[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H.R. 4194 Reported in House (RH)]




                                                 Union Calendar No. 344
105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4194

                          [Report No. 105-610]

   Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
  Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 
  boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 8, 1998

Mr. Lewis of California, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported 
 the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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                                 A BILL


 
   Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
  Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 
  boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments 
of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry 
independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations and offices for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes, 
namely:

                                TITLE I

                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                    Veterans Benefits Administration

                       compensation and pensions

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of 
veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as authorized 
by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61); 
pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 
U.S.C. chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 2508); and burial 
benefits, emergency and other officers' retirement pay, adjusted-
service credits and certificates, payment of premiums due on commercial 
life insurance policies guaranteed under the provisions of Article IV 
of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended, and 
for other benefits as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, 1312, 1977, and 
2106, chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 50 U.S.C. App. 540-548; 43 Stat. 
122, 123; 45 Stat. 735; 76 Stat. 1198); $21,857,058,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $24,534,000 of 
the amount appropriated shall be reimbursed to ``General operating 
expenses'' and ``Medical care'' for necessary expenses in implementing 
those provisions authorized in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
1990, and in the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapters 51, 
53, and 55), the funding source for which is specifically provided as 
the ``Compensation and pensions'' appropriation: Provided further, That 
such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall 
be reimbursed to ``Medical facilities revolving fund'' to augment the 
funding of individual medical facilities for nursing home care provided 
to pensioners as authorized.

                         readjustment benefits

    For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits to or 
on behalf of veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 31, 
34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61, $1,175,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That funds shall be available to pay any 
court order, court award or any compromise settlement arising from 
litigation involving the vocational training program authorized by 
section 18 of Public Law 98-77, as amended.

                   veterans insurance and indemnities

    For military and naval insurance, national service life insurance, 
servicemen's indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance, and 
veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 19; 
70 Stat. 887; 72 Stat. 487, $46,450,000, to remain available until 
expended.

         veterans housing benefit program fund program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 
37, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That 
during fiscal year 1999, within the resources available, not to exceed 
$300,000 in gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for 
specially adapted housing loans: Provided further, That during 1999 any 
moneys that would be otherwise deposited into or paid from the Loan 
Guaranty Revolving Fund, the Guaranty and Indemnity Fund, or the Direct 
Loan Revolving Fund shall be deposited into or paid from the Veterans 
Housing Benefit Program Fund: Provided further, That any balances in 
the Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund, the Guaranty and Indemnity Fund, or 
the Direct Loan Revolving Fund on the effective date of this Act may be 
transferred to and merged with the Veterans Housing Benefit Program 
Fund.
     In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, $159,121,000, which may be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.

                  education loan fund program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of direct loans, $1,000, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 
3698, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the 
principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $3,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct loan program, $206,000, which may be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.

            vocational rehabilitation loans program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of direct loans, $55,000, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 
chapter 31, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost 
of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the 
principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $2,401,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct loan program, $400,000, which may be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.

          native american veteran housing loan program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program 
authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter V, as amended, $515,000, 
which may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
``General operating expenses''.

                     Veterans Health Administration

                              medical care

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of 
hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities; for furnishing, 
as authorized by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 
beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including care and 
treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Department; 
and furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and equipment; 
funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto for 
beneficiaries receiving care in the Department; administrative expenses 
in support of planning, design, project management, real property 
acquisition and disposition, construction and renovation of any 
facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; 
oversight, engineering and architectural activities not charged to 
project cost; repairing, altering, improving or providing facilities in 
the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the 
Department, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by the 
hire of temporary employees and purchase of materials; uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; aid to State 
homes as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 1741; administrative and legal 
expenses of the Department for collecting and recovering amounts owed 
the Department as authorized under 38 U.S.C. chapter 17, and the 
Federal Medical Care Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.; and not to 
exceed $8,000,000 to fund cost comparison studies as referred to in 38 
U.S.C. 8110(a)(5); $17,057,396,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That 
of the funds made available under this heading, $846,000,000 is for the 
equipment and land and structures object classifications only, which 
amount shall not become available for obligation until August 1, 1999, 
and shall remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available under this heading, $6,000,000 is for 
the Musculoskeletal Disease Center, which amount shall remain available 
for obligation until expended: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, not to exceed $22,633,000 may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``General 
operating expenses''.
     In addition, in conformance with Public Law 105-33 establishing 
the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund, such 
sums as may be deposited to such Fund pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1729A may 
be transferred to this account, to remain available until expended for 
the purposes of this account.

                    medical and prosthetic research

    For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical and 
prosthetic research and development as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 
73, to remain available until September 30, 2000, $310,000,000, plus 
reimbursements.

      medical administration and miscellaneous operating expenses

    For necessary expenses in the administration of the medical, 
hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, supply, and research 
activities, as authorized by law; administrative expenses in support of 
planning, design, project management, architectural, engineering, real 
property acquisition and disposition, construction and renovation of 
any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, including site acquisition; engineering and 
architectural activities not charged to project cost; and research and 
development in building construction technology; $60,000,000, plus 
reimbursements.

                   general post fund, national homes

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of direct loans, $7,000, as authorized by Public Law 
102-54, section 8, which shall be transferred from the ``General post 
fund'': Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of 
direct loans not to exceed $70,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan programs, $54,000, which shall be transferred from the ``General 
post fund'', as authorized by Public Law 102-54, section 8.

                      Departmental Administration

                       general operating expenses

    For necessary operating expenses of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or allowances 
therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard 
services, and the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas 
employee mail; $855,661,000: Provided, That funds under this heading 
shall be available to administer the Service Members Occupational 
Conversion and Training Act.

                        national cemetery system

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of the 
National Cemetery System, not otherwise provided for, including 
uniforms or allowances therefor; cemeterial expenses as authorized by 
law; purchase of six passenger motor vehicles for use in cemeterial 
operations; and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $92,006,000: 
Provided, That of the amount made available under this heading, not to 
exceed $86,000 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ``General operating expenses''.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$32,702,000.

                      construction, major projects

    For constructing, altering, extending and improving any of the 
facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 
2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of 38 U.S.C., 
including planning, architectural and engineering services, maintenance 
or guarantee period services costs associated with equipment guarantees 
provided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite 
utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and site 
acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is $4,000,000 or 
more or where funds for a project were made available in a previous 
major project appropriation, $143,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That except for advance planning of projects funded 
through the advance planning fund and the design of projects funded 
through the design fund, none of these funds shall be used for any 
project which has not been considered and approved by the Congress in 
the budgetary process: Provided further, That funds provided in this 
appropriation for fiscal year 1999, for each approved project shall be 
obligated: (1) by the awarding of a construction documents contract by 
September 30, 1999; and (2) by the awarding of a construction contract 
by September 30, 2000: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
promptly report in writing to the Committees on Appropriations any 
approved major construction project in which obligations are not 
incurred within the time limitations established above: Provided 
further, That no funds from any other account except the ``Parking 
revolving fund'', may be obligated for constructing, altering, 
extending, or improving a project which was approved in the budget 
process and funded in this account until one year after substantial 
completion and beneficial occupancy by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs of the project or any part thereof with respect to that part 
only.

                      construction, minor projects

    For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the 
facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, including planning, architectural and engineering 
services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated 
with equipment guarantees provided under the project, services of 
claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system construction 
costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in 
sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 
of 38 U.S.C., where the estimated cost of a project is less than 
$4,000,000; $175,000,000 to remain available until expended, along with 
unobligated balances of previous ``Construction, minor projects'' 
appropriations which are hereby made available for any project where 
the estimated cost is less than $4,000,000: Provided, That funds in 
this account shall be available for: (1) repairs to any of the 
nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
Department which are necessary because of loss or damage caused by any 
natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary measures necessary 
to prevent or to minimize further loss by such causes.

