[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1469 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

                  In the Senate of the United States,

                                                          May 16, 1997.
      Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
1469) entitled ``An Act making emergency supplemental appropriations 
for recovery from natural disasters, and for overseas peacekeeping 
efforts, including those in Bosnia, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.'', do pass with the 
following

                               AMENDMENT:

            Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to provide supplemental 
appropriations and rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1997, and for other purposes, namely:

              TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPLEMENTALS

                    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY

                           MILITARY PERSONNEL

                        Military Personnel, Army

    For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Army'', 
$306,800,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                        Military Personnel, Navy

    For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Navy'', 
$7,900,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                    Military Personnel, Marine Corps

    For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Marine Corps'', 
$300,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                     Military Personnel, Air Force

    For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Air Force'', 
$29,100,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                       OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

             Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For an additional amount for ``Overseas Contingency Operations 
Transfer Fund'', $1,312,900,000: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Defense may transfer these funds only to operation and maintenance 
accounts within this title: Provided further, That the funds 
transferred shall be merged with and shall be available for the same 
purposes and for the same time period, as the appropriation to which 
transferred: Provided further, That the transfer authority provided in 
this paragraph is in addition to any other transfer authority available 
to the Department of Defense: Provided further, That such amount is 
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended.

                       OPLAN 34A/35 POW Payments

    For payments to individuals under section 657 of Public Law 104-
201, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                     REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS

               Reserve Mobilization Income Insurance Fund

    For an additional amount for the ``Reserve Mobilization Income 
Insurance Fund'', $72,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                          (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 101. Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such 
action is necessary in the national interest, he may, with the approval 
of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to exceed 
$100,000,000 of working capital funds of the Department of Defense and 
funds made available in Public Law 104-208 to the Department of Defense 
only for obligations incurred for United States participation in the 
Bosnia Stabilization Force (SFOR) and for the continuation of enforcing 
the no-fly zones in northern and southern Iraq (except military 
construction) between such appropriations or funds or any subdivision 
thereof, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, 
and for the same time period, as the appropriation or fund to which 
transferred: Provided, That such authority to transfer may not be used 
unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen military 
requirements, than those for which originally appropriated and in no 
case where the item for which funds are requested has been denied by 
Congress: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify 
the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority 
or any other authority in this Act: Provided further, That this 
transfer authority is in addition to transfer authority provided in 
section 8005 of Public Law 104-208 (110 Stat. 3009-88).
    Sec. 102. None of the funds available to the Department of Defense 
shall be obligated or expended to transfer management, development, and 
acquisition authority over the elements of the National Missile Defense 
Program from the Military Services until the contract for a Lead System 
Integrator for the National Missile Defense Program is awarded: 
Provided, That the Joint Requirements Oversight Council, with the 
advisement of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is directed to conduct an 
analysis and submit recommendations as to the recommended future roles 
of the Services with respect to the management, technical development, 
cost, schedule, and acquisition plan for the elements in the National 
Missile Defense Program and to certify that the Lead System Integrator 
contract will conform to these recommendations: Provided further, That 
the analysis and recommendations shall be submitted to the 
Congressional Defense Committees within 60 days of enactment of this 
Act.
    Sec. 103. In addition to the amounts provided in Public Law 104-
208, $50,000,000 is appropriated under the heading ``Overseas 
Humanitarian, Disaster and Civil Aid'': Provided, That, from the funds 
available under that heading, the Secretary of Defense shall make a 
grant in the amount of $50,000,000 to the American Red Cross for 
reimbursement for disaster relief and recovery expenditures.

                          (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 104. The Secretary of the Navy shall transfer up to 
$23,000,000 to ``Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps'' from the 
following accounts in the specified amounts, to be available only for 
reimbursing costs incurred for repairing damage caused by hurricanes, 
flooding, and other natural disasters during 1996 and 1997 to real 
property and facilities at Marine Corps facilities (including Camp 
Lejeune, North Carolina; Cherry Point, North Carolina; and the Mountain 
Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California);
            ``Military Personnel, Marine Corps'', $4,000,000;
            ``Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps'', $11,000,000;
            ``Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps, 1996/
        1998'', $4,000,000; and
            ``Procurement, Marine Corps, 1996/1998'', $4,000,000.
    Sec. 105. For an additional amount for ``Family Housing, Navy and 
Marine Corps'' to cover the incremental Operation and Maintenance costs 
arising from hurricane damage to family housing units at Marine Corps 
Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and Marine Corps Air Station Cherry 
Point, North Carolina, $6,480,000, as authorized by Section 2854 of 
Title 10, United States Code.

SEC. 106. REPORT ON COST AND SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES 
              RELATING TO BOSNIA.

    (a) Prohibition on Use of Funds Pending Report.--Notwithstanding 
any other provision of this Act or any other provision of law, no funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense 
may be obligated or expended for operations or activities of the Armed 
Forces relating to Bosnia 60 days after enactment unless the President 
submits to Congress the report described in subsection (b): Provided, 
That none of the funds made available under this Act may be obligated 
or expended for operations or activities of the Armed Forces relating 
to Bosnia ground deployment after June 30, 1998.
    (b) Report Elements.--The report referred to in subsection (a) 
shall include the following:
            (1) A detailed description of the estimated cumulative cost 
        of all United States activities relating to Bosnia after 
        December 1, 1995, including--
                    (A) the cost of all deployments, training 
                activities, and mobilization and other preparatory 
                activities of the Armed Forces; and
                    (B) the cost of all other activities relating to 
                United States policy toward Bosnia, including 
                humanitarian assistance, reconstruction assistance, aid 
                and other financial assistance, the rescheduling or 
                forgiveness of bilateral or multilateral aid, in-kind 
                contributions, and any other activities of the United 
                States Government.
            (2) A detailed accounting of the source of funds obligated 
        or expended to meet the costs described in paragraph (1), 
        including--
                    (A) in the case of expenditures of funds of 
                Department of Defense, a breakdown of such expenditures 
                by military service or defense agency, line item, and 
                program; and
                    (B) in the case of expenditures of funds of other 
                departments and agencies of the United States, a 
                breakdown of such expenditures by department or agency 
                and by program.
    Sec. 107. Notwithstanding section 3612(a) of title 22, United 
States Code, the incumbent may continue to serve as the Secretary of 
Defense designee on the Board of the Panama Canal Commission if he 
retires as an officer of the Department of Defense, until and unless 
the Secretary of Defense designates another person to serve in this 
position.

SEC. 108. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO ENTER INTO LEASE OF 
              BUILDING NO. 1, LEXINGTON BLUE GRASS STATION, LEXINGTON, 
              KENTUCKY.

    (a) Authority To Enter into Lease.--The Secretary of Defense may 
enter into an agreement for the lease of Building No. 1, Lexington Blue 
Grass Station, Lexington, Kentucky, and any real property associated 
with the building, for purposes of the use of the building by the 
Defense Finance and Accounting Service. The agreement shall meet the 
requirements of this section.
    (b) Term.--(1) The agreement under this section shall provide for a 
lease term of not to exceed 50 years, but may provide for one or more 
options to renew or extend the term of the lease.
    (2) The agreement shall include a provision specifying that, if the 
Secretary ceases to require the leased building for purpose of the use 
of the building by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service before 
the expiration of the term of the lease (including any extension or 
renewal of the term under an option provided for in paragraph (1)), the 
remainder of the lease term may, upon the approval of the lessor of the 
building, be satisfied by the Secretary or another department or agency 
of the Federal Government (including a military department) for another 
purpose similar to such purpose.
    (c) Consideration.--(1) The agreement under this section may not 
require rental payments by the United States under the lease under the 
agreement.
    (2) The Secretary or other lessee, if any, under subsection (b)(2) 
shall be responsible under the agreement for payment of any utilities 
associated with the lease of the building covered by the agreement and 
for maintenance and repair of the building.
    (d) Improvement.--The agreement under this section may provide for 
the improvement of the building covered by the agreement by the 
Secretary or other lessee, if any, under subsection (b)(2).
    (e) Limitation on Certain Activities.--The Secretary may not pay 
the costs of any utilities, maintenance and repair, or improvements 
under this lease under this section in any fiscal year unless funds are 
appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense 
for such payment in such fiscal year.

           TITLE II--NATURAL DISASTERS AND OTHER EMERGENCIES

                               CHAPTER 1

  SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                          Farm Service Agency

           agricultural credit insurance fund program account

    For an additional amount for the ``Agricultural Credit Insurance 
Fund Program Account'' for the additional cost of direct and guaranteed 
loans authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928-1929, including the cost of modifying 
such loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, resulting from flooding and other natural disasters, $28,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $18,000,000 shall be 
available for emergency insured loans and $10,000,000 shall be 
available for subsidized guaranteed operating loans: Provided, That the 
entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an official 
budget request for $28,000,000 that includes designation of the entire 
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, 
is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That 
such amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of such Act.

                     emergency conservation program

    For an additional amount for ``Emergency Conservation Program'' for 
expenses, including carcass removal, resulting from flooding and other 
natural disasters, $77,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent 
that an official budget request for $77,000,000, that includes 
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency 
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the 
Congress: Provided further, That such amount is designated by Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of such 
Act.

                        tree assistance program

    An amount of $9,500,000 is provided for assistance to small 
orchardists to replace or rehabilitate trees and vineyards damaged by 
natural disasters, of which $500,000 may be available through the 
Forestry Incentives Program for replanting of trees damaged by 
tornadoes in 1997: Provided, That the entire amount shall be available 
only to the extent that an official budget request of $9,500,000, 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 such amount is 
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of such Act.

                   commodity credit corporation fund

                  disaster reserve assistance program

    Effective only for losses in the fiscal year beginning October 1, 
1996, through the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary may use 
up to $50,000,000 from proceeds earned from the sale of grain in the 
disaster reserve established in the Agricultural Act of 1970 to 
implement a livestock indemnity program for losses from natural 
disasters subject to a Presidential or Secretarial declaration in a 
manner similar to catastrophic loss coverage available for other 
commodities under 7 U.S.C. 1508(b): Provided, That in administering a 
program described in the preceding sentence, the Secretary shall, to 
the extent practicable, utilize gross income and payment limitations 
conditions established for the Disaster Reserve Assistance Program for 
the 1996 crop year: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, beginning on October 1, 1997, grain in the disaster 
reserve established in the Agricultural Act of 1970 shall not exceed 20 
million bushels: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be 
available only to the extent an official budget request, that includes 
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency 
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the 
Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of such Act.

