[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2660 Engrossed in House (EH)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2660

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                                 AN ACT


 
 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
   Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2004, 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 Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes, namely:

                      TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

                 Employment and Training Administration

                    training and employment services

    For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, 
including the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, the 
construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and other facilities, 
and the purchase of real property for training centers as authorized by 
such Act; $2,614,039,000 plus reimbursements, of which $1,582,858,000 
is available for obligation for the period July 1, 2004 through June 
30, 2005, except that amounts determined by the Secretary of Labor to 
be necessary pursuant to sections 173(a)(4)(A) and 174(c) of such Act 
shall be available from October 1, 2003 until expended; of which 
$1,000,965,000 is available for obligation for the period April 1, 2004 
through June 30, 2005; and of which $30,216,000 is available for the 
period July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2007 for necessary expenses of 
construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps centers: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds 
provided herein under section 137(c) of such Act, $305,993,000 shall be 
for activities described in section 132(a)(2)(A) of such Act and 
$1,155,152,000 shall be for activities described in section 
132(a)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or related regulation, $60,000,000 shall be for 
carrying out section 167 of such Act, including $56,000,000 for formula 
grants and $3,600,000 for migrant and seasonal housing, including 
permanent housing, and $400,000 for other discretionary purposes: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading in Public 
Law 108-7 for migrant and seasonal farmworkers housing shall be made 
available only under the terms and conditions in effect June 30, 2002, 
and shall include funding for permanent housing: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding the transfer limitation under section 133(b)(4) of such 
Act, up to 30 percent of such funds may be transferred by a local board 
if approved by the Governor: Provided further, That funds provided to 
carry out section 171(d) of such Act may be used for demonstration 
projects that provide assistance to new entrants in the workforce and 
incumbent workers: Provided further, That no funds from any other 
appropriation shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job 
Corps centers: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, funds awarded under a grant issued by the Department 
of Labor pursuant to section 173 of such Act on June 30, 2001, to the 
San Diego Workforce Partnership may be used to provide services to 
spouses of military personnel.
    For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, 
including the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, the 
construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and other facilities, 
and the purchase of real property for training centers as authorized by 
such Act; $2,463,000,000 plus reimbursements, of which $2,363,000,000 
is available for obligation for the period October 1, 2004 through June 
30, 2005, and of which $100,000,000 is available for the period October 
1, 2004 through June 30, 2007, for necessary expenses of construction, 
rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps centers.

            community service employment for older americans

    To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as 
amended, $440,200,000.

              federal unemployment benefits and allowances

    For payments during the current fiscal year of trade adjustment 
benefit payments and allowances under part I; and for training, 
allowances for job search and relocation, and related State 
administrative expenses under part II, subchapters B and D, chapter 2, 
title II of the Trade Act of 1974 as amended (including the benefits 
and services described under sections 123(c)(2) and 151 (b) and (c) of 
the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002, Public Law 107-210) 
$1,338,200,000, together with such amounts as may be necessary to be 
charged to the subsequent appropriation for payments for any period 
subsequent to September 15 of the current year.