                         parking revolving fund

    For the parking revolving fund as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8109, 
income from fees collected, to remain available until expended, which 
shall be available for all authorized expenses except operations and 
maintenance costs, which will be funded from ``Medical care''.

       grants for construction of state extended care facilities

    For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State nursing 
home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify or alter 
existing hospital, nursing home and domiciliary facilities in State 
homes, for furnishing care to veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8131-
8137, $80,000,000, to remain available until expended.

        grants for the construction of state veterans cemeteries

    For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding, or improving 
State veteran cemeteries as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 2408, $10,000,000, 
to remain available until expended.

                       administrative provisions

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 1999 for ``Compensation 
and pensions'', ``Readjustment benefits'', and ``Veterans insurance and 
indemnities'' may be transferred to any other of the mentioned 
appropriations.
    Sec. 102. Appropriations available to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 1999  for salaries and expenses shall be 
available for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
    Sec. 103. No appropriations in this Act for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations for ``Construction, major 
projects'', ``Construction, minor projects'', and the ``Parking 
revolving fund'') shall be available for the purchase of any site for 
or toward the construction of any new hospital or home.
    Sec. 104. No appropriations in this Act for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs shall be available for hospitalization or examination 
of any persons (except beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing 
such benefits to veterans, and persons receiving such treatment under 5 
U.S.C. 7901-7904 or 42 U.S.C. 5141-5204), unless reimbursement of cost 
is made to the ``Medical care'' account at such rates as may be fixed 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
    Sec. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 1999 for ``Compensation and pensions'', 
``Readjustment benefits'', and ``Veterans insurance and indemnities'' 
shall be available for payment of prior year accrued obligations 
required to be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year 
accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 1998.
    Sec. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1999  shall be available to pay prior 
year obligations of corresponding prior year appropriations accounts 
resulting from title X of the Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public 
Law 100-86, except that if such obligations are from trust fund 
accounts they shall be payable from ``Compensation and pensions''.
    Sec. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during fiscal 
year 1999, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, from the National 
Service Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1920), the Veterans' Special 
Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1923), and the United States Government 
Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), reimburse the ``General operating 
expenses'' account for the cost of administration of the insurance 
programs financed through those accounts: Provided, That reimbursement 
shall be made only from the surplus earnings accumulated in an 
insurance program in fiscal year 1999, that are available for dividends 
in that program after claims have been paid and actuarially determined 
reserves have been set aside: Provided further, That if the cost of 
administration of an insurance program exceeds the amount of surplus 
earnings accumulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made only 
to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 
1999, which is properly allocable to the provision of each insurance 
program and to the provision of any total disability income insurance 
included in such insurance program.
    Sec. 108. In accordance with section 1557 of title 31, United 
States Code, the following obligated balances shall be exempt from 
subchapter IV of chapter 15 of such title and shall remain available 
for expenditure without fiscal year limitation: (1) funds obligated by 
the Department of Veterans Affairs for lease numbers 084B-05-94, 084B-
07-94, and 084B-027-94 from funds made available in the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994 (Public Law 103-124) under the 
heading ``Medical care''; and (2) funds obligated by the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for lease number 084B-002-96 from funds made available 
in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public 
Law 103-327) under the heading ``Medical care''.
    Sec. 109. (a) The Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in 
Salisbury, North Carolina, is hereby designated as the ``W.G. (Bill) 
Hefner Salisbury Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center''. Any 
reference to such center in any law, regulation, map, document, record 
or other paper of the United States shall be considered to be a 
reference to the ``W.G. (Bill) Hefner Salisbury Department of Veterans 
Affairs Medical Center''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The provisions of subsection (a) are effective 
on the latter of the first day of the 106th Congress or January 3, 
1999.

                                TITLE II

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                       Public and Indian Housing

                        housing certificate fund

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For activities and assistance to prevent the involuntary 
displacement of low-income families, the elderly and the disabled 
because of the loss of affordable housing stock, expiration of subsidy 
contracts (other than contracts for which amounts are provided under 
another heading in this Act) or expiration of use restrictions, or 
other changes in housing assistance arrangements, and for other 
purposes, $10,240,542,030, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
$9,600,000,000 shall be for assistance under the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437) for use in connection with expiring or 
terminating section 8 subsidy contracts, for enhanced vouchers as 
provided under the ``Preserving Existing Housing Investment'' account 
in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public 
Law 104-204), and contracts entered into pursuant to section 441 of the 
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may determine not to apply section 8(o)(6)(B) of the Act to 
housing vouchers during fiscal year 1999: Provided further, That of the 
total amount provided under this heading, $97,000,000 shall be for 
amendments to section 8 contracts other than contracts for projects 
developed under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended: 
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
$433,542,030 shall be for section 8 rental assistance under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 including assistance to relocate residents 
of properties: (1) that are owned by the Secretary and being disposed 
of; or (2) that are discontinuing section 8 project-based assistance; 
for relocation and replacement housing for units that are demolished or 
disposed of from the public housing inventory (in addition to amounts 
that may be available for such purposes under this and other headings); 
for the conversion of section 23 projects to assistance under section 
8; for funds to carry out the family unification program; and for the 
relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to combat crime in 
public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from a law 
enforcement or prosecution agency: Provided further, That of the total 
amount made available in the preceding proviso, $40,000,000 shall be 
made available to nonelderly disabled families affected by the 
designation of a public housing development under section 7 of such 
Act, the establishment of preferences in accordance with section 651 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 1361l), or 
the restriction of occupancy to elderly families in accordance with 
section 658 of such Act, and to the extent the Secretary determines 
that such amount is not needed to fund applications for such affected 
families, to other nonelderly disabled families: Provided further, That 
the amount made available under the fifth proviso under the heading 
``Prevention of Resident Displacement'' in title II of the Departments 
of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, Public Law 104-204, shall also be 
made available to nonelderly disabled families affected by the 
restriction of occupancy to elderly families in accordance with section 
658 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992: Provided 
further, That to the extent the Secretary determines that the amount 
made available under the fifth proviso under the heading ``Prevention 
of Resident Displacement'' in title II of the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1997, Public Law 104-204, is not needed to fund 
applications for affected families described in the fifth proviso, or 
in the preceding proviso under this heading in this Act, the amount not 
needed shall be made available to other nonelderly disabled families: 
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
$10,000,000 shall be for Regional Opportunity Counseling: Provided 
further, That all balances, as of September 30, 1998, remaining in the 
``Prevention of Resident Displacement'' account shall be transferred to 
and merged with the amounts provided for those purposes under this 
heading.
    For tenant-based assistance under the United States Housing Act of 
1937 to help eligible families make the transition from welfare to 
work, $100,000,000 from the total amount provided under this heading, 
to be administered by public housing agencies (including Indian housing 
authorities, as defined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development), and to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
families initially selected to receive assistance under this paragraph 
(1) shall be eligible to receive, shall be currently receiving, or 
shall have received within the preceding year, assistance or services 
funded under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program 
under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act or as part of a 
State's qualified State expenditure under section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) of 
such Act; (2) shall be determined by the agency to be families for 
which tenant-based housing assistance is critical to successfully 
obtaining or retaining employment; and (3) shall not already be 
receiving tenant-based assistance: Provided further, That each 
application shall (1) describe the proposed program, which shall be 
developed by the public housing agency in consultation with the State, 
local or Tribal entity administering the TANF program and the entity, 
if any, administering the Welfare-to-Work grants allocated by the 
United States Department of Labor pursuant to section 403(a)(5)(A) of 
the Social Security Act, and which shall take into account the 
particular circumstances of the community; (2) demonstrate that tenant-
based housing assistance is critical to the success of assisting 
eligible families to obtain or retain employment; (3) specify the 
criteria for selecting among eligible families to receive housing 
assistance under this paragraph; (4) describe the proposed strategy for 
tenant counseling and housing search assistance and landlord outreach; 
(5) include any requests for waivers of any administrative requirements 
or any provisions of the United States Housing Act of 1937, with a 
demonstration of how approval of the waivers would substantially 
further the objective of this paragraph; (6) include certifications 
from the State, local, or Tribal entity administering assistance under 
the TANF program and from the entity, if any, administering the 
Welfare-to-Work grants allocated by the United States Department of 
Labor, that the entity supports the proposed program and will cooperate 
with the public housing agency that administers the housing assistance 
to assure that such assistance is coordinated with other welfare reform 
and welfare to work initiatives; however, if either does not respond to 
the public housing agency within a reasonable time period, its 
concurrence shall be assumed, and if either objects to the application, 
its concerns shall accompany the application to the Secretary, who 
shall take them into account in this funding decision; and (7) include 
such other information as the Secretary may require and meet such other 
requirements as the Secretary may establish: Provided further, That the 
Secretary, after consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services and the Secretary of Labor, shall select public housing 
agencies to receive assistance under this paragraph on a competitive 
basis, taking into account the need for and quality of the proposed 
program (including innovative approaches), the extent to which the 
assistance will be coordinated with welfare reform and welfare to work 
initiatives, the extent to which the application demonstrates that 
tenant-based assistance is critical to the success of assisting 
eligible families to obtain or retain employment; and other appropriate 
criteria established by the Secretary: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may waive any administrative requirement or any provision of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 if the Secretary determines that 
the waiver would substantially further the objective of the assistance 
under this paragraph, and in the event of any waiver, may make 
provision for alternative conditions or terms where appropriate: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may use up to one percent of the 
amount available under this paragraph, directly or indirectly, to 
conduct detailed evaluations of the effect of providing assistance 
under this paragraph.

