[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2684 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2684

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
   the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine


                                 An Act


 
   Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
  Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 
   boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

    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, 2000, 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), $21,568,364,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $17,932,000 of 
the amount appropriated shall be reimbursed to ``General operating 
expenses'' and ``Medical care'' for necessary expenses in implementing 
those provisions authorized in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
1990, and in the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapters 51, 
53, and 55), the funding source for which is specifically provided as 
the ``Compensation and pensions'' appropriation: Provided further, That 
such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall 
be reimbursed to ``Medical facilities revolving fund'' to augment the 
funding of individual medical facilities for nursing home care provided 
to pensioners as authorized.


                          Readjustment Benefits

    For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits to or 
on behalf of veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 31, 
34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61, $1,469,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That funds shall be available to pay any 
court order, court award or any compromise settlement arising from 
litigation involving the vocational training program authorized by 
section 18 of Public Law 98-77, as amended.


                    Veterans Insurance and Indemnities

    For military and naval insurance, national service life insurance, 
servicemen's indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance, and 
veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 19; 
70 Stat. 887; 72 Stat. 487, $28,670,000, to remain available until 
expended.


          Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund Program Account

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 
37, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That 
during fiscal year 2000, within the resources available, not to exceed 
$300,000 in gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for 
specially adapted housing loans.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, $156,958,000, which may be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.


                   Education Loan Fund Program Account

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of direct loans, $1,000, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 
3698, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the 
principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $3,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct loan program, $214,000, which may be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.


             Vocational Rehabilitation Loans Program Account

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of direct loans, $57,000, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 
chapter 31, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost 
of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the 
principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $2,531,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct loan program, $415,000, which may be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.


           Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program Account

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program 
authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter V, as amended, $520,000, 
which may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
``General operating expenses''.


   guaranteed transitional housing loans for homeless veterans program 
                                account

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the Budget Enforcement 
Act of 1990, including the cost of modifying loans, of guaranteed loans 
as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37 subchapter VI, $48,250,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than five loans 
may be guaranteed under this program prior to November 11, 2001: 
Provided further, That no more than 15 loans may be guaranteed under 
this program: Provided further, That the total principal amount of 
loans guaranteed under this program may not exceed $100,000,000: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $750,000 of the amounts 
appropriated by this Act for ``General operating expenses'' and 
``Medical care'' may be expended for the administrative expenses to 
carry out the guaranteed loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 
37, subchapter VI.

                     Veterans Health Administration


                               Medical Care

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of 
hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities; for furnishing, 
as authorized by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 
beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including care and 
treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the department; 
and furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and equipment; 
funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto for 
beneficiaries receiving care in the department; administrative expenses 
in support of planning, design, project management, real property 
acquisition and disposition, construction and renovation of any 
facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the department; 
oversight, engineering and architectural activities not charged to 
project cost; repairing, altering, improving or providing facilities in 
the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the 
department, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by the 
hire of temporary employees and purchase of materials; uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; aid to State 
homes as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 1741; administrative and legal 
expenses of the department for collecting and recovering amounts owed 
the department as authorized under 38 U.S.C. chapter 17, and the 
Federal Medical Care Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.; and not to 
exceed $8,000,000 to fund cost comparison studies as referred to in 38 
U.S.C. 8110(a)(5), $19,006,000,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That 
of the funds made available under this heading, $900,000,000 is for the 
equipment and land and structures object classifications only, which 
amount shall not become available for obligation until August 1, 2000, 
and shall remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available under this heading, not to exceed 
$900,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2001: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this heading, not to 
exceed $27,907,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``General operating expenses'': Provided further, 
That the department shall conduct by contract a program of recovery 
audits for the fee basis and other medical services contracts with 
respect to payments for hospital care; and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302(b), amounts collected, by setoff or otherwise, as the result of 
such audits shall be available, without fiscal year limitation, for the 
purposes for which funds are appropriated under this heading and the 
purposes of paying a contractor a percent of the amount collected as a 
result of an audit carried out by the contractor: Provided further, 
That all amounts so collected under the preceding proviso with respect 
to a designated health care region (as that term is defined in 38 
U.S.C. 1729A(d)(2)) shall be allocated, net of payments to the 
contractor, to that region.
    In addition, in conformance with Public Law 105-33 establishing the 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund, such sums 
as may be deposited to such Fund pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1729A may be 
transferred to this account, to remain available until expended for the 
purposes of this account.


                     Medical and Prosthetic Research

    For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical and 
prosthetic research and development as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 
73, to remain available until September 30, 2001, $321,000,000, plus 
reimbursements.


       Medical Administration and Miscellaneous Operating Expenses

    For necessary expenses in the administration of the medical, 
hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, supply, and research 
activities, as authorized by law; administrative expenses in support of 
capital policy activities, $59,703,000 plus reimbursements: Provided, 
That project technical and consulting services offered by the 
Facilities Management Service Delivery Office, including technical 
consulting services, project management, real property administration 
(including leases, site acquisition and disposal activities directly 
supporting projects), shall be provided to Department of Veterans 
Affairs components only on a reimbursable basis, and such amounts will 
remain available until September 30, 2000.


                    General Post Fund, National Homes

                      (including transfer of funds)

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

                      Departmental Administration


                        General Operating Expenses

    For necessary operating expenses of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or allowances 
therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard 
services, and the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas 
employee mail, $912,594,000: Provided, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, not to exceed $45,600,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2001: Provided further, That funds under this heading 
shall be available to administer the Service Members Occupational 
Conversion and Training Act.


                     National Cemetery Administration

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of the 
National Cemetery Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 
uniforms or allowances therefor; cemeterial expenses as authorized by 
law; purchase of two passenger motor vehicles for use in cemeterial 
operations; and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $97,256,000: 
Provided, That of the amount made available under this heading, not to 
exceed $117,000 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ``General operating expenses''.


                       Office of Inspector General

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$43,200,000: Provided, That of the amount made available under this 
heading, not to exceed $30,000 may be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.


                       Construction, Major Projects

    For constructing, altering, extending and improving any of the 
facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 
2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, 
United States Code, including planning, architectural and engineering 
services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated 
with equipment guarantees provided under the project, services of 
claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system construction 
costs, and site acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is 
$4,000,000 or more or where funds for a project were made available in 
a previous major project appropriation, $65,140,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That except for advance planning of 
projects (including market-based assessments of health care needs which 
may or may not lead to capital investments) funded through the advance 
planning fund and the design of projects funded through the design 
fund, none of these funds shall be used for any project which has not 
been considered and approved by the Congress in the budgetary process: 
Provided further, That funds provided in this appropriation for fiscal 
year 2000, for each approved project shall be obligated: (1) by the 
awarding of a construction documents contract by September 30, 2000; 
and (2) by the awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 
2001: Provided further, That the Secretary shall promptly report in 
writing to the Committees on Appropriations any approved major 
construction project in which obligations are not incurred within the 
time limitations established above: Provided further, That no funds 
from any other account except the ``Parking revolving fund'', may be 
obligated for constructing, altering, extending, or improving a project 
which was approved in the budget process and funded in this account 
until 1 year after substantial completion and beneficial occupancy by 
the Department of Veterans Affairs of the project or any part thereof 
with respect to that part only.


                       Construction, Minor Projects

    For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the 
facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, including planning, architectural and engineering 
services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated 
with equipment guarantees provided under the project, services of 
claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system construction 
costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in 
sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 
of title 38, United States Code, where the estimated cost of a project 
is less than $4,000,000, $160,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, along with unobligated balances of previous ``Construction, 
minor projects'' appropriations which are hereby made available for any 
project where the estimated cost is less than $4,000,000: Provided, 
That funds in this account shall be available for: (1) repairs to any 
of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of 
the department which are necessary because of loss or damage caused by 
any natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary measures 
necessary to prevent or to minimize further loss by such causes.


                          Parking Revolving Fund

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


        Grants for Construction of State Extended Care Facilities

    For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State nursing 
home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify or alter 
existing hospital, nursing home and domiciliary facilities in State 
homes, for furnishing care to veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8131-
8137, $90,000,000, to remain available until expended.


         Grants for the Construction of State Veterans Cemeteries

    For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding, or improving 
State veteran cemeteries as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 2408, $25,000,000, 
to remain available until expended.


                        Administrative Provisions

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2000 for ``Compensation 
and pensions'', ``Readjustment benefits'', and ``Veterans insurance and 
indemnities'' may be transferred to any other of the mentioned 
appropriations.
    Sec. 102. Appropriations available to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2000 for salaries and expenses shall 
be available for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
    Sec. 103. No appropriations in this Act for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations for ``Construction, major 
projects'', ``Construction, minor projects'', and the ``Parking 
revolving fund'') shall be available for the purchase of any site for 
or toward the construction of any new hospital or home.
    Sec. 104. No appropriations in this Act for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs shall be available for hospitalization or examination 
of any persons (except beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing 
such benefits to veterans, and persons receiving such treatment under 5 
U.S.C. 7901-7904 or 42 U.S.C. 5141-5204), unless reimbursement of cost 
is made to the ``Medical care'' account at such rates as may be fixed 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
    Sec. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2000 for ``Compensation and 
pensions'', ``Readjustment benefits'', and ``Veterans insurance and 
indemnities'' shall be available for payment of prior year accrued 
obligations required to be recorded by law against the corresponding 
prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 1999.
    Sec. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2000 shall be available to pay prior 
year obligations of corresponding prior year appropriations accounts 
resulting from title X of the Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public 
Law 100-86, except that if such obligations are from trust fund 
accounts they shall be payable from ``Compensation and pensions''.
    Sec. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during fiscal 
year 2000, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, from the National 
Service Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1920), the Veterans' Special 
Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1923), and the United States Government 
Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), reimburse the ``General operating 
expenses'' account for the cost of administration of the insurance 
programs financed through those accounts: Provided, That reimbursement 
shall be made only from the surplus earnings accumulated in an 
insurance program in fiscal year 2000, that are available for dividends 
in that program after claims have been paid and actuarially determined 
reserves have been set aside: Provided further, That if the cost of 
administration of an insurance program exceeds the amount of surplus 
earnings accumulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made only 
to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 
2000, which is properly allocable to the provision of each insurance 
program and to the provision of any total disability income insurance 
included in such insurance program.
    Sec. 108. (a) In General.--The Congress supports efforts to 
implement improvements in health care services for veterans in rural 
areas.
    (b) Report Required.--(1) Not later than 6 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a report on the impact of the allocation of 
funds under the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA) funding 
formula on the rural subregions of the health care system administered 
by the Veterans Health Administration.
    (2) The report shall include the following:
        (A) An assessment of impact of the allocation of funds under 
    the VERA formula on--
            (i) travel times to veterans health care in rural areas;
            (ii) waiting periods for appointments for veterans health 
        care in rural areas;
            (iii) the cost associated with additional community-based 
        outpatient clinics;
            (iv) transportation costs; and
            (v) the unique challenges that Department of Veterans 
        Affairs medical centers in rural, low-population subregions 
        face in attempting to increase efficiency without large 
        economies of scale.
        (B) The recommendations of the Secretary, if any, on how rural 
    veterans' access to health care services might be enhanced.
    Sec. 109. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out a major 
medical facility project to renovate and construct facilities at the 
Olin E. Teague Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Temple, 
Texas, for a joint venture Cardiovascular Institute, in an amount not 
to exceed $11,500,000. In order to carry out that project, the amount 
of $11,500,000 appropriated for fiscal year 1998 and programmed for the 
renovation of Building 9 at the Waco, Texas, Department of Veterans 
Affairs Medical Center is hereby made available for that project.
    Sec. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none of 
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act for the 
Medical Care appropriation of the Department of Veterans Affairs may be 
obligated for the realignment of the health care delivery system in 
VISN 12 until 60 days after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs certifies 
that the department has: (1) consulted with veterans organizations, 
medical school affiliates, employee representatives, State veterans and 
health associations, and other interested parties with respect to the 
realignment plan to be implemented; and (2) made available to the 
Congress and the public information from the consultations regarding 
possible impacts on the accessibility of veterans health care services 
to affected veterans.

         TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                       Public and Indian Housing


                         Housing Certificate Fund

                      (including transfers of funds)

    For activities and assistance to prevent the involuntary 
displacement of low-income families, the elderly and the disabled 
because of the loss of affordable housing stock, expiration of subsidy 
contracts (other than contracts for which amounts are provided under 
another heading in this Act) or expiration of use restrictions, or 
other changes in housing assistance arrangements, and for other 
purposes, $11,376,695,000 and amounts that are recaptured in this 
account, and recaptured under the appropriation for ``Annual 
contributions for assisted housing'', to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the total amount provided under this 
heading, $10,990,135,000, of which $6,790,135,000 shall be available on 
October 1, 1999 and $4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 
2000, shall be for assistance under the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (``the Act'' herein) (42 U.S.C. 1437) for use in connection with 
expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy contracts, for amendments to 
section 8 subsidy contracts, for enhanced vouchers (including 
amendments and renewals) under any provision of law authorizing such 
assistance under section 8(t) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(47 U.S.C. 1437f(t)), as added by section 538 of title V of this Act, 
and contracts entered into pursuant to section 441 of the Stewart B. 
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: Provided further, That amounts 
available under the first proviso under this heading may be available 
for section 8 rental assistance under the United States Housing Act of 
1937: (1) to relocate residents of properties: (A) that are owned by 
the Secretary and being disposed of; or (B) that are discontinuing 
section 8 project-based assistance; (2) for relocation and replacement 
housing for units that are demolished or disposed of: (A) from the 
public housing inventory (in addition to amounts that may be available 
for such purposes under this and other headings); or (B) pursuant to 
section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or to other 
authority for the revitalization of severely distressed public housing, 
as set forth in the Appropriations Acts for the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies for 
fiscal years 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1997, and in the Omnibus 
Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996; (3) for the 
conversion of section 23 projects to assistance under section 8; (4) 
for funds to carry out the family unification program; (5) 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; and (6) for the 1-year renewal of 
section 8 contracts for units in a project that is subject to an 
approved plan of action under the Emergency Low Income Housing 
Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation and 
Resident Homeownership Act of 1990: Provided further, That of the total 
amount provided under this heading, $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 amounts available 
under this heading may be made available for administrative fees and 
other expenses to cover the cost of administering rental assistance 
programs under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937: 
Provided further, That the fee otherwise authorized under section 8(q) 
of such Act shall be determined in accordance with section 8(q), as in 
effect immediately before the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work 
Responsibility Act of 1998: Provided further, That all balances for the 
section 8 rental assistance, section 8 counseling, section 8 new 
construction, section 8 substantial rehabilitation, relocation/
replacement/demolition, section 23 conversions, rental and disaster 
vouchers, loan management set-aside, section 514 technical assistance, 
and other programs previously funded within the ``Annual 
Contributions'' account shall be transferred to this account, to be 
available for the purposes for which they were originally appropriated: 
Provided further, That all balances in the ``Section 8 Reserve 
Preservation'' account shall be transferred to this account, to be 
available for the purposes for which they were originally appropriated: 
Provided further, That the unexpended amounts previously appropriated 
for special purpose grants within the ``Annual Contributions for 
Assisted Housing'' account shall be recaptured and transferred to this 
account, to be available for assistance under the Act for use in 
connection with expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy contracts: 
Provided further, That of the amounts previously appropriated for 
property disposition within the ``Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing'' account, up to $79,000,000 shall be transferred to this 
account, to be available for assistance under the Act for use in 
connection with expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy contracts: 
Provided further, That of the unexpended amounts previously 
appropriated for carrying out the Low-Income Housing Preservation and 
Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 and the Emergency Low Income Housing 
Preservation Act of 1987, other than amounts made available for rental 
assistance, within the ``Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing'' 
and ``Preserving Existing Housing Investments'' accounts, shall be 
recaptured and transferred to this account, to be available for 
assistance under the Act for use in connection with expiring or 
terminating section 8 subsidy contracts: Provided further, That of the 
total amount provided under this heading, $346,560,000 shall be made 
available for incremental vouchers under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 on a fair share basis and administered by public 
housing agencies: Provided further, That of the balances remaining from 
funds appropriated under this heading or the heading ``Annual 
Contributions for Assisted Housing'' during fiscal year 2000 and prior 
years, $2,243,000,000 is rescinded: Provided further, That of the 
amount rescinded under the previous proviso, $1,300,000,000 shall be 
from amounts recaptured and the Secretary shall have discretion to 
specify the amounts to be rescinded from each of the foregoing 
accounts, $505,000,000 shall be from unobligated balances, and 
$438,000,000 shall be from amounts that were appropriated in fiscal 
year 1999 and prior years for section 8 assistance including assistance 
to relocate residents of properties that are owned by the Secretary and 
being disposed of or 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, and 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).


                       Public Housing Capital Fund

                      (including transfers of funds)

    For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to carry out capital 
and management activities for public housing agencies, as authorized 
under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 1437), $2,900,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the total amount, up to $75,000,000 shall be for 
carrying out activities under section 9(h) of such Act, and for lease 
adjustments to section 23 projects: Provided further, That no funds may 
be used under this heading for the purposes specified in section 9(k) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937: Provided further, That of the 
total amount, up to $75,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development to make grants to public housing agencies 
for emergency capital needs resulting from emergencies and natural 
disasters in fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That all balances for 
debt service for Public and Indian Housing and Public and Indian 
Housing Grants previously funded within the ``Annual Contributions for 
Assisted Housing'' account shall be transferred to this account, to be 
available for the purposes for which they were originally appropriated.


                      Public Housing Operating Fund

                      (including transfers of funds)

    For payments to public housing agencies for the operation and 
management of public housing, as authorized by section 9(e) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g), 
$3,138,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no 
funds may be used under this heading for the purposes specified in 
section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937.


              Drug Elimination Grants for Low-Income Housing

    For grants to public housing agencies and Indian tribes and their 
tribally designated housing entities for use in eliminating crime in 
public housing projects authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11901-11908, for grants 
for federally assisted low-income housing authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
11909, and for drug information clearinghouse services authorized by 42 
U.S.C. 11921-11925, $310,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the total amount provided under this heading, up to 
$4,500,000 shall be solely for technical assistance, technical 
assistance grants, training, and program assessment for or on behalf of 
public housing agencies, resident organizations, and Indian tribes and 
their tribally designated housing entities (including up to $150,000 
for the cost of necessary travel for participants in such training): 
Provided further, That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$10,000,000 shall be used in connection with efforts to combat violent 
crime in public and assisted housing under the Operation Safe Home 
Program administered by the Inspector General of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That of the amount 
under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be provided to the Office of 
Inspector General for Operation Safe Home: Provided further, That of 
the amount under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be available for a 
program named the New Approach Anti-Drug program which will provide 
competitive grants to entities managing or operating public housing 
developments, federally assisted multifamily housing developments, or 
other multifamily housing developments for low-income families 
supported by non-Federal governmental entities or similar housing 
developments supported by nonprofit private sources in order to provide 
or augment security (including personnel costs), to assist in the 
investigation and/or prosecution of drug related criminal activity in 
and around such developments, and to provide assistance for the 
development of capital improvements at such developments directly 
relating to the security of such developments: Provided further, That 
grants for the New Approach Anti-Drug program shall be made on a 
competitive basis as specified in section 102 of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.


      Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing (Hope VI)

    For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, site 
revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based assistance grants 
to projects as authorized by section 24 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937, $575,000,000 to remain available until expended of which 
the Secretary may use up to $10,000,000 for technical assistance and 
contract expertise, to be provided directly or indirectly by grants, 
contracts or cooperative agreements, including training and cost of 
necessary travel for participants in such training, by or to officials 
and employees of the department and of public housing agencies and to 
residents: Provided, That none of such funds shall be used directly or 
indirectly by granting competitive advantage in awards to settle 
litigation or pay judgments, unless expressly permitted herein: 
Provided further, That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$1,200,000 shall be contracted through the Secretary to be used by the 
Urban Institute to conduct an independent study on the long-term 
effects of the HOPE VI program on former residents of distressed public 
housing developments.


                   Native American Housing Block Grants

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as authorized 
under title I of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (Public Law 104-330), $620,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $2,000,000 shall be 
contracted through the Secretary as technical assistance and capacity 
building to be used by the National American Indian Housing Council in 
support of the implementation of NAHASDA and up to $4,000,000 by the 
Secretary to support the inspection of Indian housing units, contract 
expertise, training, and technical assistance in the oversight and 
management of Indian housing and tenant-based assistance, including up 
to $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 
NAHASDA: Provided further, That such costs, including the costs of 
modifying such notes and other obligations, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: 
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize the total 
principal amount of any notes and other obligations, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $54,600,000: Provided further, That 
for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, 
up to $200,000 from amounts in the first proviso, which shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Salaries and 
expenses'', to be used only for the administrative costs of these 
guarantees.


            Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund Program Account

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 3739), 
$6,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: 
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$71,956,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
guaranteed loan program, up to $150,000 from amounts in the first 
paragraph, which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses'', to be used only for the 
administrative costs of these guarantees.

                   Community Planning and Development


               Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS

    For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS 
program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12901), $232,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Secretary may use up to 0.75 percent of the funds under this 
heading for technical assistance.


                  Rural Housing and Economic Development

    For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development in the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, $25,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the amount under this 
heading, up to $3,000,000 shall be used to develop capacity at the 
State and local level for developing rural housing and for rural 
economic development and for maintaining a clearinghouse of ideas for 
innovative strategies for rural housing and economic development and 
revitalization: Provided further, That of the amount under this 
heading, at least $22,000,000 shall be awarded by June 1, 2000 to 
Indian tribes, State housing finance agencies, State community and/or 
economic development agencies, local rural nonprofits and community 
development corporations to support innovative housing and economic 
development activities in rural areas: Provided further, That all 
grants shall be awarded on a competitive basis as specified in section 
102 of the HUD Reform Act.


          AMERICA'S PRIVATE INVESTMENT COMPANIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                      (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For the cost of guaranteed loans under the America's Private 
Investment Companies Program, $20,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2002: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying 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 guaranteed, not to exceed $541,000,000: Provided further, 
That the funds appropriated under this heading shall not be available 
for obligation until the America's Private Investment Companies Program 
is authorized by subsequent legislation and the program is developed 
subject to notice and comment rulemaking: Provided further, That if the 
authorizing legislation is not enacted by June 30, 2000, all funds 
under this heading shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for the ``Community development financial institutions 
fund program account'' to be available for use as grants and loans 
under that account.


                         Urban Empowerment Zones

    For grants in connection with a second round of the empowerment 
zones program in urban areas, designated by the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development in fiscal year 1999 pursuant to the Taxpayer 
Relief Act of 1997, $55,000,000 to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development for ``Urban Empowerment Zones'', including $3,666,000 for 
each empowerment zone for use in conjunction with economic development 
activities consistent with the strategic plan of each empowerment zone, 
to remain available until expended.


                         Rural Empowerment Zones

    For grants for the rural empowerment zone and enterprise 
communities programs, as designated by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
$15,000,000 to the Secretary of Agriculture for grants for designated 
empowerment zones in rural areas and for grants for designated rural 
enterprise communities, to remain available until expended.


                    Community Development Block Grants

                      (including transfers of funds)

    For grants to States and units of general local government and for 
related expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out a community 
development grants program as authorized by title I of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (the ``Act'' herein) (42 
U.S.C. 5301), $4,800,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2002: Provided, That $67,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes 
notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, $3,000,000 shall be 
available as a grant to the Housing Assistance Council, $2,200,000 
shall be available as a grant to the National American Indian Housing 
Council, and $41,500,000 shall be for grants pursuant to section 107 of 
the Act including $2,000,000 to support Alaska Native serving 
institutions and native Hawaiian serving institutions, as defined under 
the Higher Education Act, as amended: Provided further, That 
$20,000,000 shall be for grants pursuant to the Self Help Housing 
Opportunity Program: Provided further, That not to exceed 20 percent of 
any grant made with funds appropriated herein (other than a grant made 
available in this paragraph to the Housing Assistance Council or the 
National American Indian Housing Council, or a grant using funds under 
section 107(b)(3) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 
as amended) shall be expended for ``Planning and Management 
Development'' and ``Administration'' as defined in regulations 
promulgated by the department: Provided further, That all balances for 
the Economic Development Initiative grants program, the John Heinz 
Neighborhood Development program, grants to Self Help Housing 
Opportunity program, and the Moving to Work Demonstration program 
previously funded within the ``Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing'' account shall be transferred to this account, to be available 
for the purposes for which they were originally appropriated.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, $23,750,000 shall 
be made available for capacity building, of which $20,000,000 shall be 
made available for ``Capacity Building for Community Development and 
Affordable Housing'', for LISC and the Enterprise Foundation for 
activities as authorized by section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 
1993 (Public Law 103-120), as in effect immediately before June 12, 
1997, with not less than $4,000,000 of the funding to be used in rural 
areas, including tribal areas, and of which $3,750,000 shall be made 
available to Habitat for Humanity International.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development may use up to $55,000,000 for supportive 
services for public housing residents, as authorized by section 34 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, and for grants for 
service coordinators and congregate services for the elderly and 
disabled residents of public and assisted housing: Provided further, 
That amounts made available for congregate services and service 
coordinators for the elderly and disabled under this heading and in 
prior fiscal years may be used by grantees to reimburse themselves for 
costs incurred in connection with providing service coordinators 
previously advanced by grantees out of other funds due to delays in the 
granting by or receipt of funds from the Secretary, and the funds so 
made available to grantees for congregate services or service 
coordinators under this heading or in prior years shall be considered 
as expended by the grantees upon such reimbursement. The Secretary 
shall not condition the availability of funding made available under 
this heading or in prior years for congregate services or service 
coordinators upon any grantee's obligation or expenditure of any prior 
funding.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, $30,000,000 shall 
be available for neighborhood initiatives that are utilized to improve 
the conditions of distressed and blighted areas and neighborhoods, to 
stimulate investment, economic diversification, and community 
revitalization in areas with population outmigration or a stagnating or 
declining economic base, or to determine whether housing benefits can 
be integrated more effectively with welfare reform initiatives: 
Provided, that any unobligated balances of amounts set aside for 
neighborhood initiatives in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 may be utilized 
for any of the foregoing purposes: Provided further, That of the amount 
set aside for fiscal year 2000 under this paragraph, $23,000,000 shall 
be used for grants specified in the statement of the managers of the 
committee of conference accompanying this Act.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, $42,500,000 shall be available for 
YouthBuild program activities authorized by subtitle D of title IV of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as amended, and 
such activities shall be an eligible activity with respect to any funds 
made available under this heading: Provided, That local YouthBuild 
programs that demonstrate an ability to leverage private and nonprofit 
funding shall be given a priority for YouthBuild funding: Provided 
further, That of the amount provided under this paragraph, $2,500,000 
shall be set aside and made available for a grant to Youthbuild USA for 
capacity building for community development and affordable housing 
activities as specified in section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 
1993, as amended.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, $275,000,000 shall 
be available for grants for the Economic Development Initiative (EDI) 
to finance a variety of economic development efforts, including 
$240,000,000 for making individual grants for targeted economic 
investments in accordance with the terms and conditions specified for 
such grants in the statement of the managers of the committee of 
conference accompanying this Act.
    For the cost of guaranteed loans, $29,000,000, as authorized by 
section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
not to exceed $1,261,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate limitation 
on outstanding obligations guaranteed in section 108(k) of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974: Provided further, That in 
addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 
program, $1,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses''.
    The Secretary is directed to transfer the administration of the 
small cities component of the Community Development Block Grant Program 
for the funds allocated for the State of New York under section 106(d) 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 for fiscal year 
2000 and all fiscal years thereafter to the State of New York to be 
administered by the Governor of New York.


                        Brownfields Redevelopment

    For Economic Development Grants, as authorized by section 108(q) of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, for 
Brownfields redevelopment projects, $25,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall make these grants available on a competitive basis as 
specified in section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Reform Act of 1989.


                   HOME Investment Partnerships Program

    For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized under 
title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(Public Law 101-625), as amended, $1,600,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That up to $15,000,000 of these funds shall 
be available for Housing Counseling under section 106 of the Housing 
and Urban Development Act of 1968: Provided further, That $2,000,000 of 
these funds shall be made available as a grant to the National Housing 
Development Corporation for a program of housing acquisition and 
rehabilitation: Provided further, That all Housing Counseling program 
balances previously appropriated in the ``Housing Counseling 
Assistance'' account shall be transferred to this account, to be 
available for the purposes for which they were originally appropriated.


                        Homeless Assistance Grants

    For the emergency shelter grants program (as authorized under 
subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 
Act, as amended); the supportive housing program (as authorized under 
subtitle C of title IV of such Act); the section 8 moderate 
rehabilitation single room occupancy program (as authorized under the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended) to assist homeless 
individuals pursuant to section 441 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
Assistance Act; and the shelter plus care program (as authorized under 
subtitle F of title IV of such Act), $1,020,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not less than 30 percent of 
these funds shall be used for permanent housing, and all funding for 
services must be matched by 25 percent in funding by each grantee: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall conduct a review of any balances of amounts provided under this 
heading in any previous appropriations Acts that have been obligated 
but remain unexpended and shall deobligate any such amounts that the 
Secretary determines were obligated for contracts that are unlikely to 
be performed and award such amounts during this fiscal year: Provided 
further, That up to 1 percent of the funds appropriated under this 
heading may be used for technical assistance: Provided further, That 
all balances previously appropriated in the ``Emergency Shelter 
Grants'', ``Supportive Housing'', ``Supplemental Assistance for 
Facilities to Assist the Homeless'', ``Shelter Plus Care'', ``Section 8 
Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy'', and ``Innovative 
Homeless Initiatives Demonstration'' accounts shall be transferred to 
and merged with this account, to be available for any authorized 
purpose under this heading.

                            Housing Programs


                     Housing for Special Populations

    For assistance for the purchase, construction, acquisition, or 
development of additional public and subsidized housing units for low 
income families not otherwise provided for, $911,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That $710,000,000 shall be for 
capital advances, including amendments to capital advance contracts, 
for housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the 
Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental assistance, and 
amendments to contracts for project rental assistance, for the elderly 
under such section 202(c)(2), and for supportive services associated 
with the housing of which amount $50,000,000 shall be for service 
coordinators and continuation of existing congregate services grants 
for residents of assisted housing projects, and of which amount 
$50,000,000 shall be for grants for conversion of existing section 202 
projects, or portions thereof, to assisted living or related use, 
consistent with the relevant provision of title V of this Act: Provided 
further, That of the amount under this heading, $201,000,000 shall be 
for capital advances, including amendments to capital advance 
contracts, for supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as 
authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act, for project rental assistance, for amendments to contracts 
for project rental assistance, and supportive services associated with 
the housing for persons with disabilities as authorized by section 811 
of such Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may designate up to 
25 percent of the amounts earmarked under this paragraph for section 
811 of such Act for tenant-based assistance, as authorized under that 
section, including such authority as may be waived under the next 
proviso, which assistance is 5 years in duration: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may waive any provision of such section 202 and such 
section 811 (including the provisions governing the terms and 
conditions of project rental assistance and tenant-based assistance) 
that the Secretary determines is not necessary to achieve the 
objectives of these programs, or that otherwise impedes the ability to 
develop, operate or administer projects assisted under these programs, 
and may make provision for alternative conditions or terms where 
appropriate.


                          Flexible Subsidy Fund

                           (transfer of funds)

    From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all uncommitted balances 
of excess rental charges as of September 30, 1999, and any collections 
made during fiscal year 2000, shall be transferred to the Flexible 
Subsidy Fund, as authorized by section 236(g) of the National Housing 
Act, as amended.

                     Federal Housing Administration


              FHA--Mutual Mortgage Insurance Program Account

                      (including transfers of funds)

    During fiscal year 2000, commitments to guarantee loans to carry 
out the purposes of section 203(b) of the National Housing Act, as 
amended, shall not exceed a loan principal of $140,000,000,000.
    During fiscal year 2000, obligations to make direct loans to carry 
out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as 
amended, shall not exceed $100,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing 
amount shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in 
connection with sales of single family real properties owned by the 
Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance 
Fund.
    For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the guaranteed 
and direct loan program, $330,888,000, of which not to exceed 
$324,866,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for ``Salaries 
and expenses''; not to exceed $4,022,000 shall be transferred to the 
appropriation for the Office of Inspector General. In addition, for 
administrative contract expenses, $160,000,000: Provided, That to the 
extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed $49,664,000,000 on or before 
April 1, 2000, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract 
expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional 
guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for any amount 
below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by this 
proviso exceed $16,000,000.


              FHA--General and Special Risk Program Account

                      (including transfers of funds)

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sections 238 and 
519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and 1735c), 
including the cost of loan guarantee modifications (as that term is 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended), $153,000,000, including not to exceed $153,000,000 from 
unobligated balances previously appropriated under this heading, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That these funds are 
available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, of up to $18,100,000,000: Provided further, That any 
amounts made available in any prior appropriations Act for the cost (as 
such term is defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974) of guaranteed loans that are obligations of the funds established 
under section 238 or 519 of the National Housing Act that have not been 
obligated or that are deobligated shall be available to the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development in connection with the making of such 
guarantees and shall remain available until expended, notwithstanding 
the expiration of any period of availability otherwise applicable to 
such amounts.
    Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as 
authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of the National 
Housing Act, shall not exceed $50,000,000; of which not to exceed 
$30,000,000 shall be for bridge financing in connection with the sale 
of multifamily real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly 
insured under such Act; and of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be 
for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with the 
sale of single-family real properties owned by the Secretary and 
formerly insured under such Act.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
guaranteed and direct loan programs, $211,455,000 (including not to 
exceed $147,000,000 from unobligated balances previously appropriated 
under this heading), of which $193,134,000, shall be transferred to the 
appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses''; and of which $18,321,000 
shall be transferred to the appropriation for the Office of Inspector 
General. In addition, for administrative contract expenses necessary to 
carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, $144,000,000: 
Provided, That to the extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed 
$7,263,000,000 on or before April 1, 2000, an additional $19,800 for 
administrative contract expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000 
in additional guaranteed loan commitments over $7,263,000,000 
(including a pro rata amount for any increment below $1,000,000), but 
in no case shall funds made available by this proviso exceed 
$14,400,000.

                Government National Mortgage Association


     Guarantees of Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program 
                                Account

                      (including transfer of funds)

    During fiscal year 2000, new commitments to issue guarantees to 
carry out the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as 
amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed $200,000,000,000.
    For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the guaranteed 
mortgage-backed securities program, $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, $45,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for the Partnership 
for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) Initiative and $500,000 
shall be for a commission established in section 525 of title V of this 
Act.

                   Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity


                         Fair Housing Activities

    For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise provided 
for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as 
amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 
$44,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001, of which 
$24,000,000 shall be to carry out activities pursuant to such section 
561: Provided, That no funds made available under this heading shall be 
used to lobby the executive or legislative branches of the Federal 
Government in connection with a specific contract, grant or loan.

                     Office of Lead Hazard Control


                          Lead Hazard Reduction

                      (including transfer of funds)

    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 
$1,000,000 shall be for CLEARCorps and $10,000,000 shall be for a 
Healthy Homes Initiative, which shall be a program pursuant to sections 
501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall 
include research, studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, 
including education and outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning 
and other housing-related environmental diseases and hazards: Provided, 
That all balances for the Lead Hazard Reduction Programs previously 
funded in the Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing and Community 
Development Block Grant accounts shall be transferred to this account, 
to be available for the purposes for which they were originally 
appropriated.

                     Management and Administration


                          Salaries and Expenses

                      (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary administrative and non-administrative expenses of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, not otherwise provided 
for, including not to exceed $7,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $1,005,733,000, of which $518,000,000 shall be 
provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration, 
$9,383,000 shall be provided from funds of the Government National 
Mortgage Association, $1,000,000 shall be provided from the ``Community 
development block grants program'' account, $150,000 shall be provided 
by transfer from the ``Title VI indian federal guarantees program'' 
account, and $200,000 shall be provided by transfer from the ``Indian 
housing loan guarantee fund program'' account: Provided, That the 
Secretary is prohibited from using any funds under this heading or any 
other heading in this Act from employing more than 77 schedule C and 20 
noncareer Senior Executive Service employees: Provided further, That 
the Secretary is prohibited from using funds under this heading or any 
other heading in this Act to employ more than 9,300 employees: Provided 
further, That the Secretary is prohibited from using funds under this 
heading or any other heading in this Act to convert any external 
community builders to career employees, and after September 1, 2000 to 
employ any external community builders: Provided further, That the 
Secretary is prohibited from using funds under this heading or any 
other heading in this Act to employ more than 14 employees in the 
Office of Public Affairs: Provided further, That of the amount made 
available under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be for the Millennial 
Housing Commission as established under section 206.


                       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, 
$83,000,000, of which $22,343,000 shall be provided from the various 
funds of the Federal Housing Administration and $10,000,000 shall be 
provided from the amount earmarked for Operation Safe Home in the 
appropriation for ``Drug elimination grants for low-income housing'': 
Provided, That the Inspector General shall have independent authority 
over all personnel issues within the Office of Inspector General.

             Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight


                          salaries and expenses

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprise Financial Safety 
and Soundness Act of 1992, including not to exceed $500 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $19,493,000, to remain available 
until expended, to be derived from the Federal Housing Enterprise 
Oversight Fund: Provided, That not to exceed such amount shall be 
available from the General Fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary 
to incur obligations and make expenditures pending the receipt of 
collections to the Fund: Provided further, That the General Fund amount 
shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year so 
as to result in a final appropriation from the General Fund estimated 
at not more than $0.


