[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3424 Introduced in House (IH)]
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3424
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 17, 1999
Mr. Young of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Appropriations
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education, and related agencies 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 Labor,
Health and Human Services, and Educaiton, and realted agencies for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
training and employment services
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act, including
the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction,
alteration, and repair of buildings and other facilities, and the
purchase of real property for training centers as authorized by the
Workforce Investment Act; the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance
Act; the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act;
the National Skill Standards Act of 1994; and the School-to-Work
Opportunities Act; $3,002,618,000 plus reimbursements, of which
$1,650,153,000 is available for obligation for the period July 1, 2000
through June 30, 2001; of which $1,250,965,000 is available for
obligation for the period April 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001; of which
$35,500,000 is available for the period July 1, 2000 through June 30,
2003 including $34,000,000 for necessary expenses of construction,
rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps centers, and $1,500,000
under authority of section 171(d) of the Workforce Investment Act for
use by the Organizing Committee for the 2001 Special Olympics World
Winter Games in Alaska to promote employment opportunities for
individuals with disabilities and other staffing needs; and of which
$55,000,000 shall be available from July 1, 2000 through September 30,
2001, for carrying out activities of the School-to-Work Opportunities
Act: Provided, That $58,800,000 shall be for carrying out section 166
of the Workforce Investment Act, including $5,000,000 for carrying out
section 166(j)(1) of the Workforce Investment Act, including the
provision of assistance to American Samoans who reside in Hawaii for
the co-location of federally funded and State-funded workforce
investment activities, and $7,000,000 shall be for carrying out the
National Skills Standards Act of 1994: Provided further, That no funds
from any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal services at
or for Job Corps centers: Provided further, That funds provided to
carry out section 171(d) of such Act may be used for demonstration
projects that provide assistance to new entrants in the workforce and
incumbent workers: Provided further, That funding provided to carry out
projects under section 171 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 that
are identified in the Conference Agreement, shall not be subject to the
requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) of such Act, the requirements of
section 171(c)(4)(D) of such Act, or the joint funding requirements of
sections 171(b)(2)(A) and 171(c)(4)(A) of such Act: Provided further,
That funding appropriated herein for Dislocated Worker Employment and
Training Activities under section 132(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 may be distributed for Dislocated Worker
Projects under section 171(d) of the Act without regard to the 10
percent limitation contained in section 171(d) of the Act.
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act, including
the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction,
alteration, and repair of buildings and other facilities, and the
purchase of real property for training centers as authorized by the
Workforce Investment Act; $2,463,000,000 plus reimbursements, of which
$2,363,000,000 is available for obligation for the period October 1,
2000 through June 30, 2001; and of which $100,000,000 is available for
the period October 1, 2000 through June 30, 2003, for necessary
expenses of construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps
centers.
community service employment for older americans
To carry out the activities for national grants or contracts with
public agencies and public or private nonprofit organizations under
paragraph (1)(A) of section 506(a) of title V of the Older Americans
Act of 1965, as amended, or to carry out older worker activities as
subsequently authorized, $343,356,000.
To carry out the activities for grants to States under paragraph
(3) of section 506(a) of title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as
amended, or to carry out older worker activities as subsequently
authorized, $96,844,000.
federal unemployment benefits and allowances
For payments during the current fiscal year of trade adjustment
benefit payments and allowances under part I; and for training,
allowances for job search and relocation, and related State
administrative expenses under part II, subchapters B and D, chapter 2,
title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, $415,150,000, together
with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent
appropriation for payments for any period subsequent to September 15 of
the current year.
state unemployment insurance and employment service operations
For authorized administrative expenses, $163,452,000, together with
not to exceed $3,090,288,000 (including not to exceed $1,228,000 which
may be used for amortization payments to States which had independent
retirement plans in their State employment service agencies prior to
1980), which may be expended from the Employment Security
Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund including the
cost of administering section 1201 of the Small Business Job Protection
Act of 1996, section 7(d) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended, the Immigration Act of 1990, and the
Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, and of which the sums
available in the allocation for activities authorized by title III of
the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 502-504), and the sums
available in the allocation for necessary administrative expenses for
carrying out 5 U.S.C. 8501-8523, shall be available for obligation by
the States through December 31, 2000, except that funds used for
automation acquisitions shall be available for obligation by the States
through September 30, 2002; and of which $163,452,000, together with
not to exceed $738,283,000 of the amount which may be expended from
said trust fund, shall be available for obligation for the period July
1, 2000 through June 30, 2001, to fund activities under the Act of June
6, 1933, as amended, including the cost of penalty mail authorized
under 39 U.S.C. 3202(a)(1)(E) made available to States in lieu of
allotments for such purpose, and of which $125,000,000 shall be
available only to the extent necessary for additional State allocations
to administer unemployment compensation laws to finance increases in
the number of unemployment insurance claims filed and claims paid or
changes in a State law: Provided, That to the extent that the Average
Weekly Insured Unemployment (AWIU) for fiscal year 2000 is projected by
the Department of Labor to exceed 2,638,000, an additional $28,600,000
shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 increase in the
AWIU level (including a pro rata amount for any increment less than
100,000) from the Employment Security Administration Account of the
Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided further, That funds appropriated in
this Act which are used to establish a national one-stop career center
network may be obligated in contracts, grants or agreements with non-
State entities: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this
Act for activities authorized under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended,
and title III of the Social Security Act, may be used by the States to
fund integrated Employment Service and Unemployment Insurance
automation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles
prescribed under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-87.
advances to the unemployment trust fund and other funds
For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized
by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security Act, as amended, and
to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as authorized by section
9501(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended; and for
nonrepayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by
section 8509 of title 5, United States Code, and to the ``Federal
unemployment benefits and allowances'' account, to remain available
until September 30, 2001, $356,000,000.
In addition, for making repayable advances to the Black Lung
Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal year after September 15,
2000, for costs incurred by the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
program administration
For expenses of administering employment and training programs,
$100,944,000, including $6,431,000 to support up to 75 full-time
equivalent staff, the majority of which will be term Federal
appointments lasting no more than 1 year, to administer welfare-to-work
grants, together with not to exceed $45,056,000, which may be expended
from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment
Trust Fund.
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the Pension and Welfare Benefits
Administration, $99,000,000.
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
pension benefit guaranty corporation fund
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is authorized to make such
expenditures, including financial assistance authorized by section 104
of Public Law 96-364, within limits of funds and borrowing authority
available to such Corporation, 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 Government Corporation Control Act, as
amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as may be necessary in carrying out the
program through September 30, 2000, for such Corporation: Provided,
That not to exceed $11,155,000 shall be available for administrative
expenses of the Corporation: Provided further, That expenses of such
Corporation in connection with the termination of pension plans, for
the acquisition, protection or management, and investment of trust
assets, and for benefits administration services shall be considered as
non-administrative expenses for the purposes hereof, and excluded from
the above limitation.
Employment Standards Administration
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the Employment Standards Administration,
including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies and their
employees for inspection services rendered, $337,260,000, together with
$1,740,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund in accordance
with sections 39(c), 44(d) and 44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor
Workers' Compensation Act: Provided, That $2,000,000 shall be for the
development of an alternative system for the electronic submission of
reports as required to be filed under the Labor-Management Reporting
and Disclosure Act of 1959, as amended, and for a computer database of
the information for each submission by whatever means, that is indexed
and easily searchable by the public via the Internet: Provided further,
That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to accept, retain, and spend,
until expended, in the name of the Department of Labor, all sums of
money ordered to be paid to the Secretary of Labor, in accordance with
the terms of the Consent Judgment in Civil Action No. 91-0027 of the
United States District Court for the District of the Northern Mariana
Islands (May 21, 1992): Provided further, That the Secretary of Labor
is authorized to establish and, in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3302,
collect and deposit in the Treasury fees for processing applications
and issuing certificates under sections 11(d) and 14 of the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938, as amended (29 U.S.C. 211(d) and 214) and for
processing applications and issuing registrations under title I of the
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1801
et seq.).
special benefits
(including transfer of funds)
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses (except
administrative expenses) accruing during the current or any prior
fiscal year authorized by title 5, chapter 81 of the United States
Code; continuation of benefits as provided for under the heading
``Civilian War Benefits'' in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation
Act, 1947; the Employees' Compensation Commission Appropriation Act,
1944; sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C.
App. 2012); and 50 percent of the additional compensation and benefits
required by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers'
Compensation Act, as amended, $79,000,000 together with such amounts as
may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent year appropriation for
the payment of compensation and other benefits for any period
subsequent to August 15 of the current year: Provided, That amounts
appropriated may be used under section 8104 of title 5, United States
Code, by the Secretary of Labor to reimburse an employer, who is not
the employer at the time of injury, for portions of the salary of a
reemployed, disabled beneficiary: Provided further, That balances of
reimbursements unobligated on September 30, 1999, shall remain
available until expended for the payment of compensation, benefits, and
expenses: Provided further, That in addition there shall be transferred
to this appropriation from the Postal Service and from any other
corporation or instrumentality required under section 8147(c) of title
5, United States Code, to pay an amount for its fair share of the cost
of administration, such sums as the Secretary determines to be the cost
of administration for employees of such fair share entities through
September 30, 2000: Provided further, That of those funds transferred
to this account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of
administration, $21,849,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as
follows: (1) for the operation of and enhancement to the automated data
processing systems, including document imaging and medical bill review,
in support of Federal Employees' Compensation Act administration,
$13,433,000; (2) for program staff training to operate the new imaging
system, $1,300,000; (3) for the periodic roll review program,
$7,116,000; and (4) the remaining funds shall be paid into the Treasury
as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That the Secretary may
require that any person filing a notice of injury or a claim for
benefits under chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, or 33 U.S.C.
901 et seq., provide as part of such notice and claim, such identifying
information (including Social Security account number) as such
regulations may prescribe.
black lung disability trust fund
(including transfer of funds)
For payments from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund,
$1,013,633,000, of which $963,506,000 shall be available until
September 30, 2001, for payment of all benefits as authorized by
section 9501(d)(1), (2), (4), and (7) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1954, as amended, and interest on advances as authorized by section
9501(c)(2) of that Act, and of which $28,676,000 shall be available for
transfer to Employment Standards Administration, Salaries and Expenses,
$20,783,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, Salaries and
Expenses, $312,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, Office of
Inspector General, and $356,000 for payment into miscellaneous receipts
for the expenses of the Department of Treasury, for expenses of
operation and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program as
authorized by section 9501(d)(5) of that Act: Provided, That, in
addition, such amounts as may be necessary may be charged to the
subsequent year appropriation for the payment of compensation,
interest, or other benefits for any period subsequent to August 15 of
the current year.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, $382,000,000, including not to exceed $82,000,000 which
shall be the maximum amount available for grants to States under
section 23(g) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, which grants
shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of State occupational
safety and health programs required to be incurred under plans approved
by the Secretary under section 18 of the Occupational Safety and Health
Act of 1970; and, in addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration may retain up to $750,000
per fiscal year of training institute course tuition fees, otherwise
authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize such sums for
occupational safety and health training and education grants: Provided,
That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary of Labor is
authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, to
collect and retain fees for services provided to Nationally Recognized
Testing Laboratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the
provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and international
laboratory recognition programs that ensure the safety of equipment and
products used by workers in the workplace: Provided further, That none
of the funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or
expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any standard,
rule, regulation, or order under the Occupational Safety and Health Act
of 1970 which is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming
operation which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10
or fewer employees: Provided further, That no funds appropriated under
this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce
any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Occupational Safety
and Health Act of 1970 with respect to any employer of 10 or fewer
employees who is included within a category having an occupational
injury lost workday case rate, at the most precise Standard Industrial
Classification Code for which such data are published, less than the
national average rate as such rates are most recently published by the
Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in accordance
with section 24 of that Act (29 U.S.C. 673), except--
(1) to provide, as authorized by such Act, consultation,
technical assistance, educational and training services, and to
conduct surveys and studies;
(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in response
to an employee complaint, to issue a citation for violations
found during such inspection, and to assess a penalty for
violations which are not corrected within a reasonable
abatement period and for any willful violations found;
(3) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect
to imminent dangers;
(4) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect
to health hazards;
(5) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect
to a report of an employment accident which is fatal to one or
more employees or which results in hospitalization of two or
more employees, and to take any action pursuant to such
investigation authorized by such Act; and
(6) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect
to complaints of discrimination against employees for
exercising rights under such Act:
Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply to any
person who is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a
temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees.
Mine Safety and Health Administration
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health
Administration, $228,373,000, including purchase and bestowal of
certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and first-aid
work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles; including not to exceed
$750,000 may be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety
Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training materials,
otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to be available for mine
safety and health education and training activities, notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 3302; the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings,
equipment, and other contributions from public and private sources and
to prosecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal,
State, or private; the Mine Safety and Health Administration is
authorized to promote health and safety education and training in the
mining community through cooperative programs with States, industry,
and safety associations; and any funds available to the department may
be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide for the costs
of mine rescue and survival operations in the event of a major
disaster.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local
agencies and their employees for services rendered, $357,781,000, of
which $6,986,000 shall be for expenses of revising the Consumer Price
Index and shall remain available until September 30, 2001, together
with not to exceed $55,663,000, which may be expended from the
Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust
Fund.
Departmental Management
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, including the
hire of three sedans, and including up to $7,250,000 for the
President's Committee on Employment of People With Disabilities, and
including the management or operation of Departmental bilateral and
multilateral foreign technical assistance, $241,478,000; together with
not to exceed $310,000, which may be expended from the Employment
Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund:
Provided, That no funds made available by this Act may be used by the
Solicitor of Labor to participate in a review in any United States
court of appeals of any decision made by the Benefits Review Board
under section 21 of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act
(33 U.S.C. 921) where such participation is precluded by the decision
of the United States Supreme Court in Director, Office of Workers'
Compensation Programs v. Newport News Shipbuilding, 115 S. Ct. 1278
(1995), notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in
Rule 15 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure: Provided further,
That no funds made available by this Act may be used by the Secretary
of Labor to review a decision under the Longshore and Harbor Workers'
Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) that has been appealed and
that has been pending before the Benefits Review Board for more than 12
months: Provided further, That any such decision pending a review by
the Benefits Review Board for more than 1 year shall be considered
affirmed by the Benefits Review Board on the 1-year anniversary of the
filing of the appeal, and shall be considered the final order of the
Board for purposes of obtaining a review in the United States courts of
appeals: Provided further, That these provisions shall not be
applicable to the review or appeal of any decision issued under the
Black Lung Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 901 et seq.).
assistant secretary for veterans employment and training
Not to exceed $184,341,000 may be derived from the Employment
Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund to carry
out the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 4100-4110A, 4212, 4214, and 4321-4327,
and Public Law 103-353, and which shall be available for obligation by
the States through December 31, 2000.
office of inspector general
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $48,095,000, together with not to exceed $3,830,000, which may
be expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the
Unemployment Trust Fund.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 101. None of the funds appropriated in this title for the Job
Corps shall be used to pay the compensation of an individual, either as
direct costs or any proration as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess
of Executive Level II.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year
for the Department of Labor in this Act may be transferred between
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more
than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That the Appropriations
Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in
advance of any transfer.
Sec. 103. The Secretary of Labor shall transfer, without charge or
consideration, to the City of Salinas in the State of California, all
right, title, and interest (including any equitable interest) the
United States holds in the real property located at 342 Front Street,
Salinas, California (Reference No. SSL-493), to the extent such right,
such title, or such interest was acquired as a result of any loan,
grant, guarantee, or other benefit provided by the Secretary to or for
the benefit of such city.
This title may be cited as the ``Department of Labor Appropriations
Act, 2000''.
TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
health resources and services
For carrying out titles II, III, VII, VIII, X, XII, XIX, and XXVI
of the Public Health Service Act, section 427(a) of the Federal Coal
Mine Health and Safety Act, title V and section 1820 of the Social
Security Act, the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, as
amended, and the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988, as amended,
$4,584,721,000, of which $150,000 shall remain available until expended
for interest subsidies on loan guarantees made prior to fiscal year
1981 under part B of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and of
which $122,182,000 shall be available for the construction and
renovation of health care and other facilities, and of which
$25,000,000 from general revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of
the Social Security Act, shall be available for carrying out the
Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants program under section 1820
of such Act: Provided, That the Division of Federal Occupational Health
may utilize personal services contracting to employ professional
management/administrative and occupational health professionals:
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading,
$250,000 shall be available until expended for facilities renovations
at the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center: Provided further, That
in addition to fees authorized by section 427(b) of the Health Care
Quality Improvement Act of 1986, fees shall be collected for the full
disclosure of information under the Act sufficient to recover the full
costs of operating the National Practitioner Data Bank, and shall
remain available until expended to carry out that Act: Provided
further, That no more than $5,000,000 is available for carrying out the
provisions of Public Law 104-73: Provided further, That of the funds
made available under this heading, $238,932,000 shall be for the
program under title X of the Public Health Service Act to provide for
voluntary family planning projects: Provided further, That amounts
provided to said projects under such title shall not be expended for
abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirective, and
that such amounts shall not be expended for any activity (including the
publication or distribution of literature) that in any way tends to
promote public support or opposition to any legislative proposal or
candidate for public office: Provided further, That $528,000,000 shall
be for State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs authorized by section 2616
of the Public Health Service Act: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding section 502(a)(1) of the Social Security Act, not to
exceed $109,307,000 is available for carrying out special projects of
regional and national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of
such Act: Provided further, That of the amount provided under this
heading, $40,000,000 shall be available for children's hospitals
graduate medical education payments, subject to authorization: Provided
further, That of the amount provided under this heading, $900,000 shall
be for the American Federation of Negro Affairs Education and Research
Fund.
medical facilities guarantee and loan fund
federal interest subsidies for medical facilities
For carrying out subsections (d) and (e) of section 1602 of the
Public Health Service Act, $1,000,000, together with any amounts
received by the Secretary in connection with loans and loan guarantees
under title VI of the Public Health Service Act, to be available
without fiscal year limitation for the payment of interest subsidies.
During the fiscal year, no commitments for direct loans or loan
guarantees shall be made.
health education assistance loans program
Such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the
program, as authorized by title VII of the Public Health Service Act,
as amended. For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed
loan program, including section 709 of the Public Health Service Act,
$3,688,000.
vaccine injury compensation program trust fund
For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust
Fund, such sums as may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-
related injury or death with respect to vaccines administered after
September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the Public
Health Service Act, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
for necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed $3,000,000 shall
be available from the Trust Fund to the Secretary of Health and Human
Services.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
disease control, research, and training
To carry out titles II, III, VII, XI, XV, XVII, XIX and XXVI of the
Public Health Service Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301,
and 501 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, sections 20,
21, and 22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, title IV
of the Immigration and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee
Education Assistance Act of 1980; including insurance of official motor
vehicles in foreign countries; and hire, maintenance, and operation of
aircraft, $2,910,761,000 of which $60,000,000 shall remain available
until expended for equipment and construction and renovation of
facilities, and in addition, such sums as may be derived from
authorized user fees, which shall be credited to this account:
Provided, That in addition to amounts provided herein, up to
$71,690,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 241
of the Public Health Service Act, to carry out the National Center for
Health Statistics surveys: Provided further, That none of the funds
made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun
control: Provided further, That the Director may redirect the total
amount made available under authority of Public Law 101-502, section 3,
dated November 3, 1990, to activities the Director may so designate:
Provided further, That the Congress is to be notified promptly of any
such transfer: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, a single contract or related contracts for the
development and construction of the infectious disease laboratory
through the General Services Administration may be employed which
collectively include the full scope of the project: Provided further,
That the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause
``availability of funds'' found at 48 CFR 52.232-18: Provided further,
That not to exceed $10,000,000 may be available for making grants under
section 1509 of the Public Health Service Act to not more than 10
States: Provided further, That of the amount provided under this
heading, $3,000,000 shall be for the Center for Environmental Medicine
and Toxicology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center at
Jackson; $2,000,000 shall be for the University of Mississippi
phytomedicine project; $500,000 shall be for the Alaska aviation safety
initiative; and $1,000,000 shall be for the University of South Alabama
birth defects monitoring and prevention activities.
In addition, $51,000,000, to be derived from the Violent Crime
Reduction Trust Fund, for carrying out sections 40151 and 40261 of
Public Law 103-322.
National Institutes of Health
national cancer institute
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to cancer, $3,332,317,000.
national heart, lung, and blood institute
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases,
and blood and blood products, $2,040,291,000.
national institute of dental and craniofacial research
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to dental disease, $270,253,000.
national institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney disease,
$1,147,588,000.
national institute of neurological disorders and stroke
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke,
$1,034,886,000.
national institute of allergy and infectious diseases
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases,
$1,803,063,000.
national institute of general medical sciences
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to general medical sciences, $1,361,668,000.
national institute of child health and human development
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to child health and human development,
$862,884,000.
national eye institute
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders,
$452,706,000.
national institute of environmental health sciences
For carrying out sections 301 and 311 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to environmental health sciences,
$444,817,000.
national institute on aging
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to aging, $690,156,000.
national institute of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin
diseases, $351,840,000.
national institute on deafness and other communication disorders
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to deafness and other communication disorders,
$265,185,000.
national institute of nursing research
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to nursing research, $90,000,000.
national institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, $293,935,000.
national institute on drug abuse
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to drug abuse, $689,448,000.
national institute of mental health
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to mental health, $978,360,000.
national human genome research institute
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to human genome research, $337,322,000.
national center for research resources
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to research resources and general research
support grants, $680,176,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall
be used to pay recipients of the general research support grants
program any amount for indirect expenses in connection with such
grants: Provided further, That $75,000,000 shall be for extramural
facilities construction grants.
john e. fogarty international center
For carrying out the activities at the John E. Fogarty
International Center, $43,723,000.
national library of medicine
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to health information communications,
$215,214,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be available until expended for
improvement of information systems: Provided, That in fiscal year 2000,
the Library may enter into personal services contracts for the
provision of services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed
under the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health.
national center for complementary and alternative medicine
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to complementary and alternative medicine,
$68,753,000.
office of the director
(including transfer of funds)
For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the
Director, National Institutes of Health, $283,509,000, of which
$44,953,000 shall be for the Office of AIDS Research: Provided, That
funding shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 29
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only: Provided further, That
the Director may direct up to 1 percent of the total amount made
available in this or any other Act to all National Institutes of Health
appropriations to activities the Director may so designate: Provided
further, That no such appropriation shall be decreased by more than 1
percent by any such transfers and that the Congress is promptly
notified of the transfer: Provided further, That the National
Institutes of Health is authorized to collect third party payments for
the cost of clinical services that are incurred in National Institutes
of Health research facilities and that such payments shall be credited
to the National Institutes of Health Management Fund: Provided further,
That all funds credited to the National Institutes of Health Management
Fund shall remain available for one fiscal year after the fiscal year
in which they are deposited: Provided further, That up to $500,000
shall be available to carry out section 499 of the Public Health
Service Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 499(k)(10)
of the Public Health Service Act, funds from the Foundation for the
National Institutes of Health may be transferred to the National
Institutes of Health.
buildings and facilities
For the study of, construction of, and acquisition of equipment
for, facilities of or used by the National Institutes of Health,
including the acquisition of real property, $135,376,000, to remain
available until expended.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
substance abuse and mental health services
For carrying out titles V and XIX of the Public Health Service Act
with respect to substance abuse and mental health services, the
Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986, and
section 301 of the Public Health Service Act with respect to program
management, $2,654,953,000.
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
health care policy and research
For carrying out titles III and IX of the Public Health Service
Act, and part A of title XI of the Social Security Act, $111,424,000;
in addition, amounts received from Freedom of Information Act fees,
reimbursable and interagency agreements, and the sale of data tapes
shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain available
until expended: Provided, That the amount made available pursuant to
section 926(b) of the Public Health Service Act shall not exceed
$88,576,000.
Health Care Financing Administration
grants to states for medicaid
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI and XIX
of the Social Security Act, $86,087,393,000, to remain available until
expended.
For making, after May 31, 2000, payments to States under title XIX
of the Social Security Act for the last quarter of fiscal year 2000 for
unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as
may be necessary.
For making payments to States or in the case of section 1928 on
behalf of States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the
first quarter of fiscal year 2001, $30,589,003,000, to remain available
until expended.
Payment under title XIX may be made for any quarter with respect to
a State plan or plan amendment in effect during such quarter, if
submitted in or prior to such quarter and approved in that or any
subsequent quarter.
payments to health care trust funds
For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal
Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as provided under sections
217(g) and 1844 of the Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 111(d)
of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, section 278(d) of Public Law
97-248, and for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section
201(g) of the Social Security Act, $69,289,100,000.
program management
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI, XVIII,
XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles XIII and XXVII of the
Public Health Service Act, and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement
Amendments of 1988, not to exceed $1,994,548,000, to be transferred
from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary
Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as authorized by section 201(g) of the
Social Security Act; together with all funds collected in accordance
with section 353 of the Public Health Service Act and such sums as may
be collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data, which
shall remain available until expended, and together with administrative
fees collected relative to Medicare overpayment recovery activities,
which shall remain available until expended: Provided, That all funds
derived in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations
established under title XIII of the Public Health Service Act shall be
credited to and available for carrying out the purposes of this
appropriation: Provided further, That $18,000,000 appropriated under
this heading for the managed care system redesign shall remain
available until expended: Provided further, That $2,000,000 of the
amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities
shall be available to continue carrying out demonstration projects on
Medicaid coverage of community-based attendant care services for people
with disabilities which ensures maximum control by the consumer to
select and manage their attendant care services: Provided further, That
$3,000,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and
evaluation activities shall be awarded to an application from the
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, the University of Louisville
Sciences Center, and St. Vincent's Hospital in Montana to conduct a
demonstration to reduce hospitalizations among high-risk patients with
congestive heart failure: Provided further, That $2,000,000 of the
amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities
shall be awarded to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in Los Angeles:
Provided further, That $100,000 of the amount available for research,
demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to Littleton
Regional Hospital in New Hampshire, to assist in the development of
rural emergency medical services: Provided further, That $250,000 of
the amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation
activities shall be awarded to the University of Missouri-Kansas City
to test behavorial interventions of nursing home residents with
moderate to severe dementia: Provided further, That $1,000,000 of the
amount available for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities
shall be awarded for a children's hospice care demonstration program in
Virginia, Florida, Kentucky, New York, and Utah: Provided further, That
$150,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and
evaluation activities shall be awarded to L.A. Care Health Plan in Los
Angeles, California for a Medicaid outreach demonstration project to
provide access to medical care for uninsured workers: Provided further,
That $500,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, and
evaluation activities shall be awarded to the Baystate Medical Center
in Springfield, Massachusetts for the Partners for a Healthier
Community childhood immunization demonstration project: Provided
further, That $250,000 shall be awarded to the Shelby County Regional
Medical Center to establish a Master Patient Index to determine patient
Medicaid/TennCare eligibility: Provided further, That the Secretary of
Health and Human Services is directed to collect, in aggregate,
$95,000,000 in fees in fiscal year 2000 from Medicare+Choice
organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act
and from eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts under
section 1876 of that Act pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act.
health maintenance organization loan and loan guarantee fund
For carrying out subsections (d) and (e) of section 1308 of the
Public Health Service Act, any amounts received by the Secretary in
connection with loans and loan guarantees under title XIII of the
Public Health Service Act, to be available without fiscal year
limitation for the payment of outstanding obligations. During fiscal
year 2000, no commitments for direct loans or loan guarantees shall be
made.
Administration for Children and Families
payments to states for child support enforcement and family support
programs
For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities under
titles I, IV-D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the
Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), for the first quarter of fiscal
year 2001, $650,000,000.
For making payments to each State for carrying out the program of
Aid to Families with Dependent Children under title IV-A of the Social
Security Act before the effective date of the program of Temporary
Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) with respect to such State, such
sums as may be necessary: Provided, That the sum of the amounts
available to a State with respect to expenditures under such title IV-A
in fiscal year 1997 under this appropriation and under such title IV-A
as amended by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 shall not exceed the limitations under
section 116(b) of such Act.
For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to
States or other non-Federal entities under titles I, IV-D, X, XI, XIV,
and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24
U.S.C. ch. 9), for the last 3 months of the current year for
unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as
may be necessary.
low income home energy assistance
For making payments under title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981, $1,100,000,000, to be available for
obligation in the period October 1, 2000 through September 30, 2001.
For making payments under title XXVI of such Act, $300,000,000:
Provided, That these funds are hereby designated by Congress to be
emergency requirements pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further,
That these funds shall be made available only after submission to
Congress of a formal budget request by the President 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.
The $1,100,000,000 provided in the first paragraph under this
heading in the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained
in section 101(f) of division A of Public Law 105-277) is hereby
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985: Provided, That such funds shall be available only
if the President submits to the Congress one official budget request
for $1,100,000,000 that includes designation of the entire amount as an
emergency requirement pursuant to such section: Provided further, That
such funds shall be distributed in accordance with section 2604 of the
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8623), other than
subsection (e) of such section.
refugee and entrant assistance
For making payments for refugee and entrant assistance activities
authorized by title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act and
section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law
96-422), $419,005,000: Provided, That funds appropriated pursuant to
section 414(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act under Public Law
105-78 for fiscal year 1998 and under Public Law 105-277 for fiscal
year 1999 shall be available for the costs of assistance provided and
other activities through September 30, 2001.
For carrying out section 5 of the Torture Victims Relief Act of
1998 (Public Law 105-320), $7,500,000.
The $426,505,000 provided under this heading is hereby designated
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985: Provided, That such funds shall be available only if the
President submits to the Congress one official budget request for
$426,505,000 that includes designation of the entire amount as an
emergency requirement pursuant to such section.
payments to states for the child care and development block grant
For carrying out sections 658A through 658R of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981 (The Child Care and Development Block Grant
Act of 1990), to become available on October 1, 2000 and remain
available through September 30, 2001, $1,182,672,000: Provided, That
$19,120,000 shall be available for child care resource and referral and
school-aged child care activities: Provided further, That of the funds
provided for fiscal year 2001, $172,672,000 shall be reserved by the
States for activities authorized under section 658G of the Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (The Child Care and Development Block
Grant Act of 1990), such funds to be in addition to the amounts
required to be reserved by the States under section 658G: Provided
further, That of the funds provided for fiscal year 2000 under Public
Law 105-277, $500,000 shall be for a toll-free child care services
program hotline to be operated by Child Care Aware.
social services block grant
For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the Social
Security Act, $1,775,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section
2003(c) of such Act, as amended, the amount specified for allocation
under such section for fiscal year 2000 shall be $1,775,000,000.
children and families services programs
(including rescissions)
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway and
Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill
of Rights Act, the Head Start Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act, the Native American Programs Act of 1974, title II of
Public Law 95-266 (adoption opportunities), the Adoption and Safe
Families Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-89), the Abandoned Infants
Assistance Act of 1988, part B(1) of title IV and sections 413, 429A,
1110, and 1115 of the Social Security Act; for making payments under
the Community Services Block Grant Act, section 473A of the Social
Security Act, and title IV of Public Law 105-285; and for necessary
administrative expenses to carry out said Acts and titles I, IV, X, XI,
XIV, XVI, and XX of the Social Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960
(24 U.S.C. ch. 9), the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, title
IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 501 of the Refugee
Education Assistance Act of 1980, section 5 of the Torture Victims
Relief Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-320), sections 40155, 40211, and
40241 of Public Law 103-322 and section 126 and titles IV and V of
Public Law 100-485, $6,734,133,000, of which $43,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2001, shall be for grants to States for
adoption incentive payments, as authorized by section 473A of title IV
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 670-679); of which $587,065,000
shall be for making payments under the Community Services Block Grant
Act; and of which $5,267,000,000 shall be for making payments under the
Head Start Act, of which $1,400,000,000 shall become available October
1, 2000 and remain available through September 30, 2001: Provided, That
to the extent Community Services Block Grant funds are distributed as
grant funds by a State to an eligible entity as provided under the Act,
and have not been expended by such entity, they shall remain with such
entity for carryover into the next fiscal year for expenditure by such
entity consistent with program purposes: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall establish procedures regarding the disposition of
intangible property which permits grant funds, or intangible assets
acquired with funds authorized under section 680 of the Community
Services Block Grant Act, as amended, to become the sole property of
such grantees after a period of not more than 12 years after the end of
the grant for purposes and uses consistent with the original grant:
Provided further, That $1,700,000,000 of the amount provided for making
payments under the Head Start Act is hereby designated by Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided
further, That such funds shall be available only if the President
submits to the Congress one official budget request for $1,700,000,000
that includes designation of the entire amount as an emergency
requirement pursuant to such section.
In addition, $101,000,000, to be derived from the Violent Crime
Reduction Trust Fund for carrying out sections 40155, 40211, and 40241
of Public Law 103-322.
Funds appropriated for fiscal year 2000 under section 429A(e), part
B of title IV of the Social Security Act shall be reduced by
$6,000,000.
Funds appropriated for fiscal year 2000 under section 413(h)(1) of
the Social Security Act shall be reduced by $15,000,000.
promoting safe and stable families
For carrying out section 430 of the Social Security Act,
$295,000,000.
payments to states for foster care and adoption assistance
For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities under
title IV-E of the Social Security Act, $4,307,300,000 of which
$105,000,000 shall be for making payments under sections 470 and 477 of
title IV-E of the Social Security Act;
For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities under
title IV-E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of fiscal
year 2001, $1,538,000,000.
Administration on Aging
aging services programs
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Older
Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and section 398 of the Public Health
Service Act, $934,285,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section
308(b)(1) of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, the amounts
available to each State for administration of the State plan under
title III of such Act shall be reduced not more than 5 percent below
the amount that was available to such State for such purpose for fiscal
year 1995: Provided further, That in considering grant applications for
nutrition services for elder Indian recipients, the Assistant Secretary
shall provide maximum flexibility to applicants who seek to take into
account subsistence, local customs, and other characteristics that are
appropriate to the unique cultural, regional, and geographic needs of
the American Indian, Alaska and Hawaiian Native communities to be
served.
Office of the Secretary
general departmental management
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for general
departmental management, including hire of six sedans, and for carrying
out titles III, XVII, and XX of the Public Health Service Act, and the
United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, $227,051,000, of
which $20,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2000, and shall
remain available until September 30, 2001, together with $5,851,000, to
be transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the
Social Security Act from the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the
Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund: Provided, That $450,000
shall be for a contract with the National Academy of Sciences to
conduct a study of the proposed tuberculosis standard promulgated by
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration: Provided further,
That said contract shall be awarded not later than 60 days after the
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That said study shall be
submitted to the Congress not later than 12 months after award of the
contract: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this
heading for carrying out title XX of the Public Health Service Act,
$10,569,000 shall be for activities specified under section 2003(b)(2),
of which $9,131,000 shall be for prevention service demonstration
grants under section 510(b)(2) of title V of the Social Security Act,
as amended, without application of the limitation of section 2010(c) of
said title XX: Provided further, That $500,000 shall be available to
the Office of the Surgeon General, within the Office of Public Health
and Science, to prepare and disseminate the findings of the Surgeon
General's report on youth violence, and to coordinate activities across
the Department of Health and Human Services: Provided further, That the
Secretary may transfer a portion of such funds to other Federal
entities for youth violence prevention coordination activities:
Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be available to the Lawton
Chiles Foundation.
office of inspector general
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $31,500,000.
office for civil rights
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights,
$18,838,000, together with not to exceed $3,314,000, to be transferred
and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security
Act from the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplemental Medical
Insurance Trust Fund.
policy research
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, research
studies under section 1110 of the Social Security Act, $17,000,000.
retirement pay and medical benefits for commissioned officers
For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health Service
Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for payments under the
Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan,
for medical care of dependents and retired personnel under the
Dependents' Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), and for payments
pursuant to section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
429(b)), such amounts as may be required during the current fiscal
year.
public health and social services emergency fund
For expenses necessary to support activities related to countering
potential biological, disease and chemical threats to civilian
populations, $214,600,000: Provided, That this amount is distributed as
follows: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $155,000,000, of
which $30,000,000 shall be for the Health Alert Network, $1,000,000
shall be for the Carnegie Mellon Research Institute, $1,000,000 shall
be for the St. Louis University School of Public Health, $1,000,000
shall be for the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston,
$1,000,000 shall be for the Noble Army Hospital of Alabama bioterrorism
program and $1,000,000 shall be for the Johns Hopkins University Center
for Civilian Biodefense; Office of the Secretary, $30,000,000, Agency
for Health Care Policy and Research, $5,000,000, and Office of
Emergency Preparedness, $24,600,000. In addition, for expenses
necessary for the portion of the Global Health Initiative conducted by
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $69,000,000: Provided
further, That this amount is distributed as follows: $35,000,000 shall
be for international HIV/AIDS programs, $9,000,000 shall be for malaria
programs, $5,000,000 shall be for global micronutrient malnutrition
programs and $20,000,000 shall be for carrying out polio eradication
activities. In addition, $150,000,000 for carrying out the Department's
Year 2000 computer conversion activities, $5,000,000 for the
environmental health laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, $50,000,000 for minority AIDS prevention and treatment
activities, $20,000,000 for the National Institutes of Health challenge
grant program, and $75,000,000 to support the Ricky Ray Hemophilia
Relief Fund Act of 1998: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, up to $10,000,000 of the amount provided for
the Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act may be available for
administrative expenses: Provided further, That the entire amount under
this heading is hereby designated by the Congress to be emergency
requirements 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 under this heading shall be made
available only after submission to the Congress of a formal budget
request by the President 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: Provided
further, That no funds shall be obligated until the Department of
Health and Human Services submits an operating plan to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be available for
not to exceed $37,000 for official reception and representation
expenses when specifically approved by the Secretary.
Sec. 202. The Secretary shall make available through assignment not
more than 60 employees of the Public Health Service to assist in child
survival activities and to work in AIDS programs through and with funds
provided by the Agency for International Development, the United
Nations International Children's Emergency Fund or the World Health
Organization.
Sec. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this Act may be used
to implement section 399L(b) of the Public Health Service Act or
section 1503 of the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of
1993, Public Law 103-43.
Sec. 204. None of the funds appropriated in this Act for the
National Institutes of Health and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration shall be used to pay the salary of an
individual, through a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in
excess of Executive Level II.
Sec. 205. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be
expended pursuant to section 241 of the Public Health Service Act,
except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for other
taps and assessments made by any office located in the Department of
Health and Human Services, prior to the Secretary's preparation and
submission of a report to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate
and of the House detailing the planned uses of such funds.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 206. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year
for the Department of Health and Human Services in this Act may be
transferred between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be
increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That
the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
Sec. 207. The Director of the National Institutes of Health,
jointly with the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer
up to 3 percent among institutes, centers, and divisions from the total
amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for research
pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: Provided, That the
Congress is promptly notified of the transfer.
Sec. 208. Of the amounts made available in this Act for the
National Institutes of Health, the amount for research related to the
human immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Director of
the National Institutes of Health and the Director of the Office of
AIDS Research, shall be made available to the ``Office of AIDS
Research'' account. The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall
transfer from such account amounts necessary to carry out section
2353(d)(3) of the Public Health Service Act.
Sec. 209. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be made
available to any entity under title X of the Public Health Service Act
unless the applicant for the award certifies to the Secretary that it
encourages family participation in the decision of minors to seek
family planning services and that it provides counseling to minors on
how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual
activities.
Sec. 210. The final rule entitled ``Organ Procurement and
Transplantation Network'', promulgated by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services on April 2, 1998 (63 Fed. Reg. 16295 et seq.) (relating
to part 121 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations), together with
the amendments to such rules promulgated on October 20, 1999 (64 Fed.
Reg. 56649 et seq.) shall not become effective before the expiration of
the 42 day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Sec. 211. None of the funds appropriated by this Act (including
funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used to carry out the
Medicare+Choice program if the Secretary denies participation in such
program to an otherwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored
Organization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it will not
provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for
abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall make appropriate
prospective adjustments to the capitation payment to such an entity
(based on an actuarially sound estimate of the expected costs of
providing the service to such entity's enrollees): Provided further,
That nothing in this section shall be construed to change the Medicare
program's coverage for such services and a Medicare+Choice organization
described in this section shall be responsible for informing enrollees
where to obtain information about all Medicare covered services.
Sec. 212. (a) Mental Health.--Section 1918(b) of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-7(b)) is amended to read as follows:
``(b) Minimum Allotments for States.--With respect to fiscal year
2000, the amount of the allotment of a State under section 1911 shall
not be less than the amount the State received under section 1911 for
fiscal year 1998.''.
(b) Substance Abuse.--Section 1933(b) of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-33(b)) is amended to read as follows:
``(b) Minimum Allotments for States.--Each State's allotment for
fiscal year 2000 for programs under this subpart shall be equal to such
State's allotment for such programs for fiscal year 1999, except that,
if the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2000 is less than the amount
appropriated in fiscal year 1999, then the amount of a State's
allotment under section 1921 shall be equal to the amount that the
State received under section 1921 in fiscal year 1999 decreased by the
percentage by which the amount appropriated for fiscal year 2000 is
less than the amount appropriated for such section for fiscal year
1999.''.
Sec. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no provider
of services under title X of the Public Health Service Act shall be
exempt from any State law requiring notification or the reporting of
child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.
Sec. 214. Extension of Certain Adjudication Provisions.--The
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101-167) is amended--
(1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)--
(A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``1997, 1998,
and 1999'' and inserting ``1997, 1998, 1999, and
2000''; and
(B) in subsection (e), by striking ``October 1,
1999'' each place it appears and inserting ``October 1,
2000''; and
(2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in subsection
(b)(2), by striking ``September 30, 1999'' and inserting
``September 30, 2000''.
Sec. 215. None of the funds provided in this Act or in any other
Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2000 may be used to
administer or implement in Arizona or in the Kansas City, Missouri or
in the Kansas City, Kansas area the Medicare Competitive Pricing
Demonstration Project (operated by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services under authority granted in section 4011 of the Balanced Budget
Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33)).
Sec. 216. Of the funds appropriated for the National Institutes of
Health for fiscal year 2000, $3,000,000,000 shall not be available for
obligation until September 29, 2000. Of the funds appropriated for the
Health Resources and Services Administration for fiscal year 2000,
$450,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until September 29,
2000. Of the funds appropriated for the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention for fiscal year 2000, $500,000,000 shall not be available
for obligation until September 29, 2000. Of the funds appropriated for
the Children and Families Services Programs for fiscal year 2000,
$400,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until September 29,
2000. Of the funds appropriated for the Social Services Block Grant for
fiscal year 2000, $425,000,000 shall not be available for obligation
until September 29, 2000. Of the funds appropriated for the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for fiscal year 2000,
$200,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until September 29,
2000. Such funds delayed by this section shall be available for
obligation until October 15, 2000.
Sec. 217. Study and Report on the Geographic Adjustment Factors
Under the Medicare Program. (a) Study.--The Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall conduct a study on--
(1) the reasons why, and the appropriateness of the fact
that, the geographic adjustment factor (determined under
paragraph (2) of section 1848(e) (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(e)) used in
determining the amount of payment for physicians' services
under the Medicare program is less for physicians' services
provided in New Mexico than for physicians' services provided
in Arizona, Colorado, and Texas; and
(2) the effect that the level of the geographic cost-of-
practice adjustment factor (determined under paragraph (3) of
such section) has on the recruitment and retention of
physicians in small rural States, including New Mexico, Iowa,
Louisiana, and Arkansas.
(b) Report.--Not later than 3 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
submit a report to Congress on the study conducted under subsection
(a), together with any recommendations for legislation that the
Secretary determines to be appropriate as a result of such study.
Sec. 218. Withholding of Substance Abuse Funds. (a) In General.--
None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to withhold
substance abuse funding from a State pursuant to section 1926 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-26) if such State certifies
to the Secretary of Health and Human Services that the State will
commit additional State funds, in accordance with subsection (b), to
ensure compliance with State laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco
products to individuals under 18 years of age.
(b) Amount of State Funds.--The amount of funds to be committed by
a State under subsection (a) shall be equal to 1 percent of such
State's substance abuse block grant allocation for each percentage
point by which the State misses the retailer compliance rate goal
established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section
1926 of such Act, except that the Secretary may agree to a smaller
commitment of additional funds by the State.
(c) Supplement not Supplant.--Amounts expended by a State pursuant
to a certification under subsection (a) shall be used to supplement and
not supplant State funds used for tobacco prevention programs and for
compliance activities described in such subsection in the fiscal year
preceding the fiscal year to which this section applies.
(d) Enforcement of State Expenditure.--The Secretary shall exercise
discretion in enforcing the timing of the State expenditure required by
the certification described in subsection (a) as late as July 31, 2000.
Sec. 219. None of the funds made available under this title may be
used to carry out the transmittal of August 13, 1997 (relating to self-
administered drugs) of the Deputy Director of the Division of Acute
Care of the Health Care Financing Administration to regional offices of
such Administration or to promulgate any regulation or other
transmittal or policy directive that has the effect of imposing (or
clarifying the imposition of) a restriction on the coverage of
injectable drugs under section 1861(s)(2) of the Social Security Act
beyond the restrictions applied before the date of such transmittal.
Sec. 220. In accordance with section 1557 of title 31, United
States Code, funds obligated and awarded in fiscal years 1994 and 1995
under the heading ``National Cancer Institute'' for the Cancer Therapy
and Research Center in San Antonio, Texas, grant numbers 1 C06 CA58690-
01 and 3 C06 CA58690-01S1, shall be exempt from subchapter IV of
chapter 15 of such title and the obligated unexpended dollars shall
remain available to the grantee for expenditure without fiscal year
limitation to fulfill the purpose of the award.
Sec. 221. Not later than January 15, 2000, the Secretary of Health
and Human Services shall transfer $20,000,000 from the appropriation in
this Act for ``National Institutes of Health--National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases'' to the appropriation in this Act for
``Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--Disease Control,
Research, and Training''.
This title may be cited as the ``Department of Health and Human
Services Appropriations Act, 2000''.
TITLE III--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
education reform
For carrying out activities authorized by titles III and IV of the
Goals 2000: Educate America Act, the School-to-Work Opportunities Act,
and sections 3122, 3132, 3136, and 3141, parts B, C, and D of title
III, and part I of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965, $1,768,370,000, of which $456,500,000 for the Goals 2000:
Educate America Act and $55,000,000 for the School-to-Work
Opportunities Act shall become available on July 1, 2000 and remain
available through September 30, 2001, and of which $109,500,000 shall
be for section 3122: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated
under this heading shall be obligated or expended to carry out section
304(a)(2)(A) of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, except that no
more than $1,500,000 may be used to carry out activities under section
314(a)(2) of that Act: Provided further, That section 315(a)(2) of the
Goals 2000: Educate America Act shall not apply: Provided further, That
up to one-half of 1 percent of the amount available under section 3132
shall be set aside for the outlying areas, to be distributed on the
basis of their relative need as determined by the Secretary in
accordance with the purposes of the program: Provided further, That if
any State educational agency does not apply for a grant under section
3132, that State's allotment under section 3131 shall be reserved by
the Secretary for grants to local educational agencies in that State
that apply directly to the Secretary according to the terms and
conditions published by the Secretary in the Federal Register: Provided
further, That of the funds made available to carry out section 3136 and
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $500,000 shall be awarded
to the Houston Independent School District for technology
infrastructure, $8,000,000 shall be awarded to the I CAN LEARN program,
$3,000,000 shall be awarded to the Linking Education Technology and
Educational Reform (LINKS) project for educational technology,
$1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Center for Advanced Research and
Technology (CART) for comprehensive secondary education reform,
$250,000 shall be awarded to the Vaughn Reno Starks Community Center in
Elizabethtown, Kentucky for a technology program, $125,000 shall be
awarded to the Wyandanch Compel Youth Academy Educational Assistance
Program in New York, $3,000,000 shall be awarded to Hi-Technology High
School in San Bernardino County, California for technology enhancement,
$300,000 shall be awarded to the Long Island 21st Century Technology
and E-Commerce Alliance, $800,000 shall be awarded to Montana State
University-Billings for a distance learning initiative, $2,000,000 for
the Tupelo School District in Tupelo, Mississippi for technology
innovation in education, $900,000 for the University of Alaska at
Anchorage for distance learning education, $1,000,000 shall be awarded
to the Seton Hill College in Greensburg, Pennsylvania for a model
education technology training program, $500,000 shall be awarded to the
University of Alaska-Fairbanks, in Fairbanks, Alaska for a teacher
technology training program, $200,000 shall be awarded to the Alaska
Department of Education for the Alaska State Distance Education
Technology Consortium, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the North East
Vocational Area Cooperative in Washington State for a multi-district
technology education center, $400,000 shall be awarded to the
University of Vermont for the Vermont Learning Gateway Program,
$2,500,000 shall be awarded to the State University of New Jersey for
the RUNet 2000 project at Rutgers for an integrated voice-video-data
network to link students, faculty and administration via a high-speed,
broad band fiber optic network, $500,000 shall be awarded to the Iowa
Area Education Agency 13 for a public/private partnership to
demonstrate the effective use of technology in grades 1-3, $235,000
shall be for the Louisville Deaf Oral School for technology
enhancements: Provided further, That in the State of Alabama $50,000
shall be awarded to the Bibb County Board of Education for technology
enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the Calhoun County Board of
Education for technology enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the
Chambers County Board of Education for technology enhancements, $50,000
shall be awarded to the Chilton County Board of Education for
technology enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the Clay County
Board of Education for technology enhancements, $50,000 shall be
awarded to the Cleburne County Board of Education for technology
enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the Coosa County Board of
Education for technology enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the
Lee County Board of Education for technology enhancements, $50,000
shall be awarded to the Macon County Board of Education for technology
enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the St. Clair County Board of
Education for technology enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the
Talladega County Board of Education for technology enhancements,
$50,000 shall be awarded to the Tallapoosa County Board of Education
for technology enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the Randolph
County Board of Education for technology enhancements, $50,000 shall be
awarded to the Russell County Board of Education for technology
enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the Alexander City Board of
Education for technology enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the
Anniston City Board of Education for technology enhancements, $50,000
shall be awarded to the Lanett City Board of Education for technology
enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the Pell City Board of
Education for technology enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the
Roanoke City Board of Education for technology enhancements, $50,000
shall be awarded to the Talledega City Board of Education for
technology enhancements, $500,000 shall be to continue a state-of-the-
art information technology system at Mansfield University, Mansfield,
Pennsylvania, $250,000 shall be awarded to the Chicago Public School
Science and Technology Academy to establish a curriculum of math,
science, and technology, $500,000 shall be awarded to Prairie Hills,
Illinois Elementary School District 144 for a public/private teacher
technology training program, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to Adelphi
University in New York for the Information Commons project, $250,000
shall be awarded to the Oakland School District in California to
support a distance education initiative, $800,000 shall be awarded to
the Kennedy Krieger Career and Technology Center in Maryland for a
distance learning project, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to Augsburg
College and Twin Cities Public Television to demonstrate interactive
technology to assist teachers and parents in effectively using emerging
innovations in education, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Santa
Barbara Industry Education Council in California to provide technology
education to area students and teachers, $200,000 shall be awarded to
the Nebraska Community College for technology training, and $250,000
shall be awarded to the Providence Public School System, in partnership
with the Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center, for Project
Family Net to provide computer technology training to children and
their parents: Provided further, That of the funds made available to
carry out title III, part B of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, $750,000
shall be awarded to the Technology Literacy Center at the Museum of
Science and Industry, Chicago, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to an on-
line math and science training program at Oklahoma State University,
$4,000,000 shall be awarded to continue and expand the Iowa
Communications Network State-wide fiber optic demonstration project,
and $250,000 shall be awarded to the WinstonNet distance learning
project in Winston Salem, North Carolina: Provided further, That of the
funds made available for title X, part I of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 and notwithstanding any other provision
of law, $6,000 shall be awarded to the Study Partners Program, Inc., in
Louisville, Kentucky, $12,000 shall be awarded to the Shawnee Gardens
Tenants Association Inc., in Louisville, Kentucky for a tutorial
program, $12,000 shall be awarded to the 100 Black Men of Louisville,
Kentucky for a mentoring and leadership training program, $500,000
shall be awarded to the Omaha, Nebraska Public Schools for the OPS 21st
Century Learning Grant, $25,000 shall be for the Plymouth Renewal
Center in Kentucky for a tutoring program, $25,000 shall be for the
Canaan Community Development Corporation's Village Learning Center
Program, $25,000 shall be for the St. Stephen Life Center After School
Program, $25,000 shall be for the Louisville Central Community Centers
Youth Education Program, $15,000 shall be for the Trinity Family Life
Center tutoring program, $15,000 shall be for the New Zion Community
Development Foundation, Inc., after school mentoring program, $20,000
shall be for the St. Joseph Catholic Orphan Society program for abused
and neglected children, $25,000 shall be for the Portland Neighborhood
House after school program, $25,000 shall be for the St. Anthony
Community Outreach Center, Inc., for the Education PAYs program,
$250,000 shall be awarded to the Harvey Public School District 152 in
Chicago, Illinois for the ``Project CAFE'' after-school program,
$200,000 shall be awarded to the St. Clair County, Michigan
Intermediate School District for after-school programs, $400,000 shall
be awarded to the Macomb County, Michigan Intermediate School District
for after-school programs, $200,000 shall be awarded to the Danbury
Public School System in Connecticut for an ESCAPE Arts after-school
program, $50,000 shall be awarded to the Tuckahoe School District for
an after-school program in Eastchester, New York, $100,000 shall be
awarded to Innovative Directions, an Educational Alliance (IDEA), based
at the City Island School (P.S. 175) in the Bronx, New York City, New
York, $250,000 shall be awarded to the New York Hall of Science in
Queens, New York for after-school education programs, $60,000 shall be
awarded to the Mamaroneck School District in Mamaroneck, New York for
expansion of an after-school program, $250,000 shall be awarded to the
White Plains School District for an after-school program in White
Plains, New York, $200,000 shall be awarded to the New Rochelle School
District for an after-school program in New Rochelle, New York,
$250,000 shall be awarded to the Community School District 30 in
Queens, New York for the expansion of after-school activities, $500,000
shall be awarded to the Jefferson Elementary School for a joint after-
school program with the Madison Elementary School in Stevens Point,
Wisconsin, $400,000 shall be awarded to the School District of Superior
in Wisconsin for an after-school center, $100,000 shall be awarded to
the Independence School District in Kansas City, Missouri for an after-
school program, and $500,000 shall be awarded to the Clark County
School District in Nevada for an after-school program.
education for the disadvantaged
For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965, and section 418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965,
$8,700,986,000, of which $2,461,823,000 shall become available on July
1, 2000, and shall remain available through September 30, 2001, and of
which $6,204,763,000 shall become available on October 1, 2000 and
shall remain available through September 30, 2001, for academic year
2000-2001: Provided, That $6,783,000,000 shall be available for basic
grants under section 1124: Provided further, That $134,000,000 shall be
allocated among the States in the same proportion as funds are
allocated among the States under section 1122, to carry out section
1116(c): Provided further, That 100 percent of these funds shall be
allocated to local educational agencies for the purposes of carrying
out section 1116(c) and that local educational agencies shall provide
all students enrolled in a school identified under section 1116(c) with
the option to transfer to another public school within the local
educational agency, including a public charter school, that has not
been identified for school improvement under section 1116(c): Provided
further, That if the local educational agency demonstrates to the
satisfaction of the State educational agency that the local educational
agency lacks the capacity to provide all students with the option to
transfer to another public school, and after giving notice to the
parents of children affected that it is not possible, consistent with
State and local law, to accommodate the transfer request of every
student, the local educational agency shall permit as many students as
possible (who shall be selected by the local educational agency on an
equitable basis) to transfer to a public school that has not been
identified for school improvement under section 1116(c): Provided
further, That up to $3,500,000 of these funds shall be available to the
Secretary on October 1, 1999, to obtain updated local-educational-
agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau of the Census:
Provided further, That $1,158,397,000 shall be available for
concentration grants under section 1124A: Provided further, That
$8,900,000 shall be available for evaluations under section 1501 and
not more than $8,500,000 shall be reserved for section 1308, of which
not more than $3,000,000 shall be reserved for section 1308(d):
Provided further, That grant awards under sections 1124 and 1124A of
title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall be
made to each State and local educational agency at no less than 100
percent of the amount such State or local educational agency received
under this authority for fiscal year 1999: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, grant awards under section
1124A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
shall be made to those local educational agencies that received a
Concentration Grant under the Department of Education Appropriations
Act, 1998, but are not eligible to receive such a grant for fiscal year
2000: Provided further, That each such local educational agency shall
receive an amount equal to the Concentration Grant the agency received
in fiscal year 1998, ratably reduced, if necessary, to ensure that
these local educational agencies receive no greater share of their
hold-harmless amounts than other local educational agencies: Provided
further, That the Secretary shall not take into account the hold
harmless provisions in this section in determining State allocations
under any other program administered by the Secretary in any fiscal
year: Provided further, That $170,000,000 shall be available under
section 1002(g)(2) to demonstrate effective approaches to comprehensive
school reform to be allocated and expended in accordance with the
instructions relating to this activity in the statement of the managers
on the conference report accompanying Public Law 105-78 and in the
statement of the managers on the conference report accompanying Public
Law 105-277: Provided further, That in carrying out this initiative,
the Secretary and the States shall support only approaches that show
the most promise of enabling children served by title I to meet
challenging State content standards and challenging State student
performance standards based on reliable research and effective
practices, and include an emphasis on basic academics and parental
involvement.
impact aid
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to federally
affected schools authorized by title VIII of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, $910,500,000, of which $737,200,000
shall be for basic support payments under section 8003(b), $50,000,000
shall be for payments for children with disabilities under section
8003(d), $76,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for
payments under section 8003(f), $10,300,000 shall be for construction
under section 8007, $32,000,000 shall be for Federal property payments
under section 8002 and $5,000,000 to remain available until expended
shall be for facilities maintenance under section 8008: Provided, That
of the funds available for section 8007 and notwithstanding any other
provision of law, $500,000 shall be awarded to the Fort Sam Houston
Independent School District, Texas, $800,000 shall be awarded to the
Hays Lodgepole School District, Montana, and $2,000,000 shall be
awarded to the North Chicago Community Unit SD 187: Provided further,
That these funds shall remain available until expended: Provided
further, That the Secretary of Education shall treat as timely filed,
and shall process for payment, an application for a fiscal year 1999
payment from the local educational agency for Brookeland, Texas under
section 8002 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 if
the Secretary has received that application not later than 30 days
after the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That section 8002(f)
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by
adding a new paragraph ``(3)'' at the end to read as follows:
``(3) For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2000,
the Secretary shall treat the Central Union, California;
Island, California; Hill City, South Dakota; and Wall, South
Dakota local educational agencies as meeting the eligibility
requirements of subsection (a)(1)(C) of this section.'':
Provided further, That the Secretary of Education shall consider all
payments received by the educational agency for Hatboro-Horsham and
Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania for fiscal year 1995 under section
8002(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 7702(a)), and all payments under section 8002(h)(2)(A) for
subsequent years through fiscal year 1999, to be correct: Provided
further, That section 8002(f) of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 is amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph (4)
to read as follows:
``(4) For the purposes of payments under this section for
each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2000, the Secretary
shall treat the Hot Springs, South Dakota local educational
agency as if it had filed a timely application under section
8002 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for
fiscal year 1994 if the Secretary has received the fiscal year
1994 application, as well as Exhibits A and B not later than
December 1, 1999.'':
Provided further, That section 8002(f) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 is amended by adding at the end thereof a new
paragraph (5) to read as follows:
``(5) For purposes of payments under this section for each
fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2000, the Secretary
shall treat the Hueneme, California local educational agency as
if it had filed a timely application under section 8002 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 if the Secretary
has received the fiscal year 1995 application not later than
December 1, 1999.'':
Provided further, That the Secretary of Education shall treat as timely
filed, and shall process for payment, an application for a fiscal year
1998 payment from the local educational agency for Hydaburg, Alaska,
under section 8003 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 if the Secretary has received that application not later than 30
days after the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the
Secretary of Education shall treat as timely, and process for payment,
an application for fiscal years 1996 and 1997 payment from the local
education agency for Fallbrook Unified High School District,
California, under section 8002 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, if the Secretary has received that application
not later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act: Provided
further, That for the purpose of computing the amount of a payment for
a local educational agency for children identified under section 8003
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, children
residing in housing initially acquired or constructed under section 801
of the Military Construction Authorization Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-
115) (``Build to Lease'' program) shall be considered as children
described under section 8003(a)(1)(B) if the property described is
within the fenced security perimeter of the military facility upon
which such housing is situated: Provided further, That if such property
is not owned by the Federal Government, is subject to taxation by a
State or political subdivision of a State, and thereby generates
revenues for a local educational agency which received a payment from
the Secretary under section 8003, the Secretary shall: (1) require such
local educational agency to provide certification from an appropriate
official of the Department of Defense that such property is being used
to provide military housing; and (2) reduce the amount of such payment
by an amount equal to the amount of revenue from such taxation received
in the second preceding fiscal year by such local educational agency,
unless the amount of such revenue was taken into account by the State
for such second preceding fiscal year and already resulted in a
reduction in the amount of State aid paid to such local educational
agency.
school improvement programs
For carrying out school improvement activities authorized by titles
II, IV, V-A and B, VI, IX, X, and XIII of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (``ESEA''); the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Act; and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and part B of title
VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965; $3,026,884,000, of which
$975,300,000 shall become available on July 1, 2000, and remain
available through September 30, 2001, and of which $1,515,000,000 shall
become available on October 1, 2000 and shall remain available through
September 30, 2001 for academic year 2000-2001: Provided, That of the
amount appropriated, $335,000,000 shall be for Eisenhower professional
development State grants under title II-B and $1,680,000,000 shall be
for title VI and up to $750,000 shall be for an evaluation of
comprehensive regional assistance centers under title XIII of ESEA:
Provided further, That of the amount made available for title VI
$1,300,000,000 shall be available, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, to carry out title VI of Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 in accordance with section 310 of this Act, in order to reduce
class size, particularly in the early grades, using highly qualified
teachers to improve educational achievement for regular and special
needs children.
reading excellence
For necessary expenses to carry out the Reading Excellence Act,
$65,000,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2000 and shall
remain available through September 30, 2001 and $195,000,000 which
shall become available on October 1, 2000 and remain available through
September 30, 2001.
indian education
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise
provided, title IX, part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965, as amended, $77,000,000.
bilingual and immigrant education
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, bilingual,
foreign language and immigrant education activities authorized by parts
A and C and section 7203 of title VII of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, without regard to section 7103(b), $406,000,000:
Provided, That State educational agencies may use all, or any part of,
their part C allocation for competitive grants to local educational
agencies.
special education
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act,
$6,036,646,000, of which $2,047,885,000 shall become available for
obligation on July 1, 2000, and shall remain available through
September 30, 2001, and of which $3,742,000,000 shall become available
on October 1, 2000 and shall remain available through September 30,
2001, for academic year 2000-2001: Provided, That $1,500,000 shall be
for the recipient of funds provided by Public Law 105-78 under section
687(b)(2)(G) of the Act to provide information on diagnosis,
intervention, and teaching strategies for children with disabilities:
Provided further, That $1,500,000 shall be awarded to the Organizing
Committee for the 2001 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Alaska
and $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Salt Lake City Organizing
Committee for the VIII Paralympic Winter Games: Provided further, That
$1,000,000 shall be for the Early Childhood Development Project of the
National Easter Seal Society for the Mississippi Delta Region, which
funds shall be used to provide training, technical support, services
and equipment to address personnel and other needs: Provided further,
That $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Center for Literacy and
Assessment at the University of Southern Mississippi for research
dissemination and teacher and parent training.
rehabilitation services and disability research
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, and
the Helen Keller National Center Act, $2,707,522,000: Provided, That
notwithstanding section 105(b)(1) of the Assistive Technology Act of
1998 (``the AT Act''), each State shall be provided $50,000 for
activities under section 102 of the AT Act: Provided further, That of
the funds available for section 303 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
and notwithstanding any other provision of law, $750,000 shall be
awarded to the Krasnow Institute at George Mason University for a
Receptive Language Disorders research center, $1,000,000 shall be
awarded to the University of Central Florida for a virtual reality-
based education and training program for the deaf, $2,000,000 shall be
awarded to the Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind for interpreter,
orientation, mobility, and education services for deaf, blind and other
visually impaired adults, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the
Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness in
Louisiana for the training of professionals in the field of education
and rehabilitation of blind adults and children, $600,000 shall be
awarded to the Alaska Center for Independent Living in Anchorage,
Alaska to develop capacity to implement a self-directed model for
personal assistance services, including training of self-employed
personal assistants and their clients, and $250,000 shall be awarded to
the Center for Discovery International Family Institute in Sullivan
County, New York to provide educational opportunities and support to
individuals with severe mental and physical disabilities: Provided
further, That of the funds available for section 305 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and notwithstanding any other provision of
law, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the California State University at
Northridge for a Western Center for Adaptive Therapy: Provided further,
That of the funds available for title II of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, $500,000 shall be
awarded to the Albert Einstein Medical Center healthcare network in
Philadelphia for research on post polio syndrome.
Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities
american printing house for the blind
For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as amended (20 U.S.C.
101 et seq.), $10,100,000.
national technical institute for the deaf
For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under titles I
and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et
seq.), $48,151,000, of which $2,651,000 shall be for construction and
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That from the total
amount available, the Institute may at its discretion use funds for the
endowment program as authorized under section 207.
gallaudet university
For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model
Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of Gallaudet
University under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of
1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $85,980,000, of which $2,500,000 shall
be for construction and shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That from the total amount available, the University may at
its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under
section 207.
vocational and adult education
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Carl D.
Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act, the Adult Education and
Family Literacy Act, and title VIII-D of the Higher Education Act of
1965, as amended, and Public Law 102-73, $1,681,750,000, of which
$3,500,000 shall remain available until expended, and of which
$858,150,000 shall become available on July 1, 2000 and shall remain
available through September 30, 2001 and of which $791,000,000 shall
become available on October 1, 2000 and shall remain available through
September 30, 2001: Provided, That of the amounts made available for
the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act, $4,600,000
shall be for tribally controlled vocational institutions under section
117: Provided further, That of the $450,000,000 for Adult Education
State Grants, 30 percent of the amount exceeding the amount
appropriated in fiscal year 1999 shall be made available for integrated
English literacy and civics education services to immigrants and other
limited English proficient populations: Provided further, That of the
amount reserved for integrated English literacy and civics education,
half shall be allocated to the States with the largest absolute need
for such services and half shall be allocated to the States with the
largest recent growth in need for such services, based on the best
available data, notwithstanding section 211 of the Adult Education and
Family Literacy Act: Provided further, That $9,000,000 shall be for
carrying out section 118 of such act for all activities conducted by
and through the National Occupational Information Coordinating
Committee: Provided further, That of the amounts made available for the
Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, $14,000,000 shall be for
national leadership activities under section 243 and $6,000,000 shall
be for the National Institute for Literacy under section 242: Provided
further, That $19,000,000 shall be for Youth Offender Grants, of which
$5,000,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2000, and remain
available through September 30, 2001, shall be used in accordance with
section 601 of Public Law 102-73 as that section was in effect prior to
the enactment of Public Law 105-220.
student financial assistance
For carrying out subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part A, part C and part E
of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended,
$9,435,000,000, which shall remain available through September 30,
2001.
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible during
award year 2000-2001 shall be $3,300: Provided, That notwithstanding
section 401(g) of the Act, if the Secretary determines, prior to
publication of the payment schedule for such award year, that the
amount included within this appropriation for Pell Grant awards in such
award year, and any funds available from the fiscal year 1999
appropriation for Pell Grant awards, are insufficient to satisfy fully
all such awards for which students are eligible, as calculated under
section 401(b) of the Act, the amount paid for each such award shall be
reduced by either a fixed or variable percentage, or by a fixed dollar
amount, as determined in accordance with a schedule of reductions
established by the Secretary for this purpose.
For an additional amount for ``student financial assistance'' for
payment of allocations to institutions of higher education for Federal
Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants for award years 1999-2000
and 2000-2001, made under title IV, part A, subpart 3, of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended, $10,000,000: Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Education
may waive or modify any statutory or regulatory provision applicable to
the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant program and the
determination of need for such grants, that the Secretary deems
necessary to assist individuals who suffered financial harm resulting
from the hurricanes, and the flooding associated with the hurricanes,
that struck the eastern United States in August and September 1999, and
who, at the time of the disaster were residing, attending an
institution of higher education, or employed within an area affected by
such a disaster on the date which the President declared the existence
of a major disaster (or, in the case of an individual who is a
dependent student, whose parent or stepparent suffered financial harm
from such disaster, and who resided, or was employed in such an area at
that time): Provided further, That notwithstanding section 437 of the
General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232) and section 553 of
title 5, United States Code, the Secretary shall, by notice in the
Federal Register, exercise this authority, through publication of
waivers or modifications of statutory and regulatory provisions, as the
Secretary deems necessary to assist such individuals: Provided further,
That notwithstanding section 413D of the Higher Education Act of 1965,
allocations from such additional amount shall not be taken into account
in determining institutional allocations under such section in future
years: Provided further, That the entire amount made available under
this paragraph 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, and that the entire amount shall
be available only to the extent an official budget request for the
entire amount, that includes designation of the entire amount as an
emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress.
federal family education loan program account
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out guaranteed student
loans authorized by title IV, part B, of the Higher Education Act of
1965, as amended, $48,000,000.
higher education
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, section 121
and titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the Higher Education
Act of 1965, as amended, and the Mutual Educational and Cultural
Exchange Act of 1961; $1,533,659,000, of which $12,000,000 for interest
subsidies authorized by section 121 of the Higher Education Act of
1965, shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of the
funds available for part A, subpart 2 of title VII of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, $10,000,000 shall be available to fund awards
for academic year 2000-2001, and $10,000,000 to remain available
through September 30, 2001, shall be available to fund awards for
academic year 2001-2002, for fellowships under part A, subpart 1 of
title VII of said Act, under the terms and conditions of part A,
subpart 1: Provided further, That section 852(b)(1) of the Higher
Education Amendments of 1998 is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking
``14'' and inserting ``16'';
(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``and'' after the
semicolon;
(3) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period and
inserting a semicolon; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(G) one member shall be appointed by the
Chairperson of the Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate from among members of
the Senate; and
``(H) one member shall be appointed by the
Chairperson of the Committee on Education and the
Workforce of the House of Representatives from among
members of the House of Representatives.'':
Provided further, That the matter preceding paragraph (1) of section
853(b) of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 is amended by
striking ``6 months'' and inserting ``12 months'': Provided further,
That the amounts provided under this heading in division A, section
101(f) of Public Law 105-277 for the Web-Based Education Commission,
authorized by part J of title VIII of the Higher Education Amendments
of 1998, shall remain available through September 30, 2000: Provided
further, That $3,000,000 is for data collection and evaluation
activities for programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965,
including such activities needed to comply with the Government
Performance and Results Act of 1993: Provided further, That of the
funds available for title IV, part A, subpart 8 of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, $3,000,000
shall be awarded to the University of South Florida for a distance
learning program, $190,000 shall be awarded to the New York Global
Communication Center in West Islip, New York for a distance learning
program, $2,000,000 shall be awarded to the Alliance for Technology,
Learning and Society (ATLAS) at the University of Colorado for
technology-enhanced learning, $2,500,000 shall be awarded to the
Illinois Community College Board to develop a systemwide, on-line
virtual degree program for the community college system in Illinois,
and $1,250,000 shall be made available to the University of Idaho
Interactive Learning Environments to develop and improve Internet-based
delivery of education programs.
howard university
For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C. 121 et seq.),
$219,444,000, of which not less than $3,530,000 shall be for a matching
endowment grant pursuant to the Howard University Endowment Act (Public
Law 98-480) and shall remain available until expended.
college housing and academic facilities loans program
For Federal administrative expenses authorized under section 121 of
the Higher Education Act of 1965, $737,000 to carry out activities
related to existing facility loans entered into under the Higher
Education Act of 1965.
historically black college and university capital financing program
account
The total amount of bonds insured pursuant to section 344 of title
III, part D of the Higher Education Act of 1965 shall not exceed
$357,000,000, and the cost, as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of such bonds shall not exceed zero.
For administrative expenses to carry out the Historically Black
College and University Capital Financing Program entered into pursuant
to title III, part D of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended,
$207,000.
education research, statistics, and improvement
For carrying out activities authorized by the Educational Research,
Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994, including part
E; the National Education Statistics Act of 1994, including sections
411 and 412; section 2102 of title II, and parts A, B, and K and
section 10102, section 10105, and 10601 of title X, and part C of title
XIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended,
and title VI of Public Law 103-227, $596,892,000: Provided, That
$50,000,000 shall be available to demonstrate effective approaches to
comprehensive school reform, to be allocated and expended in accordance
with the instructions relating to this activity in the statement of
managers on the conference report accompanying Public Law 105-78 and in
the statement of the managers on the conference report accompanying
Public Law 105-277: Provided further, That the funds made available for
comprehensive school reform shall become available on July 1, 2000, and
remain available through September 30, 2001, and in carrying out this
initiative, the Secretary and the States shall support only approaches
that show the most promise of enabling children to meet challenging
State content standards and challenging State student performance
standards based on reliable research and effective practices, and
include an emphasis on basic academics and parental involvement:
Provided further, That $30,000,000 of the funds provided for the
national education research institutes shall be allocated
notwithstanding section 912(m)(1)(B-F) and subparagraphs (B) and (C) of
section 931(c)(2) of Public Law 103-227: Provided further, That of the
funds appropriated under section 10601 of title X of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, $1,500,000 shall be used
to conduct a violence prevention demonstration program: Provided
further, That $45,000,000 shall be available to support activities
under section 10105 of part A of title X of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, of which up to $2,250,000 may be
available for evaluation, technical assistance, and school networking
activities: Provided further, That funds made available to local
educational agencies under this section shall be used only for
activities related to establishing smaller learning communities in high
schools: Provided further, That funds made available for section 10105
of part A of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 shall become available on July 1, 2000, and remain available
through September 30, 2001: Provided further, That of the funds
available for part A of title X of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, $10,000,000 shall be awarded to the National
Constitution Center, established by Public Law 100-433, for exhibition
design, program planning and operation of the center, $10,000,000 shall
be provided to continue a demonstration of public school facilities to
the Iowa Department of Education, $1,000,000 shall be made available to
the New Mexico Department of Education for school performance
improvement and drop-out prevention, $300,000 shall be made available
to Semos Unlimited, Inc., in New Mexico to support bilingual education
and literacy programs, $700,000 shall be awarded to Loyola University
Chicago for recruitment and preparation of new teacher candidates for
employment in rural and inner-city schools, $500,000 shall be awarded
to Shedd Aquarium/Brookfield Zoo for science education/exposure
programs for local elementary school students, $3,000,000 shall be
awarded to Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America to expand school-based
mentoring, $2,500,000 shall be awarded to the Chicago Public School
System to support a substance abuse pilot program in conjunction with
Elgin and East Aurora School Systems, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to
the University of Virginia Center for Governmental Studies for the
Youth Leadership Initiative, $800,000 shall be awarded to the Institute
for Student Achievement at Holmes Middle School and Annandale High
School in Virginia for academic enrichment programs, $100,000 shall be
awarded to the Mountain Arts Center for educational programming,
$1,500,000 shall be awarded to the University of Louisville for
research in the area of academic readiness, $500,000 shall be awarded
to the West Ed Regional Educational Laboratory for the 24 Challenge and
Jumping Levels Math Demonstration Project, $1,000,000 shall be awarded
to Central Michigan University for a charter schools development and
performance institute, $950,000 shall be awarded to the Living Science
Interactive Learning Model partnership in Indian River, Florida for a
science education program, $825,000 shall be awarded to the North
Babylon Community Youth Services for an educational program, $1,000,000
shall be awarded to the Los Angeles County Office of Education/
Educational Telecommunications and Technology for a pilot program for
teachers, $650,000 shall be awarded to the University of Northern Iowa
for an institute of technology for inclusive education, $500,000 shall
be awarded to Youth Crime Watch of America to expand a program to
prevent crime, drugs and violence in schools, $892,000 shall be awarded
to Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania for an environmental science
program, $560,000 shall be awarded to the Western Suffolk St. Johns-
LaSalle Academy Science and Technology Mentoring Program, $4,000,000
shall be awarded to the National Teaching Academy of Chicago for a
model teacher recruitment, preparation and professional development
program, $2,000,000 shall be awarded to the University of West Florida
for a teacher enhancement program, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to Delta
State University in Mississippi for innovative teacher training,
$1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Alaska Humanities Forum, Inc., in
Anchorage, Alaska, $250,000 shall be awarded to An Achievable Dream in
Newport News, Virginia to improve academic performance of at-risk
youths, $250,000 shall be awarded to the Rock School of Ballet in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to expand its community-outreach programs
for inner-city children and underprivileged youth in Camden, New Jersey
and southern New Jersey, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the University
of Maryland Center for Quality and Productivity to provide a link for
the Blue Ribbon Schools, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Continuing
Education Center and Teachers' Institute in South Boston, Virginia to
promote participation among youth in the United States democratic
process, $1,000,000 shall be for the National Museum of Women in the
Arts to expand its ``Discovering Art'' program to elementary and
secondary schools and other educational organizations, $400,000 shall
be awarded to the Alaska Department of Education's summer reading
program, $400,000 shall be awarded to the Partners in Education, Inc.,
to foster successful business-school partnerships, $250,000 shall be
for the Kodiak Island Borough School District for development of an
environmental education program, $2,000,000 shall be for the Reach Out
and Read Program to expand literacy and health awareness for at-risk
families, $1,000,000 shall be for the Virginia Living Museum in Newport
News, Virginia for an educational program, $450,000 shall be for the
Challenger Learning Center in Hardin County, Kentucky for technology
assistance and teacher training, $250,000 shall be for the Crawford
County School System in Georgia for technology and curriculum support,
$500,000 shall be for the Berrien County School System in Georgia for
technology development, $35,000 shall be for the Louisville Salvation
Army Boys and Girls Club Diversion Enhancement Program, $100,000 shall
be awarded to the Philadelphia Orchestra's Philly Pops to operate the
Jazz in the Schools program in the Philadelphia school district,
$500,000 for the Mississippi Delta Education for a teacher incentive
program initiative, $500,000 shall be for A Community of Agile Partners
in Education and the Pennsylvania Telecommunications Exchange Network
for a technology resource sharing initiative, $500,000 shall be for
enhanced teacher training in reading in the District of Columbia,
$100,000 shall be awarded to the Project 2000 D.C. mentoring project,
and $1,250,000 shall be awarded to Helen Keller World Wide to expand
the ChildSight vision screening program and provide eyeglasses to
additional children whose educational performance may be hindered by
poor vision, $750,000 shall be awarded to the Explornet Technology
Learning Project in North Carolina, $1,750,000 shall be awarded to the
Connecticut Early Reading Success Institute to broaden the training of
professionals in best practices in reading instruction, $400,000 shall
be awarded to the National Academy of Recording Artists and Sciences
Foundation for the GRAMMY in the Schools program to provide music
education to high school students, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the
Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development for the Pathways
to Freedom program for civil rights education for young people and for
community learning centers, $500,000 shall be awarded to the Milton S.
Eisenhower Foundation to replicate and scientifically evaluate full-
service community schools, $500,000 shall be awarded to the Henry
Abbott Technical High School in Danbury, Connecticut for workforce
education and training activities, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the
Educational Performance Foundation, CPI music education program called
``From the Top'', $250,000 shall be awarded to the Mount Vernon School
District in Mount Vernon, New York for the Institute of Student
Achievement program, $2,000,000 shall be awarded to the National
Council of La Raza for a project to improve educational outcomes and
opportunities for Hispanic children, $250,000 shall be awarded to the
Oakland Unified School District in California for an African American
Literacy and Culture Project, $300,000 shall be awarded to the Vasona
Center Youth Science Institute, $750,000 shall be awarded to the Life
Learning Academy Charter School in San Francisco, California, $250,000
shall be awarded to the National Urban Coalition Say YES To A
Youngster's Future Program to provide math and science education,
$750,000 shall be awarded to the Wisconsin Academy Staff Development
Initiative in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin to provide math, science, and
technology teacher training, $500,000 shall be awarded to the
University of Missouri-St. Louis to develop a plan to improve the
education system in the City of St. Louis, Missouri, $313,000 shall be
awarded to the City of Houston for the ASPIRE after-school program,
$900,000 shall be awarded to the Boston Music Education Collaborative
comprehensive interdisciplinary music program and teacher resource
center in Boston, Massachusetts, $250,000 shall be awarded to the
Baltimore Reads after-school tutoring program in Baltimore, Maryland,
$300,000 shall be awarded to the School of International Training in
Brattleboro, Vermont to develop an education curriculum addressing
child labor issues in collaboration with the Brattleboro Union High
School, $750,000 shall be awarded to the University of Puerto Rico for
the continuation and expansion of the Hispanic Educational Linkages
Program in New York City, including the South Bronx, New York, $250,000
shall be awarded to the Community Service Society of New York for
mentoring, tutoring and technology activities in New York City public
schools, including schools in the South Bronx, $250,000 shall be
awarded to the Smithsonian Institution for a jazz music education
program in Washington, D.C., $500,000 shall be awarded to Johnson
Elementary School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to develop an innovative arts
education model which could be replicated in other schools, $2,000,000
shall be awarded to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America for after-
school programs, $500,000 shall be for the University of New Orleans
for a teacher preparation and educational technology initiative, and
$250,000 shall be for the Florida Department of Education for an
Internet-based teacher recruitment model, $250,000 shall be awarded to
the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the ``Make a Ballet''
arts education program in the New York City area: Provided further,
That of the funds available for section 10601 of title X of such Act,
$2,000,000 shall be awarded to the Center for Educational Technologies
for production and distribution of an effective CD-ROM product that
would complement the ``We the People: The Citizen and the
Constitution'' curriculum: Provided further, That, in addition to the
funds for title VI of Public Law 103-227 and notwithstanding the
provisions of section 601(c)(1)(C) of that Act, $1,000,000 shall be
available to the Center for Civic Education to conduct a civic
education program with Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
and, consistent with the civics and Government activities authorized in
section 601(c)(3) of Public Law 103-227, to provide civic education
assistance to democracies in developing countries. The term
``developing countries'' shall have the same meaning as the term
``developing country'' in the Education for the Deaf Act.
Departmental Management
program administration
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the
Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of two passenger
motor vehicles, $383,184,000.
office for civil rights
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as
authorized by section 203 of the Department of Education Organization
Act, $71,200,000.
office of inspector general
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, as
authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education Organization
Act, $34,000,000.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used for the
transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of
equipment for such transportation) in order to overcome racial
imbalance in any school or school system, or for the transportation of
students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such
transportation) in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of
any school or school system.
Sec. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to
require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any student to a
school other than the school which is nearest the student's home,
except for a student requiring special education, to the school
offering such special education, in order to comply with title VI of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section an
indirect requirement of transportation of students includes the
transportation of students to carry out a plan involving the
reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of
schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of grade
restructuring, pairing or clustering. The prohibition described in this
section does not include the establishment of magnet schools.
Sec. 303. No funds appropriated under this Act may be used to
prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and
meditation in the public schools.
(transfer of funds)
Sec. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended) which are appropriated for the Department of
Education in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no
such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any
such transfer: Provided, That the Appropriations Committees of both
Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any
transfer.
Sec. 305. (a) From the funds appropriated for payments to local
educational agencies under section 8003(f) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (``ESEA'') for fiscal year 2000, the
Secretary of Education shall distribute supplemental payments for
certain local educational agencies, as follows:
(1) First, from the amount of $74,000,000, the Secretary
shall make supplemental payments to the following agencies
under section 8003(f) of ESEA:
(A) Local educational agencies that received
assistance under section 8003(f) for fiscal year 1999--
(i) in fiscal year 1997 had at least 40
percent federally connected children described
in section 8003(a)(1) in average daily
attendance; and in fiscal year 1997 had a tax
rate for general fund purposes which was at
least 95 percent of the State average tax rate
for general fund purposes; or
(ii) whose boundary is coterminous with the
boundary of a Federal military installation.
(B) Local educational agencies that received
assistance under section 8003(f) for fiscal year 1999;
and in fiscal year 1997 had at least 30 percent
federally connected children described in section
8003(a)(1) in average daily attendance; and in fiscal
year 1997 had a tax rate for general fund purposes
which was at least 125 percent of the State average tax
rate for general fund purposes.
(C) Any eligible local educational agency that in
fiscal year 1997, which had at least 25,000 children in
average daily attendance, at least 50 percent federally
connected children described in section 8003(a)(1) in
average daily attendance, and at least 6,000 children
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section
8003(a)(1) in average daily attendance.
(2) From the remaining $2,000,000 and any amounts available
after making payments under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall
then make supplemental payments to local educational agencies
that are not described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, but
that meet the requirements of paragraphs (2) and (4) of section
8003(f) of ESEA for fiscal year 2000.
(3) After making payments to all eligible local educational
agencies described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a), the
Secretary shall use any remaining funds from paragraph (2) for
making payments to the eligible local educational agencies
described in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) if the amount
available under paragraph (1) is insufficient to fully fund all
eligible local educational agencies.
(4) After making payments to all eligible local educational
agencies as described in paragraphs 1 through 3, the Secretary
shall use any remaining funds to increase basic support
payments under section 8003(b) for fiscal year 2000 for all
eligible applicants.
(b) In calculating the amounts of supplemental payments for
agencies described in subparagraphs (1)(A) and (B) and paragraph (2) of
subsection (a), the Secretary shall use the formula contained in
section 8003(b)(1)(C) of ESEA, except that--
(1) eligible local educational agencies may count all
children described in section 8003(a)(1) in computing the
amount of those payments;
(2) maximum payments for any of those agencies that use
local contribution rates identified in section 8003(b)(1)(C)
(i) or (ii) shall be computed by using four-fifths instead of
one-half of those rates;
(3) the learning opportunity threshold percentage of all
such agencies under section 8003(b)(2)(B) shall be deemed to be
100;
(4) for an eligible local educational agency with 35
percent or more of its children in average daily attendance
described in either subparagraph (D) or (E) of section
8003(a)(1) in fiscal year 1997, the weighted student unit
figure from its regular basic support payment shall be
recomputed by using a factor of 0.55 for such children;
(5) for an eligible local educational agency with fewer
than 100 children in average daily attendance in fiscal year
1997, the weighted student unit figure from its regular basic
support payment shall be recomputed by multiplying the total
number of children described in section 8003(a)(1) by a factor
of 1.75; and
(6) for an eligible local educational agency whose total
number of children in average daily attendance in fiscal year
1997 was at least 100, but fewer than 750, the weighted student
unit figure from its regular basic support payment shall be
recomputed by multiplying the total number of children
described in section 8003(a)(1) by a factor of 1.25.
(c) For a local educational agency described in subsection
(a)(1)(C) above, the Secretary shall use the formula contained in
section 8003(b)(1)(C) of ESEA, except that the weighted student unit
total from its regular basic support payment shall be recomputed by
using a factor of 1.35 for children described in subparagraphs (A) and
(B) of section 8003(a)(1) and its learning opportunity threshold
percentage shall be deemed to be 100.
(d) For each eligible local educational agency, the calculated
supplemental section 8003(f) payment shall be reduced by subtracting
the agency's fiscal year 2000 section 8003(b) basic support payment.
(e) If the sums described in subsections (a)(1) and (2) above are
insufficient to pay in full the calculated supplemental payments for
the local educational agencies identified in those subsections, the
Secretary shall ratably reduce the supplemental section 8003(f) payment
to each local educational agency.
Sec. 306. (a) Section 1204(b)(1)(A) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6364(b)(1)(a)) is amended--
(1) in clause (iv), by striking ``and'' after the
semicolon;
(2) by striking clause (v) and adding the following:
``(v) 50 percent in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth
such years; and
``(vi) 35 percent in any subsequent such year.''.
(b) Section 1208(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
``(3) Continuing eligibility.--In awarding subgrant funds
to continue a program under this part after the first year, the
State educational agency shall review the progress of each
eligible entity in meeting the goals of the program referred to
in section 1207(c)(1)(A) and shall evaluate the program based
on the indicators of program quality developed by the State
under section 1210.''; and
(2) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking the last sentence.
Sec. 307. (a) Notwithstanding sections 401(j) and 435(a)(2) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(j) and 1085(a)(2)) and
subject to the requirements of subsection (b), the Secretary of
Education shall--
(1) recalculate the official fiscal year 1996 cohort
default rate for Jacksonville College of Jacksonville, Texas,
on the basis of data corrections confirmed by the Texas
Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation; and
(2) restore the eligibility of Jacksonville College to
participate in the Federal Pell Grant Program for the 1999-2000
award year and succeeding award years.
(b) Jacksonville College shall implement a default management plan
that is satisfactory to the Secretary of Education.
(c) For purposes of determining its Federal Pell Grant Program
eligibility, Jacksonville College shall be deemed to have withdrawn
from the Federal Family Education Loan program as of October 6, 1998.
Sec. 308. An amount of $14,500,000 from the balances of returned
reserve funds, formerly held by the Higher Education Assistance
Foundation, that are currently held in Higher Education Assistance
Foundation Claims Reserves, Treasury account number 91X6192, and
$12,000,000 from funds formerly held by the Higher Education Assistance
Foundation, that are currently held in trust, shall be deposited in the
general fund of the Treasury.
Sec. 309. Of the funds provided in title III of this Act, under the
heading ``Higher Education'', for title VII, part B of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, $250,000 shall be awarded to the Snelling Center
for Government at the University of Vermont for a model school program,
$750,000 shall be awarded to Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, for
operation of the Early Childhood Development Center, $1,000,000 shall
be awarded to Southeast Missouri State University for equipment and
curriculum development associated with the University's Polytechnic
Institute, $800,000 shall be awarded to the Washington Virtual
Classroom Consortium to develop, equip and implement an ecosystem
curriculum, $500,000 shall be provided to the Puget Sound Center for
Technology for faculty development activities for the use of technology
in the classroom, $500,000 shall be awarded to the Center for the
Advancement of Distance Education in Rural America, $3,000,000, to be
available until expended, shall be awarded to the University Center of
Lake County, Illinois and $1,000,000, to be available until expended,
shall be awarded to the Oregon University System for activities
authorized under title III, part A, section 311(c)(2), of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended, $500,000 shall be awarded to
Columbia College Illinois for a freshman retention program, $1,500,000
shall be awarded to the University of Hawaii at Manoa for a
Globalization Research Center, $2,000,000 shall be awarded to the
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff for technology infrastructure,
$1,000,000 shall be awarded to the I Have a Dream Foundation,
$1,000,000 shall be awarded to a demonstration program for activities
authorized under part G of title VIII of the Higher Education Act of
1965, as amended, $3,000,000 shall be awarded to the Daniel J. Evans
School of Public Policy at the University of Washington, $200,000 shall
be awarded to North Dakota State University for the Career Program for
Dislocated Farmers and Ranchers, $350,000 shall be awarded to North
Dakota State University for the Tech-based Industry Traineeship
Program, $3,000,000 shall be awarded to Washington State University for
the Thomas S. Foley Institute to support programs in congressional
studies, public policy, voter education, and to ensure community access
and outreach, $200,000 shall be awarded to Minot State University for
the Rural Communications Disabilities Program, $300,000 shall be
awarded to Bryant College for the Linking International Trade Education
Program (LITE), $1,000,000 shall be awarded to Concord College, West
Virginia for a technology center to further enhance the technical
skills of West Virginia teachers and students, $200,000 shall be
awarded to Peirce College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for education
and training programs, $250,000 shall be awarded to the Philadelphia
Zoo for educational programs, $800,000 shall be awarded to Spelman
College in Georgia for educational operations, $1,000,000 shall be
awarded to the Philadelphia University Education Center for technology
education, $725,000 shall be awarded to Lock Haven University for
technology innovations, $250,000 for Middle Georgia College for an
advanced distributed learning center demonstration program, $1,000,000
for the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas, to
improve teacher capabilities in technology, $1,000,000 for Elmira
College in New York for a technology enhancement initiative, $1,000,000
shall be awarded to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Consortium on Higher
Education for education programs, $400,000 shall be awarded to Lehigh
University Iacocca Institute for educational training, $250,000 shall
be awarded to Lafayette College for arts education, $1,000,000 shall be
awarded to Lewis and Clark College for the Crime Victims Law Institute,
$1,650,000 for Rust College in Mississippi for technology
infrastructure, $500,000 for the University of Notre Dame for a teacher
quality initiative, $2,400,000 shall be awarded to the Western
Governors University for a distance learning initiative, $1,000,000
shall be awarded to the Alabama A&M University for the development of a
research institute, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to Tarleton State
University in Stephenville, Texas for the Center for Astronomy
Education and Research summer science programs for students and
teachers, $1,500,000 shall be awarded to the Great Plains Network at
Kansas University, $350,000 shall be awarded to the Science Education
and Literacy Center at Rider University in New Jersey, $1,500,000 shall
be awarded to the Indiana State University DegreeLink Partnership for a
distance learning program, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Ivy
Technical State College in Indiana for a machine tool training program,
$1,250,000 shall be awarded to the Connecticut State University System
Center for Education Technology Assessment, $400,000 shall be awarded
to Monmouth University in New Jersey for the 21st Century Science
Teachers Skills Project, $58,000 shall be awarded to the Black Hawk
College International Business Education Center in Moline, Illinois for
training in international economics, $325,000 shall be awarded to the
World Learning School of International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont
for the expansion of a language study program, $500,000 shall be
awarded to the Diablo Valley Community College at Contra-Costa
Community College District for a model teacher program to foster
interest in teaching careers among high school and community college
students, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Urban College of Boston,
Massachusetts, for tutoring and mentoring services for educationally
disadvantaged students, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the University
of Rhode Island Center for Environmental Design, Planning, and Policy
in Kingston, Rhode Island to foster environmental education, $800,000
shall be awarded to the Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College at
Ashland and Superior to provide high technology education and training,
$400,000 shall be for an award to the University of Wisconsin at
Superior for Project SPARKS to link faculty with schools in the
Superior School District in Wisconsin, and $100,000 shall be awarded to
the University of Nevada at Las Vegas for the Nevada Institute for
Children Children's literacy program.
Sec. 310. (a) From the amount appropriated for title VI of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in accordance with this
section, the Secretary of Education--(1) shall make available a total
of $6,000,000 to the Secretary of the Interior (on behalf of the Bureau
of Indian Affairs) and the outlying areas for activities under this
section; and (2) shall allocate the remainder by providing each State
the same percentage of that remainder as it received of the funds
allocated to States under section 307(a)(2) of the Department of
Education Appropriations Act, 1999.
(b)(1) Each State that receives funds under this section shall
distribute 100 percent of such funds to local educational agencies, of
which--
(A) 80 percent of such amount shall be allocated to such
local educational agencies in proportion to the number of
children, aged 5 to 17, who reside in the school district
served by such local educational agency from families with
incomes below the poverty line (as defined by the Office of
Management and Budget and revised annually in accordance with
section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42
U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of the size involved
for the most recent fiscal year for which satisfactory data are
available compared to the number of such individuals who reside
in the school districts served by all the local educational
agencies in the State for that fiscal year; and
(B) 20 percent of such amount shall be allocated to such
local educational agencies in accordance with the relative
enrollments of children, aged 5 to 17, in public and private
nonprofit elementary and secondary schools within the
boundaries of such agencies.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if the award to a local
educational agency under this section is less than the starting salary
for a new fully qualified teacher in that agency who is certified
within the State (which may include certification through State or
local alternative routes), has a baccalaureate degree, and demonstrates
the general knowledge, teaching skills, and subject matter knowledge
required to teach in his or her content areas, that agency may use
funds under this section to (A) help pay the salary of a full- or part-
time teacher hired to reduce class size, which may be in combination
with other Federal, State, or local funds; or (B) pay for activities
described in subsection (c)(2)(A)(iii) which may be related to teaching
in smaller classes.
(c)(1) The basic purpose and intent of this section is to reduce
class size with fully qualified teachers. Each local educational agency
that receives funds under this section shall use such funds to carry
out effective approaches to reducing class size with fully qualified
teachers who are certified within the State, including teachers
certified through State or local alternative routes, and who
demonstrate competency in the areas in which they teach, to improve
educational achievement for both regular and special needs children,
with particular consideration given to reducing class size in the early
elementary grades for which some research has shown class size
reduction is most effective.
(2)(A) Each such local educational agency may use funds under this
section for
(i) recruiting (including through the use of signing
bonuses, and other financial incentives), hiring, and training
fully qualified regular and special education teachers (which
may include hiring special education teachers to team-teach
with regular teachers in classrooms that contain both children
with disabilities and non-disabled children) and teachers of
special-needs children, who are certified within the State,
including teachers certified through State or local alternative
routes, have a baccalaureate degree and demonstrate the general
knowledge, teaching skills, and subject matter knowledge
required to teach in their content areas;
(ii) testing new teachers for academic content knowledge,
and to meet State certification requirements that are
consistent with title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965;
and
(iii) providing professional development (which may include
such activities as promoting retention and mentoring) to
teachers, including special education teachers and teachers of
special-needs children, in order to meet the goal of ensuring
that all instructional staff have the subject matter knowledge,
teaching knowledge, and teaching skills necessary to teach
effectively in the content area or areas in which they provide
instruction, consistent with title II of the Higher Education
Act of 1965.
(B)(i) Except as provided under clause (ii) a local educational
agency may use not more than a total of 25 percent of the award
received under this section for activities described in clauses (ii)
and (iii) of subparagraph (A).
(ii) A local educational agency in an Ed-Flex Partnership State
under Public Law 106-25, the Education Flexibility Partnership Act, and
in which 10 percent or more of teachers in elementary schools as
defined by section 14101(14) of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 have not met applicable State and local certification
requirements (including certification through State or local
alternative routes), or if such requirements have been waived, may
apply to the State educational agency for a waiver that would permit it
to use more than 25 percent of the funds it receives under this section
for activities described in subparagraph (A)(iii) for the purpose of
helping teachers who have not met the certification requirements become
certified.
(iii) If the State educational agency approves the local
educational agency's application for a waiver under clause (ii), the
local educational agency may use the funds subject to the waiver for
activities described in subparagraph (A)(iii) that are needed to ensure
that at least 90 percent of the teachers in elementary schools are
certified within the State.
(C) A local educational agency that has already reduced class size
in the early grades to 18 or less children (or has already reduced
class size to a State or local class size reduction goal that was in
effect on the day before the enactment of the Department of Education
Appropriations Act, 2000, if that State or local educational agency
goal is 20 or fewer children) may use funds received under this
section--
(i) to make further class size reductions in grades
kindergarten through 3;
(ii) to reduce class size in other grades; or
(iii) to carry out activities to improve teacher quality,
including professional development.
(D) If a local educational agency has already reduced class size in
the early grades to 18 or fewer children and intends to use funds
provided under this section to carry out professional development
activities, including activities to improve teacher quality, then the
State shall make the award under subsection (b) to the local
educational agency.
(3) Each such agency shall use funds under this section only to
supplement, and not to supplant, State and local funds that, in the
absence of such funds, would otherwise be spent for activities under
this section.
(4) No funds made available under this section may be used to
increase the salaries or provide benefits, other than participation in
professional development and enrichment programs, to teachers who are
not hired under this section. Funds under this section may be used to
pay the salary of teachers hired under section 307 of the Department of
Education Appropriations Act, 1999.
(d)(1) Each State receiving funds under this section shall report
on activities in the State under this section, consistent with section
6202(a)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
(2) Each State and local educational agency receiving funds under
this section shall publicly report to parents on its progress in
reducing class size, increasing the percentage of classes in core
academic areas taught by fully qualified teachers who are certified
within the State and demonstrate competency in the content areas in
which they teach, and on the impact that hiring additional highly
qualified teachers and reducing class size, has had, if any, on
increasing student academic achievement.
(3) Each school receiving funds under this section shall provide to
parents upon request, the professional qualifications of their child's
teacher.
(e) If a local educational agency uses funds made available under
this section for professional development activities, the agency shall
ensure for the equitable participation of private nonprofit elementary
and secondary schools in such activities. Section 6402 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall not apply to other
activities under this section.
(f) Administrative Expenses.--A local educational agency that
receives funds under this section may use not more than 3 percent of
such funds for local administrative costs.
(g) Request for Funds.--Each local educational agency that desires
to receive funds under this section shall include in the application
required under section 6303 of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 a description of the agency's program to reduce class size
by hiring additional highly qualified teachers.
(h) No funds under this section may be used to pay the salary of
any teacher hired with funds under section 307 of the Department of
Education Appropriations Act, 1999, unless, by the start of the 2000-
2001 school year, the teacher is certified within the State (which may
include certification through State or local alternative routes) and
demonstrates competency in the subject areas in which he or she
teaches.
(i) Titles III and IV of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act are
repealed on September 30, 2000.
limitation on punitive damages awarded against institutions of higher
education
Sec. 311. Section 5 of the Y2K Act (15 U.S.C. 6604) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(d) Institutions of Higher Education.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), punitive
damages in a Y2K action may not be awarded against an
instituion of higher education as defined in section 101(a) of
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)).
``(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an
institution of higher education if the Y2K failure in the Y2K
action occurred in a computer-based student financial aid
system of that institution of higher education, and the
institution--
``(A) has passed Y2K data exchange testing with the
Department of Education; or
``(B) is not or was not in the process of
performing data exchange testing with the Department of
Education at the time the Department terminates such
testing.''.
Sec. 312. Section 4 of P.L. 106-71 is amended by striking
subsection (c).
SEC. 313. HOLD HARMLESS.
(a) Local Contribution Rate.--For purposes of calculating a payment
under section 8003(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 for fiscal year 1999 or 2000 with respect to any local educational
agency described in subsection (b), the Secretary of Education shall
not use a local contribution rate for the fiscal year that is less than
the local contribution rate used for the local educational agency for
fiscal year 1998.
(b) Local Educational Agencies.--A local educational agency
referred to in subsection (a) is any local educational agency that--
(1) is eligible to receive a payment under section 8003(b)
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for
fiscal year 1999 or 2000, as the case may be; and
(2) received a payment under such section for fiscal year
1998 that was calculated on the basis of a local contribution
rate based on generally comparable school districts using the
special additional factors method.
(c) Effective Date.--This section shall be effective for fiscal
years 1999 and 2000.
SEC. 314. VOTER REGISTRATION OF COLLEGE STUDENTS.
Subparagraph (C) of section 487(a)(23) of the Higher Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(23)) is amended to read as follows:
``(C) This paragraph shall apply to general and
special elections for Federal office, as defined in
section 301(3) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(3)), and to the elections for
Governor or other chief executive within such
State).''.
This title may be cited as the ``Department of Education
Appropriations Act, 2000''.
TITLE IV--RELATED AGENCIES
armed forces retirement home
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retirement Home to
operate and maintain the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home and
the United States Naval Home, to be paid from funds available in the
Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $68,295,000, of which
$12,696,000 shall remain available until expended for construction and
renovation of the physical plants at the United States Soldiers' and
Airmen's Home and the United States Naval Home: Provided, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, a single contract or
related contracts for development and construction, to include
construction of a long-term care facility at the United States Naval
Home, may be employed which collectively include the full scope of the
project: Provided further, That the solicitation and contract shall
contain the clause ``availability of funds'' found at 48 CFR 52.232-18
and 252.232-7007, Limitation of Government Obligations.
Corporation for National and Community Service
domestic volunteer service programs, operating expenses
For expenses necessary for the Corporation for National and
Community Service to carry out the provisions of the Domestic Volunteer
Service Act of 1973, as amended, $295,645,000: Provided, That none of
the funds made available to the Corporation for National and Community
Service in this Act for activities authorized by part E of title II of
the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 shall be used to provide
stipends to volunteers or volunteer leaders whose incomes exceed the
income guidelines established for payment of stipends under the Foster
Grandparent and Senior Companion programs: Provided further, That the
foregoing proviso shall not apply to the Seniors for Schools program.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as
authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, an amount which shall be
available within limitations specified by that Act, for the fiscal year
2002, $350,000,000: Provided, That no funds made available to the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting by this Act shall be used to pay
for receptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment for
Government officials or employees: Provided further, That none of the
funds contained in this paragraph shall be available or used to aid or
support any program or activity from which any person is excluded, or
is denied benefits, or is discriminated against, on the basis of race,
color, national origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, That in
addition to the amounts provided above, $10,000,000 shall be for
digitalization, only if specifically authorized by subsequent
legislation enacted by September 30, 2000.
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor Management
Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 171-180, 182-183), including hire of
passenger motor vehicles; for expenses necessary for the Labor-
Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a); and for expenses
necessary for the Service to carry out the functions vested in it by
the Civil Service Reform Act, Public Law 95-454 (5 U.S.C. ch. 71),
$36,834,000, including $1,500,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2001, for activities authorized by the Labor-Management
Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a): Provided, That
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery,
for special training activities and other conflict resolution services
and technical assistance, including those provided to foreign
governments and international organizations, and for arbitration
services shall be credited to and merged with this account, and shall
remain available until expended: Provided further, That fees for
arbitration services shall be available only for education, training,
and professional development of the agency workforce: Provided further,
That the Director of the Service is authorized to accept and use on
behalf of the United States gifts of services and real, personal, or
other property in the aid of any projects or functions within the
Director's jurisdiction.
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health
Review Commission (30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), $6,159,000.
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Office of Library Services: Grants and Administration
For carrying out subtitle B of the Museum and Library Services Act,
$166,885,000, of which $22,991,000 shall be awarded to national
leadership projects, notwithstanding any other provision of law:
Provided, That of the amount provided, $700,000 shall be awarded to the
Library and Archives of New Hampshire's Political Tradition at the New
Hampshire State Library, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Vermont
Department of Libraries in Montpelier, Vermont, $750,000 shall be
awarded to consolidation and preservation of archives and special
collections at the University of Miami Library in Coral Gables,
Florida, $1,900,000 shall be awarded to exhibits and library
improvements for the Mississippi River Museum and Discovery Center in
Dubuque, Iowa, $750,000 shall be awarded to the Alaska Native Heritage
Center in Anchorage, Alaska, $750,000 shall be awarded to the Peabody-
Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, $750,000 shall be awarded to the
Bishop Museum in Hawaii, $200,000 shall be awarded to Oceanside Public
Library in California for a local cultural heritage project, $1,000,000
shall be awarded to the Urban Children's Museum Collaborative to
develop and implement pilot programs dedicated to serving at-risk
children and their families, $150,000 shall be awarded to the Troy
State University Dothan in Alabama for archival of a special
collection, $450,000 shall be awarded to Chadron State College in
Nebraska for the Mari Sandoz Center, $350,000 shall be awarded to the
Alabama A&M University Alabama State Black Archives Research Center and
Museum, $350,000 shall be awarded to Mystic Seaport, the Museum of
America and the Sea, in Connecticut to develop an educational outreach
and informal learning laboratory, $100,000 shall be awarded to the
Museum for African Art in New York City, New York for community
programming, $35,000 shall be awarded to the Children's Museum of
Manhattan in New York City, New York for family programming, $400,000
shall be awarded to the Full Service Library in Molalla, Oregon for
technology training and community education programs, $250,000 shall be
awarded to Temple University Libraries African American library
digitization initiative, and $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Natural
History Museum of Los Angeles County, for a science education program
that targets a Spanish speaking audience, $1,000,000 for Dakota
Wesleyan University to support enhanced use of technology in the
delivery of library services and $500,000 shall be for the Portland
State Millar Library for technology based information and research
networks.
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the Social
Security Act, $7,015,000, to be transferred to this appropriation from
the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical
Insurance Trust Funds.
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the National Commission on Libraries and
Information Science, established by the Act of July 20, 1970 (Public
Law 91-345, as amended), $1,300,000.
National Council on Disability
salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability as
authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended,
$2,400,000.
National Education Goals Panel
For expenses necessary for the National Education Goals Panel, as
authorized by title II, part A of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act,
$2,250,000.
National Labor Relations Board
salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board to
carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations
Act, 1947, as amended (29 U.S.C. 141-167), and other laws,
$206,500,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be
available to organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers or
used in connection with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders
concerning bargaining units composed of agricultural laborers as
referred to in section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935 (29 U.S.C. 152),
and as amended by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended,
and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938 (29 U.S.C.
203), and including in said definition employees engaged in the
maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways
when maintained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least
95 percent of the water stored or supplied thereby is used for farming
purposes.
National Mediation Board
salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Railway
Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151-188), including emergency boards
appointed by the President, $9,600,000: Provided, That unobligated
balances at the end of fiscal year 2000 not needed for emergency boards
shall remain available for other statutory purposes through September
30, 2001.
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
salaries and expenses
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health
Review Commission (29 U.S.C. 661), $8,500,000.
Railroad Retirement Board
dual benefits payments account
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, authorized under
section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, $174,000,000,
which shall include amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2000
pursuant to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98-76; and in addition,
an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount provided herein, shall
be available proportional to the amount by which the product of
recipients and the average benefit received exceeds $174,000,000:
Provided, That the total amount provided herein shall be credited in 12
approximately equal amounts on the first day of each month in the
fiscal year.
federal payments to the railroad retirement accounts
For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for the
payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for interest
earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2001, which shall be the maximum amount available for
payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98-76.
limitation on administration
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board for
administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and the Railroad
Unemployment Insurance Act, $91,000,000, to be derived in such amounts
as determined by the Board from the railroad retirement accounts and
from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment insurance
administration fund.
limitation on the office of inspector general
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General for
audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized by the
Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, not more than $5,400,000, to
be derived from the railroad retirement accounts and railroad
unemployment insurance account: Provided, That none of the funds made
available in any other paragraph of this Act may be transferred to the
Office; used to carry out any such transfer; used to provide any office
space, equipment, office supplies, communications facilities or
services, maintenance services, or administrative services for the
Office; used to pay any salary, benefit, or award for any personnel of
the Office; used to pay any other operating expense of the Office; or
used to reimburse the Office for any service provided, or expense
incurred, by the Office.
Social Security Administration
payments to social security trust funds
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and the
Federal Disability Insurance trust funds, as provided under sections
201(m), 228(g), and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $20,764,000.
special benefits for disabled coal miners
For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act
of 1977, $383,638,000, to remain available until expended.
For making, after July 31 of the current fiscal year, benefit
payments to individuals under title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and
Health Act of 1977, for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such
amounts as may be necessary.
For making benefit payments under title IV of the Federal Mine
Safety and Health Act of 1977 for the first quarter of fiscal year
2001, $124,000,000, to remain available until expended.
supplemental security income program
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security Act,
section 401 of Public Law 92-603, section 212 of Public Law 93-66, as
amended, and section 405 of Public Law 95-216, including payment to the
Social Security trust funds for administrative expenses incurred
pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act,
$21,503,085,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That any
portion of the funds provided to a State in the current fiscal year and
not obligated by the State during that year shall be returned to the
Treasury.
From funds provided under the previous paragraph, not less than
$100,000,000 shall be available for payment to the Social Security
trust funds for administrative expenses for conducting continuing
disability reviews.
In addition, $200,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001, for payment to the Social Security trust funds for administrative
expenses for continuing disability reviews as authorized by section 103
of Public Law 104-121 and section 10203 of Public Law 105-33. The term
``continuing disability reviews'' means reviews and redeterminations as
defined under section 201(g)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act, as
amended.
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, benefit
payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for
unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as
may be necessary.
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social Security
Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2001, $9,890,000,000, to
remain available until expended.
limitation on administrative expenses
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger motor
vehicles, and not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and
representation expenses, not more than $6,111,871,000 may be expended,
as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any
one or all of the trust funds referred to therein: Provided, That not
less than $1,800,000 shall be for the Social Security Advisory Board:
Provided further, That unobligated balances at the end of fiscal year
2000 not needed for fiscal year 2000 shall remain available until
expended to invest in the Social Security Administration computing
network, including related equipment and non-payroll administrative
expenses associated solely with this network: Provided further, That
reimbursement to the trust funds under this heading for expenditures
for official time for employees of the Social Security Administration
pursuant to section 7131 of title 5, United States Code, and for
facilities or support services for labor organizations pursuant to
policies, regulations, or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of
such title shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with
interest, from amounts in the general fund not otherwise appropriated,
as soon as possible after such expenditures are made.
From funds provided under the previous paragraph, notwithstanding
the provision under this heading in Public Law 105-277 regarding
unobligated balances at the end of fiscal year 1999 not needed for such
fiscal year, an amount not to exceed $100,000,000 from such unobligated
balances shall, in addition to funding already available under this
heading for fiscal year 2000, be available for necessary expenses.
From funds provided under the first paragraph, not less than
$200,000,000 shall be available for conducting continuing disability
reviews.
In addition to funding already available under this heading, and
subject to the same terms and conditions, $405,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2001, for continuing disability reviews
as authorized by section 103 of Public Law 104-121 and section 10203 of
Public Law 105-33. The term ``continuing disability reviews'' means
reviews and redeterminations as defined under section 201(g)(1)(A) of
the Social Security Act, as amended.
In addition, $80,000,000 to be derived from administration fees in
excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected pursuant to section
1616(d) of the Social Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law
93-66, which shall remain available until expended. To the extent that
the amounts collected pursuant to such section 1616(d) or 212(b)(3) in
fiscal year 2000 exceed $80,000,000, the amounts shall be available in
fiscal year 2001 only to the extent provided in advance in
appropriations Acts.
From amounts previously made available under this heading for a
state-of-the-art computing network, not to exceed $100,000,000 shall be
available for necessary expenses under this heading, subject to the
same terms and conditions.
From funds provided under the first paragraph, the Commissioner of
Social Security may direct up to $3,000,000, in addition to funds
previously appropriated for this purpose, to continue Federal-State
partnerships which will evaluate means to promote Medicare buy-in
programs targeted to elderly and disabled individuals under titles
XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act.
office of inspector general
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $15,000,000, together with not to exceed $51,000,000, to be
transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the
Social Security Act from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total
provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the ``Limitation
on Administrative Expenses'', Social Security Administration, to be
merged with this account, to be available for the time and purposes for
which this account is available: Provided, That notice of such
transfers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House and Senate.
United States Institute of Peace
operating expenses
For necessary expenses of the United States Institute of Peace as
authorized in the United States Institute of Peace Act, $13,000,000.
TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances of prior
appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appropriations
provided in this Act: Provided, That such transferred balances are used
for the same purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they
were originally appropriated.
Sec. 502. 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. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act
shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive-
legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for
the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet,
publication, radio, television, or video presentation designed to
support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress or any State
legislature, except in presentation to the Congress or any State
legislature itself.
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be
used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient,
or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed to
influence legislation or appropriations pending before the Congress or
any State legislature.
Sec. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are authorized to
make available not to exceed $20,000 and $15,000, respectively, from
funds available for salaries and expenses under titles I and III,
respectively, for official reception and representation expenses; the
Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is
authorized to make available for official reception and representation
expenses not to exceed $2,500 from the funds available for ``Salaries
and expenses, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service''; and the
Chairman of the National Mediation Board is authorized to make
available for official reception and representation expenses not to
exceed $2,500 from funds available for ``Salaries and expenses,
National Mediation Board''.
Sec. 505. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no funds
appropriated under this Act shall be used to carry out any program of
distributing sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection
of any illegal drug.
Sec. 506. (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and Products.--It
is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable,
all equipment and products purchased with funds made available in this
Act should be American-made.
(b) Notice Requirement.--In providing financial assistance to, or
entering into any contract with, any entity using funds made available
in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent
practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice describing the
statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
(c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling Products
as Made in America.--If it has been finally determined by a court or
Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a
``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same
meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is
not made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to
receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code
of Federal Regulations.
Sec. 507. When issuing statements, press releases, requests for
proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing projects or
programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money, all grantees
receiving Federal funds included in this Act, including but not limited
to State and local governments and recipients of Federal research
grants, shall clearly state: (1) the percentage of the total costs of
the program or project which will be financed with Federal money; (2)
the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or program; and (3)
percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project or
program that will be financed by non-governmental sources.
Sec. 508. (a) None of the funds appropriated under this Act, and
none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated
under this Act, shall be expended for any abortion.
(b) None of the funds appropriated under this Act, and none of the
funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated under this Act,
shall be expended for health benefits coverage that includes coverage
of abortion.
(c) The term ``health benefits coverage'' means the package of
services covered by a managed care provider or organization pursuant to
a contract or other arrangement.
Sec. 509. (a) The limitations established in the preceding section
shall not apply to an abortion--
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or
incest; or
(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical
disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a
life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from
the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician,
place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is
performed.
(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as
prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private
person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State's or
locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds).
(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as
restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering
abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract
separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds
(other than a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching
funds).
Sec. 510. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be
used for--
(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research
purposes; or
(2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are
destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury
or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in
utero under 45 CFR 46.208(a)(2) and section 498(b) of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)).
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ``human embryo or
embryos'' includes any organism, not protected as a human subject under
45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of this Act, that is derived
by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one
or more human gametes or human diploid cells.
Sec. 511. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds for Promotion of
Legalization of Controlled Substances.--None of the funds made
available in this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the
legalization of any drug or other substance included in schedule I of
the schedules of controlled substances established by section 202 of
the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812).
(b) Exceptions.--The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply
when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage
to the use of such drug or other substance or that federally sponsored
clinical trials are being conducted to determine therapeutic advantage.
Sec. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may be
obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with an entity
if--
(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United
States and is subject to the requirement in section 4212(d) of
title 38, United States Code, regarding submission of an annual
report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employment of
certain veterans; and
(2) such entity has not submitted a report as required by
that section for the most recent year for which such
requirement was applicable to such entity.
Sec. 513. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law,
unobligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2000
from appropriations made available for salaries and expenses for fiscal
year 2000 in this Act, shall remain available through December 31,
2000, for each such account for the purposes authorized: Provided, That
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations shall be notified at
least 15 days prior to the obligation of such funds.
Sec. 514. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to promulgate or adopt any final standard under section 1173(b) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d-2(b)) providing for, or providing
for the assignment of, a unique health identifier for an individual
(except in an individual's capacity as an employer or a health care
provider), until legislation is enacted specifically approving the
standard.
Sec. 515. Section 520(c)(2)(D) of the Departments of Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1997, as amended, is further amended by striking ``December 31,
1997'' and inserting ``March 31, 2000''.
Sec. 516. The United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act (22
U.S.C. 290n et seq.) is amended--
(1) by striking section 2 and inserting the following:
``SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF BORDER HEALTH COMMISSION.
``Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this
section, the President shall appoint the United States members of the
United States-Mexico Border Health Commission, and shall attempt to
conclude an agreement with Mexico providing for the establishment of
such Commission.''; and
(2) in section 3--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking the semicolon and
inserting ``; and'';
(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``; and'' and
inserting a period; and
(C) by striking paragraph (3).
Sec. 517. The applicable time limitations with respect to the
giving of notice of injury and the filing of a claim for compensation
for disability or death by an individual under the Federal Employees'
Compensation Act, as amended, for injuries sustained as a result of the
person's exposure to a nitrogen or sulfur mustard agent in the
performance of official duties as an employee at the Department of the
Army's Edgewood Arsenal before March 20, 1944, shall not begin to run
until the date of the enactment of this Act.
Sec. 518. Section 169(d)(2)(B) of Public Law 105-220, the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998, is amended by striking ``or Alaska Native
villages or Native groups (as such terms are defined in section 3 of
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602)).'' and
inserting ``or Alaska Natives.''.
TITLE VI--EARLY DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND INTERVENTIONS FOR NEWBORNS
AND INFANTS WITH HEARING LOSS
Sec. 601. (a) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section only,
the following terms in this section are defined as follows:
(1) Hearing screening.--Newborn and infant hearing
screening consists of objective physiologic procedures to
detect possible hearing loss and to identify newborns and
infants who, after rescreening, require further audiologic and
medical evaluations.
(2) Audiologic evaluation.--Audiologic evaluation consists
of procedures to assess the status of the auditory system; to
establish the site of the auditory disorder; the type and
degree of hearing loss, and the potential effects of hearing
loss on communication; and to identify appropriate treatment
and referral options. Referral options should include linkage
to State IDEA part C coordinating agencies or other appropriate
agencies, medical evaluation, hearing aid/sensory aid
assessment, audiologic rehabilitation treatment, national and
local consumer, self-help, parent, and education organizations,
and other family-centered services.
(3) Medical evaluation.--Medical evaluation by a physician
consists of key components including history, examination, and
medical decision making focused on symptomatic and related body
systems for the purpose of diagnosing the etiology of hearing
loss and related physical conditions, and for identifying
appropriate treatment and referral options.
(4) Medical intervention.--Medical intervention is the
process by which a physician provides medical diagnosis and
direction for medical and/or surgical treatment options of
hearing loss and/or related medical disorder associated with
hearing loss.
(5) Audiologic rehabilitation.--Audiologic rehabilitation
(intervention) consists of procedures, techniques, and
technologies to facilitate the receptive and expressive
communication abilities of a child with hearing loss.
(6) Early intervention.--Early intervention (e.g.,
nonmedical) means providing appropriate services for the child
with hearing loss and ensuring that families of the child are
provided comprehensive, consumer-oriented information about the
full range of family support, training, information services,
communication options and are given the opportunity to consider
the full range of educational and program placements and
options for their child.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are to clarify the
authority within the Public Health Service Act to authorize statewide
newborn and infant hearing screening, evaluation and intervention
programs and systems, technical assistance, a national applied research
program, and interagency and private sector collaboration for policy
development, in order to assist the States in making progress toward
the following goals:
(1) All babies born in hospitals in the United States and
its territories should have a hearing screening before leaving
the birthing facility. Babies born in other countries and
residing in the United States via immigration or adoption
should have a hearing screening as early as possible.
(2) All babies who are not born in hospitals in the United
States and its territories should have a hearing screening
within the first 3 months of life.
(3) Appropriate audiologic and medical evaluations should
be conducted by 3 months for all newborns and infants suspected
of having hearing loss to allow appropriate referral and
provisions for audiologic rehabilitation, medical and early
intervention before the age of 6 months.
(4) All newborn and infant hearing screening programs and
systems should include a component for audiologic
rehabilitation, medical and early intervention options that
ensures linkage to any new and existing statewide systems of
intervention and rehabilitative services for newborns and
infants with hearing loss.
(5) Public policy in regard to newborn and infant hearing
screening and intervention should be based on applied research
and the recognition that newborns, infants, toddlers, and
children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing have unique language,
learning, and communication needs, and should be the result of
consultation with pertinent public and private sectors.
(c) Statewide Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening, Evaluation and
Intervention Programs and Systems.--Under the existing authority of the
Public Health Service Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(in this section referred to as the ``Secretary''), acting through the
Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration,
shall make awards of grants or cooperative agreements to develop
statewide newborn and infant hearing screening, evaluation and
intervention programs and systems for the following purposes:
(1) To develop and monitor the efficacy of statewide
newborn and infant hearing screening, evaluation and
intervention programs and systems. Early intervention includes
referral to schools and agencies, including community,
consumer, and parent-based agencies and organizations and other
programs mandated by part C of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act, which offer programs specifically
designed to meet the unique language and communication needs of
deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns, infants, toddlers, and
children.
(2) To collect data on statewide newborn and infant hearing
screening, evaluation and intervention programs and systems
that can be used for applied research, program evaluation and
policy development.
(d) Technical Assistance, Data Management, and Applied Research.--
(1) Centers for disease control and prevention.--Under the
existing authority of the Public Health Service Act, the
Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, shall make awards of grants or
cooperative agreements to provide technical assistance to State
agencies to complement an intramural program and to conduct
applied research related to newborn and infant hearing
screening, evaluation and intervention programs and systems.
The program shall develop standardized procedures for data
management and program effectiveness and costs, such as--
(A) to ensure quality monitoring of newborn and
infant hearing loss screening, evaluation, and
intervention programs and systems;
(B) to provide technical assistance on data
collection and management;
(C) to study the costs and effectiveness of newborn
and infant hearing screening, evaluation and
intervention programs and systems conducted by State-
based programs in order to answer issues of importance
to State and national policymakers;
(D) to identify the causes and risk factors for
congenital hearing loss;
(E) to study the effectiveness of newborn and
infant hearing screening, audiologic and medical
evaluations and intervention programs and systems by
assessing the health, intellectual and social
developmental, cognitive, and language status of these
children at school age; and
(F) to promote the sharing of data regarding early
hearing loss with State-based birth defects and
developmental disabilities monitoring programs for the
purpose of identifying previously unknown causes of
hearing loss.
(2) National institutes of health.--Under the existing
authority of the Public Health Service Act, the Director of the
National Institutes of Health, acting through the Director of
the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication
Disorders, shall for purposes of this section, continue a
program of research and development on the efficacy of new
screening techniques and technology, including clinical studies
of screening methods, studies on efficacy of intervention, and
related research.
(e) Coordination and Collaboration.--
(1) In general.--Under the existing authority of the Public
Health Service Act, in carrying out programs under this
section, the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services
Administration, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, and the Director of the National Institutes of
Health shall collaborate and consult with other Federal
agencies; State and local agencies, including those responsible
for early intervention services pursuant to title XIX of the
Social Security Act (Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening,
Diagnosis and Treatment Program); title XXI of the Social
Security Act (State Children's Health Insurance Program); title
V of the Social Security Act (Maternal and Child Health Block
Grant Program); and part C of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act; consumer groups of and that serve individuals
who are deaf and hard-of-hearing and their families;
appropriate national medical and other health and education
specialty organizations; persons who are deaf and hard-of-
hearing and their families; other qualified professional
personnel who are proficient in deaf or hard-of-hearing
children's language and who possess the specialized knowledge,
skills, and attributes needed to serve deaf and hard-of-hearing
newborns, infants, toddlers, children, and their families;
third-party payers and managed care organizations; and related
commercial industries.
(2) Policy development.--Under the existing authority of
the Public Health Service Act, the Administrator of the Health
Resources and Services Administration, the Director of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Director of
the National Institutes of Health shall coordinate and
collaborate on recommendations for policy development at the
Federal and State levels and with the private sector, including
consumer, medical and other health and education professional-
based organizations, with respect to newborn and infant hearing
screening, evaluation and intervention programs and systems.
(3) State early detection, diagnosis, and intervention
programs and systems; data collection.--Under the existing
authority of the Public Health Service Act, the Administrator
of the Health Resources and Services Administration and the
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
shall coordinate and collaborate in assisting States to
establish newborn and infant hearing screening, evaluation and
intervention programs and systems under subsection (c) and to
develop a data collection system under subsection (d).
(f) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to preempt any State law.
(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--
(1) Statewide newborn and infant hearing screening,
evaluation and intervention programs and systems.--For the
purpose of carrying out subsection (c) under the existing
authority of the Public Health Service Act, there are
authorized to the Health Resources and Services Administration
appropriations in the amount of $5,000,000 for fiscal year
2000, $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal year 2002.
(2) Technical assistance, data management, and applied
research; centers for disease control and prevention.--For the
purpose of carrying out subsection (d)(1) under the existing
authority of the Public Health Service Act, there are
authorized to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
appropriations in the amount of $5,000,000 for fiscal year
2000, $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal year 2002.
(3) Technical assistance, data management, and applied
research; national institute on deafness and other
communication disorders.--For the purpose of carrying out
subsection (d)(2) under the existing authority of the Public
Health Service Act, there are authorized to the National
Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
appropriations for such sums as may be necessary for each of
the fiscal years 2000 through 2002.
TITLE VII--DENALI COMMISSION
Sec. 701. Denali Commission.--Section 307 of Title III--Denali
Commission of Division C--Other Matters of Public Law 105-277 is
amended by adding a new subsection at the end thereof as follows:
``(c) Demonstration Health Projects.--In order to demonstrate the
value of adequate health facilities and services to the economic
development of the region, the Secretary of Health and Human Services
is authorized to make grants to the Denali Commission to plan,
construct, and equip demonstration health, nutrition, and child care
projects, including hospitals, health care clinics, and mental health
facilities (including drug and alcohol treatment centers) in accordance
with the Work Plan referred to under section 304 of Title III--Denali
Commission of Division C--Other Matters of Public Law 105-277. No grant
for construction or equipment of a demonstration project shall exceed
50 percentum of such costs, unless the project is located in a severely
economically distressed community, as identified in the Work Plan
referred to under section 304 of Title III--Denali Commission of
Division C--Other Matters of Public Law 105-277, in which case no grant
shall exceed 80 percentum of such costs. To carry out this section,
there is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary.
TITLE VIII--WELFARE-TO-WORK AND CHILD SUPPORT AMENDMENTS OF 1999
SEC. 801. FLEXIBILITY IN ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN WELFARE-TO-
WORK PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 403(a)(5)(C)(ii) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(C)(ii)) is amended to read as follows:
``(ii) General eligibility.--An entity that
operates a project with funds provided under
this paragraph may expend funds provided to the
project for the benefit of recipients of
assistance under the program funded under this
part of the State in which the entity is
located who--
``(I) has received assistance under
the State program funded under this
part (whether in effect before or after
the amendments made by section 103 of
the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
first apply to the State) for at least
30 months (whether or not consecutive);
or
``(II) within 12 months, will
become ineligible for assistance under
the State program funded under this
part by reason of a durational limit on
such assistance, without regard to any
exemption provided pursuant to section
408(a)(7)(C) that may apply to the
individual.''.
(b) Noncustodial Parents.--
(1) In general.--Section 403(a)(5)(C) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(C)) is amended--
(A) by redesignating clauses (iii) through (viii)
as clauses (iv) through (ix), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
``(iii) Noncustodial parents.--An entity
that operates a project with funds provided
under this paragraph may use the funds to
provide services in a form described in clause
(i) to noncustodial parents with respect to
whom the requirements of the following
subclauses are met:
``(I) The noncustodial parent is
unemployed, underemployed, or having
difficulty in paying child support
obligations.
``(II) At least 1 of the following
applies to a minor child of the
noncustodial parent (with preference in
the determination of the noncustodial
parents to be provided services under
this paragraph to be provided by the
entity to those noncustodial parents
with minor children who meet, or who
have custodial parents who meet, the
requirements of item (aa)):
``(aa) The minor child or
the custodial parent of the
minor child meets the
requirements of subclause (I)
or (II) of clause (ii).
``(bb) The minor child is
eligible for, or is receiving,
benefits under the program
funded under this part.
``(cc) The minor child
received benefits under the
program funded under this part
in the 12-month period
preceding the date of the
determination but no longer
receives such benefits.
``(dd) The minor child is
eligible for, or is receiving,
assistance under the Food Stamp
Act of 1977, benefits under the
supplemental security income
program under title XVI of this
Act, medical assistance under
title XIX of this Act, or child
health assistance under title
XXI of this Act.
``(III) In the case of a
noncustodial parent who becomes
enrolled in the project on or after the
date of the enactment of this clause,
the noncustodial parent is in
compliance with the terms of an oral or
written personal responsibility
contract entered into among the
noncustodial parent, the entity, and
(unless the entity demonstrates to the
Secretary that the entity is not
capable of coordinating with such
agency) the agency responsible for
administering the State plan under part
D, which was developed taking into
account the employment and child
support status of the noncustodial
parent, which was entered into not
later than 30 (or, at the option of the
entity, not later than 90) days after
the noncustodial parent was enrolled in
the project, and which, at a minimum,
includes the following:
``(aa) A commitment by the
noncustodial parent to
cooperate, at the earliest
opportunity, in the
establishment of the paternity
of the minor child, through
voluntary acknowledgement or
other procedures, and in the
establishment of a child
support order.
``(bb) A commitment by the
noncustodial parent to
cooperate in the payment of
child support for the minor
child, which may include a
modification of an existing
support order to take into
account the ability of the
noncustodial parent to pay such
support and the participation
of such parent in the project.
``(cc) A commitment by the
noncustodial parent to
participate in employment or
related activities that will
enable the noncustodial parent
to make regular child support
payments, and if the
noncustodial parent has not
attained 20 years of age, such
related activities may include
completion of high school, a
general equivalency degree, or
other education directly
related to employment.
``(dd) A description of the
services to be provided under
this paragraph, and a
commitment by the noncustodial
parent to participate in such
services, that are designed to
assist the noncustodial parent
obtain and retain employment,
increase earnings, and enhance
the financial and emotional
contributions to the well-being
of the minor child.
In order to protect custodial parents
and children who may be at risk of
domestic violence, the preceding
provisions of this subclause shall not
be construed to affect any other
provision of law requiring a custodial
parent to cooperate in establishing the
paternity of a child or establishing or
enforcing a support order with respect
to a child, or entitling a custodial
parent to refuse, for good cause, to
provide such cooperation as a condition
of assistance or benefit under any
program, shall not be construed to
require such cooperation by the
custodial parent as a condition of
participation of either parent in the
program authorized under this
paragraph, and shall not be construed
to require a custodial parent to
cooperate with or participate in any
activity under this clause. The entity
operating a project under this clause
with funds provided under this
paragraph shall consult with domestic
violence prevention and intervention
organizations in the development of the
project.''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Section 412(a)(3)(C)(ii) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 612(a)(3)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking
``(vii)'' and inserting ``(viii)''.
(c) Recipients With Characteristics of Long-Term Dependency;
Children Aging Out of Foster Care.--
(1) In general.--Section 403(a)(5)(C)(iv) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(C)(iv)), as so redesignated by subsection
(b)(1)(A) of this section, is amended--
(A) by striking ``or'' at the end of subclause (I);
and
(B) by striking subclause (II) and inserting the
following:
``(II) to children--
``(aa) who have attained 18
years of age but not 25 years
of age; and
``(bb) who, before
attaining 18 years of age, were
recipients of foster care
maintenance payments (as
defined in section 475(4))
under part E or were in foster
care under the responsibility
of a State;
``(III) to recipients of assistance
under the State program funded under
this part, determined to have
significant barriers to self-
sufficiency, pursuant to criteria
established by the local private
industry council; or
``(IV) to custodial parents with
incomes below 100 percent of the
poverty line (as defined in section
673(2) of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981, including
any revision required by such section,
applicable to a family of the size
involved).''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--Section 403(a)(5)(C)(iv) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(C)(iv)), as so redesignated by
subsection (b)(1)(A) of this section, is amended--
(A) in the heading by inserting ``hard to employ''
before ``individuals''; and
(B) in the last sentence by striking ``clause
(ii)'' and inserting ``clauses (ii) and (iii) and, as
appropriate, clause (v)''.
(d) Conforming Amendment.--Section 404(k)(1)(C)(iii) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 604(k)(1)(C)(iii)) is amended by striking ``item (aa) or
(bb) of section 403(a)(5)(C)(ii)(II)'' and inserting ``section
403(a)(5)(C)(iii)''.
(e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section--
(1) shall be effective January 1, 2000, with respect to the
determination of eligible individuals for purposes of section
403(a)(5)(B) of the Social Security Act (relating to
competitive grants);
(2) shall be effective July 1, 2000, except that
expenditures from allotments to the States shall not be made
before October 1, 2000--
(A) with respect to the determination of eligible
individuals for purposes of section 403(a)(5)(A) of the
Social Security Act (relating to formula grants) in the
case of those individuals who may be determined to be
so eligible, but would not have been eligible before
July 1, 2000; or
(B) for allowable activities described in section
403(a)(5)(C)(i)(VII) of the Social Security Act (as
added by section 802 of this title) provided to any
individuals determined to be eligible for purposes of
section 403(a)(5)(A) of the Social Security Act
(relating to formula grants).
(f) Regulations.--Interim final regulations shall be prescribed to
implement the amendments made by this section not later than January 1,
2000. Final regulations shall be prescribed within 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act to implement the amendments made by
this Act to section 403(a)(5) of the Social Security Act, in the same
manner as described in section 403(a)(5)(C)(ix) of the Social Security
Act (as so redesignated by subsection (b)(1)(A) of this section).
SEC. 802. LIMITED VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL AND JOB TRAINING INCLUDED AS
ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES UNDER THE TANF PROGRAM.
Section 403(a)(5)(C)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
603(a)(5)(C)(i)) is amended by inserting after subclause (VI) the
following:
``(VII) Not more than 6 months of
vocational educational or job
training.''.
SEC. 803. CERTAIN GRANTEES AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
DIRECTLY.
Section 403(a)(5)(C)(i)(IV) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
603(a)(5)(C)(i)(IV)) is amended by inserting ``, or if the entity is
not a private industry council or workforce investment board, the
direct provision of such services'' before the period.
SEC. 804. SIMPLIFICATION AND COORDINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Elimination of Current Requirements.--Section 411(a)(1)(A) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 611(a)(1)(A)) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting
``(except for information relating to activities carried out
under section 403(a)(5))'' after ``part''; and
(2) by striking clause (xviii).
(b) Establishment of Reporting Requirement.--Section 403(a)(5)(C)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(C)), as amended by
section 801(b)(1) of this title, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(x) Reporting requirements.--The
Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, States,
and organizations that represent State or local
governments, shall establish requirements for
the collection and maintenance of financial and
participant information and the reporting of
such information by entities carrying out
activities under this paragraph.''.
SEC. 805. USE OF STATE INFORMATION TO AID ADMINISTRATION OF WELFARE-TO-
WORK GRANT FUNDS.
(a) Authority of State Agencies to Disclose to Private Industry
Councils the Names, Addressess, and Telephone Numbers of Potential
Welfare-to-Work Program Participants.--
(1) State iv-d agencies.--Section 454A(f) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654a(f)) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
``(5) Private industry councils receiving welfare-to-work
grants.--Disclosing to a private industry council (as defined
in section 403(a)(5)(D)(ii)) to which funds are provided under
section 403(a)(5) the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and
identifying case number information in the State program funded
under part A, of noncustodial parents residing in the service
delivery area of the private industry council, for the purpose
of identifying and contacting noncustodial parents regarding
participation in the program under section 403(a)(5).''.
(2) State tanf agencies.--Section 403(a)(5) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 603(a)(5)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(K) Information disclosure.--If a State to which
a grant is made under section 403 establishes
safeguards against the use or disclosure of information
about applicants or recipients of assistance under the
State program funded under this part, the safeguards
shall not prevent the State agency administering the
program from furnishing to a private industry council
the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and
identifying case number information in the State
program funded under this part, of noncustodial parents
residing in the service delivery area of the private
industry council, for the purpose of identifying and
contacting noncustodial parents regarding participation
in the program under this paragraph.''.
(b) Safeguarding of Information Disclosed to Private Industry
Councils.--Section 403(a)(5)(A)(ii)(I) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
603(a)(5)(A)(ii)(I)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of item (dd);
(2) by striking the period at the end of item (ee) and
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(ff) describes how the
State will ensure that a
private industry council to
which information is disclosed
pursuant to section
403(a)(5)(K) or 454A(f)(5) has
procedures for safeguarding the
information and for ensuring
that the information is used
solely for the purpose
described in that section.''.
SEC. 806. REDUCTION OF SET-ASIDE OF PORTION OF WELFARE-TO-WORK FUNDS
FOR SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCE BONUS.
(a) In General.--Section 403(a)(5)(E) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(E)) is amended in each of clauses (iv) and (vi) by
striking ``$100,000,000'' and inserting ``$50,000,000''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 403(a)(5)(F) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
603(a)(5)(F)) is amended by inserting ``$1,500,000'' before
``of the amount so specified''.
(2) Section 403(a)(5)(G) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
603(a)(5)(G)) is amended by inserting ``$900,000'' before ``of
the amount so specified''.
(3) Section 403(a)(5)(H) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
603(a)(5)(H)) is amended by inserting ``$300,000'' before ``of
the amount so specified''.
(4) Section 403(a)(5)(I)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
603(a)(5)(I)(i)) is amended by striking ``$1,500,000,000'' and
all that follows and inserting ``for grants under this
paragraph--
``(I) $1,500,000,000 for fiscal
year 1998; and
``(II) $1,450,000,000 for fiscal
year 1999.''.
(c) No Outlay Until FY2001.--Section 403(a)(5)(E)(i) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(E)(i)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``make'' and insert ``award''; and
(2) by inserting ``, but shall not make any outlay to pay
any such grant before October 1, 2000'' before the period.
SEC. 807. ALTERNATIVE PENALTY PROCEDURE RELATING TO STATE DISBURSEMENT
UNITS.
(a) In General.--Section 455(a) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 655(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(5)(A)(i) If--
``(I) the Secretary determines that a State plan under
section 454 would (in the absence of this paragraph) be
disapproved for the failure of the State to comply with
subparagraphs (A) and (B)(i) of section 454(27), and that the
State has made and is continuing to make a good faith effort to
so comply; and
``(II) the State has submitted to the Secretary, not later
than April 1, 2000, a corrective compliance plan that describes
how, by when, and at what cost the State will achieve such
compliance, which has been approved by the Secretary,
then the Secretary shall not disapprove the State plan under section
454, and the Secretary shall reduce the amount otherwise payable to the
State under paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection for the fiscal year by
the penalty amount.
``(ii) All failures of a State during a fiscal year to comply with
any of the requirements of section 454B shall be considered a single
failure of the State to comply with subparagraphs (A) and (B)(i) of
section 454(27) during the fiscal year for purposes of this paragraph.
``(B) In this paragraph:
``(i) The term `penalty amount' means, with respect to a
failure of a State to comply with subparagraphs (A) and (B)(i)
of section 454(27)--
``(I) 4 percent of the penalty base, in the case of
the 1st fiscal year in which such a failure by the
State occurs (regardless of whether a penalty is
imposed in that fiscal year under this paragraph with
respect to the failure), except as provided in
subparagraph (C)(ii) of this paragraph;
``(II) 8 percent of the penalty base, in the case
of the 2nd such fiscal year;
``(III) 16 percent of the penalty base, in the case
of the 3rd such fiscal year;
``(IV) 25 percent of the penalty base, in the case
of the 4th such fiscal year; or
``(V) 30 percent of the penalty base, in the case
of the 5th or any subsequent such fiscal year.
``(ii) The term `penalty base' means, with respect to a
failure of a State to comply with subparagraphs (A) and (B)(i)
of section 454(27) during a fiscal year, the amount otherwise
payable to the State under paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection
for the preceding fiscal year.
``(C)(i) The Secretary shall waive all penalties imposed against a
State under this paragraph for any failure of the State to comply with
subparagraphs (A) and (B)(i) of section 454(27) if the Secretary
determines that, before April 1, 2000, the State has achieved such
compliance.
``(ii) If a State with respect to which a reduction is required to
be made under this paragraph with respect to a failure to comply with
subparagraphs (A) and (B)(i) of section 454(27) achieves such
compliance on or after April 1, 2000, and on or before September 30,
2000, then the penalty amount applicable to the State shall be 1
percent of the penalty base with respect to the failure involved.
``(D) The Secretary may not impose a penalty under this paragraph
against a State for a fiscal year for which the amount otherwise
payable to the State under paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection is
reduced under paragraph (4) of this subsection for failure to comply
with section 454(24)(A).''.
(b) Inapplicability of Penalty Under TANF Program.--Section
409(a)(8)(A)(i)(III) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(8)(A)(i)(III)) is
amended by striking ``section 454(24)'' and inserting ``paragraph (24),
or subparagraph (A) or (B)(i) of paragraph (27), of section 454''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on October 1, 1999.
This Act may be cited as the ``Departments of Labor, Health, and
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2000''.
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