[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4635 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

                  In the Senate of the United States,

                      October 12 (legislative day, September 22), 2000.
  Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 4635) 
entitled ``An Act making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent 
agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.'', do pass with 
the following

                               AMENDMENT:

            Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

                               DIVISION A

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent 
agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:

                TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                    Veterans Benefits Administration


                       compensation and pensions


                     (including transfers of funds)


  For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of 
veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as 
authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 
55, and 61); pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as 
authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 
92 Stat. 2508); and burial benefits, emergency and other 
officers' retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and 
certificates, payment of premiums due on commercial life 
insurance policies guaranteed under the provisions of Article 
IV of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as 
amended, and for other benefits as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 
107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 50 
U.S.C. App. 540-548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 735; 76 Stat. 
1198), $22,766,276,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $17,419,000 of the amount 
appropriated shall be reimbursed to ``General operating 
expenses'' and ``Medical care'' for necessary expenses in 
implementing those provisions authorized in the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1990, and in the Veterans' Benefits Act 
of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapters 51, 53, and 55), the funding source 
for which is specifically provided as the ``Compensation and 
pensions'' appropriation: Provided further, That such sums as 
may be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be 
reimbursed to ``Medical facilities revolving fund'' to augment 
the funding of individual medical facilities for nursing home 
care provided to pensioners as authorized.


                         readjustment benefits


  For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits 
to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapters 
21, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61, $1,634,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That expenses for 
rehabilitation program services and assistance which the 
Secretary is authorized to provide under section 3104(a) of 
title 38, United States Code, other than under subsection 
(a)(1), (2), (5) and (11) of that section, shall be charged to 
the account: Provided further, That funds shall be available to 
pay any court order, court award or any compromise settlement 
arising from litigation involving the vocational training 
program authorized by section 18 of Public Law 98-77, as 
amended.


                   veterans insurance and indemnities


  For military and naval insurance, national service life 
insurance, servicemen's indemnities, service-disabled veterans 
insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized 
by 38 U.S.C. chapter 19; 70 Stat. 887; 72 Stat. 487, 
$19,850,000, to remain available until expended.


         veterans housing benefit program fund program account


                     (including transfer of funds)


  For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as may 
be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by 38 
U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2001, within 
the resources available, not to exceed $300,000 in gross 
obligations for direct loans are authorized for specially 
adapted housing loans.
  In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $162,000,000, which may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``General 
operating expenses''.


                  education loan fund program account


                     (including transfer of funds)


  For the cost of direct loans, $1,000, as authorized by 38 
U.S.C. 3698, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans not to exceed $3,400.
  In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct loan program, $220,000, which may be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ``General operating 
expenses''.


            vocational rehabilitation loans program account


                     (including transfer of funds)


  For the cost of direct loans, $52,000, as authorized by 38 
U.S.C. chapter 31, as amended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans not to exceed $2,726,000.
  In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct loan program, $432,000, which may be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ``General operating 
expenses''.


          native american veteran housing loan program account


                     (including transfer of funds)


  For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan 
program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter V, as 
amended, $532,000, which may be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.


  guaranteed transitional housing loans for homeless veterans program 
                                account


                     (including transfer of funds)


  Not to exceed $750,000 of the amounts appropriated by this 
Act for ``General operating expenses'' and ``Medical care'' may 
be expended for the administrative expenses to carry out the 
guaranteed loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, 
subchapter VI.

                     Veterans Health Administration


                              medical care


                     (including transfer of funds)


  For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of 
hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities; for 
furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and outpatient care 
and treatment to beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, including care and treatment in facilities not under 
the jurisdiction of the department; and furnishing recreational 
facilities, supplies, and equipment; funeral, burial, and other 
expenses incidental thereto for beneficiaries receiving care in 
the department; administrative expenses in support of planning, 
design, project management, real property acquisition and 
disposition, construction and renovation of any facility under 
the jurisdiction or for the use of the department; oversight, 
engineering and architectural activities not charged to project 
cost; repairing, altering, improving or providing facilities in 
the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the 
department, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or 
by the hire of temporary employees and purchase of materials; 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902; aid to State homes as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 1741; 
administrative and legal expenses of the department for 
collecting and recovering amounts owed the department as 
authorized under 38 U.S.C. chapter 17, and the Federal Medical 
Care Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq., $20,281,587,000, 
plus reimbursements: Provided, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, $900,000,000 is for the equipment and land 
and structures object classifications only, which amount shall 
not become available for obligation until August 1, 2001, and 
shall remain available until September 30, 2002: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
not to exceed $500,000,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2002: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, not to exceed $28,134,000 may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``General 
operating expenses'': Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall conduct by contract a program of 
recovery audits for the fee basis and other medical services 
contracts with respect to payments for hospital care; and, 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302(b), amounts collected, by setoff 
or otherwise, as the result of such audits shall be available, 
without fiscal year limitation, for the purposes for which 
funds are appropriated under this heading and the purposes of 
paying a contractor a percent of the amount collected as a 
result of an audit carried out by the contractor: Provided 
further, That all amounts so collected under the preceding 
proviso with respect to a designated health care region (as 
that term is defined in 38 U.S.C. 1729A(d)(2)) shall be 
allocated, net of payments to the contractor, to that region.
  In addition, in conformance with Public Law 105-33 
establishing the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care 
Collections Fund, such sums as may be deposited to such Fund 
pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1729A may be transferred to this account, 
to remain available until expended for the purposes of this 
account.
  None of the foregoing funds may be transferred to the 
Department of Justice for the purposes of supporting tobacco 
litigation.


                    medical and prosthetic research


  For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical 
and prosthetic research and development as authorized by 38 
U.S.C. chapter 73, to remain available until September 30, 
2002, $351,000,000, plus reimbursements.


      medical administration and miscellaneous operating expenses


  For necessary expenses in the administration of the medical, 
hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, supply, and 
research activities, as authorized by law; administrative 
expenses in support of capital policy activities, $62,000,000 
plus reimbursements: Provided, That technical and consulting 
services offered by the Facilities Management Field Service, 
including project management and real property administration 
(including leases, site acquisition and disposal activities 
directly supporting projects), shall be provided to Department 
of Veterans Affairs components only on a reimbursable basis, 
and such amounts will remain available until September 30, 
2001.

                      Departmental Administration


                       general operating expenses


  For necessary operating expenses of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including 
uniforms or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General 
Services Administration for security guard services, and the 
Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, 
$1,050,000,000: Provided, That expenses for services and 
assistance authorized under 38 U.S.C. 3104(a)(1), (2), (5) and 
(11) that the Secretary determines are necessary to enable 
entitled veterans (1) to the maximum extent feasible, to become 
employable and to obtain and maintain suitable employment; or 
(2) to achieve maximum independence in daily living, shall be 
charged to this account: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, not to exceed $45,000,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2002: Provided further, 
That funds under this heading shall be available to administer 
the Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act.

                    national cemetery administration


                     (including transfer of funds)


  For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of 
the National Cemetery Administration, not otherwise provided 
for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; cemeterial 
expenses as authorized by law; purchase of two passenger motor 
vehicles for use in cemeterial operations; and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $109,889,000: Provided, That travel 
expenses shall not exceed $1,125,000: Provided further, That of 
the amount made available under this heading, not to exceed 
$125,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.

                      office of inspector general


                     (including transfer of funds)


  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$46,464,000: Provided, That of the amount made available under 
this heading, not to exceed $28,000 may be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation for ``General operating 
expenses''.


                      construction, major projects


  For constructing, altering, extending and improving any of 
the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the purposes set 
forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 
8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, United States Code, including 
planning, architectural and engineering services, maintenance 
or guarantee period services costs associated with equipment 
guarantees provided under the project, services of claims 
analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system 
construction costs, and site acquisition, where the estimated 
cost of a project is $4,000,000 or more or where funds for a 
project were made available in a previous major project 
appropriation, $66,040,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That except for advance planning of projects 
(including market-based assessments of health care needs which 
may or may not lead to capital investments) funded through the 
advance planning fund and the design of projects funded through 
the design fund, none of these funds shall be used for any 
project which has not been considered and approved by the 
Congress in the budgetary process: Provided further, That funds 
provided in this appropriation for fiscal year 2001, for each 
approved project shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a 
construction documents contract by September 30, 2001; and (2) 
by the awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 
2002: Provided further, That the Secretary shall promptly 
report in writing to the Committees on Appropriations any 
approved major construction project in which obligations are 
not incurred within the time limitations established above: 
Provided further, That no funds from any other account except 
the ``Parking revolving fund'', may be obligated for 
constructing, altering, extending, or improving a project which 
was approved in the budget process and funded in this account 
until one year after substantial completion and beneficial 
occupancy by the Department of Veterans Affairs of the project 
or any part thereof with respect to that part only.


                      construction, minor projects


  For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of 
the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, including planning, 
architectural and engineering services, maintenance or 
guarantee period services costs associated with equipment 
guarantees provided under the project, services of claims 
analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system 
construction costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the 
purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 
8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, 8122, and 8162 of title 38, United 
States Code, where the estimated cost of a project is less than 
$4,000,000, $162,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
along with unobligated balances of previous ``Construction, 
minor projects'' appropriations which are hereby made available 
for any project where the estimated cost is less than 
$4,000,000: Provided, That funds in this account shall be 
available for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities 
under the jurisdiction or for the use of the department which 
are necessary because of loss or damage caused by any natural 
disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary measures necessary 
to prevent or to minimize further loss by such causes.


                         parking revolving fund


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


       grants for construction of state extended care facilities


  For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State 
nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify 
or alter existing hospital, nursing home and domiciliary 
facilities in State homes, for furnishing care to veterans as 
authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8131-8137, $100,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.


        grants for the construction of state veterans cemeteries


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


                       administrative provisions


                     (including transfer of funds)


  Sec. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2001 for 
``Compensation and pensions'', ``Readjustment benefits'', and 
``Veterans insurance and indemnities'' may be transferred to 
any other of the mentioned appropriations.
  Sec. 102. Appropriations available to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2001 for salaries and expenses 
shall be available for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
  Sec. 103. No appropriations in this Act for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations for ``Construction, 
major projects'', ``Construction, minor projects'', and the 
``Parking revolving fund'') shall be available for the purchase 
of any site for or toward the construction of any new hospital 
or home.
  Sec. 104. No appropriations in this Act for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs shall be available for hospitalization or 
examination of any persons (except beneficiaries entitled under 
the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, and persons 
receiving such treatment under 5 U.S.C. 7901-7904 or 42 U.S.C. 
5141-5204), unless reimbursement of cost is made to the 
``Medical care'' account at such rates as may be fixed by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
  Sec. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2001 for ``Compensation and 
pensions'', ``Readjustment benefits'', and ``Veterans insurance 
and indemnities'' shall be available for payment of prior year 
accrued obligations required to be recorded by law against the 
corresponding prior year accounts within the last quarter of 
fiscal year 2000.
  Sec. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2001 shall be available to 
pay prior year obligations of corresponding prior year 
appropriations accounts resulting from title X of the 
Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law 100-86, except 
that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts they 
shall be payable from ``Compensation and pensions''.
  Sec. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 
fiscal year 2001, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, from 
the National Service Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1920), the 
Veterans' Special Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1923), and the 
United States Government Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), 
reimburse the ``General operating expenses'' account for the 
cost of administration of the insurance programs financed 
through those accounts: Provided, That reimbursement shall be 
made only from the surplus earnings accumulated in an insurance 
program in fiscal year 2001, that are available for dividends 
in that program after claims have been paid and actuarially 
determined reserves have been set aside: Provided further, That 
if the cost of administration of an insurance program exceeds 
the amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that program, 
reimbursement shall be made only to the extent of such surplus 
earnings: Provided further, That the Secretary shall determine 
the cost of administration for fiscal year 2001, which is 
properly allocable to the provision of each insurance program 
and to the provision of any total disability income insurance 
included in such insurance program.
  Sec. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
collections authorized by the Veterans Millennium Health Care 
and Benefits Act (Public Law 106-117) and credited to the 
appropriate Department of Veterans Affairs accounts in fiscal 
year 2001, shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
unless appropriation language making such funds available is 
enacted.
  Sec. 109. In accordance with section 1557 of title 31, United 
States Code, the following obligated balance shall be exempt 
from subchapter IV of chapter 15 of such title and shall remain 
available for expenditure until September 30, 2003: funds 
obligated by the Department of Veterans Affairs for a contract 
with the Institute for Clinical Research to study the 
application of artificial neural networks to the diagnosis and 
treatment of prostate cancer through the Cooperative DoD/VA 
Medical Research program from funds made available to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs by the Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103-335) under the heading 
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide''.
  Sec. 110. As HR LINK$ will not be part of the Franchise Fund 
in fiscal year 2001, funds budgeted in customer accounts to 
purchase HR LINK$ services from the Franchise Fund shall be 
transferred to the General Administration portion of the 
``General operating expenses'' appropriation in the following 
amounts: $78,000 from the ``Office of Inspector General'', 
$358,000 from the ``National cemetery administration'', 
$1,106,000 from ``Medical care'', $84,000 from ``Medical 
administration and miscellaneous operating expenses'', and 
$38,000 shall be reprogrammed within the ``General operating 
expenses'' appropriation from the Veterans Benefits 
Administration to General Administration for the same purpose.
  Sec. 111. Not to exceed $1,600,000 from the ``Medical care'' 
appropriation shall be transferred to the ``General operating 
expenses'' appropriation to fund personnel services costs of 
employees providing legal services and administrative support 
for the Office of General Counsel.
  Sec. 112. Not to exceed $1,200,000 may be transferred from 
the ``Medical care'' appropriation to the ``General operating 
expenses'' appropriation to fund contracts and services in 
support of the Veterans Benefits Administration's Benefits 
Delivery Center, Systems Development Center, and Finance 
Center, located at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
Center, Hines, Illinois.
  Sec. 113. Not to exceed $4,500,000 from the ``Construction, 
minor projects'' appropriation and not to exceed $2,000,000 
from the ``Medical care'' appropriation may be transferred to 
and merged with the Parking Revolving Fund for surface parking 
lot projects.
  Sec. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in 
this Act for ``Medical care'' appropriations of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs may be obligated for the realignment of the 
health care delivery system in Veterans Integrated Service 
Network 12 (VISN 12) until 60 days after the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs certifies that the Department has: (1) 
consulted with veterans organizations, medical school 
affiliates, employee representatives, State veterans and health 
associations, and other interested parties with respect to the 
realignment plan to be implemented; and (2) made available to 
the Congress and the public information from the consultations 
regarding possible impacts on the accessibility of veterans 
health care services to affected veterans.

         TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                       Public and Indian Housing


                        housing certificate fund


                     (including transfers of funds)


  For activities and assistance to prevent the involuntary 
displacement of low-income families, the elderly and the 
disabled because of the loss of affordable housing stock, 
expiration of subsidy contracts (other than contracts for which 
amounts are provided under another heading in this Act) or 
expiration of use restrictions, or other changes in housing 
assistance arrangements, and for other purposes, 
$13,940,907,000 and amounts that are recaptured in this account 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total 
amount provided under this heading, $12,972,000,000, of which 
$8,772,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2000 and 
$4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2001, shall be 
for assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(``the Act'' herein) (42 U.S.C. 1437): Provided further, That 
the foregoing amounts shall be for use in connection with 
expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy contracts, for 
amendments to section 8 subsidy contracts, for enhanced 
vouchers (including amendments and renewals) under any 
provision of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (47 U.S.C. 1437f(t)), 
contract administrators, and contracts entered into pursuant to 
section 441 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: 
Provided further, That amounts available under the first 
proviso under this heading shall be available for section 8 
rental assistance under the Act: (1) for the relocation and 
replacement of housing units that are demolished or disposed of 
pursuant to section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
or to other authority for the revitalization of severely 
distressed public housing, as set forth in the Appropriations 
Acts for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies for fiscal years 
1993, 1994, 1995, and 1997, and in the Omnibus Consolidated 
Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996; (2) for the 
conversion of section 23 projects to assistance under section 
8; (3) for funds to carry out the family unification program; 
(4) for the relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts 
to combat crime in public and assisted housing pursuant to a 
request from a law enforcement or prosecution agency; (5) for 
tenant protection assistance, including replacement and 
relocation assistance; and (6) for the 1-year renewal of 
section 8 contracts for units in a project that is subject to 
an approved plan of action under the Emergency Low Income 
Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing 
Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990: Provided 
further, That $11,000,000 shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund for the development and maintenance of information 
technology systems: Provided further, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading, $40,000,000 shall be made 
available to nonelderly disabled families affected by the 
designation of a public housing development under section 7 of 
the Act, the establishment of preferences in accordance with 
section 651 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1992 (42 U.S.C. 1361l), or the restriction of occupancy to 
elderly families in accordance with section 658 of such Act, 
and to the extent the Secretary determines that such amount is 
not needed to fund applications for such affected families, to 
other nonelderly disabled families: Provided further, That of 
the total amount provided under this heading, $452,907,000 
shall be made available for incremental vouchers under section 
8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 on a fair share 
basis and administered by public housing agencies: Provided 
further, That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
up to $7,000,000 shall be made available for the completion of 
the Jobs Plus Demonstration: Provided further, That amounts 
available under this heading may be made available for 
administrative fees and other expenses to cover the cost of 
administering rental assistance programs under section 8 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937: Provided further, That the 
fee otherwise authorized under section 8(q) of such Act shall 
be determined in accordance with section 8(q), as in effect 
immediately before the enactment of the Quality Housing and 
Work Responsibility Act of 1998: Provided further, That 
$1,833,000,000 is rescinded from unobligated balances remaining 
from funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development under this heading or the heading ``Annual 
Contributions for Assisted Housing'' or any other heading for 
fiscal year 2000 and prior years: Provided further, That any 
such balances governed by reallocation provisions under the 
statute authorizing the program for which the funds were 
originally appropriated shall not be available for this 
rescission: Provided further, That the Secretary shall have 
until September 30, 2001, to meet the rescission in the proviso 
preceding the immediately preceding proviso: Provided further, 
That any obligated balances of contract authority that have 
been terminated shall be canceled.

                      public housing capital fund


                     (including transfer of funds)


  For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to carry out 
capital and management activities for public housing agencies, 
as authorized under section 9 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437), $3,000,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which up to $50,000,000 shall be 
for carrying out activities under section 9(h) of such Act, for 
lease adjustments to section 23 projects and $43,000,000 shall 
be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the development 
and maintenance of information technology systems: Provided, 
That no funds may be used under this heading for the purposes 
specified in section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937: Provided further, That of the total amount, up to 
$75,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development to make grants to public housing agencies for 
emergency capital needs resulting from emergencies and natural 
disasters in fiscal year 2001.

                     public housing operating fund

  For payments to public housing agencies for the operation and 
management of public housing, as authorized by section 9(e) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
1437g), $3,242,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That no funds may be used under this heading for the 
purposes specified in section 9(k) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937.


             drug elimination grants for low-income housing


                     (including transfers of funds)


  For grants to public housing agencies and Indian tribes and 
their tribally designated housing entities for use in 
eliminating crime in public housing projects authorized by 42 
U.S.C. 11901-11908, for grants for federally assisted low-
income housing authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11909, and for drug 
information clearinghouse services authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
11921-11925, $310,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
up to $3,000,000 shall be solely for technical assistance, 
technical assistance grants, training, and program assessment 
for or on behalf of public housing agencies, resident 
organizations, and Indian tribes and their tribally designated 
housing entities (including up to $150,000 for the cost of 
necessary travel for participants in such training) for 
oversight, training and improved management of this program, 
$2,000,000 shall be available to the Boys and Girls Clubs of 
America for the operating and start-up costs of clubs located 
in or near, and primarily serving residents of, public housing 
and housing assisted under the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, and $10,000,000 
shall be used in connection with efforts to combat violent 
crime in public and assisted housing under the Operation Safe 
Home Program administered by the Inspector General of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, 
That of the amount under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be 
provided to the Office of Inspector General for Operation Safe 
Home: Provided further, That of the amount under this heading, 
$20,000,000 shall be available for the New Approach Anti-Drug 
program which will provide competitive grants to entities 
managing or operating public housing developments, federally 
assisted multifamily housing developments, or other multifamily 
housing developments for low-income families supported by non-
Federal governmental entities or similar housing developments 
supported by nonprofit private sources in order to provide or 
augment security (including personnel costs), to assist in the 
investigation and/or prosecution of drug-related criminal 
activity in and around such developments, and to provide 
assistance for the development of capital improvements at such 
developments directly relating to the security of such 
developments: Provided further, That grants for the New 
Approach Anti-Drug program shall be made on a competitive basis 
as specified in section 102 of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.


     revitalization of severely distressed public housing (hope vi)


  For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, site 
revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based 
assistance grants to projects as authorized by section 24 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937, $575,000,000 to remain 
available until expended, of which the Secretary may use up to 
$10,000,000 for technical assistance and contract expertise, to 
be provided directly or indirectly by grants, contracts or 
cooperative agreements, including training and cost of 
necessary travel for participants in such training, by or to 
officials and employees of the department and of public housing 
agencies and to residents: Provided, That none of such funds 
shall be used directly or indirectly by granting competitive 
advantage in awards to settle litigation or pay judgments, 
unless expressly permitted herein.


                  native american housing block grants


                     (including transfers of funds)


  For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as 
authorized under title I of the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (Public 
Law 104-330), $650,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $6,000,000 shall be to support the inspection of 
Indian housing units, contract expertise, training, and 
technical assistance in the training, oversight, and management 
of Indian housing and tenant-based assistance, including up to 
$300,000 for related travel: Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $6,000,000 shall be made available 
for the cost of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as 
authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided further, That such 
costs, including the costs of modifying such notes and other 
obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, 
That these funds are available to subsidize the total principal 
amount of any notes and other obligations, any part of which is 
to be guaranteed, not to exceed $54,600,000: Provided further, 
That for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed 
loan program, up to $150,000 from amounts in the first proviso, 
which shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ``Salaries and expenses'', to be used only for the 
administrative costs of these guarantees: Provided further, 
That of the amount provided in this heading, $2,000,000 shall 
be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for development and 
maintaining information technology systems.

           indian housing loan guarantee fund program account


                     (including transfer of funds)


  For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 
184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (106 
Stat. 3739), $6,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such costs, including the costs of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, 
That these funds are available to subsidize total loan 
principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$71,956,000.
  In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
guaranteed loan program, up to $200,000 from amounts in the 
first paragraph, which shall be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses'', to be used 
only for the administrative costs of these guarantees.

                   Community Planning and Development


              housing opportunities for persons with aids


  For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with 
AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act 
(42 U.S.C. 12901), $258,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew all expiring 
contracts that were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act 
that meet all program requirements before awarding funds for 
new contracts and activities authorized under this section: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may use up to 1 percent of 
the funds under this heading for training, oversight, and 
technical assistance activities.


                 rural housing and economic development


  For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development in 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, $25,000,000 to 
remain available until expended, which amount shall be awarded 
by June 1, 2001, to Indian tribes, State housing finance 
agencies, State community and/or economic development agencies, 
local rural nonprofits and community development corporations 
to support innovative housing and economic development 
activities in rural areas: Provided, That all grants shall be 
awarded on a competitive basis as specified in section 102 of 
the HUD Reform Act.


                empowerment zones/enterprise communities


  For grants in connection with a second round of empowerment 
zones and enterprise communities, $90,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That $75,000,000 shall be 
available for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
for ``Urban Empowerment Zones'', as authorized in the Taxpayer 
Relief Act of 1997, including $5,000,000 for each empowerment 
zone for use in conjunction with economic development 
activities consistent with the strategic plan of each 
empowerment zone: Provided further, That $15,000,000 shall be 
available to the Secretary of Agriculture for grants for 
designated empowerment zones in rural areas and for grants for 
designated rural enterprise communities.

                       community development fund


                     (including transfers of funds)


  For assistance to units of State and local government, and to 
other entities, for economic and community development 
activities, and for other purposes, $5,057,550,000: Provided, 
That of the amount provided, $4,410,000,000 is for carrying out 
the community development block grant program under title I of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended 
(the ``Act'' herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301), to remain available 
until September 30, 2003: Provided further, That $71,000,000 
shall be for grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding section 
106(a)(1) of such Act, $3,000,000 shall be available as a grant 
to the Housing Assistance Council, $2,600,000 shall be 
available as a grant to the National American Indian Housing 
Council, $10,000,000 shall be available as a grant to the 
National Housing Development Corporation, for operating 
expenses not to exceed $2,000,000 and for a program of 
affordable housing acquisition and rehabilitation, and 
$45,500,000 shall be for grants pursuant to section 107 of the 
Act of which $3,000,000 shall be made available to support 
Alaska Native serving institutions and native Hawaiian serving 
institutions, as defined under the Higher Education Act, as 
amended, and of which $3,000,000 shall be made available to 
tribal colleges and universities to build, expand, renovate, 
and equip their facilities: Provided further, That not to 
exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appropriated 
herein (other than a grant made available in this paragraph to 
the Housing Assistance Council or the National American Indian 
Housing Council, or a grant using funds under section 107(b)(3) 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as 
amended) shall be expended for ``Planning and Management 
Development'' and ``Administration'' as defined in regulations 
promulgated by the department: Provided further, That 
$15,000,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund 
for the development and maintenance of information technology 
systems: Provided further, That $20,000,000 shall be for grants 
pursuant to the Self Help Housing Opportunity Program.
  Of the amount made available under this heading, $28,450,000 
shall be made available for capacity building, of which 
$25,000,000 shall be made available for ``Capacity Building for 
Community Development and Affordable Housing'', for LISC and 
the Enterprise Foundation for activities as authorized by 
section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-
120), as in effect immediately before June 12, 1997, of which 
not less than $5,000,000 of the funding shall be used in rural 
areas, including tribal areas, and of which $3,450,000 shall be 
made available for capacity building activities administered by 
Habitat for Humanity International.
  Of the amount made available under this heading, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may use up to 
$55,000,000 for supportive services for public housing 
residents, as authorized by section 34 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937, as amended, and for residents of housing 
assisted under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) and for grants for service 
coordinators and congregate services for the elderly and 
disabled residents of public and assisted housing and housing 
assisted under NAHASDA.
  Of the amount made available under this heading, $44,000,000 
shall be available for neighborhood initiatives that are 
utilized to improve the conditions of distressed and blighted 
areas and neighborhoods, to stimulate investment, economic 
diversification, and community revitalization in areas with 
population outmigration or a stagnating or declining economic 
base, or to determine whether housing benefits can be 
integrated more effectively with welfare reform initiatives: 
Provided, that any unobligated balances of amounts set aside 
for neighborhood initiatives in fiscal years 1998, 1999, and 
2000 may be utilized for any of the foregoing purposes: 
Provided further, That these grants shall be provided in accord 
with the terms and conditions specified in the statement of 
managers accompanying this conference report.
  Of the amount made available under this heading, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $60,000,000 shall 
be available for YouthBuild program activities authorized by 
subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act, as amended, and such activities shall 
be an eligible activity with respect to any funds made 
available under this heading: Provided, That local YouthBuild 
programs that demonstrate an ability to leverage private and 
nonprofit funding shall be given a priority for YouthBuild 
funding: Provided further, That no more than ten percent of any 
grant award may be used for administrative costs: Provided 
further, That not less than $10,000,000 shall be available for 
grants to establish YouthBuild programs in underserved and 
rural areas: Provided further, That of the amount provided 
under this paragraph, $4,000,000 shall be set aside and made 
available for a grant to Youthbuild USA for capacity building 
for community development and affordable housing activities as 
specified in section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993, as 
amended.
  Of the amounts made available under this heading, $2,000,000 
shall be available to the Utah Housing Finance Agency for the 
temporary use of relocatable housing during the 2002 Winter 
Olympic Games provided such housing is targeted to the housing 
needs of low-income families after the Games.
  Of the amount made available under this heading, $292,000,000 
shall be available for grants for the Economic Development 
Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety of targeted economic 
investments in accordance with the terms and conditions 
specified in the statement of managers accompanying this 
conference report.
  For the cost of guaranteed loans, $29,000,000, as authorized 
by section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, 
That these funds are available to subsidize total loan 
principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$1,261,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate limitation on 
outstanding obligations guaranteed in section 108(k) of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That in addition, for administrative expenses to carry 
out the guaranteed loan program, $1,000,000, which shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Salaries 
and expenses''.


                       brownfields redevelopment


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

                  home investment partnerships program


                     (including transfer of funds)


  For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized 
under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act, as amended, $1,800,000,000 to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That up to $20,000,000 of these funds 
shall be available for Housing Counseling under section 106 of 
the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968: Provided 
further, That $17,000,000 shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund for the development and maintenance of information 
technology systems.

                       homeless assistance grants


                     (including transfer of funds)


  For the emergency shelter grants program (as authorized under 
subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
Assistance Act, as amended); the supportive housing program (as 
authorized under subtitle C of title IV of such Act); the 
section 8 moderate rehabilitation single room occupancy program 
(as authorized under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as 
amended) to assist homeless individuals pursuant to section 441 
of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; and the 
shelter plus care program (as authorized under subtitle F of 
title IV of such Act), $1,025,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That not less than 30 percent of 
these funds shall be used for permanent housing, and all 
funding for services must be matched by 25 percent in funding 
by each grantee: Provided further, That all awards of 
assistance under this heading shall be required to coordinate 
and integrate homeless programs with other mainstream health, 
social services, and employment programs for which homeless 
populations may be eligible, including Medicaid, State 
Children's Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assistance for 
Needy Families, Food Stamps, and services funding through the 
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Block Grant, Workforce 
Investment Act, and the Welfare-to-Work grant program: Provided 
further, That up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated under 
this heading is transferred to the Working Capital Fund to be 
used for technical assistance for management information 
systems and to develop an automated, client-level Annual 
Performance Report System: Provided further, That $500,000 
shall be made available to the Interagency Council on the 
Homeless for administrative needs.


                       shelter plus care renewals


  For the renewal on an annual basis of contracts expiring 
during fiscal years 2001 and 2002 under the Shelter Plus Care 
program, as authorized under subtitle F of title IV of the 
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, 
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That each Shelter Plus Care project with an expiring contract 
shall be eligible for renewal only if the project is determined 
to be needed under the applicable continuum of care and meets 
appropriate program requirements and financial standards, as 
determined by the Secretary.

                            Housing Programs

                    housing for special populations


                     (including transfer of funds)


  For assistance for the purchase, construction, acquisition, 
or development of additional public and subsidized housing 
units for low income families not otherwise provided for, 
$996,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That $779,000,000 shall be for capital advances, including 
amendments to capital advance contracts, for housing for the 
elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 
1959, as amended, and for project rental assistance, and 
amendments to contracts for project rental assistance, for the 
elderly under such section 202(c)(2), and for supportive 
services associated with the housing, of which amount 
$50,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and the 
continuation of existing congregate service grants for 
residents of assisted housing projects and of which amount 
$50,000,000 shall be for grants under section 202b of the 
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q-2) for conversion of 
eligible projects under such section to assisted living or 
related use: Provided further, That of the amount under this 
heading, $217,000,000 shall be for capital advances, including 
amendments to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing 
for persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, for 
project rental assistance, for amendments to contracts for 
project rental assistance, and supportive services associated 
with the housing for persons with disabilities as authorized by 
section 811 of such Act: Provided further, That $1,000,000, to 
be divided evenly between the appropriations for the section 
202 and section 811 programs, shall be transferred to the 
Working Capital Fund for the development and maintenance of 
information technology systems: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may designate up to 25 percent of the amounts 
earmarked under this paragraph for section 811 of such Act for 
tenant-based assistance, as authorized under that section, 
including such authority as may be waived under the next 
proviso, which assistance is 5 years in duration: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may waive any provision of such 
section 202 and such section 811 (including the provisions 
governing the terms and conditions of project rental assistance 
and tenant-based assistance) that the Secretary determines is 
not necessary to achieve the objectives of these programs, or 
that otherwise impedes the ability to develop, operate, or 
administer projects assisted under these programs, and may make 
provision for alternative conditions or terms where 
appropriate.


                         flexible subsidy fund


                          (transfer of funds)


  From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all uncommitted 
balances of excess rental charges as of September 30, 2000, and 
any collections made during fiscal year 2001, shall be 
transferred to the Flexible Subsidy Fund, as authorized by 
section 236(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended.

                     Federal Housing Administration

             fha--mutual mortgage insurance program account


                     (including transfers of funds)


  During fiscal year 2001, commitments to guarantee loans to 
carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the National 
Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed a loan principal of 
$160,000,000,000.
  During fiscal year 2001, obligations to make direct loans to 
carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National 
Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed $250,000,000: 
Provided, That the foregoing amount shall be for loans to 
nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with sales of 
single family real properties owned by the Secretary and 
formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund.
  For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
guaranteed and direct loan program, $330,888,000, of which not 
to exceed $324,866,000 shall be transferred to the 
appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses''; and not to exceed 
$4,022,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for 
``Office of Inspector General''. In addition, for 
administrative contract expenses, $160,000,000, of which 
$96,500,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund 
for the development and maintenance of information technology 
systems: Provided, That to the extent guaranteed loan 
commitments exceed $65,500,000,000 on or before April 1, 2001 
an additional $1,400 for administrative contract expenses shall 
be available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan 
commitments (including a pro rata amount for any amount below 
$1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by this 
proviso exceed $16,000,000.

             fha--general and special risk program account


                     (including transfers of funds)


  For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sections 
238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and 
1735c), including the cost of loan guarantee modifications (as 
that term is defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as amended), $101,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That these funds are available to 
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, of up to $21,000,000,000: Provided further, That 
any amounts made available in any prior appropriations Act for 
the cost (as such term is defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of guaranteed loans that are 
obligations of the funds established under section 238 or 519 
of the National Housing Act that have not been obligated or 
that are deobligated shall be available to the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development in connection with the making of 
such guarantees and shall remain available until expended, 
notwithstanding the expiration of any period of availability 
otherwise applicable to such amounts.
  Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, 
as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of 
the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $50,000,000; of 
which not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be for bridge financing 
in connection with the sale of multifamily real properties 
owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under such Act; and 
of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be for loans to 
nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with the sale 
of single-family real properties owned by the Secretary and 
formerly insured under such Act.
  In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, $211,455,000, of 
which $193,134,000, shall be transferred to the appropriation 
for ``Salaries and expenses''; and of which $18,321,000 shall 
be transferred to the appropriation for ``Office of Inspector 
General''. In addition, for administrative contract expenses 
necessary to carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, 
$144,000,000, of which $33,500,000 shall be transferred to the 
Working Capital Fund for the development and maintenance of 
information technology systems: Provided, That to the extent 
guaranteed loan commitments exceed $8,426,000,000 on or before 
April 1, 2001, an additional $19,800,000 for administrative 
contract expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in 
additional guaranteed loan commitments over $8,426,000,000 
(including a pro rata amount for any increment below 
$1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by this 
proviso exceed $14,400,000.

                Government National Mortgage Association

guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account


                     (including transfer of funds)


  New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the purposes 
of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 
U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed $200,000,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2002.
  For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program, $9,383,000 to be 
derived from the GNMA guarantees of mortgage-backed securities 
guaranteed loan receipt account, of which not to exceed 
$9,383,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for 
``Salaries and expenses''.

                    Policy Development and Research


                        research and technology


  For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs of 
research and studies relating to housing and urban problems, 
not otherwise provided for, as authorized by title V of the 
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970, as amended (12 
U.S.C. 1701z-1 et seq.), including carrying out the functions 
of the Secretary under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization 
Plan No. 2 of 1968, $53,500,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2002: Provided, That of the amount provided under 
this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for the Partnership for 
Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) Initiative: Provided 
further, That $3,000,000 shall be for program evaluation to 
support strategic planning, performance measurement, and their 
coordination with the Department's budget process: Provided 
further, That $500,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for a commission as established under section 525 of 
Preserving Affordable Housing for Senior Citizens and Families 
into the 21st Century Act.

                   Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity


                        fair housing activities


  For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise 
provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 
1988, and section 561 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1987, as amended, $46,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2002, of which $24,000,000 shall be to carry out 
activities pursuant to such section 561: Provided, That no 
funds made available under this heading shall be used to lobby 
the executive or legislative branches of the Federal Government 
in connection with a specific contract, grant or loan.

                     Office of Lead Hazard Control

                         lead hazard reduction

  For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by 
sections 1011 and 1053 of the Residential Lead-Based Hazard 
Reduction Act of 1992, $100,000,000 to remain available until 
expended, of which $1,000,000 shall be for CLEARCorps and 
$10,000,000 shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant 
to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1970 that shall include research, studies, testing, and 
demonstration efforts, including education and outreach 
concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other housing-related 
environmental diseases and hazards.

                     Management and Administration


                         salaries and expenses


                     (including transfers of funds)


  For necessary administrative and non-administrative expenses 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, not 
otherwise provided for, including not to exceed $7,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses, $1,072,000,000, 
of which $518,000,000 shall be provided from the various funds 
of the Federal Housing Administration, $9,383,000 shall be 
provided from funds of the Government National Mortgage 
Association, $1,000,000 shall be provided from the ``Community 
development fund'' account, $150,000 shall be provided by 
transfer from the ``Title VI Indian federal guarantees 
program'' account, and $200,000 shall be provided by transfer 
from the ``Indian housing loan guarantee fund program'' 
account: Provided, That the Secretary is prohibited from using 
any funds under this heading or any other heading in this Act 
from employing more than 77 schedule C and 20 noncareer Senior 
Executive Service employees: Provided further, That not more 
than $758,000,000 shall be made available to the personal 
services object class: Provided further, That no less than 
$100,000,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund 
for the development and maintenance of Information Technology 
Systems: Provided further, That the Secretary shall fill 7 out 
of 10 vacancies at the GS-14 and GS-15 levels until the total 
number of GS-14 and GS-15 positions in the Department has been 
reduced from the number of GS-14 and GS-15 positions on the 
date of enactment of this provision by two and one-half 
percent: Provided further, That the Secretary shall submit a 
staffing plan for the Department by May 15, 2001: Provided 
further, That the Secretary is prohibited from using funds 
under this heading or any other heading in this Act to employ 
more than 14 employees in the Office of Public Affairs or in 
any position in the Department where the employee reports to an 
employee of the Office of Public Affairs.

                      office of inspector general

  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$85,000,000, of which $22,343,000 shall be provided from the 
various funds of the Federal Housing Administration and 
$10,000,000 shall be provided from the amount earmarked for 
Operation Safe Home in the appropriation for ``Drug elimination 
grants for low-income housing'': Provided, That the Inspector 
General shall have independent authority over all personnel 
issues within the Office of Inspector General.

             Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight

                         salaries and expenses


                     (including transfer of funds)


  For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprise Financial 
Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, including not to exceed $500 
for official reception and representation expenses, 
$22,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived 
from the Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Fund: Provided, 
That not to exceed such amount shall be available from the 
General Fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur 
obligations and make expenditures pending the receipt of 
collections to the Fund: Provided further, That the General 
Fund amount shall be reduced as collections are received during 
the fiscal year so as to result in a final appropriation from 
the General Fund estimated at not more than $0.

                       Administrative Provisions

                      financing adjustment factors

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

                      fair housing and free speech

  Sec. 202. None of the amounts made available under this Act 
may be used during fiscal year 2001 to investigate or prosecute 
under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity 
engaged in by one or more persons, including the filing or 
maintaining of a non-frivolous legal action, that is engaged in 
solely for the purpose of achieving or preventing action by a 
Government official or entity, or a court of competent 
jurisdiction.


           housing opportunities for persons with aids grants


  Sec. 203. (a) Eligibility.--Notwithstanding section 
854(c)(1)(A) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12903(c)(1)(A)), from any amounts made available under this 
title for fiscal year 2001 that are allocated under such 
section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 
allocate and make a grant, in the amount determined under 
subsection (b), for any State that--
          (1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year 
        under clause (ii) of such section; and
          (2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for 
        fiscal year 2001 under such clause (ii) because the 
        areas in the State outside of the metropolitan 
        statistical areas that qualify under clause (i) in 
        fiscal year 2001 do not have the number of cases of 
        acquired immunodeficiency syndrome required under such 
        clause.
  (b) Amount.--The amount of the allocation and grant for any 
State described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based on 
the cumulative number of AIDS cases in the areas of that State 
that are outside of metropolitan statistical areas that qualify 
under clause (i) of such section 854(c)(1)(A) in fiscal year 
2001, in proportion to AIDS cases among cities and States that 
qualify under clauses (i) and (ii) of such section and States 
deemed eligible under subsection (a).
  (c) Environmental Review.--Section 856 of the Act is amended 
by adding the following new subsection at the end:
  ``(h) Environmental Review.--For purposes of environmental 
review, a grant under this subtitle shall be treated as 
assistance for a special project that is subject to section 
305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform 
Act of 1994, and shall be subject to the regulations issued by 
the Secretary to implement such section.''.

                     enhanced disposition authority

  Sec. 204. Section 204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1997, is amended by striking ``and 2000'' 
and inserting ``2000, and thereafter''.


             maximum payment standard for enhanced vouchers


  Sec. 205. Section 8(t)(1)(B) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 is amended by inserting ``and any other reasonable 
limit prescribed by the Secretary'' immediately before the 
semicolon.


                  due process for homeless assistance


  Sec. 206. None of the funds appropriated under this or any 
other Act may be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development to prohibit or debar or in any way diminish the 
responsibilities of any entity (and the individuals comprising 
that entity) that is responsible for convening and managing a 
continuum of care process (convenor) in a community for 
purposes of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act 
from participating in that capacity unless the Secretary has 
published in the Federal Register a description of all 
circumstances that would be grounds for prohibiting or 
debarring a convenor from administering a continuum of care 
process and the procedures for a prohibition or debarment: 
Provided, That these procedures shall include a requirement 
that a convenor shall be provided with timely notice of a 
proposed prohibition or debarment, an identification of the 
circumstances that could result in the prohibition or 
debarment, an opportunity to respond to or remedy these 
circumstances, and the right for judicial review of any 
decision of the Secretary that results in a prohibition or 
debarment.


                       hud reform act compliance


  Sec. 207. Except as explicitly provided in legislation, any 
grant or assistance made pursuant to Title II of this Act shall 
be made in accordance with section 102 of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 on a 
competitive basis.


expansion of environmental assumption authority for homeless assistance 
                                programs


  Sec. 208. Section 443 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
Assistance Act is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 443. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.

  ``For purposes of environmental review, assistance and 
projects under this title shall be treated as assistance for 
special projects that are subject to section 305(c) of the 
Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994, 
and shall be subject to the regulations issued by the Secretary 
to implement such section.''.


    technical amendments and corrections to the national housing act


  Sec. 209. (a) Section 203 Subsection Designations.--Section 
203 of the National Housing Act is amended by--
          (1) redesignating subsection (t) as subsection (u);
          (2) redesignating subsection (s), as added by section 
        329 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
        Housing Act, as subsection (t); and
          (3) redesignating subsection (v), as added by section 
        504 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
        1992, as subsection (w).
  (b) Mortgage Auctions.--The first sentence of section 
221(g)(4)(C)(viii) of the National Housing Act is amended by 
inserting after ``December 31, 2002'' the following: ``, except 
that this subparagraph shall continue to apply if the Secretary 
receives a mortgagee's written notice of intent to assign its 
mortgage to the Secretary on or before such date''.
  (c) Mortgagee Review Board.--Section 202(c)(2) of the 
National Housing Act is amended--
          (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``and'';
          (2) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``or their 
        designees.'' and inserting ``and'';
          (3) by adding the following new subparagraph at the 
        end:
                  ``(G) the Director of the Enforcement Center; 
                or their designees.''.


                   indian housing block grant program


  Sec. 210. Section 201(b) of the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 is amended--
          (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as 
        paragraphs (5) and (6) respectively; and
          (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following 
        new paragraph:
          ``(4) Law enforcement officers.--Notwithstanding 
        paragraph (1), a recipient may provide housing or 
        housing assistance provided through affordable housing 
        activities assisted with grant amounts under this Act 
        to a law enforcement officer on the reservation or 
        other Indian area, who is employed full-time by a 
        Federal, state, county or tribal government, and in 
        implementing such full-time employment is sworn to 
        uphold, and make arrests for violations of Federal, 
        state, county or tribal law, if the recipient 
        determines that the presence of the law enforcement 
        officer on the Indian reservation or other Indian area 
        may deter crime.''.


prohibition on the use of federal assistance in support of the sale of 
                            tobacco products


  Sec. 211. None of the funds appropriated in this or any other 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development to provide any grant or other assistance to 
construct, operate, or otherwise benefit a facility, or 
facility with a designated portion of that facility, which 
sells, or intends to sell, predominantly cigarettes or other 
tobacco products. For the purposes of this provision, 
predominant sale of cigarettes or other tobacco products means 
cigarette or tobacco sales representing more than 35 percent of 
the annual total in-store, non-fuel, sales.


      prohibition on implementation of puerto rico public housing 
                  administration settlement agreement


  Sec. 212. No funds may be used to implement the agreement 
between the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico Public 
Housing Administration, and the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, dated June 7, 2000, related to the allocation of 
operating subsidies for the Puerto Rico Public Housing 
Administration unless the Puerto Rico Public Housing 
Administration and the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development submit by December 31, 2000 a schedule of 
benchmarks and measurable goals to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations designed to address issues of 
mismanagement and safeguards against fraud and abuse.


                   hope vi grant for hollander ridge


  Sec. 213. The Housing Authority of Baltimore City may use the 
grant award of $20,000,000 made to such authority for 
development efforts at Hollander Ridge in Baltimore, Maryland 
with funds appropriated for fiscal year 1996 under the heading 
``Public Housing Demolition, Site Revitalization, and 
Replacement Housing Grants'' for use, as approved by the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development--
          (1) for activities related to the revitalization of 
        the Hollander Ridge site; and
          (2) in accordance with section 24 of the United 
        States Housing Act of 1937.


              computer access for public housing residents


  Sec. 214. (a) Use of Public Housing Capital and Operating 
Funds.--Section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is 
amended--
          (1) in subsection (d)(1)(E), by inserting before the 
        semicolon the following: ``, including the 
        establishment and initial operation of computer centers 
        in and around public housing through a Neighborhood 
        Networks initiative, for the purpose of enhancing the 
        self-sufficiency, employability, and economic self-
        reliance of public housing residents by providing them 
        with onsite computer access and training resources'';
          (2) in subsection (e)(1)--
                  (A) in subparagraph (I), by striking the word 
                ``and'' at the end;
                  (B) in subparagraph (J), by striking the 
                period and inserting ``; and''; and
                  (C) by adding after subparagraph (J) the 
                following:
                  ``(K) the costs of operating computer centers 
                in public housing through a Neighborhood 
                Networks initiative described in subsection 
                (d)(1)(E), and of activities related to that 
                initiative.''; and
          (3) in subsection (h)--
                  (A) in paragraph (6), by striking the word 
                ``and'' at the end;
                  (B) in paragraph (7), by striking the period 
                and inserting ``; and''; and
                  (C) by inserting after paragraph (7) the 
                following:
          ``(8) assistance in connection with the establishment 
        and operation of computer centers in public housing 
        through a Neighborhood Networks initiative described in 
        subsection (d)(1)(E).''.
  (b) Demolition, Site Revitalization, Replacement Housing, and 
Tenant-Based Assistance Grants for Projects.--Section 24 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended--
          (1) in subsection (d)(1)(G), by inserting before the 
        semicolon the following: ``, including a Neighborhood 
        Networks initiative for the establishment and operation 
        of computer centers in public housing for the purpose 
        of enhancing the self-sufficiency, employability, an 
        economic self-reliance of public housing residents by 
        providing them with onsite computer access and training 
        resources''; and
          (2) in subsection (m)(2), in the first sentence, by 
        inserting before the period the following ``, including 
        assistance in connection with the establishment and 
        operation of computer centers in public housing through 
        the Neighborhoods Networks initiative described in 
        subsection (d)(1)(G)''.


                         mark-to-market reform


  Sec. 215. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
properties known as the Hawthornes in Independence, Missouri 
shall be considered eligible multifamily housing projects for 
purposes of participating in the multifamily housing 
restructuring program pursuant to title V of the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-
65).


                       section 236 excess income


  Sec. 216. Section 236(g)(3)(A) of the National Housing Act is 
amended by striking out ``fiscal year 2000'' and inserting in 
lieu thereof ``fiscal years 2000 and 2001''.


                            cdbg eligibility


  Sec. 217. Section 102(a)(6)(D) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 is amended by--
          (1) in clause (v), striking out the ``or'' at the 
        end;
          (2) in clause (vi), striking the period at the end; 
        and
          (3) adding at the end the following new clause:
  ``(vii)(I) has consolidated its government with one or more 
municipal governments, such that within the county boundaries 
there are no unincorporated areas, (II) has a population of not 
less than 650,000, over which the consolidated government has 
the authority to undertake essential community development and 
housing assistance activities, (III) for more than 10 years, 
has been classified as an entitlement area for purposes of 
allocating and distributing funds under section 106, and (IV) 
as of the date of enactment of this clause, has over 90 percent 
of the county's population within the jurisdiction of the 
consolidated government; or
  ``(viii) notwithstanding any other provision of this section, 
any county that was classified as an urban county pursuant to 
subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 1999, at the option of the 
county, may hereafter remain classified as an urban county for 
purposes of this Act.''.


 exemption for alaska and mississippi from requirement of resident on 
                              board of pha


  Sec. 218. Public housing agencies in the States of Alaska and 
Mississippi shall not be required to comply with section 2(b) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, during 
fiscal year 2001.


             use of moderate rehabilitation funds for home


  Sec. 219. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall make the funds 
available under contracts NY36K113004 and NY36K113005 of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development available for use 
under the HOME Investment Partnerships Act and shall allocate 
such funds to the City of New Rochelle, New York.


                        loma linda reprogramming


  Sec. 220. Of the amounts made available under the sixth 
undesignated paragraph under the heading ``Community Planning 
and Development--Community Development Block Grants'' in title 
II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 
(Public Law 105-276) for the Economic Development Initiative 
(EDI) for grants for targeted economic investments, the 
$1,000,000 to be made available (pursuant to the related 
provisions of the joint explanatory statement in the conference 
report to accompany such Act (House Report 105-769)) to the 
City of Loma Linda, California, for infrastructure improvements 
at Redlands Boulevard and California Streets shall, 
notwithstanding such provisions, be made available to the City 
for infrastructure improvements related to the Mountain View 
Bridge.


            native american eligibility for the ross program


  Sec. 221. (a) Section 34 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 is amended--
          (1) in the heading, by striking ``PUBLIC HOUSING'' 
        and inserting ``PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING'';
          (2) in subsection (a)--
                  (A) by inserting after ``residents,'' the 
                following: ``recipients under the Native 
                American Housing Assistance and Self-
                Determination Act of 1996 (notwithstanding 
                section 502 of such Act) on behalf of residents 
                of housing assisted under such Act,'' and
                  (B) by inserting after ``public housing 
                residents'' the second place it appears the 
                following: ``and residents of housing assisted 
                under such Act'',
          (3) in subsection (b)--
                  (A) by inserting after ``project'' the first 
                place it appears the following: ``or the 
                property of a recipient under such Act or 
                housing assisted under such Act'';
                  (B) by inserting after ``public housing 
                residents'' the following: ``or residents of 
                housing assisted under such Act''; and
                  (C) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting after 
                ``public housing project'' the following: ``or 
                residents of housing assisted under such Act''; 
                and
          (4) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ``State or 
        local'' and inserting ``State, local, or tribal''.
  (b) Assessment and Report.--Section 538(b)(1) of the Quality 
Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 is amended by 
inserting after ``public housing'' the following: ``and housing 
assisted under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996''.


      treatment of expiring economic development initiative grants


  Sec. 222. (a) Availability.--Section 220(a) of the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 
(Public Law 106-74; 113 Stat. 1075) is amended by striking 
``September 30, 2000'' and inserting ``September 30, 2001''.
  (b) Applicability.--The Secretary of the Treasury and the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall take such 
actions as may be necessary to carry out such section 220 (as 
amended by this subsection (a) of this section) notwithstanding 
any actions taken previously pursuant to section 1552 of title 
31, United States Code.


           home program disaster funding for elderly housing


  Sec. 223. Of the amounts made available under Chapter IX of 
the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1993 for assistance 
under the HOME investment partnerships program to the city of 
Homestead, Florida (Public Law 103-50; 107 Stat. 262), up to 
$583,926.70 shall be made available to Dade County, Florida, 
for use only for rehabilitating housing for low-income elderly 
persons, and such amount shall not be subject to the 
requirements of such program, except for section 288 of the 
HOME Investment Partnerships Act (42 U.S.C. 12838).


                        cdbg public services cap


  Sec. 224. Section 105(a)(8) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 is amended by striking ``1993'' and all 
that follows through ``City of Los Angeles'' and inserting 
``1993 through 2001 to the City of Los Angeles''.


  extension of applicability of downpayment simplification provisions


  Sec. 225. Subparagraph (A) of section 203(b)(10) of the 
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(10)(A)) is amended, in 
the matter that precedes clause (i), by striking ``mortgage'' 
and all that follows through ``involving'' and inserting 
``mortgage closed on or before December 31, 2002, involving''.


    use of supportive housing program funds for information systems


  Sec. 226. Section 423 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
Assistance Act is amended under subsection (a) by adding the 
following paragraph:
          ``(7) Management information system.--A grant for the 
        costs of implementing and operating management 
        information systems for purposes of collecting 
        unduplicated counts of homeless people and analyzing 
        patterns of use of assistance funded under this Act.''.


                  indian housing loan guarantee reform


  Sec. 227. Section 184 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1992 is amended--
          (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``or as a result 
        of a lack of access to private financial markets''; and
          (2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ``refinance,'' 
        after ``acquire,''.


                 use of section 8 vouchers for opt-outs


  Sec. 228. Section 8(t)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 is amended by inserting after ``contract for rental 
assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 for such housing project'' the following: ``(including any 
such termination or expiration during fiscal years after fiscal 
year 1996 prior to the effective date of the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001)''.


                 homeless discharge coordination policy


  Sec. 229. (a) Discharge Coordination Policy.--Subtitle A of 
title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 402. DISCHARGE COORDINATION POLICY.

  ``The Secretary may not provide a grant under this title for 
any governmental entity serving as an applicant unless the 
applicant agrees to develop and implement, to the maximum 
extent practicable and where appropriate, policies and 
protocols for the discharge of persons from publicly funded 
institutions or systems of care (such as health care 
facilities, foster care or other youth facilities, or 
correction programs and institutions) in order to prevent such 
discharge from immediately resulting in homelessness for such 
persons.''.
  (b) Assistance Under Emergency Shelter Grants Program.--
Section 414(a)(4) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
Assistance Act is amended-
          (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
        inserting a comma after ``homelessness'';
          (2) by striking ``Not'' and inserting the following: 
        ``Activities that are eligible for assistance under 
        this paragraph shall include assistance to very low-
        income families who are discharged from publicly funded 
        institutions or systems of care (such as health care 
        facilities, foster care or other youth facilities, or 
        correction programs and institutions). Not''.


             technical change to seniors housing commission


  Sec. 230. Section 525 of the Preserving Affordable Housing 
for Senior Citizens and Families into the 21st Century Act'' 
(42 U.S.C. 12701 note) is amended in subsection (a) by striking 
``Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Care Facility 
Needs in the 21st Century'' and inserting ``Commission on 
Affordable Housing and Health Facility Needs for Seniors in the 
21st Century''.


              interagency council on the homeless reforms


  Sec. 231. Title II of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
Assistance Act is amended--
          (1) in section 202, under subsection (b) by inserting 
        after the period the following: ``The positions of 
        Chairperson and Vice Chairperson shall rotate among its 
        members on an annual basis.''; and
          (2) in section 209 by striking ``1994'' and inserting 
        ``2005''.


                 section 8 pha project-based assistance


  Sec. 232. (a) In General.--Paragraph (13) of section 8(o) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) 
is amended to read as follows:
          ``(13) PHA project-based assistance.--
                  ``(A) In general.--A public housing agency 
                may use amounts provided under an annual 
                contributions contract under this subsection to 
                enter into a housing assistance payment 
                contract with respect to an existing, newly 
                constructed, or rehabilitated structure, that 
                is attached to the structure, subject to the 
                limitations and requirements of this paragraph.
                  ``(B) Percentage limitation.--Not more than 
                20 percent of the funding available for tenant-
                based assistance under this section that is 
                administered by the agency may be attached to 
                structures pursuant to this paragraph.
                  ``(C) Consistency with pha plan and other 
                goals.--A public housing agency may approve a 
                housing assistance payment contract pursuant to 
                this paragraph only if the contract is 
                consistent with--
                          ``(i) the public housing agency plan 
                        for the agency approved under section 
                        5A; and
                          ``(ii) the goal of deconcentrating 
                        poverty and expanding housing and 
                        economic opportunities.
                  ``(D) Income mixing requirement.--
                          ``(i) In general.--Not more than 25 
                        percent of the dwelling units in any 
                        building may be assisted under a 
                        housing assistance payment contract for 
                        project-based assistance pursuant to 
                        this paragraph.
                          ``(ii) Exceptions.--The limitation 
                        under clause (i) shall not apply in the 
                        case of assistance under a contract for 
                        housing consisting of single family 
                        properties or for dwelling units that 
                        are specifically made available for 
                        households comprised of elderly 
                        families, disabled families, and 
                        families receiving supportive services.
                  ``(E) Resident choice requirement.--A housing 
                assistance payment contract pursuant to this 
                paragraph shall provide as follows:
                          ``(i) Mobility.--Each low-income 
                        family occupying a dwelling unit 
                        assisted under the contract may move 
                        from the housing at any time after the 
                        family has occupied the dwelling unit 
                        for 12 months.
                          ``(ii) Continued assistance.--Upon 
                        such a move, the public housing agency 
                        shall provide the low-income family 
                        with tenant-based rental assistance 
                        under this section or such other 
                        tenant-based rental assistance that is 
                        subject to comparable income, 
                        assistance, rent contribution, 
                        affordability, and other requirements, 
                        as the Secretary shall provide by 
                        regulation. If such rental assistance 
                        is not immediately available to fulfill 
                        the requirement under the preceding 
                        sentence with respect to a low-income 
                        family, such requirement may be met by 
                        providing the family priority to 
                        receive the next voucher or other 
                        tenant-based rental assistance amounts 
                        that become available under the program 
                        used to fulfill such requirement.
                  ``(F) Contract term.--A housing assistance 
                payment contract pursuant to this paragraph 
                between a public housing agency and the owner 
                of a structure may have a term of up to 10 
                years, subject to the availability of 
                sufficient appropriated funds for the purpose 
                of renewing expiring contracts for assistance 
                payments, as provided in appropriations Acts 
                and in the agency's annual contributions 
                contract with the Secretary, and to annual 
                compliance with the inspection requirements 
                under paragraph (8), except that the agency 
                shall not be required to make annual 
                inspections of each assisted unit in the 
                development. The contract may specify 
                additional conditions for its continuation. If 
                the units covered by the contract are owned by 
                the agency, the term of the contract shall be 
                agreed upon by the agency and the unit of 
                general local government or other entity 
                approved by the Secretary in the manner 
                provided under paragraph (11).
                  ``(G) Extension of contract term.--A public 
                housing agency may enter into a contract with 
                the owner of a structure assisted under a 
                housing assistance payment contract pursuant to 
                this paragraph to extend the term of the 
                underlying housing assistance payment contract 
                for such period as the agency determines to be 
                appropriate to achieve long-term affordability 
                of the housing or to expand housing 
                opportunities. Such a contract shall provide 
                that the extension of such term shall be 
                contingent upon the future availability of 
                appropriated funds for the purpose of renewing 
                expiring contracts for assistance payments, as 
                provided in appropriations Acts, and may 
                obligate the owner to have such extensions of 
                the underlying housing assistance payment 
                contract accepted by the owner and the 
                successors in interest of the owner.
                  ``(H) Rent calculation.--A housing assistance 
                payment contract pursuant to this paragraph 
                shall establish rents for each unit assisted in 
                an amount that does not exceed 110 percent of 
                the applicable fair market rental (or any 
                exception payment standard approved by the 
                Secretary pursuant to paragraph (1)(D)), except 
                that if a contract covers a dwelling unit that 
                has been allocated low-income housing tax 
                credits pursuant to section 42 of the Internal 
                Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 42) and is not 
                located in a qualified census tract (as such 
                term is defined in subsection (d) of such 
                section 42), the rent for such unit may be 
                established at any level that does not exceed 
                the rent charged for comparable units in the 
                building that also receive the low-income 
                housing tax credit but do not have additional 
                rental assistance. The rents established by 
                housing assistance payment contracts pursuant 
                to this paragraph may vary from the payment 
                standards established by the public housing 
                agency pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), but shall 
                be subject to paragraph (10)(A).
                  ``(I) Rent adjustments.--A housing assistance 
                payments contract pursuant to this paragraph 
                shall provide for rent adjustments, except 
                that--
                          ``(i) the adjusted rent for any unit 
                        assisted shall be reasonable in 
                        comparison with rents charged for 
                        comparable dwelling units in the 
                        private, unassisted, local market and 
                        may not exceed the maximum rent 
                        permitted under subparagraph (H); and
                          ``(ii) the provisions of subsection 
                        (c)(2)(C) shall not apply.
                  ``(J) Tenant selection.--A public housing 
                agency shall select families to receive 
                project-based assistance pursuant to this 
                paragraph from its waiting list for assistance 
                under this subsection. Eligibility for such 
                project-based assistance shall be subject to 
                the provisions of section 16(b) that apply to 
                tenant-based assistance. The agency may 
                establish preferences or criteria for selection 
                for a unit assisted under this paragraph that 
                are consistent with the public housing agency 
                plan for the agency approved under section 5A. 
                Any family that rejects an offer of project-
                based assistance under this paragraph or that 
                is rejected for admission to a structure by the 
                owner or manager of a structure assisted under 
                this paragraph shall retain its place on the 
                waiting list as if the offer had not been made. 
                The owner or manager of a structure assisted 
                under this paragraph shall not admit any family 
                to a dwelling unit assisted under a contract 
                pursuant to this paragraph other than a family 
                referred by the public housing agency from its 
                waiting list. Subject to its waiting list 
                policies and selection preferences, a public 
                housing agency may place on its waiting list a 
                family referred by the owner or manager of a 
                structure and may maintain a separate waiting 
                list for assistance under this paragraph, but 
                only if all families on the agency's waiting 
                list for assistance under this subsection are 
                permitted to place their names on the separate 
                list.
                  ``(K) Vacated units.--Notwithstanding 
                paragraph (9), a housing assistance payment 
                contract pursuant to this paragraph may provide 
                as follows:
                          ``(i) Payment for vacant units.--That 
                        the public housing agency may, in its 
                        discretion, continue to provide 
                        assistance under the contract, for a 
                        reasonable period not exceeding 60 
                        days, for a dwelling unit that becomes 
                        vacant, but only (I) if the vacancy was 
                        not the fault of the owner of the 
                        dwelling unit, and (II) the agency and 
                        the owner take every reasonable action 
                        to minimize the likelihood and extent 
                        of any such vacancy. Rental assistance 
                        may not be provided for a vacant unit 
                        after the expiration of such period.
                          ``(ii) Reduction of contract.--That, 
                        if despite reasonable efforts of the 
                        agency and the owner to fill a vacant 
                        unit, no eligible family has agreed to 
                        rent the unit within 120 days after the 
                        owner has notified the agency of the 
                        vacancy, the agency may reduce its 
                        housing assistance payments contract 
                        with the owner by the amount equivalent 
                        to the remaining months of subsidy 
                        attributable to the vacant unit. 
                        Amounts deobligated pursuant to such a 
                        contract provision shall be available 
                        to the agency to provide assistance 
                        under this subsection.
                Eligible applicants for assistance under this 
                subsection may enforce provisions authorized by 
                this subparagraph.''.
  (b) Applicability.--In the case of any dwelling unit that, 
upon the date of the enactment of this Act, is assisted under a 
housing assistance payment contract under section 8(o)(13) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) 
as in effect before such enactment, such assistance may be 
extended or renewed notwithstanding the requirements under 
subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E) of such section 8(o)(13), as 
amended by subsection (a).


  disposition of hud-held and hud-owned multifamily projects for the 
                          elderly or disabled


  Sec. 233. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
managing and disposing of any multifamily property that is 
owned or held by the Secretary and is occupied primarily by 
elderly or disabled families, the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall maintain any rental assistance payments 
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 that 
are attached to any dwelling units in the property. To the 
extent the Secretary determines that such a multifamily 
property owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible for 
continued rental assistance payments under such section 8, the 
Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants of that 
property, contract for project-based rental assistance payments 
with an owner or owners of other existing housing properties or 
provide other rental assistance.


                       family unification program


  Sec. 234. Section 8(x)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C 1437f(x)(2)) is amended--
          (1) by striking ``any family (A) who is otherwise 
        eligible for such assistance, and (B)'' and inserting 
        ``(A) any family (i) who is otherwise eligible for such 
        assistance, and (ii)''; and
          (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
        following: ``and (B) for a period not to exceed 18 
        months, otherwise eligible youths who have attained at 
        least 18 years of age and not more than 21 years of age 
        and who have left foster care at age 16 or older''.


 permanent extension of fha multifamily mortgage credit demonstrations


  Sec. 235. Section 542 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1707 note) is amended--
          (1) in subsection (a)--
                  (A) in the first sentence, by striking 
                ``demonstrate the effectiveness of providing'' 
                and inserting ``provide''; and
                  (B) in the second sentence, by striking 
                ``demonstration'' and inserting ``the'';
          (2) in subsection (b)--
                  (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``determine 
                the effectiveness of'' and inserting 
                ``provide''; and
                  (B) by striking paragraph (5), and inserting 
                the following new paragraph:
          ``(5) Insurance authority.--Using any authority 
        provided in appropriation Acts to insure mortgages 
        under the National Housing Act, the Secretary may enter 
        into commitments under this subsection for risk-sharing 
        units.'';
          (3) in subsection (c)--
                  (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``test the 
                effectiveness of'' and inserting ``provide''; 
                and
                  (B) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting 
                the following new paragraph:
          ``(4) Insurance authority.--Using any authority 
        provided in appropriation Acts to insure mortgages 
        under the National Housing Act, the Secretary may enter 
        into commitments under this subsection for risk-sharing 
        units.'';
          (4) by striking subsection (d);
          (5) by striking ``pilot'' and ``Pilot'' each place 
        such terms appear; and
          (6) in the section heading, by striking 
        ``<SUP>demonstrations'' and inserting 
        ``<SUP>programs''.

                    TITLE III--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  American Battle Monuments Commission

                         salaries and expenses

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

             Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board


                         salaries and expenses


  For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant to 
section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including hire of 
passenger vehicles, and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem 
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level 
positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, $7,500,000, $5,000,000 of which 
to remain available until September 30, 2001 and $2,500,000 of 
which to remain available until September 30, 2002: Provided, 
That the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board shall 
have not more than three career Senior Executive Service 
positions: Provided further, That there shall be an Inspector 
General at the Board who shall have the duties, 
responsibilities, and authorities specified in the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, as amended: Provided further, That an 
individual appointed to the position of Inspector General of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall, by virtue 
of such appointment, also hold the position of Inspector 
General of the Board: Provided further, That the Inspector 
General of the Board shall utilize personnel of the Office of 
Inspector General of FEMA in performing the duties of the 
Inspector General of the Board, and shall not appoint any 
individuals to positions within the Board.

                       Department of the Treasury

              Community Development Financial Institutions


              community development financial institutions


                          fund program account


  To carry out the Community Development Banking and Financial 
Institutions Act of 1994, including services authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 
diem rate equivalent to the rate for ES-3, $118,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2002, of which $5,000,000 
shall be for technical assistance and training programs 
designed to benefit Native American Communities, and up to 
$8,750,000 may be used for administrative expenses, up to 
$19,750,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans, and up to 
$1,000,000 may be used for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct loan program: Provided, That the cost of direct 
loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: 
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not 
to exceed $53,000,000.

                   Consumer Product Safety Commission


                         salaries and expenses


  For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the 
maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase of nominal 
awards to recognize non-Federal officials' contributions to 
Commission activities, and not to exceed $500 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $52,500,000.

             Corporation for National and Community Service


                national and community service programs


                           operating expenses


              (including transfer and rescission of funds)


  For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service (referred to in the matter under this heading 
as the ``Corporation'') in carrying out programs, activities, 
and initiatives under the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 (referred to in the matter under this heading as the 
``Act'') (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), $458,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That not more 
than $31,000,000 shall be available for administrative expenses 
authorized under section 501(a)(4) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
12671(a)(4)) with not less than $2,000,000 targeted for the 
acquisition of a cost accounting system for the Corporation's 
financial management system, an integrated grants management 
system that provides comprehensive financial management 
information for all Corporation grants and cooperative 
agreements, and the establishment, operation and maintenance of 
a central archives serving as the repository for all grant, 
cooperative agreement, and related documents, without regard to 
the provisions of section 501(a)(4)(B) of the Act: Provided 
further, That not more than $2,500 shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That 
not more than $70,000,000, to remain available without fiscal 
year limitation, shall be transferred to the National Service 
Trust account for educational awards authorized under subtitle 
D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.), of which not 
to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available for national service 
scholarships for high school students performing community 
service: Provided further, That not more than $231,000,000 of 
the amount provided under this heading shall be available for 
grants under the National Service Trust program authorized 
under subtitle C of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12571 et 
seq.) (relating to activities including the AmeriCorps 
program), of which not more than $45,000,000 may be used to 
administer, reimburse, or support any national service program 
authorized under section 121(d)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
12581(d)(2)); and not more than $25,000,000 may be made 
available to activities dedicated to developing computer and 
information technology skills for students and teachers in low-
income communities: Provided further, That not more than 
$10,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading 
shall be made available for the Points of Light Foundation for 
activities authorized under title III of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
12661 et seq.): Provided further, That no funds shall be 
available for national service programs run by Federal agencies 
authorized under section 121(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
12571(b)): Provided further, That to the maximum extent 
feasible, funds appropriated under subtitle C of title I of the 
Act shall be provided in a manner that is consistent with the 
recommendations of peer review panels in order to ensure that 
priority is given to programs that demonstrate quality, 
innovation, replicability, and sustainability: Provided 
further, That not more than $21,000,000 of the funds made 
available under this heading shall be available for the 
Civilian Community Corps authorized under subtitle E of title I 
of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.): Provided further, That 
not more than $43,000,000 shall be available for school-based 
and community-based service-learning programs authorized under 
subtitle B of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.): 
Provided further, That not more than $28,500,000 shall be 
available for quality and innovation activities authorized 
under subtitle H of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12853 et 
seq.): Provided further, That not more than $5,000,000 shall be 
available for audits and other evaluations authorized under 
section 179 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12639): Provided further, 
That to the maximum extent practicable, the Corporation shall 
increase significantly the level of matching funds and in-kind 
contributions provided by the private sector, shall expand 
significantly the number of educational awards provided under 
subtitle D of title I, and shall reduce the total Federal costs 
per participant in all programs: Provided further, That of 
amounts available in the National Service Trust account from 
previous appropriations Acts, $30,000,000 shall be rescinded: 
Provided further, That not more than $7,500,000 of the funds 
made available under this heading shall be made available to 
America's Promise--The Alliance for Youth, Inc. only to support 
efforts to mobilize individuals, groups, and organizations to 
build and strengthen the character and competence of the 
Nation's youth: Provided further, That not more than $5,000,000 
of the funds made available under this heading shall be made 
available to the Communities In Schools, Inc. to support 
dropout prevention activities: Provided further, That not more 
than $2,500,000 of the funds made available under this heading 
shall be made available to the Parents as Teachers National 
Center, Inc. to support childhood parent education and family 
support activities: Provided further, That not more than 
$2,500,000 of the funds made available under this heading shall 
be made available to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to 
establish an innovative outreach program designed to meet the 
special needs of youth in public and Native American housing 
communities: Provided further, That not more than $1,500,000 of 
the funds made available under this heading shall be made 
available to the Youth Life Foundation to meet the needs of 
children living in insecure environments.


                      office of inspector general


  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$5,000,000, which shall be available for obligation through 
September 30, 2002.


                        administrative provision


  The Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 
(Public Law 106-74) is amended under the heading ``Corporation 
for National and Community Service, National and Community 
Service Programs Operating Expenses'' in title III by reducing 
to $229,000,000 the amount available for grants under the 
National Service Trust program authorized under subtitle C of 
title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (the 
``Act'') (with a corresponding reduction to $40,000,000 in the 
amount that may be used to administer, reimburse, or support 
any national service program authorized under section 121(d)(2) 
of the Act), and by increasing to $33,500,000 the amount 
available for quality and innovation activities authorized 
under subtitle H of title I of the Act, with the increase in 
subtitle H funds made available to provide a grant covering a 
period of three years to support the ``P.A.V.E. the Way'' 
project described in House Report 106-379.

                  Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims


                         salaries and expenses


  For necessary expenses for the operation of the United States 
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 
7251-7298, $12,445,000, of which $895,000 shall be available 
for the purpose of providing financial assistance as described, 
and in accordance with the process and reporting procedures set 
forth, under this heading in Public Law 102-229.

                      Department of Defense--Civil

                       Cemeterial Expenses, Army

                         salaries and expenses

  For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for 
maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington National 
Cemetery and Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, 
including the purchase of two passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only, and not to exceed $1,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $17,949,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                Department of Health and Human Services

                     National Institutes of Health


          national institute of environmental health sciences


  For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities set 
forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 
$63,000,000.

            Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


                         salaries and expenses


  For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances 
and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set 
forth in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended; section 118(f) of 
the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 
(SARA), as amended; and section 3019 of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act, as amended, $75,000,000, to be derived from the 
Hazardous Substance Superfund Trust Fund pursuant to section 
517(a) of SARA (26 U.S.C. 9507): Provided, That not 
withstanding any other provision of law, in lieu of performing 
a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the 
Administrator of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health 
studies, evaluations, or activities, including, without 
limitation, biomedical testing, clinical evaluations, medical 
monitoring, and referral to accredited health care providers: 
Provided further, That in performing any such health assessment 
or health study, evaluation, or activity, the Administrator of 
ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines in section 
104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for 
the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to issue 
in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 
104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2001, and existing profiles 
may be updated as necessary.

                    Environmental Protection Agency

                         science and technology

  For science and technology, including research and 
development activities, which shall include research and 
development activities under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended; 
necessary expenses for personnel and related costs and travel 
expenses, including uniforms, or allowances therefore, as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 
diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior 
level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; procurement of laboratory 
equipment and supplies; other operating expenses in support of 
research and development; construction, alteration, repair, 
rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed 
$75,000 per project, $696,000,000, which shall remain available 
until September 30, 2002.


                 environmental programs and management


  For environmental programs and management, including 
necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel 
and related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or 
allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the 
maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 
5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and 
operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library 
memberships in societies or associations which issue 
publications to members only or at a price to members lower 
than to subscribers who are not members; construction, 
alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of 
facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; and not to 
exceed $6,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $2,087,990,000, which shall remain available until 
September 30, 2002: Provided, That none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act shall be used to propose or issue 
rules, regulations, decrees, or orders for the purpose of 
implementation, or in preparation for implementation, of the 
Kyoto Protocol which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in 
Kyoto, Japan at the Third Conference of the Parties to the 
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which 
has not been submitted to the Senate for advice and consent to 
ratification pursuant to article II, section 2, clause 2, of 
the United States Constitution, and which has not entered into 
force pursuant to article 25 of the Protocol: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to implement or administer the interim guidance issued on 
February 5, 1998, by the Environmental Protection Agency 
relating to title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 
designated as the ``Interim Guidance for Investigating Title VI 
Administrative Complaints Challenging Permits'' with respect to 
complaints filed under such title after October 21, 1998, and 
until guidance is finalized. Nothing in this proviso may be 
construed to restrict the Environmental Protection Agency from 
developing or issuing final guidance relating to title VI of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 1412(b)(12)(A)(v) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act, as amended, the Administrator shall promulgate a 
national primary drinking water regulation for arsenic not 
later than June 22, 2001.


                      office of inspector general


  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, and for construction, alteration, repair, 
rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed 
$75,000 per project, $34,094,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2002.


                        buildings and facilities


  For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, 
and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use 
by, the Environmental Protection Agency, $23,931,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                     hazardous substance superfund


                     (including transfers of funds)


  For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), as amended, including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), 
(c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and for construction, 
alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of 
facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; $1,270,000,000 
(of which $100,000,000 shall not become available until 
September 1, 2001), to remain available until expended, 
consisting of $635,000,000, as authorized by section 517(a) of 
the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 
(SARA), as amended by Public Law 101-508, and $635,000,000 as a 
payment from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance 
Superfund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA, 
as amended: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 
heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in 
accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $11,500,000 
shall be transferred to the ``Office of Inspector General'' 
appropriation to remain available until September 30, 2002, and 
$36,500,000 shall be transferred to the ``Science and 
technology'' appropriation to remain available until September 
30, 2002.


                leaking underground storage tank program


  For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground 
storage tank cleanup activities authorized by section 205 of 
the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and 
for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, 
$72,096,000, to remain available until expended.


                           oil spill response


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


                   state and tribal assistance grants


  For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, 
including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and 
performance partnership grants, $3,628,740,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $1,350,000,000 shall be for 
making capitalization grants for the Clean Water State 
Revolving Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act, as amended; $825,000,000 shall be for 
capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving 
Funds under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as 
amended, except that, notwithstanding section 1452(n) of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, none of the funds made 
available under this heading in this Act, or in previous 
appropriations Acts, shall be reserved by the Administrator for 
health effects studies on drinking water contaminants; 
$75,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, planning, 
design, construction and related activities in connection with 
the construction of high priority water and wastewater 
facilities in the area of the United States-Mexico Border, 
after consultation with the appropriate border commission; 
$35,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska to 
address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs of 
rural and Alaska Native Villages; $335,740,000 shall be for 
making grants for the construction of wastewater and water 
treatment facilities and groundwater protection infrastructure 
in accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such 
grants in the conference report and joint explanatory statement 
of the committee of conference accompanying this Act, except 
that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds 
herein and hereafter appropriated under this heading for such 
special needs infrastructure grants, the Administrator may use 
up to 3 percent of the amount of each project appropriated to 
administer the management and oversight of construction of such 
projects through contracts, allocation to the Corps of 
Engineers, or grants to States; and $1,008,000,000 shall be for 
grants, including associated program support costs, to States, 
federally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal 
consortia, and air pollution control agencies for multi-media 
or single media pollution prevention, control and abatement and 
related activities, including activities pursuant to the 
provisions set forth under this heading in Public Law 104-134, 
and for making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act 
for particulate matter monitoring and data collection 
activities: Provided, That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the 
limitation on the amounts in a State water pollution control 
revolving fund that may be used by a State to administer the 
fund shall not apply to amounts included as principal in loans 
made by such fund in fiscal year 2001 and prior years where 
such amounts represent costs of administering the fund to the 
extent that such amounts are or were deemed reasonable by the 
Administrator, accounted for separately from other assets in 
the fund, and used for eligible purposes of the fund, including 
administration: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2001, 
and notwithstanding section 518(f) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act, as amended, the Administrator is 
authorized to use the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year 
under section 319 of that Act to make grants to Indian tribes 
pursuant to section 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act: Provided 
further, That for fiscal year 2001, notwithstanding the 
limitation on amounts in section 518(c) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act, as amended, up to a total of 1\1/2\ 
percent of the funds appropriated for State Revolving Funds 
under Title VI of that Act may be reserved by the Administrator 
for grants under section 518(c) of such Act: Provided further, 
That no funds provided by this legislation to address the 
water, wastewater and other critical infrastructure needs of 
the colonias in the United States along the United States-
Mexico border shall be made available after June 1, 2001 to a 
county or municipal government unless that government has 
established an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning 
rule, which prevents in that jurisdiction the development or 
construction of any additional colonia areas, or the 
development within an existing colonia the construction of any 
new home, business, or other structure which lacks water, 
wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 
claims for principal and interest registered through any 
current grant dispute or any other such dispute hereafter filed 
by the Environmental Protection Agency relative to construction 
grants numbers C-180840-01, C-180840-04, C-470319-03, and C-
470319-04, are hereby resolved in favor of the grantee: 
Provided further, That EPA, in considering the local match for 
the $5,000,000 appropriated in fiscal year 1999 for the City of 
Cumberland, Maryland, to separate and relocate the city's 
combined sewer and stormwater system, shall take into account 
non-federal money spent by the City of Cumberland for combined 
sewer, stormwater and wastewater treatment infrastructure on or 
after October 1, 1999, and that the fiscal year 1999 and any 
subsequent funds may be used for any required non-federal share 
of the costs of projects funded by the federal government under 
Section 580 of Public Law 106-53.


                       administrative provisions


  For fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, the obligated balances 
of sums available in multiple-year appropriations accounts 
shall remain available through the seventh fiscal year after 
their period of availability has expired for liquidating 
obligations made during the period of availability.
  For fiscal year 2001, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and 
6305(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, in carrying out the Agency's function to implement 
directly Federal environmental programs required or authorized 
by law in the absence of an acceptable tribal program, may 
award cooperative agreements to federally-recognized Indian 
Tribes or Intertribal consortia, if authorized by their member 
Tribes, to assist the Administrator in implementing Federal 
environmental programs for Indian Tribes required or authorized 
by law, except that no such cooperative agreements may be 
awarded from funds designated for State financial assistance 
agreements.
  Section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
          ``(6) Notwithstanding paragraph 5, this subsection 
        shall not apply with respect to an area designated 
        nonattainment under section 107(d)(1) until one year 
        after that area is first designated nonattainment for a 
        specific national ambient air quality standard. This 
        paragraph only applies with respect to the national 
        ambient air quality standard for which an area is newly 
        designated nonattainment and does not affect the area's 
        requirements with respect to all other national ambient 
        air quality standards for which the area is designated 
        nonattainment or has been redesignated from 
        nonattainment to attainment with a maintenance plan 
        pursuant to section 175(A) (including any pre-existing 
        national ambient air quality standard for a pollutant 
        for which a new or revised standard has been 
        issued).''.

                   Executive Office of the President


                office of science and technology policy


  For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the National 
Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act 
of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 and 6671), hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, not to 
exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation 
expenses, and rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia, $5,201,000.


  council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality


  For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to the 
Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental 
Quality pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969, the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, and 
Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977, $2,900,000: Provided, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds other than 
those appropriated under this heading shall be used for or by 
the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of 
Environmental Quality: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970, 
the Council shall consist of one member, appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
serving as chairman and exercising all powers, functions, and 
duties of the Council.

                 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

                      office of inspector general


                          (transfer of funds)


  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, $33,660,000, to be derived from the Bank 
Insurance Fund, the Savings Association Insurance Fund, and the 
FSLIC Resolution Fund.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency


                            disaster relief


                     (including transfer of funds)


  For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
seq.), $300,000,000, and, notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 5203, to 
remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$2,900,000 may be transferred to ``Emergency management 
planning and assistance'' for the consolidated emergency 
management performance grant program; and up to $15,000,000 may 
be obligated for flood map modernization activities following 
disaster declarations: Provided, That of the funds made 
available under this heading in this and prior Appropriations 
Acts and under section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to the State of Florida, 
$3,000,000 shall be for a hurricane mitigation initiative in 
Miami-Dade County.
  For an additional amount for ``Disaster relief'', 
$1,300,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be 
available only to the extent that an official budget request 
for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the 
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as 
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the 
Congress.


            disaster assistance direct loan program account


  For the cost of direct loans, $1,678,000, as authorized by 
section 319 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans not to exceed $25,000,000.
  In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
direct loan program, $427,000.


                         salaries and expenses


  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, including 
hire and purchase of motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 
1343; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but 
at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level 
positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; expenses of attendance of 
cooperating officials and individuals at meetings concerned 
with the work of emergency preparedness; transportation in 
connection with the continuity of Government programs to the 
same extent and in the same manner as permitted the Secretary 
of a Military Department under 10 U.S.C. 2632; and not to 
exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $215,000,000.


                      office of inspector general


  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$10,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Inspector General of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency shall also serve as the Inspector General of 
the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.


              emergency management planning and assistance


  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry 
out activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 
as amended, and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
seq.), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Federal Fire Prevention and 
Control Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), the 
Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 
et seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the National Security Act of 
1947, as amended (50 U.S.C. 404-405), and Reorganization Plan 
No. 3 of 1978, $269,652,000: Provided, That for purposes of 
pre-disaster mitigation pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5131(b) and (c) 
and 42 U.S.C. 5196(e) and (i), $25,000,000 of the funds made 
available under this heading shall be available until expended 
for project grants.


                radiological emergency preparedness fund


  The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2001, as 
authorized by Public Law 106-74, shall not be less than 100 
percent of the amounts anticipated by FEMA necessary for its 
radiological emergency preparedness program for the next fiscal 
year. The methodology for assessment and collection of fees 
shall be fair and equitable; and shall reflect costs of 
providing such services, including administrative costs of 
collecting such fees. Fees received pursuant to this section 
shall be deposited in the Fund as offsetting collections and 
will become available for authorized purposes on October 1, 
2001, and remain available until expended.


                   emergency food and shelter program


  To carry out an emergency food and shelter program pursuant 
to title III of Public Law 100-77, as amended, $140,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That total 
administrative costs shall not exceed 3\1/2\ percent of the 
total appropriation.

                     national flood insurance fund


                     (including transfer of funds)


  For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968, the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, 
not to exceed $25,736,000 for salaries and expenses associated 
with flood mitigation and flood insurance operations, and not 
to exceed $77,307,000 for flood mitigation, including up to 
$20,000,000 for expenses under section 1366 of the National 
Flood Insurance Act, which amount shall be available for 
transfer to the National Flood Mitigation Fund until September 
30, 2002. In fiscal year 2001, no funds in excess of: (1) 
$55,000,000 for operating expenses; (2) $455,627,000 for 
agents' commissions and taxes; and (3) $40,000,000 for interest 
on Treasury borrowings shall be available from the National 
Flood Insurance Fund without prior notice to the Committees on 
Appropriations.
  In addition, up to $17,730,000 in fees collected but 
unexpended during fiscal years 1994 through 1998 shall be 
transferred to the Flood Map Modernization Fund and available 
for expenditure in fiscal year 2001.
  Section 1309(a)(2) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a)(2)), as amended by Public Law 104-208, 
is further amended by striking ``September 30, 2000'' and 
inserting ``December 31, 2001''.
  The first sentence of section 1376(c) of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4127(c)), is 
amended by striking ``September 30, 2000'' and inserting 
``December 31, 2001''.

                     national flood mitigation fund


                     (including transfer of funds)


  Notwithstanding sections 1366(b)(3)(B)-(C) and 1366(f) of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, $20,000,000 
to remain available until September 30, 2002, for activities 
designed to reduce the risk of flood damage to structures 
pursuant to such Act, of which $20,000,000 shall be derived 
from the National Flood Insurance Fund.

                    General Services Administration


                federal consumer information center fund


  For necessary expenses of the Federal Consumer Information 
Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$7,122,000, to be deposited into the Federal Consumer 
Information Center Fund: Provided, That the appropriations, 
revenues, and collections deposited into the Fund shall be 
available for necessary expenses of Federal Consumer 
Information Center activities in the aggregate amount of 
$12,000,000. Appropriations, revenues, and collections accruing 
to this Fund during fiscal year 2001 in excess of $12,000,000 
shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available for 
expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration

                           human space flight

  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of human space flight research and 
development activities, including research, development, 
operations, and services; maintenance; construction of 
facilities including revitalization and modification of 
facilities, construction of new facilities and additions to 
existing facilities, facility planning and design, and 
acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by 
law; space flight, spacecraft control and communications 
activities including operations, production, and services; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission 
and administrative aircraft, $5,462,900,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2002.

                  science, aeronautics and technology

  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of science, aeronautics and technology 
research and development activities, including research, 
development, operations, and services; maintenance; 
construction of facilities including revitalization, and 
modification of facilities, construction of new facilities and 
additions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 
and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized 
by law; space flight, spacecraft control and communications 
activities including operations, production, and services; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission 
and administrative aircraft, $6,190,700,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2002.

                            mission support

  For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 
carrying out mission support for human space flight programs 
and science, aeronautical, and technology programs, including 
research operations and support; maintenance; construction of 
facilities including revitalization and modification of 
facilities, construction of new facilities and additions to 
existing facilities, facility planning and design, 
environmental compliance and restoration, and acquisition or 
condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; program 
management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
travel expenses; purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and 
operation of mission and administrative aircraft; not to exceed 
$40,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and 
purchase (not to exceed 33 for replacement only) and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $2,608,700,000 to remain available 
until September 30, 2002.


                      office of inspector general


  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$23,000,000.

                       administrative provisions

  Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``Human space flight'', ``Science, aeronautics 
and technology'', or ``Mission support'' by this appropriations 
Act, when any activity has been initiated by the incurrence of 
obligations for construction of facilities as authorized by 
law, such amount available for such activity shall remain 
available until expended. This provision does not apply to the 
amounts appropriated in ``Mission support'' pursuant to the 
authorization for minor revitalization and construction of 
facilities, and facility planning and design.
  Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``Human space flight'', ``Science, aeronautics 
and technology'', or ``Mission support'' by this appropriations 
Act, the amounts appropriated for construction of facilities 
shall remain available until September 30, 2003.
  Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``Mission support'' and ``Office of Inspector 
General'', amounts made available by this Act for personnel and 
related costs and travel expenses of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration shall remain available until September 
30, 2001 and may be used to enter into contracts for training, 
investigations, costs associated with personnel relocation, and 
for other services, to be provided during the next fiscal year. 
Funds for announced prizes otherwise authorized shall remain 
available, without fiscal year limitation, until the prize is 
claimed or the offer is withdrawn.
  Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the joint 
explanatory statement of the committee of conference 
accompanying this Act, no part of the funds appropriated for 
``Human space flight'' may be used for the development of the 
International Space Station in excess of the amounts set forth 
in the budget estimates submitted as part of the budget request 
for fiscal year 2001.
  No funds in this or any other Appropriations Act may be used 
to finalize an agreement prior to December 1, 2001 between NASA 
and a nongovernment organization to conduct research 
utilization and commercialization management activities of the 
International Space Station.

                  National Credit Union Administration

                       central liquidity facility


                     (including transfer of funds)


  During fiscal year 2001, gross obligations of the Central 
Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new direct loans 
to member credit unions, as authorized by 12 U.S.C. 1795 et 
seq., shall not exceed $1,500,000,000: Provided, That 
administrative expenses of the Central Liquidity Facility shall 
not exceed $296,303: Provided further, That $1,000,000 shall be 
transferred to the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund, 
of which $650,000, together with amounts of principal and 
interest on loans repaid, shall be available until expended for 
loans to community development credit unions, and $350,000 
shall be available until expended for technical assistance to 
low-income and community development credit unions.

                      National Science Foundation


                    research and related activities


  For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875), and 
the Act to establish a National Medal of Science (42 U.S.C. 
1880-1881); services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; authorized 
travel; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase of 
flight services for research support; acquisition of aircraft; 
$3,350,000,000, of which not to exceed $275,592,000 shall 
remain available until expended for Polar research and 
operations support, and for reimbursement to other Federal 
agencies for operational and science support and logistical and 
other related activities for the United States Antarctic 
program; the balance to remain available until September 30, 
2002: Provided, That receipts for scientific support services 
and materials furnished by the National Research Centers and 
other National Science Foundation supported research facilities 
may be credited to this appropriation: Provided further, That 
to the extent that the amount appropriated is less than the 
total amount authorized to be appropriated for included program 
activities, all amounts, including floors and ceilings, 
specified in the authorizing Act for those program activities 
or their subactivities shall be reduced proportionally: 
Provided further, That $65,000,000 of the funds available under 
this heading shall be made available for a comprehensive 
research initiative on plant genomes for economically 
significant crops: Provided further, That no funds in this or 
any other Act shall be used to acquire or lease a research 
vessel with ice-breaking capability built or retrofitted by a 
shipyard located in a foreign country if such a vessel of 
United States origin can be obtained at a cost no more than 50 
per centum above that of the least expensive technically 
acceptable foreign vessel bid: Provided further, That, in 
determining the cost of such a vessel, such cost be increased 
by the amount of any subsidies or financing provided by a 
foreign government (or instrumentality thereof) to such 
vessel's construction: Provided further, That if the vessel 
contracted for pursuant to the foregoing is not available for 
the 2002-2003 austral summer Antarctic season, a vessel of any 
origin may be leased for a period of not to exceed 120 days for 
that season and each season thereafter until delivery of the 
new vessel.


                        major research equipment


  For necessary expenses of major construction projects 
pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as 
amended, including authorized travel, $121,600,000, to remain 
available until expended.


                     education and human resources


  For necessary expenses in carrying out science and 
engineering education and human resources programs and 
activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 
1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875), including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, authorized travel, and rental of 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $787,352,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That to 
the extent that the amount of this appropriation is less than 
the total amount authorized to be appropriated for included 
program activities, all amounts, including floors and ceilings, 
specified in the authorizing Act for those program activities 
or their subactivities shall be reduced proportionally: 
Provided further, That $10,000,000 shall be available for the 
Office of Innovation Partnerships.


                         salaries and expenses


  For salaries and expenses necessary in carrying out the 
National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
1861-1875); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $9,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; rental of 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia; reimbursement of 
the General Services Administration for security guard 
services; $160,890,000: Provided, That contracts may be entered 
into under ``Salaries and expenses'' in fiscal year 2001 for 
maintenance and operation of facilities, and for other 
services, to be provided during the next fiscal year.


                      office of inspector general


  For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as 
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$6,280,000, to remain available until September 30, 2002.

                 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

          payment to the neighborhood reinvestment corporation

  For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for 
use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by 
the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101-
8107), $90,000,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for a 
homeownership program that is used in conjunction with section 
8 assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937: 
Provided, That of the amount made available, $2,500,000 shall 
be for an endowment to establish the George Knight Scholarship 
Fund for the Neighborhood Reinvestment Training Institute.

                        Selective Service System


                         salaries and expenses


  For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, 
including expenses of attendance at meetings and of training 
for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Service 
System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101-4118 for civilian 
employees; and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; $24,480,000: Provided, That during the 
current fiscal year, the President may exempt this 
appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever 
he deems such action to be necessary in the interest of 
national defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in connection 
with the induction of any person into the Armed Forces of the 
United States.

                      TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

  Sec. 401. Where appropriations in titles I, II, and III of 
this Act are expendable for travel expenses and no specific 
limitation has been placed thereon, the expenditures for such 
travel expenses may not exceed the amounts set forth therefore 
in the budget estimates submitted for the appropriations: 
Provided, That this provision does not apply to accounts that 
do not contain an object classification for travel: Provided 
further, That this section shall not apply to travel performed 
by uncompensated officials of local boards and appeal boards of 
the Selective Service System; to travel performed directly in 
connection with care and treatment of medical beneficiaries of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs; to travel performed in 
connection with major disasters or emergencies declared or 
determined by the President under the provisions of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; to 
travel performed by the Offices of Inspector General in 
connection with audits and investigations; or to payments to 
interagency motor pools where separately set forth in the 
budget schedules: Provided further, That if appropriations in 
titles I, II, and III exceed the amounts set forth in budget 
estimates initially submitted for such appropriations, the 
expenditures for travel may correspondingly exceed the amounts 
therefore set forth in the estimates in the same proportion.
  Sec. 402. Appropriations and funds available for the 
administrative expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development and the Selective Service System shall be available 
in the current fiscal year for purchase of uniforms, or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109.
  Sec. 403. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development subject to the Government Corporation Control Act 
or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, 
without regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, 
for legal services on a contract or fee basis, and for 
utilizing and making payment for services and facilities of 
Federal National Mortgage Association, Government National 
Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, 
Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 
thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within 
the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, 
as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1831).
  Sec. 404. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 
year unless expressly so provided herein.
  Sec. 405. No funds appropriated by this Act may be expended--
          (1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or 
        employee of the United States unless--
                  (A) such certification is accompanied by, or 
                is part of, a voucher or abstract which 
                describes the payee or payees and the items or 
                services for which such expenditure is being 
                made; or
                  (B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to such 
                certification, and without such a voucher or 
                abstract, is specifically authorized by law; 
                and
          (2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit by 
        the General Accounting Office or is specifically exempt 
        by law from such audit.
  Sec. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act to any 
department or agency may be expended for the transportation of 
any officer or employee of such department or agency between 
their domicile and their place of employment, with the 
exception of any officer or employee authorized such 
transportation under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or 5 U.S.C. 7905.
  Sec. 407. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used 
for payment, through grants or contracts, to recipients that do 
not share in the cost of conducting research resulting from 
proposals not specifically solicited by the Government: 
Provided, That the extent of cost sharing by the recipient 
shall reflect the mutuality of interest of the grantee or 
contractor and the Government in the research.
  Sec. 408. None of the funds in this Act may be used, directly 
or through grants, to pay or to provide reimbursement for 
payment of the salary of a consultant (whether retained by the 
Federal Government or a grantee) at more than the daily 
equivalent of the rate paid for level IV of the Executive 
Schedule, unless specifically authorized by law.
  Sec. 409. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
used to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-
Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory 
proceedings. Nothing herein affects the authority of the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission pursuant to section 7 of the 
Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2056 et seq.).
  Sec. 410. Except as otherwise provided under existing law, or 
under an existing Executive Order issued pursuant to an 
existing law, the obligation or expenditure of any 
appropriation under this Act for contracts for any consulting 
service shall be limited to contracts which are: (1) a matter 
of public record and available for public inspection; and (2) 
thereafter included in a publicly available list of all 
contracts entered into within 24 months prior to the date on 
which the list is made available to the public and of all 
contracts on which performance has not been completed by such 
date. The list required by the preceding sentence shall be 
updated quarterly and shall include a narrative description of 
the work to be performed under each such contract.
  Sec. 411. Except as otherwise provided by law, no part of any 
appropriation contained in this Act shall be obligated or 
expended by any executive agency, as referred to in the Office 
of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), for 
a contract for services unless such executive agency: (1) has 
awarded and entered into such contract in full compliance with 
such Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder; and (2) 
requires any report prepared pursuant to such contract, 
including plans, evaluations, studies, analyses and manuals, 
and any report prepared by the agency which is substantially 
derived from or substantially includes any report prepared 
pursuant to such contract, to contain information concerning: 
(A) the contract pursuant to which the report was prepared; and 
(B) the contractor who prepared the report pursuant to such 
contract.
  Sec. 412. Except as otherwise provided in section 406, none 
of the funds provided in this Act to any department or agency 
shall be obligated or expended to provide a personal cook, 
chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or 
employee of such department or agency.
  Sec. 413. None of the funds provided in this Act to any 
department or agency shall be obligated or expended to procure 
passenger automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C. 2001 with an EPA 
estimated miles per gallon average of less than 22 miles per 
gallon.
  Sec. 414. None of the funds appropriated in title I of this 
Act shall be used to enter into any new lease of real property 
if the estimated annual rental is more than $300,000 unless the 
Secretary submits, in writing, a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Congress and a period of 30 days has 
expired following the date on which the report is received by 
the Committees on Appropriations.
  Sec. 415. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the 
greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products 
purchased with funds made available in this Act should be 
American-made.
  (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into 
any contract with, any entity using funds made available in 
this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest 
extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice 
describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the 
Congress.
  Sec. 416. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used to implement any cap on reimbursements to grantees for 
indirect costs, except as published in Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A-21.
  Sec. 417. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001 
pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed 
within the levels appropriated in this Act.
  Sec. 418. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used for any program, project, or activity, when it is made 
known to the Federal entity or official to which the funds are 
made available that the program, project, or activity is not in 
compliance with any Federal law relating to risk assessment, 
the protection of private property rights, or unfunded 
mandates.
  Sec. 419. Corporations and agencies of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the 
Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, are hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available to each such 
corporation or agency and in accord with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Act as may be 
necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget 
for 2001 for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter 
provided: Provided, That collections of these corporations and 
agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase 
commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this 
Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of 
assistance provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), 
except that this proviso shall not apply to the mortgage 
insurance or guaranty operations of these corporations, or 
where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the 
financial interest of the United States Government.
  Sec. 420. Notwithstanding section 320(g) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(g)), funds made available 
pursuant to authorization under such section for fiscal year 
2001 may be used for implementing comprehensive conservation 
and management plans.
  Sec. 421. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
term ``qualified student loan'' with respect to national 
service education awards shall mean any loan made directly to a 
student by the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education, in 
addition to other meanings under section 148(b)(7) of the 
National and Community Service Act.
  Sec. 422. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, no part 
of any appropriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development shall be available for any activity in excess of 
amounts set forth in the budget estimates submitted to the 
Congress.
  Sec. 423. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to promulgate a final 
regulation to implement changes in the payment of pesticide 
tolerance processing fees as proposed at 64 Fed. Reg. 31040, or 
any similar proposals. The Environmental Protection Agency may 
proceed with the development of such a rule.
  Sec. 424. Except in the case of entities that are funded 
solely with Federal funds or any natural persons that are 
funded under this Act, none of the funds in this Act shall be 
used for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties to 
lobby or litigate in respect to adjudicatory proceedings funded 
in this Act. A chief executive officer of any entity receiving 
funds under this Act shall certify that none of these funds 
have been used to engage in the lobbying of the Federal 
Government or in litigation against the United States unless 
authorized under existing law.
  Sec. 425. No part of any funds appropriated in this Act shall 
be used by an agency of the executive branch, other than for 
normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for 
publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, 
distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, 
radio, television or film presentation designed to support or 
defeat legislation pending before the Congress, except in 
presentation to the Congress itself.
  Sec. 426. None of the funds provided in title II for 
technical assistance, training, or management improvements may 
be obligated or expended unless HUD provides to the Committees 
on Appropriations a description of each proposed activity and a 
detailed budget estimate of the costs associated with each 
activity as part of the Budget Justifications. For fiscal year 
2001, HUD shall transmit this information to the Committees by 
November 1, 2000, for 30 days of review.
  Sec. 427. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used for the designation, or approval of the designation, of 
any area as an ozone nonattainment area under the Clean Air Act 
pursuant to the 8-hour national ambient air quality standard 
for ozone that was promulgated by the Environmental Protection 
Agency on July 18, 1997 (62 Fed. Reg. 38,356, p. 38855) and 
remanded by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals on May 
14, 1999, in the case, American Trucking Ass'ns. v. EPA (No. 
97-1440, 1999 Westlaw 300618) prior to June 15, 2001 or final 
adjudication of this case by the Supreme Court of the United 
States, whichever occurs first.
  Sec. 428. Section 432 of Public Law 104-204 (110 Stat. 2874) 
is amended--
          (a) in subsection (c) by inserting ``or to 
        restructure and improve the efficiency of the 
        workforce'' after ``the National Aeronautics and Space 
        Administration'' and before ``the Administrator'';
          (b) by deleting paragraph (4) of subsection (h) and 
        inserting in lieu thereof--
                  ``(4) The provisions of subsections (1) and 
                (3) of this section may be waived upon a 
                determination by the Administrator that use of 
                the incentive satisfactorily demonstrates 
                downsizing or other restructuring within the 
                Agency that would improve the efficiency of 
                agency operations or contribute directly to 
                evolving mission requirements.''
          (c) by deleting subsection (i) and inserting in lieu 
        thereof--
  ``(i) Reports.--The Administrator shall submit a report on 
NASA's restructuring activities to the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate not later than 
September 30, 2001. This report shall include--
          ``(1) an outline of a timetable for restructuring the 
        workforce at NASA Headquarters and field Centers;
          ``(2) annual Full Time Equivalent (FTE) targets by 
        broad occupational categories and a summary of how 
        these targets reflect the respective missions of 
        Headquarters and the field Centers;
          ``(3) a description of personnel initiatives, such as 
        relocation assistance, early retirement incentives, and 
        career transition assistance, which NASA will use to 
        achieve personnel reductions or to rebalance the 
        workforce; and
          ``(4) a description of efficiencies in operations 
        achieved through the use of the voluntary separation 
        incentive.''; and
  (d) in subsection (j), by deleting ``September 30, 2000'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``September 30, 2002''.
  Sec. 429. Section 70113(f) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ``December 31, 2000'', and inserting 
``December 31, 2001''.
  Sec. 430. All Departments and agencies funded under this Act 
are encouraged, within the limits of the existing statutory 
authorities and funding, to expand their use of ``E-Commerce'' 
technologies and procedures in the conduct of their business 
practices and public service activities.
  Sec. 431. Title III of the National Aeronautics and Space Act 
of 1958, Public Law 85-568, is amended by adding the following 
new section at the end:
  ``Sec. 312. (a) Appropriations for the Administration for 
fiscal year 2002 and thereafter shall be made in three 
accounts, `Human space flight', `Science, aeronautics and 
technology', and an account for amounts appropriated for the 
necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General. 
Appropriations shall remain available for 2 fiscal years. Each 
account shall include the planned full costs of the 
Administration's related activities.
  ``(b) To ensure the safe, timely, and successful 
accomplishment of Administration missions, the Administration 
may transfer amounts for Federal salaries and benefits; 
training, travel and awards; facility and related costs; 
information technology services; publishing services; science, 
engineering, fabricating and testing services; and other 
administrative services among accounts, as necessary.
  ``(c) The Administrator, in consultation with the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, shall determine what 
balances from the `Mission support' account are to be 
transferred to the `Human space flight' and `Science, 
aeronautics and technology' accounts. Such balances shall be 
transferred and merged with the `Human space flight' and 
`Science, aeronautics and technology' accounts, and remain 
available for the period of which originally appropriated.''.