                        Administrative Provisions

                       Financing Adjustment Factors

    Sec. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, or in 
lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated with such budget 
authority, that are recaptured from projects described in section 
1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act 
of 1988 (Public Law 100-628; 102 Stat. 3224, 3268) shall be rescinded, 
or in the case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such 
amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or 
remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing finance 
agencies or local governments or local housing agencies with projects 
approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for which 
settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance with such 
section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Secretary may award 
up to 15 percent of the budget authority or cash recaptured and not 
rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with 
incentives to refinance their project at a lower interest rate.


                       Fair Housing and Free Speech

    Sec. 202. None of the amounts made available under this Act may be 
used during fiscal year 2000 to investigate or prosecute under the Fair 
Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged in by one or more 
persons, including the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal 
action, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or 
preventing action by a Government official or entity, or a court of 
competent jurisdiction.


            Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Grants

    Sec. 203. Section 207 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1999, is amended by striking wherever it occurs ``fiscal year 
1999'' and inserting ``fiscal years 1999 and 2000''.


                              reprogramming

    Sec. 204. Of the amounts made available under the sixth 
undesignated paragraph under the heading ``Community Planning and 
Development--community development block grants'' in title II of the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-276; 112 
Stat. 2477) for the Economic Development Initiative (EDI) for grants 
for targeted economic investments, the $1,000,000 to be made available 
(pursuant to the related provisions of the joint explanatory statement 
in the conference report to accompany such Act (House Report No. 105-
769, 105th Congress, 2d session)) to the City of Redlands, California, 
for the redevelopment initiatives near the historic Fox Theater shall, 
notwithstanding such provisions, be made available to such city for the 
following purposes:
        (1) $700,000 shall be for renovation of the City of Redlands 
    Fire Station No. 1;
        (2) $200,000 shall be for renovation of the Mission Gables 
    House at the Redlands Bowl historic outdoor amphitheater; and
        (3) $100,000 shall be for the preservation of historic Hillside 
    Cemetery.


  Adjustments to Income Eligibility for Unusually High or Low Families 
                      Incomes in Assisted Housing

    Sec. 205. Section 16 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is 
amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by inserting before the period the 
    following: ``; except that the Secretary may establish income 
    ceilings higher or lower than 30 percent of the area median income 
    on the basis of the Secretary's findings that such variations are 
    necessary because of unusually high or low family incomes''; and
        (2) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting before the period the 
    following: ``; except that the Secretary may establish income 
    ceilings higher or lower than 30 percent of the area median income 
    on the basis of the Secretary's findings that such variations are 
    necessary because of unusually high or low family incomes''.


                      millennial housing commission

    Sec. 206. (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established a 
commission to be known as the Millennial Housing Commission (in this 
section referred to as the ``Commission'').
    (b) Study.--The duty of the Commission shall be to conduct a study 
that examines, analyzes, and explores--
        (1) the importance of housing, particularly affordable housing 
    which includes housing for the elderly, to the infrastructure of 
    the United States;
        (2) the various possible methods for increasing the role of the 
    private sector in providing affordable housing in the United 
    States, including the effectiveness and efficiency of such methods; 
    and
        (3) whether the existing programs of the Department of Housing 
    and Urban Development work in conjunction with one another to 
    provide better housing opportunities for families, neighborhoods, 
    and communities, and how such programs can be improved with respect 
    to such purpose.
    (c) Membership.--
        (1) Number and Appointment.--The Commission shall be composed 
    of 22 members, appointed not later than January 1, 2000, as 
    follows:
            (A) Two co-chairpersons appointed by--
                (i) one co-chairperson appointed by a committee 
            consisting of the chairmen of the Subcommittees on the 
            Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
            Development, and Independent Agencies of the Committees on 
            Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
            Senate, and the chairman of the Subcommittee on Housing and 
            Community Opportunities of the House of Representatives and 
            the chairman of the Subcommittee on Housing and 
            Transportation of the Senate; and
                (ii) one co-chairperson appointed by a committee 
            consisting of the ranking minority members of the 
            Subcommittees on the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
            Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies of 
            the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
            Representatives and the Senate, and the ranking minority 
            member of the Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
            Opportunities of the House of Representatives and the 
            ranking minority member of the Subcommittee on Housing and 
            Transportation of the Senate.
            (B) Ten members appointed by the Chairman and Ranking 
        Minority Member of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
        of Representatives and the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member 
        of the Committee on Banking and Financial Services of the House 
        of Representatives.
            (C) Ten members appointed by the Chairman and Ranking 
        Minority Member of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
        Senate and the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the 
        Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.
        (2) Qualifications.--Appointees should have proven expertise in 
    directing, assemblying, or applying capital resources from a 
    variety of sources to the successful development of affordable 
    housing or the revitalization of communities, including economic 
    and job development.
        (3) Vacancies.--Any vacancy on the Commission shall not affect 
    its powers and shall be filled in the manner in which the original 
    appointment was made.
        (4) Chairpersons.--The members appointed pursuant to paragraph 
    (1)(A) shall serve as co-chairpersons of the Commission.
        (5) Prohibition of pay.--Members of the Commission shall serve 
    without pay.
        (6) Travel expenses.--Each member of the Commission shall 
    receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, 
    in accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States 
    Code.
        (7) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Commission shall 
    constitute a quorum but a lesser number may hold hearings.
        (8) Meetings.--The Commission shall meet at the call of the 
    Chairpersons.
    (d) Director and Staff.--
        (1) Director.--The Commission shall have a Director who shall 
    be appointed by the Chairperson. The Director shall be paid at a 
    rate not to exceed the rate of basic pay payable for level V of the 
    Executive Schedule.
        (2) Staff.--The Commission may appoint personnel as 
    appropriate. The staff of the Commission shall be appointed subject 
    to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing 
    appointments in the competitive service, and shall be paid in 
    accordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of 
    chapter 53 of that title relating to classification and General 
    Schedule pay rates.
        (3) Experts and consultants.--The Commission may procure 
    temporary and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 
    5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed 
    the daily equivalent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay 
    payable for the General Schedule.
        (4) Staff of federal agencies.--Upon request of the Commission, 
    the head of any Federal department or agency may detail, on a 
    reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of that department or 
    agency to the Commission to assist it in carrying out its duties 
    under this Act.
    (e) Powers.--
        (1) Hearings and sessions.--The Commission may, for the purpose 
    of carrying out this section, hold hearings, sit and act at times 
    and places, take testimony, and receive evidence as the Commission 
    considers appropriate.
        (2) Powers of members and agents.--Any member or agent of the 
    Commission may, if authorized by the Commission, take any action 
    which the Commission is authorized to take by this section.
        (3) Obtaining official data.--The Commission may secure 
    directly from any department or agency of the United States 
    information necessary to enable it to carry out this Act. Upon 
    request of the Chairpersons of the Commission, the head of that 
    department or agency shall furnish that information to the 
    Commission.
        (4) Gifts, bequests, and devises.--The Commission may accept, 
    use, and dispose of gifts, bequests, or devises of services or 
    property, both real and personal, for the purpose of aiding or 
    facilitating the work of the Commission. Gifts, bequests, or 
    devises of money and proceeds from sales of other property received 
    as gifts, bequests, or devises shall be deposited in the Treasury 
    and shall be available for disbursement upon order of the 
    Commission.
        (5) Mails.--The Commission may use the United States mails in 
    the same manner and under the same conditions as other departments 
    and agencies of the United States.
        (6) Administrative support services.--Upon the request of the 
    Commission, the Administrator of General Services shall provide to 
    the Commission, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative support 
    services necessary for the Commission to carry out its 
    responsibilities under this section.
        (7) Contract Authority.--The Commission may contract with and 
    compensate Government and private agencies or persons for services, 
    without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 
    5).
    (f) Report.--The Commission shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations and Banking and Financial Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations and Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a final report not later than 
March 1, 2002. The report shall contain a detailed statement of the 
findings and conclusions of the Commission with respect to the study 
conducted under subsection (b), together with its recommendations for 
legislation, administrative actions, and any other actions the 
Commission considers appropriate.
    (g) Termination.--The Commission shall terminate on June 30, 2002. 
Section 14(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.; relating to the termination of advisory committees) shall not 
apply to the Commission.


                         fha technical correction

    Sec. 207. Section 203(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended by adding before ``48 percent'' 
the following: ``the greater of the dollar amount limitation in effect 
under this section for the area on the date of the enactment of the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1999 or''.


                               rescissions

    Sec. 208. Of the balances remaining from funds appropriated to the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development in Public Law 105-65 and 
prior appropriations Acts, $74,400,000 is rescinded: Provided, That the 
amount rescinded shall be comprised of--
        (1) $30,552,000 of the amounts that were appropriated for the 
    modernization of public housing unit; under the heading ``Annual 
    contributions for assisted housing'', including an amount equal to 
    the amount transferred from such account to, and merged with 
    amounts under the heading ``Public housing capital fund'';
        (2) $3,048,000 of the amounts from which no disbursements have 
    been made within five successive fiscal years beginning after 
    September 30, 1993, that were appropriated under the heading 
    ``Annual contributions for assisted housing'', including an amount 
    equal to the amount transferred from such account to the account 
    under the heading ``Housing certificate fund'';
        (3) $22,975,000 of amounts appropriated for homeownership 
    assistance under section 235(r) of the National Housing Act, 
    including $6,875,000 appropriated in Public Law 103-327 (approved 
    September 28, 1994, 104 Stat. 2305) for such purposes;
        (4) $11,400,000 of the amounts appropriated for the 
    Homeownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere programs (HOPE 
    programs), as authorized by the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
    Affordable Housing Act; and
        (5) $6,400,000 of the balances remaining in the account under 
    the heading ``Nonprofit Sponsor Assistance Account''.


                   grant for national cities in schools

    Sec. 209. For a grant to the National Cities in Schools Community 
Development program under section 930 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1992, $5,000,000.


                       moving to work demonstration

    Sec. 210. For the Jobs-Plus Initiative of the Moving to Work 
Demonstration, $5,000,000 to cover the cost of rent-based work 
incentives to families in selected public housing developments, who 
shall be encouraged to go to work under work incentive plans approved 
by the Secretary and carefully tracked as part of the research and 
demonstration effort.


                                 repealer

    Sec. 211. Section 218 of Public Law 104-204 is repealed.


              FHA Administrative Contract Expense Authority

    Sec. 212. Section 1 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1702) is 
amended by inserting the following new sentence after the first 
proviso: ``Except with respect to title III, for the purposes of this 
section, the term `nonadministrative' shall not include contract 
expenses that are not capitalized or routinely deducted from the 
proceeds of sales, and such expenses shall not be payable from funds 
made available by this Act.''.


                          Full Payment of Claims

    Sec. 213. (a) Section 541 of the National Housing Act is amended--
        (1) by amending the heading to read as follows: ``partial 
    payment of claims on defaulted mortgages and in connection with 
    mortgage restructuring''; and
        (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``partial payment of the 
    claim under the mortgage insurance contract'' and inserting 
    ``partial or full payment of claim under one or more mortgage 
    insurance contracts''.
    (b) Section 517 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 
Affordability Act of 1997 is amended by adding a new subsection (a)(6) 
to read as follows: ``(6) The second mortgage under this section may be 
a first mortgage if no restructured or new first mortgage will meet the 
requirement of paragraph (1)(A).''.


               Availability of Income Matching Information

    Sec. 214. (a) Section 3(f) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437a), as amended by section 508(d)(1) of the Quality 
Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, is further amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1)--
            (A) after the first appearance of ``public housing agency'' 
        by inserting ``, or the owner responsible for determining the 
        participant's eligibility or level of benefits,''; and
            (B) after ``as applicable'' by inserting ``, or to the 
        owner responsible for determining the participant's eligibility 
        or level of benefits''; and
        (2) in paragraph (2)--
            (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``or'';
            (B) in subparagraph (B) by striking the period and 
        inserting ``, or''; and
            (C) by inserting at the end the following new subparagraph:
        ``(C) for which project-based assistance is provided under 
    section 8, section 202, or section 811.''.
    (b) Section 904(b) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 
Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 3544), as amended by section 
508(d)(2) of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, 
is further amended in paragraph (4)--
        (1) by inserting after ``public housing agency'' the first time 
    it appears the following: ``, or the owner responsible for 
    determining the participant's eligibility or level of benefits,''; 
    and
        (2) by striking ``the public housing agency verifying income'' 
    and inserting ``verifying income''.


  Exemption for Alaska and Mississippi From Requirement of Resident on 
                                 Board

    Sec. 215. Public housing agencies in the States of Alaska and 
Mississippi shall not be required to comply with section 2(b) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, during fiscal year 2000.


           ADMINISTRATION OF THE CDBG PROGRAM BY NEW YORK STATE

    Sec. 216. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 
transfer on the date of the enactment of this Act the administration of 
the Small Cities component of the Community Development Block Grants 
program for all funds allocated for the State of New York under section 
106(d) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 for fiscal 
year 2000 and all fiscal years thereafter, to the State of New York to 
be administered by the Governor of such State.


                          SECTION 202 EXEMPTION

    Sec. 217. Notwithstanding section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 or 
any other provision of law, Peggy A. Burgin may not be disqualified on 
the basis of age from residing at Clark's Landing in Groton, Vermont.


                     Darlinton Preservation Amendment

    Sec. 218. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon 
prepayment of the FHA-insured section 236 mortgage, the Secretary shall 
continue to provide interest reduction payment in accordance with the 
existing amortization schedule for Darlinton Manor Apartments, a 100-
unit project located at 606 North 5th Street, Bozemen, Montana, which 
will continue as affordable housing pursuant to a use agreement with 
the State of Montana.


                          RISK-SHARING PRIORITY

    Sec. 219. Section 517(b)(3) of the Departments of Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1998 is amended by inserting after ``1992.'' the 
following: ``The Secretary shall use risk-shared financing under 
section 542(c) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 for 
any mortgage restructuring, rehabilitation financing, or debt 
refinancing included as part of a mortgage restructuring and rental 
assistance sufficiency plan if the terms and conditions are considered 
to be the best available financing in terms of financial savings to the 
FHA insurance funds and will result in reduced risk of loss to the 
Federal Government.''.


       TREATMENT OF EXPIRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE GRANTS

    Sec. 220. (a) Availability.--Notwithstanding section 1552 of title 
31, United States Code, the grant amounts identified in subsection (b) 
shall remain available to the grantees for the purposes for which such 
amounts were obligated through September 30, 2000.
    (b) Grants.--The grant amounts identified in this subsection are 
the amounts provided under the following grants made by the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development under the economic development 
initiative under section 108(q) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308(q)):
        (1) The grant for Miami, Florida, designated as B-92-ED-12-013.
        (2) The grant for Miami Beach, Florida, designated as B-92-ED-
    12-014.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall be considered to have taken 
effect on September 30, 1999. The Secretary of the Treasury and the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall take such actions as 
may be necessary to carry out this section, notwithstanding any actions 
taken previously pursuant to section 1552 of title 31, United States 
Code.


         USE OF TRUSTS WITH REGARD TO COOPERATIVE HOUSING Section

    Sec. 221. Section 213(a) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
1715e(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
``Nothing in this section may be construed to prevent membership in a 
nonprofit housing cooperative from being held in the name of a trust, 
the beneficiary of which shall occupy the dwelling unit in accordance 
with rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary.''.


                        grant technical correction

    Sec. 222. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount 
made available under the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 
and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1991 (Public Law 101-507) for a special purpose grant under section 107 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to the County of 
Hawaii for the purpose of an environmental impact statement for the 
development of a water resource system in Kohala, Hawaii, that is 
unobligated on the date of the enactment of this Act, may be used to 
fund water system improvements, including exploratory wells, well 
drillings, pipeline replacements, water system planning and design, and 
booster pump and reservoir development.


                    reuse of certain budget authority

    Sec. 223. Section 8(z) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is 
amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1)--
            (A) by inserting after ``on account of'' the following: 
        ``expiration or''; and
            (B) by striking the parenthetical phrase; and
        (2) by striking paragraph (3).


                            SECTION 108 WAIVER

    Sec. 224. With respect to the $6,700,000 commitment in connection 
with guaranteed obligations for the Sandtown-Winchester Home Ownership 
Zone under section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974, the Secretary shall not require security in excess of that 
authorized under section 108(d)(1)(B).


                             HOPWA TECHNICAL

    Sec. 225. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amount allocated for fiscal year 2000, and the amounts that would 
otherwise be allocated for fiscal year 2001, to the City of 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on behalf of the Philadelphia, PA-NJ Primary 
Metropolitan Area (hereafter ``metropolitan area''), under section 
854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall adjust such amounts by 
allocating to the State of New Jersey the proportion of the 
metropolitan area's amount that is based on the number of cases of AIDS 
reported in the portion of the metropolitan area that is located in New 
Jersey.
    (b) The State of New Jersey shall use amounts allocated to the 
State under this section to carry out eligible activities under section 
855 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in the 
portion of the metropolitan area that is located in New Jersey.

                    TITLE III--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  American Battle Monuments Commission


                          Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the American 
Battle Monuments Commission, including the acquisition of land or 
interest in land in foreign countries; purchases and repair of uniforms 
for caretakers of national cemeteries and monuments outside of the 
United States and its territories and possessions; rent of office and 
garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one for replacement only) 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and insurance of official motor 
vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of such countries, 
$28,467,000, to remain available until expended.

             Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board


                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant to 
section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including hire of passenger 
vehicles, and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates 
for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum 
rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 
$8,000,000: 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, 
$95,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001, of which up 
to $7,860,000 may be used for administrative expenses, up to 
$16,500,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans, and up to 
$1,000,000 may be used for administrative expenses to carry out the 
direct loan program: Provided, That the cost of direct loans, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these 
funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 
amount of direct loans not to exceed $53,140,000: Provided further, 
That not more than $30,000,000 of the funds made available under this 
heading may be used for programs and activities authorized in section 
114 of the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act 
of 1994.

                   Consumer Product Safety Commission


                          Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem 
rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 
purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials' 
contributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed $500 for 
official reception and representation expenses, $49,000,000.

