$55,000,000 in fiscal year 2001.
9. An increase of $500,000 for a hands-on interactive
science education facility at the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill.
10. An increase of $1,000,000 for the Science Learning
Center in Hammond, Indiana.
11. An increase of $1,000,000 for the Environmental
Sciences Learning Center (part of the California Science
Center) in Los Angeles, California.
12. An increase of $2,000,000 for the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee to implement the Wisconsin Initiative for
Math, Science, and Technology.
13. An increase of $2,500,000 for the jason Foundation.
14. An increase of $1,000,000 for the NASA Center of
Excellence in Mathematics, Science and Technology at Texas
College in Tyler, Texas.
15. An increase of $2,000,000 for the Lewis and Clark
Rediscovery Web Technology Project.
16. An increase of $500,000 for the Aerospace Education
Center in Cleveland, Ohio as a national hub for the SEMAA
program.
17. An increase of $1,000,000 for the Carl Sagan
Discovery Science Center at the Children's Hospital at
Montefiore Medical Center to implement the educational
programming for this science learning project.
18. An increase of $1,000,000 for the Challenger Learning
Center in Kenai, Alaska.
MISSION SUPPORT
Appropriates $2,608,700,000 for mission support instead
of $2,584,000,000 as proposed by the House and Senate. The
funding level arrived at for this account includes a reduction
of $6,000,000 to research operations support from IFMP
rescheduling as proposed by NASA to provide additional funding
for the Mars 2003 Lander program.
The conferees are aware that NASA owns and operates a
small fleet of administrative aircraft that are vital for the
oversight and implementation of its mission. The conferees
understand that the majority of the aircraft in this fleet are
aging, presenting a burden upon NASA management in terms of
maintenance requirements and resultant costs. The conferees,
therefore, direct that NASA develop a plan to replace these
aging administrative aircraft and consider fractional ownership
as an alternative. NASA should submit this plan for
administrative aircraft replacement to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House and Senate by April 15, 2001. The
conferees continue to believe that fractional ownership may be
of value to NASA and have therefore included $2,200,000 to be
used for a two-year test of the concept. NASA is directed to
enter into a fractional ownership contract, to be fully
competed, by June 15, 2001.
The conferees agree to provide $18,000,000 for the E-
Complex upgrades at Stennis Space Center and $10,500,000 for a
propulsion test operations building and for upgrades to the
East/West access road at Stennis. In addition, the funds used
for upgrades to the East/West access road may be used to match
title 23 highway funds.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
The conferees agree to provide $23,000,000 for the Office
of Inspector General, the same as proposed by both the House
and Senate.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The conferees agree to include four administrative
provisions which were included in the bill in fiscal year 2000.
The fifth administrative provision is addressed at the
beginning of the NASA section of this statement. The conferees
have not included an administrative provision proposed by the
Senate which would have incorporated the Senate report into the
bill by reference.
National Credit Union Administration
CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Limits direct loans from the Central Liquidity Facility
(CLF) to credit unions from borrowed funds to $1,500,000,000
instead of $3,000,000,000 as proposed by the House and
$600,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Appropriates $1,000,000 to the National Credit Union
Administration for the Community Development Revolving Loan
Program for low-income credit unions of which $350,000 is
provided specifically for technical assistance, as proposed by
the House instead of no funding as proposed by the Senate.
The conferees are very supportive of the credit union
industry and the service it provides to its members. Increasing
the lending cap for the Central Liquidity Facility (CLF) for
new direct loans gives greater financial security to the
industry and ensures the statutory role of the CLF to provide
liquidity to credit unions experiencing unusual or unexpected
shortfalls.
The conferees consider loans administered through the CLF
necessary in situations when private sources are not available
and when unanticipated events are the cause of liquidity
drains. The conferees do not expect that loan sales or other
business decisions that result in excessive demand for
liquidity should be considered emergency events that warrant
the use of CLF funds. To this end, the conferees direct the
NCUA to develop written policies and procedures to clarify the
role of the CLF and the circumstances when the CLF will approve
a Regular or Agent Member's request for a CLF advance. This
information is to be included in the budget request for fiscal
year 2002. The conferees also direct the NCUA to report on the
loans made by the CLF for short-term adjustment, seasonal, and
protracted adjustment liquidity needs for each month from 1996
through December 2000. This report is to be submitted to the
Committees by February 15, 2001. The conferees request that
NCUA continue to provide this information on CLF loans on a
monthly basis through September 2001.
National Science Foundation
research and related activities
Appropriates $3,350,000,000 for research and related
activities instead of $3,117,690,000 as proposed by the House
and $3,245,562,000 as proposed by the Senate. Bill language
provides up to $275,592,000 of this amount for Polar research
and operations support.
The conferees have included bill language which specifies
that $65,000,000 of appropriated funds are to be for a
comprehensive research initiative on plant genomes for
economically significant crops.
Finally, the conferees have agreed to bill language
which: (1) prohibits funds spent in this or any other Act to
acquire or lease a research vessel with ice-breaking capability
built or retrofitted outside of the United States if such a
vessel of United States origin can be obtained at a cost of not
more than 50 per centum above the cost of the least expensive,
technically acceptable, non-United States vessel; (2) requires
that the amount of subsidy or financing provided by a foreign
government, or instrumentality thereof, to a vessel's
construction shall be included as part of the total cost of
such vessel; and (3) provides that should a U.S. vessel as set
forth in the foregoing language not be available for leasing
for the austral summer Antarctic season of 2002-2003, and
thereafter, a vessel of any origin can be leased for a period
not to exceed 120 days of that season and every season
thereafter until delivery of such a United States vessel
occurs.
The conference agreement provides an increase of
$384,000,000 above the fiscal year 2000 appropriated level for
research and related activities. Within the appropriated level
is $215,000,000 for the information technology initiative,
$75,000,000 for the biocomplexity initiative, $65,000,000 for
plant genome research for economically significant crops,
$150,000,000 for the new nanotechnology initiative, $75,000,000
for major research instrumentation, $94,910,000 for facilities
within the astronomical sciences activity, and $1,000,000 to
begin design and model testing of a vessel to replace the R/V
Alpha Helix.
The increase of $15,000,000 provided for astronomical
sciences facilities is intended to upgrade specifically
facilities and operations, including new construction and
instrumentation as appropriate, for the Arecibo Observatory,
the Green Bank Telescope, the Very Large Array, the Very Long
Baseline Array, and other facilities in need of such attention
on a priority basis. The Foundation is directed to provide the
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate with a
list of facilities and the specific needs of each, on a
priority basis, within the Operating Plan submission and on a
semi-yearly basis after that.
The conferees have provided $5,000,000 within the total
for social and behavioral sciences to initiate a separately
competed Children's Research Initiative (CRI). While the NSF
does fund some research that provides a better understanding of
children, a distinct program is needed if the recommendations
of the 1997 National Science and Technology Council report are
to be achieved. In fact, as the NSF anticipates potential
budget growth in future years, the conferees expect the CRI to
be a vital part of any planned program expansion. The NSF
should employ its normal peer review process for determining
grants for the CRI, and should award both principal
investigator and no less than three center awards with this
first-year funding.
Highest funding priority should be given to proposals
from distinct human sciences units in institutions of higher
education that have an interdisciplinary academic program in
human and family development, nutrition, and related areas.
Proposals should also be evaluated for their effectiveness in
utilizing existing delivery systems for program outreach and
evaluation to assess how the implementation of research
findings can benefit the majority of all children in a given
state or region. A strong emphasis should also be placed on
pursuing theory-driven, applied policy-related research on
children, learning, and the influence of families and
communities on child development.
The conferees expect the Foundation to work with the
human sciences community in the development of the proposed
program guidelines for the CRI and to have awards made by June
2001. Finally, the conferees expect a detailed plan in the
fiscal year 2002 budget submission on how the NSF intends to
expand the CRI as a multi-year strategic initiative.
The Opportunity Fund has again, without prejudice, not
been funded for fiscal year 2001.
Except as previously noted, the conferees expect that the
remaining funds will be distributed proportionately and
equitably, consistent with the ratio of the budget request
level above the fiscal year 2000 funding level, among all of
the remaining directorates. In the distribution of funds within
each directorate, the NSF is directed to provide each program,
project, and activity the same percentage of the overall budget
as that provided in the budget request. The conferees request
that such distribution be specifically noted in the fiscal year
2001 Operating Plan submission.
major research equipment
Appropriates $121,600,000 for major research equipment
instead of $76,600,000 as proposed by the House and
$109,100,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement provides the budget request
level for all ongoing projects within the MRE account,
including $45,000,000 for the development and construction of a
second, single site, five-plus teraflop computing facility. The
conferees are encouraged by the recent progress made in the
development of the first terascale facility and urge the
Foundation to move as quickly as possible in soliciting
proposals for the second facility. The conferees urge the
Foundation to pay special attention to qualified proposals that
will utilize newer generation processors and other equipment as
well as exhibit appropriate cost-share benefits as part of a
proposal.
The conferees expect the Foundation to provide regular,
informal reports as to the progress of the entire terascale
program, including updates on construction, acquisition,
funding requirements, and other appropriate information
associated with this important program.
The conference agreement also provides $12,500,000 to
continue production of the High-Performance Instrumented
Airborne Platform for Environmental Research (HIAPER). This new
high-altitude research aircraft will, upon its completion, be
available to support critical and outstanding atmospheric
science research opportunities over the next 25 to 30 years.
Budget constraints have forced the conferees to not
approve funding for two new starts for fiscal year 2001 under
major research equipment, the U.S. Array and San Andreas Fault
Observatory at Depth, and the National Ecological Observatory
Network. This decision was made without prejudice and does not
reflect on the quality of research proposed to be developed
through these two programs.
education and human resources
Appropriates $787,352,000 for education and human
resources instead of $694,310,000 as proposed by the House and
$765,352,000 as proposed by the Senate. Bill language is
included which requires that from within available funds,
$10,000,000 is for the Office of Innovation Partnerships.
Within this appropriated level, the conferees have
provided $75,000,000 for the Experimental Program to Stimulate
Competitive Research (EPSCoR) to allow for renewed emphasis on
research infrastructure development in the EPSCoR states, as
well as to permit full implementation awards to states which
have research proposals in the planning process. In addition,
the conferees have provided $10,000,000 to fund the Office of
Innovation Partnerships. This new office was created last year
to, among other things, house the EPSCoR program, and should
continue to examine means of helping those non-EPSCoR
institutions receiving among the least federal research funding
expand their research capacity and competitiveness so as to
develop a truly national scientific research community with
appropriate research centers located throughout the nation.
The conference agreement provides $15,000,000 for the
HBCU-UP program, including $14,000,000 from the EHR account and
$1,000,000 from the RRA account. The conferees have provided an
increase of $10,000,000 above the budget request level for the
Informal Science Education (ISE) program. This increase is
intended to provide additional resources to expand the pool of
ISE grantees to providers in smaller communities, thus ensuring
that the impact of the ISE program reaches an even more diverse
audience.
The conference agreement further provides $34,250,000 for
Advanced Technological Education; $13,000,000 for the SMETE
Digital Library; $19,750,000 for Graduate Teaching Fellowships
in K-12 Education; $16,500,000 for programs designed for women
and persons with disabilities; $55,200,000 for the Graduate
Research Fellowships program; and the fiscal year 2001 budget
requests for the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority
Participation program, the new Tribal Colleges program, the
Minority Graduate Education program, the Centers of Research
Excellence in Science and Technology program, and the Model
Institutions for Excellence program.
Finally, the conferees have agreed to provide $11,200,000
for the new Scholarships for Service program.
Except as previously noted, the conferees expect that the
remaining funds will be distributed proportionately and
equitably, consistent with the ratio of the budget request
level above the fiscal year 2000 funding level, among all of
the remaining directorates. In the distribution of funds within
each directorate, the NSF is directed to provide each program,
project, and activity the same percentage of the overall budget
as that provided in the budget request. The conferees request
that such distribution be specifically noted in the fiscal year
2001 Operating Plan submission.
salaries and expenses
Appropriates $160,890,000 for salaries and expenses
instead of $152,000,000 as proposed by the House and
$170,890,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conferees note that the increase of $3,000,000 above
the budget request is for travel expenses that the budget
submission proposed to fund from within the RRA and EHR
accounts instead of from within salaries and expenses.
Accordingly, the conferees direct the NSF to fund employee
travel from within salaries and expenses, consistent with
existing practice.
office of inspector general
Appropriates $6,280,000 for the Office of Inspector
General as proposed by the Senate instead of $5,700,000 as
proposed by the House. The conferees continue to expect the OIG
to increase efforts in the areas of cost-sharing, indirect
costs, and misconduct in scientific research. The conferees
further direct the OIG to evaluate the Foundation's management
of its growing program responsibilities.
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
Payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
Appropriates $90,000,000 for the Neighborhood
Reinvestment Corporation as proposed by the House instead of
$80,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Includes language proposed by the House allowing
$5,000,000 of the total appropriation to be used for a section
8 homeownership program. The Senate did not include a similar
provision.
Includes new language making $2,500,000 available for the
purpose of endowing a ``George Knight Scholarship Fund.'' The
conferees would like to recognize the retirement of George
Knight, executive director of Neighborhood Reinvestment
Corporation since 1990. Mr. Knight has dedicated more than 24
years of service to the Corporation and its predecessor
organization, the Urban Reinvestment Task Force. To acknowledge
Mr. Knight's dedication to America's communities, the conferees
are designating a set-aside of $2,500,000 to establish a
scholarship fund in his honor for the Neighborhood Reinvestment
Training Institute. This fund will allow hundreds of local
leaders, community developers and residents to have access to
high-quality training, which will help them acquire the
expertise to improve their communities.
Selective Service System
salaries and expenses
Appropriates $24,480,000 for salaries and expenses as
proposed by the Senate instead of $23,000,000 as proposed by
the House.
Retains language proposed by the Senate providing a one-
year exemption from 31 U.S.C. 1341 if the President deems the
exemption necessary in the interest of national defense.
TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Inserts language proposed by the Senate permitting EPA
appropriations to be used for comprehensive conservation and
management plans.
Retains language proposed by the House amending the
National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 to implement full
cost accounting, allow the transfer of administrative funds and
allow the transfer of balances from old accounts to new
accounts. The Senate deleted the House language, but included
language implementing full cost accounting in a new account
structure and limiting the transfer of funds. The Senate had
also proposed a requirement for notification if program costs
increase by 15 percent.
Inserts language proposed by the Senate defining a
qualified student loan.
Retains language proposed by the House prohibiting HUD
from using funds for any activity in excess of amounts set
forth in the budget estimates to the Congress. The Senate
included similar language referencing the budget estimates
submitted for appropriations, not the Congress.
Deletes language proposed by the Senate prohibiting the
use of funds to carry out Executive Order 13083.
Inserts language proposed by the House and stricken by
the Senate prohibiting the EPA's expenditure of funds to
promulgate a final regulation to implement changes in the
payment of pesticide tolerance fees for fiscal year 2001. This
issue is addressed under the Environmental Protection Agency
elsewhere in this joint explanatory statement of the managers.
Deletes language proposed by the House and stricken by
the Senate directing the General Services Administration (GSA)
to allocate one of its Senior Executive Service positions for
Director, Federal Consumer Information Center. The conferees
recognize the GSA has already taken action on this issue.
Deletes language proposed by the House and stricken by
the Senate restricting the use of funds for joint NASA--Air
Force research programs.
Modifies language proposed by the House and stricken by
the Senate prohibiting the use of funds for the designation of
any area as an ozone nonattainment area. The conferees agree to
limit the prohibition until the Supreme Court rules on this
issue or June 15, 2001, whichever comes first.
Deletes language proposed by the House and stricken by
the Senate prohibiting the use of funds for administration of
the Communities for Safer Guns Coalition.
Inserts language proposed by the Senate prohibiting the
use of funds for the purpose of lobbying or litigating against
any Federal entity or official, with certain exceptions.
Inserts language proposed by the Senate prohibiting the
use of funds for any activity or publication or distribution of
literature that is designed to promote public support or
opposition to any legislative proposal on which Congressional
action is not complete.
Inserts language encouraging the use of E-Commerce as a
cost effective and efficient method of purchasing needed
products in a timely, paperless manner from qualified vendors.
In addition, the conferees encourage open, non-proprietary,
Internet access to conduct E-Commerce as the use of proprietary
software in services can diminish the net value of E-Commerce
and limit choices by the customer. The conferees note that the
use of E-Commerce is in harmony with the goals of the Federal
Acquisition and Streamlining Act of 1994 and will enhance
government purchasing efficiency.
Retains language proposed by the House and stricken by
the Senate requiring HUD to provide detailed descriptions of
how funds identified for technical assistance, training, or
management in the budget justifications will be utilized.
Inserts language amending the National Aeronautics and
Space Act of 1958 to allow for insurance, indemnification, and
liability protection for experimental aerospace vehicle
developers through December 31, 2001.
Inserts language extending for two years and modifying
NASA employee buyout authority.
TITLE V--FILIPINO VETERANS' BENEFITS IMPROVEMENTS
The conference agreement includes a new title that
provides more equitable veterans benefits for certain Filipino
Army veterans who served with the U.S. Armed Forces and under
the U.S. Command during World War II. Under current law these
veterans are entitled to compensation from the VA but at a
lower level than other veterans and medical care only for
service-connected conditions. The changes covered by this
amendment include equal disability payments and health care
services for those covered veterans who live permanently and
legally in the United States, and expanded outpatient
healthcare at the Manila VA Outpatient Clinic for these covered
veterans who live in the Philippines.
During WW II the Philippines was a Commonwealth of the
United States and members of the Commonwealth Army and the New
Philippine Scouts were called into service with the U.S. Armed
Forces at the order of President Roosevelt. The bravery,
sacrifice and commitment of these soldiers to the cause of
winning the war are legendary. In 1946, Congress provided
$200,000,000 to the Philippines to create their own veterans
benefit system and passed the Rescissions Act of 1946 which
authorized disability pay at a rate for Filipino veterans
significantly below that paid to American veterans, except to
the Old Philippine Scouts, who to date receive compensation and
medical benefits equal to U.S. veterans. The language added by
this title restores a portion of these benefits to the small
number of these veterans who live in the U.S. The changes
include:
Increasing the disability benefits compensation
paid to such veterans who live legally and permanently
in the United States to full parity with benefits paid
to other entitled veterans. Currently these benefits
are paid at a 50 percent level. This affects only the
level of benefits paid. No new eligibility is
established under this section.
Filipino veterans who already receive medical care
at VA facilities for service-connected conditions are
made eligible for full medical and related care at
medical care facilities on the same basis as other U.S.
veterans. Currently these veterans are only eligible
for care for treatment of service-connected problems.
Veterans living in the Philippines who already
receive medical care at a VA facility for service-
connected conditions are made eligible for full medical
care at the VA outpatient facility in the Philippines.
The conferees believe that recognizing the service of
these loyal veterans through enactment of a more equitable
benefit structure is long overdue. Because of the advanced age
of this small population, enacting legislation has been given
special consideration in this conference agreement.
conference total--with comparisons
The total new budget (obligational) authority for the
fiscal year 2001 recommended by the Committee of Conference,
with comparisons to the fiscal year 2000 amount, the 2001
budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2001
follow:
[In thousands of dollars]
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2000... $99,736,845
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority fiscal
year 2001........................................... 109,783,099
House bill, fiscal year 2001............................ 103,101,836
Senate bill, fiscal year 2001........................... 107,507,953
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2001.................. 107,341,317
Conference agreement compared with:
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year
2000.............................................. +7,604,472
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority,
fiscal year 2001.................................. -2,441,782
House bill, fiscal year 2001........................ +4,239,481
Senate bill, fiscal year 2001....................... -166,636
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
The conference agreement would enact the provisions of
H.R. 5483 as introduced on October 18, 2000. The text of that
bill follows:
A BILL Making appropriations for energy and water development for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for energy and water
development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and
for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Corps of Engineers--Civil
The following appropriations shall be expended under the
direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of
the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil functions of the
Department of the Army pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood
control, beach erosion, and related purposes.
General Investigations
For expenses necessary for the collection and study of
basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood
control, shore protection, and related projects, restudy of
authorized projects, miscellaneous investigations, and, when
authorized by laws, surveys and detailed studies and plans and
specifications of projects prior to construction, $160,038,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That in
conducting the Southwest Valley Flood Damage Reduction Study,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, the Secretary of the Army, acting
through the Chief of Engineers, shall include an evaluation of
flood damage reduction measures that would otherwise be
excluded from the feasibility analysis based on policies
regarding the frequency of flooding, the drainage areas, and
the amount of runoff: Provided further, That the Secretary of
the Army is directed to use $750,000 of the funds appropriated
herein to continue preconstruction engineering and design for
the Murrieta Creek, California flood protection and
environmental restoration project in accordance with
Alternative 6, based on the Murrieta Creek feasibility report
and environmental impact statement dated June 2000 at a total
cost of $90,866,000, with an estimated Federal cost of
$59,063,900 and an estimated non-Federal cost of $31,803,100.
