[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4635 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
2d Session
H. R. 4635
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 22, 2000
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
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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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the Departments of Veteran 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
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, $1,664,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That funds shall be available to pay any
court order, court award or any compromise settlement arising from
litigation involving the vocational training program authorized by
section 18 of Public Law 98-77, as amended.
veterans insurance and indemnities
For military and naval insurance, national service life insurance,
servicemen's indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance, and
veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 19;
70 Stat. 887; 72 Stat. 487, $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, $161,484,000, 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. and such sums
as necessary to fund cost comparison studies as referred to in 38
U.S.C. 8110(a)(5): $20,281,587,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That
of the funds made available under this heading, not more than
$3,000,000,000 may be used for the operation and maintenance of
facilities: Provided further, That of the funds made available under
this heading, $927,000,000 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 $900,000,000 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 percentage 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, $321,000,000
(increased by $5,000,000) (increased by $25,000,000), 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, $1,006,000,000 (increased by $4,000,000 for transfers
authorized by law; decreased by $4,000,000 from general administrative
expenses): Provided, That of the funds made available under this
heading, not to exceed $50,050,000 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, $106,889,000:
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, $62,140,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That except for advance planning of
projects (including market-based assessments of health care needs which
may or may not lead to capital investments) funded through the advance
planning fund and the design of projects funded through the design
fund, none of these funds shall be used for any project which has not
been considered and approved by the Congress in the budgetary process:
Provided further, That funds provided in this appropriation for fiscal
year 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 1 year after substantial completion and beneficial occupancy by
the Department of Veterans Affairs of the project or any part thereof
with respect to that part only.
construction, minor projects
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the
facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of
Veterans Affairs, including planning, architectural and engineering
services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated
with equipment guarantees provided under the project, services of
claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system construction
costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in
sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, 8122, and
8162 of title 38, United States Code, where the estimated cost of a
project is less than $4,000,000, $100,000,000, 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.
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, $60,000,000 (increased by $30,000,000), 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. (a) Notwithstanding sections 1710B(e)(2) and 1729B(b) of
title 38 United States Code, and any other provision of law, any amount
received or collected by the Department of Veterans Affairs during
fiscal year 2001 under any of the following provisions of law shall be
deposited in the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Fund, to
be available in accordance with section 1829A(c) of title 38 United
States Code:
(1) Section 1710B of title 38 United States Code.
(2) Section 1722A(b) of title 38 United States Code.
(3) Section 8165(a) of title 38 United States Code.
(4) Section 113 of the Veterans Millennium Health Care and
Benefits Act (Public Law 106-117; of title 38 United States
Code.
(b) Provisions of law referred to in subsection (a) shall be
treated as provisions of law referred to in subsection (b) of section
1729A of of title 38 United States Code, for purposes of subsections
(d), (e), and (f) of that section during fiscal year 2001.
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. Section 9305 of Public Law 105-33, The Balanced Budget
Act of 1997, is repealed.
Sec. 113. None of the funds in this Act may be used to procure
information technology systems, engage in new initiatives, or implement
a policy affecting total procurement costs over $2,000,000 in non-
medical resources and $4,000,000 in medical resources without the
approval of the Department of Veterans Affairs Capital Investment
Board.
Sec. 114. Not later than March 30, 2001, the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate
and House of Representatives a report on the program of the Department
of Veterans Affairs for the establishment and operation at Department
medical centers of Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical
Centers (MIRECCs). The report shall include the following:
(1) Identification of the allocation by the Secretary, from
funds appropriated for the Department in this Act and for prior
fiscal years, of funds for such Centers, including the number
of Centers for which funds were provided and the locations of
those Centers.
(2) A description of the research activities carried out by
those Centers with respect to major mental illnesses affecting
veterans.
TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Public and Indian Housing
housing certificate fund (hcf)
(including transfer 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, $13,275,388,459 and amounts that are recaptured in this
account and recaptured under the appropriation for ``Annual
contributions for assisted housing'', to remain available until
expended: Provided, That of the total amount provided under this
heading, $9,075,388,459 and the aforementioned recaptures 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 of the total amount available for use in connection with
expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy contracts, up to $37,000,000
shall be available for assistance under subtitle F of title IV of the
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act for use in connection with
the renewal of contracts, which contracts may be renewed
noncompetitively and for 1-year terms, in addition to amounts otherwise
available for such renewals: Provided further, That the foregoing
amounts 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
Act (47 U.S.C. 1437f(t)), and contracts entered into pursuant to
section 441 and, for terms of 1 year, section 473 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) pursuant to section
24 of the Act 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; (6) for
renewal of assistance under the shelter plus care program; and (7) for
the renewal of section 8 contracts for units in a project that is
subject to an approved plan of action under the Emergency Low Income
Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation
and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990: Provided further, That of the
total amount provided under this heading, up to $25,000,000 shall be
made available to nonelderly disabled families affected by the
designation of a public housing development under section 7 of such
Act, the establishment of preferences in accordance with section 651 of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 1361l), or
the restriction of occupancy to elderly families in accordance with
section 658 of such Act, and to the extent the Secretary determines
that such amount is not needed to fund applications for such affected
families, to other nonelderly disabled families: Provided further: That
up to $192,000,000 from amounts available under this heading shall be
made available for administrative fees and other expenses to cover the
cost of administering rental assistance programs under section 8 of the
Act: 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 of the
total amount provided under this heading up to $66,000,000 shall be
available for very low income families living in properties constructed
under the low-income housing tax credit program as authorized, as long
as the vouchers are awarded within 4 months after the rule implementing
this program is finalized: Provided further, That of the total amount
provided under this heading, up to $60,000,000 shall be made available
for incremental vouchers under section 8 of the Act on a fair share
basis to those PHAs that have a 97 percent occupancy rate: Provided
further, That any funds appropriated in the immediately preceding
proviso that are not awarded by February 1, 2001, shall be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for the ``Public housing capital
fund'': Provided further, That the Secretary shall use up to $660,000
of the amount provided under this heading for monitoring public housing
agencies that increase payment standards under the authority under
section 8(o)(1)(E)(i) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437f(o)(1)(E)(i) and for conducting detailed evaluations of the
effects of using assistance as authorized under section 8(o)(1)(E):
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 amounts provided under this
heading shall be available for use for particular activities described
in any proviso under this heading only to the extent that amounts
provided under this heading remain available after amounts have been
made available for the activities under all other preceding provisos
under this heading in the full amounts provided in such provisos;
except that for purposes of this proviso, the first, second, and third
provisos under this heading shall be considered to be a single proviso:
Provided further, That of the balances remaining in the HCF account,
$275,388,459 shall be rescinded on or about September 30, 2001:
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), $2,800,000,000, 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),
$3,138,000,000 (increased by $1,000,000), 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 transfer 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, $300,000,000, to remain available until expended,
of which $5,000,000 shall be solely for technical assistance, technical
assistance grants, 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, 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, That of the amount under this
heading, $10,000,000 shall be provided to the Office of Inspector
General for Operation Safe Home.
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, $565,000,000, 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), $620,000,000,
to remain available until expended, of which $2,000,000 shall be
contracted through the Secretary as technical assistance and capacity
building to be used by the National American Indian Housing Council in
support of the implementation of NAHASDA, and $6,000,000 shall be to
support the inspection of Indian housing units, contract expertise, and
technical assistance in the training, oversight, and management of
Indian housing and tenant-based assistance, including up to $300,000
for related travel and $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the Working
Capital Fund for the development and maintenance of information
technology systems: Provided, That of the amount provided under this
heading, $6,000,000 shall be made available for the cost of guaranteed
notes and other obligations, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA:
Provided further, That such costs, including the costs of modifying
such notes and other obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further,
That these funds are available to subsidize the total principal amount
of any notes and other obligations, any part of which is to be
guaranteed, not to exceed $54,600,000: Provided further, That for
administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, up to
$200,000 from amounts in the first proviso, which shall be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses'', to
be used only for the administrative costs of these guarantees.
indian housing loan guarantee fund program account
(including transfer of funds)
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184 of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 3739),
$6,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such
costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize total
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed
$71,956,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the
guaranteed loan program, up to $150,000 from amounts in the first
paragraph, which shall be transferred to and merged with the
appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses'', to be used only for the
administrative costs of these guarantees.
Community Planning and Development
housing opportunities for persons with aids
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS
program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C.
12901), $232,000,000 (increased by $18,000,000), to remain available
until expended: Provided, 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, $20,000,000 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.
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, $4,505,000,000: Provided, That of the amount provided,
$4,214,050,000 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, That $67,000,000
shall be for flexible 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, $3,000,000 shall be available as a grant to
the National American Indian Housing Council, and $39,500,000 shall be
for grants pursuant to section 107 of the Act: 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: 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.
Of the amount made available under this heading, $23,450,000 shall
be made available for capacity building, of which $20,000,000 shall be
made available for ``Capacity Building for Community Development and
Affordable Housing'', for LISC and the Enterprise Foundation for
activities as authorized by section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of
1993 (Public Law 103-120), as in effect immediately before June 12,
1997, with not less than $4,000,000 of the funding to be used in rural
areas, including tribal areas, and of which $3,450,000 shall be 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 grants for
service coordinators and congregate services for the elderly and
disabled residents of public and assisted housing: Provided, That
amounts made available for congregate services and service coordinators
for the elderly and disabled under this heading and in prior fiscal
years may be used by grantees to reimburse themselves for costs
incurred in connection with providing service coordinators previously
advanced by grantees out of other funds due to delays in the granting
by or receipt of funds from the Secretary, and the funds so made
available to grantees for congregate services or service coordinators
under this heading or in prior years shall be considered as expended by
the grantees upon such reimbursement. The Secretary shall not condition
the availability of funding made available under this heading or in
prior years for congregate services or service coordinators upon any
grantee's obligation or expenditure of any prior funding.
Of the amount made available under this heading, $10,000,000 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.
Of the amount made available under this heading, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, $45,000,000 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 of the amount provided under this paragraph, $3,750,000
shall be set aside and made available for a grant to YouthBuild USA for
capacity building for community development and affordable housing
activities as specified in section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of
1993, as amended.
Of the amount made available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall
be available for grants for the Economic Development Initiative (EDI),
to finance a variety of economic development efforts.
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $28,000,000, 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 $1,217,000,000, 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, $20,000,000, 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, $1,585,000,000 to remain available until expended: Provided,
That up to $15,000,000 of these funds shall be available for Housing
Counseling under section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act
of 1968: Provided further, That $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), $1,020,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That not less than 30 percent of
these funds shall be used for permanent housing, and all funding for
services must be matched by 25 percent in funding by each grantee:
Provided further, That 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 and management
information systems.
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, $911,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That $710,000,000 shall be for
capital advances, including amendments to capital advance contracts,
for housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the
Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental assistance, and
amendments to contracts for project rental assistance, for the elderly
under such section 202(c)(2), and for supportive services associated
with the housing, of which amount $50,000,000 shall be for service
coordinators and 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, $201,000,000 shall be for capital
advances, including amendments to capital advance contracts, for
supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as authorized by
section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act,
for project rental assistance, for amendments to contracts for project
rental assistance, and supportive services associated with the housing
for persons with disabilities as authorized by section 811 of such Act:
Provided further, That $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 shall designate at least 25 percent but no more than 50
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 $100,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing
amount shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in
connection with sales of single family real properties owned by the
Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance
Fund.
For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the guaranteed
and direct loan program, $330,888,000, of which not to exceed
$324,866,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for ``Salaries
and expenses''; 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, $40,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2002, of which $10,000,000 shall be for
the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) Initiative.
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
fair housing activities
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise provided
for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as
amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended,
$44,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2002, of which
$22,000,000 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, $80,000,000 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, $1,004,380,000 (reduced by $1,000,000), 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 block grants program''
account, $150,000 shall be provided by transfer from the ``Title VI
Indian federal guarantees program'' account, and $200,000 shall be
provided by transfer from the ``Indian housing loan guarantee fund
program'' account: Provided, That the Secretary is prohibited from
using any funds under this heading or any other heading in this Act for
employing more than 77 schedule C and 20 noncareer Senior Executive
Service employees: Provided further, That the community builder fellow
program shall be terminated in its entirety by September 1, 2000:
Provided further, That, hereafter, no individual may be employed in a
position of the Department of Housing and Urban Development that is
designated as ``community builder'' unless such individual is appointed
to such position subject to the provisions of title 5, United States
Code, governing appointments in the competitive service: Provided
further, That any individual employed in such a position shall be
considered to be an employee for purposes of subchapter III of chapter
73 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Hatch Act).
office of inspector general
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
$83,000,000, of which $22,343,000 shall be provided from the various
funds of the Federal Housing Administration and $10,000,000 shall be
provided from the amount earmarked for Operation Safe Home in the
appropriation for ``Drug elimination grants for low-income housing'':
Provided, That the Inspector General shall have independent authority
over all personnel issues within the Office of Inspector General.
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprise Financial Safety
and Soundness Act of 1992, including not to exceed $500 for official
reception and representation expenses, $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 845(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.
vouchers for difficult utilization areas
Sec. 206. Section 8(o)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(1)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``subparagraph (D)''
and inserting ``subparagraphs (D) and (E)'';
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F);
and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new
subparagraph:
``(E) Difficult utilization areas.--
``(i) Criteria.--The Secretary shall
establish criteria setting forth requirements
for treatment of areas as difficult utilization
areas with respect to the voucher program under
this subsection, which may include criteria
specifying a low vacancy rate for rental
housing, a particular rate of inflation in
rental housing costs, failure to lease units by
more than 30 percent of families issued
vouchers having an applicable payment standard
of 110 percent of the fair market rental or
higher, and any other criteria the Secretary
considers appropriate.
``(ii) Use of assistance.--Any public
housing agency that serves a difficult
utilization area may--
``(I) increase the payment standard
applicable to all or part of such area
for any size of dwelling unit to not
more than 150 percent of the fair
market rental established under
subsection (c) for the same size of
dwelling unit in the same market area;
and
``(II) use amounts provided for
assistance under this section to make
payments or provide services to assist
families issued vouchers under this
subsection to lease suitable housing,
except that the cost of any such
payments or services for a family may
not exceed the agency's average cost
per family of 6 months of monthly
assistance payments.''.
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,
$8,000,000, $5,000,000 of which to remain available until September 30,
2001 and $3,000,000 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.
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, $105,000,000, 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 $9,500,000 may be used for administrative
expenses, up to $23,000,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans,
and up to $1,000,000 may be used for administrative expenses to carry
out the direct loan program: Provided, That the cost of direct loans,
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further,
That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the
principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $53,000,000: Provided
further, That administrative costs of the Technical Assistance Program
under section 108, the Training Program under section 109, and the
costs of the Native American Lending Study under section 117 shall not
be considered to be administrative expenses of the Fund.
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, $51,000,000.
Corporation for National and Community Service
national and community service programs
operating expenses
Of the funds appropriated under this heading in Public Law 106-74,
the Corporation for National and Community Service shall use such
amounts of such funds as may be necessary to carry out the orderly
termination of the programs, activities, and initiatives under the
National Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 103-82) and the
Corporation: Provided, That such sums shall be utilized to resolve all
responsibilities and obligations in connection with said Corporation.
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.
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,
$12,500,000, 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, $60,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2002.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
toxic substances and environmental public health
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, $70,000,000, to be derived from
the Hazardous Substance Superfund Trust Fund pursuant to section 517(a)
of SARA (26 U.S.C. 9507), to remain available until September 30, 2002:
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 the
fiscal years 2001 and 2002, 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,
$650,000,000, 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, $1,900,000,000
(reduced by $5,000,000), 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 any limitation imposed under
this Act on funds made available by this Act for the Environmental
Protection Agency shall not apply to activities specified in the
previous proviso related to the Kyoto Protocol which are otherwise
authorized by law: 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 none of the funds made available in this or any
prior Act may be used to make a final determination on or implement any
new rule relative to the Proposed Revisions to the National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System Program and Federal Antidegradation Policy
and the Proposed Revisions to the Water Quality Planning and Management
Regulations Concerning Total Maximum Daily Loads, published in the
Federal Register on August 23, 1999.
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,
$34,000,000, 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
$630,000,000, as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by Public
Law 101-508, and $640,000,000 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 $35,000,000 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, $79,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
oil spill response
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protection
Agency's responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,
$15,000,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, and
to remain available until expended.
state and tribal assistance grants
For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, including
capitalization grants for State revolving funds and performance
partnership grants, $3,176,957,000, to remain available until expended,
of which $1,200,000,000 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;
$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; $8,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of
Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs of
rural and Alaska Native Villages; $1,068,957,000 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 of the fund: Provided further, That notwithstanding
section 518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the
Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for any
fiscal year under section 319 of that Act to make grants to Indian
tribes pursuant to section 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 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.
administrative provision
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.
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, $5,150,000.
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 section 202
of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall
consist of one member, appointed by the President, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and exercising
all powers, functions, and duties of the Council.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
office of inspector general
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $33,661,000, 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 transfers 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 $5,500,000 shall be transferred to ``Emergency
management planning and assistance'' for the consolidated emergency
management performance grant program; of which $30,000,000 shall be
transferred to the ``Flood map modernization fund'' account; and up to
$50,000,000 may be obligated for pre-disaster mitigation projects and
repetitive loss buyouts (in addition to funding provided by 42 U.S.C.
5170c) following disaster declarations.
disaster assistance direct loan program account
For the cost of direct loans, $1,295,000, as authorized by section
319 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are
available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of
direct loans not to exceed $19,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct
loan program, $420,000.
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, including hire
and purchase of motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343;
uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902;
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable
for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; expenses of attendance
of cooperating officials and individuals at meetings concerned with the
work of emergency preparedness; transportation in connection with the
continuity of Government programs to the same extent and in the same
manner as permitted the Secretary of a Military Department under 10
U.S.C. 2632; and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and
representation expenses, $190,000,000.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $8,015,000.
emergency management planning and assistance
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out
activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended,
and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended (42 U.S.C.
4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards
Reduction Act of 1977, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Federal
Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 et
seq.), the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App.
2061 et seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the National Security Act of
1947, as amended (50 U.S.C. 404-405), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of
1978, $267,000,000. And in addition, $5,500,000 to be derived by
transfer from the ``Disaster relief'' account.
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 the agency 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, $110,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That total administrative costs
shall not exceed 3\1/2\ percent of the total appropriation.
flood map modernization fund
(transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses pursuant to section 1360 of the National
Flood Insurance Act of 1968, $30,000,000 to be derived by transfer from
the ``Disaster relief'' account, and such additional sums as may be
received under 1360(g) or provided by State or local governments or
other political subdivisions for cost-shared mapping activities under
section 1360(f)(2), to remain available until expended.
national 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.
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 ``2000'' and inserting ``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 ``September 30, 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, $5,499,900,000
(reduced by $25,000,000) (reduced by $2,800,000), 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, $5,606,700,000 (reduced by $30,000,000) (increased by
$2,800,000), 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,
$2,584,000,000 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.
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 title III of the Federal Credit Union Act (12
U.S.C. 1795 et seq.), shall not exceed $3,000,000,000: 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;
acquisition, maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase of
flight services for research support; $3,135,690,000 (reduced by
$18,000,000), of which not to exceed $264,500,000 (reduced by
$18,000,000) shall remain available until expended for Polar research
and operations support, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies
for operational and science support and logistical and other related
activities for the United States Antarctic Program; the balance to
remain available until September 30, 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.
major research equipment
For necessary expenses of major construction projects pursuant to
the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, including
authorized travel, $76,600,000, 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,
$694,310,000, 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.
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; $152,000,000: 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,
$5,700,000, 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.
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; $23,000,000: Provided,
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. NASA Full Cost Accounting. 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.''.
Sec. 421. 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. 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. Pesticide Tolerance Fees. None of the funds appropriated
or otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to promulgate a
final regulation to implement changes in the payment of pesticide
tolerance processing fees as proposed at 64 Fed. Reg. 31040, or any
similar proposals. The Environmental Protection Agency may proceed with
the development of such a rule.
Sec. 424. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and effective
with enactment of this Act, the General Services Administration shall
allocate one Senior Executive Service slot for the position of
Director, Federal Consumer Information Center, from the total number of
Senior Executive Service positions authorized to the General Services
Administration by the Office of Personnel Management: Provided, That
said Senior Executive Service slot shall be a permanent career reserved
position and filled with all due speed: Provided further, That this
Senior Executive Service slot shall remain hereafter in the Federal
Consumer Information Center. Such funds as may be necessary to carry
out this provision shall be made available from funds appropriated to
the Federal Consumer Information Center Fund.
Sec. 425. None of the funds provided in title III of this Act shall
be obligated or expended to support joint research programs between the
United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration. Specifically, none of the funds in this Act shall be
used to support the activities of the AF--NASA Council on Aeronautics
and the AFSPC--NRO--NASA Partnership Council.
Sec. 426. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
prior to June 15, 2001, 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).
Sec. 427. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to administer the Communities for Safer Guns Coalition.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2001''.
Passed the House of Representatives June 21, 2000.
Attest:
Jeff Trandahl,
Clerk.
By Martha C. Morrison,
Deputy Clerk.