                      public housing capital fund

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program for modernization of 
existing public housing projects as authorized under section 14 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437), 
$3,000,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of 
the total amount, up to $100,000,000 shall be for carrying out 
activities under section 6(j) of such Act and technical assistance for 
the inspection of public housing units, contract expertise, and 
training and technical assistance directly or indirectly, under grants, 
contracts, or cooperative agreements, to assist in the oversight and 
management of public housing (whether or not the housing is being 
modernized with assistance under this proviso) or tenant-based 
assistance, including, but not limited to, an annual resident survey, 
data collection and analysis, training and technical assistance by or 
to officials and employees of the Department and of public housing 
agencies and to residents in connection with the public housing 
programs and for lease adjustments to section 23 projects: Provided 
further, That of the amount available under this heading, up to 
$5,000,000 shall be for the Tenant Opportunity Program: Provided 
further, That all balances, as of September 30, 1998, of funds 
heretofore provided for section 673 public housing service coordinators 
shall be transferred to and merged with amounts made available under 
this heading.

                     public housing operating fund

    For payments to public housing agencies for operating subsidies for 
low-income housing projects as authorized by section 9 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g), 
$2,818,000,000, to remain available until expended.

             drug elimination grants for low-income housing

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For grants to public housing agencies and tribally designated 
housing entities for use in eliminating crime in public housing 
projects authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11901-11908, for grants for federally 
assisted low-income housing authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11909, and for drug 
information clearinghouse services authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11921-11925, 
$290,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $10,000,000 
shall be for grants, technical assistance, contracts and other 
assistance, training, and program assessment and execution for or on 
behalf of public housing agencies, resident organizations, and Indian 
tribes and their tribally designated housing entities (including the 
cost of necessary travel for participants in such training); 
$10,000,000 shall be used in connection with efforts to combat violent 
crime in public and assisted housing under the Operation Safe Home 
program administered by the Inspector General of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development; and $10,000,000 shall be provided to the 
Office of Inspector General for Operation Safe Home: Provided further, 
That the term ``drug-related crime'', as defined in 42 U.S.C. 11905(2), 
shall also include other types of crime as determined by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 5130(c) of the Anti-Drug 
Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11909(c)), the Secretary may determine not 
to use any such funds to provide public housing youth sports grants.

     revitalization of severely distressed public housing (hope vi)

    For grants to public housing agencies for assisting in the 
demolition of obsolete public housing projects or portions thereof, the 
revitalization (where appropriate) of sites (including remaining public 
housing units) on which such projects are located, replacement housing 
which will avoid or lessen concentrations of very low-income families, 
and tenant-based assistance in accordance with section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937; and for providing replacement housing and 
assisting tenants displaced by the demolition (including appropriate 
homeownership down payment assistance for displaced tenants), 
$600,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which the 
Secretary may use up to $10,000,000 for technical assistance and 
contract expertise, to be provided directly or indirectly by grants, 
contracts or cooperative agreements, including training and cost of 
necessary travel for participants in such training, by or to officials 
and employees of the Department and of public housing agencies and to 
residents: Provided, That no funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be used for any purpose that is not provided for herein, in the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, in the Appropriations Acts for the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies, for the fiscal years 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, and 
1998, and the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act 
of 1996: Provided further, That for purposes of environmental review 
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, a grant 
under this head or under prior appropriations Acts for use for the 
purposes under this head shall be treated as assistance under title I 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and shall be subject to the 
regulations issued by the Secretary to implement section 26 of such 
Act: Provided further, That none of such funds shall be used directly 
or indirectly by granting competitive advantage in awards to settle 
litigation or pay judgments, unless expressly permitted herein.

                  native american housing block grants

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as authorized 
under title I of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-330), $620,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $6,000,000 shall be used to support 
the inspection of Indian housing units, contract expertise, training, 
and technical assistance in the oversight and management of Indian 
housing and tenant-based assistance, including up to $200,000 for 
related travel: Provided, That of the amount provided under this 
heading, $6,000,000 shall be made available for the cost of guaranteed 
notes and other obligations, as authorized by title VI of the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996: 
Provided, further, That such costs, including the costs of modifying 
such notes and other obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided, further, 
That these funds are available to subsidize the total principal amount 
of any notes and other obligations, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, not to exceed $54,600,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
guaranteed loan program, up to $200,000, which shall be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriation for departmental salaries and 
expenses, to be used only for the administrative costs of these 
guarantees: Provided, That the funds made available in the first 
proviso in the preceding paragraph are for a demonstration on ways to 
enhance economic growth, to increase access to private capital, and to 
encourage the investment and participation of traditional financial 
institutions in tribal and other Native American areas.

           indian housing loan guarantee fund program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 3739), 
$6,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: 
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$68,881,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
guaranteed loan program, up to $400,000, which shall be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriation for departmental salaries and 
expenses, to be used only for the administrative costs of these 
guarantees.

                   Community Planning and Development

              housing opportunities for persons with aids

    For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS 
program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12901), $225,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That up to 1 percent of such funds shall be available to the Secretary 
for technical assistance.

                   community development block grants

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For grants to States and units of general local government and for 
related expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out a community 
development grants program as authorized by title I of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (the ``Act'' herein) (42 
U.S.C. 5301), $4,725,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2001: Provided, That $67,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes 
notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act; $3,000,000 shall be 
available as a grant to the Housing Assistance Council; $1,800,000 
shall be available as a grant to the National American Indian Housing 
Council; $50,000,000 shall be for grants pursuant to section 107 of the 
Act; $20,000,000 shall be for grants pursuant to the Self Help Housing 
Opportunity program, subject to authorization: Provided further, That 
not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appropriated 
herein (other than a grant made available under the preceding proviso 
to the Housing Assistance Council or the National American Indian 
Housing Council, or a grant using funds under section 107(b)(3) of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended) shall be 
expended for ``Planning and Management Development'' and 
``Administration'' as defined in regulations promulgated by the 
Department.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, $20,000,000 shall 
be available for Economic Development Grants, as authorized by section 
108(q) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as 
amended, for Brownfields redevelopment projects: Provided, That the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall make these grants 
available on a competitive basis as specified in section 102 of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, $30,000,000 shall 
be made available 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), with not less than 
$10,000,000 of the funding to be used in rural areas, including tribal 
areas, to be divided equally among four entities, as specified in the 
report of the Appropriations Committee accompanying this Act.
     Of the amount provided under this heading, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development may use up to $50,000,000 for a public 
and assisted housing self-sufficiency program, of which up to 
$5,000,000 may be used for the Moving to Work Demonstration, and at 
least $20,000,000 shall be used for grants for service coordinators and 
congregate services for the elderly and disabled: Provided, That for 
self-sufficiency activities, the Secretary may make grants to public 
housing agencies (including Indian tribes and their tribally designated 
housing entities), nonprofit corporations, and other appropriate 
entities for a supportive services program to assist residents of 
public and assisted housing, former residents of such housing receiving 
tenant-based assistance under section 8 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f), 
and other low-income families and individuals: Provided further, That 
the program shall provide supportive services, principally for the 
benefit of public housing residents, to the elderly and the disabled, 
and to families with children where the head of household would benefit 
from the receipt of supportive services and is working, seeking work, 
or is preparing for work by participating in job training or 
educational programs: Provided further, That the supportive services 
may include congregate services for the elderly and disabled, service 
coordinators, and coordinated education, training, and other supportive 
services, including case management skills training, job search 
assistance, assistance related to retaining employment, vocational and 
entrepreneurship development and support programs, such as 
transportation, and child care: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall require applications to demonstrate firm commitments of funding 
or services from other sources: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall select public and Indian housing agencies to receive assistance 
under this heading on a competitive basis, taking into account the 
quality of the proposed program, including any innovative approaches, 
the extent of the proposed coordination of supportive services, the 
extent of commitments of funding or services from other sources, the 
extent to which the proposed program includes reasonably achievable, 
quantifiable goals for measuring performance under the program over a 
three-year period, the extent of success an agency has had in carrying 
out other comparable initiatives, and other appropriate criteria 
established by the Secretary (except that this proviso shall not apply 
to renewal of grants for service coordinators and congregate services 
for the elderly and disabled).
    Of the amount made available under this heading, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, $35,000,000 shall be available for 
YouthBuild program activities authorized by subtitle D of title IV of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as amended, and 
such activities shall be an eligible activity with respect to any funds 
made available under this heading: Provided, That local YouthBuild 
programs that demonstrate an ability to leverage private and nonprofit 
funding shall be given a priority for YouthBuild funding.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, $50,000,000 shall 
be available for the Economic Development Initiative (EDI).
    Of the amount made available under this heading, $25,000,000 shall 
be available for neighborhood initiatives that are utilized to improve 
the conditions of distressed and blighted areas and neighborhoods, and 
to determine whether housing benefits can be integrated more 
effectively with welfare reform initiatives.
     For the cost of guaranteed loans, $29,000,000, as authorized by 
section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
not to exceed $1,261,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate limitation 
on outstanding obligations guaranteed in section 108(k) of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974: Provided further, That in 
addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 
program, $1,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for departmental salaries and expenses.