     state unemployment insurance and employment service operations

    For authorized administrative expenses, $142,520,000, together with 
not to exceed $3,472,861,000 (including not to exceed $1,228,000 which 
may be used for amortization payments to States which had independent 
retirement plans in their State employment service agencies prior to 
1980), which may be expended from the Employment Security 
Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund including the 
cost of administering section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
as amended, section 7(d) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, the 
Trade Act of 1974, as amended, the Immigration Act of 1990, and the 
Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, and of which the sums 
available in the allocation for activities authorized by title III of 
the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 502-504), and the sums 
available in the allocation for necessary administrative expenses for 
carrying out 5 U.S.C. 8501-8523, shall be available for obligation by 
the States through December 31, 2004, except that funds used for 
automation acquisitions shall be available for obligation by the States 
through September 30, 2006; of which $142,520,000, together with not to 
exceed $768,257,000 of the amount which may be expended from said trust 
fund, shall be available for obligation for the period July 1, 2004 
through June 30, 2005, to fund activities under the Act of June 6, 
1933, as amended, including the cost of penalty mail authorized under 
39 U.S.C. 3202(a)(1)(E) made available to States in lieu of allotments 
for such purpose: Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly 
Insured Unemployment (AWIU) for fiscal year 2004 is projected by the 
Department of Labor to exceed 3,227,000, an additional $28,600,000 
shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 increase in the 
AWIU level (including a pro rata amount for any increment less than 
100,000) from the Employment Security Administration Account of the 
Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided further, That funds appropriated in 
this Act which are used to establish a national one-stop career center 
system, or which are used to support the national activities of the 
Federal-State unemployment insurance programs, may be obligated in 
contracts, grants or agreements with non-State entities: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this Act for activities 
authorized under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, and title III of 
the Social Security Act, may be used by the States to fund integrated 
Employment Service and Unemployment Insurance automation efforts, 
notwithstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under Office of 
Management and Budget Circular A-87.

        advances to the unemployment trust fund and other funds

    For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized 
by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security Act, as amended, and 
to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as authorized by section 
9501(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended; and for 
nonrepayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by 
section 8509 of title 5, United States Code, and to the ``Federal 
unemployment benefits and allowances'' account, to remain available 
until September 30, 2005, $467,000,000.
    In addition, for making repayable advances to the Black Lung 
Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal year after September 15, 
2004, for costs incurred by the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the 
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.

                         program administration

    For expenses of administering employment and training programs, 
$115,824,000, including $2,393,000 to administer welfare-to-work 
grants, together with not to exceed $56,503,000, which may be expended 
from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment 
Trust Fund.

               Employee Benefits Security Administration

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Security 
Administration $128,605,000.

                  Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

               pension benefit guaranty corporation fund

    The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is authorized to make such 
expenditures, including financial assistance authorized by section 104 
of Public Law 96-364, within limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to such Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as 
amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as may be necessary in carrying out the 
program through September 30, 2004, for such Corporation: Provided, 
That none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal year 
2004 shall be available for obligations for administrative expenses in 
excess of $228,772,000: Provided further, That obligations in excess of 
such amount may be incurred after approval by the Office of Management 
and Budget and the Committees on Appropriations of the House and the 
Senate.

                  Employment Standards Administration

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Employment Standards Administration, 
including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies and their 
employees for inspection services rendered, $395,697,000, together with 
$2,056,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund in accordance 
with sections 39(c), 44(d) and 44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor 
Workers' Compensation Act: Provided, That $1,250,000 shall be for the 
development of an alternative system for the electronic submission of 
reports required to be filed under the Labor-Management Reporting and 
Disclosure Act of 1959, as amended, and for a computer database of the 
information for each submission by whatever means, that is indexed and 
easily searchable by the public via the Internet: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to accept, retain, and spend, 
until expended, in the name of the Department of Labor, all sums of 
money ordered to be paid to the Secretary of Labor, in accordance with 
the terms of the Consent Judgment in Civil Action No. 91-0027 of the 
United States District Court for the District of the Northern Mariana 
Islands (May 21, 1992): Provided further, That the Secretary of Labor 
is authorized to establish and, in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
collect and deposit in the Treasury fees for processing applications 
and issuing certificates under sections 11(d) and 14 of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938, as amended (29 U.S.C. 211(d) and 214) and for 
processing applications and issuing registrations under title I of the 
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1801 
et seq.).