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service

               watershed and flood prevention operations

    For an additional amount for ``Watershed and Flood Prevention 
Operations'' to repair damages to the waterways and watersheds, 
including debris removal that would not be authorized under the 
Emergency Watershed Program, resulting from flooding and other natural 
disasters, including those in prior years, $171,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount shall be 
available only to the extent an official budget request for 
$171,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the 
request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted 
by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire 
amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of such Act: Provided further, That if the 
Secretary determines that the cost of land and farm structures 
restoration exceeds the fair market value of an affected agricultural 
land, the Secretary may use sufficient amounts, not to exceed 
$20,000,000, from funds provided under this heading to accept bids from 
willing sellers to provide floodplain easements for such cropland 
inundated by floods.

                         Rural Housing Service

              rural housing insurance fund program account

    For an additional amount for ``Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program 
Account'', $250,000, for the cost of section 515 direct loans, 
including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for emergency expenses resulting from 
flooding and other natural disasters, to remain available until 
September 30, 1998: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended.
    Any unobligated balances remaining in the Rural Housing Insurance 
Fund program account from prior years' disaster supplementals shall be 
available until expended for Section 502 housing loans, Section 504 
loans and grants, and Section 515 loans to meet emergency needs 
resulting from natural disasters: Provided, That such unobligated 
balances shall be available only to the extent an official budget 
request that includes designation of the entire amount of the request 
as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is transmitted by the President 
to the Congress: Provided further, That such unobligated balances are 
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of such Act.

                    rural housing assistance program

    For an additional amount for ``Rural Housing Assistance Program'', 
for emergency expenses resulting from flooding and other natural 
disasters, $4,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1998, 
for very low-income housing repair grants and domestic farm labor 
grants: Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only to the 
extent that an official budget request for $4,000,000, that includes 
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency 
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the 
Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That funds made available in 
Public Law 104-180 for Community Facility Grants for the Rural Housing 
Assistance Program may be provided to any community otherwise eligible 
for a Community Facility Loan for expenses directly or indirectly 
resulting from flooding and other natural disasters.

                        Rural Utilities Service

                   rural utilities assistance program

    For an additional amount for ``Rural Utilities Assistance 
Program'', for the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants, 
including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for emergency expenses resulting from 
flooding and other natural disasters, $6,500,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 1998: Provided, That the entire amount shall be 
available only to the extent that an official budget request for 
$6,500,000, 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 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                               CHAPTER 2

   SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND 
                            RELATED AGENCIES

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                  Economic Development Administration

                economic development assistance programs

    For an additional amount for ``Economic Development Assistance 
Programs'' for emergency expenses from flooding and other natural 
disasters, $54,700,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
not more than $6,800,000 shall be used for planning and technical 
assistance grants, and not more than $2,900,000 shall be available for 
administrative expenses: Provided, That the entire amount is designated 
by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

                  operations, research, and facilities

    Within amounts available for ``Operations, Research and 
Facilities'' for Satellite Observing Systems, not to exceed $7,000,000 
is available until expended to continue the salmon fishing permit 
buyback program implemented under the Northwest Economic Aid Package to 
provide disaster assistance pursuant to section 312 of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act: Provided, That the 
entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an official 
budget request for $7,000,000, 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 Congress: Provided further, That the 
entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of such Act.

                              construction

    For an additional amount for ``Construction'' for emergency 
expenses resulting from flooding and other natural disasters, 
$10,800,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                               CHAPTER 3

              SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil

 flood control, mississippi river and tributaries, arkansas, illinois, 
       kentucky, louisiana, mississippi, missouri, and tennessee

    For an additional amount for ``Flood Control, Mississippi River and 
Tributaries, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, 
Missouri, and Tennessee'' for emergency expenses due to flooding and 
other natural disasters, $20,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget Emergency Act of 1985, as amended.

                  operations and maintenance, general

    For an additional amount for ``Operations and Maintenance, 
General'' for emergency expenses due to flooding and other natural 
disasters, $137,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the total appropriated, the amount for eligible navigation 
projects which may be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund 
pursuant to Public Law 99-662, shall be derived from that fund: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army is directed to use 
from available balances of the funds appropriated herein to perform 
such emergency dredging and snagging and clearing of the Truckee River, 
Nevada, and the San Joaquin River channel, California, as the Secretary 
determines to be necessary as the result of the January 1997 flooding 
in Nevada and California; and dredging of shoaling which has occurred 
downstream from the Federal Chena River Flood Control Facility: 
Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget Emergency Act of 1985, as amended.

                 flood control and coastal emergencies

    For an additional amount for ``Flood Control and Coastal 
Emergencies'' due to flooding and other natural disasters, 
$390,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget Emergency 
Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That with $5,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated herein, the Secretary of the Army is directed to 
initiate and complete preconstruction engineering and design and 
associated Environmental Impact Statement for an emergency outlet from 
Devils Lake, North Dakota to the Sheyenne River, at full Federal 
expense: Provided further, That, of the funds appropriated under this 
paragraph, $10,000,000 shall be used for the project consisting of 
channel restoration and improvements on the James River authorized by 
section 401(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (Public 
Law 99-662; 100 Stat. 4128) if the Secretary of the Army determines 
that the need for such restoration and improvements constitutes an 
emergency.

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                         Bureau of Reclamation

                       operation and maintenance

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance'', 
$7,355,000, to remain available until expended, to repair damage caused 
by floods and other natural disasters: Provided, That of the total 
appropriated, the amount for program activities that can be financed by 
the Reclamation Fund shall be derived from that fund: Provided further, 
That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                               CHAPTER 4

             SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management

                              construction

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For an additional amount for ``Construction'' to repair damage 
caused by floods and other natural disasters, $4,796,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $4,403,000 is to be derived by 
transfer from unobligated balances of funds, under the heading, 
``Oregon and California Grant Lands,'' made available as supplemental 
appropriations in Public Law 104-134: Provided, That the entire amount 
is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                   oregon and california grant lands

    For an additional amount for ``Oregon and California Grant Lands'' 
to repair damage caused by floods and other natural disasters, 
$2,694,000, to remain available until expended and to be derived from 
unobligated balances of funds under the heading, ``Oregon and 
California Grant Lands,'' made available as supplemental appropriations 
in Public Law 104-134: Provided, That the entire amount is designated 
by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended.

                       Fish and Wildlife Service

                          resource management

    For an additional amount for ``Resource Management'', $8,350,000, 
of which $3,350,000, to remain available until September 30, 1998, is 
for fish replacement and for technical assistance made necessary by 
floods and other natural disasters and for restoration of public lands 
damaged by fire, and of which $5,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 1999, is for payments to private landowners for the 
voluntary use of private land to store water in restored wetlands: 
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                              construction

    For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $91,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, to repair damage caused by floods and 
other natural disasters: Provided, That the entire amount is designated 
by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended.

                            land acquisition

    For an additional amount for ``Land Acquisition'', $5,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, for the cost-effective emergency 
acquisition of land and water rights necessitated by floods and other 
natural disasters: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended.

                         National Park Service

                              construction

     For an additional amount for ``Construction'' for emergency 
expenses resulting from flooding and other natural disasters, 
$187,321,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, 
That of this amount, $30,000,000 shall be available only to the extent 
an official budget request for a specific dollar amount, that includes 
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency 
requirement as defined in such Act, is transmitted by the President to 
Congress, and upon certification by the Secretary of the Interior to 
the President that a specific amount of such funds is required for (1) 
repair or replacement of concession use facilities at Yosemite National 
Park if the Secretary determines, after consulting with the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, that the repair or replacement of 
those facilities cannot be postponed until completion of an agreement 
with the Yosemite Concessions Services Corporation or any responsible 
third party to satisfy its repair or replacement obligations for the 
facilities, or (2) the Federal portion, if any, of the costs of repair 
or replacement of such concession use facilities: Provided further, 
That nothing herein should be construed as impairing in any way the 
rights of the United States against the Yosemite Concession Services 
Corporation or any other party or as relieving the Corporation or any 
other party of its obligations to the United States: Provided further, 
That prior to any final agreement by the Secretary with the Corporation 
or any other party concerning its obligation to repair or replace 
concession use facilities, the Solicitor of the Department of the 
Interior shall certify that the agreement fully satisfies the 
obligations of the Corporation or third party: Provided further, That 
nothing herein, or any payments, repairs, or replacements made by the 
Corporation or a third party in fulfillment of the Corporation's 
obligations to the United States to repair and replace damaged 
facilities, shall create any possessory interest for the Corporation or 
such third party in such repaired or replaced facilities: Provided 
further, That any payments made to the United States by the Corporation 
or a third party for repair or replacement of concession use facilities 
shall be deposited in the General Fund of the Treasury or, where 
facilities are repaired or replaced by the Corporation or any other 
third party, an equal amount of appropriations for ``Construction'' 
shall be rescinded.

                    United States Geological Survey

                 surveys, investigations, and research

    For an additional amount for ``Surveys, Investigations, and 
Research'', $4,650,000, to remain available until September 30, 1998, 
to repair or replace damaged equipment and facilities caused by floods 
and other natural disasters: Provided, That the entire amount is 
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended.

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs

                      operation of indian programs

    For an additional amount for ``Operation of Indian Programs'', 
$14,317,000, to remain available until September 30, 1998 for emergency 
response activities, including emergency school operations, heating 
costs, emergency welfare assistance, and to repair and replace 
facilities and resources damaged by snow, floods, and other natural 
disasters: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                              construction

    For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $6,249,000, to 
remain available until expended, to make repairs caused by floods and 
other natural disasters: Provided, That the entire amount is designated 
by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, funds appropriated herein and in Public Law 
104-208 to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for repair of the Wapato 
irrigation project shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis.