                  home investment partnerships program

    For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized under 
title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(Public Law 101-625), as amended, $1,600,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That up to $7,000,000 of these funds shall be 
available for the development and operation of integrated community 
development management information systems: Provided further, That up 
to $10,000,000 of these funds shall be available for Housing Counseling 
under section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968.

                       homeless assistance grants

    For the emergency shelter grants program (as authorized under 
subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 
Act, as amended); the supportive housing program (as authorized under 
subtitle C of title IV of such Act); the section 8 moderate 
rehabilitation single room occupancy program (as authorized under the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended) to assist homeless 
individuals pursuant to section 441 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
Assistance Act; and the shelter plus care program (as authorized under 
subtitle F of title IV of such Act), $975,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That permanent housing assisted under the 
supportive housing program with amounts provided under this heading in 
this Act shall be given to chronically homeless individuals and 
families who have, or who include members who have, chronic 
disabilities, including substance and alcohol abuse, and mental illness 
and other chronic health conditions: Provided further, That any 
permanent housing assisted under this heading shall be provided only if 
supportive services are linked to the individuals living in the 
housing: Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall conduct a review of any balances of amounts provided 
under this heading in this or any previous appropriation Act that have 
been obligated but remain unexpended and shall deobligate any such 
amounts that the Secretary determines were obligated for contracts that 
are unlikely to be performed: Provided further, That up to 1% of the 
funds appropriated under this heading may be used for technical 
assistance and tracking systems needed to carry out the directive 
provided in the Committee Report.

                    housing for special populations

    For assistance for the purchase, construction, acquisition, or 
development of additional public and subsidized housing units for low-
income families under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended 
(42 U.S.C 1437), not otherwise provided for, $839,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the total amount provided 
under this heading, $645,000,000 shall be for capital advances, 
including amendments to capital advance contracts, for housing for the 
elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as 
amended, and for project rental assistance, and amendments to contracts 
for project rental assistance, for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) 
of the Housing Act of 1959, and for supportive services associated with 
the housing; and $194,000,000 shall be for capital advances, including 
amendments to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for 
persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, for project rental 
assistance, for amendments to contracts for project rental assistance, 
and supportive services associated with the housing for persons with 
disabilities as authorized by section 811 of such Act: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may designate up to 25 percent of the 
amounts for section 811 of such Act for tenant-based assistance, as 
authorized under that section, including such authority as may be 
waived under the next proviso, which assistance shall be for five years 
in duration: Provided further, That the Secretary may waive any 
provision of section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 or section 811 of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (including the 
provisions governing the terms and conditions of project rental 
assistance and tenant-based assistance) that the Secretary determines 
is not necessary to achieve the respective objectives of these 
programs, or that otherwise impedes the ability to develop, operate or 
administer projects assisted under these programs, and may make 
provision for alternative conditions or terms where appropriate.

                         flexible subsidy fund

                          (transfer of funds)

    From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all uncommitted balances 
of excess rental charges as of September 30, 1998, and any collections 
made during fiscal year 1999, shall be transferred to the Flexible 
Subsidy Fund, as authorized by section 236(g) of the National Housing 
Act, as amended.

                     Federal Housing Administration

             fha--mutual mortgage insurance program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    During fiscal year 1999, commitments to guarantee loans to carry 
out the purposes of section 203(b) of the National Housing Act, as 
amended, shall not exceed a loan principal of $110,000,000,000.
    During fiscal year 1999, obligations to make direct loans to carry 
out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as 
amended, shall not exceed $50,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing 
amount shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in 
connection with sales of single family real properties owned by the 
Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance 
Fund.
    For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the guaranteed 
and direct loan program, $328,888,000, to be derived from the FHA-
mutual mortgage insurance guaranteed loans receipt account, of which 
not to exceed $324,866,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation 
for departmental salaries and expenses; and of which not to exceed 
$4,022,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for the Office of 
Inspector General.
    In addition, for non-overhead administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the Mutual Mortgage Insurance guarantee and direct loan 
program, $200,000,000, to be derived from the FHA-mutual mortgage 
insurance guaranteed loan receipt account.

             fha--general and special risk program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sections 238 and 
519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and 1735c), 
including the cost of loan guarantee modifications (as that term is 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended), $81,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any 
part of which is to be guaranteed, of up to $18,100,000,000.
    Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as 
authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of the National 
Housing Act, shall not exceed $50,000,000; of which not to exceed 
$30,000,000 shall be for bridge financing in connection with the sale 
of multifamily real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly 
insured under such Act; and of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be 
for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with the 
sale of single-family real properties owned by the Secretary and 
formerly insured under such Act.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
guaranteed and direct loan programs, $211,455,000, of which 
$193,134,000, shall be transferred to the appropriation for 
departmental salaries and expenses; and of which $18,321,000 shall be 
transferred to the appropriation for the Office of Inspector General.
    In addition, for non-overhead administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, $104,000,000.

                Government National Mortgage Association

guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    During fiscal year 1999, new commitments to issue guarantees to 
carry out the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as 
amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed $150,000,000,000.
     For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the guaranteed 
mortgage-backed securities program, $9,383,000, to be derived from the 
GNMA-guarantees of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed loan receipt 
account, of which not to exceed $9,383,000 shall be transferred to the 
appropriation for departmental salaries and expenses.

                    Policy Development and Research

                        research and technology

    For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs of 
research and studies relating to housing and urban problems, not 
otherwise provided for, as authorized by title V of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 et seq.), 
including carrying out the functions of the Secretary under section 
1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, $47,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2000, of which $10,000,000 shall be for 
activities to support the Partnership for Advanced Technologies in 
Housing.

                   Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

                        fair housing activities

    For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise provided 
for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as 
amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 
$40,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000, of which 
$23,500,000 shall be to carry out activities pursuant to such section 
561: Provided, That no funds made available under this heading shall be 
used to lobby the executive or legislative branches of the Federal 
Government in connection with a specific contract, grant or loan.

                     Office of Lead Hazard Control

                         lead hazard reduction

    For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by sections 
1011 and 1053 of the Residential Lead-Based Hazard Reduction Act of 
1992, $80,000,000 to remain available until expended, of which 
$2,500,000 shall be for CLEARCorps and $20,000,000 shall be for a 
Healthy Homes Initiative, which shall be a program pursuant to sections 
501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall 
include research, studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, 
including education and outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning 
and other housing-related environmental diseases and hazards.

                     Management and Administration

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary administrative and nonadministrative expenses of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development not otherwise provided for, 
including not to exceed $7,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $985,826,000, of which $518,000,000 shall be 
provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration, 
$9,383,000 shall be provided from funds of the Government National 
Mortgage Association, $1,000,000 shall be provided from the ``Community 
Development Grants Program'' account, $200,000 shall be provided from 
the ``Native American Housing Block Grants'' account, and $400,000 
shall be provided from the ``Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund Program 
Account''.

                      office of inspector general

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$81,910,000, of which $22,343,000 shall be provided from the various 
funds of the Federal Housing Administration and $10,000,000 shall be 
provided from the amount earmarked for Operation Safe Home in the 
``Drug Elimination Grants for Low-Income Housing'' account.

             Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprise Financial Safety 
and Soundness Act of 1992, $16,551,000, to remain available until 
expended, to be derived from the Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight 
Fund: Provided, That not to exceed such amount shall be available from 
the General Fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur 
obligations and make expenditures pending the receipt of collections to 
the Fund: Provided further, That the General Fund amount shall be 
reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to 
result in a final appropriation from the General Fund estimated at not 
more than $0.

                       administrative provisions

    public and assisted housing rents, preferences, and flexibility

    Sec. 201. (a) Section 402(a) of The Balanced Budget Downpayment 
Act, I (Public Law 104-99; (110 Stat. 40)) is amended by striking 
``fiscal years 1997 and 1998'' and inserting ``fiscal years 1997, 1998, 
and 1999''.
    (b) Section 402(f) of The Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I (42 
U.S.C. 1437aa note) is amended by inserting before the period at the 
end the following: ``, except that subsection (d) and the amendments 
made by such subsection shall also be effective for fiscal year 1999''.
    (c) Public Housing Funding Flexibility.--Section 201(a)(2) of the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1437l note), 
is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Applicability.--Section 14(q) of the United States 
        Housing Act of 1937 shall be effective only with respect to 
        assistance provided from funds made available for fiscal year 
        1999 or any preceding fiscal year, except that the authority in 
        the first sentence of section 14(q)(1) to use up to 10 percent 
        of the allocation of certain funds for any operating subsidy 
        purpose shall not apply to amounts made available for fiscal 
        years 1998 and 1999.''

