[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H.R. 5482 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5482

   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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 18, 2000

  Mr. Walsh introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
   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 Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, 
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:

                TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                    Veterans Benefits Administration

                       compensation and pensions

                     (including transfers of funds)

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

                         readjustment benefits

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

                   veterans insurance and indemnities

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

         veterans housing benefit program fund program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                  education loan fund program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

            vocational rehabilitation loans program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

          native american veteran housing loan program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

  guaranteed transitional housing loans for homeless veterans program 
                                account

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     Veterans Health Administration

                              medical care

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                    medical and prosthetic research

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

      medical administration and miscellaneous operating expenses

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

                      Departmental Administration

                       general operating expenses

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

                    national cemetery administration

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                      office of inspector general

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                      construction, major projects

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

                      construction, minor projects

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

                         parking revolving fund

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

       grants for construction of state extended care facilities

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

        grants for the construction of state veterans cemeteries

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

                       administrative provisions

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

         TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                       Public and Indian Housing

                        housing certificate fund

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For activities and assistance to prevent the involuntary 
displacement of low-income families, the elderly and the disabled 
because of the loss of affordable housing stock, expiration of subsidy 
contracts (other than contracts for which amounts are provided under 
another heading in this Act) or expiration of use restrictions, or 
other changes in housing assistance arrangements, and for other 
purposes, $13,940,907,000 and amounts that are recaptured in this 
account to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total 
amount provided under this heading, $13,430,000,000, of which 
$9,230,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2000 and $4,200,000,000 
shall be available on October 1, 2001, shall be for assistance under 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (``the Act'' herein) (42 U.S.C. 
1437): Provided further, That the foregoing amounts shall be for use in 
connection with expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy contracts, 
for amendments to section 8 subsidy contracts, for enhanced vouchers 
(including amendments and renewals) under any provision of law 
authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (47 U.S.C. 1437f(t)), contract administrators, and 
contracts entered into pursuant to section 441 of the Stewart B. 
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: Provided further, That amounts 
available under the first proviso under this heading shall be available 
for section 8 rental assistance under the Act: (1) for the relocation 
and replacement of housing units that are demolished or disposed of 
pursuant to section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or to 
other authority for the revitalization of severely distressed public 
housing, as set forth in the Appropriations Acts for the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies for fiscal years 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1997, and in the 
Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996; (2) 
for the conversion of section 23 projects to assistance under section 
8; (3) for funds to carry out the family unification program; (4) for 
the relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to combat crime 
in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from a law 
enforcement or prosecution agency; (5) for tenant protection 
assistance, including replacement and relocation assistance; and (6) 
for the 1-year renewal of section 8 contracts for units in a project 
that is subject to an approved plan of action under the Emergency Low 
Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing 
Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990: Provided further, 
That of the total amount provided under this heading, $11,000,000 shall 
be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the development and 
maintenance of information technology systems: Provided further, That 
of the total amount provided under this heading, $40,000,000 shall be 
made available to nonelderly disabled families affected by the 
designation of a public housing development under section 7 of the Act, 
the establishment of preferences in accordance with section 651 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 1361l), or the 
restriction of occupancy to elderly families in accordance with section 
658 of such Act, and to the extent the Secretary determines that such 
amount is not needed to fund applications for such affected families, 
to other nonelderly disabled families: Provided further, That of the 
total amount provided under this heading, $452,907,000 shall be made 
available for incremental vouchers under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 on a fair share basis and administered by public 
housing agencies: Provided further, That of the total amount provided 
under this heading, up to $7,000,000 shall be made available for the 
completion of the Jobs Plus Demonstration: Provided further, That 
amounts available under this heading may be made available for 
administrative fees and other expenses to cover the cost of 
administering rental assistance programs under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937: Provided further, That the fee otherwise 
authorized under section 8(q) of such Act shall be determined in 
accordance with section 8(q), as in effect immediately before the 
enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998: 
Provided further, That $1,833,000,000 is rescinded from unobligated 
balances remaining from funds appropriated to the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development under this heading or the heading ``Annual 
Contributions for Assisted Housing'' or any other heading for fiscal 
year 2000 and prior years: Provided further, That any such balances 
governed by reallocation provisions under the statute authorizing the 
program for which the funds were originally appropriated shall not be 
available for this rescission: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall have until September 30, 2001, to meet the rescission in the 
proviso preceding the immediately preceding proviso: Provided further, 
That any obligated balances of contract authority that have been 
terminated shall be canceled.

                      public housing capital fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     public housing operating fund

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

             drug elimination grants for low-income housing

                     (including transfers of funds)

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

     revitalization of severely distressed public housing (hope vi)

