[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2797 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 519
107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2797

                          [Report No. 107-222]

   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, 2003, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 25, 2002

   Ms. Mikulski, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the 
    following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the 
                                calendar

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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, 2003, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of Veteran 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent 
agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes, namely:

                TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                    Veterans Benefits Administration

                       compensation and pensions

                     (including transfer 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 (50 U.S.C. App. 
540 et seq.) 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), 
$28,949,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not 
to exceed $17,138,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
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 law (38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 
31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61), $2,264,808,000, 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 this account.

                   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, $27,530,000, 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 2003, 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, $168,207,000, 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, $70,000, 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, $55,000, 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 
funds made available under this heading are available to subsidize 
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to 
exceed $3,626,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct loan program, $289,000, 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, $558,000, 
which may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
``General operating expenses''.

  guaranteed transitional housing loans for homeless veterans program 
                                account

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

                     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., 
$23,889,304,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 
establish a priority for treatment for veterans who are service-
connected disabled, lower income, or have special needs: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$500,000,000 is for the equipment and land and structures object 
classifications only, which amount shall not become available for 
obligation until August 1, 2003, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2004: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, not to exceed $900,000,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2004: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading for non-recurring maintenance and repair (NRM) 
activities, $15,000,000 shall be available without fiscal year 
limitation to support the NRM activities necessary to implement Capital 
Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) activities: Provided 
further, That from amounts appropriated under this heading, additional 
amounts, as designated by the Secretary no later than September 30, 
2002, may be used for CARES activities without fiscal year limitation: 
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.

                     medical care collections fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Amounts deposited during the current fiscal year in the Department 
of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund under section 1729A 
of title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to ``Medical 
care'', to remain available until expended.

                    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, 2004, $400,000,000, 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, $69,716,000, of which $3,861,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2004, plus reimbursements: Provided, That 
technical and consulting services offered by the Facilities Management 
Field Support 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, 2003.

                      Departmental Administration

                       general operating expenses

    For necessary operating expenses of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including administrative expenses 
in support of Department-wide capital planning, management and policy 
activities, 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, $1,256,418,000: 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 $65,800,000 shall be available for obligation 
until September 30, 2004: Provided further, That from the funds made 
available under this heading, the Veterans Benefits Administration may 
purchase up to two passenger motor vehicles for use in operations of 
that Administration in Manila, Philippines: Provided further, That 
travel expenses for this account shall not exceed $17,082,000.

                    national cemetery administration

    For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Administration for 
operations and maintenance, not otherwise provided for, including 
uniforms or allowances therefor; cemeterial expenses as authorized by 
law; purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial 
operations; and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $133,149,000, of 
which $6,912,000 shall be available until September 30, 2004.

                      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, $55,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004.

                      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, $193,740,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $5,000,000 shall be for Capital 
Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) activities; and of 
which $10,000,000 shall be to make reimbursements as provided in 41 
U.S.C. 612 for claims paid for contract disputes: Provided, That except 
for advance planning activities, including needs assessments which may 
or may not lead to capital investments, and other capital asset 
management related activities, such as portfolio development and 
management activities, and investment strategy studies funded through 
the advance planning fund and the planning and design activities funded 
through the design fund and CARES funds, including needs assessments 
which may or may not lead to capital investments, none of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be used for any project which has 
not been approved by the Congress in the budgetary process: Provided 
further, That funds provided in this appropriation for fiscal year 
2003, for each approved project (except those for CARES activities 
referenced above) shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a 
construction documents contract by September 30, 2003; and (2) by the 
awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 2004: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 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 and assessments of needs which may 
lead to capital investments, 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, $210,700,000, 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, of which 
$35,000,000 shall be for Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced 
Services (CARES) activities: Provided, That from amounts appropriated 
under this heading, additional amounts may be used for CARES activities 
upon notification of and approval by the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, 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, $32,000,000, 
to remain available until expended.

                       Administrative Provisions

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2003 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 2003 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 2003 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 2002.
    Sec. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2003 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 2003, 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 2003 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 
2003 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, the 
Department of Veterans Affairs shall continue the Franchise Fund pilot 
program authorized to be established by section 403 of Public Law 103-
356 until October 1, 2003: Provided, That the Franchise Fund, 
established by title I of Public Law 104-204 to finance the operations 
of the Franchise Fund pilot program, shall continue until October 1, 
2003.
    Sec. 109. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease proceeds to 
reimburse an account for expenses incurred by that account during a 
prior fiscal year for providing enhanced-use lease services, may be 
obligated during the fiscal year in which the proceeds are received.
    Sec. 110. Funds available in any Department of Veterans Affairs 
appropriation for fiscal year 2003 or funds for salaries and other 
administrative expenses shall also be available to reimburse the Office 
of Resolution Management and the Office of Employment Discrimination 
Complaint Adjudication for all services provided at rates which will 
recover actual costs but not exceed $29,318,000 for the Office of 
Resolution Management and $3,010,000 for the Office of Employment and 
Discrimination Complaint Adjudication: Provided, That payments may be 
made in advance for services to be furnished based on estimated costs: 
Provided further, That amounts received shall be credited to ``General 
operating expenses'' for use by the office that provided the service.
    Sec. 111. (a)(1) Section 1729B of title 38, United States Code, is 
repealed. Any balance as of the date of the enactment of this Act in 
the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Improvement Fund 
established under such section shall be transferred to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund established under 
section 1729A of title 38, United States Code.
    (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 of such 
title is amended by striking the item relating to section 1729B.
    (b) Section 1729A(b) of such title is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (10); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following new 
        paragraphs:
            ``(7) Section 8165(a) of this title.
            ``(8) Section 113 of the Veterans Millennium Health Care 
        and Benefits Act (Public Law 106-117; 38 U.S.C. 8111 note).''.
    (c) Section 1722A of such title is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``under 
                subsection (a)'' and inserting ``under this section''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking the second sentence; and
            (2) by striking subsection (d).
    (d)(1) Section 8165 of such title is amended by striking 
``Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Improvement Fund 
established under section 1729B of this title'' and inserting 
``Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund 
established under section 1729A of this title''.
    (2) Section 113(b) of the Veterans Millennium Health Care and 
Benefits Act (Public Law 106-117; 38 U.S.C. 8111 note) is amended by 
striking ``Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Improvement 
Fund established under section 1729B of title 38 United States Code, as 
added by section 202'' and inserting ``Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Care Collections Fund established under section 1729A of title 
38, United States Code''.

         TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                       Public and Indian Housing

                        housing certificate fund

              (including transfer and rescission of funds)

    For assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as 
amended (``the Act'' herein) (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), not otherwise 
provided for, including 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, $17,412,464,000 and amounts recaptured in this account, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading, $4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 
2003: 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 Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(t)), contract administrators, and contracts entered into pursuant 
to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act: Provided 
further, That amounts provided 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 the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act 
of 1996 (Public Law 104-134; Stat. 1321-269); (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 projects that are subject to 
approved plans 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 
amount provided under this heading, no less than $3,000,000 shall be 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the development of and 
modifications to information technology systems which serve activities 
under ``Public and Indian Housing'': Provided further, That of the 
amount provided under this heading, $90,075,000 shall be made available 
for new incremental vouchers under section 8 of the Act; of which 
$30,075,000 shall be made available on a fair share basis to those 
public housing agencies that have no less than a 97 percent occupancy 
rate; and of which $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. 13611), or the restriction of 
occupancy to elderly families in accordance with section 658 of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 13618); and of which up to $20,000,000 shall be made 
available for welfare-to-work vouchers: Provided further, That the 
amounts made available for incremental vouchers under this heading for 
this fiscal year and all prior fiscal years (to the extent practicable 
for prior fiscal years) for non-elderly disabled families shall be 
provided to non-elderly disabled families upon turnover or renewal: 
Provided further, That the amounts made available for incremental 
vouchers under this heading for welfare-to-work families shall continue 
to be made available for welfare-to-work families upon turnover or 
renewal: Provided further, That up to $196,000,000 from amounts made 
available under this heading may be made available for contract 
administrators: 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 Act: Provided further, That the fee otherwise 
authorized under section 8(q) of the 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 $1,100,000,000 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 2002 and prior years, to be effected by the Secretary no later 
than September 30, 2003: Provided further, That any such balances 
governed by reallocation provisions under the statute authorizing the 
program for which the funds were originally appropriated may be 
available for this rescission: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall have until September 30, 2003, 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 transfers 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. 1437g), $2,783,400,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2006: Provided, That, hereafter, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law or any failure of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development to issue regulations to carry out section 9(j) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(j)), such section is 
deemed to have taken effect on October 1, 1998, and, except as 
otherwise provided in this heading, shall apply to all assistance made 
available under this same heading on or after such date: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, 
during fiscal year 2003, the Secretary may not delegate to any 
Department official other than the Deputy Secretary any authority under 
paragraph (2) of such section 9(j) regarding the extension of the time 
periods under such section for obligation of amounts made available for 
fiscal year 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, or 2003: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding the first proviso and paragraphs (3) and (5)(B) of 
such section 9(j), if at any time before the effectiveness of final 
regulations issued by the Secretary under section 6(j) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(j)) providing for 
assessment of public housing agencies and designation of high-
performing agencies, any amounts made available under the public 
housing Capital Fund for fiscal year 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, or 2003 
remain unobligated in violation of paragraph (1) of such section 9(j) 
or unexpended in violation of paragraph (5)(A) of such section 9(j), 
the Secretary shall recapture any such amounts and reallocate such 
amounts among public housing agencies that, at the time of such 
reallocation, are not in violation of any requirement under paragraph 
(1) or (5)(A) of such section: Provided further, That for purposes of 
this heading, the term ``obligate'' means, with respect to amounts, 
that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that will result in 
outlays immediately or in the future: Provided further, That of the 
total amount provided under this heading, up to $54,000,000 shall be 
for carrying out activities under section 9(h) of such Act, of which up 
to $13,000,000 shall be for the provision of remediation services to 
public housing agencies identified as ``troubled'' under the Section 8 
Management Assessment Program and for surveys used to calculate local 
Fair Market Rents and assess housing conditions in connection with 
rental assistance under section 8 of the Act: Provided further, That of 
the total amount provided under this heading, up to $500,000 shall be 
for lease adjustments to section 23 projects, and no less than 
$18,600,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the 
development and maintenance of information technology systems: Provided 
further, 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, as 
amended: Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this 
heading, 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 2003: Provided further, That of the total 
amount provided under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be for a 
Neighborhood Networks initiative for activities authorized in section 
9(d)(1)(E) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
amounts made available in the previous proviso shall be awarded to 
public housing agencies on a competitive basis as provided in section 
102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 
1989: Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this 
heading, up to $250,000,000 shall be made available to Public Housing 
Authorities for use in the rehabilitation of distressed units, the 
development of off-site public housing units in mixed-income housing 
developments, or for loan loss reserves to support such activities.
    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.

                     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(e)), 
$3,530,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004: Provided, 
That of the total amount provided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall 
be for programs, as determined appropriate by the Attorney General, 
which assist in the investigation, prosecution, and prevention of 
violent crimes and drug offenses in public and federally-assisted low-
income housing, including Indian housing, which shall be administered 
by the Department of Justice through a reimbursable agreement with the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, 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, as amended.

     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, as amended, $574,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2004, of which the Secretary may use up to $6,250,000 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: Provided further, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for a Neighborhood 
Networks initiative for activities authorized in section 24(d)(1)(G) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts made available 
in the previous proviso shall be awarded to public housing agencies on 
a competitive basis as provided in section 102 of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.

                  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) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), 
$648,570,000, to remain available until expended, of which $2,200,000 
shall be contracted through the Secretary as technical assistance and 
capacity building to be used by the National American Indian Housing 
Council in support of the implementation of NAHASDA; of which 
$5,000,000 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; and of which 
no less than $600,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund 
for development of and modifications to information technology systems 
which serve programs or activities under ``Public and Indian housing'': 
Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading, $2,000,000 
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 
$16,658,000: Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may provide technical and financial assistance to Indian 
tribes and their tribally-designated housing entities in accordance 
with the provisions of NAHASDA for emergency housing, housing 
assistance, and other assistance to address the problem of mold: 
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.

           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 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
13a), $5,000,000, 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 $197,243,000.
    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.

      native hawaiian housing loan guarantee fund program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184A of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
13b), $1,000,000, 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 $39,712,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
guaranteed loan program, up to $35,000 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 et seq.), $292,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2004: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew all expiring contracts 
for permanent supportive housing 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 $2,000,000 
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, 
2004, 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 Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 
1989.

                empowerment zones/enterprise communities

    For grants in connection with a second round of empowerment zones 
and enterprise communities, $30,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for ``Urban Empowerment Zones'', as authorized in section 
1391(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 1391(g)), 
including $2,000,000 for each empowerment zone for use in conjunction 
with economic development activities consistent with the strategic plan 
of each empowerment zone.

                       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, $5,050,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2005: Provided, That of the amount provided, $4,610,200,000 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 et seq.): Provided further, That 
$72,500,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding 
section 106(a)(1) of such Act; $3,300,000 shall be for a grant to the 
Housing Assistance Council; $2,600,000 shall be for a grant to the 
National American Indian Housing Council; $2,000,000 shall be for a 
grant to Girl Scouts of the USA for youth development initiatives in 
public housing; $2,000,000 shall be for a grant to 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 and Indian housing; 
and $45,500,000 shall be for grants pursuant to section 107 of the Act 
of which $4,000,000 shall be to support Alaska Native serving 
institutions and Native Hawaiian serving institutions as defined under 
the Higher Education Act, as amended, $3,000,000 shall be for tribal 
colleges and universities to build, expand, renovate and equip their 
facilities, $7,000,000 shall be for insular areas, $11,000,000 shall be 
for historically black colleges and universities, $3,000,000 shall be 
for community development work study, $10,000,000 shall be for the 
Department of Hawaiian Homeland to provide assistance as authorized 
under title VIII of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.) (with no more than 5 
percent of such funds being available for administrative costs), and of 
which $7,500,000 shall be for Hispanic serving institutions: Provided 
further, That no less than $3,400,000 shall be transferred to the 
Working Capital Fund for the development of and modification to 
information technology systems which serve programs or activities under 
``Community planning and development'': Provided further, That 
$22,000,000 shall be for grants pursuant to the Self Help Homeownership 
Opportunity Program: Provided further, That not to exceed 20 percent of 
any grant made with funds appropriated under this heading (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 Act) shall be expended for 
``Planning and Management Development'' and ``Administration'', as 
defined in regulations promulgated by the Department.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, $35,500,000 shall 
be for capacity building, of which $31,500,000 shall be 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 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), as in effect 
immediately before June 12, 1997, with not less than $5,000,000 of the 
funding to be used in rural areas, including tribal areas, and of which 
$4,000,000 shall be for capacity building activities administered by 
Habitat for Humanity International.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, $40,000,000 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, of 
which $1,000,000 shall be for a grant to National Housing Trust/
Enterprise Preservation Corporation to preserve 5,000 affordable 
apartments for low-income people and $5,000,000 shall be for a grant to 
the Housing Partnership Network for a revolving loan fund for single-
family homeownership development and loans to nonprofit affordable 
housing organizations.
    Of the amount made available under this heading, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, $65,000,000 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 10 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, $2,000,000 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 amount made available under this heading, $140,000,000 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 report accompanying this 
Act.
    The referenced statement of the managers under the heading 
``Community development block grants'' in title II of Public Law 105-
277 is deemed to be amended by striking ``$750,000 to the Maryland 
State Department of Housing and Community Development for relocation of 
residents of Wagners Point community in Baltimore, Maryland'' and 
insert in lieu thereof ``$750,000 to the Maryland State Department of 
Housing and Community Development for relocation of residents of 
Wagners Point community in Baltimore, Maryland ($514,000) and for 
housing assistance for victims of the April, 2002 tornado in Charles 
and Calvert Counties ($236,000)''.

         community development loan guarantees program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, $14,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2004, as authorized by section 108 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974, 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 total 
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$608,696,000, notwithstanding any aggregate limitation on outstanding 
obligations guaranteed in section 108(k) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974, as amended: 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 for Brownfields redevelopment 
projects, $25,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004: 
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: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 108(q) of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, recipients of 
funding made available under this heading may, at the discretion of the 
Secretary, also apply for funding under section 108.

                  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, $1,950,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005: 
Provided, That of the total amount provided under this heading, up to 
$40,000,000 shall be available for housing counseling under section 106 
of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968; and no less than 
$1,100,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the 
development of and maintenance of, and modification to information 
technology systems which serve Programs or activities under ``Community 
Planning and Development''.

                       homeless assistance grants

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the emergency shelter grants program as authorized under 
subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 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 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; and the 
shelter plus care program as authorized under subtitle F of title IV of 
such Act, $1,215,025,000, of which $193,000,000 shall be available to 
renew expiring shelter plus care grants, to remain available until 
September 30, 2005: Provided, That not less than 30 percent of funds 
made available, excluding amounts provided for renewals under the 
shelter plus care program, shall be used for permanent housing: 
Provided further, That all funds awarded for services shall be matched 
by 25 percent in funding by each grantee: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall renew on an annual basis expiring contracts or 
amendments to contracts funded under the shelter plus care program if 
the program is determined to be needed under the applicable continuum 
of care and meets appropriate program requirements and financial 
standards, as determined by the Secretary: 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 $17,600,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for technical assistance and management 
information systems: Provided further, That no less than $1,500,000 of 
the funds appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to the 
Working Capital Fund: for the development of and modifications to 
information technology systems which serve activities under ``Community 
Planning and Development''.

                            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, $1,033,801,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2005: Provided, That $783,286,000, plus 
recaptures or cancelled commitments, 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 for the elderly under 
section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amendments to contracts for 
such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance 
for up to a 1-year term, which shall remain available for disbursement 
until September 30, 2015, and for supportive services associated with 
the housing, of which amount $44,000,000 plus up to $9,000,000 of 
amounts recaptured or commitments cancelled under this heading, shall 
be for service coordinators and the continuation of existing congregate 
service grants for residents of assisted housing projects, and of which 
amount up to $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, $250,515,000 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 supportive housing for 
persons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act, 
including amendments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of 
expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, which 
shall remain available for disbursement until September 30, 2015, and 
for supportive services associated with the housing for persons with 
disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, and for 
tenant-based rental assistance contracts entered into pursuant to 
section 811 of such Act: Provided further, That no less than $500,000, 
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 of and modifications to information technology 
systems which serve activities under ``Housing Programs'' or ``Federal 
Housing Administration,'': Provided further, That, in addition to 
amounts made available for renewal of tenant-based rental assistance 
contracts pursuant to the second proviso of this paragraph, 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: Provided further, That all balances and recaptures, 
as of October 1, 2002, remaining in the ``Congregate Housing Services'' 
account as authorized by the Housing and Community Development 
Amendments of 1978, as amended, shall be transferred to and merged with 
the amounts for those purposes under this heading.

                         flexible subsidy fund

                          (transfer of funds)

    From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all uncommitted balances 
of excess rental charges as of September 30, 2002, and any collections 
made during fiscal year 2003, shall be transferred to the Flexible 
Subsidy Fund, as authorized by section 236(g) of the National Housing 
Act, as amended.

                       rental housing assistance

    The limitation otherwise applicable to the maximum payments that 
may be required in any fiscal year by all contracts entered into under 
section 236 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1) is reduced 
in fiscal year 2003 by not more than $100,000,000 in uncommitted 
balances of authorizations of contract authority provided for this 
purpose in appropriations acts: Provided, That up to $100,000,000 of 
recaptured section 236 budget authority resulting from any actions 
described in section 236(s)(7)(A) of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1715z-1) shall be made available as provided under section 
236(s) of the National Housing Act.

                  manufactured housing fees trust fund

    For necessary expenses as authorized by the National Manufactured 
Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), $13,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
to be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund: Provided, 
That not to exceed the total amount appropriated under this heading 
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 pursuant to section 620 of such Act: 
Provided further, That the amount made available under this heading 
from the general fund shall be reduced as such collections are received 
during fiscal year 2003 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2003 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $0 and 
fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be modified as necessary to 
ensure such a final fiscal year 2003 appropriation.

                     Federal Housing Administration

               mutual mortgage insurance program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    During fiscal year 2003, 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 2003, 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, $347,829,000, of which not to exceed 
$343,807,000 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, $85,720,000, of which no less than 
$21,360,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the 
development of and modifications to information technology systems 
which serve programs or activities under ``Housing Programs'' or 
``Federal Housing Administration'': Provided, That to the extent 
guaranteed loan commitments exceed $65,500,000,000 on or before April 
1, 2003, 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.

                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, $15,000,000, 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.
    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, $223,716,400, of which 
$204,395,400, shall be transferred to the appropriation for ``Salaries 
and expenses''; and of which $19,321,000 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, $93,780,000, of which no less than 
$14,240,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the 
development of and modifications to information technology systems 
which serve activities under ``Housing Programs'' or ``Federal Housing 
Administration'': Provided, That to the extent guaranteed loan 
commitments exceed $8,426,000,000 on or before April 1, 2003, an 
additional $1,980 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, 2004.
    For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the guaranteed 
mortgage-backed securities program, $10,343,000, to be derived from the 
GNMA guarantees of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed loan receipt 
account, of which not to exceed $10,343,000, 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, $47,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2004: Provided, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading, $8,750,000 shall be for the Partnership 
for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) Initiative.

                   Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

                        fair housing activities

    For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise provided 
for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as 
amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 
$45,899,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004, of which 
$20,250,000 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 section 
1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, 
$201,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004, of which 
$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 diseases and hazards: Provided, 
That of the total amount made available under this heading, $75,000,000 
shall be made available for an urban lead hazard reduction 
demonstration program in the form of grants to up to 25 major urban 
areas, as identified by the Secretary as having: (1) the highest number 
of pre-1940 units of rental housing; (2) significant deterioration of 
paint; and (3) a disproportionately high number of documented cases of 
lead-poisoned children: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this paragraph, grants will be allocated equally among 
major urban areas that meet the eligibility criteria for the abatement 
of lead-based paint hazards so long as a major urban area makes a 
contribution equal to 10 percent of the funds that are available to the 
grantee under this paragraph should all of the 25 eligible grantees 
receive awards: Provided further, That not less than 80 percent of the 
funds made available under this paragraph shall be used exclusively for 
abatement and interim control of lead-based hazards as defined by 42 
U.S.C. 4851: Provided further, That of the total grant, up to 15 
percent may be used for demolition and up to 20 percent of the funds 
may be available for other lead-based paint hazards activities 
including risk assessments, testing and education: Provided further, 
That each major urban area shall target those privately-owned units and 
multifamily buildings that serve a majority of low-income families that 
are defined as low-income families as provided under section 3(b)(2) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937: Provided further, That each 
major urban area shall submit a detailed plan and strategy that 
demonstrates adequate capacity that is acceptable to the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development on the proposed use of these funds 
pursuant to a Notice of Funding Availability issued by the Secretary no 
later than February 15, 2003: Provided further, That for the purposes 
of environmental reviews for the urban lead hazard reduction 
demonstration, section 1011 of Title X of the 1992 Housing and 
Community Development Act shall apply: Provided further, That units 
treated, and the majority of units in multifamily buildings, remain 
available for low-income residents for at least 3 years following 
treatment: Provided further, That where a major urban area fails to 
meet the requirements of this demonstration program, the Secretary 
shall reallocate the funds for that urban area to each of the other 
eligible major urban areas: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
submit an annual report to the Congress on the effectiveness of this 
demonstration program concurrently with the submission of the 
congressional justifications for the budget of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That should 
legislation authorizing the urban lead hazard reduction demonstration 
program not be enacted by June 30, 2003, amounts designated for this 
initiative shall become available for any such purpose authorized under 
Section 1011 of the Residential Lead-based Paint Hazard Reduction Act 
of 1992.

                     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 purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $25,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses, $1,070,229,000, of 
which $548,202,400 shall be provided from the various funds of the 
Federal Housing Administration, $10,343,000 shall be provided from 
funds of the Government National Mortgage Association, $1,000,000 shall 
be provided from the ``Community development loan guarantees program'' 
account, $150,000 shall be provided by transfer from the ``Native 
American housing block grants'' account, $200,000 shall be provided by 
transfer from the ``Indian housing loan guarantee fund program'' 
account and $35,000 shall be transferred from the ``Native Hawaiian 
housing loan guarantee fund'' account: Provided, That no less than 
$10,500,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the 
development of and modifications to information technology systems: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available under this 
heading shall be used to pay travel expenses for the Deputy Secretary 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development on days that the 
Deputy Secretary has been requested to testify before Congress.

                      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, 
$97,684,000, of which $23,343,000 shall be provided from the various 
funds of the Federal Housing Administration: Provided, That the 
Inspector General shall have independent authority over all personnel 
issues within this office: Provided further, That no less than $300,000 
shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the development of 
and modifications to information technology systems for the Office of 
Inspector General.

                          working capital fund

    For additional capital for Working Capitol Fund (42 U.S.C. 3535) 
for the development of, modifications to, and infrastructure for 
Department-wide Information technology systems, and for the continuing 
operation of both Department-wide and program-specific information 
systems, $276,737,000 to remain available until September 30, 2004: 
Provided, That any amounts transferred to this Fund under this Act 
shall remain available until expended.

                         consolidated fee fund

                              (rescission)

    Of the balances remaining available from fees and charges under 
section 7(j) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act on 
October 1, 2002, $8,000,000 are rescinded.

             Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety 
and Soundness Act of 1992, including not to exceed $500 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $30,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, to be derived from the Federal Housing Enterprises 
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

    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 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) 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.
    Sec. 202. None of the amounts made available under this Act may be 
used during fiscal year 2003 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.
    Sec. 203. (a) 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 2003 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 2003 under such clause (ii) because the areas in the State 
        outside of the metropolitan statistical areas that qualify 
        under clause (i) in fiscal year 2003 do not have the number of 
        cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) required 
        under such clause.
    (b) 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 2003, 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).
    Sec. 204. (a) Section 225(a) of the Departments of Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2000, Public Law 106-74 (113 Stat. 1076), is 
amended by striking ``year 2000, and the amounts that would otherwise 
be allocated for fiscal year 2001 and fiscal year 2002'', and inserting 
``years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003''.
    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall allocate to Wake County, North 
Carolina, the amounts that otherwise would be allocated for fiscal year 
2003 under section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 
U.S.C. 12903(c)) to the City of Raleigh, North Carolina, on behalf of 
the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical 
Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake County shall be used to carry out 
eligible activities under section 855 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) 
within such metropolitan statistical area.
    Sec. 205. (a) During fiscal year 2003, in the provision of rental 
assistance under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in connection with a program to demonstrate the 
economy and effectiveness of providing such assistance for use in 
assisted living facilities that is carried out in the counties of the 
State of Michigan specified in subsection (b) of this section, 
notwithstanding paragraphs (3) and (18)(B)(iii) of such section 8(o), a 
family residing in an assisted living facility in any such county, on 
behalf of which a public housing agency provides assistance pursuant to 
section 8(o)(18) of such Act, may be required, at the time the family 
initially receives such assistance, to pay rent in an amount exceeding 
40 percent of the monthly adjusted income of the family by such a 
percentage or amount as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
determines to be appropriate.
    (b) The counties specified in this subsection are Oakland County, 
Macomb County, Wayne County, and Washtenaw County, in the State of 
Michigan.
    Sec. 206. Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant or 
assistance made pursuant to title II of this Act shall be made on a 
competitive basis in accordance with section 102 of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.
    Sec. 207. Section 683(2) of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992 is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``and'';
            (2) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``section.'' and 
        inserting ``section; and''; and
            (3) by adding the following new subparagraph at the end:
            ``(H) housing that is assisted under section 811 of the 
        Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act.''.
    Sec. 208. Section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is 
amended by inserting at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(o) Loan Development Funding.--
            ``(1) In order to facilitate the financing of the 
        rehabilitation and development needs of public housing, public 
        housing agencies may enter into loans or other financial 
        obligations with financial institutions for the purpose of 
        financing the rehabilitation of a portion of public housing or 
        the development off-site of public housing in mixed income 
        developments (including demolition costs of the public housing 
        units to be replaced), provided that the number of public 
        housing units developed off-site replaces no less than an equal 
        number of on-site public housing units in a project. Loans or 
        other obligations entered into pursuant to this subsection 
        shall be in such form and denominations, have such maturities, 
        and be subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by 
        regulations issued by the Secretary.
            ``(2) The Secretary may prohibit a public housing agency 
        from obtaining a loan under this subsection only if the 
        rehabilitation or replacement housing proposed by a public 
        housing agency is inconsistent with its Public Housing Agency 
        Plan, as submitted under section 5A, or the proposed terms of 
        the guaranteed loan constitutes an unacceptable financial risk 
        to the public housing agency or for repayment of the loan under 
        this subsection.
            ``(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, 
        funding allocated to a public housing agency under subsections 
        (d)(2) and (e)(2) of this section for capital and operating 
        funds is authorized for use in the payment of the principal and 
        interest due (including such servicing, underwriting or other 
        costs as may be specified in the regulations of the secretary) 
        on the loans or other obligations entered into pursuant to this 
        subsection.
            ``(4) The amount of any loan or other obligation entered 
        into under this subsection shall not exceed in total the pro-
        rata amount of funds that would be allocated over a period not 
        to exceed 30 years under subsections (d)(2) and (e)(2) of this 
        section on a per unit basis as a percentage of the number of 
        units that are designated to be rehabilitated or replaced under 
        this subsection by a public housing agency as compared to the 
        total number of units in the public housing development, as 
        determined on the basis of funds made available under such 
        subsections (d)(2) and (e)(2) in the previous year. Any 
        reduction in the total amount of funds provided to a public 
        housing agency under this section in subsequent years shall not 
        reduce the amount of funds to be paid under a loan entered into 
        under this subsection but instead shall reduce the capital and 
        operating funds which are available for the other housing units 
        in the public housing development in that fiscal year. Any 
        additional income, including the receipt of rental income from 
        tenants, generated by the rehabilitated or replaced units may 
        be used to establish a loan loss reserve for the public housing 
        agency to assist in the repayment of loans or other obligations 
        entered into under this subsection or to address any shortfall 
        in the operating or capital needs of the public housing agency 
        in any fiscal year.
            ``(5) Subject to appropriations, the Secretary may use 
        funds from the Public Housing Capital Fund to (A) establish a 
        loan loss reserve account within the Department of Housing and 
        Urban Development to minimize the risk of loss associated with 
        the repayment of loans made under this subsection, or (B) make 
        grants to a public housing agency for capital investment needs 
        or for the creation of a loan loss reserve account to be used 
        in conjunction with a loan made under this subsection for the 
        rehabilitation of a portion of public housing or the 
        development off-site of public housing in mixed income 
        developments (including demolition costs of the public housing 
        units to be replaced).
            ``(6) The Secretary may, to the extent approved in 
        appropriations Acts, assist in the payment of all or a portion 
        of the principal and interest amount due under the loan or 
        other obligation entered into under this subsection, if the 
        Secretary determines that the public housing agency is unable 
        to pay the amount it owes because of circumstances of extreme 
        hardship beyond the control of the public housing agency.
            ``(7) Any loan or other obligation (including any mortgage 
        instrument) entered into under this subsection shall include 
        use restrictions that ensure the units rehabilitated or 
        developed under this subsection shall be reserved for occupancy 
        by families eligible for public housing under section 3 of this 
        Act, and such use restrictions shall continue to apply to these 
        units upon any default or foreclosure.
            ``(8) The Secretary is authorized to provide mortgage 
        insurance upon such terms and conditions as may be appropriate 
        to underwrite any loan or other obligation (including any 
        mortgage instrument) entered into under this subsection. The 
        Secretary shall establish premiums to support the cost of this 
        mortgage insurance which shall be paid by public housing 
        agencies through funds made available under subsections (d)(2) 
        and (e)(2) of this section. The Secretary shall maintain all 
        units subject to a loan or other obligation insured under this 
        section as public housing upon any default and foreclosure and 
        shall establish upon such terms and conditions as may be 
        appropriate to ensure repayment of any amounts that are owed 
        upon default or foreclosure.''.
    Sec. 209. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds in 
this Act or in any other Act in any fiscal year, including all future 
and prior fiscal years, may be used hereafter by the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development to provide any assistance or other funds 
for housing units defined in section 9(n) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (as in effect immediately before the enactment of this Act) 
as ``covered locally developed public housing units''. The States of 
New York and Massachusetts shall reimburse any funds already made 
available under any appropriations Act for these units to the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development for reallocation to public housing 
agencies: Provided, That, if either State fails to make such 
reimbursement within 12 months, the Secretary shall recapture such 
funds through reductions from the amounts allocated to each State under 
section 106 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974.
    Sec. 210. 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 the 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. 211. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or through a 
reprogramming of funds, 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 
Congress.
    Sec. 212. 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 accordance with 
law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such Act as may 
be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for 
2003 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. 213. (a) Section 9(n)(1) of the United States Housing act of 
1937 is hereby repealed.
    (b) Section 226 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 
and Urban development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1999, is hereby repealed.
    (c) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be deemed to have 
taken effect on October 1, 1998.
    (d) The amendment made by subsection (b) shall be deemed to have 
taken effect on October 21, 1998.
    Sec. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal 
year 2003, 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.
    Sec. 215. (a) Section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(22) Welfare-to-work housing voucher program.--
                    ``(A) Renewal.--Upon renewal, incremental vouchers 
                awarded under this paragraph shall continue to be 
                administered under this paragraph
                    ``(B) Eligible grantees.--A public housing agency 
                (including Indian tribes and tribally designated 
                housing entities, as defined by the Secretary) is 
                eligible to receive assistance under this paragraph if 
                the public housing agency demonstrates, to the 
                satisfaction of the Secretary--
                            ``(i) that the agency--
                                    ``(I) is effectively administering 
                                a voucher program;
                                    ``(II) is capable of leasing the 
                                allotted number of welfare-to-work 
                                vouchers in the time allowed by the 
                                Secretary; and
                                    ``(III) has included in the annual 
                                plan of the agency a description of a 
                                program to provide welfare-to-work 
                                vouchers; and
                            ``(ii) that the agency--
                                    ``(I) is carrying out an effective 
                                welfare-to-work housing program using 
                                Federal, State, or local funds 
                                (including vouchers funded under the 
                                Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
                                Housing and Urban Development, and 
                                Independent Agencies Appropriations 
                                Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-276), or 
                                other vouchers), and has a 
                                collaboration with the State, local, or 
                                tribal entities administering the 
                                programs under part A of title IV of 
                                the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 
                                et seq.) and under the Workforce 
                                Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2811 
                                et seq.) that serve families in the 
                                jurisdiction; or
                                    ``(II) has entered into a 
                                memorandum of understanding with the 
                                State, local, or tribal entities that 
                                administer the programs under part A of 
                                title IV of the Social Security Act (42 
                                U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and under the 
                                Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 
                                U.S.C. 2811 et seq.) that serve 
                                families in the jurisdiction, and such 
                                memoranda specify how the agencies will 
                                collaborate with the public housing 
                                agency in identifying eligible 
                                families, determining criteria for 
                                selection among eligible families in 
                                light of the circumstances in the 
                                jurisdiction, and providing payments 
                                and services to families (including 
                                outreach to owners and case management) 
                                so that families may obtain housing in 
                                an area of greater employment 
                                opportunity or in proximity to a 
                                current place of employment or 
                                transportation to employment and 
                                overcome other barriers to obtaining or 
                                retaining employment.
                    ``(C) Additional criteria for grantee selection.--
                The Secretary--
                            ``(i) may establish criteria in addition to 
                        that established in subparagraph (B) for the 
                        selection of public housing agencies that are 
                        eligible to receive assistance under this 
                        paragraph; and
                            ``(ii) shall consult with the Secretary of 
                        Health and Human Services and the Secretary of 
                        Labor in determining additional criteria under 
                        this subparagraph.
                    ``(D) Eligible families.--Families selected to 
                receive assistance under this paragraph shall be--
                            ``(i) receiving, or shall have received in 
                        the 2 years preceding the date on which the 
                        family was selected to receive assistance under 
                        this paragraph, assistance or other payments 
                        (including benefits provided by payments to 
                        third parties) or services funded under the 
                        Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) 
                        program under part A of title IV of the Social 
                        Security Act or as part of a qualified State 
                        expenditure of a State under section 
                        409(a)(7)(B)(i) of such Act; and
                            ``(ii) in need of housing voucher 
                        assistance as determined by the public housing 
                        agency, the agency that administers the 
                        Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 
                        program, or the Workforce Investment Agency in 
                        order to obtain housing in an area of greater 
                        employment opportunity or in proximity to a 
                        current place of employment or transportation 
                        to employment; participate effectively in a 
                        program to overcome barriers to employment; or 
                        retain employment or increase hours of 
                        employment.
                    ``(E) Preference.--The Secretary shall give 
                preference in the award of assistance under this 
                paragraph to public housing agencies within a State--
                            ``(i) with jurisdiction that minimizes the 
                        need to use the procedures established under 
                        subsection (r) to allow families to reside in 
                        areas with job opportunities; or
                            ``(ii) that demonstrate, to the 
                        satisfaction of the Secretary, that the 
                        procedures under subsection (r) do not pose a 
                        barrier to the choice of housing for 
                        families.''.
    Sec. 216. 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, 2004, involving''.
    Sec. 217. A public housing agency or such other entity that 
administers Federal housing assistance in the states of Alaska, Iowa, 
and Mississippi shall not be required to include a resident of public 
housing or a recipient of assistance provided under section 8 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 on the board of directors or a 
similar governing board of such agency or entity as required under 
section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public housing agency or other entity 
that administers Federal housing assistance under section 8 in the 
states of Alaska, Iowa and Mississippi shall establish an advisory 
board of not less than 6 residents of public housing or recipients of 
section 8 assistance to provide advice and comment to the public 
housing agency or other administering entity on issues related to 
public housing and section 8. Such advisory board shall meet not less 
than quarterly.
    Sec. 218. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget and 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall include as part of 
the fiscal year 2004 budget (and for each budget in each succeeding 
fiscal year) for the Department of Housing and Urban Development a 
separate line in each account for the cost of contract rental renewals, 
where applicable. The Budget Justifications for Department of Housing 
and Urban Development shall include a five-year run-out of the cost of 
all contract rental renewals.
    Sec. 219. (a) Section 24(m)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(m)(1)) is amended by striking ``$600,000,000'' 
and all that follows through ``2002'' and inserting the following: 
``$574,000,000 for fiscal year 2003''.
    (b) Section 24(n) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437v(n)) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2002'' and 
inserting ``September 30, 2003''.
    Sec. 220. No funds in this Act or any other Act in any fiscal year 
may hereafter be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
to waive any income eligibility restrictions on housing that has been 
assisted under Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
unless explicitly authorized by law.

                    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, 
$30,400,000, 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, as amended, including hire of 
passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 5901-5902, 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, 
$7,850,000, of which $5,350,000 is to remain available until September 
30, 2003 and $500,000 is to remain available until September 30, 2004: 
Provided, That the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board shall 
have not more than three career Senior Executive Service positions: 
Provided further, That, hereafter, 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, $73,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2004, of which $5,000,000 shall be for technical 
assistance and training programs designed to benefit Native American, 
Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native communities, and up to $10,750,000 
may be used for administrative expenses, including administration of 
the New Markets Tax Credit, up to $6,000,000 may be used for the cost 
of direct loans, and up to $250,000 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, as 
amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to 
exceed $11,000,000.

                  Interagency Council on the Homeless

                           operating expenses

    For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, authorized 
travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia, and the employment of experts and 
consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code) of the 
Interagency Council on the Homeless in carrying out the functions 
pursuant to title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as 
amended, $1,500,000.

                   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, $56,767,000.

             Corporation for National and Community Service

       national and community service programs operating expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service (the ``Corporation'') in carrying out programs, 
activities, and initiatives under the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 (the ``Act'') (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), $515,342,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2004: Provided, That not more than 
$33,000,000 shall be available for administrative expenses authorized 
under section 501(a)(4): Provided further, That not more than $2,500 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That not more than $37,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be transferred to the National Service Trust of which 
up to $5,000,000 shall be available for national service scholarships 
for high school students performing community service: Provided 
further, That not more than $290,342,000 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): 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 $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.), of which not more than $2,500,000 may be 
used to support an endowment fund, the corpus of which shall remain 
intact and the interest income from which shall be used to support 
activities described in title III of the Act, provided that the 
Foundation may invest the corpus and income in federally insured bank 
savings accounts or comparable interest bearing accounts, certificates 
of deposit, money market funds, mutual funds, obligations of the United 
States, and other market instruments and securities but not in real 
estate investments: 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 practicable, the Corporation shall increase 
significantly the level of matching funds and in-kind contributions 
provided by the private sector, and shall reduce the total Federal 
costs per participant in all programs: Provided further, That not more 
than $25,000,000 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 $47,000,000 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 $68,000,000 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.), of which $33,000,000 shall be available for challenge 
grants to non-profit organizations: 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).

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $6,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2004.

                       administrative provisions

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term ``qualified 
student loan'' with respect to national service education awards shall 
mean any loan determined by an institution of higher education to be 
necessary to cover a student's cost of attendance at such institution 
and made, insured, or guaranteed directly to a student by a State 
agency, in addition to other meanings under section 148(b)(7) of the 
National and Community Service Act.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available 
under section 129(d)(5)(B) of the National and Community Service Act to 
assist entities in placing applicants who are individuals with 
disabilities may be provided to any entity that receives a grant under 
section 121 of the Act.

               U.S. 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, 
$14,612,000 of which $1,045,000 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, $24,445,000, 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, and section 126(g) of the Superfund 
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, $76,074,000.

            Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

            toxic substances and environmental public health

    For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set forth in 
sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), as amended; section 118(f) of the Superfund Amendments and 
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended; and section 3019 of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, $81,000,000, to be derived from 
the Hazardous Substance Superfund Trust Fund pursuant to section 517(a) 
of SARA (26 U.S.C. 9507): Provided, That notwithstanding 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, 
incluidng, 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 ATSDR to issue in excess of 40 
toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during 
fiscal year 2003, 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 
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; 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, 
$710,008,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 2004.

                 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 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; 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 
$19,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$2,140,469,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 2004, 
including administrative costs of the brownfields program under the 
Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 
2002.

                      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, 
$35,325,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004.

                        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, $42,918,000, 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; 
$1,272,888,000, to remain available until expended, consisting of 
$636,444,000, as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund 
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by Public 
Law 101-508, and $636,444,000 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, $12,742,000 shall be transferred to 
the ``Office of Inspector General'' appropriation to remain available 
until September 30, 2004, and $86,168,000 shall be transferred to the 
``Science and technology'' appropriation to remain available until 
September 30, 2004.

              leaking underground storage tank trust fund

    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, $72,313,000, 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, 
$15,581,000, 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, $4,009,639,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $1,450,000,000 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 (the ``Act''); $875,000,000 
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; $45,000,000 shall 
be for grants to the State of Alaska to address drinking water and 
wastewater infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages; 
$3,000,000 shall be for remediation of above ground leaking fuel tanks 
pursuant to Public Law 106-554; $140,000,000, in addition to $2,241,450 
previously appropriated under this heading in Public Law 106-74, 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 report accompanying this Act; $120,500,000 shall be to carry out 
section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including 
grants, interagency agreements, and associated program support costs; 
and $1,133,835,000 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 subject to terms and 
conditions specified by the Administrator, of which $50,000,000 shall 
be for carrying out section 128 of CERCLA, as amended: Provided, That 
for fiscal year 2003, State authority under section 302(a) of Public 
Law 104-182 shall remain in effect: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2003, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of the Act, the 
Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for any 
fiscal year under section 319 of that Act to make grants to Indian 
tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act: Provided 
further, That for fiscal year 2003, notwithstanding the limitation on 
amounts in section 518(c) of the Act, 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 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.
    The referenced statement of the managers under this heading in 
Public Law 106-74 is deemed to be amended by striking everything after 
``137.'' in reference to item number 137 and inserting, ``$2,739,550 
for the City of Welch, West Virginia, for water and sewer extensions to 
the Indian Ridge Industrial Park''.

                       administrative provisions

    For fiscal year 2003, 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.
    None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act may be used to promulgate a final regulation to implement changes 
in the payment of pesticide tolerance processing fees as published on 
June 9, 1999, in the Federal Register (64 Fed. Reg. pages 31040 through 
31050). The Environmental Protection Agency shall promulgate a final 
regulation to implement changes in the payment of pesticide tolerance 
processing fees no later than September 30, 2003. Any final regulation 
promulgated to implement changes in the payment of pesticide tolerance 
processing fees shall not require the payment of retroactive fees.
    The Environmental Protection Agency may not use any of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act to implement the 
Registration Fee system codified at 40 Code of Federal Regulations 
Subpart U (sections 152.400 et seq.) if its authority to collect 
maintenance fees pursuant to FIFRA section 4(i)(5) is extended for at 
least 1 year beyond September 30, 2002.
    Section 136a-1 of title 7, U.S.C. is amended--
            (1) in subsection (i)(5)(C)(i) by striking ``$17,000,000 
        fiscal year 2002'' and inserting ``$23,200,000 for fiscal year 
        2003'';
            (2) in subsection (i)(5)(H) by striking ``2002'' and 
        inserting ``2003'';
            (3) in subsection (i)(6) by striking ``2002'' and inserting 
        ``2003''; and
            (4) in subsection (k)(3)(A) by striking ``2002'' and 
        inserting ``2003''.

                   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, $5,368,000.

  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, and not to exceed $750 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $3,031,000: 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

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $30,848,000, 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.), 
$342,843,000, 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 not to exceed 
$21,577,000 may be transferred to the Office of Inspector General for 
audits and investigations.
    In addition, for the purposes under this heading, $1,500,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 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 such amount 
shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request, 
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.

                 national pre-disaster mitigation fund

    For a pre-disaster mitigation grant program pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 
5131 et seq., $25,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That grants shall be awarded on a competitive basis subject 
to the criteria in 42 U.S.C. 5133(g): Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 5133(f), grant awards shall be made without 
reference to State allocations, quotas, or other formula-based 
allocations of funds.

            disaster assistance direct loan program account

    For the cost of direct loans, $557,000 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, $557,000.

                         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, $239,690,000.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$17,754,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Inspector General of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall 
hereafter also serve as the Inspector General of the Chemical Safety 
and Hazard Investigation Board.

              emergency management planning and assistance

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out 
activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, 
and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards 
Reduction Act of 1977, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Federal 
Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 et 
seq.), the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 
2061 et seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the National Security Act of 
1947, as amended (50 U.S.C. 404-405), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 
1978, $1,747,214,000: Provided, That $900,000,000 shall be for programs 
as authorized be section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control 
Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.): Provided further, 
That up to 5 percent of this amount shall be transferred to ``Salaries 
and expenses'' for program administration: Provided further, That of 
the amount provided under this heading: $180,000,000 shall be for 
grants for interoperable communications equipment; $180,000,000 shall 
be for grants for emergency operations centers; $75,000,000 shall be 
for Urban Search and Rescue Teams; $75,000,000 shall be for grants for 
state and local emergency planning; $15,000,000 shall be for Community 
Emergency Response Teams; $60,000,000 shall be for emergency responder 
training programs; $15,000,000 shall be for mutual aid agreements; and 
$1,100,000,000 for security clearances for State and local emergency 
management personnel.

                radiological emergency preparedness fund

    The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2003, as 
authorized by Public Law 106-377, 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, 2003, 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, $153,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That total administrative costs 
shall not exceed 3\1/2\ percent of the total appropriation.

                      flood map modernization fund

    For necessary expenses pursuant to section 1360 of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968, $300,000,000, and such additional sums as 
may be provided by State and local governments or other political 
subdivisions for cost-shared mapping activities under section 
1360(f)(2), to remain available until expended.

                     national flood insurance fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
(``Act'') and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, 
not to exceed $32,393,000 for salaries and expenses associated with 
flood mitigation and flood insurance operations, and not to exceed 
$77,666,000 for flood mitigation, to remain available until September 
30, 2004, including up to $20,000,000 for expenses under section 1366 
of the Act, which amount shall be available for transfer to the 
National Flood Mitigation Fund until September 30, 2004, and which 
amounts shall be derived from offsetting collections assessed and 
collected pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4014, and shall be retained and used 
for necessary expenses under this heading: Provided, That beginning in 
fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, fees authorized in 42 U.S.C. 
4014(a)(1)(B)(iii) shall be collected only if provided in advance in 
appropriations acts. In fiscal year 2003, no funds in excess of: (1) 
$55,000,000 for operating expenses; (2) $529,380,000 for agents' 
commissions and taxes; and (3) $40,000,000 for interest on Treasury 
borrowings shall be available from the National Flood Insurance Fund 
without prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations.
    Section 1309(a)(2) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 4016(a)(2)), as amended, 
is further amended by striking ``2002'' and inserting ``2007''.
    Section 1319 of the Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4026), is amended by 
striking ``December 31, 2002'' and inserting ``December 31, 2007''.
    Section 1336(a) of the Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4056), is amended 
by striking ``December 31, 2002'' and inserting ``December 31, 2007''.
    Section 1376(c) of the Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4127(c)), is 
amended by striking ``December 31, 2002'' and inserting ``December 31, 
2007''.

                     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, 2004, 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, $15,000,000, 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 $18,000,000. 
Appropriations, revenues, and collections accruing to this Fund during 
fiscal year 2003 in excess of $18,000,000 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

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of human space flight research and development activities, 
including research, development, operations, support and services; 
maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, 
rehabilitation, 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; 
space flight, spacecraft control and communications activities 
including operations, production, and services; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $35,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
$6,130,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004, of which 
amounts as determined by the Administrator for salaries and benefits; 
training, travel and awards; facility and related costs; information 
technology services; science, engineering, fabricating and testing 
services; and other administrative services may be transferred to 
``Science, aeronautics and technology'' in accordance with section 
312(b) of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended by 
Public Law 106-377.

                  science, aeronautics and technology

                     (including transfer of funds)

    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, 
support and services; maintenance; construction of facilities including 
repair, rehabilitation, 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; 
space flight, spacecraft control and communications activities 
including operations, production, and services; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $35,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
$9,044,500,000 to remain available until September 30, 2004, of which 
amounts as determined by the Administrator for salaries and benefits; 
training, travel and awards; facility and related costs; information 
technology services; science, engineering, fabricating and testing 
services; and other administrative services may be transferred to 
``Human space flight'' in accordance with section 312(b) of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended by Public Law 
106-377.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$24,600,000.

                       administrative provisions

    Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``Human space flight'', or ``Science, aeronautics and 
technology'' 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 for institutional minor 
revitalization and construction of facilities, and institutional 
facility planning and design.
    Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``Human space flight'', or ``Science, aeronautics and 
technology'' by this appropriations Act, the amounts appropriated for 
construction of facilities shall remain available until September 30, 
2005.
    Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``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, 2003 and may be used to enter into 
contracts for training, investigations, costs associated with personnel 
relocation, and for other services, to be provided during the next 
fiscal year. Funds for announced prizes otherwise authorized shall 
remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until the prize is 
claimed or the offer is withdrawn.

                  National Credit Union Administration

                       central liquidity facility

    During fiscal year 2003, 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 in fiscal year 2003 shall not exceed $309,000.

               community development revolving loan fund

    For the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund program as 
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 and 9910, $1,000,000 shall be 
available: Provided, That $700,000, together with amounts of principal 
and interest on loans repaid, is available until expended for loans to 
community development credit unions and $300,000 is available until 
September 30, 2004 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; maintenance and operation of 
aircraft and purchase of flight services for research support; 
acquisition of aircraft; and authorized travel; $4,131,630,000, of 
which not to exceed $320,000,000 shall remain available until expended 
for Polar research and operations support, and for reimbursement to 
other Federal agencies for operational and science support and 
logistical and other related activities for the United States Antarctic 
program; the balance to remain available until September 30, 2004: 
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 $85,000,000 of the funds available under this 
heading shall be made available for a comprehensive research initiative 
on plant genomes for economically significant crops.

          major research equipment and facilities construction

    For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construction, 
commissioning, and upgrading of major research equipment, facilities, 
and other such capital assets pursuant to the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, including authorized travel, 
$79,280,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
$20,000,000 of the funds available under this heading shall be made 
available for Earthscope: Provided further, That the funds appropriated 
for Earthscope shall not be available for obligation until the position 
of Deputy Director for Large Facility Projects is filled on a permanent 
basis.

                     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, 
$947,730,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004: Provided, 
That to the extent that the amount of this appropriation is less than 
the total amount authorized to be appropriated for included program 
activities, all amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified in 
the authorizing Act for those program activities or their subactivities 
shall be reduced proportionally.

                         salaries and expenses

    For salaries and expenses necessary in carrying out the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875); 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902; rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia; and 
reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard 
services; $182,160,000: Provided, That contracts may be entered into 
under ``Salaries and expenses'' in fiscal year 2003 for maintenance and 
operation of facilities, and for other services, to be provided during 
the next fiscal year.

                         national science board

    For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, authorized 
travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia, and the employment of experts and 
consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved 
in carrying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation Act of 
1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86-209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), 
$3,500,000: Provided, That not more than $9,000 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as 
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$9,060,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004.

                        administrative provision

    Notwithstanding the second sentence of section 4(g) of the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863(g)), the Chairman of the 
National Science Board shall have the sole discretion to appoint staff 
for the National Science Board.

                 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), $110,000,000, 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, as amended; and of which $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-
family rental housing program.

                        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; purchase of uniforms, or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 
not to exceed $750 for official reception and representation expenses; 
$26,480,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the 
President may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of 31 
U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President 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 therefor 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 therefor set forth in the estimates 
only to the extent such an increase is approved by the Committees on 
Appropriations.
    Sec. 402. 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. 403. 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. 404. None of the funds provided in this Act to any department 
or agency may be obligated or expended for: (1) the transportation of 
any officer or employee of such department or agency between the 
domicile and the place of employment of the officer or employee, with 
the exception of an officer or employee authorized such transportation 
under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or 5 U.S.C. 7905 or (2) to provide a cook, 
chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or employee of 
such department or agency.
    Sec. 405. 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. 406. None of the funds provided 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. 407. None of the funds provided in this Act may 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. 408. 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. 409. 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. 410. 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 a report which the Committees on Appropriations of the Congress 
approve within 30 days following the date on which the report is 
received.
    Sec. 411. (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. 412. 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. 413. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2003 pay 
raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the 
levels appropriated in this Act.
    Sec. 414. 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. 415. 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. 416. 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. 417. 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. 418. 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. 419. 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.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2003''.


                                                       Calendar No. 519

107th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2797

                          [Report No. 107-222]

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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, 2003, and for other purposes.

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                             July 25, 2002

                 Read twice and placed on the calendar