             delay reissuance of vouchers and certificates

    Sec. 202. Section 403(c) of The Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I 
(Public Law 104-99; (110 Stat. 44)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 1998'' and 
        inserting ``fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999'';
             (2) by striking ``1997 and October'' and inserting ``1997, 
        October''; and
             (3) by inserting before the semicolon the following: ``, 
        and October 1, 1999 for assistance made available during fiscal 
        year 1999''.

           housing opportunities for persons with aids grants

    Sec. 203. (a) Eligibility.--Notwithstanding section 854(c)(1)(A) of 
the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)(1)(A)), from any 
amounts made available under this title for fiscal year 1999 that are 
allocated under such section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall allocate and make a grant, in the amount determined 
under subsection (b), for any State that--
            (1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year under 
        clause (ii) of such section; and
            (2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for fiscal 
        year 1999 under such clause (ii) because the areas in the State 
        outside of the metropolitan statistical areas that qualify 
        under clause (i) in fiscal year 1999 do not have the number of 
        cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome required under such 
        clause.
    (b) Amount.--The amount of the allocation and grant for any State 
described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based on the cumulative 
number of AIDS cases in the areas of that State that are outside of 
metropolitan statistical areas that qualify under clause (i) of such 
section 854(c)(1)(A) in fiscal year 1999 in proportion to AIDS cases 
among cities and States that qualify under clauses (i) and (ii) of such 
section and States deemed eligible under subsection (a).
    (c) Environmental Review.--For purposes of environmental review, 
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and other 
provisions of law that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under 
the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.) from amounts 
provided under this or prior Acts shall be treated as assistance for a 
special project that is subject to section 305(c) of the Multifamily 
Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 3547), and 
shall be subject to the regulations issued by the Secretary to 
implement such section. Where the grantee under the AIDS Housing 
Opportunity Act is a nonprofit organization and the activity is 
proposed to be carried out within the jurisdiction of an Indian tribe 
or the community of an Alaska native village, the role of the State or 
unit of general local government under sections 305(c)(1)-(3) of such 
Act may be carried out by the Indian tribe or Alaska native village 
instead.

                           drawdown of funds

    Sec. 204. Section 14(q)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437l(q)(1)) is amended by inserting after the first 
sentence the following sentence: ``Such assistance may involve the 
drawdown of funds on a schedule commensurate with construction draws 
for deposit into an interest earning escrow account to serve as 
collateral or credit enhancement for bonds issued by a public agency 
for the construction or rehabilitation of the development.''.

        issuance of certificates and vouchers to single persons

    Sec. 205. (a) Certificate Program.--Section 8(c)(1) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(c)(1)) is amended by 
inserting after the third sentence the following new sentence: ``The 
maximum monthly rent for a single person (other than an elderly person 
or person with disabilities, if such elderly person or person with 
disabilities is living with one or more persons determined under the 
regulations of the Secretary to be essential to such person's care or 
well-being) receiving tenant-based rental assistance in the certificate 
program under subsection (b)(1) shall not exceed by more than the 
amount permitted under the second sentence of this paragraph the fair 
market rental for an efficiency unit, except that the Secretary, or the 
public housing agency in accordance with guidelines established by the 
Secretary, may determine not to apply the limitation in this sentence 
if there is an insufficient supply of efficiency units in the market 
area or if necessary to meet the needs of persons with disabilities.''.
    (b) Voucher Program.--Section 8(o) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) 
is amended by inserting the following at the end of paragraph (1): 
``The payment standard for a single person (other than an elderly 
person or person with disabilities, if such elderly person or person 
with disabilities is living with one or more persons determined under 
the regulations of the Secretary to be essential to such person's care 
or well-being) shall be based on the fair market rental for an 
efficiency unit, except that the Secretary, or the public housing 
agency in accordance with guidelines established by the Secretary, may 
determine not to apply the limitation in this sentence if there is an 
insufficient supply of efficiency units in the market area or if 
necessary to meet the needs of persons with disabilities.''.
    (c) Applicability.--This section shall take effect 60 days after 
the later of October 1, 1998 or the date of enactment of this Act.

 elimination of shopping incentive for voucher families who remain in 
              same unit upon initial receipt of assistance

    Sec. 206. (a) Section 8(o)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(2)) is amended by inserting the following new 
sentence at the end: ``Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, for 
families being admitted to the voucher program who remain in the same 
unit or complex, where the rent (including the amount allowed for 
utilities) does not exceed the payment standard, the monthly assistance 
payment for any family shall be the amount by which such rent exceeds 
the greater of 30 percent of the family's monthly adjusted income or 10 
percent of the family's monthly income.''.
    (b) This section shall take effect 60 days after the later of 
October 1, 1998 or the date of enactment of this Act.

              renegotiation of performance funding system

    Sec. 207. Section 9(a)(3)(A) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(a)(3)(A)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting after the third sentence the following new 
        sentence to read as follows:
``Notwithstanding the preceding sentences, the Secretary may revise the 
performance funding system in a manner that takes into account equity 
among public housing agencies and that includes appropriate incentives 
for sound management.''; and
            (2) in the last sentence, by inserting after ``vacant 
        public housing units'' the following: ``, or any substantial 
        change under the preceding sentence,''.

                        cdbg and home exemption

    Sec. 208. The City of Oxnard, California may use amounts available 
to the City under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974 and under subtitle A of title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act to reimburse the City for its cost in 
purchasing 19.89 acres of land, more or less, located at the northwest 
corner of Lombard Street and Camino del Sol in the City, on the north 
side of the 2100 block of Camino del Sol, for the purpose of providing 
affordable housing. The procedures set forth in sections 104(g) (2) and 
(3) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and sections 
288 (b) and (c) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act shall not apply to any release of funds for such reimbursement.

                        cdbg public services cap

    Sec. 209. Section 105(a)(8) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(8)) is amended by striking 
``1998'' and inserting ``1999''.

                    TITLE III--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  American Battle Monuments Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the American 
Battle Monuments Commission, including the acquisition of land or 
interest in land in foreign countries; purchases and repair of uniforms 
for caretakers of national cemeteries and monuments outside of the 
United States and its territories and possessions; rent of office and 
garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one for replacement only) 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and insurance of official motor 
vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of such countries; 
$26,431,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That where 
station allowance has been authorized by the Department of the Army for 
officers of the Army serving the Army at certain foreign stations, the 
same allowance shall be authorized for officers of the Armed Forces 
assigned to the Commission while serving at the same foreign stations, 
and this appropriation is hereby made available for the payment of such 
allowance: Provided further, That when traveling on business of the 
Commission, officers of the Armed Forces serving as members or as 
Secretary of the Commission may be reimbursed for expenses as provided 
for civilian members of the Commission: Provided further, That the 
Commission shall reimburse other Government agencies, including the 
Armed Forces, for salary, pay, and allowances of personnel assigned to 
it.

             Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant to 
section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, including hire of 
passenger vehicles, and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but 
at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the 
maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 
$6,500,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation 
Board shall have not more than three career Senior Executive Service 
positions.

                       Department of the Treasury

              Community Development Financial Institutions

              community development financial institutions

                          fund program account

    For grants, loans, and technical assistance to qualifying community 
development lenders, and administrative expenses of the Fund, including 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not 
to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for ES-3, 
$80,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000, of which 
$12,000,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans, and up to 
$1,000,000 may be used for administrative expenses to carry out the 
direct loan program: Provided, That the cost of direct loans, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these 
funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 
amount of direct loans not to exceed $32,000,000: Provided further, 
That not more than $25,000,000 of the funds made available under this 
heading may be used for programs and activities authorized in section 
114 of the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act 
of 1994.

                   Consumer Product Safety Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem 
rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 
purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials' 
contributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed $500 for 
official reception and representation expenses, $46,000,000. The 
Commission is to establish a Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel according to 
the provisions of 15 U.S.C. 2077(b)-(h), inclusive, convened for the 
purpose of advising the Commission on the potential health effects 
(including carcinogenicity, neurotoxicity, mutagenicity, and any other 
chronic and acute effects) upon consumers exposed to such chemical 
treatment of fabrics. No funds shall be expended in promulgating a 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking or Final Rule under the Flammable Fabrics 
Act, which could directly or indirectly lead to increased chemical 
treatment of upholstery fabrics, unless the published Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking or Final Rule includes the final recommendations of 
the Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel.

             Corporation for National and Community Service

                national and community service programs

                           operating expenses

    Of the funds appropriated under this heading in Public Law 105-65, 
the Corporation for National and Community Service shall use such 
amounts of such funds as may be necessary to carry out the orderly 
termination of (1) the programs, activities, and initiatives under the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 103-82); the 
Corporation; and (3) the Corporation's Office of Inspector General: 
Provided, That such sums shall be utilized to resolve all 
responsibilities and obligations in connection with said Corporation 
and the Corporation's Office of Inspector General.

                       Court of Veterans Appeals

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the operation of the United States Court 
of Veterans Appeals as authorized by 38 U.S.C. sections 7251-7298, 
$10,195,000, of which $865,000, shall be available for the purpose of 
providing financial assistance as described, and in accordance with the 
process and reporting procedures set forth, under this heading in 
Public Law 102-229.