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

                  native american housing block grants

                     (including transfers of funds)

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

           indian housing loan guarantee fund program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                   Community Planning and Development

              housing opportunities for persons with aids

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

                 rural housing and economic development

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

                empowerment zones/enterprise communities

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

                       community development fund

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For assistance to units of State and local government, and to other 
entities, for economic and community development activities, and for 
other purposes, $5,057,550,000: Provided, That of the amount provided, 
$4,409,000,000 is for carrying out the community development block 
grant program under title I of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1974, as amended (the ``Act'' herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301), to 
remain available until September 30, 2003: Provided further, That 
$71,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding 
section 106(a)(1) of such Act, $3,000,000 shall be available as a grant 
to the Housing Assistance Council, $2,600,000 shall be available as a 
grant to the National American Indian Housing Council, $10,000,000 
shall be available as a grant to the National Housing Development 
Corporation, for operating expenses not to exceed $2,000,000 and for a 
program of affordable housing acquisition and rehabilitation, and 
$45,500,000 shall be for grants pursuant to section 107 of the Act of 
which $3,000,000 shall be made available to support Alaska Native 
serving institutions and native Hawaiian serving institutions, as 
defined under the Higher Education Act, as amended, and of which 
$3,000,000 shall be made available to tribal colleges and universities 
to build, expand, renovate, and equip their facilities: Provided 
further, That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds 
appropriated herein (other than a grant made available in this 
paragraph to the Housing Assistance Council or the National American 
Indian Housing Council, or a grant using funds under section 107(b)(3) 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended) shall 
be expended for ``Planning and Management Development'' and 
``Administration'' as defined in regulations promulgated by the 
department: Provided further, That $15,000,000 shall be transferred to 
the Working Capital Fund for the development and maintenance of 
information technology systems: Provided further, That $20,000,000 
shall be for grants pursuant to the Self Help Housing Opportunity 
Program.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, $28,450,000 shall 
be made available for capacity building, of which $25,000,000 shall be 
made available for ``Capacity Building for Community Development and 
Affordable Housing'', for LISC and the Enterprise Foundation for 
activities as authorized by section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 
1993 (Public Law 103-120), as in effect immediately before June 12, 
1997, of which not less than $5,000,000 of the funding shall be used in 
rural areas, including tribal areas, and of which $3,450,000 shall be 
made available for capacity building activities administered by Habitat 
for Humanity International.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development may use up to $55,000,000 for supportive 
services for public housing residents, as authorized by section 34 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, and for residents of 
housing assisted under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) and for grants for service 
coordinators and congregate services for the elderly and disabled 
residents of public and assisted housing and housing assisted under 
NAHASDA.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, $44,000,000 shall 
be available for neighborhood initiatives that are utilized to improve 
the conditions of distressed and blighted areas and neighborhoods, to 
stimulate investment, economic diversification, and community 
revitalization in areas with population outmigration or a stagnating or 
declining economic base, or to determine whether housing benefits can 
be integrated more effectively with welfare reform initiatives: 
Provided, that any unobligated balances of amounts set aside for 
neighborhood initiatives in fiscal years 1998, 1999, and 2000 may be 
utilized for any of the foregoing purposes: Provided further, That 
these grants shall be provided in accord with the terms and conditions 
specified in the statement of managers accompanying this conference 
report.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, $60,000,000 shall be available for 
YouthBuild program activities authorized by subtitle D of title IV of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as amended, and 
such activities shall be an eligible activity with respect to any funds 
made available under this heading: Provided, That local YouthBuild 
programs that demonstrate an ability to leverage private and nonprofit 
funding shall be given a priority for YouthBuild funding: Provided 
further, That no more than ten percent of any grant award may be used 
for administrative costs: Provided further, That not less than 
$10,000,000 shall be available for grants to establish YouthBuild 
programs in underserved and rural areas: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided under this paragraph, $4,000,000 shall be set aside and 
made available for a grant to Youthbuild USA for capacity building for 
community development and affordable housing activities as specified in 
section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993, as amended.
    Of the amounts made available under this heading, $2,000,000 shall 
be available to the Utah Housing Finance Agency for the temporary use 
of relocatable housing during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games provided 
such housing is targeted to the housing needs of low-income families 
after the Games.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, $292,000,000 shall 
be available for grants for the Economic Development Initiative (EDI) 
to finance a variety of targeted economic investments in accordance 
with the terms and conditions specified in the statement of managers 
accompanying this conference report.
    For the cost of guaranteed loans, $29,000,000, as authorized by 
section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
not to exceed $1,261,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate limitation 
on outstanding obligations guaranteed in section 108(k) of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974: Provided further, That in 
addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 
program, $1,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses''.