             Corporation for National and Community Service


                 National and Community Service Programs

                            Operating Expenses

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service (referred to in the matter under this heading as the 
``Corporation'') in carrying out programs, activities, and initiatives 
under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred to in 
the matter under this heading as the ``Act'') (42 U.S.C. 12501 et 
seq.), $434,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000: 
Provided, That not more than $28,500,000 shall be available for 
administrative expenses authorized under section 501(a)(4) of the Act 
(42 U.S.C. 12671(a)(4)) with not less than $1,500,000 targeted to 
administrative needs, not including salaries and expenses, identified 
as urgent by the Corporation without regard to the provisions of 
section 501(a)(4)(B) of the Act: Provided further, That not more than 
$2,500 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That not more than $70,000,000, to remain available 
without fiscal year limitation, shall be transferred to the National 
Service Trust account for educational awards authorized under subtitle 
D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.), of which not to 
exceed $5,000,000 shall be available for national service scholarships 
for high school students performing community service: Provided 
further, That not more than $234,000,000 of the amount provided under 
this heading shall be available for grants under the National Service 
Trust program authorized under subtitle C of title I of the Act (42 
U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) (relating to activities including the AmeriCorps 
program), of which not more than $45,000,000 may be used to administer, 
reimburse, or support any national service program authorized under 
section 121(d)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12581(d)(2)): Provided 
further, That not more than $7,500,000 of the funds made available 
under this heading shall be made available for the Points of Light 
Foundation for activities authorized under title III of the Act (42 
U.S.C. 12661 et seq.): Provided further, That no funds shall be 
available for national service programs run by Federal agencies 
authorized under section 121(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12571(b)): 
Provided further, That to the maximum extent feasible, funds 
appropriated under subtitle C of title I of the Act shall be provided 
in a manner that is consistent with the recommendations of peer review 
panels in order to ensure that priority is given to programs that 
demonstrate quality, innovation, replicability, and sustainability: 
Provided further, That not more than $18,000,000 of the funds made 
available under this heading shall be available for the Civilian 
Community Corps authorized under subtitle E of title I of the Act (42 
U.S.C. 12611 et seq.): Provided further, That not more than $43,000,000 
shall be available for school-based and community-based service-
learning programs authorized under subtitle B of title I of the Act (42 
U.S.C. 12521 et seq.): Provided further, That not more than $28,500,000 
shall be available for quality and innovation activities authorized 
under subtitle H of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12853 et seq.): 
Provided further, That not more than $5,000,000 shall be available for 
audits and other evaluations authorized under section 179 of the Act 
(42 U.S.C. 12639): Provided further, That to the maximum extent 
practicable, the Corporation shall increase significantly the level of 
matching funds and in-kind contributions provided by the private 
sector, shall expand significantly the number of educational awards 
provided under subtitle D of title I, and shall reduce the total 
Federal costs per participant in all programs: Provided further, That 
of amounts available in the National Service Trust account from 
previous appropriations Acts, $80,000,000 shall be rescinded.


                       Office of Inspector General

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

                       Court of Veterans Appeals


                          Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses for the operation of the United States Court 
of Veterans Appeals as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 7251-7298, $11,450,000, 
of which $910,000, shall be available for the purpose of providing 
financial assistance as 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, $12,473,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                    Environmental Protection Agency


                          Science and Technology

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For science and technology, including research and development 
activities, which shall include research and development activities 
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended; necessary expenses for 
personnel and related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or 
allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed 
the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior 
level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; procurement of laboratory 
equipment and supplies; other operating expenses in support of research 
and development; construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, 
$645,000,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 2001: 
Provided, That the obligated balance of sums available in this account 
shall remain available through September 30, 2008 for liquidating 
obligations made in fiscal years 2000 and 2001: Provided further, That 
the obligated balance of funds transferred to this account in Public 
Law 105-276 shall remain available through September 30, 2007 for 
liquidating obligations made in fiscal years 1999 and 2000.


                  Environmental Programs and Management

    For environmental programs and management, including necessary 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel and related costs 
and travel expenses, including uniforms, or allowances therefore, as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 
5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and 
operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in 
societies or associations which issue publications to members only or 
at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members; 
construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of 
facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; and not to exceed $6,000 
for official reception and representation expenses, $1,900,000,000, 
which shall remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That 
the obligated balance of such sums shall remain available through 
September 30, 2008 for liquidating obligations made in fiscal years 
2000 and 2001: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by 
this Act shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, 
or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in preparation for 
implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol which was adopted on December 11, 
1997, in Kyoto, Japan at the Third Conference of the Parties to the 
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which has not 
been submitted to the Senate for advice and consent to ratification 
pursuant to article II, section 2, clause 2, of the United States 
Constitution, and which has not entered into force pursuant to article 
25 of the Protocol: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available in this Act may be used to implement or administer the 
interim guidance issued on February 5, 1998, by the Environmental 
Protection Agency relating to title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 
and designated as the ``Interim Guidance for Investigating Title VI 
Administrative Complaints Challenging Permits'' with respect to 
complaints filed under such title after October 21, 1998, and until 
guidance is finalized. Nothing in this proviso may be construed to 
restrict the Environmental Protection Agency from developing or issuing 
final guidance relating to title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding 7 U.S.C. 136r and 15 U.S.C. 
2609, beginning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, grants awarded 
under section 20 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act, as amended, and section 10 of the Toxic Substances Control Act, as 
amended, shall be available for research, development, monitoring, 
public education, training, demonstrations, and studies: Provided 
further, That the unexpended funds remaining from the $2,200,000 
appropriated under this heading in Public Law 105-276 for a grant to 
the Lake Ponchartrain Basin Foundation circuit rider initiative in 
Louisiana shall be transferred to the ``State and tribal assistance 
grants'' appropriation to remain available until expended 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 that Act.


                       Office of Inspector General

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, 
$32,409,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided, 
That the sums available in this account shall remain available through 
September 30, 2008 for liquidating obligations made in fiscal years 
2000 and 2001: Provided further, That the obligated balance of funds 
transferred to this account in Public Law 105-276 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2007 for liquidating obligations made 
in fiscal years 1999 and 2000.


                         Buildings and Facilities

    For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and 
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by, the 
Environmental Protection Agency, $62,600,000, to remain available until 
expended.


                      Hazardous Substance Superfund

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, 
including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 
9611), and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; 
$1,400,000,000 (of which $100,000,000 shall not become available until 
September 1, 2000), to remain available until expended, consisting of 
$700,000,000, as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund 
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by Public 
Law 101-508, and $700,000,000 as a payment from general revenues to the 
Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as authorized by section 
517(b) of SARA, as amended by Public Law 101-508: Provided, That funds 
appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other Federal 
agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, 
That $11,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
transferred to the ``Office of Inspector General'' appropriation to 
remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided further, That 
$38,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
transferred to the ``Science and technology'' appropriation to remain 
available until September 30, 2001: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 111(m) of CERCLA or any other provision of law, 
$70,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
available to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 
(ATSDR) to carry out activities described in sections 104(i), 
111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of CERCLA and section 118(f) of SARA: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
lieu of performing a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of 
CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health 
studies, evaluations or activities, including, without limitation, 
biomedical testing, clinical evaluations, medical monitoring, and 
referral to accredited health care providers: Provided further, That in 
performing any such health assessment or health study, evaluation, or 
activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be bound by the 
deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A): Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for ATSDR to 
issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) 
of CERCLA during fiscal year 2000.


                 Leaking Underground Storage Tank program

    For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground storage 
tank cleanup activities authorized by section 205 of the Superfund 
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and for construction, 
alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not 
to exceed $75,000 per project, $70,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.


                            oil spill response

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protection 
Agency's responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$15,000,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, 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, $3,466,650,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $1,350,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for 
the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, as amended; $820,000,000 shall be for 
capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds 
under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, except 
that, notwithstanding section 1452(n) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 
as amended, none of the funds made available under this heading in this 
Act, or in previous appropriations Acts, shall be reserved by the 
Administrator for health effects studies on drinking water 
contaminants; $50,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, 
planning, design, construction and related activities in connection 
with the construction of high priority water and wastewater facilities 
in the area of the United States-Mexico Border, after consultation with 
the appropriate border commission; $30,000,000 shall be for grants to 
the State of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 
infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages; $331,650,000 
shall be for making grants for the construction of wastewater and water 
treatment facilities and groundwater protection infrastructure in 
accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such grants in 
the conference report and joint explanatory statement of the committee 
of conference accompanying this Act (H.R. 2684); and $885,000,000 shall 
be for grants, including associated program support costs, to States, 
federally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and 
air pollution control agencies for multi-media or single media 
pollution prevention, control and abatement and related activities, 
including activities pursuant to the provisions set forth under this 
heading in Public Law 104-134, and for making grants under section 103 
of the Clean Air Act for particulate matter monitoring and data 
collection activities: Provided, That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the limitation 
on the amounts in a State water pollution control revolving fund that 
may be used by a State to administer the fund shall not apply to 
amounts included as principal in loans made by such fund in fiscal year 
2000 and prior years where such amounts represent costs of 
administering the fund, or by the State of New York for fiscal year 
2000 and prior years, costs of capitalizing the fund, to the extent 
that such amounts are or were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, 
accounted for separately from other assets in the fund, and used for 
eligible purposes of the fund, including administration, or, by the 
State of New York for fiscal year 2000 and prior years, for 
capitalization of the fund: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the 
Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for any 
fiscal year under section 319 of that Act to make grants to Indian 
tribes pursuant to section 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case 
of a publicly owned treatment works in the District of Columbia, the 
Federal share of grants awarded under title II of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act, beginning October 1, 1999 and continuing through 
September 30, 2001, shall be 80 percent of the cost of construction, 
and all grants made to such publicly owned treatment works in the 
District of Columbia may include an advance of allowance under section 
201(l)(2): Provided further, That the $2,200,000 appropriated in Public 
Law 105-276 in accordance with House Report No. 105-769, for a grant to 
the Charleston, Utah Water Conservancy District, as amended by Public 
Law 106-31, shall be awarded to Wasatch County, Utah, for water and 
sewer needs: Provided further, That the funds appropriated under this 
heading in Public Law 105-276 for the City of Fairbanks, Alaska, water 
system improvements shall instead be for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 
Alaska, water and sewer improvements: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, all claims for principal 
and interest registered through grant dispute AA-91-AD34 (05-90-AD09) 
or any other such dispute hereafter filed by the Environmental 
Protection Agency relative to water pollution control center and sewer 
system improvement grants numbers C-390996-01, C-390996-2, and C-
390996-3 made in 1976 and 1977 are hereby resolved in favor of the 
grantee.
    The Environmental Protection Agency and the New York State 
Department of Environmental Conservation are authorized to award, from 
construction grant reallotments to the State of New York of previously 
appropriated funds, supplemental grant assistance to Nassau County, New 
York, for additional odor control at the Bay Park and Cedar Creek 
wastewater treatment plants, notwithstanding initiation of construction 
or prior State Revolving Fund funding. Nassau County may elect to 
accept a combined lump-sum of $15,000,000, paid in advance of 
construction, in lieu of a 75 percent entitlement, to minimize grant 
and project administration.

                   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, $5,108,000.


   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, $2,827,000: 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, $33,666,000, to be derived from the Bank Insurance Fund, the 
Savings Association Insurance Fund, and the FSLIC Resolution Fund.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency


                             Disaster Relief

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), 
$300,000,000, and, notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 5203, to remain available 
until expended, of which not to exceed $2,900,000 may be transferred to 
``Emergency Management Planning and Assistance'' for the consolidated 
emergency management performance grant program: Provided, That of the 
funds made available under this heading in this and prior 
appropriations Acts and under section 404 of the Stafford Act to the 
State of California, $2,000,000 shall be for a pilot project of seismic 
retrofit technology at California State University, San Bernardino; 
$6,000,000 shall be for a seismic retrofit project at Loma Linda 
University Hospital; and $2,000,000 shall be for a seismic retrofit 
project at the University of Redlands, Redlands, California: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this heading in this 
and prior appropriations Acts and under section 404 of the Stafford Act 
to the State of Florida, $1,000,000 shall be for a hurricane protection 
project for the St. Petersburg campus of South Florida University, and 
$2,500,000 shall be for a windstorm simulation project at Florida 
International University, Miami: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading in this and prior appropriations Acts 
and under section 404 of the Stafford Act to the State of North 
Carolina, $1,000,000 shall be for a logistical staging area concept 
demonstration involving warehouse facilities at the Stanly County 
Airport: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this 
heading in this and prior appropriations Acts and under section 404 of 
the Stafford Act to the State of Louisiana, $500,000 shall be for wave 
monitoring buoys in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast.
    For an additional amount for ``Disaster relief'', $2,480,425,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire 
amount shall be available only to the extent that an official budget 
request for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the 
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.


             Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program Account

    For the cost of direct loans, $1,295,000, as authorized by section 
319 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of 
direct loans not to exceed $25,000,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program, $420,000.


                          Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, including hire 
and purchase of motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343; 
uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable 
for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; expenses of attendance 
of cooperating officials and individuals at meetings concerned with the 
work of emergency preparedness; transportation in connection with the 
continuity of Government programs to the same extent and in the same 
manner as permitted the Secretary of a Military Department under 10 
U.S.C. 2632; and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $180,000,000.


                     Office of the Inspector General

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $8,015,000.


               Emergency Management Planning and Assistance

                      (including transfer of funds)

    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, $267,000,000: Provided, That for purposes of pre-disaster 
mitigation pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5131(b) and (c) and 42 U.S.C. 5196(e) 
and (i), $25,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading 
shall be available until expended for project grants: Provided further, 
That beginning in fiscal year 2000 and each fiscal year thereafter, and 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of FEMA is 
authorized to provide assistance from funds appropriated under this 
heading, subject to terms and conditions as the Director of FEMA shall 
establish, to any State for multi-hazard preparedness and mitigation 
through consolidated emergency management performance grants: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, FEMA is 
authorized to and shall extend its cooperative agreement for the Jones 
County, Mississippi Emergency Operating Center, and the funds which 
were obligated as Federal matching funds for that Center shall remain 
available for expenditure until September 30, 2001.


                 Radiological Emergency Preparedness Fund

    The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2000, as 
authorized by Public Law 105-276, shall not be less than 100 percent of 
the amounts anticipated by FEMA necessary for its radiological 
emergency preparedness program for the next fiscal year. The 
methodology for assessment and collection of fees shall be fair and 
equitable; and shall reflect costs of providing such services, 
including administrative costs of collecting such fees. Fees received 
pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Fund as offsetting 
collections and will become available for authorized purposes on 
October 1, 2000, and remain available until expended.


                    Emergency Food and Shelter Program

    To carry out an emergency food and shelter program pursuant to 
title III of Public Law 100-77, as amended, $110,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That total administrative costs 
shall not exceed 3\1/2\ percent of the total appropriation.


                       flood map modernization fund

    For necessary expenses pursuant to section 1360 of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968, $5,000,000, and such additional sums as 
may be provided by State or local governments or other political 
subdivisions for cost shared mapping activities under section 
1360(f)(2), to remain available until expended.


                   national insurance development fund

    Notwithstanding the provisions of 12 U.S.C. 1735d(b) and 12 U.S.C. 
1749bbb-13(b)(6), any indebtedness of the Director of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency resulting from the Director borrowing sums 
under such sections before the date of the enactment of this Act to 
carry out title XII of the National Housing Act shall be canceled, and 
the Director shall not be obligated to repay such sums or any interest 
thereon, and no further interest shall accrue on such sums.


                      National Flood Insurance Fund

                      (including transfer of funds)

    For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, the 
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, not to exceed 
$24,333,000 for salaries and expenses associated with flood mitigation 
and flood insurance operations, and not to exceed $78,710,000 for flood 
mitigation, including up to $20,000,000 for expenses under section 1366 
of the National Flood Insurance Act, which amount shall be available 
for transfer to the National Flood Mitigation Fund until September 30, 
2001. In fiscal year 2000, no funds in excess of: (1) $47,000,000 for 
operating expenses; (2) $456,427,000 for agents' commissions and taxes; 
and (3) $50,000,000 for interest on Treasury borrowings shall be 
available from the National Flood Insurance Fund without prior notice 
to the Committees on Appropriations. For fiscal year 2000, flood 
insurance rates shall not exceed the level authorized by the National 
Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994.
    Section 1309(a)(2) of the National Flood Insurance Act (42 U.S.C. 
4016(a)(2)), as amended by Public Law 104-208, is further amended by 
striking ``1999'' and inserting ``2000''.
    The first sentence of section 1376(c) of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4127(c)), is amended by 
striking ``September 30, 1999'' and inserting ``September 30, 2000''.


                      national flood mitigation fund

                      (including transfer of funds)

    Notwithstanding sections 1366(b)(3)(B)-(C) and 1366(f) of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, $20,000,000 to remain 
available until September 30, 2001, for activities designed to reduce 
the risk of flood damage to structures pursuant to such Act, of which 
$20,000,000 shall be derived from the National Flood Insurance Fund.

                    General Services Administration


                     Consumer Information Center Fund

    For necessary expenses of the Consumer Information Center, 
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,622,000, to be 
deposited into the Consumer Information Center Fund: Provided, That the 
appropriations, revenues, and collections deposited into the fund shall 
be available for necessary expenses of Consumer Information Center 
activities in the aggregate amount of $7,500,000. Appropriations, 
revenues, and collections accruing to this fund during fiscal year 2000 
in excess of $7,500,000 shall remain in the fund and shall not be 
available for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration


                            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, $5,510,900,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That $40,000,000 
of the amount provided in this paragraph shall be available to the 
space shuttle program only for preparations necessary to carry out a 
life and micro-gravity science mission, to be flown between STS-107 and 
December 2001.


                   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, $5,606,700,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001.


                             Mission Support

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in carrying out 
mission support for human space flight programs and science, 
aeronautical, and technology programs, including research operations 
and support; space communications activities including operations, 
production and services; maintenance; construction of facilities 
including repair, rehabilitation, and modification of facilities, minor 
construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, 
facility planning and design, environmental compliance and restoration, 
and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; 
program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; travel 
expenses; purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of 
mission and administrative aircraft; not to exceed $35,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; and purchase (not to exceed 33 
for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$2,515,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001.


                       Office of Inspector General

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$20,000,000.


                        Administrative Provisions

    Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``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, 2002.
    Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``Mission support'' and ``Office of Inspector 
General'', amounts made available by this Act for personnel and related 
costs and travel expenses of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration shall remain available until September 30, 2000 and may 
be used to enter into contracts for training, investigations, costs 
associated with personnel relocation, and for other services, to be 
provided during the next fiscal year.
    Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the joint 
explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying this 
Act, no part of the funds appropriated for ``Human space flight'' may 
be used for the development of the International Space Station in 
excess of the amounts set forth in the budget estimates submitted as 
part of the budget request for fiscal year 2000.