                      Department of Defense--Civil

                       Cemeterial Expenses, Army

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for maintenance, 
operation, and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers' 
and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, including the purchase of one 
passenger motor vehicle for replacement only, and not to exceed $1,000 
for official reception and representation expenses, $11,666,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                    Environmental Protection Agency

                         science and technology

    For science and technology, including research and development 
activities, which shall include research and development activities 
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended; necessary expenses for 
personnel and related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or 
allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed 
the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior 
level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; procurement of laboratory 
equipment and supplies; other operating expenses in support of research 
and development; construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, 
$656,505,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 2000: 
Provided, That the obligated balance of such sums shall remain 
available through September 30, 2007 for liquidating obligations made 
in fiscal years 1999 and 2000.

                 environmental programs and management

     For environmental programs and management, including necessary 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel and related costs 
and travel expenses, including uniforms, or allowances therefore, as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 
5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and 
operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in 
societies or associations which issue publications to members only or 
at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members; 
construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of 
facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; and not to exceed $6,000 
for official reception and representation expenses, $1,856,000,000, 
which shall remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That 
the obligated balance of such sums shall remain available through 
September 30, 2007 for liquidating obligations made in fiscal years 
1999 and 2000: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by 
this Act shall be used to develop, propose, or issue rules, 
regulations, decrees, or orders for the purpose of implementation, or 
in contemplation of implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol which was 
adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan at the Third Conference 
of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate 
Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for advice and 
consent to ratification pursuant to article II, section 2, clause 2, of 
the United States Constitution, and which has not entered into force 
pursuant to article 25 of such Protocol: Provided further, That none of 
the funds made available in this Act may be used to implement or 
administer the interim guidance issued on February 5, 1998 by the 
Environmental Protection Agency relating to title VI of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 and designated as the ``Interim Guidance for 
Investigating Title VI Administrative Complaints Challenging Permits'' 
with respect to complaints filed under such title after the date of 
enactment of this Act and until guidance is finalized. Nothing in the 
above proviso may be construed to restrict the Environmental Protection 
Agency from developing or issuing final guidance relating to title VI 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, 
$31,154,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided, 
That the obligated balance of such sums shall remain available through 
September 30, 2007 for liquidating obligations made in fiscal years 
1999 and 2000.

                        buildings and facilities

    For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and 
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by, the 
Environmental Protection Agency, $60,948,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                     hazardous substance superfund

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, 
including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 
9611), and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; not to 
exceed $1,500,000,000, consisting of $650,000,000 as appropriated under 
this heading in Public Law 105-65, notwithstanding the second proviso 
under this heading of said Act, and not to exceed $850,000,000 (of 
which $100,000,000 shall not become available until September 1, 1999), 
all of which is to remain available until expended, consisting of 
$1,175,000,000, as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund 
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by Public 
Law 101-508, and $325,000,000 as a payment from general revenues to the 
Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as authorized by section 
517(b) of SARA, as amended by Public Law 101-508: Provided, That funds 
appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other Federal 
agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, 
That $12,237,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
transferred to the ``Office of Inspector General'' appropriation to 
remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 111(m) of CERCLA or any other provision of law, 
$74,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
available to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to 
carry out activities described in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 
111(c)(14) of CERCLA and section 118(f) of SARA: Provided further, That 
$40,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
transferred to the ``Science and Technology'' appropriation to remain 
available until September 30, 2000: Provided further, That $75,000,000 
of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available only 
for grants to State, local, and tribal governments for ``Brownfields'' 
site assessment projects; grants to State, local, and tribal 
governments for the development of State, local, and tribal cleanup 
programs; and related Environmental Protection Agency personnel and 
administrative expenses: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for the Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to issue in excess of 40 
toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during 
fiscal year 1999.

              leaking underground storage tank trust fund

    For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground storage 
tank cleanup activities authorized by section 205 of the Superfund 
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and for construction, 
alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not 
to exceed $75,000 per project, $70,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That hereafter, the Administrator is authorized to 
enter into assistance agreements with Federally recognized Indian 
tribes on such terms and conditions as the Administrator deems 
appropriate for the same purposes as are set forth in section 
9003(h)(7) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

                           oil spill response

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protection 
Agency's responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$15,000,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, and 
to remain available until expended.

                   state and tribal assistance grants

    For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, including 
capitalization grants for State revolving funds and performance 
partnership grants, $3,233,132,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $1,250,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for 
the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, and $775,000,000 shall be for 
capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds 
under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended; 
$55,000,000 for architectural, engineering, planning, design, 
construction and related activities in connection with the construction 
of high priority water and wastewater facilities in the area of the 
United States-Mexico border, after consultation with the appropriate 
border commission; $15,000,000 for grants to the State of Alaska to 
address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs of rural and 
Alaska Native Villages as provided by section 303 of Public Law 104-
182; $253,475,000 for making grants for the construction of wastewater 
and water treatment facilities and groundwater protection 
infrastructure in accordance with the terms and conditions specified 
for such grants in the report accompanying this Act (H.R. ); and 
$884,657,000 for grants, including associated program support costs, to 
States, Federally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, Tribal 
consortia, and air pollution control agencies for multi-media or single 
media pollution prevention, control and abatement and related 
activities, including activities pursuant to the provisions set forth 
under this heading in Public Law 104-134, and for making grants under 
section 103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate matter monitoring and 
data collection activities: Provided, That, consistent with section 
1452(g) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12(g)), section 
302 of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 (Public Law 104-
182) and the accompanying joint explanatory statement of the committee 
on conference (H. Rept. No. 104-741 to accompany S. 1316, the Safe 
Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996), and notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, beginning in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, States 
may combine the assets of State Revolving Funds (SRFs) established 
under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, and 
title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, as 
security for bond issues to enhance the lending capacity of one or both 
SRFs, but not to acquire the State match for either program, provided 
that revenues from the bonds are allocated to the purposes of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act in the 
same portion as the funds are used as security for the bonds: Provided 
further, That hereafter, the Administrator is authorized to enter into 
assistance agreements with Federally recognized Indian tribes on such 
terms and conditions as the Administrator deems appropriate for the 
development and implementation of programs to manage hazardous waste, 
and underground storage tanks: Provided further, That beginning in 
fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, pesticide program implementation 
grants under section 23(a)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and 
Rodenticide Act, as amended, shall be available for pesticide program 
development and implementation, including enforcement and compliance 
activities: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the matching 
requirement in Public Law 104-204 for funds appropriated under this 
heading for grants to the State of Texas for improving wastewater 
treatment for the Colonias, such funds that remain unobligated may also 
be used for improving water treatment for the Colonias, and shall be 
matched by the State funds from State resources equal to 20 percent of 
such unobligated funds.

                   Executive Office of the President

                office of science and technology policy

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the National Science and 
Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 
6601 and 6671), hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official 
reception and representation expenses, and rental of conference rooms 
in the District of Columbia, $5,026,000.

  council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality

    For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to the 
Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality 
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the 
Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan 
No. 1 of 1977, $2,675,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, no funds other than those appropriated under this 
heading shall be used for or by the Council on Environmental Quality 
and Office of Environmental Quality: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1970, the Council shall consist of one member, appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, serving as 
chairman and exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the 
Council.

                 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

                      office of inspector general

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $34,666,000, to be derived from the Bank Insurance Fund, the 
Savings Association Insurance Fund, and the FSLIC Resolution Fund.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

                            disaster relief

    For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), 
$307,745,000, and, notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 5203, to remain available 
until expended.

            disaster assistance direct loan program account

    For the cost of direct loans, $1,355,000, as authorized by section 
319 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of 
direct loans not to exceed $25,000,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program, $440,000.