Construction, General
For the prosecution of river and harbor, flood control,
shore protection, and related projects authorized by laws; and
detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of projects
(including those for development with participation or under
consideration for participation by States, local governments,
or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection by
law (but such studies shall not constitute a commitment of the
Government to construction), $1,717,199,000, to remain
available until expended, of which such sums as are necessary
for the Federal share of construction costs for facilities
under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities program shall be
derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, as authorized
by Public Law 104-303; and of which such sums as are necessary
pursuant to Public Law 99-662 shall be derived from the Inland
Waterways Trust Fund, for one-half of the costs of construction
and rehabilitation of inland waterways projects, including
rehabilitation costs for the Lock and Dam 12, Mississippi
River, Iowa; Lock and Dam 24, Mississippi River, Illinois and
Missouri; Lock and Dam 3, Mississippi River, Minnesota; and
London Locks and Dam, and Kanawha River, West Virginia,
projects; and of which funds are provided for the following
projects in the amounts specified:
Elba, Alabama, $8,400,000;
Geneva, Alabama, $10,800,000;
San Gabriel Basin Groundwater Restoration,
California, $25,000,000;
San Timoteo Creek (Santa Ana River Mainstem),
California, $5,000,000;
Indianapolis Central Waterfront, Indiana,
$10,000,000;
Southern and Eastern Kentucky, Kentucky,
$4,000,000;
Clover Fork, Middlesboro, City of Cumberland, Town
of Martin, Pike County (including Levisa Fork and Tug
Fork Tributaries), Bell County, Martin County, and
Harlan County, Kentucky, elements of the Levisa and Tug
Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland
River, Kentucky, $20,000,000: Provided, That the
Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of
Engineers, is directed to proceed with planning,
engineering, design and construction of the Town of
Martin, Kentucky, element, in accordance with Plan A as
set forth in the preliminary draft Detailed Project
Report, Appendix T of the General Plan of the
Huntington District Commander;
Jackson County, Mississippi, $2,000,000;
Bosque and Leon Rivers, Texas, $4,000,000; and
Upper Mingo County (including Mingo County
Tributaries), Lower Mingo County (Kermit), Wayne
County, and McDowell County, elements of the Levisa and
Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland
River project in West Virginia, $4,100,000:
Provided further, That using $900,000 of the funds appropriated
herein, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of
Engineers, is directed to undertake the Bowie County Levee
project, which is defined as Alternative B Local Sponsor
Option, in the Corps of Engineers document entitled Bowie
County Local Flood Protection, Red River, Texas, Project Design
Memorandum No. 1, Bowie County Levee, dated April 1997:
Provided further, That no part of any appropriation contained
in this Act shall be expended or obligated to begin Phase II of
the John Day Drawdown study or to initiate a study of the
drawdown of McNary Dam unless authorized by law: Provided
further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the
Chief of Engineers, is directed hereafter to use available
Construction, General funds in addition to funding provided in
Public Law 104-206 to complete design and construction of the
Red River Regional Visitors Center in the vicinity of
Shreveport, Louisiana at an estimated cost of $6,000,000:
Provided further, That section 101(b)(4) of the Water Resources
Development Act of 1996, is amended by striking ``total cost of
$8,600,000'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``total cost of
$15,000,000'': Provided further, That the Secretary of the
Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use
$3,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein for additional
emergency bank stabilization measures at Galena, Alaska under
the same terms and conditions as previous emergency bank
stabilization work undertaken at Galena, Alaska pursuant to
Section 116 of Public Law 99-190: Provided further, That with
$4,200,000 of the funds appropriated herein, the Secretary of
the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to
continue construction of the Brunswick County Beaches, North
Carolina-Ocean Isle Beach portion in accordance with the
General Reevaluation Report approved by the Chief of Engineers
on May 15, 1998: Provided further, That the Secretary of the
Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use
not to exceed $300,000 of funds appropriated herein to
reimburse the City of Renton, Washington, at full Federal
expense, for mitigation expenses incurred for the flood control
project constructed pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 701s at Cedar River,
City of Renton, Washington, as a result of over-dredging by the
Army Corps of Engineers: Provided further, That $2,000,000 of
the funds appropriated herein shall be available for
stabilization and renovation of Lock and Dam 10, Kentucky
River, Kentucky, subject to enactment of authorization by law:
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting
through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use $3,000,000
of the funds appropriated herein to initiate construction of a
navigation project at Kaumalapau Harbor, Hawaii: Provided
further, That the Secretary of the Army is directed to use
$2,000,000 of the funds provided herein for Dam Safety and
Seepage/Stability Correction Program to design and construct
seepage control features at Waterbury Dam, Winooski River,
Vermont: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army,
acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to design
and construct barge lanes at the Houston-Galveston Navigation
Channels, Texas, project, immediately adjacent to either side
of the Houston Ship Channel, from Bolivar Roads to Morgan
Point, to a depth of 12 feet with prior years' Construction,
General carry-over funds: Provided further, That the Secretary
of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, may use
Construction, General funding as directed in Public Law 105-62
and Public Law 105-245 to initiate construction of an emergency
outlet from Devils Lake, North Dakota, to the Sheyenne River,
except that the funds shall not become available unless the
Secretary of the Army determines that an emergency (as defined
in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122)) exists with respect
to the emergency need for the outlet and reports to Congress
that the construction is technically sound, economically
justified, and environmentally acceptable, and in compliance
with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.): Provided further, That the economic
justification for the emergency outlet shall be prepared in
accordance with the principles and guidelines for economic
evaluation as required by regulations and procedures of the
Army Corps of Engineers for all flood control projects, and
that the economic justification be fully described, including
the analysis of the benefits and costs, in the project plan
documents: Provided further, That the plans for the emergency
outlet shall be reviewed and, to be effective, shall contain
assurances provided by the Secretary of State, after
consultation with the International Joint Commission, that the
project will not violate the requirements or intent of the
Treaty Between the United States and Great Britain Relating to
Boundary Waters Between the United States and Canada, signed at
Washington, January 11, 1909 (36 Stat. 2448; TS 548) (commonly
known as the ``Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909''): Provided
further, That the Secretary of the Army shall submit the final
plans and other documents for the emergency outlet to Congress:
Provided further, That no funds made available under this Act
or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used by the
Secretary of the Army to carry out the portion of the
feasibility study of the Devils Lake Basin, North Dakota,
authorized under the Energy and Water Development
Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-377), that addresses
the needs of the area for stabilized lake levels through inlet
controls, or to otherwise study any facility or carry out any
activity that would permit the transfer of water from the
Missouri River Basin into Devils Lake: Provided further, That
within available funds, the Secretary of the Army, acting
through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to continue
construction of the Rio Grand de Manati flood control project
at Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, which was initiated under the
authority of the Section 205 program prior to being
specifically authorized in the Water Resources Development Act
of 1999.
flood control, mississippi river and tributaries, arkansas, illinois,
kentucky, louisiana, mississippi, missouri, and tennessee
For expenses necessary for prosecuting work of flood
control, and rescue work, repair, restoration, or maintenance
of flood control projects threatened or destroyed by flood, as
authorized by law (33 U.S.C. 702a and 702g-1), $347,731,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary
of the Army is directed to complete his analysis and
determination of Federal maintenance of the Greenville Inner
Harbor, Mississippi navigation project in accordance with
section 509 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996.
Operation and Maintenance, General
For expenses necessary for the preservation, operation,
maintenance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood
control, and related works, including such sums as may be
necessary for the maintenance of harbor channels provided by a
State, municipality or other public agency, outside of harbor
lines, and serving essential needs of general commerce and
navigation; surveys and charting of northern and northwestern
lakes and connecting waters; clearing and straightening
channels; and removal of obstructions to navigation,
$1,901,959,000, to remain available until expended, of which
such sums as become available in the Harbor Maintenance Trust
Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99-662, may be derived from that
Fund, and of which such sums as become available from the
special account established by the Land and Water Conservation
Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l), may be derived from
that account for construction, operation, and maintenance of
outdoor recreation facilities: Provided, That the Secretary of
the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, from the funds
provided herein for the operation and maintenance of New York
Harbor, New York, is directed to prepare the necessary
documentation and initiate removal of submerged obstructions
and debris in the area previously marked by the Ambrose Light
Tower in the interest of safe navigation: Provided further,
That the Secretary of the Army is directed to use $500,000 of
funds appropriated herein to remove and reinstall the docks and
causeway, in kind, at Astoria East Boat Basin, Oregon: Provided
further, That $500,000 of the funds appropriated herein for the
Ohio River Open Channel, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio,
West Virginia, and Pennsylvania, project, are provided for the
Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers,
to dredge a channel from the mouth of Wheeling Creek to Tunnel
Green Park in Wheeling, West Virginia.
Regulatory Program
For expenses necessary for administration of laws
pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands,
$125,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of
Engineers, is directed to use funds appropriated herein to: (1)
by March 1, 2001, supplement the report, Cost Analysis For the
1999 Proposal to Issue and Modify Nationwide Permits, to
reflect the Nationwide Permits actually issued on March 9,
2000, including changes in the acreage limits, preconstruction
notification requirements and general conditions between the
rule proposed on July 21, 1999, and the rule promulgated and
published in the Federal Register; (2) after consideration of
the cost analysis for the 1999 proposal to issue and modify
nationwide permits and the supplement prepared pursuant to this
Act and by September 30, 2001, prepare, submit to Congress and
publish in the Federal Register a Permit Processing Management
Plan by which the Corps of Engineers will handle the additional
work associated with all projected increases in the number of
individual permit applications and preconstruction
notifications related to the new and replacement permits and
general conditions. The Permit Processing Management Plan shall
include specific objective goals and criteria by which the
Corps of Engineers' progress towards reducing any permit
backlog can be measured; (3) beginning on December 31, 2001,
and on a biannual basis thereafter, report to Congress and
publish in the Federal Register, an analysis of the performance
of its program as measured against the criteria set out in the
Permit Processing Management Plan; (4) implement a 1-year pilot
program to publish quarterly on the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineer's Regulatory Program website all Regulatory Analysis
and Management Systems (RAMS) data for the South Pacific
Division and North Atlantic Division beginning within 30 days
of the enactment of this Act; and (5) publish in Division
Office websites all findings, rulings, and decisions rendered
under the administrative appeals process for the Corps of
Engineers Regulatory Program as established in Public Law 106-
60: Provided further, That, through the period ending on
September 30, 2003, the Corps of Engineers shall allow any
appellant to keep a verbatim record of the proceedings of the
appeals conference under the aforementioned administrative
appeals process: Provided further, That within 30 days of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army, acting
through the Chief of Engineers, shall require all U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers Divisions and Districts to record the date
on which a section 404 individual permit application or
nationwide permit notification is filed with the Corps of
Engineers: Provided further, That the Corps of Engineers, when
reporting permit processing times, shall track both the date a
permit application is first received and the date the
application is considered complete, as well as the reason that
the application is not considered complete upon first
submission.
Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program
For expenses necessary to clean up contamination from
sites throughout the United States resulting from work
performed as part of the Nation's early atomic energy program,
$140,000,000, to remain available until expended.
General Expenses
For expenses necessary for general administration and
related functions in the Office of the Chief of Engineers and
offices of the Division Engineers; activities of the Coastal
Engineering Research Board, the Humphreys Engineer Center
Support Activity, the Water Resources Support Center, and
headquarters support functions at the USACE Finance Center,
$152,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That no part of any other appropriation provided in title I of
this Act shall be available to fund the activities of the
Office of the Chief of Engineers or the executive direction and
management activities of the division offices: Provided
further, That none of these funds shall be available to support
an office of congressional affairs within the executive office
of the Chief of Engineers.
Revolving Fund
Amounts in the Revolving Fund are available for the costs
of relocating the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers headquarters to
office space in the General Accounting Office headquarters
building in Washington, D.C.
Administrative Provisions
Appropriations in this title shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses (not to exceed
$5,000); and during the current fiscal year the Revolving Fund,
Corps of Engineers, shall be available for purchase (not to
exceed 100 for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor
vehicles.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Corps of Engineers--Civil
Sec. 101. (a) The Secretary of the Army shall enter into
an agreement with the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, wherein the
City agrees to assume all of the responsibilities of the
Trinity River Authority of Texas under Contract No. DACW63-76-
C-0166, other than financial responsibilities, except as
provided for in subsection (c) of this section. The Trinity
River Authority shall be relieved of all of its financial
responsibilities under the Contract as of the date the
Secretary of the Army enters into the agreement with the City.
(b) In consideration of the agreement referred to in
subsection (a), the City shall pay the Federal Government a
total of $4,290,000 in two installments, one in the amount of
$2,150,000, which shall be due and payable no later than
December 1, 2000, and one in the amount of $2,140,000, which
shall be due and payable no later than December 1, 2003.
(c) The agreement executed pursuant to subsection (a)
shall include a provision requiring the City to assume all
costs associated with operation and maintenance of the
recreation facilities included in the Contract referred to in
that subsection.
Sec. 102. Agreements proposed for execution by the
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works or the United
States Army Corps of Engineers after the date of the enactment
of this Act pursuant to section 4 of the Rivers and Harbor Act
of 1915, Public Law 64-291; section 11 of the River and Harbor
Act of 1925, Public Law 68-585; the Civil Functions
Appropriations Act, 1936, Public Law 75-208; section 215 of the
Flood Control Act of 1968, as amended, Public Law 90-483;
sections 104, 203, and 204 of the Water Resources Development
Act of 1986, as amended (Public Law 99-662); section 206 of the
Water Resources Development Act of 1992, as amended, Public Law
102-580; section 211 of the Water Resources Development Act of
1996, Public Law 104-303, and any other specific project
authority, shall be limited to credits and reimbursements per
project not to exceed $10,000,000 in each fiscal year, and
total credits and reimbursements for all applicable projects
not to exceed $50,000,000 in each fiscal year.
Sec. 103. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the
Chief of Engineers, is authorized to construct the locally
preferred plan for flood control, environmental restoration and
recreation, Murrieta Creek, California, described as
Alternative 6, based on the Murrieta Creek Feasibility Report
and Environmental Impact Statement dated October 2000, at a
total cost of $89,850,000, with an estimated Federal cost of
$57,735,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of $32,115,000.
Sec. 104. St. Georges Bridge, Delaware.--None of the
funds made available by this Act may be used to carry out any
activity relating to closure or removal of the St. Georges
Bridge across the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, Delaware,
including a hearing or any other activity relating to
preparation of an environmental impact statement concerning the
closure or removal.
Sec. 105. Within available funds under title I, the
Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers,
shall provide up to $7,000,000 to replace and upgrade the dam
in Kake, Alaska which collapsed July 2000, to provide drinking
water and hydroelectricity.
TITLE II
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Central Utah Project
central utah project completion account
For carrying out activities authorized by the Central Utah
Project Completion Act, $38,724,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $19,158,000 shall be deposited into the Utah
Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account: Provided, That
of the amounts deposited into that account, $5,000,000 shall be
considered the Federal contribution authorized by paragraph
402(b)(2) of the Central Utah Project Completion Act and
$14,158,000 shall be available to the Utah Reclamation
Mitigation and Conservation Commission to carry out activities
authorized under that Act.
In addition, for necessary expenses incurred in carrying
out related responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior,
$1,216,000, to remain available until expended.
Bureau of Reclamation
The following appropriations shall be expended to execute
authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclamation:
water and related resources
(including transfer of funds)
For management, development, and restoration of water and
related natural resources and for related activities, including
the operation, maintenance and rehabilitation of reclamation
and other facilities, participation in fulfilling related
Federal responsibilities to Native Americans, and related
grants to, and cooperative and other agreements with, State and
local governments, Indian tribes, and others, $678,450,000, to
remain available until expended, of which $1,916,000 shall be
available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund
and $39,467,000 shall be available for transfer to the Lower
Colorado River Basin Development Fund; of which such amounts as
may be necessary may be advanced to the Colorado River Dam
Fund; of which $16,000,000 shall be for on-reservation water
development, feasibility studies, and related administrative
costs under Public Law 106-163; of which not more than 25
percent of the amount provided for drought emergency assistance
may be used for financial assistance for the preparation of
cooperative drought contingency plans under Title II of Public
Law 102-250; and of which not more than $500,000 is for high
priority projects which shall be carried out by the Youth
Conservation Corps, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706: Provided,
That such transfers may be increased or decreased within the
overall appropriation under this heading: Provided further,
That of the total appropriated, the amount for program
activities that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund or the
Bureau of Reclamation special fee account established by 16
U.S.C. 460l-6a(i) shall be derived from that Fund or account:
Provided further, That funds contributed under 43 U.S.C. 395
are available until expended for the purposes for which
contributed: Provided further, That funds advanced under 43
U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this account and are available
until expended for the same purposes as the sums appropriated
under this heading: Provided further, That funds available for
expenditure for the Departmental Irrigation Drainage Program
may be expended by the Bureau of Reclamation for site
remediation on a non-reimbursable basis: Provided further, That
section 301 of Public Law 102-250, Reclamation States Emergency
Drought Relief Act of 1991, as amended, is amended further by
inserting ``2000, and 2001'' in lieu of ``and 2000'': Provided
further, That the amount authorized for Indian municipal,
rural, and industrial water features by section 10 of Public
Law 89-108, as amended by section 8 of Public Law 99-294,
section 1701(b) of Public Law 102-575, Public Law 105-245, and
Public Law 106-60 is increased by $2,000,000 (October 1998
prices): Provided further, That the amount authorized for
Minidoka Project North Side Pumping Division, Idaho, by Section
5 of Public Law 81-864, is increased by $2,805,000: Provided
further, That the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 (43
U.S.C. 509) is amended as follows: (1) by inserting in Section
4(c) after ``1984,'' and before ``costs'' the following: ``and
the additional $95,000,000 further authorized to be
appropriated by amendments to that Act in 2000,''; (2) by
inserting in section 5 after ``levels),'' and before ``plus''
the following: ``and, effective October 1, 2000, not to exceed
an additional $95,000,000 (October 1, 2000, price levels),'';
and (3) by striking ``sixty days (which'' and all that follows
through ``day certain)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``30
calendar days''.
bureau of reclamation loan program account
For the cost of direct loans and/or grants, $8,944,000, to
remain available until expended, as authorized by the Small
Reclamation Projects Act of August 6, 1956, as amended (43
U.S.C. 422a-422l): Provided, That such costs, including the
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not
to exceed $27,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry
out the program for direct loans and/or grants, $425,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total
sums appropriated, the amount of program activities that can be
financed by the Reclamation Fund shall be derived from that
Fund.
central valley project restoration fund
For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, and habitat
restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of the
Central Valley Project Improvement Act, $38,382,000, to be
derived from such sums as may be collected in the Central
Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 3407(d),
3404(c)(3), 3405(f ), and 3406(c)(1) of Public Law 102-575, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Bureau of
Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the full amount
of the additional mitigation and restoration payments
authorized by section 3407(d) of Public Law 102-575.
policy and administration
For necessary expenses of policy, administration, and
related functions in the office of the Commissioner, the Denver
office, and offices in the five regions of the Bureau of
Reclamation, to remain available until expended, $50,224,000,
to be derived from the Reclamation Fund and be nonreimbursable
as provided in 43 U.S.C. 377: Provided, That no part of any
other appropriation in this Act shall be available for
activities or functions budgeted as policy and administration
expenses.
administrative provision
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall be
available for purchase of not to exceed four passenger motor
vehicles for replacement only.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Sec. 201. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this or any other Act may be used to pay the
salaries and expenses of personnel to purchase or lease water
in the Middle Rio Grande or the Carlsbad Projects in New Mexico
unless said purchase or lease is in compliance with the
purchase requirements of section 202 of Public Law 106-60.
Sec. 202. Funds under this title for Drought Emergency
Assistance shall be made available primarily for leasing of
water for specified drought related purposes from willing
lessors, in compliance with existing State laws and
administered under State water priority allocation. Such leases
may be entered into with an option to purchase: Provided, That
such purchase is approved by the State in which the purchase
takes place and the purchase does not cause economic harm
within the State in which the purchase is made.
Sec. 203. Beginning in fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, the
Secretary of the Interior shall assess and collect annually
from Central Valley Project (CVP) water and power contractors
the sum of $540,000 (June 2000 price levels) and remit, without
further appropriation, the amount collected annually to the
Trinity Public Utilities District (TPUD). This assessment shall
be payable 70 percent by CVP Preference Power Customers and 30
percent by CVP Water Contractors. The CVP Water Contractor
share of this assessment shall be collected by the Secretary
through established Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation)
Operation and Maintenance ratesetting practices. The CVP Power
Contractor share of this assessment shall be assessed by
Reclamation to the Western Area Power Administration, Sierra
Nevada Region (Western), and collected by Western through
established power ratesetting practices.
Sec. 204. (a) In General.--For fiscal year 2001 and each
fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior shall
continue funding, from power revenues, the activities of the
Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program as authorized by
section 1807 of the Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1992 (106
Stat. 4672), at not more than $7,850,000 (October 2000 price
level), adjusted in subsequent years to reflect changes in the
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor.
(b) Voluntary Contributions.--Nothing in this section
precludes the use of voluntary financial contributions (except
power revenues) to the Adaptive Management Program that may be
authorized by law.
(c) Activities To Be Funded.--The activities to be funded
as provided under subsection (a) include activities required to
meet the requirements of section 1802(a) and subsections (a)
and (b) of section 1805 of the Grand Canyon Protection Act of
1992 (106 Stat. 4672), including the requirements of the
Biological Opinion on the Operation of Glen Canyon Dam and
activities required by the Programmatic Agreement on Cultural
and Historic Properties, to the extent that the requirements
and activities are consistent with the Grand Canyon Protection
Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4672).
(d) Additional Funding.--To the extent that funding under
subsection (a) is insufficient to pay the costs of the
monitoring and research and other activities of the Glen Canyon
Dam Adaptive Management Program, the Secretary of the Interior
may use funding from other sources, including funds
appropriated for that purpose. All such appropriated funds
shall be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable.
Sec. 205. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and
directed to use not to exceed $1,000,000 of the funds
appropriated under title II to refund amounts received by the
United States as payments for charges assessed by the Secretary
prior to January 1, 1994 for failure to file certain
certification or reporting forms prior to the receipt of
irrigation water, pursuant to sections 206 and 224(c) of the
Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 1226, 1272; 43 U.S.C.
390ff, 390ww(c)), including the amount of associated interest
assessed by the Secretary and paid to the United States
pursuant to section 224(i) of the Reclamation Reform Act of
1982 (101 Stat. 1330-268; 43 U.S.C. 390ww(i)).
Sec. 206. Canyon Ferry Reservoir, Montana. (a)
Appraisals.--Section 1004(c)(2)(B) of title X of division C of
the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1999 (112 Stat. 2681-713; 113 Stat. 1501A-
307) is amended--
(1) in clause (i), by striking ``be based on'' and
inserting ``use'';
(2) in clause (vi), by striking ``Notwithstanding
any other provision of law,'' and inserting ``To the
extent consistent with the Uniform Appraisal Standards
for Federal Land Acquisition,''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(vii) Applicability.--This subparagraph
shall apply to the extent that its application
is practicable and consistent with the Uniform
Appraisal Standards for Federal Land
Acquisition.''.
(b) Timing.--Section 1004(f )(2) of title X of division C
of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1999 (112 Stat. 2681-714; 113 Stat. 1501A-
308) is amended by inserting after ``Act,'' the following: ``in
accordance with all applicable law,''.
(c) Interest.--Section 1008(b) of title X of division C of
the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1999 (112 Stat. 2681-717; 113 Stat. 1501A-
310) is amended by striking paragraph (4).
Sec. 207. Beginning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, any
amounts provided for the Newlands Water Rights Fund for
purchasing and retiring water rights in the Newlands
Reclamation Project shall be non-reimbursable.