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service

                         national forest system

    For an additional amount for ``National Forest System'' for 
emergency expenses resulting from flooding and other natural disasters, 
$39,677,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                    reconstruction and construction

    For an additional amount for ``Reconstruction and Construction'' 
for emergency expenses resulting from flooding and other natural 
disasters, $27,685,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                         Indian Health Service

                         indian health services

    For an additional amount for ``Indian Health Services'' for 
emergency expenses resulting from flooding and other natural disasters, 
$1,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                        indian health facilities

    For an additional amount for ``Indian Health Facilities'' for 
emergency expenses resulting from flooding and other natural disasters, 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                               CHAPTER 5

          SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                     Federal Highway Administration

                          federal-aid highways

                        emergency relief program

                          (highway trust fund)

    For an additional amount for the Emergency Relief Program for 
emergency expenses resulting from flooding and other disasters, as 
authorized by 23 U.S.C. 125, $650,000,000, to be derived from the 
Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended, of which 
$374,000,000 shall be available only to the extent an official budget 
request for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the 
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided, 
That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided 
further, That 23 U.S.C. 125(b)(1) shall not apply to projects relating 
to the December 1996 and 1997 flooding.

                    Federal Railroad Administration

              emergency railroad rehabilitation and repair

    For necessary expenses to repair and rebuild freight rail lines of 
regional and short line railroads damaged by the floods in September 
1996, and in March and April 1997, $24,000,000, to be awarded subject 
to the discretion of the Secretary on a case-by-case basis: Provided, 
That funds provided under this head shall be available for 
rehabilitation of railroad rights-of-way, bridges, and other facilities 
which are part of the general railroad system of transportation, and 
primarily used by railroads to move freight traffic: Provided further, 
That railroad rights-of-way, bridges, and other facilities owned by 
class I railroads, passenger railroads, or by tourist, scenic, or 
historic railroads are not eligible for funding under this section: 
Provided further, That these funds shall be available only to the 
extent an official budget request, for a specific dollar amount, that 
includes designation of the entire amount as an emergency requirement 
as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: 
Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: 
Provided further, That all funds made available under this head are to 
remain available until September 30, 1997.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                  National Transportation Safety Board

                         salaries and expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'' for 
emergency expenses resulting from the crash of TWA Flight 800, and for 
assistance to families of victims of aviation accidents as authorized 
by Public Law 104-264, $14,100,000: Provided, That the entire amount is 
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, as amended.

                               CHAPTER 6

           SUBCOMMITTEE ON VA, HUD, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                   Community Planning and Development

                community development block grants fund

    For an additional amount for ``Community development block grants 
fund'' as authorized under title I of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974, $500,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2000 for emergency expenses resulting from the flooding 
in the upper Midwest and other disasters in fiscal year 1997 and such 
natural disasters designated 30 days prior to the start of fiscal year 
1997, so long as the emergency expenses are for those community 
development activities related to recovery efforts and for immediate 
recovery needs not reimbursable by the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency: Provided, That in administering these amounts, the Secretary 
may waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any provision of 
any statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in connection 
with the obligation by the Secretary or the use by the recipient of 
these funds, except for statutory requirements related to civil rights, 
fair housing and nondiscrimination, the environment, and labor 
standards, upon a finding that such waiver is required to facilitate 
the use of such funds, and would not be inconsistent with the overall 
purpose of the statute: Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development shall publish a notice in the Federal Register 
governing the use of community development block grant funds in 
conjunction with any program administered by the Director of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency for buyouts for structures in 
disaster areas: Provided further, That for any funds under this head 
used for buyouts in conjunction with any program administered by the 
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, each state or unit 
of general local government requesting funds from the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development for buyouts shall submit a plan to the 
Secretary which must be approved by the Secretary as consistent with 
the requirements of this program: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development and the Director of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall submit quarterly reports to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations on all disbursement and use of 
funds for or associated with buyouts: Provided further, That the entire 
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                           INDEPENDENT AGENCY

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

                            disaster relief

    For an additional amount for ``Disaster Relief'', $3,100,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is 
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of such Act: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $2,100,000,000 shall not become available 
until the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency submits 
to the Congress a legislative proposal to control disaster relief 
expenditures including the elimination of funding for certain revenue 
producing facilities: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, up to $20,000,000 may be transferred to 
the Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program for the cost of direct 
loans as authorized under section 417 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): 
Provided further, That such transfer may be made to subsidize gross 
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$21,000,000 under section 417 of the Stafford Act: Provided further, 
That any such transfer of funds shall be made only upon certification 
by the Director of the Federal emergency Management Agency that all 
requirements of section 417 of the Stafford Act will be complied with: 
Provided further, That the entire amount of the preceding proviso 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 Congress: Provided further, That the 
entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                               CHAPTER 7

 SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
                            RELATED AGENCIES

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                        Office of the Secretary

            public health and social services emergency fund

    For expenses necessary to support research on environmental risk 
factors associated with breast cancer, $15,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary shall award such funds on 
a competitive basis: Provided further, That the entire amount is 
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended.

                     TITLE III--OTHER SUPPLEMENTALS

                               CHAPTER 1

  SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                          Farm Service Agency

           agricultural credit insurance fund program account

    For an additional amount for the ``Agricultural Credit Insurance 
Fund Program Account'' for the additional cost of direct operating 
loans authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928-1929, including the cost of modifying 
such loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, $12,600,000, to remain available until expended.

                       Food and Consumer Service

special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children 
                                 (wic)

    For an additional amount for the ``Special Supplemental Nutrition 
Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)'' as authorized by 
section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended (42 U.S.C. et 
seq.), $58,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 1998: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall allocate such funds through the 
existing formula or, notwithstanding sections 17 (g), (h), or (i) of 
such Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder, such other means 
as the Secretary deems necessary.

                               CHAPTER 2

   SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND 
                            RELATED AGENCIES

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

              International Organizations and Conferences

              contributions to international organizations

    For an additional amount for ``Contributions to International 
Organizations'', $100,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
payment of United States arrearages owed to the United Nations: 
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act for payment of United States arrearages to the 
United Nations may be obligated or expended unless such obligation or 
expenditure is expressly authorized by the enactment of a subsequent 
Act.

                               CHAPTER 3

                SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

                          DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

              Federal Payment to the District of Columbia

    For an additional amount to the District of Columbia for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1997, $31,150,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 1998, and which shall be deposited into an escrow account 
of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
Assistance Authority, pursuant to section 205 of Public Law 104-8 (109 
Stat. 131), and shall be disbursed from such escrow account pursuant to 
the instructions of the Authority, and in accordance with a plan 
approved by the Authority: Provided, That $22,350,000 shall be used to 
carry out a program of school facility emergency repair of public 
schools located in the District of Columbia, and $8,800,000 shall be 
used for pay raises within the Metropolitan Police Department.

                          Division of Expenses

                       public safety and justice

    For an additional amount for public safety, $8,800,000, which shall 
be deposited into an escrow account of the District of Columbia 
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, pursuant 
to section 205 of Public Law 104-8 (109 Stat. 131), and shall be 
disbursed from such escrow account pursuant to the instructions of the 
Authority, and in accordance with a plan approved by the Authority: 
Provided, That $8,800,000 shall be used for pay raises within the 
Metropolitan Police Department.

                             capital outlay

    For an additional amount for capital outlay for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1997, $22,350,000, which shall be deposited into 
an escrow account of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility 
and Management Assistance Authority, pursuant to section 205 of Public 
Law 104-8 (109 Stat. 131), and shall be disbursed from such escrow 
account pursuant to the instructions of the Authority, and in 
accordance with a plan approved by the Authority: Provided, That this 
amount shall be used to carry out a program of school facility 
emergency repair of public schools located in the District of Columbia.

                           General Provision

    Funds provided under this chapter shall be deemed to be grants for 
the purposes of Section 141 of Public Law 104-194 (110 Stat. 2374), the 
District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1997.

                               CHAPTER 4

             SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                         National Park Service

                              construction

    For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $10,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, to make repairs, construct facilities, 
and provide visitor transportation and for related purposes at Yosemite 
National Park.

                               CHAPTER 5

                 SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

                        CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

                                 SENATE

                   Contingent Expenses of the Senate

                        secretary of the senate

                          (transfer of funds)

    For an additional amount for expenses of the ``Office of the 
Secretary of the Senate'', to carry out the provisions of section 8 of 
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2000, to be derived by transfer from 
funds previously appropriated from fiscal year 1997 funds under the 
heading ``SENATE'', subject to the approval of the Committee on 
Appropriations.

                               CHAPTER 6

          SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                              Coast Guard

                           operating expenses

    For an additional amount for ``Operating Expenses'', $6,473,000, 
for necessary expenses directly related to support activities in the 
TWA Flight 800 crash investigation, to remain available until expended.

                              retired pay

    For an additional amount for ``Retired Pay'', $4,200,000.

                    Federal Aviation Administration

                       grants-in-aid for airports

    For an additional amount for ``Grants-in-aid for Airports'', 
$15,520,000: Provided, That, the President may make available funds for 
making grants to reimburse State and local agencies for unanticipated 
disaster costs associated with recovery, investigation, security, 
forensic and medical examination of evidence, air support, and 
logistical support efforts directly related to the 1996 TWA Flight 800 
and ValuJet Flight 592 tragedies: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$12,420,000 shall be available under this provision for reimbursement 
to State and local agencies for the TWA Flight 800 tragedy: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $3,100,000 shall be available under this 
provision for reimbursement to State and local agencies for the ValuJet 
Flight 592 tragedy.

                     Federal Highway Administration

                          federal-aid highways

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    The limitation under this heading in Public Law 104-50 and in 
Public Law 104-205 is increased by $933,193,000: Provided, That such 
additional authority shall remain available during fiscal year 1997: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 
additional authority shall be distributed to ensure that States receive 
amounts that they would have received had the Highway Trust Fund fiscal 
year 1994 income statement not been understated prior to the revision 
on December 24, 1996; and that notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, an amount of obligational authority in addition to the amount 
distributed above, shall be made available by this Act and shall be 
distributed to assure that States receive obligational authority that 
they would have received had the Highway Trust Fund fiscal year 1995 
income statement not been revised on December 24, 1996: Provided 
further, That such additional authority shall be distributed to ensure 
that no State shall receive an amount in fiscal year 1997 that is less 
than the amount a State received in fiscal year 1996: Provided further, 
That $3,600,000 of the additional allocation for Utah shall be utilized 
on planning, preliminary engineering and design for projects critical 
to the 2002 Winter Olympics: Provided further, That $450,000 of the 
additional allocation for the State of New Mexico shall be provided to 
continue the Santa Teresa border technologies project: Provided 
further, That the additional amounts made available to the State of 
Alabama shall be utilized for right-of-way acquisition and construction 
of the Warrior Loop project: Provided further, That $12,600,000 of the 
additional allocation for the State of Kentucky shall be utilized to 
complete the William H. Natcher Bridge in Maceo, Kentucky: Provided 
further, That the additional amounts made available to the State of 
California may be provided for a project to repair or reconstruct any 
portion of a federal aid primary route in San Mateo, California, which 
was destroyed as a result of a combination of storms and a mountain 
slide in the winter of 1982-1983: Provided further, That the additional 
amounts made available in this paragraph for the State of South 
Carolina shall be provided for the Highway 17 Cooper River Bridges 
replacement project, Charleston, South Carolina: Provided further, That 
$100,000 of the additional allocation for the State of Iowa shall be 
provided for planning and environmental work on the 86th Street Highway 
Project in Polk County: Provided further, That $400,000 of the 
additional allocation for the State of Illinois shall be provided for 
costs associated with the replacement of Gaumer's Bridge in Vermilion 
County, Illinois.

                               CHAPTER 7

            SUBCOMMITTEE ON TREASURY AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          Departmental Offices

                         salaries and expenses

    For an additional amount under the heading ``Departmental Offices, 
Salaries and Expenses'', $1,950,000: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Treasury may utilize the law enforcement services, personnel, 
equipment, and facilities of the State of Colorado, the County of 
Denver, and the City of Denver, with their consent, and shall reimburse 
the State of Colorado, the County of Denver, and the City of Denver for 
the utilization of such law enforcement services, personnel (for 
salaries, overtime, and benefits), equipment, and facilities for 
security arrangements for the Denver Summit of Eight being held June 20 
through June 22, 1997, in Denver, Colorado.

                          U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

                   Payment to the Postal Service Fund

    For an additional amount for the Postal Service Fund for revenue 
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsection (d) of 
section 2401 of title 39, United States Code, $5,383,000.

                               CHAPTER 8

           SUBCOMMITTEE ON VA, HUD, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                    Veterans Benefits Administration

                       compensation and pensions

    For an additional amount for ``Compensation and pensions'', for 
unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, $753,000,000, 
to remain available until expended.

                        Administrative Provision

    The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the construction of 
a multi-story parking garage at the Department of Veterans Affairs 
medical center in Cleveland, Ohio, in the amount of $12,300,000, and 
there is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1997 for the 
Parking Revolving Fund account, a total of $12,300,000 for this 
project.

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                            Housing Programs

               annual contributions for assisted housing

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the $1,000,000 
appropriated for special purpose grants in Public Law 102-139, for a 
parking garage in Ashland, Kentucky, $500,000 shall be made available 
instead for use in acquiring parking in Ashland, Kentucky and $500,000 
shall be made available instead for the restoration of the Paramount 
Theater in Ashland, Kentucky.

   capacity building for community development and affordable housing

                          (transfer of funds)

    For capacity building for community development and affordable 
housing, as authorized by section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 
1993 (Public Law 103-120), $30,200,000, to remain available until 
expended, and to be derived by transfer from the Homeownership and 
Opportunity for People Everywhere Grants account: Provided, That 
Habitat for Humanity and Youthbuild participate under this section: 
Provided further, That at least $10,000,000 of the funding under this 
head be used in rural areas, including tribal areas.

                     Management and Administration

                         salaries and expenses

    Of the funds appropriated under this head in Public Law 104-204, 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall make a grant of 
$1,500,000 to the National Academy of Public Administration no later 
than June 15, 1997 for an evaluation of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development: Provided, That the $1,500,000 shall be from salaries 
and expenses designated for non-career Senior Executive Service and 
other non-career personnel.

                               CHAPTER 9

 SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
                            RELATED AGENCIES

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

              Health Resources and Services Administration

               health education assistance loans program

    Public Law 104-208, under the heading ``Health Education Assistance 
Loans Program'' is amended by inserting after ``$140,000,000'' the 
following: ``: Provided further, That the Secretary may use up to 
$499,000 derived by transfer from insurance premiums collected from 
guaranteed loans made under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act 
for the purpose of carrying out section 709 of that Act''.

                Administration for Children and Families

                   job opportunities and basic skills

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, there is rescinded an amount equal to the total of the funds 
within each State's limitation for fiscal year 1997 that are not 
necessary to pay such State's allowable claims for such fiscal year.
    Section 403(k)(3)(F) of the Social Security Act (as in effect on 
October 1, 1996) is amended by adding after the ``,'' the following: 
``reduced by an amount equal to the total of those funds that are 
within each State's limitation for fiscal year 1997 that are not 
necessary to pay such State's allowable claims for such fiscal year 
(except that such amount for such year shall be deemed to be 
$1,000,000,000 for the purpose of determining the amount of the payment 
under subsection (1) to which each State is entitled),''.

                children and families services programs

    Public Law 104-208, under the heading titled ``Children and 
Families Services Programs'' is amended by inserting after the 
reference to ``part B(1) of title IV'' the following: ``and Section 
1110''.

                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

                    Education for the Disadvantaged

    For additional amounts to carry out subpart 2 of part A of title I 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $198,176,000, of 
which $153,253,000 shall be for Basic Grants and $44,923,000 shall be 
for Concentration Grants, which shall be allocated, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, only to those States, and counties within those 
States, that would otherwise receive, from funds available under the 
Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1997, smaller allocations 
for Grants to Local Educational Agencies than they would have received 
had those allocations been calculated entirely on the basis of child 
poverty counts from the 1990 census: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Education shall use these additional funds to provide those States with 
the allocations they would have received had the allocations under that 
Appropriations Act been calculated entirely on the basis of the 1990 
census data: Provided further, That the Secretary shall ratably reduce 
the allocations to states under the preceding proviso for either Basic 
Grants or Concentration Grants, or both, as the case may be, if the 
funds available are insufficient to make those allocations in full: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate, to such counties 
in each such State, additional amounts for Basic Grants and 
Concentration Grants that are in the same proportion, respectively, to 
the total amounts allocated to the State, as the differences between 
such counties' initial allocations for Basic Grants and Concentration 
Grants, respectively (compared to what they would have received had the 
initial allocations been calculated entirely on the basis of 1990 
census data), are to the differences between the State's initial 
allocations for Basic Grants and Concentration Grants, respectively 
(compared to the amounts the State would have received had the initial 
allocations been calculated entirely on the basis of 1990 census data): 
Provided further, That the funds appropriated under this paragraph 
shall become available on October 1, 1997 and shall remain available 
through September 30, 1998, for academic year 1997-98: Provided 
further, That the additional amounts appropriated under this paragraph 
shall not be taken into account in determining State allocations under 
any other program administered by the Secretary.
    Public Law 104-208, under the heading titled ``Education For the 
Disadvantaged'' is amended by striking ``$1,298,386,000'' and inserting 
``$713,386,000'' in lieu thereof.

                               CHAPTER 10

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 301. 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. 302. Of the funds currently contained within the 
``Counterterrorism Fund'' of the Department of Justice, $3,000,000 is 
provided for allocation by the Attorney General to the appropriate unit 
or units of government in Ogden, Utah, for necessary expenses, 
including enhancements and upgrade of security and communications 
infrastructure, to counter any potential terrorism threat related to 
the 2002 Winter Olympic games to be held in Utah.
    Sec. 303. None of the funds made available in any appropriations 
Act for fiscal year 1997 may be used by the Department of Commerce to 
make irreversible plans or preparation for the use of sampling or any 
other statistical method (including any statistical adjustment) in 
taking the 2000 decennial census of population for purposes of the 
apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the States.
    Sec. 304. Section 5803 of Public Law 104-208 (110 Stat. 3009-522) 
is hereby repealed.
    Sec. 305. Delaware River Basin Commission; Susquehanna River Basin 
Commission.--The Secretary of the Interior or his designee shall serve 
as the alternate member of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission 
appointed under the Susquehanna River Basin Compact (Public Law 91-575) 
and the alternate member of the Delaware River Basin Commission 
appointed under the Delaware River Basin Compact (Public Law 87-328).
    Sec. 306. Section 2.2 of Public Law 87-328 (75 Stat. 688, 691) is 
amended by striking the words ``during the term of office of the 
President'' and inserting ``at the pleasure of the President''.
    Sec. 307. Section 101(c) of Public Law 104-134 is amended as 
follows: Under the heading ``Title III--General Provisions'' amend 
sections 315(c)(1)(A) and 315(c)(1)(B) by striking in each of those 
sections ``104%'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``100%''; by striking 
in each of those sections ``1995'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``1994''; and by striking in each of those sections ``and thereafter 
annually adjusted upward by 4%,''.
    Sec. 308. Section 101(d) of Public Law 104-208 is amended as 
follows: Under the heading ``Administrative Provisions, Indian Health 
Service'' strike the seventh proviso and insert the following in lieu 
thereof: ``: Provided further, That with respect to functions 
transferred by the Indian Health Service to tribes or tribal 
organizations, the Indian Health Service is authorized to provide goods 
and services to those entities, on a reimbursable basis, including 
payment in advance with subsequent adjustment, and the reimbursements 
received therefrom, along with the funds received from those entities 
pursuant to the Indian Self Determination Act, may be credited to the 
same or subsequent appropriation account which provided the funding, 
said amounts to remain available until expended''.
    Sec. 309. No funds provided by this Act, an Act making 
Appropriations for the Department of Defense for Fiscal Year 1997 
(Public Law 104-208), any other Act making appropriations for any 
agency of the Federal Government for Fiscal Year 1997, or any other Act 
hereafter enacted may be used by any agency of the Federal Government 
to promulgate or implement any rule, regulation, policy, statement, or 
directive issued after October 1, 1993 regarding the recognition, 
validity, or management of any right of way established pursuant to 
Revised Statutes 2477 (43 U.S.C. 932).

SEC. 310. COMPLIANCE WITH THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973 IN 
              CONNECTION WITH FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS.

    (a) Consultation and Conferencing.--As provided by regulations 
issued under the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) for 
emergency situations, formal consultation or conferencing under section 
7(a)(2) or section 7(a)(4) of the Act for any action authorized, funded 
or carried out by any Federal agency to repair a Federal or non-Federal 
flood control project, facility or structure may be deferred by the 
Federal agency authorizing, funding or carrying out the action, if the 
agency determines that the repair is needed to respond to an emergency 
causing an imminent threat to human lives and property in 1996 or 1997. 
Formal consultation or conferencing shall be deferred until the 
imminent threat to human lives and property has been abated. For 
purposes of this section, the term repair shall include preventive and 
remedial measures to restore the project, facility or structure to 
remove an imminent threat to human lives and property.
    (b) Reasonable and Prudent Measures.--Any reasonable and prudent 
measures specified under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (16 
U.S.C. 1536) to minimize the impact of an action taken under this 
section shall be related both in nature and extent to the effect of the 
action taken to repair the flood control project, facility or 
structure.
    Sec. 311. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, fiscal year 
1995 funds awarded under State-administered programs of the Department 
of Education and funds awarded for fiscal year 1996 for State-
administered programs under the Rehabilitation Act of the Department of 
Education to recipients in Presidentially declared disaster areas are 
available to those recipients for obligation until September 30, 1998: 
Provided, That for the purposes of assisting those recipients, the 
Secretary's waiver authority under section 14401 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall be extended to all State-
administered programs of the Department of Education. This special 
waiver authority applies only to funds awarded for fiscal years 1995, 
1996 and 1997.
    Sec. 312. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
of Education may waive or modify any statutory or regulatory provision 
applicable to the student financial aid programs under title IV of said 
Act that the Secretary deems necessary to assist individuals and other 
program participants who suffered financial harm from natural disasters 
and who, at the time the disaster struck were operating, residing, 
attending an institution of higher education, or employed within these 
areas on the date which, the President declared the existence of a 
major disaster (or, in the case of an individual who is a dependent 
student, whose parent or stepparent suffered financial harm from such 
disaster, and who resided, or was employed in such an area at that 
time): Provided further, That such authority shall be in effect only 
for awards for award year 1997-1998.
    Sec. 313. None of the funds provided in this Act or in any other 
Act making appropriations for fiscal year 1997 may be used to 
administer or implement in Denver, Colorado, the Medicare Competitive 
Pricing/Open Enrollment Demonstration, as titled in the April 1, 1997, 
Final Request for Proposals (RFP).
    Sec. 314. Section 105(f) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation 
Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61-1(f) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ``The limitation on the minimum rate of gross compensation 
under this subsection shall not apply to any member or civilian 
employee of the Capitol Police whose compensation is disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate.''.
    Sec. 315. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
regulation, with the approval of the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of 
the Senate is authorized to provide additional facilities, services, 
equipment, and office space for use by a Senator in that Senator's 
State in connection with a disaster or emergency declared by the 
President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act. Expenses incurred by the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate under this section shall be paid from the 
appropriation account, within the contingent fund of the Senate, for 
expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
Senate, upon vouchers signed by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of 
the Senate with the approval of the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate.
    (b) This section is effective on and after the date of enactment of 
this Act.
    Sec. 316. Title I of the Department of Transportation and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-205) is amended under 
the heading ``Federal Transit Administration--Discretionary Grants'' by 
striking ``$661,000,000'' and inserting ``$661,000''.
    Sec. 317. Section 325 of Title III of the Department of 
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public 
Law 104-205) is amended by deleting all text following ``Provided, That 
such funds shall not be subject to the obligation limitation for 
Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction.''.
    Sec. 318. Section 410(j) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by striking the period after ``1997'' and inserting ``, and an 
additional $500,000 for fiscal year 1997.''.
    Sec. 319. Section 45301(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``that neither take off from, nor land in, the 
United States.'' and inserting in lieu thereof: ``or general aviation 
aircraft that neither take off from, nor land in, the United States 
except that such fees shall not be imposed on overflights operated by 
citizens of a country contiguous to the United States if (A) both the 
origin and destination of such flights are within that other contiguous 
country and (B) that same country exempts similar categories of flights 
operated by citizens of the United States.''.
    Sec. 320. The Administrator of General Services is authorized to 
obligate the funds appropriated in Public Law 104-208 for construction 
of the Montgomery, Alabama courthouse.
    Sec. 321. Restriction on Funds Used to Enforce Electronic Funds Tax 
Transfer System.--None of the funds made available by this Act or any 
other Act may be used to impose or collect any penalty under the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which is imposed solely by reason of a 
failure to use the electronic fund transfer system established under 
section 6302(h) of such Code if such failure--
            (1) is by a person which is first required to use such 
        system by reason of clause (i)(IV) or (ii)(IV) of section 
        6302(h)(2)(C) of such Code, and
            (2) occurs during the period beginning on July 1, 1997, and 
        ending on December 31, 1997.
    Sec. 322. Section 1555 of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act 
of 1994, Public Law 103-355, is repealed effective the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 323. Public Notice of Contracting by HUD.--The Secretary shall 
publish quarterly in the Federal Register a list of all contracts and 
task orders issued under such contracts in excess of $250,000 which 
were entered into during the quarter by the Secretary, the Government 
National Mortgage Association, and the Office of Federal Housing 
Enterprise Oversight (or by any officer of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, the Government National Mortgage Association, or 
the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight acting in his or her 
capacity to represent the Secretary or these entities). Each listing 
shall identify the parties to the contract, the term and amount of the 
contract and the subject matter and responsibilities of the parties to 
the contract.
    Sec. 324. Section 8 Notice Provision.--Section 8(c)(9) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended by striking out ``Not less 
than one year prior to terminating any contract'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof the following: ``Not less than 120 days prior to terminating 
any contract''.
    Sec. 325. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall--
            (1) make available under section 2604(g) of the Low-Income 
        Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8623(g)), 
        $45,000,000 in assistance described in such Act to victims of 
        flooding and other natural disasters for the fiscal year 1997; 
        and
            (2) make the assistance available from funds appropriated 
        to carry out such Act prior to the date of enactment of this 
        section.
    Sec. 326. The funds appropriated in Public Law 104-204 to the 
Environmental Protection Agency under the State and Tribal Assistance 
Grants Account for grants to States and federally recognized tribes for 
multi-media or single media pollution prevention, control and abatement 
and related activities, $674,207,000, may also be used for the direct 
implementation by the Federal Government of a program required by law 
in the absence of an acceptable State or tribal program.
    Sec. 327. After the period for filing claims pursuant to the 
Uniform Relocation Act is closed, and from amounts previously 
appropriated for the Center for Ecology Research and Training (CERT), 
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall obligate the maximum 
amount of funds necessary to settle all outstanding CERT-related claims 
against it. To the extent that unobligated balances remain from such 
amounts previously appropriated, EPA is authorized beginning in fiscal 
year 1997 to make grants of such funds to the city of Bay City, 
Michigan, for the purpose of EPA-approved environmental remediation and 
rehabilitation of publicly owned real property included in the 
boundaries of the CERT project.
    Sec. 328. None of the funds made available in the Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs, 1997 (as contained 
in Public Law 104-208) may be made available for assistance to Uruguay 
unless the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on 
Appropriations that all cases involving seizure of United States 
business assets have been resolved.
    Sec. 329. Expanding Small Business Participation in Dredging.--
Section 722(a) of the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration 
Program Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 644 note) is amended by striking 
``September 30, 1996'' and inserting ``September 30, 1997''.

SEC. 330. COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ON PRICES 
              RECEIVED FOR BULK CHEESE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall collect and 
disseminate, on a weekly basis, statistically reliable information, 
obtained from cheese manufacturing areas in the United States on prices 
received and terms of trade involving bulk cheese, including 
information on the national average price for bulk cheese sold through 
spot and forward contract transactions. To the maximum extent 
practicable, the Secretary shall report the prices and terms of trade 
for spot and forward contract transactions separately.
    (b) Confidentiality.--All information provided to, or acquired by, 
the Secretary under subsection (a) shall be kept confidential by each 
officer and employee of the Department of Agriculture except that 
general weekly statements may be issued that are based on the 
information and that do not identify the information provided by any 
person.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 150 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall report to the Committee on Agriculture, 
and the Committee on Appropriations, of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and the 
Committee on Appropriations, of the Senate, on the rate of reporting 
compliance by cheese manufacturers with respect to the information 
collected under subsection (a). At the time of the report, the 
Secretary may submit legislative recommendations to improve the rate of 
reporting compliance.
    (d) Termination of Effectiveness.--The authority provided by 
subsection (a) terminates effective April 5, 1999.
    Sec. 331. The first sentence of section 542(c)(4) of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1992 is amended by striking out ``on 
not more than 12,000 units during fiscal year 1996'' and inserting in 
lieu thereof: ``on not more than 12,000 units during fiscal year 1996 
and not more than an additional 7,500 units during fiscal year 1997''.
    Sec. 332. Section 45301(b)(1)(A) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting before the semicolon ``and at least $50,000,000 
in fiscal year 1998 and every year thereafter''.

SEC. 333. MICHAEL GILLICK CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) during the period from 1980 to 1988, Ocean County, New 
        Jersey, had a significantly higher rate of childhood cancer 
        than the rest of the United States, including a rate of brain 
        and central nervous system cancer that was nearly 70 percent 
        above the rate of other States;
            (2) during the period from 1979 to 1991--
                    (A) there were 230 cases of childhood cancer in 
                Ocean County, of which 56 cases were in Dover Township, 
                and of those 14 were in Toms River alone;
                    (B) the rate of brain and central nervous system 
                cancer of children under 20 in Toms River was 3 times 
                higher than expected, and among children under 5 was 7 
                times higher than expected; and
                    (C) Dover Township, which would have had a nearly 
                normal cancer rate if Toms River was excluded, had a 49 
                percent higher cancer rate than the rest of the State 
                and an 80 percent higher leukemia rate than the rest of 
                the State; and
            (3)(A) according to New Jersey State averages, a population 
        the size of Toms River should have 1.6 children under age 19 
        with cancer; and
            (B) Toms River currently has 5 children under the age of 19 
        with cancer.
    (b) Study.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator of the Agency for Toxic 
        Substances and Disease Registry shall conduct dose-
        reconstruction modeling and an epidemiological study of 
        childhood cancer in Dover Township, New Jersey, which may also 
        include the high incidence of neuroblastomas in Ocean County, 
        New Jersey.
            (2) Grant to new jersey.--The Administrator may make 1 or 
        more grants to the State of New Jersey to carry out paragraph 
        (1).
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act $6,000,000 for fiscal years 1998 
through 2000.
    Sec. 334. Section 101 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 
(16 U.S.C. 1371) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
    ``(d) Good Samaritan Exemption.--It shall not be a violation of 
this Act to take a marine mammal if--
            ``(1) such taking is imminently necessary to avoid serious 
        injury, additional injury, or death to a marine mammal 
        entangled in fishing gear or debris;
            ``(2) reasonable care is taken to ensure the safe release 
        of the marine mammal, taking into consideration the equipment, 
        expertise, and conditions at hand;
            ``(3) reasonable care is exercised to prevent any further 
        injury to the marine mammal; and
            ``(4) such taking is reported to the Secretary within 48 
        hours.''.

SEC. 335. EMERGENCY USE OF CHILD CARE FUNDS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 
the period beginning on April 30, 1997, an ending on July 30, 1997, the 
Governors of the States described in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) 
may, subject to subsection (c), use amounts received for the provision 
of child care assistance or services under the Child Care and 
Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9801 et seq.) and under 
part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 
to provide emergency child care services to individuals described in 
paragraph (2) of subsection (b).
    (b) Eligibility.--
            (1) Of states.--A State described in this paragraph is a 
        State in which the President, pursuant to section 401 of the 
        Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 5121), has determined that a major disaster exists, 
        or that an area within the State is determined to be eligible 
        for disaster relief under other Federal law by reason of damage 
        related to flooding in 1997.
            (2) Of individuals.--An individual described in this 
        subsection is an individual who--
                    (A) resides within any area in which the President, 
                pursuant to section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford 
                Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
                5121), has determined that a major disaster exists, or 
                within an area determined to be eligible for disaster 
                relief under other Federal law by reason of damage 
                related to flooding in 1997; and
                    (B) is involved in unpaid work activities 
                (including the cleaning, repair, restoration, and 
                rebuilding of homes, businesses, and schools) resulting 
                from the flood emergency described in subparagraph (A).
    (c) Limitations.--
            (1) Requirements.--With respect to assistance provided to 
        individuals under this section, the quality, certification and 
        licensure, health and safety, nondiscrimination, and other 
        requirements applicable under the Federal programs referred to 
        in subsection (a) shall apply to child care provided or 
        obtained under this section.
            (2) Amount of funds.--The total amount utilized by each of 
        the States under subsection (a) during the period referred to 
        in such subsection shall not exceed the total amount of such 
        assistance that, notwithstanding the enactment of this section, 
        would otherwise have been expended by each such State in the 
        affected region during such period.
    (d) Priority.--In making assistance available under this section, 
the Governors described in subsection (a) shall give priority to 
eligible individuals who do not have access to income, assets, or 
resources as a direct result of the flooding referred to in subsection 
(b)(2)(A).

SEC. 336. RELIEF TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS FOR FLOODING LOSS CAUSED BY 
              DAM ON LAKE REDROCK, IOWA.

    (a) Eligibility.--To be eligible for assistance under this section, 
an agricultural producer must--
            (1)(A) be an owner or operator of land who granted an 
        easement to the Federal Government for flooding losses to the 
        land caused by water retention at the dam site at Lake Redrock, 
        Iowa; or
            (B) have been an owner or operator of land that was 
        condemned by the Federal Government because of flooding of the 
        land caused by water retention at the dam site at Lake Redrock, 
        Iowa; and
            (2) have incurred losses that exceed the estimates of the 
        Secretary of the Army provided to the producer as part of the 
        granting of the easement or as part of the condemnation.
    (b) Compensation.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of 
        the Army shall compensate an eligible producer described in 
        subsection (a) for flooding losses to the land of the producer 
        described in subsection (a)(2) in an amount determined by the 
        Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.
            (2) Reduction.--If the Secretary maintains a water 
        retention rate at the dam site at Lake Redrock, Iowa, of--
                    (A) less than 769 feet, the amount of compensation 
                provided to a producer under paragraph (1) shall be 
                reduced by 10 percent;
                    (B) not less than 769 feet and not more than 772 
                feet, the amount of compensation provided to a producer 
                under paragraph (1) shall be reduced by 7 percent; and
                    (C) more than 772 feet, the amount of compensation 
                provided to a producer under paragraph (1) shall be 
                reduced by 3 percent.
    (c) Crop Years.--This section shall apply to flooding losses to the 
land of a producer described in subsection (a)(2) that are incurred 
during the 1997 and subsequent crop years.

                TITLE IV--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFSETS

                    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY

                           MILITARY PERSONNEL

                        Military Personnel, Army

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $46,000,000 are rescinded.

                        Military Personnel, Navy

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $11,000,000 are rescinded.

                    Military Personnel, Marine Corps

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $5,000,000 are rescinded.

                     Military Personnel, Air Force

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $15,000,000 are rescinded.

                       OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

                    Operation and Maintenance, Army

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $174,000,000 are rescinded.

                    Operation and Maintenance, Navy

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $51,000,000 are rescinded.

                Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $17,000,000 are rescinded.

                  Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $117,000,000 are rescinded.

                Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $25,000,000 are rescinded.

                    Environmental Restoration, Army

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $250,000 are rescinded.

                    Environmental Restoration, Navy

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $250,000 are rescinded.

                  Environmental Restoration, Air Force

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $250,000 are rescinded.

                Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $250,000 are rescinded.

                  Former Soviet Union Threat Reduction

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $2,000,000 are rescinded.

                              PROCUREMENT

                       Aircraft Procurement, Army

                             (rescissions)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
335, $1,085,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $8,000,000 are rescinded.

                       Missile Procurement, Army

                             (rescissions)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
335, $2,707,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $71,000,000 are rescinded.

        Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army

                             (rescissions)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
335, $2,296,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $5,000,000 are rescinded.

                    Procurement of Ammunition, Army

                             (rescissions)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
335, $3,236,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
61, $14,000,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $11,000,000 are rescinded.

                        Other Procurement, Army

                             (rescissions)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
335, $2,502,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $21,000,000 are rescinded.

                       Aircraft Procurement, Navy

                             (rescissions)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
335, $34,000,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $28,000,000 are rescinded.

                       Weapons Procurement, Navy

                             (rescissions)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
335, $16,000,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $6,000,000 are rescinded.

            Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps

                             (rescissions)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
335, $812,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
61, $4,000,000 are rescinded.

                   Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy

                             (rescissions)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 102-
396, $10,000,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $33,000,000 are rescinded.

                        Other Procurement, Navy

                             (rescissions)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
335, $4,237,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
61, $3,000,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $8,000,000 are rescinded.

                       Procurement, Marine Corps

                             (rescissions)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
335, $1,207,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
61, $4,000,000 are rescinded.

                    Aircraft Procurement, Air Force

                             (rescissions)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
335, $33,650,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
61, $40,000,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $41,000,000 are rescinded.

                     Missile Procurement, Air Force

                             (rescissions)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
335, $7,195,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $186,000,000 are rescinded.

                      Other Procurement, Air Force

                             (rescissions)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
335, $3,659,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
61, $10,000,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $7,000,000 are rescinded.

                       Procurement, Defense-Wide

                             (rescissions)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
335, $4,860,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $5,000,000 are rescinded.

                  National Guard and Reserve Equipment

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
335, $5,029,000 are rescinded.

               RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION

            Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army

                             (rescissions)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
61, $4,366,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $10,000,000 are rescinded.

            Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy

                             (rescissions)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
61, $14,978,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $21,000,000 are rescinded.

         Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force

                             (rescissions)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
61, $28,396,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $122,000,000 are rescinded.

        Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide

                             (rescissions)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
61, $81,090,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $95,000,000 are rescinded.

               Developmental Test and Evaluation, Defense

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
61, $890,000 are rescinded.

                Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
61, $160,000 are rescinded.

                     REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS

                     National Defense Sealift Fund

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $35,000,000 are rescinded.

                  OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS

           Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense

                             (rescissions)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
335, $456,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
61, $20,652,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $27,000,000 are rescinded.

         Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $2,000,000 are rescinded.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                             (rescissions)

    Sec. 401. Of the funds appropriated in the Military Construction 
Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-32), amounts are hereby 
rescinded from the following accounts in the specified amounts:
            ``Military Construction, Air Force Reserve'', $5,000,000;
            ``Military Construction, Defense-wide'', $41,000,000;
            ``Base Realignment and Closure Account, Part II'', 
        $35,391,000;
            ``Base Realignment and Closure Account, Part III'', 
        $75,638,000;
            ``Base Realignment and Closure Account, Part IV'', 
        $22,971,000:
Provided, That of the funds appropriated in the Military Construction 
Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-196), amounts are hereby 
rescinded from the following accounts in the specified amounts:
            ``Military Construction, Army'', $1,000,000;
            ``Military Construction, Navy'', $2,000,000;
            ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $3,000,000;
            ``Military Construction, Defense-wide'', $49,000,000.
    Sec. 402. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1502(a) and 31 U.S.C. 1553(a), 
funds appropriated in Public Law 101-511, Public Law 102-396, and 
Public Law 103-139, under the heading ``Weapons Procurement, Navy'', 
that were obligated and expended to settle claims on the MK-50 torpedo 
program may continue to be obligated and expended to settle those 
claims.
    Sec. 403. None of the funds available to the Department of Defense 
in this or any other Act shall be available to pay the cost of 
operating a National Missile Defense Joint Program Office which 
includes more than 55 military and civilian personnel located in the 
National Capital Region.
    Sec. 404. Funds obligated by the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration (NASA) in the amount of $76,900,000 during fiscal years 
1994 and 1995, and in the amount of $61,300,000 during fiscal year 
1996, pursuant to the ``Memorandum of Agreement between the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration and the United States Air Force on 
Titan IV/Centaur Launch Support for the Cassini Mission,'' signed 
September 8, 1994, and September 23, 1994, and Attachment A, B, and C 
to that Memorandum, shall be merged with Air Force appropriations 
available for research, development, test and evaluation and 
procurement for fiscal years 1994, 1995 and 1996, and shall be 
available for the same time period as the appropriation with which 
merged, and shall be available for obligation only for those Titan IV 
vehicles and Titan IV-related activities under contract.

                              (rescission)

    Sec. 405. Of the funds appropriated for ``Military Construction, 
Navy'' under Public Law 103-307, $6,480,000 is hereby rescinded.

                         TITLE V--OTHER OFFSETS

                               CHAPTER 1

   SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND 
                            RELATED AGENCIES

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         General Administration

                          working capital fund

                              (rescission)

    Of the available unobligated balances under this heading, 
$6,400,000 are rescinded.

                               CHAPTER 2

             SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                         Clean Coal Technology

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading for obligation in 
fiscal year 1997 or prior years, $17,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, 
That funds made available in previous appropriations Acts shall be 
available for any ongoing project regardless of the separate request 
for proposal under which the project was selected.

                      Strategic Petroleum Reserve

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in previous 
appropriations Acts, $11,000,000 are rescinded.

                               CHAPTER 3

          SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                    Federal Aviation Administration

                       grants-in-aid for airports

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

                 (rescission of contract authorization)

    Of the unobligated balances authorized under section 14 of Public 
Law 91-258 as amended, $778,000,000 are rescinded.

             National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

                     highway traffic safety grants

                          (highway trust fund)

                 (rescission of contract authorization)

    Of the available balances of contract authority under this heading, 
$10,600,000 are rescinded.

                     Federal Transit Administration

                      trust fund share of expenses

                          (highway trust fund)

                 (rescission of contract authorization)

    Of the available balances of contract authority under this heading, 
$271,000,000 are rescinded.

                          discretionary grants

                          (highway trust fund)

                 (rescission of contract authorization)

    Of the available balances of contract authority under this heading, 
for fixed guideway modernization and bus activities under 49 U.S.C. 
5309(m)(A) and (C), $588,000,000 are rescinded.

                               CHAPTER 4

            SUBCOMMITTEE ON TREASURY AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT

                           INDEPENDENT AGENCY

                    General Services Administration

                   expenses, presidential transition

                              (rescission)

    Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public Law 104-
208, $5,600,000 are rescinded.

                               CHAPTER 5

           SUBCOMMITTEE ON VA, HUD, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                            Housing Programs

               annual contributions for assisted housing

                         (including rescission)

    Of the amounts recaptured under this heading during fiscal year 
1997 and prior years, $3,650,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall recapture at least 
$5,800,000,000 in amounts heretofore maintained as section 8 reserves 
made available to housing agencies for tenant-based assistance under 
the section 8 existing housing certificate and housing voucher 
programs: Provided further, That all additional section 8 reserve funds 
of an amount not less than $2,150,000,000 and any recaptures (other 
than funds already designated for other uses) specified in section 214 
of Public Law 104-204 shall be preserved under the head ``Section 8 
Reserve Preservation Account'' for use in extending section 8 contracts 
expiring in fiscal year 1998 and thereafter: Provided further, That the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an audit of all 
accounts of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to 
determine the amount of any and all program funds administered by the 
Department and report on this audit no later than May 1, 1998.

                     Federal Housing Administration

             fha--general and special risk program account

                              (rescission)

    Of the amounts of negative credit subsidy from the sale of mortgage 
notes provided for under the fourth proviso under this head in Public 
Law 104-134, $85,000,000 is rescinded.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

                         salaries and expenses

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 102-
368, $5,000,000 are rescinded.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration

                    national aeronautics facilities

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
327, $365,000,000 are rescinded.

                  funds appropriated to the president

                          unanticipated needs

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
211 to NASA for Space flight, control, and data communications, 
$4,200,000 are rescinded.

                               CHAPTER 6

  SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                       Food and Consumer Service

                 the emergency food assistance program

    Notwithstanding section 27(a) of the Food Stamp Act, the amount 
specified for allocation under such section for fiscal year 1997 shall 
be $80,000,000.

         Foreign Agricultural Service and General Sales Manager

                             export credit

    None of the funds made available in the Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1997, Public Law 104-180, may be used to pay the 
salaries and expenses of employees of the Department of Agriculture to 
carry out a combined program for export credit guarantees, supplier 
credit guarantees, and emerging democracies facilities guarantees at a 
level which exceeds $3,500,000,000.

                       export enhancement program

    None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in 
Public Law 104-180 shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel to carry out an export enhancement program if the aggregate 
amount of funds and/or commodities under such program exceeds 
$50,000,000.

                               CHAPTER 7

              SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil

                         construction, general

    Of the amounts provided under this heading, including amounts 
provided to specific projects, in Public Law 104-206, and any other 
available balances under this heading, $30,000,000 are permanently 
canceled.

            TITLE VI--SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME AMENDMENT

SEC. 601. EXTENSION OF SSI REDETERMINATION PROVISIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 402(a)(2)(D) of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)(D)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i)--
                    (A) in subclause (I), by striking ``the date which 
                is 1 year after such date of enactment'' and inserting 
                in lieu thereof ``September 30, 1997''; and
                    (B) in subclause (III), by striking ``the date of 
                the redetermination with respect to such individual'' 
                and inserting in lieu thereof ``September 30, 1997''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) takes effect as if included in 
the enactment of section 402 of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612).

             TITLE VII--GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN PREVENTION ACT

SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Government Shutdown Prevention 
Act''.

SEC. 702. CONTINUING FUNDING.

    (a) In General.--If any regular appropriation bill for fiscal year 
1998 does not become law prior to the beginning of fiscal year 1998 or 
a joint resolution making continuing appropriations is not in effect, 
there is appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, 
receipts, and funds, such sums as may be necessary to continue any 
program, project, or activity for which funds were provided in fiscal 
year 1997.
    (b) Level of Funding.--Appropriations and funds made available, and 
authority granted, for a program, project, or activity for fiscal year 
1998 pursuant to this title shall be at 100 per cent of the rate of 
operations that was provided for the program, project, or activity in 
fiscal year 1997 in the corresponding regular appropriation Act for 
fiscal year 1997.
    (c) Period of Availability.--Appropriations and funds made 
available, and authority granted, for fiscal year 1998 pursuant to this 
title for a program, project, or activity shall be available for the 
period beginning with the first day of a lapse in appropriations and 
ending with the earlier of--
            (1) the date on which the applicable regular appropriation 
        bill for fiscal year 1998 becomes law (whether or not that law 
        provides for that program, project, or activity) or a 
        continuing resolution making appropriations becomes law, as the 
        case may be; or
            (2) the last day of fiscal year 1998.

SEC. 703. TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

    (a) In General.--An appropriation of funds made available, or 
authority granted, for a program, project, or activity for fiscal year 
1998 pursuant to this title shall be made available to the extent and 
in the manner which would be provided by the pertinent appropriations 
Act for fiscal year 1997, including all of the terms and conditions and 
the apportionment schedule imposed with respect to the appropriation 
made or funds made available for fiscal year 1997 or authority granted 
for the program, project, or activity under current law.
    (b) Extent and Manner.--Appropriations made by this title shall be 
available to the extent and in the manner which would be provided by 
the pertinent appropriations Act.

SEC. 704. COVERAGE.

    Appropriations and funds made available, and authority granted, for 
any program, project, or activity for fiscal year 1998 pursuant to this 
title shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for that 
program, project, or activity during the portion of fiscal year 1998 
for which this title applies to that program, project, or activity.

SEC. 705. EXPENDITURES.

    Expenditures made for a program, project, or activity for fiscal 
year 1998 pursuant to this title shall be charged to the applicable 
appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a regular appropriation 
bill or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations until the 
end of fiscal year 1998 providing for that program, project, or 
activity for that period becomes law.

SEC. 706. INITIATING OR RESUMING A PROGRAM, PROJECT, OR ACTIVITY.

    No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted 
pursuant to this title shall be used to initiate or resume any program, 
project, or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other 
authority were not available during fiscal year 1997.

SEC. 707. PROTECTION OF OTHER OBLIGATIONS.

    Nothing in this title shall be construed to effect Government 
obligations mandated by other law, including obligations with respect 
to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and veterans benefits.

SEC. 708. DEFINITION.

    In this title, the term ``regular appropriation bill'' means any 
annual appropriation bill making appropriations, otherwise making funds 
available, or granting authority, for any of the following categories 
of programs, projects, and activities:
            (1) Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies 
        programs.
            (2) The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
        judiciary, and related agencies.
            (3) The Department of Defense.
            (4) The government of the District of Columbia and other 
        activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues 
        of the District.
            (5) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
        and Education, and related agencies.
            (6) The Departments of Veterans and Housing and Urban 
        Development, and sundry independent agencies, boards, 
        commissions, corporations, and offices.
            (7) Energy and water development.
            (8) Foreign assistance and related programs.
            (9) The Department of the Interior and related agencies.
            (10) Military construction.
            (11) The Department of Transportation and related agencies.
            (12) The Treasury Department, the U.S. Postal Service, the 
        Executive Office of the President, and certain independent 
        agencies.
            (13) The legislative branch.

           TITLE VIII--DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION DISASTER RELIEF

SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Depository Institution Disaster 
Relief Act of 1997''.

SEC. 802. TRUTH IN LENDING ACT; EXPEDITED FUNDS AVAILABILITY ACT.

    (a) Truth in Lending Act.--During the 180-day period beginning on 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Board may make exceptions to the 
Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) for transactions within 
an area in which the President, pursuant to section 401 of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5121 et seq.), has determined that a major disaster exists, or within 
an area determined to be eligible for disaster relief under other 
Federal law by reason of damage related to the 1997 flooding of the Red 
River of the North and its tributaries, if the Board determines that 
the exception can reasonably be expected to alleviate hardships to the 
public resulting from such disaster that outweigh possible adverse 
effects.
    (b) Expedited Funds Availability Act.--During the 180-day period 
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Board may make 
exceptions to the Expedited Funds Availability Act (12 U.S.C. 4001 et 
seq.) for depository institution offices located within any area 
referred to in subsection (a) if the Board determines that the 
exception can reasonably be expected to alleviate hardships to the 
public resulting from such disaster that outweigh possible adverse 
effects.
    (c) Time Limit on Exceptions.--Any exception made under this 
section shall expire not later than the earlier of--
            (1) 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act; or
            (2) 1 year after the date of any determination referred to 
        in subsection (a).
    (d) Publication Required.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
a determination under subsection (a), the Board shall publish in the 
Federal Register a statement that--
            (1) describes the exception made under this section; and
            (2) explains how the exception can reasonably be expected 
        to produce benefits to the public that outweigh possible 
        adverse effects.