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, including hire 
and purchase of motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343; 
uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable 
for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; expenses of attendance 
of cooperating officials and individuals at meetings concerned with the 
work of emergency preparedness; transportation in connection with the 
continuity of Government programs to the same extent and in the same 
manner as permitted the Secretary of a Military Department under 10 
U.S.C. 2632; and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $171,138,000.

                    office of the inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $4,930,000.

              emergency management planning and assistance

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out 
activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, 
and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards 
Reduction Act of 1977, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Federal 
Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 et 
seq.), the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 
2061 et seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the National Security Act of 
1947, as amended (50 U.S.C. 404-405), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 
1978, $231,674,000: Provided, That for purposes of pre-disaster 
mitigation pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5131(b) and (c) and 42 U.S.C. 5196(e) 
and (i), $30,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading 
shall be available until expended for project grants. The U.S. Fire 
Administration is to conduct a three-year pilot project to promote the 
installation and maintenance of smoke detectors in the localities of 
highest risk for residential fires. No funds shall be expended by the 
U.S. Fire Administration or other agencies under the jurisdiction of 
the Committees on Appropriations, for any pilot project, program or 
rulemaking that could directly or indirectly cause the introduction of 
flame retardant chemicals into products used in the home, until this 
three-year pilot project has been completed and a report has been 
presented to the Committees on Appropriations.

                radiological emergency preparedness fund

    There is hereby established in the Treasury a Radiological 
Emergency Preparedness Fund, which shall be available under the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and Executive Order 12657, for offsite 
radiological emergency planning, preparedness, and response. Beginning 
in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, the Director of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall promulgate through rulemaking 
fees to be assessed and collected, applicable to persons subject to 
FEMA's radiological emergency preparedness regulations. The aggregate 
charges assessed pursuant to this paragraph during fiscal year 1999 
shall not be less than 100 percent of the amounts anticipated by FEMA 
necessary for its radiological emergency preparedness program for such 
fiscal year. The methodology for assessment and collection of fees 
shall be fair and equitable; and shall reflect costs of providing such 
services, including administrative costs of collecting such fees. Fees 
received pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Fund as 
offsetting collections and will become available for authorized 
purposes on October 1, 1999, and remain available until expended.
    For necessary expenses of the Fund for fiscal year 1999, 
$12,849,000, to remain available until expended.

                   emergency food and shelter program

    To carry out an emergency food and shelter program pursuant to 
title III of Public Law 100-77, as amended, $100,000,000: Provided, 
That total administrative costs shall not exceed three and one-half 
percent of the total appropriation.

                     national flood insurance fund

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, the 
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, not to exceed 
$22,685,000 for salaries and expenses associated with flood mitigation 
and flood insurance operations, and not to exceed $78,464,000 for flood 
mitigation, including up to $20,000,000 for expenses under section 1366 
of the National Flood Insurance Act, which amount shall be available 
for transfer to the National Flood Mitigation Fund until September 30, 
2000. In fiscal year 1999, no funds in excess of: (1) $47,000,000 for 
operating expenses; (2) $343,989,000 for agents' commissions and taxes; 
and (3) $60,000,000 for interest on Treasury borrowings shall be 
available from the National Flood Insurance Fund without prior notice 
to the Committees on Appropriations. For fiscal year 1999, flood 
insurance rates shall not exceed the level authorized by the National 
Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994.

                    General Services Administration

                    consumer information center fund

    For necessary expenses of the Consumer Information Center, 
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,619,000, to be 
deposited into the Consumer Information Center Fund: Provided, That the 
appropriations, revenues and collections deposited into the fund shall 
be available for necessary expenses of Consumer Information Center 
activities in the aggregate amount of $7,500,000. Appropriations, 
revenues, and collections accruing to this fund during fiscal year 1999 
in excess of $7,500,000 shall remain in the fund and shall not be 
available for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration

                           human space flight

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of human space flight research and development activities, 
including research, development, operations, and services; maintenance; 
construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, and 
modification of real and personal property, and acquisition or 
condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; space flight, 
spacecraft control and communications activities including operations, 
production, and services; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and 
operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $5,309,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2000.

                  science, aeronautics and technology

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of science, aeronautics and technology research and 
development activities, including research, development, operations, 
and services; maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, 
rehabilitation, and modification of real and personal property, and 
acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; 
space flight, spacecraft control and communications activities 
including operations, production, and services; and purchase, lease, 
charter, maintenance and operation of mission and administrative 
aircraft, $5,541,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000.

                            mission support

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in carrying out 
mission support for human space flight programs and science, 
aeronautical, and technology programs, including research operations 
and support; space communications activities including operations, 
production and services; maintenance; construction of facilities 
including repair, rehabilitation, and modification of facilities, minor 
construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, 
facility planning and design, environmental compliance and restoration, 
and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; 
program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; travel 
expenses; purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of 
mission and administrative aircraft; not to exceed $35,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; and purchase (not to exceed 33 
for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
$2,458,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$19,000,000.

                       administrative provisions

    Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``Human space flight'', ``Science, aeronautics and 
technology'', or ``Mission support'' by this appropriations Act, when 
any activity has been initiated by the incurrence of obligations for 
construction of facilities as authorized by law, such amount available 
for such activity shall remain available until expended. This provision 
does not apply to the amounts appropriated in ``Mission support'' 
pursuant to the authorization for repair, rehabilitation and 
modification of facilities, minor construction of new facilities and 
additions to existing facilities, and facility planning and design.
    Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``Human space flight'', ``Science, aeronautics and 
technology'', or ``Mission support'' by this appropriations Act, the 
amounts appropriated for construction of facilities shall remain 
available until September 30, 2001.
    Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``Mission support'' and ``Office of Inspector 
General'', amounts made available by this Act for personnel and related 
costs and travel expenses of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration shall remain available until September 30, 1999 and may 
be used to enter into contracts for training, investigations, costs 
associated with personnel relocation, and for other services, to be 
provided during the next fiscal year.
    NASA shall develop a revised appropriation structure for submission 
in the Fiscal Year 2000 budget request consisting of two basic 
appropriations (the Human Space Flight Appropriation and the Science, 
Aeronautics and Technology Appropriation) with a separate (third) 
appropriation for the Office of Inspector General. The appropriations 
shall each include the planned full costs (direct and indirect costs) 
of NASA's related activities and allow NASA to shift civil service 
salaries, benefits and support between and/or among appropriations or 
accounts, as required, for the safe, timely, and successful 
accomplishment of NASA missions.
    None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for 
feasibility studies for, or construction or procurement of satellite 
hardware for, a mission to a region of space identified as an Earth 
LaGrange point, other than for the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory 
(SOHO), Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE), or Genesis mission. Such 
funds shall also not be used for the addition of an Earth-observing 
payload to any of the missions named in the preceding sentence.

                  National Credit Union Administration

                       central liquidity facility

    During fiscal year 1999, gross obligations of the Central Liquidity 
Facility for the principal amount of new direct loans to member credit 
unions, as authorized by the National Credit Union Central Liquidity 
Facility Act (12 U.S.C. 1795), shall not exceed $600,000,000: Provided, 
That administrative expenses of the Central Liquidity Facility in 
fiscal year 1999 shall not exceed $176,000: Provided further, That 
$2,000,000, together with amounts of principal and interest on loans 
repaid, to be available until expended, is available for loans to 
community development credit unions.

                      National Science Foundation

                    research and related activities

    For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875), and the Act 
to establish a National Medal of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880-1881); 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and operation of 
aircraft and purchase of flight services for research support; 
acquisition of aircraft; $2,745,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$244,960,000, shall remain available until expended for Polar research 
and operations support, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies 
for operational and science support and logistical and other related 
activities for the United States Antarctic program; the balance to 
remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That receipts for 
scientific support services and materials furnished by the National 
Research Centers and other National Science Foundation supported 
research facilities may be credited to this appropriation: Provided 
further, That to the extent that the amount appropriated is less than 
the total amount authorized to be appropriated for included program 
activities, all amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified in 
the authorizing Act for those program activities or their subactivities 
shall be reduced proportionally: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the National Science 
Foundation in this or any prior Act may be obligated or expended by the 
National Science Foundation to enter into or extend a grant, contract, 
or cooperative agreement for the support of administering the domain 
name and numbering system of the Internet after September 30, 1998.

                        major research equipment

    For necessary expenses of major construction projects pursuant to 
the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, $90,000,000, 
to remain available until expended.

                     education and human resources

    For necessary expenses in carrying out science and engineering 
education and human resources programs and activities pursuant to the 
National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-
1875), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and rental of 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $642,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That to the extent that 
the amount of this appropriation is less than the total amount 
authorized to be appropriated for included program activities, all 
amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified in the authorizing 
Act for those program activities or their subactivities shall be 
reduced proportionally.

                         salaries and expenses

    For salaries and expenses necessary in carrying out the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875); 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902; rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia; 
reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard 
services; $144,000,000: Provided, That contracts may be entered into 
under ``Salaries and expenses'' in fiscal year 1999 for maintenance and 
operation of facilities, and for other services, to be provided during 
the next fiscal year.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as 
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$5,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000.

                 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

          payment to the neighborhood reinvestment corporation

    For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for use in 
neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by the Neighborhood 
Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101-8107), $90,000,000, of 
which $25,000,000 shall be for a pilot homeownership initiative, 
including an evaluation by an independent third party to determine its 
effectiveness.

                        Selective Service System

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, including 
expenses of attendance at meetings and of training for uniformed 
personnel assigned to the Selective Service System, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 4101-4118 for civilian employees; and not to exceed $1,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; $24,176,000: Provided, 
That during the current fiscal year, the President may exempt this 
appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever he deems 
such action to be necessary in the interest of national defense: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be expended for or in connection with the induction of any person into 
the Armed Forces of the United States.