                       brownfields redevelopment

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

                  home investment partnerships program

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                       homeless assistance grants

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                       shelter plus care renewals

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

                            Housing Programs

                    housing for special populations

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                         flexible subsidy fund

                          (transfer of funds)

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

                     Federal Housing Administration

             fha--mutual mortgage insurance program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

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

             fha--general and special risk program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

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

                Government National Mortgage Association

guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                    Policy Development and Research

                        research and technology

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

                   Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

                        fair housing activities

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

                     Office of Lead Hazard Control

                         lead hazard reduction

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

                     Management and Administration

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

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

                      office of inspector general

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

             Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                       Administrative Provisions

                      financing adjustment factors

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

                      fair housing and free speech

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

           housing opportunities for persons with aids grants

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

                     enhanced disposition authority

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

             maximum payment standard for enhanced vouchers

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

                  due process for homeless assistance

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

                       hud reform act compliance

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

expansion of environmental assumption authority for homeless assistance 
                                programs

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

``SEC. 443. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.

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

    technical amendments and corrections to the national housing act

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

                   indian housing block grant program

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

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

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

      prohibition on implementation of puerto rico public housing 
                  administration settlement agreement

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

                   hope vi grant for hollander ridge

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

              computer access for public housing residents

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

                         mark-to-market reform

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

                       section 236 excess income

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

                            cdbg eligibility

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

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

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

             use of moderate rehabilitation funds for home

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

                        loma linda reprogramming

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

            native american eligibility for the ross program

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

      treatment of expiring economic development initiative grants

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

           home program disaster funding for elderly housing

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

                        cdbg public services cap

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

  extension of applicability of downpayment simplification provisions

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

    use of supportive housing program funds for information systems

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

                  indian housing loan guarantee reform

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

                 use of section 8 vouchers for opt-outs

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

                 homeless discharge coordination policy

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

``SEC. 402. DISCHARGE COORDINATION POLICY.

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

             technical change to seniors housing commission

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

              interagency council on the homeless reforms

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

                 section 8 pha project-based assistance

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

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

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

                       family unification program

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

 permanent extension of fha multifamily mortgage credit demonstrations

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

                    TITLE III--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  American Battle Monuments Commission

                         salaries and expenses

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

             Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

                         salaries and expenses

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

                       Department of the Treasury

              Community Development Financial Institutions

              community development financial institutions

                          fund program account

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

                   Consumer Product Safety Commission

                         salaries and expenses

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

             Corporation for National and Community Service

                national and community service programs

                           operating expenses

              (including transfer and rescission of funds)

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

                      office of inspector general

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

                        administrative provision

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

                  Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

                         salaries and expenses

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

                      Department of Defense--Civil

                       Cemeterial Expenses, Army

                         salaries and expenses

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

                Department of Health and Human Services

                     National Institutes of Health

          national institute of environmental health sciences

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

            Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

                         salaries and expenses

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

                    Environmental Protection Agency

                         science and technology

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

                 environmental programs and management

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

                      office of inspector general

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

                        buildings and facilities

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

                     hazardous substance superfund

                     (including transfers of funds)

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

                leaking underground storage tank program

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

                           oil spill response

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

                   state and tribal assistance grants

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

                       administrative provisions

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

                   Executive Office of the President

                office of science and technology policy

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

  council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality

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

                 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

                      office of inspector general

                          (transfer of funds)

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

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

                            disaster relief

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

            disaster assistance direct loan program account

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

                         salaries and expenses

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

                      office of inspector general

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

              emergency management planning and assistance

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

                radiological emergency preparedness fund

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

                   emergency food and shelter program

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

                     national flood insurance fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                     national flood mitigation fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                    General Services Administration

                federal consumer information center fund

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

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration

                           human space flight

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

                  science, aeronautics and technology

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

                            mission support

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

                      office of inspector general

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

                       administrative provisions

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

                  National Credit Union Administration

                       central liquidity facility

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                      National Science Foundation

                    research and related activities

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

                        major research equipment

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

                     education and human resources

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

                         salaries and expenses

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

                      office of inspector general

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

                 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

          payment to the neighborhood reinvestment corporation

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

                        Selective Service System

                         salaries and expenses

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

                      TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

           TITLE V--FILIPINO VETERANS' BENEFITS IMPROVEMENTS

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

                        TITLE VI--DEBT REDUCTION

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                       Bureau of the Public Debt

      gifts to the united states for reduction of the public debt

    For deposit of an additional amount for fiscal year 2001 into the 
account established under section 3113(d) of title 31, United States 
Code, to reduce the public debt, $5,172,730,916.14.
    Titles I-IV of this Act may be cited as the ``Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001''.
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