Sec. 208. Use of Colorado-Big Thompson Project Facilities
for Nonproject Water.--The Secretary of the Interior may enter
into contracts with the city of Loveland, Colorado, or its
Water and Power Department or any other agency, public utility,
or enterprise of the city, providing for the use of facilities
of the Colorado-Big Thompson Project, Colorado, under the Act
of February 21, 1911 (43 U.S.C. 523), for--
(1) the impounding, storage, and carriage of
nonproject water originating on the eastern slope of
the Rocky Mountains for domestic, municipal,
industrial, and other beneficial purposes; and
(2) the exchange of water originating on the
eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains for the purposes
specified in paragraph (1), using facilities associated
with the Colorado-Big Thompson Project, Colorado.
Sec. 209. Amendment to Irrigation Project Contract
Extension Act of 1998.--(a) Section 2(a) of the Irrigation
Project Contract Extension Act of 1998, Public Law 105-293, is
amended by striking the date ``December 31, 2000'', and
inserting in lieu thereof the date ``December 31, 2003''; and
(b) Subsection 2(b) of the Irrigation Project Contract
Extension Act of 1998, Public Law 105-293, is amended by--
(1) striking the phrase ``not to go beyond December
31, 2001'', and inserting in lieu thereof the phrase
``not to go beyond December 31, 2003''; and
(2) striking the phrase ``terminates prior to
December 31, 2000'', and inserting in lieu thereof
``terminates prior to December 31, 2003''.
Sec. 210. Section 202 of Division B, Title I, Chapter 2 of
Public Law 106-246 is amended by adding at the end the
following: ``This section shall be effective through September
30, 2001.''.
Sec. 211. (a) Section 106 of the San Luis Rey Indian
Water Rights Settlement Act (Public Law 100-675; 102 Stat. 4000
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(f) Requirements To Furnish Water, Power Capacity, and
Energy.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order
to fulfill the trust responsibility to the Bands, the
Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation,
shall permanently furnish annually the following:
``(1) Water.--16,000 acre-feet of the water
conserved by the works authorized by title II, for the
benefit of the Bands and the local entities in
accordance with the settlement agreement: Provided,
That during construction of said works, the Indian
Water Authority and the local entities shall receive 17
percent of any water conserved by said works up to a
maximum of 16,000 acre-feet per year. The Indian Water
Authority and the local entities shall pay their
proportionate share of such costs as are provided by
section 203(b) of title II or are agreed to by them.
``(2) Power capacity and energy.--Beginning on the
date when conserved water from the works authorized by
title II first becomes available, power capacity and
energy through the Yuma Arizona Area Aggregate Power
Managers (Yuma Area Contractors), at no cost and at no
further expense to the United States, the Indian Water
Authority, the Bands, and the local entities, in
amounts sufficient to convey the water conserved
pursuant to paragraph (1) from Lake Havasu through the
Colorado River Aqueduct and to the places of use on the
Bands' reservations or in the local entities' service
areas in accordance with the settlement agreement. The
Secretary, through a coterminous exhibit to Bureau of
Reclamation Contract No. 6-CU-30-P1136, shall enter
into an agreement with the Yuma Area Contractors which
shall provide for furnishing annually and permanently
said power capacity and energy by said Yuma Area
Contractors at no cost and at no further expense to the
United States, the Indian Water Authority, the Bands,
and the local entities. The Secretary shall authorize
the Yuma Area Contractors to utilize Federal project
use power provided in Bureau of Reclamation Contracts
numbered 6-CU-30-P1136, 6-CU-30-P1137, and 6-CU-30-
P1138 for the full range of purposes served by the Yuma
Area Contractors, including the purpose of supplying
the power capacity and energy to convey the conserved
water referred to in paragraph (1), for so long as the
Yuma Area Contractors meet their obligation to provide
sufficient power capacity and energy for the conveyance
of said conserved water. If for any reason the Yuma
Area Contractors do not provide said power capacity and
energy for the conveyance of said conserved water, then
the Secretary shall furnish said power capacity and
energy annually and permanently at the lowest rate
assigned to project use power within the jurisdiction
of the Bureau of Reclamation in accordance with Exhibit
E `Project Use Power' of the Agreement between Water
and Power Resources Service, Department of the
Interior, and Western Area Power Administration,
Department of Energy (March 26, 1980).''.
(b) Title II of the San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights
Settlement Act (Public Law 100-675; 102 Stat. 4000 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 210. ANNUAL REPAYMENT INSTALLMENTS.
``During the period of planning, design, and construction
of the works and during the period that the Indian Water
Authority and the local entities receive up to 16,000 acre-feet
of the water conserved by the works, the annual repayment
installments provided in section 102(b) of the Colorado River
Basin Salinity Control Act (Public Law 93-320; 88 Stat. 268)
shall continue to be non-reimbursable. Nothing in this section
shall affect the national obligation set forth in section
101(c) of such Act.''.
Sec. 212. (a) Definitions.--For the purpose of this
section, the term--
(1) ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the
Interior;
(2) ``Sly Park Unit'' means the Sly Park Dam and
Reservoir, Camp Creek Diversion Dam and Tunnel, and
conduits and canals as authorized under the American
River Act of October 14, 1949 (63 Stat. 853), including
those used to convey, treat, and store water delivered
from Sly Park, as well as all recreation facilities
thereto; and
(3) ``District'' means the El Dorado Irrigation
District.
(b) In General.--The Secretary shall, as soon as
practicable after date of the enactment of this Act and in
accordance with all applicable law, transfer all right, title,
and interest in and to the Sly Park Unit to the District.
(c) Sale Price.--The Secretary is authorized to receive
from the District $2,000,000 to relieve payment obligations and
extinguish the debt under contract number 14-06-200-949IR3, and
$9,500,000 to relieve payment obligations and extinguish all
debts associated with contracts numbered 14-06-200-7734, as
amended by contracts numbered 14-06-200-4282A and 14-06-200-
8536A. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the District
shall continue to make payments required by section 3407(c) of
Public Law 102-575 through year 2029.
(d) Credit Revenue to Project Repayment.--Upon payment
authorized under subsection (b), the amount paid shall be
credited toward repayment of capital costs of the Central
Valley Project in an amount equal to the associated
undiscounted obligation.
(e) Future Benefits.--Upon payment, the Sly Park Unit shall
no longer be a Federal reclamation project or a unit of the
Central Valley Project, and the District shall not be entitled
to receive any further reclamation benefits.
(f) Liability.--Except as otherwise provided by law,
effective on the date of conveyance of the Sly Park Unit under
this Act, the United States shall not be liable for damages of
any kind arising out of any act, omission, or occurrence based
on its prior ownership or operation of the conveyed property.
(g) Costs.--All costs, including interest charges,
associated with the Project that have been included as a
reimbursable cost of the Central Valley Project are declared to
be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable.
TITLE III
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ENERGY PROGRAMS
Energy Supply
For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase,
construction and acquisition of plant and capital equipment,
and other expenses necessary for energy supply, and uranium
supply and enrichment activities in carrying out the purposes
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et
seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real
property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition,
construction, or expansion; and the purchase of not to exceed
17 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, $660,574,000
to remain available until expended: Provided, That, in
addition, royalties received to compensate the Department of
Energy for its participation in the First-Of-A-Kind-Engineering
program shall be credited to this account to be available until
September 30, 2002, for the purposes of Nuclear Energy, Science
and Technology activities.
Non-Defense Environmental Management
For Department of Energy expenses, including the
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
equipment and other expenses necessary for non-defense
environmental management activities in carrying out the
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation
of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility
acquisition, construction or expansion, $277,812,000, to remain
available until expended.
Uranium Facilities Maintenance and Remediation
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses to maintain, decontaminate,
decommission, and otherwise remediate uranium processing
facilities, $393,367,000, of which $345,038,000 shall be
derived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and
Decommissioning Fund, all of which shall remain available until
expended: Provided, That $72,000,000 of amounts derived from
the Fund for such expenses shall be available in accordance
with title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.
Science
For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase,
construction and acquisition of plant and capital equipment,
and other expenses necessary for science activities in carrying
out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or
condemnation of any real property or facility or for plant or
facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and purchase
of not to exceed 58 passenger motor vehicles for replacement
only, $3,186,352,000, to remain available until expended.
Nuclear Waste Disposal
For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the
purposes of Public Law 97-425, as amended, including the
acquisition of real property or facility construction or
expansion, $191,074,000, to remain available until expended and
to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund: Provided, That not
to exceed $2,500,000 may be provided to the State of Nevada
solely for expenditures, other than salaries and expenses of
State employees, to conduct scientific oversight
responsibilities pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of
1982, Public Law 97-425, as amended: Provided further, That
$6,000,000 shall be provided to affected units of local
governments, as defined in Public Law 97-425, to conduct
appropriate activities pursuant to the Act: Provided further,
That the distribution of the funds as determined by the units
of local government shall be approved by the Department of
Energy: Provided further, That the funds for the State of
Nevada shall be made available solely to the Nevada Division of
Emergency Management by direct payment and units of local
government by direct payment: Provided further, That within 90
days of the completion of each Federal fiscal year, the Nevada
Division of Emergency Management and the Governor of the State
of Nevada and each local entity shall provide certification to
the Department of Energy that all funds expended from such
payments have been expended for activities authorized by Public
Law 97-425 and this Act. Failure to provide such certification
shall cause such entity to be prohibited from any further
funding provided for similar activities: Provided further, That
none of the funds herein appropriated may be: (1) used directly
or indirectly to influence legislative action on any matter
pending before Congress or a State legislature or for lobbying
activity as provided in 18 U.S.C. 1913; (2) used for litigation
expenses; or (3) used to support multi-State efforts or other
coalition building activities inconsistent with the
restrictions contained in this Act: Provided further, That all
proceeds and recoveries by the Secretary in carrying out
activities authorized by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982
in Public Law 97-425, as amended, including but not limited to,
any proceeds from the sale of assets, shall be available
without further appropriation and shall remain available until
expended.
Departmental Administration
For salaries and expenses of the Department of Energy
necessary for departmental administration in carrying out the
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the hire of passenger motor
vehicles and official reception and representation expenses
(not to exceed $35,000), $226,107,000, to remain available
until expended, plus such additional amounts as necessary to
cover increases in the estimated amount of cost of work for
others notwithstanding the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency
Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, That such increases in
cost of work are offset by revenue increases of the same or
greater amount, to remain available until expended: Provided
further, That moneys received by the Department for
miscellaneous revenues estimated to total $151,000,000 in
fiscal year 2001 may be retained and used for operating
expenses within this account, and may remain available until
expended, as authorized by section 201 of Public Law 95-238,
notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided
further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by
the amount of miscellaneous revenues received during fiscal
year 2001 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2001
appropriation from the General Fund estimated at not more than
$75,107,000.
Office of the Inspector General
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, $31,500,000, to remain available until
expended.
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
National Nuclear Security Administration
weapons activities
For Department of Energy expenses, including the
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for atomic
energy defense weapons activities in carrying out the purposes
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et
seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real
property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition,
construction, or expansion; and the purchase of passenger motor
vehicles (not to exceed 12 for replacement only),
$5,015,186,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That, $130,000,000 shall be immediately available for Project
96-D-111, the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory: Provided further, That $69,100,000 shall
be available only upon a certification by the Administrator of
the National Nuclear Security Administration to the Congress
after March 31, 2001, that: (a) includes a recommendation on an
appropriate path forward for the project; (b) certifies all
established project and scientific milestones have been met on
schedule and on cost; (c) certifies the first and second
quarter project reviews in fiscal year 2001 determined the
project to be on schedule and cost; (d) includes a study of
requirements for and alternatives to a 192 beam ignition
facility for maintaining the safety and reliability of the
current nuclear weapons stockpile; (e) certifies an integrated
cost-schedule earned-value project control system has been
fully implemented; and (f ) includes a 5-year budget plan for
the stockpile stewardship program.
defense nuclear nonproliferation
For Department of Energy expenses, including the
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for atomic
energy defense, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation activities, in
carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the
acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any
facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or
expansion, $874,196,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That not to exceed $7,000 may be used for official
reception and representation expenses for national security and
nonproliferation (including transparency) activities in fiscal
year 2001.
naval reactors
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for naval
reactors activities to carry out the Department of Energy
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the
acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construction, or
otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital equipment,
facilities, and facility expansion, $690,163,000, to remain
available until expended.
office of the administrator
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Administrator
of the National Nuclear Security Administration, including
official reception and representation expenses (not to exceed
$5,000), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended.
OTHER DEFENSE RELATED ACTIVITIES
Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management
For Department of Energy expenses, including the
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic energy
defense environmental restoration and waste management
activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the
acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any
facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or
expansion; and the purchase of 30 passenger motor vehicles for
replacement only, $4,974,476,000, to remain available until
expended.
Defense Facilities Closure Projects
For expenses of the Department of Energy to accelerate
the closure of defense environmental management sites,
including the purchase, construction and acquisition of plant
and capital equipment and other necessary expenses,
$1,082,714,000, to remain available until expended.
Defense Environmental Management Privatization
For Department of Energy expenses for privatization
projects necessary for atomic energy defense environmental
management activities authorized by the Department of Energy
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $65,000,000, to
remain available until expended.
Other Defense Activities
For Department of Energy expenses, including the
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic energy
defense, other defense activities, in carrying out the purposes
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et
seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real
property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition,
construction, or expansion, $585,755,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $17,000,000 shall be for the
Department of Energy Employees Compensation Initiative upon
enactment of authorization legislation into law.
Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal
For nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the
purposes of Public Law 97-425, as amended, including the
acquisition of real property or facility construction or
expansion, $200,000,000, to remain available until expended.
Power Marketing Administrations
bonneville power administration fund
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration
Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93-454, are approved
for the Nez Perce Tribe Resident Fish Substitution Program, the
Cour D'Alene Tribe Trout Production facility, and for official
reception and representation expenses in an amount not to
exceed $1,500.
During fiscal year 2001, no new direct loan obligations
may be made. Section 511 of the Energy and Water Development
Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-206), is amended by
striking the last sentence and inserting ``This authority shall
expire January 1, 2003.''.
Operation and Maintenance, Southeastern Power Administration
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of
power transmission facilities and of marketing electric power
and energy, including transmission wheeling and ancillary
services, pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of the Flood
Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the
southeastern power area, $3,900,000, to remain available until
expended; in addition, notwithstanding the provisions of 31
U.S.C. 3302, amounts collected by the Southeastern Power
Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act to recover
purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to this
account as offsetting collections, to remain available until
expended for the sole purpose of making purchase power and
wheeling expenditures as follows: for fiscal year 2001, up to
$34,463,000; for fiscal year 2002, up to $26,463,000; for
fiscal year 2003, up to $20,000,000; and for fiscal year 2004,
up to $15,000,000.
Operation and Maintenance, Southwestern Power Administration
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of
power transmission facilities and of marketing electric power
and energy, and for construction and acquisition of
transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facilities, and
for administrative expenses, including official reception and
representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500 in
carrying out the provisions of section 5 of the Flood Control
Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the southwestern
power area, $28,100,000, to remain available until expended; in
addition, notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302, not
to exceed $4,200,000 in reimbursements, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That amounts collected by the
Southwestern Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control
Act to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be
credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain
available until expended for the sole purpose of making
purchase power and wheeling expenditures as follows: for fiscal
year 2001, up to $288,000; for fiscal year 2002, up to
$288,000; for fiscal year 2003, up to $288,000; and for fiscal
year 2004, up to $288,000.
construction, rehabilitation, operation and maintenance, western area
power administration
For carrying out the functions authorized by title III,
section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 U.S.C.
7152), and other related activities including conservation and
renewable resources programs as authorized, including official
reception and representation expenses in an amount not to
exceed $1,500, $165,830,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $154,616,000 shall be derived from the
Department of the Interior Reclamation Fund: Provided, That of
the amount herein appropriated, $5,950,000 is for deposit into
the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account
pursuant to title IV of the Reclamation Projects Authorization
and Adjustment Act of 1992: Provided further, That amounts
collected by the Western Area Power Administration pursuant to
the Flood Control Act of 1944 and the Reclamation Project Act
of 1939 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall
be credited to this account as offsetting collections, to
remain available until expended for the sole purpose of making
purchase power and wheeling expenditures as follows: for fiscal
year 2001, up to $65,224,000; for fiscal year 2002, up to
$33,500,000; for fiscal year 2003, up to $30,000,000; and for
fiscal year 2004, up to $20,000,000.
Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund
For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for the
hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams,
$2,670,000, to remain available until expended, and to be
derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance
Fund of the Western Area Power Administration, as provided in
section 423 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal
Years 1994 and 1995.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission to carry out the provisions of the Department of
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, the hire of passenger
motor vehicles, and official reception and representation
expenses (not to exceed $3,000), $175,200,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, not to exceed $175,200,000 of revenues
from fees and annual charges, and other services and
collections in fiscal year 2001 shall be retained and used for
necessary expenses in this account, and shall remain available
until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein
appropriated from the General Fund shall be reduced as revenues
are received during fiscal year 2001 so as to result in a final
fiscal year 2001 appropriation from the General Fund estimated
at not more than $0.
RESCISSIONS
Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal
(rescission)
Of the funds appropriated in Public Law 104-46 for
interim storage of nuclear waste, $75,000,000 are transferred
to this heading and are hereby rescinded.
Defense Environmental Management Privatization
(rescission)
Of the funds appropriated in Public Law 106-60 and prior
Energy and Water Development Acts for the Tank Waste
Remediation System at Richland, Washington, $97,000,000 of
unexpended balances of prior appropriations are rescinded.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Sec. 301. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used to award a management and operating contract unless
such contract is awarded using competitive procedures or the
Secretary of Energy grants, on a case-by-case basis, a waiver
to allow for such a deviation. The Secretary may not delegate
the authority to grant such a waiver.
(b) At least 60 days before a contract award, amendment,
or modification for which the Secretary intends to grant such a
waiver, the Secretary shall submit to the Subcommittees on
Energy and Water Development of the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a
report notifying the subcommittees of the waiver and setting
forth the reasons for the waiver.
Sec. 302. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be used to--
(1) develop or implement a workforce restructuring
plan that covers employees of the Department of Energy;
or
(2) provide enhanced severance payments or other
benefits for employees of the Department of Energy,
under section 3161 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102-484; 106 Stat. 2644; 42
U.S.C. 7274h).
Sec. 303. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be used to augment the $24,500,000 made available for
obligation by this Act for severance payments and other
benefits and community assistance grants under section 3161 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993
(Public Law 102-484; 106 Stat. 2644; 42 U.S.C. 7274h) unless
the Department of Energy submits a reprogramming request
subject to approval by the appropriate Congressional
committees.
Sec. 304. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be used to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals (RFPs)
for a program if the program has not been funded by Congress.
(transfers of unexpended balances)
Sec. 305. The unexpended balances of prior appropriations
provided for activities in this Act may be transferred to
appropriation accounts for such activities established pursuant
to this title. Balances so transferred may be merged with funds
in the applicable established accounts and thereafter may be
accounted for as one fund for the same time period as
originally enacted.
Sec. 306. Of the funds in this Act provided to
government-owned, contractor-operated laboratories, not to
exceed 6 percent shall be available to be used for Laboratory
Directed Research and Development.
Sec. 307. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this title to
the Department of Energy, not more than $185,000,000 shall be
available for reimbursement of management and operating
contractor travel expenses, of which $10,000,000 is available
for use by the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of
Energy for emergency travel expenses.
(b) Funds appropriated by this title to the Department of
Energy may be used to reimburse a Department of Energy
management and operating contractor for travel costs of its
employees under the contract only to the extent that the
contractor applies to its employees the same rates and amounts
as those that apply to Federal employees under subchapter I of
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, or rates and amounts
established by the Secretary of Energy. The Secretary of Energy
may provide exceptions to the reimbursement requirements of
this section as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(c) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply to
reimbursement of management and operating contractor travel
expenses within the Laboratory Directed Research and
Development program.
Sec. 308. No funds are provided in this Act or any other
Act for the Administrator of the Bonneville Power
Administration to enter into any agreement to perform energy
efficiency services outside the legally defined Bonneville
service territory, with the exception of services provided
internationally, including services provided on a reimbursable
basis, unless the Administrator certifies that such services
are not available from private sector businesses.
Sec. 309. None of the funds in this Act may be used to
dispose of transuranic waste in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
which contains concentrations of plutonium in excess of 20
percent by weight for the aggregate of any material category on
the date of enactment of this Act, or is generated after such
date. For the purposes of this section, the material categories
of transuranic waste at the Rocky Flats Environmental
Technology Site include: (1) ash residues; (2) salt residues;
(3) wet residues; (4) direct repackage residues; and (5) scrub
alloy as referenced in the ``Final Environmental Impact
Statement on Management of Certain Plutonium Residues and Scrub
Alloy Stored at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology
Site''.
Sec. 310. The Administrator of the National Nuclear
Security Administration may authorize the plant manager of a
covered nuclear weapons production plant to engage in research,
development, and demonstration activities with respect to the
engineering and manufacturing capabilities at such plant in
order to maintain and enhance such capabilities at such plant:
Provided, That of the amount allocated to a covered nuclear
weapons production plant each fiscal year from amounts
available to the Department of Energy for such fiscal year for
national security programs, not more than an amount equal to 2
percent of such amount may be used for these activities:
Provided further, That for purposes of this section, the term
``covered nuclear weapons production plant'' means the
following:
(1) The Kansas City Plant, Kansas City, Missouri.
(2) The Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
(3) The Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas.
(4) The Savannah River Plant, South Carolina.
Sec. 311. Notwithstanding any other law, and without
fiscal year limitation, each Federal Power Marketing
Administration is authorized to engage in activities and
solicit, undertake and review studies and proposals relating to
the formation and operation of a regional transmission
organization.
Sec. 312. Not more than $10,000,000 of funds previously
appropriated for interim waste storage activities for Defense
Nuclear Waste Disposal in Public Law 104-46, the Energy and
Water Development Appropriations Act, 1996, may be made
available to the Department of Energy upon written
certification by the Secretary of Energy to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations that the Site
Recommendation Report cannot be completed on time without
additional funding.
Sec. 313. Term of Office of Person First Appointed as Under
Secretary for Nuclear Security of the Department of Energy. (a)
Length of Term.--The term of office as Under Secretary for
Nuclear Security of the Department of Energy of the first
person appointed to that position shall be 3 years.
(b) Exclusive Reasons for Removal.--The exclusive reasons
for removal from office as Under Secretary for Nuclear Security
of the person described in subsection (a) shall be
inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
(c) Position Described.--The position of Under Secretary
for Nuclear Security of the Department of Energy referred to in
this section is the position established by subsection (c) of
section 202 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42
U.S.C. 7132), as added by section 3202 of the National Nuclear
Security Administration Act (title XXXII of Public Law 106-65;
113 Stat. 954).
Sec. 314. Scope of Authority of Secretary of Energy To
Modify Organization of National Nuclear Security
Administration. (a) Scope of Authority.--Subtitle A of the
National Nuclear Security Administration Act (title XXXII of
Public Law 106-65; 113 Stat. 957; 50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 3219. SCOPE OF AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF ENERGY TO MODIFY
ORGANIZATION OF ADMINISTRATION.
``Notwithstanding the authority granted by section 643 of
the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7253) or
any other provision of law, the Secretary of Energy may not
establish, abolish, alter, consolidate, or discontinue any
organizational unit or component, or transfer any function, of
the Administration, except as authorized by subsection (b) or
(c) of section 3291.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 643 of the Department
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7253) is amended--
(1) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting
``(a) Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(b) The authority of the Secretary to establish, abolish,
alter, consolidate, or discontinue any organizational unit or
component of the National Nuclear Security Administration is
governed by the provisions of section 3219 of the National
Nuclear Security Administration Act (title XXXII of Public Law
106-65).''.
Sec. 315. Prohibition on Pay of Personnel Engaged in
Concurrent Service or Duties Inside and Outside National
Nuclear Security Administration.--Subtitle C of the National
Nuclear Security Administration Act (title XXXII of Public Law
106-65; 50 U.S.C. 2441 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
``SEC. 3245. PROHIBITION ON PAY OF PERSONNEL ENGAGED IN CONCURRENT
SERVICE OR DUTIES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
ADMINISTRATION.
``(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided by statute, no
funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available
for the Department of Energy may be obligated or utilized to
pay the basic pay of an officer or employee of the Department
of Energy who--
``(1) serves concurrently in a position in the
Administration and a position outside the
Administration; or
``(2) performs concurrently the duties of a
position in the Administration and the duties of a
position outside the Administration.
``(b) The provision of this section shall take effect 60
days after the date of enactment of this section.''.
TITLE IV
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Appalachian Regional Commission
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs authorized
by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as
amended, for necessary expenses for the Federal Co-Chairman and
the alternate on the Appalachian Regional Commission, for
payment of the Federal share of the administrative expenses of
the Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $66,400,000, to
remain available until expended.
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized by the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public Law 100-456,
section 1441, $18,500,000, to remain available until expended.
Delta Regional Authority
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to establish the Delta Regional
Authority and to carry out its activities, $20,000,000, to
remain available until expended.
Denali Commission
For expenses of the Denali Commission including the
purchase, construction and acquisition of plant and capital
equipment as necessary and other expenses, $30,000,000, to
remain available until expended.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Commission in carrying out
the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as
amended, and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended,
including official representation expenses (not to exceed
$15,000), $481,900,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That of the amount appropriated herein, $21,600,000
shall be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund: Provided further,
That revenues from licensing fees, inspection services, and
other services and collections estimated at $447,958,000 in
fiscal year 2001 shall be retained and used for necessary
salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That $3,200,000 of the funds herein
appropriated for regulatory reviews and assistance to other
Federal agencies and States shall be excluded from license fee
revenues, notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 2214: Provided further,
That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount
of revenues received during fiscal year 2001 so as to result in
a final fiscal year 2001 appropriation estimated at not more
than $33,942,000.
Office of Inspector General
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, $5,500,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That revenues from licensing fees,
inspection services, and other services and collections
estimated at $5,390,000 in fiscal year 2001 shall be retained
and be available until expended, for necessary salaries and
expenses in this account notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302:
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be
reduced by the amount of revenues received during fiscal year
2001 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2001 appropriation
estimated at not more than $110,000.
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Nuclear Waste Technical
Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100-203, section
5051, $2,900,000, to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund,
and to remain available until expended.
TITLE V
FISCAL YEAR 2001 EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
cerro grande fire activities
For necessary expenses to remediate damaged Department of
Energy facilities and for other expenses associated with the
Cerro Grande fire, $203,460,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $2,000,000 shall be made available to the
United States Army Corps of Engineers to undertake immediate
measures to provide erosion control and sediment protection to
sewage lines, trails, and bridges in Pueblo and Los Alamos
Canyons downstream of Diamond Drive in New Mexico: Provided,
That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent an
official budget request for $203,460,000, 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 the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Appalachian Regional Commission
For necessary expenses 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.
TITLE VI
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 601. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be
used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence
congressional action on any legislation or appropriation
matters pending before Congress, other than to communicate to
Members of Congress as described in section 1913 of title 18,
United States Code.
Sec. 602. (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and
Products.--It is the sense of the Congress that, to the
greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products
purchased with funds made available in this Act should be
American-made.
(b) Notice Requirement.--In providing financial assistance
to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using funds
made available in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to
the greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a
notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the
Congress.
(c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling
Products as Made in America.--If it has been finally determined
by a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally
affixed a label bearing a ``Made in America'' inscription, or
any inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in
or shipped to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any contract
or subcontract made with funds made available in this Act,
pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title
48, Code of Federal Regulations.
Sec. 603. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be used to determine the final
point of discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis
Unit until development by the Secretary of the Interior and the
State of California of a plan, which shall conform to the water
quality standards of the State of California as approved by the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to
minimize any detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage
waters.
(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program
and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program shall
be classified by the Secretary of the Interior as reimbursable
or nonreimbursable and collected until fully repaid pursuant to
the ``Cleanup Program--Alternative Repayment Plan'' and the
``SJVDP--Alternative Repayment Plan'' described in the report
entitled ``Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup
Program and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, February
1995'', prepared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds by the United
States relating to, or providing for, drainage service or
drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall be fully
reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such service or
studies pursuant to Federal Reclamation law.
Sec. 604. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall
be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, or
orders for the purpose of implementation, or in preparation for
implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol which was adopted on
December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan at the Third Conference of
the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for
advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II,
section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and
which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25 of the
Protocol.
Sec. 605. Funding of the Coastal Wetlands Planning,
Protection and Restoration Act. Section 4(a) of the Act of
August 9, 1950 (16 U.S.C. 777c(a)), is amended in the second
sentence by striking ``2000'' and inserting ``2009''.
Sec. 606. Redesignation of Interstate Sanitation Commission
and District. (a) Interstate Sanitation Commission.--
(1) In general.--The district known as the
``Interstate Sanitation Commission'', established by
article III of the Tri-State Compact described in the
Resolution entitled, ``A Joint Resolution granting the
consent of Congress to the States of New York, New
Jersey, and Connecticut to enter into a compact for the
creation of the Interstate Sanitation District and the
establishment of the Interstate Sanitation
Commission'', approved August 27, 1935 (49 Stat. 933),
is redesignated as the ``Interstate Environmental
Commission''.
(2) References.--Any reference in a law,
regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of
the United States to the Interstate Sanitation
Commission shall be deemed to be a reference to the
Interstate Environmental Commission.
(b) Interstate Sanitation District.--
(1) In general.--The district known as the
``Interstate Sanitation District'', established by
article II of the Tri-State Compact described in the
Resolution entitled, ``A Joint Resolution granting the
consent of Congress to the States of New York, New
Jersey, and Connecticut to enter into a compact for the
creation of the Interstate Sanitation District and the
establishment of the Interstate Sanitation
Commission'', approved August 27, 1935 (49 Stat. 932),
is redesignated as the ``Interstate Environmental
District''.
(2) References.--Any reference in a law,
regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of
the United States to the Interstate Sanitation District
shall be deemed to be a reference to the Interstate
Environmental District.
TITLE VII
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Bureau of the Public Debt
gifts to the united states for reduction of the public debt
For deposit of an additional amount for fiscal year 2001
into the account established under section 3113(d) of title 31,
United States Code, to reduce the public debt, $5,000,000,000.
TITLE VIII
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Section 6101 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1990 (42 U.S.C. 2214) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``September
30, 1999'' and inserting ``September 20, 2005''; and
(2) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or
certificate holder'' after ``licensee''; and
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting
the following:
``(2) Aggregate amount of charges.--
``(A) In general.--The aggregate amount of
the annual charges collected from all licensees
and certificate holders in a fiscal year shall
equal an amount that approximates the
percentages of the budget authority of the
Commission for the fiscal year stated in
subparagraph (B), less--
``(i) amounts collected under
subsection (b) during the fiscal year;
and
``(ii) amounts appropriated to the
Commission from the Nuclear Waste Fund
for the fiscal year.
``(B) Percentages.--The percentages
referred to in subparagraph (A) are--
``(i) 98 percent for fiscal year
2001;
``(ii) 96 percent for fiscal year
2002;
``(iii) 94 percent for fiscal year
2003;
``(iv) 92 percent for fiscal year
2004; and
``(v) 90 percent for fiscal year
2005.''.
This Act may be cited as the ``Energy and Water Development
Appropriations Act, 2001''.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Following is explanatory language on H.R. 5483, as
introduced on October 18, 2000.
The conferees on H.R. 4635 agree with the matter included
in H.R. 5483 and enacted in this conference report by reference
and the following description of it. This bill was developed
through negotiations by subcommittee members of the Energy and
Water Development Subcommittees of the House and Senate on the
differences in H.R. 4733, a bill that was vetoed. That vetoed
bill has been modified and is included in this conference
report. References in the following description to the
``conference agreement'' mean the matter included in the
introduced bill enacted by this conference report. References
to the House bill mean the House passed version of H.R. 4733.
References to the Senate bill mean the Senate passed version of
H.R. 4733, not the Senate passed version of H.R. 4635, unless
otherwise stated.
The language and allocations set forth in House Report
106-693 and Senate Report 106-395 should be complied with
unless specifically addressed to the contrary in the conference
report and statement of the managers. Report language included
by the House which is not contradicted by the report of the
Senate or the statement of the managers, and Senate report
language which is not contradicted by the report of the House
or the statement of the managers is approved by the committee
of conference. The statement of the managers, while repeating
some report language for emphasis, does not intend to negate
the language referred to above unless expressly provided
herein. In cases where both the House report and Senate report
address a particular issue not specifically addressed in the
conference report or joint statement of managers, the conferees
have determined that the House and Senate reports are not
inconsistent and are to be interpreted accordingly. In cases in
which the House or Senate have directed the submission of a
report, such report is to be submitted to both House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations.
Senate amendment: The Senate deleted the entire House
bill after the enacting clause and inserted the Senate bill.
The conference agreement includes a revised bill.
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Corps of Engineers--Civil
The summary tables at the end of this title set forth the
conference agreement with respect to the individual
appropriations, programs, and activities of the Corps of
Engineers. Additional items of conference are discussed below.
General Investigations
The conference agreement appropriates $160,038,000 for
General Investigations instead of $153,327,000 as proposed by
the House and $139,219,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Within available funds, $50,000 is provided for erosion
control studies in the Harding Lake watershed in Alaska. The
conference agreement deletes the bill language proposed by the
Senate for this project.
The conference agreement does not include funds proposed
by the House in this account for the Hamilton Airfield Wetlands
Restoration project in California and the Ohio River Greenway
project in Indiana. Funding for these projects is included in
the Construction, General account. The conference agreement
does not include funds in this account for the White River,
Muncie, Indiana, project. Funding for this project has been
included within the amount provided for the Section 1135
program.
The conference agreement includes $150,000 for the Corps
of Engineers to undertake studies of potential navigational
improvements, shoreline protection, and breakwater protection
at the ports of Rota and Tinian in the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands.
The conferees have provided $200,000 for the Corps of
Engineers to initiate and complete a comprehensive water
management reconnaissance study for ecosystem restoration and
related purposes in the St. Clair River and Lake St. Clair
watersheds in Michigan pursuant to section 426 of the Water
Resources Development Act of 1999.
Within the amount provided for Research and Development,
$200,000 is provided for a topographic/bathymetric mapping
project for Coastal Louisiana in cooperation with the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at the interagency
Federal laboratory in Lafayette, Louisiana. The conference
agreement does not include bill language proposed by the Senate
for this work. The conferees also urge the Corps of Engineers
to use available Research and Development funds for a review of
innovative dredging technologies for potential implementation
in the Peoria Lakes, Illinois, area.
The conference agreement includes language proposed by
the House and the Senate which provides that in conducting the
Southwest Valley Flood Damage Reduction, Albuquerque, New
Mexico, study, the Corps of Engineers shall include an
evaluation of flood damage reduction measures that would
otherwise be excluded from the feasibility analysis based on
policies regarding the frequency of flooding, the drainage
area, and the amount of runoff.
The conferees have agreed to include language in the bill
which directs the Corps of Engineers to use $750,000 to
continue preconstruction engineering and design of the Murrieta
Creek, California, flood control project in accordance with
Alternative 6, as identified in the Murrieta Creek Feasibility
Report and Environmental Impact Statement dated June 2000.
The conference agreement deletes bill language proposed
by the Senate providing funds for the John Glenn Great Lakes
Basin Program, the Detroit River, Michigan, project, and the
Niobrara River and Missouri River, South Dakota, project. Funds
for these projects have been included in the overall amount
provided for General Investigations.
The conference agreement does not include language
proposed by the Senate providing funds for the selection of a
permanent disposal site for environmentally sound dredged
material from navigation projects in the State of Rhode Island.
Funds for this work have been provided within the amount
appropriated for Operation and Maintenance, General.
Within the amount provided for Flood Plain Management
Services, the conference agreement includes $250,000 for the
Corps of Engineers to undertake a study of drainage problems in
the Winchester, Kentucky, area. In addition, the conferees urge
the Corps of Engineers to complete a report on flood control
problems on Negro Creek at Sprague, Washington.
Within the amount provided for Planning Assistance to
States, the conference agreement includes $100,000 for the
Corps of Engineers to update the daily flow model for the
Delaware River Basin.
Construction, General
The conference agreement appropriates $1,717,199,000 for
Construction, General instead of $1,378,430,000 as proposed by
the House and $1,361,449,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
amount recommended by the conferees for the Corps of Engineers
construction program represents a significant increase over the
budget request and the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2000.
However, the conferees note that the budget request grossly
underfunds many ongoing construction projects, and its
enactment would result in increased project costs, major delays
in the completion of projects and loss of project benefits. The
conferees also note that the Corps of Engineers, through the
use of unobligated balances, expects its fiscal year 2000
construction expenditures to be approximately $1,600,000,000.
The conferees note that the Lake Worth Inlet, Florida,
sand transfer plant project is behind schedule and expect the
Corps of Engineers to proceed with the project as expeditiously
as possible.
Within the amount provided for the West Virginia and
Pennsylvania Flood Control Project, $1,000,000 is provided for
the following projects within the State of Pennsylvania: Bloody
Run/Everett Borough ($25,000); Shoups Run/Carbon Township
($150,500); Six Mile Run/Coaldale ($125,000); Black Log Creek/
Boroughs of Orbisonia and Rockhill Furnace ($127,000); Newton
Hamilton Borough ($465,500); and Coal Bank Run/Coalmont Borough
($107,000).
The conference agreement includes $150,000 for the
Southeastern Pennsylvania project for the Corps of Engineers to
prepare a decision document to determine the Federal interest
in and the scope of the problems in the Logan and Feltonville
sections of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The conferees direct the Corps of Engineers to use
$500,000 to initiate the Hillsboro Inlet, Florida, project in
accordance with the Jacksonville District's General
Reevaluation Report for the project dated May 2000.
The conference agreement includes $4,000,000 for the
Corps of Engineers to undertake water related infrastructure
projects in northeastern Pennsylvania as authorized by section
502(f)(11) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999.
The conference agreement includes $500,000 for the Corps
of Engineers to undertake water related infrastructure projects
in Avis Borough and Renovo Borough, Clinton County,
Pennsylvania.
The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 for sanitary
sewer and water and wastewater infrastructure projects in
Towanencin Township, Pennsylvania, as authorized by section
502(f)(8) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999;
$3,000,000 for a project to eliminate or control combined sewer
overflows in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, as authorized by
section 502(f)(32) of the Water Resources Development Act of
1999; and $300,000 for water related infrastructure projects in
Lake and Porter Counties, Indiana, as authorized by section
502(f)(12) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999. In
addition, the conference agreement includes $2,500,000 to carry
out environmental infrastructure projects in northeastern
Minnesota as authorized by section 569 of the Water Resources
Development Act of 1999.
The conference agreement includes $25,000,000 for the
Corps of Engineers to design, construct, and operate water
quality projects in the San Gabriel Basin of California; and
$4,000,000 for the Corps of Engineers, in coordination with
other Federal agencies and the Brazos River Authority, to
participate in investigations and projects in the Bosque and
Leon Watersheds in Texas to assess the impact of the
perchlorate associated with the former Naval Weapons Industrial
Reserve Plant at McGregor, Texas.
The conference agreement includes $300,000 for the Corps
of Engineers to continue the environmental restoration pilot
project at Dog River, Alabama.
The conference agreement includes $1,500,000 for a
project to eliminate or control combined sewer overflows in the
City of Lebanon, New Hampshire, as authorized by section
502(f)(37) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999;
$1,500,000 for environmental infrastructure projects in Ohio
authorized in section 594 of the Water Resources Development
Act of 1999; and $3,000,000 for environmental infrastructure
projects in central New Mexico authorized in section 593 of the
Water Resources Development Act of 1999.
The conference agreement includes a total of $37,100,000
for the Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper
Cumberland River project. In addition to the amounts included
in the budget request, the conference agreement includes:
$4,000,000 for the Clover Fork, Kentucky, element of the
project; $4,800,000 for the Middlesboro, Kentucky, element of
the project; $1,000,000 for the City of Cumberland, Kentucky,
element of the project; $700,000 for the Town of Martin,
Kentucky, element of the project; $4,200,000 for the Pike
County, Kentucky, element of the project, including $1,400,000
for additional studies along the tributaries of the Tug Fork
and the initiation of a Detailed Project Report for the Levisa
Fork; $3,500,000 for the Martin County, Kentucky, element of
the project; $1,200,000 for additional studies along the
tributaries of the Cumberland River in Bell County, Kentucky;
$800,000 to continue the detailed project report for the
Buchanan County, Virginia, element of the project; $700,000 to
continue the detailed project report for the Dickenson County,
Virginia, element of the project; $1,500,000 for the Upper
Mingo County, West Virginia, element of the project; $1,600,000
for the Kermit, Lower Mingo County (Kermit), West Virginia,
element of the project; $400,000 for the Wayne County, West
Virginia, element of the project; and $600,000 for the McDowell
County, West Virginia, element of the project.
The conference agreement includes $7,000,000 for the Dam
Safety and Seepage Stability Correction Program. Of the amount
provided, $1,000,000 is for repairs to the Mississinewa Lake,
Indiana, project, and up to $2,000,000 is for the Waterbury
Dam, Vermont, project.
Within the funds provided for the Missouri River Levee
System project, $227,000 is provided for the Unit L15 levee,
the same as the budget request. With these funds, the conferees
expect the Corps of Engineers to complete engineering and
design, negotiate a Project Cooperation Agreement, and initiate
construction of the project.
The conference agreement includes $4,000,000 for the
Rural Nevada project authorized by section 595 of the Water
Resources Development Act of 1999. Of the amount provided,
$1,500,000 is for the Lawton-Verdi, Nevada, sewer inceptor
project; $1,000,000 is for the Mesquite, Nevada, project; and
$1,500,000 for the Silver Springs, Nevada, sanitary sewer
project.
The conferees direct the Corps of Engineers to undertake
the projects listed in the House and Senate reports and the
projects described below for the various continuing authorities
programs. The recommended funding levels for those programs are
as follows: Section 206--$19,000,000; Section 204--$4,000,000;
Section 14--$9,000,000; Section 205--$35,000,000; Section 111--
$300,000; Section 107--$11,000,000; Section 1135--$21,000,000;
Section 103--$2,500,000; and Section 208--$600,000. The
conferees are aware that there are funding requirements for
ongoing continuing authorities projects that may not be
accommodated within the funds provided for each program. It is
not the conferees' intent that ongoing projects be terminated.
If additional funds are needed during the year to keep ongoing
work in any program on schedule, the conferees urge the Corps
of Engineers to reprogram funds into the program within
available funds.
Of the amount provided for the Section 14 program,
$580,000 is to initiate and complete the planning and design
analysis phase, execute a project cooperation agreement, and
initiate and complete construction for the Rouge River,
Southfield, Michigan, project.
Of the amount provided for the Section 111 program,
$300,000 is to prepare a shoreline stabilization study and
plans and specifications, and award a construction contract for
the Virginia Key, Florida, project.
Of the amount provided for the Section 205 program,
$100,000 is to undertake the Columbus, New Mexico, project; and
$200,000 is to undertake the Battle Mountain, Nevada, project.
The conference agreement deletes the bill language proposed by
the Senate for the Hay Creek project. In addition, for the
McKeel Brook, Dover and Rockaway Townships, New Jersey,
project, the funds provided are to be used to complete plans
and specifications and initiate construction of the Morris
County plan.
Of the amount provided for the Section 1135 program,
$100,000 is to initiate the upland environmental restoration
study for the Virginia Key, Florida, project; $300,000 is to
prepare an environmental restoration report and prepare a
project cooperation agreement for the White River, Muncie,
Indiana, project; $250,000 is to initiate and complete a
preliminary restoration plan and a feasibility report for the
Sand Creek, Newton, Kansas, project; and $200,000 is to
initiate the ecosystem restoration report for the Lake
Champlain Watershed, Vermont, project. In addition, the Corps
of Engineers is directed to proceed with the most cost
effective solution to the water quality degradation and related
environmental and public impacts associated with the western
jetty at the mouth of the Genessee River at Rochester, New
York.
Of the amount provided for the Section 107 program,
$810,000 is for construction of the Pemiscot Harbor, Missouri,
project; $3,000,000 is for construction of the Ouzinkie Harbor,
Alaska, project; and $500,000 is to initiate construction of
the South Basin Inner Harbor, Buffalo, New York, project.
The amount provided for the Section 206 program does not
include funds for the Upper Truckee River project. Funds for
this project are included in the Bureau of Reclamation's
Wetlands Development Program. The amount provided for the
Section 206 program includes $500,000 for the Hay Creek, Roseau
County, Minnesota, project. The conference agreement deletes
the bill language proposed by the Senate for the Hay Creek
project.
The conference agreement includes $4,000,000 for the
Aquatic Plant Control program. Within the amount provided,
$400,000 is for aquatic weed control in Lake Champlain,
Vermont, $250,000 is for aquatic plant control within the State
of South Carolina, and $100,000 is for the control and tracking
of aquatic plants in the Potomac River in Virginia and
Maryland.
The conferees have included language in the bill
earmarking funds for the following projects in the amount
specified: Elba, Alabama, $8,400,000; Geneva, Alabama,
$10,800,000; San Timoteo Creek (Santa Ana River Mainstem),
California, $5,000,000; San Gabriel Basin Groundwater
Restoration, California, $25,000,000; Indianapolis Central
Waterfront, Indiana, $10,000,000; Southern and Eastern
Kentucky, Kentucky, $4,000,000; Clover Fork, Middlesboro, City
of Cumberland, Town of Martin, Pike County (including Levisa
Fork and Tug Fork tributaries), Bell County, Martin County, and
Harlan County, Kentucky, elements of the Levisa and Tug Forks
of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River project,
$20,000,000; Jackson County, Mississippi, $2,000,000; Bosque
and Leon Rivers, Texas, $4,000,000; Upper Mingo County
(including Mingo County Tributaries), Lower Mingo County
(Kermit), Wayne County, and McDowell County, West Virginia,
elements of the Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and
Upper Cumberland River project, $4,100,000.
The conference agreement includes language proposed by
the House which directs the Corps of Engineers to proceed with
the Town of Martin element of the Levisa and Tug Forks of the
Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River project in
accordance with a Plan A as set forth in the preliminary draft
Detailed Project Report, Appendix T of the General Plan of the
Huntington District Commander.
The conference agreement includes language proposed by
the House which directs the Corps of Engineers to use $900,000
to undertake the Bowie County Levee project in Texas, which is
defined as Alternative B Local Sponsor Option in the Corps of
Engineers document entitled Bowie County Local Flood
Protection, Red River, Texas, project Design Memorandum No. 1,
Bowie County Levee, dated April 1997.
The conference agreement includes language proposed by
the Senate which provides that none of the funds appropriated
in the Act may be used to begin Phase II of the John Day
Drawdown study or to initiate a study of the drawdown of McNary
Dam unless authorized by law.
The conference agreement includes language proposed by
the Senate which directs the Corps of Engineers to use
available Construction, General, funds to complete design and
construction of the Red River Regional Visitors Center in the
vicinity of Shreveport, Louisiana, at an estimated cost of
$6,000,000.
The conference agreement includes language proposed by
the Senate which increases the authorization for the Norco
Bluffs, California, project.
The conference agreement includes language proposed by
the Senate which directs the Corps of Engineers to use
$3,000,000 of the funds appropriated in the Act for additional
emergency bank stabilization measures at Galena, Alaska, under
the same terms and conditions as previously undertaken
emergency bank stabilization work.
The conference agreement includes language proposed by
the Senate directing the Corps of Engineers to use $4,200,000
appropriated in the Act to continue construction of the Ocean
Isle Beach segment of the Brunswick County Beaches, North
Carolina, project in accordance with the General Reevaluation
Report approved by the Chief of Engineers on May 15, 1998.
The conference agreement includes language proposed by
the Senate which directs the Corps of Engineers to use $300,000
of the funds appropriated in the Act to reimburse the City of
Renton, Washington, for mitigation expenses incurred for the
flood control project constructed on the Cedar River at Renton
as a result of over-dredging by the Corps of Engineers.
The conference agreement includes language proposed by
the Senate subjecting the expenditure of previously
appropriated funds for the Devils Lake, North Dakota, project
to a number of conditions.
The conference agreement includes language which provides
that $2,000,000 shall be available for stabilization and
renovation of Lock and Dam 10 on the Kentucky River, subject to
the enactment of authorization for the project.
The conference agreement includes language which directs
the Corps of Engineers to use $3,000,000 to initiate
construction of a navigation project at Kaumalapau Harbor,
Hawaii. The project will consist of a 350-foot long breakwater
and a channel depth of 19 feet.
The conference agreement includes language which directs
the Corps of Engineers to design and construct seepage control
features at Waterbury Dam, Winooski River, Vermont. The Dam
Safety and Seepage Correction Program includes up to $2,000,000
to initiate this work. The proposed corrective actions will
restore the structural integrity of the dam and reduce the
chances of potential failure.
The conference agreement includes language which directs
the Corps of Engineers to design and construct barge lanes at
the Houston-Galveston Navigation Channels, Texas, project.
The conference agreement includes language which directs
the Corps of Engineers to continue construction of the Rio
Grand de Manati flood control project at Barceloneta, Puerto
Rico.
Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, Arkansas, Illinois,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee
The conference agreement appropriates $347,731,000 for
Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries instead of
$323,350,000 as proposed by the House and $334,450,000 as
proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes $900,000 for the
Southeast Arkansas feasibility study. The House had proposed to
fund this study in the General Investigations account.
The conference agreement includes language proposed by
the Senate which directs the Secretary of the Army to complete
the analysis and determination regarding Federal maintenance of
the Greenville Inner Harbor, Mississippi, navigation project in
accordance with section 509 of the Water Resources Development
Act of 1996.
The conference agreement includes $375,000 for
construction of the Yazoo Basin Tributaries project and
$47,000,000 for continuing construction of Mississippi River
levees. The conference agreement deletes bill language proposed
by the Senate regarding these projects.
The conference agreement includes $7,242,000 for
operation and maintenance of Arkabutla Lake; $5,280,000 for
operation and maintenance of Grenada Lake; $7,680,000 for
operation and maintenance of Sardis Lake; and $4,376,000 for
operation and maintenance of Enid Lake. The conference
agreement deletes bill language proposed by the Senate
regarding these projects.
Operation and Maintenance, General
The conference agreement appropriates $1,901,959,000 for
Operation and Maintenance, General, instead of $1,854,000,000
as proposed by the House and $1,862,471,000 as proposed by the
Senate.
The conference agreement includes $6,755,000 for the
Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers project in
Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. The additional funds above the
budget request shall be used to implement environmental
restoration requirements as specified under the certification
issued by the State of Florida under section 401 of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act and dated October 1999, including
$1,200,000 for increased environmental dredging and $500,000
for related environmental studies required by the state water
quality certification. The conference agreement does not
include bill language proposed by the Senate regarding this
project.
The conferees have provided $5,071,000 for the Red Rock
Dam and Lake, Iowa, project. The funds provided above the
budget request are for repair and replacement of various
features of the project including repair of the scouring of the
South-East Des Moines levee.
The conference agreement includes $10,400,000 for
operation and maintenance of the Pascagoula Harbor,
Mississippi, project.
The conference agreement includes $1,500,000 over the
budget request for the Corps of Engineers to address impacts of
recent fires, undertake habitat restoration activities, and
address other essential requirements at Cochiti Lake in New
Mexico.
The conference agreement includes an additional
$3,000,000 for the Jemez Dam, New Mexico, project for the Corps
of Engineers to address the impacts of increased water releases
required to help sustain the endangered silvery minnow.
The conferees have provided an additional $600,000 for
the Waco Lake, Texas, project for the Corps of Engineers to
address the higher lake levels associated with the raising of
the dam.
The conferees have provided $12,570,000 for the Grays
Harbor, Washington, project, including $650,000 for repair of
the south jetty, $1,000,000 to complete the rehabilitation of
the north jetty at Ocean Shores, and $1,100,000 for the north
jetty operations and maintenance study.
The conference agreement includes language proposed by
the Senate which directs the Corps of Engineers to prepare the
necessary documents and initiate removal of submerged
obstructions in the area previously marked by the Ambrose Light
Tower in New York Harbor.
The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the
Senate providing $500,000 for maintenance and repair of the
Sakonnet Harbor breakwater in Little Compton, Rhode Island.
Funds for this project are included in the amount appropriated
for Operation and Maintenance, General.
The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the
Senate providing $50,000 for a study of crossings across the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. The amount provided for
operation and maintenance of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
project includes $50,000 for the Corps of Engineers to conduct
a study to determine the adequacy and timing for maintaining
good and sufficient crossings across the canal.
Although the conference agreement deletes bill language
proposed by the Senate regarding the marketing of dredged
material from the Delaware River Deepening project, the
conferees expect the Corps of Engineers to establish such a
program.
The conference agreement includes language which directs
the Corps of Engineers to use $500,000 to dredge a channel from
the mouth of Wheeling Creek to Tunnel Green Park in Wheeling,
West Virginia.
The conference agreement includes language which provides
that $500,000 of the funds provided for the Columbia and Lower
Willamette River below Vancouver, Washington, and Portland,
Oregon, project shall be used to remove and reinstall the docks
and causeway, in kind, at the Astoria East Boat Basin in
Oregon.
The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of
Engineers, is authorized and directed to extend the sheet pile
wall on the west end of the entrance to the Dillingham, Alaska,
small boat harbor, and to replace the existing wooden bulkhead
at the city dock under the provisions of Public Law 99-190.
The conferees are aware of costs associated with
maintaining and operating the complex computer system used to
execute and program activities for the entire Operation and
Maintenance program. The conferees direct the Corps of
Engineers to specifically budget for this computer system in
future years and, within available fiscal year 2001 funds, pay
for this effort under Operation and Maintenance, General.
The conferees are aware of a plan to improve the
effectiveness of public information exhibits located within
visitor centers at Corps of Engineers projects. The initial
plan will be developed by a multidiscipline team and is
scheduled to be completed this year. The conferees expect the
plan to be developed within available Operation and
Maintenance, General, funds and expect implementation of any
plans to be justified in future budget requests.
Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies
The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of
Engineers, is authorized and directed to extend the existing
Bethel Bank Stabilization project in Alaska an additional 1200
linear feet upstream, and to remove sediments from Brown's
Slough that hamper safe navigation.
Regulatory Program
The conference agreement appropriates $125,000,000 for
the Corps of Engineers Regulatory Program as proposed by the
House instead of $120,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes language proposed by
the House and the Senate which will improve the analysis and
increase the information available to the public and the
Congress regarding the costs of the nationwide permit program
and permit processing times.
Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program
The conference agreement appropriates $140,000,000 for
the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program as proposed
by the House and the Senate.
The conferees concur with the language in the Senate
report regarding the Parks Township Shallow Land Disposal Area
in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
General Expenses
The conference agreement appropriates $152,000,000 for
General Expenses as proposed by the Senate instead of
$149,500,000 as proposed by the House.
Revolving Fund
The conference agreement includes language proposed by
the House and the Senate which provides that amounts in the
Revolving Fund are available for the costs of relocating the
Corps of Engineers headquarters to the General Accounting
Office building.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Corps of Engineers--Civil
Section 101. The conference agreement includes language
proposed by the House which provides for the transfer of
responsibility of local sponsorship of recreation development
at Joe Pool Lake, Texas, from the Trinity River Authority to
the City of Grand Prairie, Texas.
Section 102. The conference agreement includes language
proposed by the Senate which places a limit on credits and
reimbursements allowable per project and annually.
Section 103. The conference agreement includes language
authorizing the Corps of Engineers to construct the Murrieta
Creek, California, flood control project.
Section 104. The conference agreement includes language
proposed by the Senate which provides that none of the funds
provided in this Act may be used for activities related to the
closure or removal of the St. Georges Bridge across the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal in Delaware.
Section 105. The conference agreement includes language
proposed by the Senate which provides that the Secretary of the
Army shall provide up to $7,000,000 to replace and upgrade the
dam in Kake, Alaska.
Provisions not included in the conference agreement.--The
conference agreement does not include language proposed by the
House extending the authorization for spending Coastal Wetlands
Restoration Trust Fund receipts. This matter has been addressed
in Title VI. The conference agreement does not include language
proposed by the Senate regarding the use of continuing
contracts for Corps of Engineers projects. The conference
agreement does not include language proposed by the Senate
earmarking funds for the Pascagoula Harbor, Mississippi,
project and the Gulfport Harbor, Mississippi, project. Funds
for those projects are included in the amounts appropriated for
Operation and Maintenance, General, and Construction, General,
respectively.
The conference agreement does not include language
proposed by the Senate regarding the Kihei Area Erosion project
in Hawaii. It is the intent of the conferees that the Kihei
Area Erosion study shall include an analysis of the extent and
causes of the shoreline erosion. Further, a regional economic
development (RED) analysis shall be included. The results of
the RED analysis shall be displayed in all study documents
along with the traditional benefit-cost analysis including
recommendations of the Chief of Engineers.
The conference agreement does not include language
proposed by the Senate regarding the Waikiki Erosion Control
project in Hawaii. It is the intent of the conferees that the
Waikiki Erosion Control study shall include an analysis of
environmental resources that have been, or may be, threatened
by erosion of the shoreline. Further, a regional economic
development (RED) analysis shall be included. The results of
the RED analysis shall be displayed in all study documents
along with the traditional benefit-cost analysis including
recommendations of the Chief of Engineers.
The conference agreement does not include language
proposed by the Senate directing the Secretary of the Army to
conduct a study to determine the need for providing additional
crossing capacity across the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. The
conference agreement includes $50,000 under Operation and
Maintenance, General for the Corps of Engineers to conduct a
study to determine the adequacy and timing for maintaining good
and sufficient crossings across the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal.
The conference agreement does not include language
proposed by the Senate expressing the sense of the Senate
concerning dredging of the main channel of the Delaware River
and language proposed by the Senate regarding the Historic Area
Remediation Site.
The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the
Senate regarding the Missouri River Master Water Control
Manual.
TITLE II
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Central Utah Project
Central Utah Project Completion Account
The conference agreement appropriates $39,940,000 to
carry out the provisions of the Central Utah Project Completion
Act as proposed by the House and the Senate.
Bureau of Reclamation
The summary tables at the end of this title set forth the
conference agreement with respect to the individual
appropriations, programs and activities of the Bureau of
Reclamation. Additional items of the conference agreement are
discussed below.
Water and Related Resources
The conference agreement appropriates $678,450,000 for
Water and Related Resources instead of $635,777,000 as proposed
by the House and $655,192,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes $39,467,000 for the
Central Arizona Project as proposed by the House.
The additional funds provided by the House under the
California Investigations Program for studies of ways to
increase the reliability of water supplies in southern Orange
County, California, have been included under the Southern
California Investigations Program.
The conference agreement includes an additional
$1,000,000 for the Columbia and Snake Rivers Salmon Recovery
project. The additional funds may be used for water acquisition
and other actions that may be required by Endangered Species
Act biological opinions concerning the operation and
maintenance of Bureau of Reclamation projects.
The conference agreement includes an increase of
$4,758,000 over the budget request for the Middle Rio Grande
project in New Mexico for the Bureau of Reclamation to
undertake research, monitoring, and modeling of
evapotranspiration, implement a program for the transplant of
silvery minnow larvae and young-of-year, and carry out habitat
conservation and restoration activities along the middle Rio
Grande River valley as specified in the Senate report.
Additional funding is also provided for Bureau of Reclamation
participation in the recent settlement regarding the recovery
of the Rio Grande silvery minnow.
The conference agreement includes $2,960,000 for the
Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Program. Of the funds
provided, $500,000 is provided for the Bureau of Reclamation to
participate with the City of Espanola, New Mexico, in a
feasibility study to investigate opportunities to reclaim and
reuse municipal wastewater and naturally impaired surface and
groundwater, and $300,000 is provided to continue the Phoenix
Metropolitan Water Reclamation and Reuse (Aqua Fria) project in
Arizona. In addition, $1,000,000 is provided for the Bureau of
Reclamation to support the WateReuse Foundation's research
program as described in the House report.
The conferees have provided $5,000,000 for the Drought
Emergency Assistance Program to address the severe drought
conditions that currently exist in New Mexico and other western
states. The conferees direct the attention of the Bureau of
Reclamation to the need for the acquisition of water for the
San Carlos Reservoir on the Gila River in Arizona.
The conference agreement includes $8,500,000 for the
Native American Affairs Program of the Bureau of Reclamation,
of which $200,000 is for the Bureau to undertake studies, in
consultation and cooperation with the Jicarilla Apache Tribe,
of the most feasible method of developing a safe and adequate
municipal, rural and industrial water supply for the residents
of the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation in New Mexico.
Of the amount provided for the Wetlands Development
Program, $1,500,000 is provided for design and construction of
the restoration of the Upper Truckee River in the vicinity of
the airport at South Lake Tahoe, California, including channel
realignment, and meadow and floodplain restoration.
The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the
House which provides that none of the funds appropriated in the
Act may be used by the Bureau of Reclamation for closure of the
Auburn Dam, California, diversion tunnel or restoration of the
American River channel through the Auburn Dam construction
site.
The conferees have included language in the bill proposed
by the Senate which provides that $16,000,000 shall be
available for the Rocky Boys Indian Water Rights Settlement
project in Montana; provides that not more than $500,000 shall
be available for projects carried out by the Youth Conservation
Corps; increases the amount authorized for Indian municipal,
rural, and industrial water features of the Garrison Diversion
project in North Dakota by $2,000,000; and amends the
Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978.
The conference agreement deletes bill language proposed
by the Senate providing $2,300,000 for the Albuquerque
Metropolitan Area Water Reclamation and Reuse project. Funding
for this project is included in the total amount appropriated
for Water and Related Resources.
Bureau of Reclamation Loan Program Account
The conference agreement appropriates $9,369,000 for the
Bureau of Reclamation Loan Program account as proposed by the
House and the Senate.
Central Valley Project Restoration Fund
The conference agreement appropriates $38,382,000 for the
Central Valley Project Restoration Fund as proposed by the
House and the Senate.
Policy and Administration
The conference agreement appropriates $50,224,000 for
Policy and Administration as proposed by the Senate instead of
$47,000,000 as proposed by the House.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Department of the Interior
Section 201. The conference agreement includes language
proposed by the House which provides that none of the funds
appropriated by this or any other Act may be used to purchase
or lease water in the Middle Rio Grande or Carlsbad projects in
New Mexico unless the purchase or lease is in compliance with
the requirements of section 202 of Public Law 106-60.
Section 202. The conference agreement includes language
proposed by the Senate which provides that funds for Drought
Emergency Assistance are to be used primarily for leasing of
water for specified drought related purposes from willing
lessors in compliance with State laws. The language also
provides that leases may be entered into with an option to
purchase provided the purchase is approved in the State in
which the purchase takes place and does not cause economic harm
in the State in which the purchase is made.
Section 203. The conference agreement includes language
proposed by the House which provides authority to the Secretary
of the Interior to make an annual assessment upon Central
Valley Project water and power contractors for the purpose of
making an annual payment to the Trinity Public Utilities
District. The language has been amended to clarify that the
payments to the Trinity Public Utilities District will be made
without the need for appropriations.
Section 204. The conference agreement includes language
proposed by the Senate regarding the activities of the Glen
Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program. The language in the
Senate bill has been amended to increase the funding limit for
the program to not more than $7,850,000, adjusted for
inflation, and to not preclude voluntary contributions to the
Adaptive Management Program.
Section 205. The conference agreement includes language
proposed by the Senate which authorizes and directs the
Secretary of the Interior to use not to exceed $1,000,000 to
refund amounts received by the United States as payments for
charges assessed by the Secretary prior to January 1, 1994, for
failure to file certain certification or reporting forms prior
to the receipt of project water pursuant to sections 206 and
224(c) of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982.
Section 206. The conference agreement includes language
proposed by the Senate which amends the Canyon Ferry Reservoir,
Montana, Act.
Section 207. The conference agreement includes language
proposed by the Senate which provides that beginning in fiscal
year 2000 and thereafter, any amounts provided for the Newlands
Water Rights Fund for purchasing and retiring water rights in
the Newlands Reclamation Project shall be non-reimbursable.
Section 208. The conference agreement includes language
proposed by the Senate which permits the use of Colorado-Big
Thompson Project facilities for nonproject water.
Section 209. The conference agreement includes language
proposed by the Senate which amends the Irrigation Project
Contract Extension Act of 1998.
Section 210. The conference agreement includes a
provision proposed by the Senate which extends through fiscal
year 2001 the prohibition on the use of funds to further
reallocate Central Arizona Project water until the enactment of
legislation authorizing and directing the Secretary of the
Interior to make allocations and enter into contracts for the
delivery of Central Arizona Project water.
Section 211. The conference agreement includes language
which amends the San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement
Act, Public Law 100-675.
Section 212. The conference agreement includes language
providing for the conveyance of the Sly Park Unit in California
to the El Dorado Irrigation District.
Provision not included in the conference agreement.--The
conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by
the Senate related to recreation development within the State
of Montana.
TITLE III
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
The summary tables at the end of this title set forth the
conference agreement with respect to the individual
appropriations, programs, and activities of the Department of
Energy. Additional items of conference agreement are discussed
below.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
The conferees strongly support the progress being made by
the Office of Engineering and Construction Management in
bringing standardization, discipline, oversight, and increased
professionalism to the Department's project management efforts.
The project engineering and design (PED) process developed by
the Department represents significant progress toward
correcting serious management deficiencies that have
historically plagued the Department's construction projects.
The conferees believe that implementation of the PED process
for all construction and environmental projects throughout the
Department will provide the assurance necessary to eliminate
the current requirement for an external independent review of
all projects prior to releasing funds for construction. The
conferees expect the continuation of the external independent
review process as discussed in both the House and Senate
reports.
PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES
The conferees have provided statutory limitations on the
number of passenger motor vehicles that can be purchased by the
Department of Energy in fiscal year 2001. These limitations are
included each year, but the Department has been interpreting
this limitation to mean that sport utility vehicles are not
considered passenger motor vehicles and do not count against
the appropriation ceiling. The conferees consider this to be
disingenuous at best and a violation of the appropriations
language at worst.
The conferees expect the Department to adhere strictly to
the limits set for the purchase of motor vehicles. It is the
intention of the conferees in prescribing these limitations
that sport utility vehicles are to be considered passenger
motor vehicles and, therefore, subject to the limitation.
Further, the Department is to provide a full and complete
accounting of the current motor vehicle inventory at each
location. The Department should work with the Committees on
Appropriations to ensure that the report provides the necessary
information.
CONTRACTOR TRAVEL
The conference agreement includes a statutory provision
limiting reimbursement of Department of Energy management and
operating contractors for travel expenses to not more than
$185,000,000. This limitation consists of $175,000,000 for
contractor travel and a reserve fund of $10,000,000 to be
administered by the Department's Chief Financial Officer and
released for emergency travel requirements.
The Department had requested $200,000,000 for contractor
travel. The reduction in fiscal year 2001 is not to be
prorated, but should be applied to those organizations that
appear to have the most questionable travel practices. This is
not meant to restrict trips between laboratories to coordinate
on program issues.
INDEPENDENT CENTERS
The Department is to identify all independent centers at
each DOE laboratory and facility in the fiscal year 2002 budget
submission. These centers are to be funded directly in program
accounts, rather than overhead, with the exception of those
centers which clearly benefit more than one program at a
laboratory or facility. The Department is directed to provide a
list of any centers that are funded through overhead accounts
with the fiscal year 2002 budget submission.
REPROGRAMMINGS
The conference agreement does not provide the Department
of Energy with any internal reprogramming flexibility in fiscal
year 2001 unless specifically identified by the House, Senate,
or conference agreement. Any reallocation of new or prior year
budget authority or prior year deobligations must be submitted
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in
advance, in writing, and may not be implemented prior to
approval by the Committees.
LABORATORY DIRECTED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
The conference agreement includes an allowance of six
percent for the laboratory directed research and development
(LDRD) program and two percent for nuclear weapons production
plants. Travel costs for LDRD are exempt from the contractor
travel ceiling. The conferees direct the Department's Chief
Financial Officer to develop and execute a financial accounting
report of LDRD expenditures by laboratory and weapons
production plant. This report, due to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations by December 31, 2000, and each
year thereafter, should provide costs by personnel salaries,
equipment, and travel. The Department should work with the
Committees on the specific information to be included in the
report.
SAFEGUARDS AND SECURITY BUDGET AMENDMENT
The conferees have chosen to reflect the amounts
requested for safeguards and security funding in the manner
proposed in the budget amendment submitted to Congress by the
Department. Adjustments have been made in each account to
reflect the consolidation of safeguards and security costs into
a few major accounts and the transfer of these costs from
overhead accounts to specific program line items. However, the
conferees do not concur with the amendment to the extent its
purpose is to reorganize all safeguards and security functions
at the Department under the control and direction of the Office
of Security and Emergency Operations, or any other entity not
part of line management. The conferees agree that the direct
responsibility for safeguards and security must be united and
integrated with the responsibility of line operations.
ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REQUIREMENTS
The conferees agree with the House report language on
augmenting Federal staff, overhead costs reviews and
reprogramming guidelines.
GENERAL REDUCTIONS NECESSARY TO ACCOMMODATE SPECIFIC PROGRAM DIRECTIONS
The Department is directed to provide a report to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by January 15,
2001, on the actual application of any general reductions of
funding or use of prior year balances contained in the
conference agreement. In general, such reductions should not be
applied disproportionately against any program, project, or
activity. However, the conferees are aware there may be
instances where proportional reductions would adversely impact
critical programs and other allocations may be necessary. The
report should also include the distribution of the safeguards
and security funding adjustments.
Energy Supply
The conference agreement provides $660,574,000 for Energy
Supply instead of $616,482,000 as proposed by the House and
$691,520,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference
agreement includes the House proposal to make funds available
until expended rather than the Senate proposal to limit
availability to two years. The conference agreement does not
include the Senate bill language transferring funds from the
United States Enrichment Corporation or earmarking funds for a
variety of projects to demonstrate alternative energy
technologies.
Renewable Energy Resources
The conference agreement provides $422,085,000 instead of
$390,519,000 as proposed by the House and $444,117,000 as
proposed by the Senate for renewable energy resources.
Biomass/biofuels.--The conference agreement includes
$112,900,000 for biomass/biofuels. The conferees have provided
$26,740,000 for research to be managed by the Office of
Science, the same as the budget request. The conference
agreement includes $40,000,000 for power systems and
$46,160,000 for the transportation program. The conference
agreement does not include prescriptive language specifying
funding allocations as contained in the House and Senate
reports.
The conferees encourage the Department to continue the
integrated approach to bioenergy activities and recommend the
use of up to $18,000,000 within available funds for the
bioenergy initiative. Funding for this initiative may be
derived from both the power and transportation programs.
In the power program, the conference agreement provides
$2,000,000 for the Iowa switch grass project which is a multi-
year project; $4,000,000 for the McNeill biomass plant in
Burlington, Vermont; $395,000 for the final Federal
contribution to the Vermont agriculture methane project;
$500,000 for the bioreactor landfill project to be administered
by the Environmental Education and Research Foundation and
Michigan State University; $1,000,000 for methane energy and
agriculture development (MEAD) in Tillamook Bay, Oregon; and
$1,000,000 for the Mount Wachusett College biomass conversion
project in Massachusetts.
The Department is to accelerate the large-scale biomass
demonstration at the Winona, Mississippi, site.
The conference agreement provides $4,000,000 in power
systems to support a project to demonstrate a commercial
facility employing the thermo-depolymerization technology at a
site adjacent to the Nevada Test Site. The project shall
proceed on a cost-shared basis where Federal funding shall be
matched in at least an equal amount with non-Federal funding.
In the transportation program, the conference agreement
provides $1,000,000 for continuation of biomass research at the
Energy and Environmental Research Center on the integration of
biomass with fossil fuels for advanced power systems
transportation fuels; $600,000 for the University of Louisville
to work on the design of bioreactors for production of fuels
and chemicals for ethanol production; and $2,000,000 for the
design and construction of a demonstration facility for
regional biomass ethanol manufacturing in southeast Alaska.
The conference agreement also includes $2,000,000 for the
Michigan Biotechnology Institute to be derived equally from
power and transportation systems.
Funding allocated by the Department for the regional
biomass program and feedstock production should be derived
equally from the power and transportation programs.
Geothermal.--The conference agreement includes
$27,000,000 for geothermal activities. The conference agreement
does not include language specifying funding allocations as
contained in the Senate report. The conferees have provided
$2,000,000 to complete the Lake County Basin 2000 Geothermal
project in Lake County, California.
Hydrogen.--The conference agreement includes $29,970,000
for hydrogen activities, including $350,000 for the Montana
Trade Port Authority in Billings, Montana; $250,000 for the
gasification of Iowa switch grass; and $800,000 for the ITM
Syngas project.
The conferees have also provided $2,000,000 for the
multi-year demonstration of an underground mining locomotive
and an earth loader powered by hydrogen at existing facilities
within the State of Nevada. The demonstration is subject to a
private sector industry cost-share of not less than an equal
amount, and a portion of these funds may also be used to
acquire a prototype hydrogen fueling appliance to provide on-
site hydrogen in the demonstration.
Hydropower.--The conference agreement includes $5,000,000
for hydropower. The conferees are aware that the Department is
funding research that is supposed to be applicable to the needs
of the large dams in the northwest United States. The
Department is concerned that the Federal power marketing
administrations are not involved in developing this research
program. The Department is directed to provide a report
coordinated with the power marketing administrations that
indicates how this hydropower research is applicable to the
current and future needs of the power marketing administrations
and the schedule by which this research will provide useable
products.
Solar Energy.--The conference agreement includes
$110,632,000 for solar energy programs. The conference
agreement does not include language specifying funding
allocations as contained in the House and Senate reports.
The conference agreement provides $13,800,000 for
concentrating solar power, including $1,000,000 to initiate
planning of a one MW dish engine field validation power project
at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.
The conference agreement includes $78,622,000 for
photovoltaic energy systems, including up to $3,000,000 for the
million solar roofs initiative. The conferees have provided
$1,500,000 for the Southeast and Southwest photovoltaic
experiment stations.
The conference agreement includes $3,950,000 for solar
building technology research.
Wind.--The conference agreement includes $40,283,000 for
wind programs. The conference agreement does not include
prescriptive language specifying allocations as included in the
Senate report. The conferees have provided $1,000,000 for the
Kotzebue wind project. Of the funding for wind energy systems,
not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for new and
ongoing small wind programs, including not less than $2,000,000
for the small wind turbine development project. From within
available funds, $100,000 has been provided for a wind turbine
and for educational purposes at the Turtle Mountain Community
College in North Dakota.
Electric energy systems and storage.--The conference
agreement includes $52,000,000 for electric energy systems and
storage. The conferees urge the Department to support the
university, industry-based partnership at the University of
California-Irvine Advanced Power and Energy Program to conduct
energy and information related technology demonstrations to
accelerate the development and deployment of cost-efficient
technologies benefiting all energy consumers affected by a
deregulated energy industry.
The conference agreement includes $6,000,000 to
accelerate the development and application of high temperature
superconductor technologies through joint efforts among DOE
laboratories, universities, and industry to be led by Los
Alamos and Oak Ridge National Laboratories.
The conference agreement includes $500,000 for completion
of the distributed power demonstration project begun last year
at the Nevada Test Site.
Renewable Support and Implementation.--The conference
agreement includes $21,600,000 for renewable support and
implementation programs.
The Federal Energy Management Program should report to
the Committees on Appropriations by December 31, 2001, on the
accomplishments of the Departmental energy management program
with the fiscal year 2001 appropriations including the number
of energy efficiency projects funded, the number of energy
savings performance contracts supported, and the total
estimated savings.
From within available funds, the conference agreement
provides $1,000,000 for the Office of Arctic Energy as proposed
by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for the
international renewable energy program. Of this amount,
$1,000,000 is to be provided to International Utility
Efficiency Partnerships, Inc. (IUEP). The IUEP shall
competitively award all projects, continuing its leadership
role in reducing carbon dioxide emissions using voluntary
market-based mechanisms.
The conference agreement includes $4,000,000 for the
renewable energy production incentive program.
The conference agreement includes $6,600,000 for
renewable Indian energy resources projects as proposed by the
Senate.
The conference agreement includes $4,000,000 for
renewable program support, of which $1,000,000 is for an Indoor
Air Quality and Energy Conservation Research Planning grant to
study and develop technologies to improve air quality within
homes and buildings.
Program direction.--The conference agreement includes
$18,700,000 for program direction. The conferees have provided
additional funding to support implementation of the management
reforms identified in the recent National Academy of Public
Administration review.
Nuclear Energy
The conference agreement provides $259,925,000 for
nuclear energy activities instead of $231,815,000 as proposed
by the House and $262,084,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Advanced radioisotope power systems.--The conference
agreement includes $32,200,000, an increase over the budget
request of $30,864,000. The additional funds are to maintain
the infrastructure to support future national security needs
and NASA missions.
Isotope support.--The conference agreement includes a
total program level of $27,215,000 for the isotope program.
This amount is reduced by offsetting collections of $8,000,000
to be received in fiscal year 2001, resulting in a net
appropriation of $19,215,000. The conferees understand that the
total estimated cost of Project 99-E-201, the isotope
production facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory, has
increased significantly due to factors outside the control of
the Office of Nuclear Energy and have included $2,500,000 to
partially cover these additional costs.
University reactor fuel assistance and support.--The
conference agreement includes $12,000,000, the same as the
budget request.
Research and development.--The conference agreement
provides $47,500,000 for nuclear energy research and
development activities.
The conference agreement includes $5,000,000, the same as
the budget request, for nuclear energy plant optimization. The
conferees direct the Department to ensure that projects are
funded jointly with non-Federal partners and that total non-
Federal contributions are equal to or in excess of total
Department contributions to projects funded in this program.
The conferees have provided $35,000,000 for the nuclear
energy research initiative.
The conference agreement includes $7,500,000 for nuclear
energy technologies. The Senate had included these activities
in the nuclear energy research initiative program. Funding of
$4,500,000 is provided to develop a road map for the commercial
deployment of a next generation power reactor; $1,000,000 for
the preparation of a detailed assessment that analyzes and
describes the changes needed to existing advanced light water
reactor (ALWR) designs; $1,000,000 for planning and
implementation of initiatives in support of an advanced gas
reactor; and $1,000,000 to undertake a study to determine the
feasibility of deployment of small modular reactors.
Infrastructure.--The conference agreement includes the
budget request of $39,150,000 for ANL-West Operations,
$9,000,000 for test reactor landlord activities, and
$44,010,000 for the Fast Flux Test Facility.
Nuclear facilities management.--The conference agreement
adopts the budget structure proposed by the House and provides
$34,850,000 for nuclear facilities management activities, the
same as the budget request.
The conference agreement provides the full amount of the
budget request to complete draining and processing EBR-II
primary sodium. The conferees direct the Department to notify
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations immediately
if any issues arise that would delay the Department's scheduled
date to complete these activities.
Uranium programs.--The conference agreement transfers the
budget request of $53,400,000 for uranium programs to a new
appropriation account, Uranium Facilities Maintenance and
Remediation.
Program direction.--The conference agreement includes
$22,000,000 for program direction. This reduction reflects the
transfer of 25 employees in the field and up to 5 employees at
Headquarters who managed the uranium programs to the Office of
Environmental Management.
Environment, Safety and Health
The conference agreement includes $35,998,000 for non-
defense environment, safety and health activities. The
conferees direct that the reduction from the budget request be
directed to eliminate lower-priority activities currently
funded in this program. The conference agreement includes
$1,000,000 to be transferred to the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration as proposed by the House. The conferees
expect the Department to budget for this activity in fiscal
year 2002.
Technical Information Management Program
The conference agreement includes $8,600,000 as proposed
by the Senate.
Funding Adjustments
The conference agreement also includes $47,100,000, the
same amount as the budget request, for research performed by
the Office of Science related to renewable energy technologies,
and $2,352,000 proposed as an offset from nuclear energy
royalties to be received in fiscal year 2001. A reduction of
$16,582,000 reflects the transfer of safeguards and security
costs in accordance with the Department's amended budget
request.
Non-Defense Environmental Management
The conference agreement provides $277,812,000 for Non-
Defense Environmental Management instead of $281,001,000 as
proposed by the House and $309,141,000 as proposed by the
Senate. Funding of $5,000,000 is provided to expedite
environmental cleanup at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. No
funding has been provided for the Atlas site in Moab, Utah,
which has not been authorized. The recommendation transfers
$1,900,000 from the post-2006 program to the site/project
completion program to maintain the schedule for completing
cleanup of three Oakland geographic sites.
Uranium Facilities Maintenance and Remediation
The conference agreement provides $393,367,000 for
uranium activities instead of $301,400,000 as proposed by the
House and $297,778,000 as proposed by the Senate, and adopts
the budget structure proposed by the House.
Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund
The conference agreement includes $345,038,000 for the
uranium enrichment decontamination and decommissioning fund.
This includes $273,038,000 for cleanup activities and
$72,000,000 for uranium and thorium reimbursements. The
conferees recognize there are eligible uranium and thorium
licensee claims under Title X of the Energy Policy Act that
have been approved for reimbursement, but not yet paid in full.
Additional funding of $42,000,000 over the budget request of
$30,000,000 has been provided for these payments.
Uranium Programs
The conference agreement provides $62,400,000 for uranium
activities, an increase of $9,000,000 over the budget request
of $53,400,000. Additional funding of $9,000,000, as proposed
by the Senate, has been provided for activities associated with
the depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) management and
conversion project.
Domestic Uranium Industry
The conferees are very concerned about the front end of
the U.S. nuclear fuel cycle. The conferees direct the Secretary
to work with the President and other Federal agencies to ensure
that current laws with respect to the privatization of USEC and
with respect to the implementation of the Russian HEU agreement
and their impact on United States domestic capabilities are
carried out. In addition, the Secretary is instructed to take
timely measures to ensure that conversion capability is not
lost in the United States. The conferees expect that any such
measures will not interfere with the implementation of the
Russian HEU agreement and the important national security goals
it is accomplishing.
The conferees direct the Secretary to undertake an
evaluation and make specific recommendations on the various
options to sustain a domestic uranium enrichment industry in
the short- and long-term to be delivered to Congress no later
than December 31, 2000. The Secretary's evaluation shall
include recommendations for dealing with the Portsmouth
facility and its role in maintaining a secure and sufficient
domestic supply of enriched uranium. Further, this
investigation should consider the technological viability and
commercial feasibility of all proposed enrichment technologies
including various centrifuge options, AVLIS and SILEX
technologies, or other emerging technology. The evaluation
should also consider the role of the Federal government in
developing and supporting the implementation and regulation of
these new technologies in order to secure a reliable and
competitive source of domestic nuclear fuel.
Funding Adjustment
A reduction of $14,071,000 reflects the transfer of
safeguards and security costs in accordance with the
Department's amended budget request.
Science
The conference agreement provides $3,186,352,000 instead
of $2,830,915,000 as proposed by the House and $2,870,112,000
as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement does not
include the Senate language earmarking funds for various
purposes and limiting funding for the small business innovation
research program.
High energy physics.--The conference agreement provides
$726,130,000 for high energy physics and reflects the
adjustments recommended in the Science budget amendment
submitted by the Department. Funding of $230,931,000 has been
provided for facility operations at the Fermi National
Accelerator Laboratory.
Nuclear physics.--The conference agreement provides
$369,890,000 for nuclear physics, the same as the original
budget request.
Biological and environmental research.--The conference
agreement includes $500,260,000 for biological and
environmental research. The conferees have included $20,135,000
for the low-dose effects program, an increase of $8,453,000
over the budget request. The conference agreement provides
$9,000,000 for molecular nuclear medicine.
The conferees have provided the budget request of
$2,500,000 for the Laboratory for Comparative and Functional
Genomics at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for the
Discovery Science Center in Orange County, California;
$1,500,000 for the Children's Hospital emergency power plant in
San Diego; $1,000,000 for the Center for Science and Education
at the University of San Diego; $500,000 for the bone marrow
transplant program at Children's Hospital Medical Center
Foundation in Oakland, California; $1,000,000 for the North
Shore Long Island Jewish Health System in New York; $1,700,000
for the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago; $2,000,000
for the Livingston Digital Millenium Center to be located at
Tulane University; and $1,000,000 for the Center for Nuclear
Magnetic Resonance at the University of Alabama-Birmingham.
The conference agreement includes $3,000,000 for the
Nanotechnology Engineering Center at the University of Notre
Dame in South Bend, Indiana; $2,000,000 for the School of
Public Health at the University of South Carolina for
modernization upgrades; $2,000,000 for the National Center for
Musculoskeletal Research at the Hospital for Special Surgery in
New York; and $1,300,000 for the Western States Visibility
Assessment Program at New Mexico Tech to trace emissions
resulting from energy consumption.
The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 for high
temperature super conducting research and development at Boston
College; $2,500,000 for the positron emission tomography
facility at West Virginia University; $1,000,000 for the
advanced medical imaging center at Hampton University; $500,000
for the Natural Energy Laboratory in Hawaii; $800,000 for the
Child Health Institute of New Brunswick, New Jersey; and
$900,000 for the linear accelerator for University Medical
Center of Southern Nevada.
The conference agreement also includes $200,000 for the
study of biological effects of low level radioactive activity
at University of Nevada-Las Vegas; $1,000,000 for the Medical
University of South Carolina Oncology Center; $11,000,000 for
development of technologies using advanced functional brain
imaging methodologies, including magnetoencephalography, for
conduct of basic research in mental illness and neurological
disorders, and for construction; $2,000,000 for a science and
technology facility at New Mexico Highlands University;
$2,000,000 for the University of Missouri-Columbia to expand
the federal investment in the university's nuclear medicine and
cancer research capital program; and $2,000,000 for the Inland
Northwest Natural Resources Research Center at Gonzaga
University.
Basic energy sciences.--The conference agreement includes
$1,013,370,000 for basic energy sciences. The conferees have
included $8,000,000 for the Experimental Program to Stimulate
Competitive Research (EPSCoR).
Spallation Neutron Source.--The recommendation includes
$278,600,000, including $259,500,000 for construction and
$19,100,000 for related research and development, the same as
the amended budget request, for the Spallation Neutron Source.
Advanced scientific computing research.--The conference
agreement includes $170,000,000 for advanced scientific
computing research.
Energy research analyses.--The conference agreement
includes $1,000,000 for energy research analyses, the same
amount provided by the House and the Senate.
Multiprogram energy labs--facility support.--The
conference agreement includes $33,930,000 for multi-program
energy labs-facility support.
Fusion energy sciences.--The conference agreement
includes $255,000,000, as proposed by the House, for fusion
energy sciences.
Safeguards and security.--Consistent with the
Department's amended budget request for safeguards and
security, the conference agreement includes $49,818,000 for
safeguards and security activities at laboratories and
facilities managed by the Office of Science. This is offset by
a reduction of $38,244,000 that is to be allocated among the
various programs which budgeted for safeguards and security
costs in their overhead accounts.
Program Direction.--The conference agreement includes
$139,245,000 for program direction. Funding of $4,500,000 has
been provided for science education.
Funding adjustments.--A reduction of $38,244,000 reflects
the allocation of safeguards and security costs in accordance
with the Department's amended budget request. A general
reduction of
$34,047,000 has been applied to this account.
Nuclear Waste Disposal
The conference agreement provides $191,074,000 for
Nuclear Waste Disposal instead of $213,000,000 as proposed by
the House and $59,175,000 as proposed by the Senate. Combined
with the appropriation of $200,000,000 to the Defense Nuclear
Waste Disposal account, a total of $391,074,000 will be
available for program activities in fiscal year 2001. The
funding level reflects a reduction of $39,500,000 from the
budget request and the transfer of $6,926,000 in safeguards and
security costs in accordance with the Department's amended
budget request.
In addition, the conferees recommend that $10,000,000 of
funds previously appropriated for interim waste storage
activities in Public Law 104-46 may be made available upon
written certification by the Secretary of Energy to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations that the site
recommendation report cannot be completed on time without
additional funding.
Site recommendation report.--The conferees reiterate the
expectation by Congress that the Department submit its site
recommendation report in July 2001 according to the current
schedule. While the conference agreement does not provide the
full funding requested by the Department, the conferees expect
the Department to promptly submit a reprogramming request if it
becomes apparent that limited funding will delay the site
recommendation report beyond July 2001.
The conferees further expect that, if the site is
approved, the Department will continue to analyze further
design improvements and enhancements between that time and the
submittal of a license application to the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
State oversight funding.--The conference agreement
includes $2,500,000 for the State of Nevada. This funding will
be provided to the Department of Energy which will reimburse
the State for actual expenditures on appropriate scientific
oversight responsibilities conducted pursuant to the Nuclear
Waste Policy Act of 1982. These funds are to be provided to the
Nevada Division of Emergency Management for program management
and execution and may not be used for payment of salaries and
expenses for State employees.
Local oversight funding.--The conference agreement
includes $6,000,000 for affected units of local government. The
conferees expect the Department to provide the full amount of
funding allocated to the State and local counties for oversight
activities. Any proposed reduction to the amounts identified by
Congress for State and local oversight will require prior
approval of a reprogramming request by the Committees on
Appropriations.
Limitation on the use of funds to promote or advertise
public tours.--The conferees direct that none of the funds be
used to promote or advertise any public tour of the Yucca
Mountain facility, other than public notice that is required by
statute or regulation.
Departmental Administration
The conference agreement provides $226,107,000 for
Departmental Administration instead of $153,527,000 as proposed
by the House and $210,128,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Additional funding adjustments include a transfer of
$25,000,000 from Other Defense Activities; the use of
$8,000,000 of prior year balances; and a reduction of $18,000
for safeguards and security costs. Revenues of $151,000,000 are
estimated to be received in fiscal year 2001, resulting in a
net appropriation of $75,107,000.
The conference agreement provides $5,000,000 for the
Office of the Secretary as proposed by the House. All funds for
the newly established National Nuclear Security Administration
have been provided in the defense portion of this bill.
The conference agreement provides $32,148,000 for the
Chief Financial Officer, an increase of $1,400,000 over the
budget request of $30,748,000. These additional funds are to
support the DOE project management career development program.
Working capital fund.--The conference agreement does not
include statutory language proposed by the House prohibiting
funding Federal employee salaries and expenses in the working
capital fund. However, any proposal by the Department to
transfer salaries and expenses to the working capital fund will
require prior approval by the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations.
Cost of work for others.--The conference agreement
includes a one-time increase of $40,000,000 in the cost of work
for others program to accommodate safeguards and security
requirements. It is anticipated that this amount will be offset
by an estimated $40,000,000 in revenues derived from non-
Department of Energy customers for the purpose of funding
safeguards and security activities throughout the Department.
In fiscal year 2002 and beyond, the conferees expect the
Department to submit a safeguards and security budget that
includes amounts obtained previously from other agencies or
customers.
Office of the Inspector General
The conference agreement provides $31,500,000 for the
Inspector General as proposed by the House instead of
$28,988,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement
does not include statutory language proposed by the House
requiring a study of the economic basis of recent gasoline
price levels.
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES
National Nuclear Security Administration
The conferees support the Administrator's efforts to
establish and fill critical positions within the National
Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). The conferees agree
that the Administrator's authority should not be impacted by
any action that would otherwise limit or preclude hiring which
may occur as a result of a change of administrations, and that
the Administrator should to the maximum extent possible under
applicable statutes proceed with effecting appointments.
Weapons Activities
The conference agreement provides $5,015,186,000 for
Weapons Activities instead of $4,579,684,000 as proposed by the
House and $4,883,289,000 as proposed by the Senate. Statutory
language proposed by the House limiting the funds availability
to two years has not been included by the conferees.
Reprogramming.--The conference agreement provides limited
reprogramming authority of $5,000,000 or 5 percent, whichever
is less, within the Weapons Activities account without
submission of a reprogramming to be approved in advance by the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. No individual
program account may be increased or decreased by more than this
amount during the fiscal year using this reprogramming
authority. This should provide the needed flexibility to manage
this account.
Congressional notification within 30 days of the use of
this reprogramming authority is required. Transfers which would
result in increases or decreases in excess of $5,000,000 or 5
percent to an individual program account during the fiscal year
require prior notification and approval from the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations.
The Department is directed to submit a report to the
Committees on Appropriations by January 15, 2001, that reflects
the allocation of the safeguards and security reduction, the
use of prior year balances and the application of general
reductions, and any proposed accounting adjustments.
Directed stockpile work.--In stockpile research and
development, additional funding of $19,000,000 has been
provided for life extension development activities and to
support additional sub-critical experiments. Additional funding
of $10,000,000 has been provided to support activities required
to maintain the delivery date for a certified pit. No
additional funds are provided for cooperative research on hard
and deeply buried targets.
Funding for stockpile maintenance has been increased by
$22,000,000 as follows: $13,000,000 for life extension
operations and development and engineering activities;
$5,000,000 for the Kansas City Plant; and $4,000,000 for the Y-
12 Plant.
Funding for stockpile evaluation has been increased by
$23,000,000 as follows: $6,000,000 for the elimination of the
testing backlog and joint test equipment procurements;
$8,000,000 for the Pantex Plant; $6,000,000 for the Y-12 Plant;
and $3,000,000 for the Savannah River Plant.
Campaigns.--The conference agreement provides $41,400,000
for pit certification, the same as the budget request.
Additional funding of $10,000,000 has been provided for dynamic
materials properties to support the maintenance of core
scientific capabilities, Liner Demonstration Experiments, and
other various multi-campaign supporting physics demonstrations
for the Atlas pulsed power facility at the Los Alamos National
Laboratory and the Nevada Test Site.
An additional $15,000,000 has been provided to support
research, development and pre-conceptual design studies for an
advanced hydrodynamic test facility using protons.
Additional funding of $17,000,000 has been provided for
enhanced surveillance activities as follows: $3,000,000 for the
Kansas City Plant; $7,000,000 for the Pantex Plant; $4,000,000
for the Y-12 Plant; $1,000,000 for the Savannah River Plant;
and $2,000,000 to support accelerated deployment of test and
diagnostic equipment.
Funding for pit manufacturing readiness is increased by
$17,000,000. An increase of $2,000,000 is provided to initiate
conceptual design work on a pit manufacturing facility.
Additional funding of $15,000,000 is provided to support the
pit production program which is now behind schedule and over
cost. The conferees strongly support the Senate language
regarding the Department's lack of attention to this critical
program and the requirement for a progress report by December
1, 2000, and each quarter thereafter.
An additional $5,000,000 has been provided to the Y-12
Plant for secondary readiness.
Inertial Fusion.--The conference agreement includes
$449,600,000 for the inertial fusion program in the budget
structure proposed by the House.
Additional funding of $25,000,000 as proposed by the
House has been provided to further development of high average
power lasers. The conference agreement includes the budget
request of $9,750,000 for the Naval Research Laboratory and the
budget request of $32,150,000 for the University of Rochester.
The conference agreement reflects the transfer of $40,000,000
from National Ignition Facility (NIF) operations funding to the
NIF construction project.
The conference agreement provides $2,500,000 from within
available funds to transfer the Petawatt Laser from Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory to the University of Nevada-Reno,
as proposed by the Senate.
National Ignition Facility.--The conference agreement
provides $199,100,000 for continued construction of the
National Ignition Facility (NIF). The conferees have included a
directed reduction of $25,000,000 in the Weapons Activities
account which is to be applied to programs under the direction
of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
The conferees have included statutory language providing
that only $130,000,000 shall be made available for NIF at the
beginning of fiscal year 2001 and the remaining $69,100,000
shall be available only upon a certification after March 31,
2001, by the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security
Administration that several requirements have been met. These
requirements include:
A. A recommendation on an appropriate path forward for
the project based on a detailed review of alternative
construction options that would (1) focus on first achieving
operation of a 48 or 96 beam laser; (2) allow for the full
demonstration of a such a system in support of the stockpile
stewardship program before proceeding with construction and
operation of a larger laser complex; and (3) include a program
and funding plan for the possible future upgrade to a full NIF
configuration. The recommendation should include identification
of available ``off-ramps'' and decision points where the
project could be scaled to a smaller system.
B. Certification that project and scientific milestones
as established in the revised construction project data sheet
for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2000 and the first two
quarters of fiscal year 2001 have been met on schedule and on
cost.
C. Certification that the first and second quarter
project reviews in fiscal year 2001 determined the project to
be on schedule and cost and have provided further validation to
the proposed path forward.
D. Completion of a study that includes conclusions as to
whether the full-scale NIF is required in order to maintain the
safety and reliability of the current nuclear weapons
stockpile, and whether alternatives to the NIF could achieve
the objective of maintaining the safety and reliability of the
current nuclear weapons stockpile.
E. Certification that the NIF project has implemented an
integrated cost-schedule earned-value project control system by
March 1, 2001.
F. A five-year budget plan for the stockpile stewardship
program that fully describes how the NNSA intends to pay for
NIF over the out years and what the potential for other impacts
on the stockpile stewardship program will be.
The conferees remain concerned about the Department's
proposed budget increase and schedule delay for the NIF at the
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). The conferees
believe that previously the Department of Energy, and most
recently the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),
may have failed to examine adequately options for NIF that have
fewer than the full 192 beams. For example, a preferred course
for NIF may be to complete 48 or 96 beams as soon as possible
(although block procurement of infrastructure and glass may be
considered), bring the reduced NIF into operation, perform the
necessary scientific and technical tests to evaluate whether a
full NIF will work and its impact on stockpile stewardship, and
then develop a path forward for NIF that balances its
scientific importance within the overall needs of the stockpile
stewardship program. To move on this path in fiscal year 2001,
the conferees recommend that $199,100,000 be appropriated for
NIF as follows: $74,100,000 as originally proposed for Project
96-D-111, $40,000,000 from NIF operations funding within the
budget request for LLNL, $25,000,000 to be identified within
the budget request at LLNL, plus an additional $60,000,000 in
new appropriations.
Furthermore, the conferees direct the Administration to
prepare a budget request for fiscal year 2002 that fully
reflects a balanced set of programs and investments within the
stockpile stewardship program, and that the overall budget
profile over the next eight years will accommodate a $3.4
billion NIF along with the other critical aspects of the
program.
Defense computing and modeling.--The conference agreement
provides $786,175,000 for defense computing modeling and the
Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative in the budget
structure proposed by the House. The recommendation is
$10,000,000 less than the budget request, and the reduction
should be taken against lower priority activities.
Tritium.--A total of $167,000,000 is provided for
continued research and development on a new source of tritium.
Funding of $15,000,000 has been provided for design only
activities in Project 98-D-126, Accelerator Production of
Tritium.
Readiness in technical base and facilities.--The
conference agreement includes several funding adjustments
transferring funds from this program to individual campaigns.
For operations of facilities, $137,300,000 has been
transferred to the inertial fusion program. An additional
$36,000,000 has been provided to the production plants for
replacement of critical infrastructure and equipment as
follows: $12,000,000 for the Kansas City Plant; $12,000,000 for
the Pantex Plant; $10,000,000 for the Y-12 Plant; and
$2,000,000 for the Savannah River Plant.
Additional funding of $10,000,000 has been provided for
the operation of pulsed power facilities; $20,000,000 for
microsystems and microelectronics activities at the Sandia
National Laboratory; $7,000,000 for a replacement CMR facility
at Los Alamos National Laboratory; and $3,100,000 to fund the
transition period for the new contractor at the Pantex Plant in
Texas.
For program readiness, the conference agreement transfers
$7,400,000 to the inertial fusion program and adds $6,100,000
for the TA-18 relocation.
For nuclear weapons incident response, a new program
established in readiness technical base and facilities, the
conference agreement provides $56,289,000. Funding of
$44,205,000 for the nuclear emergency search team and
$12,084,000 for the accident response group was transferred
from the emergency management program in the Other Defense
Activities account.
Special projects are supported at the budget request of
$48,297,000. Additional funds have not been provided for AMTEX.
From within available funds, $1,000,000 has been provided to
support a program in partnership with university systems to
meet the needs of the NNSA.
For materials recycling, the conference agreement
provides an additional $8,000,000 to maintain restart schedules
for hydrogen fluoride and wet chemistry operations at the Y-12
Plant.
For containers, the conference agreement provides an
additional $4,000,000 to support the effort to repackage pits
which is currently behind schedule at the Pantex Plant due to
operational problems.
Funding for advanced simulation and computing has been
transferred to the defense computing and modeling campaign.
The conference agreement does not provide additional
funding to process uranium-233 as proposed by the Senate, but
the conferees expect the Department to act expeditiously to
process this material in a manner that would retain and make
available isotopes for beneficial use. The Department should
provide to the House and Senate Committees a report on the
status of this project by March 1, 2001.
Construction projects.--The conference agreement provides
$35,500,000 for preliminary project engineering and design.
Funding of $20,000,000 is provided for design and supporting
infrastructure upgrades for the Microsystems and Engineering
Sciences Applications facility at Sandia National Laboratory;
$5,000,000 for proof of concept and completion of facility
operational capability for the Atlas pulsed power machine at
the Nevada Test Site; and $1,000,000 for initiation of design
activities for the relocation of the TA-18 nuclear materials
handling facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Safeguards and security.--Consistent with the
Department's amended budget request for safeguards and
security, the conference agreement includes $377,596,000 for
safeguards and security activities at laboratories and
facilities managed by the Office of Defense Programs. This is
offset by a reduction of $310,796,000 to be allocated among the
various programs which budgeted for safeguards and security
costs in their overhead accounts.
Program direction.--The conference agreement provides
$224,071,000 for program direction as proposed by the Senate.
Funding adjustments.--The conference agreement includes
the use of $13,647,000 in prior year balances and a reduction
of $310,796,000 that reflects the allocation of safeguards and
security costs in accordance with the Department's amended
budget request. In addition, the conference agreement includes
a general reduction of $35,700,000 of which $25,000,000 is to
be taken against programs at Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory.
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
The conference agreement provides $874,196,000 for
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation instead of $861,477,000 as
proposed by the House and $908,967,000 as proposed by the
Senate. Statutory language proposed by the House limiting the
funds availability to two years has not been included by the
conferees. Statutory language proposed by the Senate to earmark
funding for the Incorporated Research Institutions for
Seismology has not been included. The conferees have provided a
total of $53,000,000 for the long-term Russian initiative
within this account.
Limitation on Russian and Newly Independent States' (NIS)
program funds.--The conferees are concerned about the amount of
funding for Russian and NIS programs which remains in the
United States for Department of Energy contractors and
laboratories rather than going to the facilities in Russia and
the NIS. The conferees direct that not more than the following
percentages of funding may be spent in the United States in
fiscal year 2001 for these programs: Materials Protection,
Control and Accounting, 43%; International Proliferation
Prevention Program, 40%; Nuclear Cities Initiative, 49%;
Russian Plutonium Disposition, 38%; and International Nuclear
Safety, 78%.
The conferees expect the Department to continue to
increase the level of funding which is provided to Russia
versus the funding which remains in the United States for
Department of Energy contractors and laboratories in each
subsequent year. The Department is to provide a report to the
Committees by January 31, 2001, and each subsequent year on the
amount of funding provided to Russia and NIS in each program
area. The Department should work with the Committees on the
specific information to be included in the report.
Nonproliferation and verification research and
development.--The conference agreement provides $252,990,000
for nonproliferation and verification research and development.
Funding of $17,000,000 has been provided for the
nonproliferation and international security center (NISC) at
Los Alamos National Laboratory, and $1,000,000 for the
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology PASSCAL
Instrument Center.
Concerns have been raised repeatedly that there should be
more opportunity for open competition in certain areas of the
nonproliferation and verification research and development
program. A recent report by an outside group established by the
Department to review the Office of Nonproliferation Research
and Engineering included a similar recommendation. The report
stated that, ``There should be greater opportunity for the
wider U.S. scientific and technical community to contribute to
the success of the NN-20 portfolio. This can be done through
open competition administered by DOE Headquarters and through
partnerships chosen and managed by the DOE national
laboratories.'' . . . ``Areas that come to mind as candidates
for open competition include seismic verification technologies
for very low yield underground nuclear tests and chemical and
biological agent detection and identification technologies.
Other possible areas might be specialized electronic chip
development and certain radio-frequency technologies.''
The conferees expect the Department to act in good faith
on the recommendations provided by the external review group,
and direct the Department to initiate a free and open
competitive process for 25 percent of its research and
development activities during fiscal year 2001 for ground-based
systems treaty monitoring. The competitive process should be
open to all Federal and non-Federal entities.
The conferees direct the Department to report to the
Committees on Appropriations on the status of implementing the
external review panel's recommendations and the results of the
directed open competition by March 30, 2001.
Arms control.--The conference agreement provides
$152,014,000 for arms control activities including $24,500,000
for the Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention and
$27,500,000 for the Nuclear Cities Initiative. In addition to
the $10,000,000 added to the Nuclear Cities Initiative, the
conferees have provided another $19,000,000 for the long-term
Russian initiative in the arms control program to be
distributed as follows: $15,000,000 for spent fuel dry storage;
$500,000 for the plutonium registry at Mayak; $2,500,000 for
geologic repository cooperation research and planning; and
$1,000,000 for research reactor spent fuel acceptance.
International materials protection, control and
accounting (MPC&A;).--The conference agreement includes
$173,856,000 for the MPC&A; program including $24,000,000 for
the long-term Russian initiative. The conferees have provided
$5,000,000 for plutonium storage at Mayak and $19,000,000 for
expanded MPC&A; activities at Russian naval sites.
HEU transparency implementation.--The conference
agreement provides $15,190,000, the same as the budget request.
International nuclear safety.--The conference agreement
provides $20,000,000, the same as the budget request, for the
international nuclear safety program. This funding is to be
used only for activities in support of completing the upgrades
to Soviet-designed nuclear reactors. From within available
funds, the conference agreement provides $1,000,000 for a
cooperative effort between the United States and Russia to
address intergranular stress corrosion cracking and restore the
structural integrity of Russian nuclear plants until
decommissioning.
Fissile materials disposition.--The conference agreement
provides $249,449,000 for fissile materials disposition.
Funding of $139,517,000, as proposed by the House, has been
provided for the U.S. surplus materials disposition program.
The conference agreement provides $26,000,000 for Project 99-D-
143, the MOX fuel fabrication facility.
Program direction.--The conference agreement provides
$51,468,000 for the program direction account as proposed by
the House. The conferees are aware that the Department does not
have enough qualified Federal employees available to manage the
nonproliferation and national security programs, particularly
the Russian programs. The conferees will favorably consider a
reprogramming of funds from program areas to the program
direction account as Federal employees are hired to replace the
contractor employees who currently oversee these programs.
Funding adjustment.--The conference agreement includes a
reduction of $40,245,000 that reflects the transfer of
safeguards and security costs in accordance with the
Department's amended budget request.
Naval Reactors
The conference agreement provides $690,163,000 for Naval
Reactors instead of $694,600,000 as proposed by the Senate and
$677,600,000 as proposed by the House. Additional funding of
$17,000,000 is provided to optimize the program to shutdown
prototype reactors and complete all major inactivation work by
fiscal year 2002.
Funding adjustment.--The conference agreement includes a
reduction of $4,437,000 that reflects the transfer of
safeguards and security costs in accordance with the
Department's amended budget request.
Office of the Administrator
The conference agreement provides $10,000,000 for this
new account as proposed by the Senate. These funds are provided
to the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security
Administration for the costs associated with hiring new
employees and establishing the office.
OTHER DEFENSE RELATED ACTIVITIES
Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management
The conference agreement provides $4,974,476,000 for
Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management instead
of $4,522,707,000 as proposed by the House and $4,635,763,000
as proposed by the Senate. Additional funding of $1,082,714,000
is contained in the Defense Facilities Closure Projects account
and $65,000,000 in the Defense Environmental Management
Privatization account for a total of $6,122,190,000 provided
for all defense environmental management activities.
The conference agreement does not include statutory
language proposed by the House pertaining to the use of funds
for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant or language proposed by the
Senate earmarking funds for programs to be managed by the
Carlsbad office of the Department of Energy.
The conference agreement limits the number of motor
vehicles that can be purchased in fiscal year 2001 to not more
than 30 for replacement only. The conferees have included an
additional reporting requirement on the entire Department and
have specified that sport utility vehicles are to be counted
within this ceiling.
National monument designation.--The conferees agree that
no funds spent by the Department for the coordination,
integration, or implementation of a management plan related to
the Hanford Reach National Monument shall result in the
reduction or delay of cleanup at the Hanford site.
Site/Project Completion.--The conference agreement
provides an additional $11,000,000 for F and H-area
stabilization activities at the Savannah River Site in South
Carolina as proposed by the House, and $19,000,000 to address
funding shortfalls at the Hanford site in Richland, Washington,
as proposed by the Senate. Funding of $12,308,000 has been
transferred to other accounts as proposed by the House.
The conference agreement supports the budget request of
$2,500,000 for the cooperative agreement with WERC and provides
$25,000 for an independent evaluation of the mixed-waste
landfill at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico.
For construction, the conference agreement provides
$17,300,000 for Project 01-D-414, preliminary project
engineering and design (PE&D;). Project 01-D-415, 235-F
packaging and stabilization, at the Savannah River Site has
been funded at $4,000,000. Funding of $500,000 requested for
Project 01-D-402, INTEC cathodic protection system expansion
project, at Idaho Falls has been transferred to the new PE&D;
project. Funding of $27,932,000 for the Highly Enriched Blend
Down Facility has been transferred to the fissile materials
disposition program.
Post 2006 Completion.--The conference agreement includes
an additional $10,000,000 to maintain schedules required by
revised compliance agreements with the State of Washington as
proposed by the Senate, and $6,000,000 to support transuranic
and low-level waste activities at the Savannah River Site in
South Carolina as proposed by the House. Funding of $10,000,000
for the Four Mile Branch project and $18,000,000 for the
Consolidated Incinerator Facility at the Savannah River Site
has not been provided as proposed by the House. Funding of
$18,692,000 has been transferred to the Science and Technology
program.
The conference agreement provides $400,000 to begin
design activities for a subsurface geosciences laboratory at
Idaho.
From within available funds for the Waste Isolation Pilot
Plant, $1,000,000 has been provided for a transparency
demonstration project.
A total of $3,000,000 has been provided to support a
program with the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission
to demonstrate technologies to reduce hazardous waste streams
and to support the Materials Corridor Partnership Initiative.
Funding of $1,300,000 for Project 01-D-403, immobilized
high level waste interim storage facility, at Richland,
Washington, has been transferred to the PE&D; project in site/
project completion account.
Office of River Protection.--The conference agreement
provides $757,839,000 for the Office of River Protection at the
Hanford site in Washington. The conference agreement provides
$377,000,000 for Project 01-D-416, Tank Waste Remediation
System, at Richland, Washington, to vitrify the high-level
waste in underground tanks. Funding to vitrify waste at the
Hanford site was requested in the Defense Environmental
Management Privatization account in fiscal year 2001. However,
due to the failure of the contractor to provide a viable cost
estimate under the concept of a ``privatized'' contract, the
contract will now be structured as a cost plus incentive fee
contract and will be funded in the regular appropriation
account.
Science and technology development.--The conference
agreement provides $256,898,000 for the science and technology
development program. Funding of $21,000,000 has been
transferred to this account for the Idaho validation and
verification program. This transfer is not intended to reduce
the environmental management base program in Idaho. The
Department is directed to provide $10,000,000 for the next
round of new and innovative research grants in the
environmental management science program in fiscal year 2001,
and $10,000,000 for technology deployment activities.
The conference agreement provides $4,000,000 for the
international agreement with AEA Technology; $4,500,000 for the
Diagnostic Instrumentation and Analysis Laboratory; $4,350,000
for the university robotics research program; an additional
$1,000,000 for the D&D; focus area; and up to $4,000,000 to
continue evaluation, development and demonstration of the
Advanced Vitrification System upon successful completion of
supplemental testing. The conferees have provided $2,000,000 to
the National Energy Technology Laboratory to be used for the
continuation of the Mid-Atlantic Recycling Center for End-of-
Life Electronics initiative (MARCEE) in cooperation with the
Polymer Alliance Zone.
The conference agreement includes $4,000,000 for the
long-term stewardship program to be administered at
Headquarters and $4,000,000 for the Idaho National Engineering
and Environmental Laboratory. No funds are provided for the low
dose radiation effects program, as the entire Senate
recommended amount is provided within the Office of Science.
Safeguards and security.--Consistent with the
Department's amended budget request for safeguards and
security, the conference agreement includes $203,748,000 for
safeguards and security activities at laboratories and
facilities managed by the Office of Defense Programs. This is
offset by a reduction of $193,217,000 to be allocated among the
various programs which budgeted for safeguards and security
costs in their overhead accounts.
Program direction.--The conferees have provided
$363,988,000 for the program direction account. This funding
level reflects the transfer of the uranium programs from the
office of nuclear energy to the office of environmental
management. Funding of $4,100,000 has been provided to allow
for the transfer of up to 5 employees from Headquarters and 25
employees at Oak Ridge who manage the uranium programs.
Funding adjustments.--The conference agreement includes
the use of $34,317,000 of prior year balances and $50,000,000
in pension refunds, the same as the budget request. The
conference agreement includes a reduction of $193,217,000 that
reflects the allocation of safeguards and security costs in
accordance with the Department's amended budget request. A
general reduction of $10,700,000 has also been included.
Defense Facilities Closure Projects
The conference agreement appropriates $1,082,714,000 the
same as the amended budget request. The conferees expect the
Department to request adequate funds to keep each of these
projects on a schedule for closure by 2006 or earlier.
Any savings resulting from safeguards and security costs
are to be retained and used for cleanup activities at the
closure sites.
Defense Environmental Management Privatization
The conference agreement provides $65,000,000 for the
defense environmental management privatization program instead
of $259,000,000 as proposed by the House and $324,000,000 as
proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement provides no
funds for the Tank Waste Remediation System (TWRS) project at
Hanford. Funding for this project, which had previously been
considered as a privatization contract, has been transferred to
the Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management
appropriation account.
The conference agreement also includes a rescission of
$97,000,000 of funds previously appropriated for the TWRS
project in the Defense Environmental Management Privatization
appropriation account.
Other Defense Activities
The conference agreement appropriates $585,755,000 for
Other Defense Activities instead of $592,235,000 as proposed by
the House and $579,463,000 as proposed by the Senate. Details
of the conference agreement are provided below.
Security and Emergency Operations
For nuclear safeguards and security, the conference
agreement provides $116,409,000 as proposed by the House. The
conferees have provided $3,000,000 for the critical
infrastructure protection program, an increase of $600,000 over
fiscal year 2000. The conference agreement also provides
$2,000,000 to procure safety locks to meet Federal
specifications.
The conference agreement provides $33,000,000 for
security investigations, the same as the budget request.
The conference agreement includes $33,711,000 for
emergency management. Funding of $3,600,000 was transferred to
the program direction account to reflect the conversion of
contractor employees to Federal employees at a substantial cost
savings. Funding of $44,205,000 for the nuclear emergency
search team and $12,084,000 for the accident response group was
transferred to the Weapons Activities account.
Program direction.--The conference agreement provides
$92,967,000 for the program direction account as proposed by
the House. This reflects the transfer of $3,600,000 from the
emergency management program.
Intelligence
The conference agreement includes $38,059,000 as proposed
by the House and the Senate to support the Department's
intelligence program.
Counterintelligence
The conference agreement includes $45,200,000 as proposed
by the House and the Senate to support the Department's
counterintelligence program.
Advanced Accelerator Applications
The conference agreement provides $34,000,000 to
establish a new program for advanced accelerator applications,
including $3,000,000 for research and development of
technologies for economic and environmentally sound refinement
of spent nuclear fuel at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.
The Department is directed to prepare a program plan for
managing and executing this program using the extensive
expertise of the Office of Science and the Office of Defense
Programs in accelerator research, design, and applications, and
the expertise of the Office of Nuclear Energy in transmutation
of nuclear waste. This program plan should be submitted to the
Committees by March 1, 2001.
The conferees make no recommendation as to how the
Department should manage the advanced accelerator application
program.
Independent Oversight and Performance Assurance
The conference agreement provides $14,937,000, the same
as the budget request for the office of independent oversight
and performance assurance.
Environment, Safety and Health (Defense)
The conference agreement provides $125,567,000 for
defense-related environment, safety and health activities. The
conferees have provided $3,000,000 to establish a program at
the University of Nevada-Las Vegas for Department-wide
management of electronic records; $1,750,000 for the University
of Louisville and the University of Kentucky to undertake
epidemiological studies of workers; $880,000 to provide medical
screening for workers employed at the Amchitka nuclear weapons
test site; and $500,000 for the State of Nevada to address
deficiencies in the Cancer Registry, Vital Statistics, and
Birth Defects Registry activities.
The conference agreement includes $17,000,000 for the
Department's administrative costs associated with the proposed
Energy Employees Compensation Initiative. These funds are not
available until the program is authorized by law.
Worker and Community Transition
The conference agreement provides $24,500,000 for the
worker and community transition program, including $2,100,000
for infrastructure improvements at the former Pinellas plant.
The conferees expect that communities denied funds in fiscal
year 2000 will be granted priority status in fiscal year 2001.
The conference agreement provides that no funds may be
used to augment the $24,500,000 made available for obligation
for severance payments and other benefits and community
assistance grants unless the Department of Energy submits a
reprogramming request subject to approval by the appropriate
Congressional committees.
National Security Programs Administrative Support
The conference agreement provides $25,000,000 for
national security programs administrative support instead of
$51,000,000 as proposed by the House and no funding as proposed
by the Senate.
Office of Hearings And Appeals
The conference agreement provides $3,000,000 as proposed
by the House and the Senate.
Funding Adjustments
A reduction of $595,000 and the elimination of the
$20,000,000 offset to user organizations for security
investigations reflects the allocation of the safeguards and
security amended budget request.
Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal
The conference agreement provides $200,000,000 as
proposed by the House instead of $292,000,000 as proposed by
the Senate.
Power Marketing Administrations
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND
The conferees have included the statutory language
extending Bonneville's voluntary separation incentive program
until January 1, 2003.
During fiscal year 2001, Bonneville plans to pay the
Treasury $620,000,000 of which $163,000,000 is to repay
principal on the Federal investment in these facilities.
SOUTHEASTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION
The conference agreement includes $3,900,000, the same as
the budget request, for the Southeastern Power Administration.
SOUTHWESTERN POWER ADMINISTRATION
The conference agreement includes $28,100,000, the same
as the budget request, for the Southwestern Power
Administration.
WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION
The conference agreement provides $165,830,000, instead
of $164,916,000 as proposed by the Senate and $160,930,000 as
proposed by the House. The conference agreement increases the
amount of purchase power and wheeling to $65,224,000 and
increases offsetting collections by the same amount. Funding of
$5,950,000 is provided for the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and
Conservation Account.
FALCON AND AMISTAD FUND
The conference agreement includes $2,670,000, the same as
the budget request, for the Falcon and Amistad Operating and
Maintenance Fund.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The conference agreement includes $175,200,000, the same
as the budget request for the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
Rescissions
Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal
The conference agreement includes language rescinding
$75,000,000 from funds previously appropriated for interim
waste storage activities for Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal in
Public Law 104-46, the fiscal year 1996 Energy and Water
Development Appropriations Act.
Defense Environmental Management Privatization
The conference agreement includes language rescinding
$97,000,000 from the Defense Environmental Management
Privatization account. Funds were appropriated in this account
in prior years for the Hanford Tank Waste Remediation System
Project. This project is no longer being considered for a
privatization contract. It has been transferred to the Defense
Environmental Restoration and Waste Management appropriation
account and will be funded there in future appropriation acts.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Department of Energy
Sec. 301. The conference agreement includes a provision
proposed by the House that none of the funds may be used to
award a management and operating contract unless such contract
is awarded using competitive procedures, or the Secretary of
Energy grants a waiver to allow for such a deviation. Section
301 does not preclude extension of a contract awarded using
competitive procedures.
Sec. 302. The conference agreement includes a provision
proposed by the House and Senate that none of the funds may be
used to prepare or implement workforce restructuring plans or
provide enhanced severance payments and other benefits and
community assistance grants for Federal employees of the
Department of Energy under section 3161 of the National Defense
Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 1993, Public Law 102-484.
Sec. 303. The conference agreement modifies a provision
proposed by the House that none of the funds may be used to
augment the $24,500,000 made available for obligation for
severance payments and other benefits and community assistance
grants unless the Department of Energy submits a reprogramming
request subject to approval by the appropriate Congressional
committees.
Sec. 304. The conference agreement includes a provision
proposed by the House and Senate that none of the funds may be
used to prepare or initiate Requests for Proposals for a
program if the program has not been funded by Congress in the
current fiscal year. This provision precludes the Department
from initiating activities for new programs which have been
proposed in the budget request, but which have not yet been
funded by Congress.
Sec. 305. The conference agreement includes a provision
proposed by the House and Senate that permits the transfer and
merger of unexpended balances of prior appropriations with
appropriation accounts established in this bill.
Sec. 306. The conference agreement includes language
providing that not to exceed 6 percent of funds shall be
available for Laboratory Directed Research and Development.
Sec. 307. The conference agreement includes language
limiting to $185,000,000 the funds available for reimbursement
of management and operating contractor travel expenses. Of the
$185,000,000, $175,000,000 is available for contractor travel
and $10,000,000 is to be held in reserve by the Department's
Chief Financial Officer for emergency travel requirements. The
language also requires the Department of Energy to reimburse
contractors for travel consistent with regulations applicable
to Federal employees and specifies that the travel ceiling does
not apply to travel funded from Laboratory Directed Research
and Development funds.
Sec. 308. The conference agreement includes language
prohibiting the Bonneville Power Administration from performing
energy efficiency services outside the legally defined
Bonneville service territory.
Sec. 309. The conference agreement includes language
limiting the types of waste that can be disposed of in the
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico. None of the funds
may be used to dispose of transuranic waste in excess of 20
percent plutonium by weight for the aggregate of any material
category. At the Rocky Flats site, this provision includes ash
residues; salt residues; wet residues; direct repackage
residues; and scrub alloy as referenced in the ``Final
Environmental Impact Statement on Management of Certain
Plutonium Residues and Scrub Alloy Stored at the Rocky Flats
Environmental Technology Site''.
Sec. 310. The conference agreement includes language
allowing the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security
Administration to authorize certain nuclear weapons production
plants to use not more than 2 percent of available funds for
research, development and demonstration activities.
Sec. 311. The conference agreement includes language
allowing each Federal power marketing administration to engage
in activities relating to the formation and operation of a
regional transmission organization.
Sec. 312. The conference agreement includes language that
would permit the Secretary of Energy to use $10,000,000 of
funds previously appropriated for interim waste storage
activities for Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal upon receipt of
written certification that the site recommendation report
cannot be completed on time without additional funding.
Sec. 313. The conference agreement includes language
proposed by the Senate that would provide a three year term of
office for the first person appointed to the position of the
Under Secretary of Nuclear Security of the Department of
Energy.
Sec. 314. The conference agreement includes language
proposed by the Senate limiting the authority of the Secretary
of Energy to modify the organization of the National Nuclear
Security Administration.
Sec. 315. The conference agreement includes language
proposed by the Senate prohibiting the pay of personnel engaged
in concurrent service or duties inside and outside the National
Nuclear Security Administration.
Report on impacts of limits on on-site storage.--The
conference agreement does not include statutory language
proposed by the Senate, but the conferees direct that not later
than 90 days after enactment of the fiscal year 2001 Energy and
Water Development Appropriations Act, the Secretary of Energy
shall submit to Congress a report containing a description of
all alternatives that are available to the Northern States
Power Company and the Federal government to allow the company
to continue to operate the Prairie Island nuclear generating
plant until the end of the term of the license issued to the
company by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in view of a law
of the State of Minnesota that limits the quantity of spent
nuclear fuel that may be stored at the plant, assuming that the
existing Federal and State laws remain unchanged.
Report on electricity prices.--The conferees note that
California is currently experiencing an energy crisis.
Wholesale electricity prices have soared, resulting in
electrical bills that have increased by as much as 300 percent
in the San Diego area. Conferees understand that the staff of
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is currently
investigating the crisis. The Commission is directed to submit
to Congress a report on the results of the investigation no
later than December 1, 2000. The report shall include
identification of the causes of the San Diego price increases,
a determination whether California wholesale electricity
markets are competitive, a recommendation whether a regional
price cap should be set in the Western States, a determination
whether manipulation of prices has occurred at the wholesale
level, and a determination of remedies, including legislation
or regulations, that are necessary to correct the problem and
prevent similar incidents in California and elsewhere in the
United States.
Provisions not adopted by the conferees.--The conference
agreement deletes language proposed by the House and Senate
prohibiting the use of funds for contracts modified in a manner
that deviates from the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the
Senate allowing the Secretary of Energy to enter into multiyear
contracts without obligating the estimated costs.
The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the
Senate requiring the Department of Energy's laboratories to
provide an annual funding plan to the Department.
The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the
House prohibiting the payment of Federal salaries in the
working capital fund.
The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the
Senate prohibiting the expenditure of funds to establish or
maintain independent centers at Department of Energy
laboratories or facilities. The conference agreement includes
report language requiring the Department to identify these
centers in the budget request.
The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the
House requiring a report on activities of the executive branch
to address high gasoline prices and develop an overall national
energy strategy.
The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the
Senate prohibiting the expenditure of funds to restart the High
Flux Beam Reactor.
The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the
Senate limiting the inclusion of costs of protecting fish and
wildlife within the rates charged by the Bonneville Power
Administration.
The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the
Senate limiting the cost of construction of the National
Ignition Facility.
The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the
Senate requiring an evaluation of innovative technologies for
demilitarization of weapons components and treatment of
hazardous waste.
The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the
Senate requiring a report on national energy policy.
The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the
Senate noting concern with the House provision on limiting
funds for worker and community transition.
The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the
Senate requiring a report on the impact of State-imposed limits
on spent nuclear fuel storage. This requirement has been
included in report language.
The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the
Senate limiting the use of funds to promote or advertise public
tours at Yucca Mountain. This requirement has been included in
report language.
CONFERENCE RECOMMENDATIONS
The conference agreement's detailed funding
recommendations for programs in title III are contained in the
following table:
TITLE IV
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Appalachian Regional Commission
The conference agreement includes $66,400,000 for the
Appalachian Regional Commission as proposed by the Senate
instead of $63,000,000 as proposed by the House.
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
The conference agreement includes $18,500,000 for the
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board as proposed by the
Senate instead of $17,000,000 as proposed by the House.
Delta Regional Authority
The conference agreement includes $20,000,000 for the
Delta Regional Authority as proposed by the Senate.
Denali Commission
The conference agreement includes $30,000,000 for the
Denali Commission as proposed by the Senate.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
salaries and Expenses
The conference agreement includes $481,900,000 as
proposed by the House and the Senate, to be offset by revenues
of $447,958,000, for a net appropriation of $33,942,000. This
reflects the statutory language adopted by the conference to
reduce the revenues collected in fiscal year 2001 by 2 percent.
Office of Inspector General
The conference agreement includes $5,500,000 as proposed
by the House and the Senate, to be offset by revenues of
$5,390,000, for a net appropriation of $110,000. This reflects
the statutory language adopted by the conference to reduce the
revenues collected in fiscal year 2001 by 2 percent.
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
The conference agreement provides $2,900,000 instead of
$2,700,000 as proposed by House and $3,000,000 as proposed by
the Senate.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the
Senate establishing a Presidential Energy Commission.
TITLE V
FISCAL YEAR 2001 EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Atomic Energy Defense Activities
Cerro Grande Fire Activities
The conference agreement includes an emergency
appropriation of $203,460,000 as proposed by the Senate for
Cerro Grande Fire Activities at the Los Alamos National
Laboratory in New Mexico.
The recommendation includes $46,860,000 for repair and
risk mitigation associated with physical damage and
destruction; $25,400,000 for restoring services; $18,000,000
for emergency response; and $15,000,000 for resuming laboratory
operations.
In addition, funding is provided for the following
construction projects: $6,100,000 for Project 97-D-102, Dual-
Axis Radiographic Hydrotest Facility (DAHRT); $25,000,000 for
Project 01-D-701, Site-wide Fire Alarm System Replacement;
$20,000,000 for Project 01-D-702, Emergency Operations Center
Replacement and Relocation; $29,100,000 for Project 01-D-703,
TA-54 Waste Management Mitigation; $10,000,000 for Project 01-
D-704, Office Building Replacement Program for Vulnerable
Facilities; and $8,000,000 for Project 01-D-705, Multi-channel
Communications System. The Department is directed to include
construction project data sheets for these projects in the
fiscal year 2002 budget request.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Appalachian Regional Commission
The conference agreement includes an emergency
appropriation of $11,000,000 for the Appalachian Regional
Commission for the North Fork Hughes River Watershed project in
Ritchie County, West Virginia.
TITLE VI
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 601. The conference agreement includes language
directing that none of the funds in this Act or any prior
appropriations Act may be used in any way, directly or
indirectly, to influence congressional action on any
legislation or appropriation matters pending before Congress,
other than to communicate to Members of Congress as described
in section 1913 of title 18, United States Code.
Sec. 602. The conference agreement includes language
regarding the purchase of American-made equipment and products,
and prohibiting contracts with persons falsely labeling
products as made in America.
Sec. 603. The conference agreement includes language
providing that no funds may be used to determine the final
point of discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis
Unit of the Central Valley Project until certain conditions are
met. The language also provides that the costs of the Kesterson
Reservoir Cleanup Program and the San Joaquin Valley Drainage
Program shall be classified as reimbursable or non-reimbursable
by the Secretary of the Interior and that any future obligation
of funds for drainage service or drainage studies for the San
Luis Unit shall be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit
beneficiaries pursuant to Reclamation law.
Sec. 604. The conference agreement includes language
proposed by the Senate limiting the use of funds to propose or
issue rules, regulations, decrees, or orders for the purpose of
implementing the Kyoto Protocol. The conferees do not concur
with the report language proposed by the House.
Sec. 605. The conference agreement includes language
extending the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and
Restoration Act.
Sec. 606. The conference agreement includes language
redesignating the Interstate Sanitation Commission as the
Interstate Environmental Commission.
Provisions not adopted.--The conference agreement deletes
language proposed by the House amending the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act.
The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the
House limiting the use of funds to pay salaries of employees of
the Department of Energy who refused to take polygraph
examinations.
The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the
Senate repealing sections of Public Law 106-246.
The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the
Senate requiring the Tennessee Valley Authority to complete an
environmental impact statement before proceeding with the sale
of mineral rights.
The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the
Senate requiring a report to Congress on electricity prices.
This requirement has been included in report language.
The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the
House prohibiting the use of funds to pay an individual who
simultaneously holds positions within the National Nuclear
Security Administration and the Department of Energy. This
matter has been addressed in section 315.
TITLE VII
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Bureau of the Public Debt
Gifts to the United States for Reduction of the Public Debt
The conference agreement includes language providing
funds to reduce the public debt.
TITLE VIII
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The conference agreement includes language extending the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) authority to assess
license and annual fees through fiscal year 2005. This
extension is necessary to provide the resources needed to fund
the activities of the Commission. The conferees have also
provided authority to reduce the fee recovery requirement from
100 percent to 98 percent in fiscal year 2001, and further
decrease the fee incrementally until the fee recovery
requirement is reduced to 90 percent in 2005. This will address
fairness and equity concerns relating to charging NRC licensees
for agency expenses which do not provide a direct benefit to
them.
Conference Total--With Comparisons
The total new budget (obligational) authority for the
fiscal year 2001 recommended by the Committee of Conference,
with comparisons to the fiscal year 2000 amount, the 2001
budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2001
follow:
[In thousands of dollars]
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2000... $21,647,047
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal
year 2001........................................... 23,146,559
House bill, fiscal year 2001............................ 22,204,000
Senate bill, fiscal year 2001........................... 23,131,901
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2001.................. 24,088,380
Conference agreement compared with:
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year
2000.............................................. +2,441,333
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority,
fiscal year 2001.................................. +941,821
House bill, fiscal year 2001........................ +1,884,380
Senate bill, fiscal year 2001....................... +956,479
James T. Walsh,
Tom DeLay,
Dave Hobson,
Joe Knollenberg,
Rodney Frelinghuysen,
Anne M. Northup,
John E. Sununu,
Virgil Goode, Jr.,
Bill Young,
Alan B. Mollohan,
Marcy Kaptur,
Carrie P. Meek,
David E. Price,
Bud Cramer,
Dave Obey,
Managers on the Part of the House.
Christopher S. Bond,
Conrad Burns,
Richard C. Shelby,
Larry E. Craig,
Kay Bailey Hutchison,
Ted Stevens,
Pete V. Domenici,
Barbara A. Mikulski,
Patrick Leahy,
Frank R. Lautenberg,
Tom Harkin,
Robert C. Byrd,
Harry Reid,
Daniel K. Inouye,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.