                      TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 401. Where appropriations in titles I, II, and III of this Act 
are expendable for travel expenses and no specific limitation has been 
placed thereon, the expenditures for such travel expenses may not 
exceed the amounts set forth therefore in the budget estimates 
submitted for the appropriations: Provided, That this provision does 
not apply to accounts that do not contain an object classification for 
travel: Provided further, That this section shall not apply to travel 
performed by uncompensated officials of local boards and appeal boards 
of the Selective Service System; to travel performed directly in 
connection with care and treatment of medical beneficiaries of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs; to travel performed in connection with 
major disasters or emergencies declared or determined by the President 
under the provisions of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act; to travel performed by the Offices of 
Inspector General in connection with audits and investigations; or to 
payments to interagency motor pools where separately set forth in the 
budget schedules: Provided further, That if appropriations in titles I, 
II, and III exceed the amounts set forth in budget estimates initially 
submitted for such appropriations, the expenditures for travel may 
correspondingly exceed the amounts therefore set forth in the estimates 
in the same proportion.
    Sec. 402. Appropriations and funds available for the administrative 
expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the 
Selective Service System shall be available in the current fiscal year 
for purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 5901-5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
    Sec. 403. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
subject to the Government Corporation Control Act or section 402 of the 
Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, without regard to the 
limitations on administrative expenses, for legal services on a 
contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 
services and facilities of Federal National Mortgage Association, 
Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any 
member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within 
the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as 
amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1831).
    Sec. 404. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 405. No funds appropriated by this Act may be expended--
            (1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or employee 
        of the United States unless--
                    (A) such certification is accompanied by, or is 
                part of, a voucher or abstract which describes the 
                payee or payees and the items or services for which 
                such expenditure is being made, or
                    (B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to such 
                certification, and without such a voucher or abstract, 
                is specifically authorized by law; and
            (2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit by the 
        General Accounting Office or is specifically exempt by law from 
        such audit.
    Sec. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act to any department 
or agency may be expended for the transportation of any officer or 
employee of such department or agency between their domicile and their 
place of employment, with the exception of any officer or employee 
authorized such transportation under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or 5 U.S.C. 7905.
    Sec. 407. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used for 
payment, through grants or contracts, to recipients that do not share 
in the cost of conducting research resulting from proposals not 
specifically solicited by the Government: Provided, That the extent of 
cost sharing by the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of interest 
of the grantee or contractor and the Government in the research.
    Sec. 408. None of the funds in this Act may be used, directly or 
through grants, to pay or to provide reimbursement for payment of the 
salary of a consultant (whether retained by the Federal Government or a 
grantee) at more than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for level 
IV of the Executive Schedule, unless specifically authorized by law.
    Sec. 409. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to 
pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings. Nothing herein 
affects the authority of the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
pursuant to section 7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 
2056 et seq.).
    Sec. 410. Except as otherwise provided under existing law, or under 
an existing Executive Order issued pursuant to an existing law, the 
obligation or expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
contracts for any consulting service shall be limited to contracts 
which are (1) a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, and (2) thereafter included in a publicly available list of 
all contracts entered into within twenty-four months prior to the date 
on which the list is made available to the public and of all contracts 
on which performance has not been completed by such date. The list 
required by the preceding sentence shall be updated quarterly and shall 
include a narrative description of the work to be performed under each 
such contract.
    Sec. 411. Except as otherwise provided by law, no part of any 
appropriation contained in this Act shall be obligated or expended by 
any executive agency, as referred to in the Office of Federal 
Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), for a contract for 
services unless such executive agency (1) has awarded and entered into 
such contract in full compliance with such Act and the regulations 
promulgated thereunder, and (2) requires any report prepared pursuant 
to such contract, including plans, evaluations, studies, analyses and 
manuals, and any report prepared by the agency which is substantially 
derived from or substantially includes any report prepared pursuant to 
such contract, to contain information concerning (A) the contract 
pursuant to which the report was prepared, and (B) the contractor who 
prepared the report pursuant to such contract.
    Sec. 412. Except as otherwise provided in section 406, none of the 
funds provided in this Act to any department or agency shall be 
obligated or expended to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other 
personal servants to any officer or employee of such department or 
agency.
    Sec. 413. None of the funds provided in this Act to any department 
or agency shall be obligated or expended to procure passenger 
automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C. 2001 with an EPA estimated miles 
per gallon average of less than 22 miles per gallon.
    Sec. 414. None of the funds appropriated in title I of this Act 
shall be used to enter into any new lease of real property if the 
estimated annual rental is more than $300,000 unless the Secretary 
submits, in writing, a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Congress and a period of 30 days has expired following the date on 
which the report is received by the Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 415. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest 
extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds 
made available in this Act should be American-made.
    (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any 
contract with, any entity using funds made available in this Act, the 
head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall 
provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made in 
subsection (a) by the Congress.
    Sec. 416. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to 
implement any cap on reimbursements to grantees for indirect costs, 
except as published in Office of Management and Budget Circular A-21.
    Sec. 417. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999 pay 
raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the 
levels appropriated in this Act.
    Sec. 418. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for any program, project, or activity, when it is made known to the 
Federal entity or official to which the funds are made available that 
the program, project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal 
law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private property 
rights, or unfunded mandates.
    Sec. 419. Corporations and agencies of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development which are subject to the Government Corporation 
Control Act, as amended, are hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to each such corporation or agency and in accord with law, 
and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Act as may be 
necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for 1999 
for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter provided: 
Provided, That collections of these corporations and agencies may be 
used for new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent 
expressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans are in support of 
other forms of assistance provided for in this or prior appropriations 
Acts), except that this proviso shall not apply to the mortgage 
insurance or guaranty operations of these corporations, or where loans 
or mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the financial interest 
of the United States Government.
    Sec. 420. Notwithstanding section 320(g) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(g)), funds made available 
pursuant to authorization under such section for fiscal year 1999 and 
prior fiscal years may be used for implementing comprehensive 
conservation and management plans.
    Sec. 421. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term 
``qualified student loan'' with respect to national service education 
awards shall mean any loan made directly to a student by the Alaska 
Commission on Postsecondary Education, in addition to other meanings 
under section 148(b)(7) of the National and Community Service Act.
    Sec. 422. Notwithstanding any other law, funds made available by 
this or any other Act to the Environmental Protection Agency, the 
National Science Foundation, or the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration for the United States/Mexico Foundation for Science may 
be used for the endowment of such Foundation.
    Sec. 423. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Consumer Product Safety Commission shall 
propose for comment and, not later than 270 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, issue a final rule amending its Flammable 
Fabrics Act standards to revoke the amendments to the standards for the 
flammability of children's sleepwear sizes 0 through 6X (contained in 
regulations published at 16 CFR part 1615) and 7 through 14 (contained 
in regulations published at 16 CFR part 1616) issued by the Commission 
on September 9, 1996 (61 FR 47634).
    (b) None of the following shall apply with respect to the 
promulgation of the amendment prescribed by subsection (a):
            (1) The Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2051 et 
        seq.).
            (2) The Flammable Fabrics Act (15 U.S.C. 1191 et seq.).
            (3) Chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code.
            (4) The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
        U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
            (5) The Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act 
        of 1996 (Public Law 104-121).
            (6) Any other statute or Executive order.
    (c) Sleepwear manufactured or imported before the effective date 
(as established by the Commission) of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission's revocation required by subsection (a) shall not be 
considered in violation of the Flammable Fabrics Act if it complied 
with the Commission rules in effect at the time it was manufactured or 
imported.
    Sec. 424. (a) Subparagraph (A) of section 203(b)(2) of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking clause 
(ii) and all that follows through the end of the subparagraph and 
inserting the following:
                            ``(ii) 87 percent of the dollar amount 
                        limitation determined under section 305(a)(2) 
                        of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation 
                        Act for a residence of the applicable size; 
                        except that the dollar amount limitation in 
                        effect for any area under this subparagraph may 
                        not be less than 48 percent of the dollar 
                        limitation determined under section 305(a)(2) 
                        of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation 
                        Act for a residence of the applicable size; 
                        and'',
and, in addition to the amounts appropriated in other parts of this 
Act, $10,000,000 is appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
``Medical and prosthetic research'', and $70,000,000 is appropriated to 
the National Science Foundation, ``Research and related activities''.
    (b) The first sentence in the matter following section 
203(b)(2)(B)(iii) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
1709(b)(2)(B)(iii) is amended to read as follows: ``For purposes of the 
preceding sentence, the term `area' means a metropolitan statistical 
area as established by the Office of Management and Budget; and the 
median 1-family house price for an area shall be equal to the median 1-
family house price of the county within the area that has the highest 
such median price.''.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1999''.


                                                 Union Calendar No. 344

105th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4194

                          [Report No. 105-610]

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                                 A BILL

   Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
  Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 
  boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.

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                              July 8, 1998

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed