[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.