           TITLE V--FILIPINO VETERANS' BENEFITS IMPROVEMENTS

  Sec. 501. (a) Rate of Compensation Payments for Filipino 
Veterans Residing in the United States.--(1) Section 107 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended--
          (A) by striking ``Payments'' in the second sentence 
        of subsection (a) and inserting ``Except as provided in 
        subsection (c), payments''; and
          (B) by adding at the end the following new 
        subsection:
  ``(c) In the case of benefits under subchapters II and IV of 
chapter 11 of this title paid by reason of service described in 
subsection (a) to an individual residing in the United States 
who is a citizen of, or an alien lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence in, the United States, the second sentence 
of subsection (a) shall not apply.''.
  (2) The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on 
the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to 
benefits paid for months beginning on or after that date.
  (b) Eligibility for Health Care of Disabled Filipino Veterans 
Residing in the United States.--Section 1734 of such title is 
amended--
          (1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``The Secretary,''; 
        and
          (2) by adding at the end the following:
  ``(b) An individual who is in receipt of benefits under 
subchapter II or IV of chapter 11 of this title paid by reason 
of service described in section 107(a) of this title who is 
residing in the United States and who is a citizen of, or an 
alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in, the United 
States shall be eligible for hospital and nursing home care and 
medical services in the same manner as a veteran, and the 
disease or disability for which such benefits are paid shall be 
considered to be a service-connected disability for purposes of 
this chapter.''.
  (c) Health Care for Veterans Residing in the Philippines.--
Section 1724 of such title is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
  ``(e) Within the limits of an outpatient clinic in the 
Republic of the Philippines that is under the direct 
jurisdiction of the Secretary, the Secretary may furnish a 
veteran who has a service-connected disability with such 
medical services as the Secretary determines to be needed.''.

                        TITLE VI--DEBT REDUCTION

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                       Bureau of the Public Debt

      gifts to the united states for reduction of the public debt

  For deposit of an additional amount for fiscal year 2001 into 
the account established under section 3113(d) of title 31, 
United States Code, to reduce the public debt, 
$5,172,730,916.14.

                               DIVISION B

         ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001

  Sec. 1001. Such amounts as may be necessary are hereby 
appropriated for programs, projects, or activities provided for 
in H.R. 4733, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations 
Act, 2001, to the extent and in the manner provided for in the 
conference report and joint explanatory statement of the 
committee of conference (House Report 106-907) as filed in the 
House of Representatives on September 27, 2000, as if enacted 
into law, except:
          (1) that such conference report shall be considered 
        as not including those provisions in section 103 of the 
        conference report on H.R. 4733 as filed in the House of 
        Representatives on September 27, 2000;
          (2) that such conference report on H.R. 4733 filed in 
        the House of Representatives on September 27, 2000 
        shall be considered as providing $1,000,000 for the 
        Upper Susquehanna River Basin, New York, investigation 
        within available funds under General Investigations in 
        Title I;
          (3) that such conference report on H.R. 4733 filed in 
        the House of Representatives on September 27, 2000 
        shall be considered as appropriating $1,717,199,000 for 
        Construction, General under Title I, including 
        $8,400,000 for the Elba, Alabama, flood control 
        project; $10,800,000 for the Geneva, Alabama, flood 
        control project; $1,000,000 for the Metropolitan 
        Louisville, Beargrass Creek, Kentucky, project; 
        $3,000,000 for the St. Louis, Missouri, environmental 
        infrastructure project authorized by section 502(f)(32) 
        of Public Law 106-53; and $2,000,000 for the Black Fox, 
        Murfree and Oaklands Springs Wetlands, Tennessee, 
        project;
          (4) that such conference report on H.R. 4733 filed in 
        the House of Representatives on September 27, 2000 
        shall be considered as including the following at the 
        end of Title I:
  ``Sec. 106. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
Chief of Engineers, is authorized to construct the locally 
preferred plan for flood control, environmental restoration and 
recreation, Murrieta Creek, California, described as 
Alternative 6, based on the Murrieta Creek Feasibility Report 
and Environmental Impact Statement dated October 2000, at a 
total cost of $89,850,000, with an estimated Federal cost of 
$57,735,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of $32,115,000.
  ``Sec. 107. Within available funds, the Secretary of the 
Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to 
continue construction of the Rio Grand de Manati flood control 
project at Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, which was initiated under 
the authority of the Section 205 program prior to being 
specifically authorized in the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1999.'';
          (5) that such conference report on H.R. 4733 filed in 
        the House of Representatives on September 27, 2000 
        shall be considered as providing that $19,158,000 of 
        the amount appropriated under the Central Utah Project 
        Completion Account under Title II shall be deposited 
        into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation 
        Account;
          (6) that such conference report on H.R. 4733 filed in 
        the House of Representatives on September 27, 2000 
        shall be considered as not including those provisions 
        in section 211, and shall be considered as including 
        the following new section 211:
  ``Sec. 211. Section 106 of the San Luis Rey Indian Water 
Rights Settlement Act (Public Law 100-675, 102 Stat. 4000 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
  ```(f) Requirement to Furnish Water, Power Capacity and 
Energy.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order 
to fulfill the trust responsibility to the Bands, the 
Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, 
shall permanently furnish annually the following:
          ```(1) Water.--16,000 acre-feet of the water 
        conserved by the works authorized by title II, for the 
        benefit of the Bands and the local entities in 
        accordance with the settlement agreement: Provided, 
        That during construction of said works, the Indian 
        Water Authority and the local entities shall receive 17 
        percent of any water conserved by said works up to a 
        maximum of 16,000 acre-feet per year. The Indian Water 
        Authority and the local entities shall pay their 
        proportionate share of such costs as are provided by 
        section 203(b) of title II or are agreed to by them.
          ```(2) Power capacity and energy.--Beginning on the 
        date when conserved water from the works authorized by 
        title II first becomes available, power capacity and 
        energy through the Yuma Arizona Area Aggregate Power 
        Managers (Yuma Area Contractors), at no cost and at no 
        further expense to the United States, the Indian Water 
        Authority, the Bands, and the local entities, in 
        amounts sufficient to convey the water conserved 
        pursuant to paragraph (1) from Lake Havasu through the 
        Colorado River Aqueduct and to the places of use on the 
        Bands' reservations or in the local entities' service 
        areas in accordance with the settlement agreement. The 
        Secretary, through a coterminus exhibit to Bureau of 
        Reclamation Contract No. 6-CU-30-P1136, shall enter 
        into an agreement with the Yuma Area Contractors which 
        shall provide for furnishing annually and permanently 
        said power capacity and energy by said Yuma Area 
        Contractors at no cost and at no further expense to the 
        United States, the Indian Water Authority, the Bands, 
        and the local entities. The Secretary shall authorize 
        the Yuma Area Contractors to utilize federal project 
        use power provided for in Bureau of Reclamation 
        Contracts numbered 6-CU-30-P1136, 6-CU-30-P1137, and 6-
        CU-30-P1138 for the full range of purposes served by 
        the Yuma Area Contractors, including the purpose of 
        supplying the power capacity and energy to convey the 
        conserved water referred to in paragraph (1), for so 
        long as the Yuma Area Contractors meet their obligation 
        to provide sufficient power capacity and energy for the 
        conveyance of said conserved water. If for any reason 
        the Yuma Area Contractors do not provide said power 
        capacity and energy for the conveyance of said 
        conserved water, then the Secretary shall furnish said 
        power capacity and energy annually and permanently at 
        the lowest rate assigned to project use power within 
        the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Reclamation in 
        accordance with Exhibit E ``Project Use Power'' of the 
        Agreement between Water and Power Resources Service, 
        Department of the Interior, and Western Area Power 
        Administration, Department of Energy (March 26, 1980).
  ```Sec. 106A. Annual Repayment Installments. During the 
period of planning, design and construction of any of the works 
authorized by title II of Public Law 100-675 and during the 
period that the Indian Water Authority and the local entities 
referred to in said Act receive up to 16,000 acre feet of the 
water conserved by said works, the annual repayment 
installments provided in Section 102(b) of Public Law 93-320 
shall continue to be nonreimbursable. Nothing in this Section 
shall affect the National obligation set forth in Section 
101(c) of Public Law 93-320.'.''; and
          (7) that such conference report shall be considered 
        as not including those provisions in section 605 of the 
        conference report on H.R. 4733 as filed in the House of 
        Representatives on September 27, 2000.
  Sec. 1002. In publishing this Act in slip form and in the 
United States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall 
include after the date of approval at the end an appendix 
setting forth the text of the bill referred to in section 1001.

                               DIVISION C

  In lieu of a statement of the managers that would otherwise 
accompany a conference report for a bill making appropriations 
for Federal agencies and activities provided for in this Act, 
reports that are filed in identical form by the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations prior to adjournment of the 
One Hundred Sixth Congress shall be considered by the Office of 
Management and Budget, and the agencies responsible for the 
obligation and expenditure of funds provided in this Act, as 
having the same standing, force and legislative history as 
would a statement of the managers accompanying a conference 
report.
  Titles I-IV of division A of this Act may be cited as the 
``Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2001''.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
106th CONGRESS

  2d Session

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