SEC. 803. DEPOSIT OF INSURANCE PROCEEDS.

    The appropriate Federal banking agency may, by order, permit an 
insured depository institution, during the 18-month period beginning on 
the date of enactment of this Act, to subtract from the institution's 
total assets, in calculating compliance with the leverage limit 
prescribed under section 38 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 
U.S.C. 1831o), an amount not exceeding the qualifying amount 
attributable to insurance proceeds, if the agency determines that--
            (1) the institution--
                    (A) had its principal place of business within an 
                area in which the President, pursuant to section 401 of 
                the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
                Assistance Act, has determined that a major disaster 
                exists, or within an area determined to be eligible for 
                disaster relief under other Federal law by reason of 
                damage related to the 1997 flooding of the Red River of 
                the North and its tributaries, on the day before the 
                date of any such determination;
                    (B) derives more than 60 percent of its total 
                deposits from persons who normally reside within, or 
                whose principal place of business is normally within, 
                areas of intense devastation caused by the major 
                disaster;
                    (C) was adequately capitalized (as defined in 
                section 38 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 
                U.S.C. 1831o)) before the major disaster; and
                    (D) has an acceptable plan for managing the 
                increase in its total assets and total deposits; and
            (2) the subtraction is consistent with the purpose of 
        section 38 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 
        1831o).

SEC. 804. BANKING AGENCY PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--During the 180-day period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this Act, a qualifying regulatory agency may take any of 
the following actions with respect to depository institutions or other 
regulated entities whose principal place of business is within, or with 
respect to transactions or activities within, an area in which the 
President, pursuant to section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, has determined that a major 
disaster exists, or within an area determined to be eligible for 
disaster relief under other Federal law by reason of damage related to 
the 1997 flooding of the Red River of the North and its tributaries, if 
the agency determines that the action would facilitate recovery from 
the major disaster:
            (1) Procedure.--Exercise the agency's authority under 
        provisions of law other than this section without complying 
        with--
                    (A) any requirement of section 553 of title 5, 
                United States Code; or
                    (B) any provision of law that requires notice or 
                opportunity for hearing or sets maximum or minimum time 
                limits with respect to agency action.
            (2) Publication requirements.--Make exceptions, with 
        respect to institutions or other entities for which the agency 
        is the primary Federal regulator, to--
                    (A) any publication requirement with respect to 
                establishing branches or other deposit-taking 
                facilities; or
                    (B) any similar publication requirement.
    (b) Publication Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
an action under this section, a qualifying regulatory agency shall 
publish in the Federal Register a statement that--
            (1) describes the action taken under this section; and
            (2) explains the need for the action.
    (c) Qualifying Regulatory Agency Defined.--For purposes of this 
section, the term ``qualifying regulatory agency'' means--
            (1) the Board;
            (2) the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency;
            (3) the Office of Thrift Supervision;
            (4) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;
            (5) the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council;
            (6) the National Credit Union Administration; and
            (7) with respect to chapter 53 of title 31, United States 
        Code, the Secretary of the Treasury.

SEC. 805. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of the Congress that each Federal financial 
institutions regulatory agency should, by regulation or order, make 
exceptions to the appraisal standards prescribed by title XI of the 
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 
(12 U.S.C. 3331 et seq.) for transactions involving institutions for 
which the agency is the primary Federal regulator with respect to real 
property located within a disaster area pursuant to section 1123 of the 
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 
(12 U.S.C. 3352), if the agency determines that the exceptions can 
reasonably be expected to alleviate hardships to the public resulting 
from such disaster that outweigh possible adverse effects.

SEC. 806. OTHER AUTHORITY NOT AFFECTED.

    Nothing in this title limits the authority of any department or 
agency under any other provision of law.

SEC. 807. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this title, the following definitions shall apply:
            (1) Appropriate federal banking agency.--The term 
        ``appropriate Federal banking agency'' has the same meaning as 
        in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 
        1813).
            (2) Board.--The term ``Board'' means the Board of Governors 
        of the Federal Reserve System.
            (3) Federal financial institutions regulatory agency.--The 
        term ``Federal financial institutions regulatory agency'' has 
        the same meaning as in section 1121 of the Financial 
        Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 
        U.S.C. 3350).
            (4) Insured depository institution.--The term ``insured 
        depository institution'' has the same meaning as in section 3 
        of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813).
            (5) Leverage limit.--The term ``leverage limit'' has the 
        same meaning as in section 38 of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
        Act (12 U.S.C. 1831o).
            (6) Qualifying amount attributable to insurance proceeds.--
        The term ``qualifying amount attributable to insurance 
        proceeds'' means the amount (if any) by which the institution's 
        total assets exceed the institution's average total assets 
        during the calendar quarter ending before the date of any 
        determination referred to in section 803(1)(A), because of the 
        deposit of insurance payments or governmental assistance made 
        with respect to damage caused by, or other costs resulting 
        from, the major disaster.

        TITLE IX--TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS WITH RESPECT TO EDUCATION

SEC. 901. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO DISCLOSURES REQUIRED WITH 
              RESPECT TO GRADUATION RATES.

    (a) Amendments.--Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1092) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3)(B), by striking ``June 30'' and 
        inserting ``August 31''; and
            (2) in subsection (e)(9), by striking ``August 30'' and 
        inserting ``August 31''.
    (b) Effective Dates.--
            (1) In General.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        amendments made by subsection (a) are effective upon enactment.
            (2) Information dissemination.--No institution shall be 
        required to comply with the amendment made by subsection (a)(1) 
        before July 1, 1998.

SEC. 902. DATE EXTENSION.

    Section 1501(a)(4) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6491(a)(4)) is amended by striking ``January 1, 1998'' 
and inserting ``January 1, 1999''.

SEC. 903. TIMELY FILING OF NOTICE.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
Education shall deem Kansas and New Mexico to have timely submitted 
under section 8009(c)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7709(c)(1)) the States' written notices of intent to 
consider payments described in section 8009(b)(1) of the Act (20 U.S.C. 
7709(b)(1)) in providing State aid to local educational agencies for 
school year 1997-1998, except that the Secretary may require the States 
to submit such additional information as the Secretary may require, 
which information shall be considered part of the notices.

SEC. 904. HOLD HARMLESS PAYMENTS.

    Section 8002(h)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7702(h)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) for fiscal year 1997 and each succeeding 
                fiscal year through fiscal year 2000 shall not be less 
                than 85 percent of the amount such agency received for 
                fiscal year 1996 under subsection (b).''.

SEC. 905. DATA.

    (a) In General.--Section 8003(f)(4) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(f)(4)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by inserting ``expenditure,'' after 
                ``revenue,''; and
                    (B) by striking the semicolon and inserting a 
                period;
            (2) by striking ``the Secretary'' and all that follows 
        through ``shall use'' and inserting ``the Secretary shall 
        use''; and
            (3) by striking subparagraph (B).
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to fiscal years after fiscal year 1997.

                      TITLE X--FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

 State Option To Issue Food Stamp Benefits to Certain Individuals Made 
                      Ineligible by Welfare Reform

    Sec. 1001. Section 7 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2016) 
is amended by--
            (1) inserting in subsection (a) after ``necessary, and'', 
        ``except as provided in subsection (j)'', and
            (2) inserting a new subsection (j) as follows:
    ``(j)(1) A State agency may, with the concurrence of the Secretary, 
issue coupons to individuals who are ineligible to participate in the 
food stamp program solely because of the provisions of section 6(o)(2) 
of this Act or sections 402 and 403 of the Personal Responsibility and 
Work Opportunity Act of 1996. A State agency that issues coupons under 
this subsection shall pay the Secretary the face value of the coupons 
issued under this subsection and the cost of printing, shipping, and 
redeeming the coupons, as well as any other Federal costs involved, as 
determined by the Secretary. A State agency shall pay the Secretary for 
coupons issued under this subsection and for the associated Federal 
costs issued under this subsection no later than the time the State 
agency issues such coupons to recipients. In making payments, the State 
agency shall comply with procedures developed by the Secretary. 
Notwithstanding section 3302(b) of title 31, United States Code, 
payments received by the Secretary for such coupons and for the 
associated Federal costs shall be credited to the food stamp program 
appropriation account or the account from which such associated costs 
were drawn, as appropriate, for the fiscal year in which the payment is 
received. The State agency shall comply with reporting requirements 
established by the Secretary.
    ``(2) A State agency that issues coupons under this subsection 
shall submit a plan, subject to the approval of the Secretary, 
describing the conditions under which coupons will be issued, 
including, but not limited to, eligibility standards, benefit levels, 
and the methodology the State will use to determine amounts owed the 
Secretary.
    ``(3) A State agency shall not issue benefits under this 
subsection--
            ``(A) to individuals who have been made ineligible under 
        any provision of section 6 of this Act other than section 
        6(o)(2); or
            ``(B) in any area of the State where an electronic benefit 
        transfer system has been implemented.
    ``(4) The value of coupons provided under this subsection shall not 
be considered income or resources for any purpose under any Federal 
laws, including, but not limited to, laws relating to taxation, 
welfare, and public assistance programs.
    ``(5) Any sanction, disqualification, fine or other penalty 
prescribed in Federal law, including, but not limited to, sections 12 
and 15 of this Act, shall apply to violations in connection with any 
coupon or coupons issued pursuant to this subsection.
    ``(6) Administrative and other costs associated with the provision 
of coupons under this subsection shall not be eligible for 
reimbursement or any other form of Federal funding under section 16 or 
any other provision of this Act.
    ``(7) That portion of a household's allotment issued pursuant to 
this subsection shall be excluded from any sample taken for purposes of 
making any determination under the system of enhanced payment accuracy 
established in section 16(c).''.

                          Conforming Amendment

    Sec. 1002. Section 17(b)(I)(B)(iv) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 is 
amended by--
            (1) striking ``or'' in subclause (V);
            (2) striking the period at the end of subclause (VI) and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) inserting a new subclause (VII) as follows--
                    ``(VII) waives a provision of section 7(j).''.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Supplemental Appropriations and 
Rescissions Act of 1997''.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
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  1st Session

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