                  National Credit Union Administration


                        Central Liquidity Facility

     During fiscal year 2000, administrative expenses of the Central 
Liquidity Facility shall not exceed $257,000: Provided, That 
$1,000,000, 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; $2,966,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$253,000,000 shall remain available until expended for Polar research 
and operations support, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies 
for operational and science support and logistical and other related 
activities for the United States Antarctic program; the balance to 
remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That receipts for 
scientific support services and materials furnished by the National 
Research Centers and other National Science Foundation supported 
research facilities may be credited to this appropriation: Provided 
further, That to the extent that the amount appropriated is less than 
the total amount authorized to be appropriated for included program 
activities, all amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified in 
the authorizing Act for those program activities or their subactivities 
shall be reduced proportionally: Provided further, That $60,000,000 of 
the funds available under this heading shall be made available for a 
comprehensive research initiative on plant genomes for economically 
significant crop: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available to the National Science Foundation in this 
or any prior Act may be obligated or expended by the National Science 
Foundation to enter into or extend a grant, contract, or cooperative 
agreement for the support of administering the domain name and 
numbering system of the Internet after September 30, 1998: Provided 
further, That no funds in this or any other Act shall be used to 
acquire or lease a research vessel with ice-breaking capability built 
or retrofitted by a shipyard located in a foreign country if such a 
vessel of United States origin can be obtained at a cost no more than 
50 per centum above that of the least expensive technically acceptable 
foreign vessel bid: Provided further, That, in determining the cost of 
such a vessel, such cost be increased by the amount of any subsidies or 
financing provided by a foreign government (or instrumentality thereof) 
to such vessel's construction: Provided further, That if the vessel 
contracted for pursuant to the foregoing is not available for the 2002-
2003 austral summer Antarctic season, a vessel of any origin may be 
leased for a period of not to exceed 120 days for that season and each 
season thereafter until delivery of the new vessel.


                         Major Research Equipment

    For necessary expenses of major construction projects pursuant to 
the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, including 
award-related travel, $95,000,000, to remain available until expended.


                      Education and Human Resources

    For necessary expenses in carrying out science and engineering 
education and human resources programs and activities pursuant to the 
National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-
1875), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, award-related 
travel, and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
$696,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided, 
That to the extent that the amount of this appropriation is less than 
the total amount authorized to be appropriated for included program 
activities, all amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified in 
the authorizing Act for those program activities or their subactivities 
shall be reduced proportionally: Provided further, That $10,000,000 
shall be available for the purpose of establishing an office of 
innovation partnerships.


                          Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses necessary in carrying out the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875); 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902; rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia; 
reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard 
services; $149,000,000: Provided, That contracts may be entered into 
under ``Salaries and expenses'' in fiscal year 2000 for maintenance and 
operation of facilities, and for other services, to be provided during 
the next fiscal year.


                       Office of Inspector General

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as 
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$5,450,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001.

                 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation


           Payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

    For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for use in 
neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by the Neighborhood 
Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101-8107), $75,000,000.

                        Selective Service System


                          Salaries and Expenses

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

                      TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 401. Where appropriations in titles I, II, and III of this Act 
are expendable for travel expenses and no specific limitation has been 
placed thereon, the expenditures for such travel expenses may not 
exceed the amounts set forth therefore in the budget estimates 
submitted for the appropriations: Provided, That this provision does 
not apply to accounts that do not contain an object classification for 
travel: Provided further, That this section shall not apply to travel 
performed by uncompensated officials of local boards and appeal boards 
of the Selective Service System; to travel performed directly in 
connection with care and treatment of medical beneficiaries of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs; to travel performed in connection with 
major disasters or emergencies declared or determined by the President 
under the provisions of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act; to travel performed by the Offices of 
Inspector General in connection with audits and investigations; or to 
payments to interagency motor pools where separately set forth in the 
budget schedules: Provided further, That if appropriations in titles I, 
II, and III exceed the amounts set forth in budget estimates initially 
submitted for such appropriations, the expenditures for travel may 
correspondingly exceed the amounts therefore set forth in the estimates 
in the same proportion.
    Sec. 402. Appropriations and funds available for the administrative 
expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the 
Selective Service System shall be available in the current fiscal year 
for purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 5901-5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
    Sec. 403. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
subject to the Government Corporation Control Act or section 402 of the 
Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, without regard to the 
limitations on administrative expenses, for legal services on a 
contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 
services and facilities of Federal National Mortgage Association, 
Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any 
member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within 
the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as 
amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1831).
    Sec. 404. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 405. No funds appropriated by this Act may be expended--
        (1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or employee of 
    the United States unless--
            (A) such certification is accompanied by, or is part of, a 
        voucher or abstract which describes the payee or payees and the 
        items or services for which such expenditure is being made; or
            (B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to such 
        certification, and without such a voucher or abstract, is 
        specifically authorized by law; and
        (2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit by the 
    General Accounting Office or is specifically exempt by law from 
    such audit.
    Sec. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act to any department 
or agency may be expended for the transportation of any officer or 
employee of such department or agency between their domicile and their 
place of employment, with the exception of any officer or employee 
authorized such transportation under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or 5 U.S.C. 7905.
    Sec. 407. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used for 
payment, through grants or contracts, to recipients that do not share 
in the cost of conducting research resulting from proposals not 
specifically solicited by the Government: Provided, That the extent of 
cost sharing by the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of interest 
of the grantee or contractor and the Government in the research.
    Sec. 408. None of the funds in this Act may be used, directly or 
through grants, to pay or to provide reimbursement for payment of the 
salary of a consultant (whether retained by the Federal Government or a 
grantee) at more than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for level 
IV of the Executive Schedule, unless specifically authorized by law.
    Sec. 409. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to 
pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings. Nothing herein 
affects the authority of the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
pursuant to section 7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 
2056 et seq.).
    Sec. 410. Except as otherwise provided under existing law, or under 
an existing Executive order issued pursuant to an existing law, the 
obligation or expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
contracts for any consulting service shall be limited to contracts 
which are: (1) a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection; and (2) thereafter included in a publicly available list of 
all contracts entered into within 24 months prior to the date on which 
the list is made available to the public and of all contracts on which 
performance has not been completed by such date. The list required by 
the preceding sentence shall be updated quarterly and shall include a 
narrative description of the work to be performed under each such 
contract.
    Sec. 411. Except as otherwise provided by law, no part of any 
appropriation contained in this Act shall be obligated or expended by 
any executive agency, as referred to in the Office of Federal 
Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), for a contract for 
services unless such executive agency: (1) has awarded and entered into 
such contract in full compliance with such Act and the regulations 
promulgated thereunder; and (2) requires any report prepared pursuant 
to such contract, including plans, evaluations, studies, analyses and 
manuals, and any report prepared by the agency which is substantially 
derived from or substantially includes any report prepared pursuant to 
such contract, to contain information concerning: (A) the contract 
pursuant to which the report was prepared; and (B) the contractor who 
prepared the report pursuant to such contract.
    Sec. 412. Except as otherwise provided in section 406, none of the 
funds provided in this Act to any department or agency shall be 
obligated or expended to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other 
personal servants to any officer or employee of such department or 
agency.
    Sec. 413. None of the funds provided in this Act to any department 
or agency shall be obligated or expended to procure passenger 
automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C. 2001 with an EPA estimated miles 
per gallon average of less than 22 miles per gallon.
    Sec. 414. None of the funds appropriated in title I of this Act 
shall be used to enter into any new lease of real property if the 
estimated annual rental is more than $300,000 unless the Secretary 
submits, in writing, a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the Congress and a period of 30 days has expired following the date on 
which the report is received by the Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 415. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest 
extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds 
made available in this Act should be American-made.
    (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any 
contract with, any entity using funds made available in this Act, the 
head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall 
provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made in 
subsection (a) by the Congress.
    Sec. 416. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to 
implement any cap on reimbursements to grantees for indirect costs, 
except as published in Office of Management and Budget Circular A-21.
    Sec. 417. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2000 pay 
raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the 
levels appropriated in this Act.
    Sec. 418. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for any program, project, or activity, when it is made known to the 
Federal entity or official to which the funds are made available that 
the program, project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal 
law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private property 
rights, or unfunded mandates.
    Sec. 419. Corporations and agencies of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development which are subject to the Government Corporation 
Control Act, as amended, are hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to each such corporation or agency and in accord with law, 
and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Act as may be 
necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for 2000 
for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter provided: 
Provided, That collections of these corporations and agencies may be 
used for new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent 
expressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans are in support of 
other forms of assistance provided for in this or prior appropriations 
Acts), except that this proviso shall not apply to the mortgage 
insurance or guaranty operations of these corporations, or where loans 
or mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the financial interest 
of the United States Government.
    Sec. 420. Notwithstanding section 320(g) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(g)), funds made available 
pursuant to authorization under such section for fiscal year 2000 may 
be used for implementing comprehensive conservation and management 
plans.
    Sec. 421. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term 
``qualified student loan'' with respect to national service education 
awards shall mean any loan made directly to a student by the Alaska 
Commission on Postsecondary Education, in addition to other meanings 
under section 148(b)(7) of the National and Community Service Act.
    Sec. 422. It is the sense of the Congress that, along with health 
care, housing, education, and other benefits, the presence of an honor 
guard at a veteran's funeral is a benefit that a veteran has earned, 
and, therefore, the executive branch should provide funeral honor 
details for the funerals of veterans when requested, in accordance with 
law.
    Sec. 423. Notwithstanding any other law, funds made available by 
this or any other Act or previous Acts for the United States/Mexico 
Foundation for Science may be used for the endowment of such 
Foundation: Provided, That funds from the United States Government 
shall be matched in equal amounts with funds from Mexico: Provided 
further, That the accounts of such Foundation shall be subject to 
United States Government administrative and audit requirements 
concerning grants and requirements concerning cost principles for 
nonprofit organizations: Provided further, That the United States/
Mexico Foundation for Science is renamed the ``George E. Brown United 
States/Mexico Foundation for Science''.
    Sec. 424. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to carry out Executive Order No. 13083.
    Sec. 425. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, no part of any 
appropriation for the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall 
be available for any activity in excess of amounts set forth in the 
budget estimates submitted for the appropriations.
    Sec. 426. Except in the case of entities that are funded solely 
with Federal funds or any natural persons that are funded under this 
Act, none of the funds in this Act shall be used for the planning or 
execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or otherwise 
compensate, non-Federal parties to lobby or litigate in respect to 
adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. A chief executive officer 
of any entity receiving funds under this Act shall certify that none of 
these funds have been used to engage in the lobbying of the Federal 
Government or in litigation against the United States unless authorized 
under existing law.
    Sec. 427. Law Enforcement Agencies Not Included as Owner or 
Operator. Section 101(20)(D) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 
9601(20)(D)) is amended by inserting ``through seizure or otherwise in 
connection with law enforcement activity'' before ``involuntary'' the 
first place it appears.
    Sec. 428. No part of any funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
used by an agency of the executive branch, other than for normal and 
recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or 
propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 
any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or film 
presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending before 
the Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself.
    Sec. 429. The comment period on the proposed rules related to 
section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act published at 64 Federal Register 
46012 and 46058 (August 23, 1999) shall be extended from October 22, 
1999, for a period of 90 additional calendar days.
    Sec. 430. Section 4(a) of the Act of August 9, 1950 (16 U.S.C. 
777c(a)), is amended in the second sentence by striking ``1999'' and 
inserting ``2000''.
    Sec. 431. Promulgation of Stormwater Regulations. (a) Stormwater 
Regulations.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall not promulgate the Phase II stormwater regulations until the 
Administrator submits to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 
of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives a report containing--
        (1) an in-depth impact analysis on the effect the final 
    regulations will have on urban, suburban, and rural local 
    governments subject to the regulations, including an estimate of--
            (A) the costs of complying with the six minimum control 
        measures described in the regulations; and
            (B) the costs resulting from the lowering of the 
        construction threshold from 5 acres to 1 acre;
        (2) an explanation of the rationale of the Administrator for 
    lowering the construction site threshold from 5 acres to 1 acre, 
    including--
            (A) an explanation, in light of recent court decisions, of 
        why a 1-acre measure is any less arbitrarily determined than a 
        5-acre measure; and
            (B) all qualitative information used in determining an acre 
        threshold for a construction site;
        (3) documentation demonstrating that stormwater runoff is 
    generally a problem in communities with populations of 50,000 to 
    100,000 (including an explanation of why the coverage of the 
    regulation is based on a census-determined population instead of a 
    water quality threshold); and
        (4) information that supports the position of the Administrator 
    that the Phase II stormwater program should be administered as part 
    of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System under 
    section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
    1342).
    (b) Phase I Regulations.--No later than 120 days after the 
enactment of this Act, the Environmental Protection Agency shall submit 
to the Environment and Public Works Committee of the Senate and the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives a report containing a detailed explanation of the 
impact, if any, that the Phase I program has had in improving water 
quality in the United States (including a description of specific 
measures that have been successful and those that have been 
unsuccessful).
    (c) Federal Register.--The reports described in subsections (a) and 
(b) shall be published in the Federal Register for public comment.
    Sec. 432. Pesticide Tolerance Fees. None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to promulgate a 
final regulation to implement changes in the payment of pesticide 
tolerance processing fees as proposed at 64 Fed. Reg. 31040, or any 
similar proposals. The Environmental Protection Agency may proceed with 
the development of such a rule.
    Sec. 433. Commercial Space Launch Indemnification Extension. 
Section 70113(f) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``December 31, 1999'', and inserting ``December 31, 2000''.
    Sec. 434. Space Station Commercial Development 
Demonstration Program. (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to 
establish a demonstration regarding the commercial feasibility and 
economic viability of private sector business operations involving the 
International Space Station and its related infrastructure. The goal 
will be furthered by the early use of the International Space Station 
by United States commercial entities committing private capital to 
commercial enterprises on the International Space Station. In 
conjunction with this demonstration program, the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration (NASA) shall establish and publish a price 
policy designed to eliminate price uncertainty for those planning to 
utilize the International Space Station and its related facilities for 
United States commercial use.
    (b) Use of Receipts for Commercial Use.--Any receipts collected by 
NASA from the commercial use of the International Space Station shall 
first be used to offset any costs incurred by NASA in support of the 
United States commercial use of the International Space Station. Any 
receipts collected in excess of the costs identified pursuant to the 
prior sentence may be retained by NASA for use without fiscal year 
limitation in promoting the commercial use of the International Space 
Station.
    (c) Report.--NASA shall submit an annual report to the 
Congress that identifies all receipts that are collected under this 
section, the use of the receipts and the status of the demonstration. 
NASA shall submit a final report on the status of the demonstration, 
including any recommendation for expansion, within 120 days of the 
completion of the assembly of the International Space Station or the 
end of fiscal year 2004, whichever is earlier.
    (d) Definitions.--As used in this section, the term ``United States 
commercial use'' means private commercial projects that are designed to 
benefit the United States through the sales of goods or services or the 
creation of jobs, or both.
    (e) Termination.--The demonstration program established under this 
section shall apply to United States commercial use agreements that are 
entered into prior to the date of the completion of the International 
Space Station or the end of fiscal year 2004, whichever is earlier.
    Sec. 435. Insurance; Indemnification; Liability. (a) Amendment.--
The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.) 
is amended by inserting after section 308 the following new section:


                     ``experimental aerospace vehicle

    ``(a) In General.--The Administrator may provide liability 
insurance for, or indemnification to, the developer of an experimental 
aerospace vehicle developed or used in execution of an agreement 
between the Administration and the developer.
    ``(b) Terms and Conditions.--
        ``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
    section, the insurance and indemnification provided by the 
    Administration under subsection (a) to a developer shall be 
    provided on the same terms and conditions as insurance and 
    indemnification is provided by the Administration under section 308 
    of this Act to the user of a space vehicle.
        ``(2) Insurance.--
            ``(A) In general.--A developer shall obtain liability 
        insurance or demonstrate financial responsibility in amounts to 
        compensate for the maximum probable loss from claims by--
                ``(i) a third party for death, bodily injury, or 
            property damage, or loss resulting from an activity carried 
            out in connection with the development or use of an 
            experimental aerospace vehicle; and
                ``(ii) the United States Government for damage or loss 
            to Government property resulting from such an activity.
            ``(B) Maximum required.--The Administrator shall determine 
        the amount of insurance required, but, except as provided in 
        subparagraph (C), that amount shall not be greater than the 
        amount required under section 70112(a)(3) of title 49, United 
        States Code, for a launch. The Administrator shall publish 
        notice of the Administrator's determination and the applicable 
        amount or amounts in the Federal Register within 10 days after 
        making the determination.
            ``(C) Increase in dollar amounts.--The Administrator may 
        increase the dollar amounts set forth in section 70112(a)(3)(A) 
        of title 49, United States Code, for the purpose of applying 
        that section under this section to a developer after 
        consultation with the Comptroller General and such experts and 
        consultants as may be appropriate, and after publishing notice 
        of the increase in the Federal Register not less than 180 days 
        before the increase goes into effect. The Administrator shall 
        make available for public inspection, not later than the date 
        of publication of such notice, a complete record of any 
        correspondence received by the Administration, and a transcript 
        of any meetings in which the Administration participated, 
        regarding the proposed increase.
            ``(D) Safety review required before administrator provides 
        insurance.--The Administrator may not provide liability 
        insurance or indemnification under subsection (a) unless the 
        developer establishes to the satisfaction of the Administrator 
        that appropriate safety procedures and practices are being 
        followed in the development of the experimental aerospace 
        vehicle.
        ``(3) No indemnification without cross-waiver.--
    Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Administrator may not indemnify 
    a developer of an experimental aerospace vehicle under this section 
    unless there is an agreement between the Administration and the 
    developer described in subsection (c).
        ``(4) Application of certain procedures.--If the Administrator 
    requests additional appropriations to make payments under this 
    section, like the payments that may be made under section 308(b) of 
    this Act, then the request for those appropriations shall be made 
    in accordance with the procedures established by subsections (d) 
    and (e) of section 70113 of title 49, United States Code.
    ``(c) Cross-Waivers.--
        ``(1) Administrator authorized to waive.--The Administrator, on 
    behalf of the United States, and its departments, agencies, and 
    related entities, may reciprocally waive claims with a developer or 
    cooperating party and with the related entities of that developer 
    or cooperating party under which each party to the waiver agrees to 
    be responsible, and agrees to ensure that its own related entities 
    are responsible, for damage or loss to its property for which it is 
    responsible, or for losses resulting from any injury or death 
    sustained by its own employees or agents, as a result of activities 
    connected to the agreement or use of the experimental aerospace 
    vehicle.
        ``(2) Limitations.--
            ``(A) Claims.--A reciprocal waiver under paragraph (1) may 
        not preclude a claim by any natural person (including, but not 
        limited to, a natural person who is an employee of the United 
        States, the developer, the cooperating party, or their 
        respective subcontractors) or that natural person's estate, 
        survivors, or subrogees for injury or death, except with 
        respect to a subrogee that is a party to the waiver or has 
        otherwise agreed to be bound by the terms of the waiver.
            ``(B) Liability for negligence.--A reciprocal waiver under 
        paragraph (1) may not absolve any party of liability to any 
        natural person (including, but not limited to, a natural person 
        who is an employee of the United States, the developer, the 
        cooperating party, or their respective subcontractors) or such 
        a natural person's estate, survivors, or subrogees for 
        negligence, except with respect to a subrogee that is a party 
        to the waiver or has otherwise agreed to be bound by the terms 
        of the waiver.
            ``(C) Indemnification for damages.--A reciprocal waiver 
        under paragraph (1) may not be used as the basis of a claim by 
        the Administration, or the developer or cooperating party, for 
        indemnification against the other for damages paid to a natural 
        person, or that natural person's estate, survivors, or 
        subrogees, for injury or death sustained by that natural person 
        as a result of activities connected to the agreement or use of 
        the experimental aerospace vehicle.
        ``(3) Effect on previous waivers.--Subsection (c) applies to 
    any waiver of claims entered into by the Administration without 
    regard to whether it was entered into before, on, or after the date 
    of the enactment of this Act.
    ``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
        ``(1) Cooperating party.--The term `cooperating party' means 
    any person who enters into an agreement with the Administration for 
    the performance of cooperative scientific, aeronautical, or space 
    activities to carry out the purposes of this Act.
        ``(2) Developer.--The term `developer' means a United States 
    person (other than a natural person) who--
            ``(A) is a party to an agreement with the Administration 
        for the purpose of developing new technology for an 
        experimental aerospace vehicle;
            ``(B) owns or provides property to be flown or situated on 
        that vehicle; or
            ``(C) employs a natural person to be flown on that vehicle.
        ``(3) Experimental aerospace vehicle.--The term `experimental 
    aerospace vehicle' means an object intended to be flown in, or 
    launched into, orbital or suborbital flight for the purpose of 
    demonstrating technologies necessary for a reusable launch vehicle, 
    developed under an agreement between the Administration and a 
    developer.
        ``(4) Related entity.--The term `related entity' includes a 
    contractor or subcontractor at any tier, a supplier, a grantee, and 
    an investigator or detailee.
    ``(e) Relationship to Other Laws.--
        ``(1) Section 308.--This section does not apply to any object, 
    transaction, or operation to which section 308 of this Act applies.
        ``(2) Chapter 701 of title 49, united states code.--The 
    Administrator may not provide indemnification to a developer under 
    this section for launches subject to license under section 
    70117(g)(1) of title 49, United States Code.''.
    (b) Repeal.--Section 431 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-276) is repealed.

              TITLE V--PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING

SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This title may be cited as the ``Preserving 
Affordable Housing for Senior Citizens and Families into the 21st 
Century Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this title is as 
follows:

Sec. 501. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 502. Regulations.
Sec. 503. Effective date.

 Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations for Supportive Housing for 
                the Elderly and Persons With Disabilities

Sec. 511. Supportive housing for elderly persons.
Sec. 512. Supportive housing for persons with disabilities.
Sec. 513. Service coordinators and congregate services for elderly and 
          disabled housing.

Subtitle B--Expanding Housing Opportunities for the Elderly and Persons 
                            With Disabilities

Sec. 521. Study of debt forgiveness for section 202 loans.
Sec. 522. Grants for conversion of elderly housing to assisted living 
          facilities.
Sec. 523. Use of section 8 assistance for assisted living facilities.
Sec. 524. Size limitation for projects for persons with disabilities.
Sec. 525. Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Care Facility 
          Needs in the 21st Century.

    Subtitle C--Renewal of Expiring Rental Assistance Contracts and 
                         Protection of Residents

Sec. 531. Renewal of expiring contracts and enhanced vouchers for 
          project 
          residents.
Sec. 532. Section 236 assistance.
Sec. 533. Rehabilitation of assisted housing.
Sec. 534. Technical assistance.
Sec. 535. Termination of section 8 contract and duration of renewal 
          contract.
Sec. 536. Eligibility of residents of flexible subsidy projects for 
          enhanced vouchers.
Sec. 537. Enhanced disposition authority.
Sec. 538. Unified enhanced voucher authority.

SEC. 502. REGULATIONS.

    The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall issue any 
regulations to carry out this title and the amendments made by this 
title that the Secretary determines may or will affect tenants of 
federally assisted housing only after notice and opportunity for public 
comment in accordance with the procedure under section 553 of title 5, 
United States Code, applicable to substantive rules (notwithstanding 
subsections (a)(2), (b)(B), and (d)(3) of such section). Notice of such 
proposed rulemaking shall be provided by publication in the Federal 
Register. In issuing such regulations, the Secretary shall take such 
actions as may be necessary to ensure that such tenants are notified 
of, and provided an opportunity to participate in, the rulemaking, as 
required by such section 553.

SEC. 503. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--The provisions of this title and the amendments 
made by this title are effective as of the date of the enactment of 
this Act, unless such provisions or amendments specifically provide for 
effectiveness or applicability upon another date certain.
    (b) Effect of Regulatory Authority.--Any authority in this title or 
the amendments made by this title to issue regulations, and any 
specific requirement to issue regulations by a date certain, may not be 
construed to affect the effectiveness or applicability of the 
provisions of this title or the amendments made by this title under 
such provisions and amendments and subsection (a) of this section.

Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations for Supportive Housing for 
                                  the 
                 Elderly and Persons With Disabilities

SEC. 511. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR ELDERLY PERSONS.

    Section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(m) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated for providing assistance under this section $710,000,000 
for fiscal year 2000.''.

SEC. 512. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

    Section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act (42 U.S.C. 8013) is amended--
        (1) by redesignating subsection (m) as subsection (n); and
        (2) by inserting after subsection (l) the following new 
    subsection:
    ``(m) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated for providing assistance under this section $201,000,000 
for fiscal year 2000.''.

SEC. 513. SERVICE COORDINATORS AND CONGREGATE SERVICES FOR ELDERLY AND 
              DISABLED HOUSING.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations for Federally Assisted 
Housing.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 for the 
following purposes:
        (1) Grants for service coordinators for certain 
    federally assisted multifamily housing.--For grants under section 
    676 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 
    13632) for providing service coordinators.
        (2) Congregate services for federally assisted housing.--For 
    contracts under section 802 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
    Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8011) to provide congregate 
    services programs for eligible residents of eligible housing 
    projects under subparagraphs (B) through (D) of subsection (k)(6) 
    of such section.
    (b) Public Housing.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development such sums as may be 
necessary for fiscal year 2000 for grants for use only for activities 
described in paragraph (2) of section 34(b) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437z-6(b)(2)) for renewal of all grants 
made in prior fiscal years for providing service coordinators and 
congregate services for the elderly and disabled in public housing.

Subtitle B--Expanding Housing Opportunities for the Elderly and Persons 
                           With Disabilities

SEC. 521. STUDY OF DEBT FORGIVENESS FOR SECTION 202 LOANS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall conduct an analysis of the net impact on the Federal budget 
deficit or surplus of making available, on a one-time basis, to 
sponsors of projects assisted under section 202 of the Housing Act of 
1959 (as in effect before the enactment of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act), forgiveness of any indebtedness to 
the Secretary relating to any remaining principal and interest under 
loans made under such section, together with a dollar-for-dollar 
reduction in the amount of rental assistance under section 8 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 or other rental assistance provided 
for such project. Such analysis shall take into consideration the full 
cost of future appropriations for rental assistance under such section 
8 expected to be provided if such debt forgiveness does not take place, 
notwithstanding current budgetary treatment of such actions pursuant to 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    (b) Report.--Not later than the expiration of the 3-month period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall submit a report to the Congress 
containing the quantitative results of the analysis and an enumeration 
of any project or administrative benefits of such actions.

SEC. 522. GRANTS FOR CONVERSION OF ELDERLY HOUSING TO ASSISTED LIVING 
              FACILITIES.

    Title II of the Housing Act of 1959 is amended by inserting after 
section 202a (12 U.S.C. 1701q-1) the following new section:

``SEC. 202B. GRANTS FOR CONVERSION OF ELDERLY HOUSING TO ASSISTED 
              LIVING FACILITIES.

    ``(a) Grant Authority.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may make grants in accordance with this section to owners 
of eligible projects described in subsection (b) for one or both of the 
following activities:
        ``(1) Repairs.--Substantial capital repairs to projects that 
    are needed to rehabilitate, modernize, or retrofit aging 
    structures, common areas, or individual dwelling units.
        ``(2) Conversion.--Activities designed to convert dwelling 
    units in the eligible project to assisted living facilities for 
    elderly persons.
    ``(b) Eligible Projects.--An eligible project described in this 
subsection is a multifamily housing project that is--
        ``(1)(A) described in subparagraph (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), or 
    (G) of section 683(2) of the Housing and Community Development Act 
    of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13641(2)), or (B) only to the extent amounts of 
    the Department of Agriculture are made available to the Secretary 
    of Housing and Urban Development for such grants under this section 
    for such projects, subject to a loan made or insured under section 
    515 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485);
        ``(2) owned by a private nonprofit organization (as such term 
    is defined in section 202); and
        ``(3) designated primarily for occupancy by elderly persons.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection or this section, 
an unused or underutilized commercial property may be considered an 
eligible project under this subsection, except that the Secretary may 
not provide grants under this section for more than three such 
properties. For any such projects, any reference under this section to 
dwelling units shall be considered to refer to the premises of such 
properties.
    ``(c) Applications.--Applications for grants under this section 
shall be submitted to the Secretary in accordance with such procedures 
as the Secretary shall establish. Such applications shall contain--
        ``(1) a description of the substantial capital repairs or the 
    proposed conversion activities for which a grant under this section 
    is requested;
        ``(2) the amount of the grant requested to complete the 
    substantial capital repairs or conversion activities;
        ``(3) a description of the resources that are expected to be 
    made available, if any, in conjunction with the grant under this 
    section; and
        ``(4) such other information or certifications that the 
    Secretary determines to be necessary or appropriate.
    ``(d) Funding for Services.--The Secretary may not make a grant 
under this section for conversion activities unless the application 
contains sufficient evidence, in the determination of the Secretary, of 
firm commitments for the funding of services to be provided in the 
assisted living facility, which may be provided by third parties.
    ``(e) Selection Criteria.--The Secretary shall select applications 
for grants under this section based upon selection criteria, which 
shall be established by the Secretary and shall include--
        ``(1) in the case of a grant for substantial capital repairs, 
    the extent to which the project to be repaired is in need of such 
    repair, including such factors as the age of improvements to be 
    repaired, and the impact on the health and safety of residents of 
    failure to make such repairs;
        ``(2) in the case of a grant for conversion activities, the 
    extent to which the conversion is likely to provide assisted living 
    facilities that are needed or are expected to be needed by the 
    categories of elderly persons that the assisted living facility is 
    intended to serve, with a special emphasis on very low-income 
    elderly persons who need assistance with activities of daily 
    living;
        ``(3) the inability of the applicant to fund the repairs or 
    conversion activities from existing financial resources, as 
    evidenced by the applicant's financial records, including assets in 
    the applicant's residual receipts account and reserves for 
    replacement account;
        ``(4) the extent to which the applicant has evidenced community 
    support for the repairs or conversion, by such indicators as 
    letters of support from the local community for the repairs or 
    conversion and financial contributions from public and private 
    sources;
        ``(5) in the case of a grant for conversion activities, the 
    extent to which the applicant demonstrates a strong commitment to 
    promoting the autonomy and independence of the elderly persons that 
    the assisted living facility is intended to serve;
        ``(6) in the case of a grant for conversion activities, the 
    quality, completeness, and managerial capability of providing the 
    services which the assisted living facility intends to provide to 
    elderly residents, especially in such areas as meals, 24-hour 
    staffing, and on-site health care; and
        ``(7) such other criteria as the Secretary determines to be 
    appropriate to ensure that funds made available under this section 
    are used effectively.
    ``(f) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section--
        ``(1) the term `assisted living facility' has the meaning given 
    such term in section 232(b) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
    1715w(b)); and
        ``(2) the definitions in section 202(k) shall apply.
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated for providing grants under this section such sums as may 
be necessary for fiscal year 2000.''.

SEC. 523. USE OF SECTION 8 ASSISTANCE FOR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES.

    (a) Voucher Assistance.--Section 8(o) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
        ``(18) Rental assistance for assisted living facilities.--
            ``(A) In general.--A public housing agency may make 
        assistance payments on behalf of a family that uses an assisted 
        living facility as a principal place of residence and that uses 
        such supportive services made available in the facility as the 
        agency may require. Such payments may be made only for covering 
        costs of rental of the dwelling unit in the assisted living 
        facility and not for covering any portion of the cost of 
        residing in such facility that is attributable to service 
        relating to assisted living.
            ``(B) Rent calculation.--
                ``(i) Charges included.--For assistance pursuant to 
            this paragraph, the rent of the dwelling unit that is an 
            assisted living facility with respect to which assistance 
            payments are made shall include maintenance and management 
            charges related to the dwelling unit and tenant-paid 
            utilities. Such rent shall not include any charges 
            attributable to services relating to assisted living.
                ``(ii) Payment standard.--In determining the monthly 
            assistance that may be paid under this paragraph on behalf 
            of any family residing in an assisted living facility, the 
            public housing agency shall utilize the payment standard 
            established under paragraph (1), for the market area in 
            which the assisted living facility is located, for the 
            applicable size dwelling unit.
                ``(iii) Monthly assistance payment.--The monthly 
            assistance payment for a family assisted under this 
            paragraph shall be determined in accordance with paragraph 
            (2) (using the rent and payment standard for the dwelling 
            unit as determined in accordance with this subsection).
            ``(C) Definition.--For the purposes of this paragraph, the 
        term `assisted living facility' has the meaning given that term 
        in section 232(b) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
        1715w(b)), except that such a facility may be contained within 
        a portion of a larger multifamily housing project.''.
    (b) Project-Based Assistance.--Section 202b of the Housing Act of 
1959, as added by section 522 of this Act, is amended--
        (1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (g) 
    and (h), respectively; and
        (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new 
    subsection:
    ``(f) Section 8 Project-Based Assistance.--
        ``(1) Eligibility.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
    a multifamily project which includes one or more dwelling units 
    that have been converted to assisted living facilities using grants 
    made under this section shall be eligible for project-based 
    assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
    1937, in the same manner in which the project would be eligible for 
    such assistance but for the assisted living facilities in the 
    project.
        ``(2) Calculation of rent.--For assistance pursuant to this 
    subsection, the maximum monthly rent of a dwelling unit that is an 
    assisted living facility with respect to which assistance payments 
    are made shall not include charges attributable to services 
    relating to assisted living.''.

SEC. 524. SIZE LIMITATION FOR PROJECTS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

    (a) Limitation.--Section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (k)(4), by inserting ``, subject to the 
    limitation under subsection (h)(6)'' after ``prescribe''; and
        (2) in subsection (l), by adding at the end the following new 
    paragraph:
        ``(4) Size limitation.--Of any amounts made available for any 
    fiscal year and used for capital advances or project rental 
    assistance under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d), not more 
    than 25 percent may be used for supportive housing which contains 
    more than 24 separate dwelling units.''.
    (b) Study.--Not later than the expiration of the 3-month period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall conduct a study and submit a report 
to the Congress regarding--
        (1) the extent to which the authority of the Secretary under 
    section 811(k)(4) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
    Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(k)(4)), as in effect immediately before 
    the enactment of this Act, has been used in each year since 1990 to 
    provide for assistance under such section for supportive housing 
    for persons with disabilities having more than 24 separate dwelling 
    units;
        (2) the per-unit costs of, and the benefits and problems 
    associated with, providing such housing in projects having eight or 
    less dwelling units, 8 to 24 units, and more than 24 units; and
        (3) the per-unit costs of, and the benefits and problems 
    associated with providing housing under section 202 of the Housing 
    Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q) in projects having 30 to 50 dwelling 
    units, in projects having more than 50 but not more than 80 
    dwelling units, in projects having more than 80 but not more than 
    120 dwelling units, and in projects having more than 120 dwelling 
    units, but the study shall also examine the social considerations 
    afforded by smaller and moderate-size developments and shall not be 
    limited to economic factors.

SEC. 525. COMMISSION ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HEALTH CARE FACILITY 
              NEEDS IN THE 21ST CENTURY.

    (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established a commission to be 
known as the Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Care Facility 
Needs in the 21st Century (in this section referred to as the 
``Commission''.
    (b) Study.--The duty of the Commission shall be to conduct a study 
that--
        (1) compiles and interprets information regarding the expected 
    increase in the population of persons 62 years of age or older, 
    particularly information regarding distribution of income levels, 
    homeownership and home equity rates, and degree or extent of health 
    and independence of living;
        (2) provides an estimate of the future needs of seniors for 
    affordable housing and assisted living and health care facilities;
        (3) provides a comparison of estimate of such future needs with 
    an estimate of the housing and facilities expected to be provided 
    under existing public programs, and identifies possible actions or 
    initiatives that may assist in providing affordable housing and 
    assisted living and health care facilities to meet such expected 
    needs;
        (4) identifies and analyzes methods of encouraging increased 
    private sector participation, investment, and capital formation in 
    affordable housing and assisted living and health care facilities 
    for seniors through partnerships between public and private 
    entities and other creative strategies;
        (5) analyzes the costs and benefits of comprehensive aging-in-
    place strategies, taking into consideration physical and mental 
    well-being and the importance of coordination between shelter and 
    supportive services;
        (6) identifies and analyzes methods of promoting a more 
    comprehensive approach to dealing with housing and supportive 
    service issues involved in aging and the multiple governmental 
    agencies involved in such issues, including the Department of 
    Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Health and 
    Human Services; and
        (7) examines how to establish intergenerational learning and 
    care centers and living arrangements, in particular to facilitate 
    appropriate environments for families consisting only of children 
    and a grandparent or grandparents who are the head of the 
    household.
    (c) Membership.--
        (1) Number and Appointment.--The Commission shall be composed 
    of 14 members, appointed not later than January 1, 2000, as 
    follows:
            (A) Two co-chairpersons, of whom--
                (i) one co-chairperson shall be appointed by a 
            committee consisting of the chairman of the Subcommittee on 
            Housing and Community Opportunities of the House of 
            Representatives and the chairman of the Subcommittee on 
            Housing and Transportation of the Senate, and the chairmen 
            of the Subcommittees on the Departments of Veterans Affairs 
            and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
            of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
            Representatives and the Senate; and
                (ii) one co-chairperson shall be appointed by a 
            committee consisting of the ranking minority member of the 
            Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunities of the 
            House of Representatives and the ranking minority member of 
            the Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation of the 
            Senate, and the ranking minority members of the 
            Subcommittees on the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
            Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies of 
            the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
            Representatives and the Senate.
            (B) Six members appointed by the Chairman and Ranking 
        Minority Member of the Committee on Banking and Financial 
        Services of the House of Representatives and the Chairman and 
        Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on Appropriations of 
        the House of Representatives.
            (C) Six members appointed by the Chairman and Ranking 
        Minority Member of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
        Affairs of the Senate and the Chairman and Ranking Minority 
        Member of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
        (2) Qualifications.--Appointees should have proven expertise in 
    directing, assembling, or applying capital resources from a variety 
    of sources to the successful development of affordable housing, 
    assisted living facilities, or health care facilities.
        (3) Vacancies.--Any vacancy on the Commission shall not affect 
    its powers and shall be filled in the manner in which the original 
    appointment was made.
        (4) Chairpersons.--The members appointed pursuant to paragraph 
    (1)(A) shall serve as co-chairpersons of the Commission.
        (5) Prohibition of pay.--Members of the Commission shall serve 
    without pay.
        (6) Travel expenses.--Each member of the Commission shall 
    receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, 
    in accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States 
    Code.
        (7) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Commission shall 
    constitute a quorum but a lesser number may hold hearings.
        (8) Meetings.--The Commission shall meet at the call of the 
    Chairpersons.
    (d) Director and Staff.--
        (1) Director.--The Commission shall have a Director who shall 
    be appointed by the Chairperson. The Director shall be paid at a 
    rate not to exceed the rate of basic pay payable for level V of the 
    Executive Schedule.
        (2) Staff.--The Commission may appoint personnel as 
    appropriate. The staff of the Commission shall be appointed subject 
    to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing 
    appointments in the competitive service, and shall be paid in 
    accordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of 
    chapter 53 of that title relating to classification and General 
    Schedule pay rates.
        (3) Experts and consultants.--The Commission may procure 
    temporary and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 
    5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed 
    the daily equivalent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay 
    payable for the General Schedule.
        (4) Staff of federal agencies.--Upon request of the Commission, 
    the head of any Federal department or agency may detail, on a 
    reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of that department or 
    agency to the Commission to assist it in carrying out its duties 
    under this Act.
    (e) Powers.--
        (1) Hearings and sessions.--The Commission may, for the purpose 
    of carrying out this section, hold hearings, sit and act at times 
    and places, take testimony, and receive evidence as the Commission 
    considers appropriate.
        (2) Powers of members and agents.--Any member or agent of the 
    Commission may, if authorized by the Commission, take any action 
    which the Commission is authorized to take by this section.
        (3) Obtaining official data.--The Commission may secure 
    directly from any department or agency of the United States 
    information necessary to enable it to carry out this Act. Upon 
    request of the Chairpersons of the Commission, the head of that 
    department or agency shall furnish that information to the 
    Commission.
        (4) Gifts, bequests, and devises.--The Commission may accept, 
    use, and dispose of gifts, bequests, or devises of services or 
    property, both real and personal, for the purpose of aiding or 
    facilitating the work of the Commission. Gifts, bequests, or 
    devises of money and proceeds from sales of other property received 
    as gifts, bequests, or devises shall be deposited in the Treasury 
    and shall be available for disbursement upon order of the 
    Commission.
        (5) Mails.--The Commission may use the United States mails in 
    the same manner and under the same conditions as other departments 
    and agencies of the United States.
        (6) Administrative support services.--Upon the request of the 
    Commission, the Administrator of General Services shall provide to 
    the Commission, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative support 
    services necessary for the Commission to carry out its 
    responsibilities under this section.
        (7) Contract authority.--The Commission may contract with and 
    compensate Government and private agencies or persons for services, 
    without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 
    5).
    (f) Report.--The Commission shall submit to the Committees on 
Banking and Financial Services and Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Committees on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs and Appropriations of the Senate, a final report not later than 
December 31, 2001. The report shall contain a detailed statement of the 
findings and conclusions of the Commission with respect to the study 
conducted under subsection (b), together with its recommendations for 
legislation, administrative actions, and any other actions the 
Commission considers appropriate.
    (g) Termination.--The Commission shall terminate on June 30, 2002. 
Section 14(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.; relating to the termination of advisory committees) shall not 
apply to the Commission.

    Subtitle C--Renewal of Expiring Rental Assistance Contracts and 
                        Protection of Residents

SEC. 531. RENEWAL OF EXPIRING CONTRACTS AND ENHANCED VOUCHERS FOR 
              PROJECT RESIDENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing 
Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended 
to read as follows:

``SEC. 524. RENEWAL OF EXPIRING PROJECT-BASED SECTION 8 CONTRACTS.

    ``(a) In General.--
        ``(1) Renewal.--Subject to paragraph (2), upon termination or 
    expiration of a contract for project-based assistance under section 
    8 for a multifamily housing project (and notwithstanding section 
    8(v) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for loan management 
    assistance), the Secretary shall, at the request of the owner of 
    the project and to the extent sufficient amounts are made available 
    in appropriation Acts, use amounts available for the renewal of 
    assistance under section 8 of such Act to provide such assistance 
    for the project. The assistance shall be provided under a contract 
    having such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers 
    appropriate, subject to the requirements of this section. This 
    section shall not require contract renewal for a project that is 
    eligible under this subtitle for a mortgage restructuring and 
    rental assistance sufficiency plan, if there is no approved plan 
    for the project and the Secretary determines that such an approved 
    plan is necessary.
        ``(2) Prohibition on renewal.--Notwithstanding part 24 of title 
    24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the Secretary may elect not 
    to renew assistance for a project otherwise required to be renewed 
    under paragraph (1) or provide comparable benefits under paragraph 
    (1) or (2) of subsection (e) for a project described in either such 
    paragraph, if the Secretary determines that a violation under 
    paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 516(a) has occurred with 
    respect to the project. For purposes of such a determination, the 
    provisions of section 516 shall apply to a project under this 
    section in the same manner and to the same extent that the 
    provisions of such section apply to eligible multifamily housing 
    projects, except that the Secretary shall make the determination 
    under section 516(a)(4).
        ``(3) Contract term for mark-up-to-market contracts.--In the 
    case of an expiring or terminating contract that has rent levels 
    less than comparable market rents for the market area, if the rent 
    levels under the renewal contract under this section are equal to 
    comparable market rents for the market area, the contract shall 
    have a term of not less than 5 years, subject to the availability 
    of sufficient amounts in appropriation Acts.
        ``(4) Renewal rents.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
    contract for assistance shall provide assistance at the following 
    rent levels:
            ``(A) Market rents.--At the request of the owner of the 
        project, at rent levels equal to the lesser of comparable 
        market rents for the market area or 150 percent of the fair 
        market rents, in the case only of a project that--
                ``(i) has rent levels under the expiring or terminating 
            contract that do not exceed such comparable market rents;
                ``(ii) does not have a low- and moderate-income use 
            restriction that can not be eliminated by unilateral action 
            by the owner;
                ``(iii) is decent, safe, and sanitary housing, as 
            determined by the Secretary;
                ``(iv) is not--

                    ``(I) owned by a nonprofit entity;
                    ``(II) subject to a contract for moderate 
                rehabilitation assistance under section 8(e)(2) of the 
                United States Housing Act of 1937, as in effect before 
                October 1, 1991; or
                    ``(III) a project for which the public housing 
                agency provided voucher assistance to one or more of 
                the tenants after the owner has provided notice of 
                termination of the contract covering the tenant's unit; 
                and

                ``(v) has units assisted under the contract for which 
            the comparable market rent exceeds 110 percent of the fair 
            market rent.
        The Secretary may adjust the percentages of fair market rent 
        (as specified in the matter preceding clause (i) and in clause 
        (v)), but only upon a determination and written notification to 
        the Congress within 10 days of making such determination, that 
        such adjustment is necessary to ensure that this subparagraph 
        covers projects with a high risk of nonrenewal of expiring 
        contracts for project-based assistance.
            ``(B) Reduction to market rents.--In the case of a project 
        that has rent levels under the expiring or terminating contract 
        that exceed comparable market rents for the market area, at 
        rent levels equal to such comparable market rents.
            ``(C) Rents not exceeding market rents.--In the case of a 
        project that is not subject to subparagraph (A) or (B), at rent 
        levels that--
                ``(i) are not less than the existing rents under the 
            terminated or expiring contract, as adjusted by an 
            operating cost adjustment factor established by the 
            Secretary (which shall not result in a negative 
            adjustment), if such adjusted rents do not exceed 
            comparable market rents for the market area; and
                ``(ii) do not exceed comparable market rents for the 
            market area.
        In determining the rent level for a contract under this 
        subparagraph, the Secretary shall approve rents sufficient to 
        cover budget-based cost increases and shall give greater 
        consideration to providing rent at a level up to comparable 
        market rents for the market area based on the number of the 
        criteria under clauses (i) through (iii) of subparagraph (D) 
        that the project meets.
            ``(D) Waiver of 150 percent limitation.--Notwithstanding 
        subparagraph (A), at rent levels up to comparable market rents 
        for the market area, in the case of a project that meets the 
        requirements under clauses (i) through (v) of subparagraph (A) 
        and--
                ``(i) has residents who are a particularly vulnerable 
            population, as demonstrated by a high percentage of units 
            being rented to elderly families, disabled families, or 
            large families;
                ``(ii) is located in an area in which tenant-based 
            assistance would be difficult to use, as demonstrated by a 
            low vacancy rate for affordable housing, a high turnback 
            rate for vouchers, or a lack of comparable rental housing; 
            or
                ``(iii) is a high priority for the local community, as 
            demonstrated by a contribution of State or local funds to 
            the property.
        In determining the rent level for a contract under this 
        subparagraph, the Secretary shall approve rents sufficient to 
        cover budget-based cost increases and shall give greater 
        consideration to providing rent at a level up to comparable 
        market rents for the market area based on the number of the 
        criteria under clauses (i) through (iv) that the project meets.
        ``(5) Comparable market rents and comparison with fair market 
    rents.--The Secretary shall prescribe the method for determining 
    comparable market rent by comparison with rents charged for 
    comparable properties (as such term is defined in section 512), 
    which may include appropriate adjustments for utility allowances 
    and adjustments to reflect the value of any subsidy (other than 
    section 8 assistance) provided by the Department of Housing and 
    Urban Development.
    ``(b) Exception Rents.--
        ``(1) Renewal.--In the case of a multifamily housing project 
    described in paragraph (2), pursuant to the request of the owner of 
    the project, the contract for assistance for the project pursuant 
    to subsection (a) shall provide assistance at the lesser of the 
    following rent levels:
            ``(A) Adjusted existing rents.--The existing rents under 
        the expiring contract, as adjusted by an operating cost 
        adjustment factor established by the Secretary (which shall not 
        result in a negative adjustment).
            ``(B) Budget-based rents.--Subject to a determination by 
        the Secretary that a rent level under this subparagraph is 
        appropriate for a project, a rent level that provides income 
        sufficient to support a budget-based rent (including a budget-
        based rent adjustment if justified by reasonable and expected 
        operating expenses).
        ``(2) Projects covered.--A multifamily housing project 
    described in this paragraph is a multifamily housing project that--
            ``(A) is not an eligible multifamily housing project under 
        section 512(2); or
            ``(B) is exempt from mortgage restructuring under this 
        subtitle pursuant to section 514(h).
        ``(3) Moderate rehabilitation projects.--In the case of a 
    project with a contract under the moderate rehabilitation program, 
    other than a moderate rehabilitation contract under section 441 of 
    the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, pursuant to the 
    request of the owner of the project, the contract for assistance 
    for the project pursuant to subsection (a) shall provide assistance 
    at the lesser of the following rent levels:
            ``(A) Adjusted existing rents.--The existing rents under 
        the expiring contract, as adjusted by an operating cost 
        adjustment factor established by the Secretary (which shall not 
        result in a negative adjustment).
            ``(B) Fair market rents.--Fair market rents (less any 
        amounts allowed for tenant-purchased utilities).
            ``(C) Market rents.--Comparable market rents for the market 
        area.
    ``(c) Rent Adjustments After Renewal of Contract.--
        ``(1) Required.--After the initial renewal of a contract for 
    assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
    pursuant to subsection (a), (b)(1), or (e)(2), the Secretary shall 
    annually adjust the rents using an operating cost adjustment factor 
    established by the Secretary (which shall not result in a negative 
    adjustment) or, upon the request of the owner and subject to 
    approval of the Secretary, on a budget basis. In the case of 
    projects with contracts renewed pursuant to subsection (a) or 
    pursuant to subsection (e)(2) at rent levels equal to comparable 
    market rents for the market area, at the expiration of each 5-year 
    period, the Secretary shall compare existing rents with comparable 
    market rents for the market area and may make any adjustments in 
    the rent necessary to maintain the contract rents at a level not 
    greater than comparable market rents or to increase rents to 
    comparable market rents.
        ``(2) Discretionary.--In addition to review and adjustment 
    required under paragraph (1), in the case of projects with 
    contracts renewed pursuant to subsection (a) or pursuant to 
    subsection (e)(2) at rent levels equal to comparable market rents 
    for the market area, the Secretary may, at the discretion of the 
    Secretary but only once within each 5-year period referred to in 
    paragraph (1), conduct a comparison of rents for a project and 
    adjust the rents accordingly to maintain the contract rents at a 
    level not greater than comparable market rents or to increase rents 
    to comparable market rents.
    ``(d) Enhanced Vouchers Upon Contract Expiration.--
        ``(1) In general.--In the case of a contract for project-based 
    assistance under section 8 for a covered project that is not 
    renewed under subsection (a) or (b) of this section (or any other 
    authority), to the extent that amounts for assistance under this 
    subsection are provided in advance in appropriation Acts, upon the 
    date of the expiration of such contract the Secretary shall make 
    enhanced voucher assistance under section 8(t) of the United States 
    Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)) available on behalf of 
    each low-income family who, upon the date of such expiration, is 
    residing in an assisted dwelling unit in the covered project.
        ``(2) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection, the 
    following definitions shall apply:
            ``(A) Assisted dwelling unit.--The term `assisted dwelling 
        unit' means a dwelling unit that--
                ``(i) is in a covered project; and
                ``(ii) is covered by rental assistance provided under 
            the contract for project-based assistance for the covered 
            project.
            ``(B) Covered project.--The term `covered project' means 
        any housing that--
                ``(i) consists of more than four dwelling units;
                ``(ii) is covered in whole or in part by a contract for 
            project-based assistance under--

                    ``(I) the new construction or substantial 
                rehabilitation program under section 8(b)(2) of the 
                United States Housing Act of 1937 (as in effect before 
                October 1, 1983);
                    ``(II) the property disposition program under 
                section 8(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937;
                    ``(III) the moderate rehabilitation program under 
                section 8(e)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 
                1937 (as in effect before October 1, 1991);
                    ``(IV) the loan management assistance program under 
                section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937;
                    ``(V) section 23 of the United States Housing Act 
                of 1937 (as in effect before January 1, 1975);
                    ``(VI) the rent supplement program under section 
                101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965; 
                or
                    ``(VII) section 8 of the United States Housing Act 
                of 1937, following conversion from assistance under 
                section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
                1965,

            which contract will (under its own terms) expire during the 
            period consisting of fiscal years 2000 through 2004; and
                ``(iii) is not housing for which residents are eligible 
            for enhanced voucher assistance as provided, pursuant to 
            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; 110 Stat. 2884) or any other 
            subsequently enacted provision of law, in lieu of any 
            benefits under section 223 of the Low-Income Housing 
            Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (12 
            U.S.C. 4113).
        ``(4) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized to 
    be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 
    and 2004 such sums as may be necessary for enhanced voucher 
    assistance under this subsection.
    ``(e) Contractual Commitments Under Preservation Laws.--Except as 
provided in subsection (a)(2) and notwithstanding any other provision 
of this subtitle, the following shall apply:
        ``(1) Preservation projects.--Upon expiration of a contract for 
    assistance under section 8 for a project that is subject to an 
    approved plan of action under the Emergency Low Income Housing 
    Preservation Act of 1987 (12 U.S.C. 1715l note) or the Low-Income 
    Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (12 
    U.S.C. 4101 et seq.), to the extent amounts are specifically made 
    available in appropriation Acts, the Secretary shall provide to the 
    owner benefits comparable to those provided under such plan of 
    action, including distributions, rent increase procedures, and 
    duration of low-income affordability restrictions. This paragraph 
    shall apply to projects with contracts expiring before, on, or 
    after the date of the enactment of this section.
        ``(2) Demonstration projects.--
            ``(A) In general.--Upon expiration of a contract for 
        assistance under section 8 for a project entered into pursuant 
        to any authority specified in subparagraph (B) for which the 
        Secretary determines that debt restructuring is inappropriate, 
        the Secretary shall, at the request of the owner of the project 
        and to the extent sufficient amounts are made available in 
        appropriation Acts, provide benefits to the owner comparable to 
        those provided under such contract, including annual 
        distributions, rent increase procedures, and duration of low-
        income affordability restrictions. This paragraph shall apply 
        to projects with contracts expiring before, on, or after the 
        date of the enactment of this section.
            ``(B) Demonstration programs.--The authority 
        specified in this subparagraph is the authority under--
                ``(i) section 210 of the Departments of Veterans 
            Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
            Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-134; 110 
            Stat. 1321-285; 42 U.S.C. 1437f note);
                ``(ii) section 212 of the Departments of Veterans 
            Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
            Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-204; 110 
            Stat. 2897; 42 U.S.C. 1437f note); and
                ``(iii) either of such sections, pursuant to any 
            provision of this title.
    ``(f) Preemption of Conflicting State Laws Limiting 
Distributions.--
        ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), no 
    State or political subdivision of a State may establish, continue 
    in effect, or enforce any law or regulation that limits or 
    restricts, to an amount that is less than the amount provided for 
    under the regulations of the Secretary establishing allowable 
    project distributions to provide a return on investment, the amount 
    of surplus funds accruing after the date of the enactment of this 
    section that may be distributed from any multifamily housing 
    project assisted under a contract for rental assistance renewed 
    under any provision of this section (except subsection (b)) to the 
    owner of the project.
        ``(2) Exception and waiver.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to 
    any law or regulation to the extent such law or regulation applies 
    to--
            ``(A) a State-financed multifamily housing project; or
            ``(B) a multifamily housing project for which the owner has 
        elected to waive the applicability of paragraph (1).
        ``(3) Treatment of low-income use restrictions.--This 
    subsection may not be construed to provide for, allow, or result in 
    the release or termination, for any project, of any low- or 
    moderate-income use restrictions that can not be eliminated by 
    unilateral action of the owner of the project.
    ``(g) Applicability.--Except to the extent otherwise specifically 
provided in this section, this section shall apply with respect to any 
multifamily housing project having a contract for project-based 
assistance under section 8 that terminates or expires during fiscal 
year 2000 or thereafter.''.
    (b) Definition of Eligible Multifamily Housing Project.--Section 
512(2) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act 
of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by inserting after and below 
subparagraph (C) the following:
    ``Such term does not include any project with an expiring contract 
    described in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 524(e).''.
    (c) Projects Exempted From Restructuring Agreements.--Section 
514(h) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act 
of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ``and the financing involves 
mortgage insurance under the National Housing Act, such that the 
implementation of a mortgage restructuring and rental assistance 
sufficiency plan under this subtitle is in conflict with applicable law 
or agreements governing such financing''.
    (d) Conforming Amendments.--Section 8 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amended--
        (1) by designating as subsection (v) the sentence added by 
    section 405(c) of The Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I (Public 
    Law 104-99; 110 Stat. 44); and
        (2) by striking subsection (w).

SEC. 532. SECTION 236 ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Continued Receipt of Subsidies Upon Refinancing.--Section 
236(e) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(e)) is amended--
        (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(e)''; and
        (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) A project for which interest reduction payments are made 
under this section and for which the mortgage on the project has been 
refinanced shall continue to receive the interest reduction payments 
under this section under the terms of the contract for such payments, 
but only if the project owner enters into such binding commitments as 
the Secretary may require (which shall be applicable to any subsequent 
owner) to ensure that the owner will continue to operate the project in 
accordance with all low-income affordability restrictions for the 
project in connection with the Federal assistance for the project for a 
period having a duration that is not less than the term for which such 
interest reduction payments are made plus an additional 5 years.''.
    (b) Retention of Excess Income.--Section 236(g) of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(g)) is amended--
        (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(g)'';
        (2) by striking the last sentence; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
    ``(2) Subject to paragraph (3) and notwithstanding any other 
requirements of this subsection, a project owner may retain some or all 
of such excess charges for project use if authorized by the Secretary. 
Such excess charges shall be used for the project and upon terms and 
conditions established by the Secretary, unless the Secretary permits 
the owner to retain funds for non-project use after a determination 
that the project is well-maintained housing in good condition and that 
the owner has not engaged in material adverse financial or managerial 
actions or omissions as described in section 516 of the Multifamily 
Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997. In connection 
with the retention of funds for non-project use, the Secretary may 
require the project owner to enter into a binding commitment (which 
shall be applicable to any subsequent owner) to ensure that the owner 
will continue to operate the project in accordance with all low-income 
affordability restrictions for the project in connection with the 
Federal assistance for the project for a period having a duration of 
not less than the term of the existing affordability restrictions plus 
an additional 5 years.
    ``(3) The authority under paragraph (2) to retain and use excess 
charges shall apply--
            ``(A) during fiscal year 2000, to all project owners 
        collecting such excess charges; and
            ``(B) during fiscal year 2001 and thereafter--
                ``(i) to any owner of: (I) a project with a mortgage 
            insured under this section; (II) a project with a mortgage 
            formerly insured under this section if such mortgage is 
            held by the Secretary and the owner of such project is 
            current with respect to the mortgage obligation; or (III) a 
            project previously assisted under subsection (b) but 
            without a mortgage insured under this section if the 
            project was insured under section 207 of this Act before 
            July 30, 1998, pursuant to section 223(f) of this Act and 
            assisted under subsection (b); and
                ``(ii) to other project owners not referred to in 
            clause (i) who collect such excess charges, but only to the 
            extent that such retention and use is approved in advance 
            in an appropriation Act.''.
    (c) Previously Owed Excess Income.--Section 236(g) of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(g)), as amended by subsection (b) of 
this section, is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
    ``(4) The Secretary shall not withhold approval of the retention by 
the owner of such excess charges because of the existence of unpaid 
excess charges if such unpaid amount is being remitted to the Secretary 
over a period of time in accordance with a workout agreement with the 
Secretary, unless the Secretary determines that the owner is in 
violation of the workout agreement.''.
    (d) Flexibility Regarding Basic Rents and Market Rents.--Section 
236(f) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(f)(1)) is amended 
by striking the subsection designation and all that follows through the 
end of paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
    ``(f)(1)(A)(i) For each dwelling unit there shall be established, 
with the approval of the Secretary, a basic rental charge and fair 
market rental charge.
    ``(ii) The basic rental charge shall be--
        ``(I) the amount needed to operate the project with payments of 
    principal and interest due under a mortgage bearing interest at the 
    rate of 1 percent per annum; or
        ``(II) an amount greater than that determined under clause 
    (ii)(I), but not greater than the market rent for a comparable 
    unassisted unit, reduced by the value of the interest reduction 
    payments subsidy.
    ``(iii) The fair market rental charge shall be--
        ``(I) the amount needed to operate the project with payments of 
    principal, interest, and mortgage insurance premium which the 
    mortgagor is obligated to pay under the mortgage covering the 
    project; or
        ``(II) an amount greater than that determined under clause 
    (iii)(I), but not greater than the market rent for a comparable 
    unassisted unit.
    ``(iv) The Secretary may approve a basic rental charge and fair 
market rental charge for a unit that exceeds the minimum amounts 
permitted by this subparagraph for such charges only if--
        ``(I) the approved basic rental charge and fair market rental 
    charges each exceed the applicable minimum charge by the same 
    amount; and
        ``(II) the project owner agrees to restrictions on project use 
    or mortgage prepayment that are acceptable to the Secretary.
    ``(v) The Secretary may approve a basic rental charge and fair 
market rental charge under this paragraph for a unit with assistance 
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f) that differs from the basic rental charge and fair market rental 
charge for a unit in the same project that is similar in size and 
amenities but without such assistance, as needed to ensure equitable 
treatment of tenants in units without such assistance.
    ``(B)(i) The rental charge for each dwelling unit shall be at the 
basic rental charge or such greater amount, not exceeding the fair 
market rental charge determined pursuant to subparagraph (A), as 
represents 30 percent of the tenant's adjusted income, except as 
otherwise provided in this subparagraph.
    ``(ii) In the case of a project which contains more than 5000 
units, is subject to an interest reduction payments contract, and is 
financed under a State or local project, the Secretary may reduce the 
rental charge ceiling, but in no case shall the rental charge be below 
the basic rental charge set forth in subparagraph (A)(ii)(I).
    ``(iii) For plans of action approved for capital grants under the 
Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 
or the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987, the 
rental charge for each dwelling unit shall be at the minimum basic 
rental charge set forth in subparagraph (A)(ii)(I) or such greater 
amount, not exceeding the lower of: (I) the fair market rental charge 
set forth in subparagraph (A)(iii)(I); or (II) the actual rent paid for 
a comparable unit in comparable unassisted housing in the market area 
in which the housing assisted under this section is located, as 
represents 30 percent of the tenant's adjusted income.
    ``(C) With respect to those projects which the Secretary determines 
have separate utility metering paid by the tenants for some or all 
dwelling units, the Secretary may--
        ``(i) permit the basic rental charge and the fair market rental 
    charge to be determined on the basis of operating the project 
    without the payment of the cost of utility services used by such 
    dwelling units; and
        ``(ii) permit the charging of a rental for such dwelling units 
    at such an amount less than 30 percent of a tenant's adjusted 
    income as the Secretary determines represents a proportionate 
    decrease for the utility charges to be paid by such tenant, but in 
    no case shall rental be lower than 25 percent of a tenant's 
    adjusted income.''.
    (e) Effective Date of 1998 Provisions.--Section 236(g) of the 
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(g)), as amended by section 227 
of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public 
Law 105-276; 112 Stat. 2490) shall be effective on the date of the 
enactment of such Public Law 105-276, and any excess rental charges 
referred to in such section that have been collected since such date of 
the enactment with respect to projects with mortgages insured under 
section 207 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1713) may be 
retained by the project owner unless the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development specifically provides otherwise. The Secretary may return 
any excess charges remitted to the Secretary since such date of the 
enactment.
    (f) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect, and the 
amendments made by this section are made and shall apply, on the date 
of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 533. REHABILITATION OF ASSISTED HOUSING.

    (a) Rehabilitation Loans From Recaptured IRP Amounts.--Section 
236(s) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(s)) is amended--
        (1) by striking the subsection designation and heading and 
    inserting the following:
    ``(s) Grants and Loans for Rehabilitation of Multifamily 
Projects.--'';
        (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``and loans'' after 
    ``grants'';
        (3) in paragraph (2)--
            (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
        ``capital grant assistance under this subsection'' and 
        inserting ``capital assistance under this subsection under a 
        grant or loan only''; and
            (B) in subparagraph (D)(i), by striking ``capital grant 
        assistance'' and inserting ``capital assistance under this 
        subsection from a grant or loan (as appropriate)'';
        (4) in paragraph (3), by striking all of the matter that 
    precedes subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
        ``(3) Eligible uses.--Amounts from a grant or loan under this 
    subsection may be used only for projects eligible under paragraph 
    (2) for the purposes of--'';
        (5) in paragraph (4)--
            (A) by striking the paragraph heading and inserting ``Grant 
        and loan agreements''; and
            (B) by inserting ``or loan'' after ``grant'', each place it 
        appears;
        (6) in paragraph (5), by inserting ``or loan'' after ``grant'', 
    each place it appears;
        (7) in paragraph (6), by adding at the end the following new 
    subparagraph:
            ``(D) Loans.--In making loans under this subsection using 
        the amounts that the Secretary has recaptured from contracts 
        for interest reduction payments pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) 
        of paragraph (7)(A)--
                ``(i) the Secretary may use such recaptured amounts for 
            costs (as such term is defined in section 502 of the 
            Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of such loans; and
                ``(ii) the Secretary may make loans in any fiscal year 
            only to the extent or in such amounts that amounts are used 
            under clause (i) to cover costs of such loans.'';
        (8) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) (as amended by the 
    preceding provisions of this subsection) as paragraphs (6) and (7); 
    and
        (9) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new 
    paragraph:
        ``(5) Loan terms.--A loan under this subsection--
            ``(A) shall provide amounts for the eligible uses under 
        paragraph (3) in a single loan disbursement of loan principal;
            ``(B) shall be repaid, as to principal and interest, on 
        behalf of the borrower using amounts recaptured from contracts 
        for interest reduction payments pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) 
        of paragraph (7)(A);
            ``(C) shall have a term to maturity of a duration not 
        shorter than the remaining period for which the interest 
        reduction payments for the insured mortgage or mortgages that 
        fund repayment of the loan would have continued after 
        extinguishment or writedown of the mortgage (in accordance with 
        the terms of such mortgage in effect immediately before such 
        extinguishment or writedown);
            ``(D) shall bear interest at a rate, as determined by the 
        Secretary of the Treasury, that is based upon the current 
        market yields on outstanding marketable obligations of the 
        United States having comparable maturities; and
            ``(E) shall involve a principal obligation of an amount not 
        exceeding the amount that can be repaid using amounts described 
        in subparagraph (B) over the term determined in accordance with 
        subparagraph (C), with interest at the rate determined under 
        subparagraph (D).''.
    (b) IRP Capital Grants Requirement for Extension of Low-Income 
Affordability Requirements.--Section 236(s) of the National Housing Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(s)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (2)--
            (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D), as amended 
        by the preceding provisions of this section, as subparagraphs 
        (D) and (E), respectively; and
            (B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new 
        subparagraph:
            ``(C) the project owner enters into such binding 
        commitments as the Secretary may require (which shall be 
        applicable to any subsequent owner) to ensure that the owner 
        will continue to operate the project in accordance with all 
        low-income affordability restrictions for the project in 
        connection with the Federal assistance for the project for a 
        period having a duration that is not less than the period 
        referred to in paragraph (5)(C);''; and
        (2) in paragraph (4)(B), by inserting ``and consistent with 
    paragraph (2)(C)'' before the period at the end.

SEC. 534. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    Section 514(f)(3) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 
Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by 
inserting after ``new owners)'' the following: ``, for technical 
assistance for preservation of low-income housing for which project-
based rental assistance is provided at below market rent levels and may 
not be renewed (including transfer of developments to tenant groups, 
nonprofit organizations, and public entities),''.

SEC. 535. TERMINATION OF SECTION 8 CONTRACT AND DURATION OF RENEWAL 
              CONTRACT.

    Section 8(c)(8) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(c)(8)) is amended--
        (1) in subparagraph (A)--
            (A) by striking ``terminating'' and inserting ``termination 
        of''; and
            (B) by striking the third comma of the first sentence and 
        all that follows through the end of the subparagraph and 
        inserting the following: ``. The notice shall also include a 
        statement that, if the Congress makes funds available, the 
        owner and the Secretary may agree to a renewal of the contract, 
        thus avoiding termination, and that in the event of termination 
        the Department of Housing and Urban Development will provide 
        tenant-based rental assistance to all eligible residents, 
        enabling them to choose the place they wish to rent, which is 
        likely to include the dwelling unit in which they currently 
        reside. Any contract covered by this paragraph that is renewed 
        may be renewed for a period of up to 1 year or any number or 
        years, with payments subject to the availability of 
        appropriations for any year.'';
        (2) by striking subparagraph (B);
        (3) in subparagraph (C)--
            (A) by striking the first sentence;
            (B) by striking ``in the immediately preceding sentence'';
            (C) by striking ``180-day'' each place it appears;
            (D) by striking ``such period'' and inserting ``1 year''; 
        and
            (E) by striking ``180 days'' and inserting ``1 year''; and
        (4) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), as 
    amended by the preceding provisions of this subsection, as 
    subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), respectively.

SEC. 536. ELIGIBILITY OF RESIDENTS OF FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY PROJECTS FOR 
              ENHANCED VOUCHERS.

    Section 201 of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 
1978 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1a) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection:
    ``(p) Enhanced Voucher Eligibility.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, any project that receives or has received assistance 
under this section and which is the subject of a transaction under 
which the project is preserved as affordable housing, as determined by 
the Secretary, shall be considered eligible low-income housing under 
section 229 of the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident 
Homeownership Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 4119) for purposes of eligibility 
of residents of such project for enhanced voucher assistance provided 
under section 8(t) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(t)) (pursuant to section 223(f) of the Low-Income Housing 
Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 
4113(f))).''.

SEC. 537. ENHANCED DISPOSITION AUTHORITY.

    Section 204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 
(12 U.S.C. 1715z-11a) is amended--
        (1) by striking ``and 1999'' and inserting ``1999, and 2000''; 
    and
        (2) by striking ``or demolition'' and inserting ``, demolition, 
    or construction on the properties (which shall be eligible whether 
    vacant or occupied)''.

SEC. 538. UNIFIED ENHANCED VOUCHER AUTHORITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amended by inserting after subsection (s) the 
following new subsection:
    ``(t) Enhanced Vouchers.--
        ``(1) In general.--Enhanced voucher assistance under this 
    subsection for a family shall be voucher assistance under 
    subsection (o), except that under such enhanced voucher 
    assistance--
            ``(A) subject only to subparagraph (D), the assisted family 
        shall pay as rent no less than the amount the family was paying 
        on the date of the eligibility event for the project in which 
        the family was residing on such date;
            ``(B) during any period that the assisted family continues 
        residing in the same project in which the family was residing 
        on the date of the eligibility event for the project, if the 
        rent for the dwelling unit of the family in such project 
        exceeds the applicable payment standard established pursuant to 
        subsection (o) for the unit, the amount of rental assistance 
        provided on behalf of the family shall be determined using a 
        payment standard that is equal to the rent for the dwelling 
        unit (as such rent may be increased from time-to-time), subject 
        to paragraph (10)(A) of subsection (o);
            ``(C) subparagraph (B) of this paragraph shall not apply 
        and the payment standard for the dwelling unit occupied by the 
        family shall be determined in accordance with subsection (o) 
        if--
                ``(i) the assisted family moves, at any time, from such 
            project; or
                ``(ii) the voucher is made available for use by any 
            family other than the original family on behalf of whom the 
            voucher was provided; and
            ``(D) if the income of the assisted family declines to a 
        significant extent, the percentage of income paid by the family 
        for rent shall not exceed the greater of 30 percent or the 
        percentage of income paid at the time of the eligibility event 
        for the project.
        ``(2) Eligibility event.--For purposes of this subsection, the 
    term `eligibility event' means, with respect to a multifamily 
    housing project, the prepayment of the mortgage on such housing 
    project, the voluntary termination of the insurance contract for 
    the mortgage for such housing project, the termination or 
    expiration of the contract for rental assistance under section 8 of 
    the United States Housing Act of 1937 for such housing project, or 
    the transaction under which the project is preserved as affordable 
    housing, that, under paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 515(c), 
    section 524(d) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 
    Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note), section 223(f) of 
    the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act 
    of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 4113(f)), or section 201(p) of the Housing and 
    Community Development Amendments of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1a(p)), 
    results in tenants in such housing project being eligible for 
    enhanced voucher assistance under this subsection.
        ``(3) Treatment of enhanced vouchers provided under other 
    authority.--
            ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, any enhanced voucher assistance provided under any 
        authority specified in subparagraph (B) shall (regardless of 
        the date that the amounts for providing such assistance were 
        made available) be treated, and subject to the same 
        requirements, as enhanced voucher assistance under this 
        subsection.
            ``(B) Identification of other authority.--The authority 
        specified in this subparagraph is the authority under--
                ``(i) the 10th, 11th, and 12th provisos under the 
            `Preserving Existing Housing Investment' account in title 
            II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
            Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
            Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-204; 110 Stat. 2884), pursuant to 
            such provisos, the first proviso under the `Housing 
            Certificate Fund' account in title II of the Departments of 
            Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
            Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 
            105-65; 111 Stat. 1351), or the first proviso under the 
            `Housing Certificate Fund' account in title II of the 
            Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
            Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
            1999 (Public Law 105-276; 112 Stat. 2469); and
                ``(ii) paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 515(c) of the 
            Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act 
            of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note), as in effect before the 
            enactment of this Act.
        ``(4) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized to 
    be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 
    and 2004 such sums as may be necessary for enhanced voucher 
    assistance under this subsection.''.
    (b) Enhanced Vouchers Under MAHRAA.--Section 515(c) of the 
Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting 
the following new paragraph:
        ``(4) Assistance through enhanced vouchers.--In the case of any 
    family described in paragraph (3) that resides in a project 
    described in section 512(2)(B), the tenant-based assistance 
    provided shall be enhanced voucher assistance under section 8(t) of 
    the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)).''.
    (c) Enhanced Vouchers For Certain Tenants in Prepayment and 
Voluntary Termination Properties.--Section 223 of the Low-Income 
Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 
4113) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Enhanced Voucher Assistance for Certain Tenants.--
        ``(1) Authority.--In lieu of benefits under subsections (b), 
    (c), and (d), and subject to the availability of appropriated 
    amounts, each family described in paragraph (2) shall be offered 
    enhanced voucher assistance under section 8(t) of the United States 
    Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)).
        ``(2) Eligible families.--A family described in this paragraph 
    is a family that is--
            ``(A)(i) a low-income family; or
            ``(ii) a moderate-income family that is: (I) an elderly 
        family; (II) a disabled family; or (III) residing in a low-
        vacancy area; and
            ``(B) residing in eligible low-income housing on the date 
        of the prepayment of the mortgage or voluntary termination of 
        the insurance contract.''.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2000''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.