                            special benefits

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses (except 
administrative expenses) accruing during the current or any prior 
fiscal year authorized by title 5, chapter 81 of the United States 
Code; continuation of benefits as provided for under the heading 
``Civilian War Benefits'' in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation 
Act, 1947; the Employees' Compensation Commission Appropriation Act, 
1944; sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. 
App. 2012); and 50 percent of the additional compensation and benefits 
required by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' 
Compensation Act, as amended, $163,000,000, together with such amounts 
as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent year appropriation 
for the payment of compensation and other benefits for any period 
subsequent to August 15 of the current year: Provided, That amounts 
appropriated may be used under section 8104 of title 5, United States 
Code, by the Secretary of Labor to reimburse an employer, who is not 
the employer at the time of injury, for portions of the salary of a 
reemployed, disabled beneficiary: Provided further, That balances of 
reimbursements unobligated on September 30, 2002, shall remain 
available until expended for the payment of compensation, benefits, and 
expenses: Provided further, That in addition there shall be transferred 
to this appropriation from the Postal Service and from any other 
corporation or instrumentality required under section 8147(c) of title 
5, United States Code, to pay an amount for its fair share of the cost 
of administration, such sums as the Secretary determines to be the cost 
of administration for employees of such fair share entities through 
September 30, 2004: Provided further, That of those funds transferred 
to this account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of 
administration of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, $39,315,000 
shall be made available to the Secretary as follows: (1) for 
enhancement and maintenance of automated data processing systems and 
telecommunications systems, $11,618,000; (2) for automated workload 
processing operations including document imaging, centralized mail 
intake and medical bill processing, $14,496,000; (3) for periodic roll 
management and medical review, $13,210,000; and (4) the remaining funds 
shall be paid into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may require that any person filing a notice 
of injury or a claim for benefits under chapter 81 of title 5, United 
States Code, or 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq., provide as part of such notice 
and claim, such identifying information (including Social Security 
account number) as such regulations may prescribe.

               Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners

    For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act 
of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107-275 (the ``Act''), $300,000,000, 
to remain available until expended.
    For making, after July 31 of the current fiscal year, benefit 
payments to individuals under title IV of the Act, for costs incurred 
in the current fiscal year, such amounts as may be necessary.
    For making benefit payments under title IV of the first quarter of 
fiscal year 2005, $88,000,000, to remain available until expended.

    administrative expenses, energy employees occupational illness 
                           compensation fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Act, $55,074,000 to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to 
transfer to any executive agency with authority under the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act, including within the 
Department of Labor, such sums as may be necessary in fiscal year 2004 
to carry out those authorities: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may require that any person filing a claim for benefits under the Act 
provide as part of such claim, such identifying information (including 
Social Security account number) as may be prescribed.

                    black lung disability trust fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Beginning in fiscal year 2004 and thereafter, such sums as may be 
necessary from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, to remain 
available until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by 
section 9501(d)(1), (2), (4), and (7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1954, as amended; and interest on advances, as authorized by section 
9501(c)(2) of that Act. In addition, the following amounts shall be 
available from the Fund for fiscal year 2004 for expenses of operation 
and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, as authorized by 
section 9501(d)(5): $32,004,000 for transfer to the Employment 
Standards Administration, ``Salaries and Expenses''; $23,401,000 for 
transfer to Departmental Management, ``Salaries and Expenses''; 
$338,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, ``Office of Inspector 
General''; and $356,000 for payments into miscellaneous receipts for 
the expenses of the Department of the Treasury.

             Occupational Safety and Health Administration

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration, $450,008,000, including not to exceed $91,747,000 which 
shall be the maximum amount available for grants to States under 
section 23(g) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the ``Act''), 
which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of State 
occupational safety and health programs required to be incurred under 
plans approved by the Secretary under section 18 of the Act; and, in 
addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration may retain up to $750,000 per fiscal year of 
training institute course tuition fees, otherwise authorized by law to 
be collected, and may utilize such sums for occupational safety and 
health training and education grants: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary of Labor is authorized, during the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2004, to collect and retain fees for services 
provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize 
such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to 
administer national and international laboratory recognition programs 
that ensure the safety of equipment and products used by workers in the 
workplace: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 
this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, 
administer, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under 
the Act which is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming 
operation which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 
or fewer employees: Provided further, That no funds appropriated under 
this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce 
any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act with respect to 
any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is included within a category 
having an occupational injury lost workday case rate, at the most 
precise Standard Industrial Classification Code for which such data are 
published, less than the national average rate as such rates are most 
recently published by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of that Act (29 U.S.C. 673), 
except--
            (1) to provide, as authorized by such Act, consultation, 
        technical assistance, educational and training services, and to 
        conduct surveys and studies;
            (2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in response 
        to an employee complaint, to issue a citation for violations 
        found during such inspection, and to assess a penalty for 
        violations which are not corrected within a reasonable 
        abatement period and for any willful violations found;
            (3) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect 
        to imminent dangers;
            (4) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect 
        to health hazards;
            (5) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect 
        to a report of an employment accident which is fatal to one or 
        more employees or which results in hospitalization of two or 
        more employees, and to take any action pursuant to such 
        investigation authorized by such Act; and
            (6) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect 
        to complaints of discrimination against employees for 
        exercising rights under such Act: Provided further, That the 
        foregoing proviso shall not apply to any person who is engaged 
        in a farming operation which does not maintain a temporary 
        labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees.

                 Mine Safety and Health Administration

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, $266,767,000, including purchase and bestowal of 
certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and first-aid 
work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles; including up to 
$1,000,000 for mine rescue and recovery activities, which shall be 
available only to the extent that fiscal year 2004 obligations for 
these activities exceed $1,000,000; in addition, not to exceed $750,000 
may be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety Academy for 
room, board, tuition, and the sale of training materials, otherwise 
authorized by law to be collected, to be available for mine safety and 
health education and training activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302; and, in addition, the Mine Safety and Health Administration may 
retain up to $1,000,000 from fees collected for the approval and 
certification of equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, 
and may utilize such sums for such activities; the Secretary is 
authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other 
contributions from public and private sources and to prosecute projects 
in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or private; the 
Mine Safety and Health Administration is authorized to promote health 
and safety education and training in the mining community through 
cooperative programs with States, industry, and safety associations; 
and any funds available to the department may be used, with the 
approval of the Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine rescue and 
survival operations in the event of a major disaster.

                       Bureau of Labor Statistics

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local 
agencies and their employees for services rendered, $437,152,000, 
together with not to exceed $75,110,000, which may be expended from the 
Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust 
Fund.

                 Office of Disability Employment Policy

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Employment 
Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and initiatives, and award 
grants furthering the objective of eliminating barriers to the training 
and employment of people with disabilities, $47,333,000.

                        Departmental Management

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, including the 
hire of three sedans; $48,565,000 for the acquisition of Departmental 
information technology, architecture, infrastructure, equipment, 
software and related needs which will be allocated by the Department's 
Chief Information Officer in accordance with the Department's capital 
investment management process to assure a sound investment management 
process to assure a sound investment strategy; $252,701,000; together 
with not to exceed $317,000, which may be expended from the Employment 
Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund: 
Provided, That no funds made available by this Act may be used by the 
Solicitor of Labor to participate in a review in any United States 
court of appeals of any decision made by the Benefits Review Board 
under section 21 of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act 
(33 U.S.C. 921) where such participation is precluded by the decision 
of the United States Supreme Court in Director, Office of Workers' 
Compensation Programs v. Newport News Shipbuilding, 115 S. Ct. 1278 
(1995), notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in 
Rule 15 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure: Provided further, 
That no funds made available by this Act may be used by the Secretary 
of Labor to review a decision under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' 
Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) that has been appealed and 
that has been pending before the Benefits Review Board for more than 12 
months: Provided further, That any such decision pending a review by 
the Benefits Review Board for more than 1 year shall be considered 
affirmed by the Benefits Review Board on the 1-year anniversary of the 
filing of the appeal, and shall be considered the final order of the 
Board for purposes of obtaining a review in the United States courts of 
appeals: Provided further, That these provisions shall not be 
applicable to the review or appeal of any decision issued under the 
Black Lung Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 901 et seq.).

                    veterans employment and training

    Not to exceed $193,443,000 may be derived from the Employment 
Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund to carry 
out the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 4100-4110A, 4212, 4214, and 4321-4327, 
and Public Law 103-353, and which shall be available for obligation by 
the States through December 31, 2004, of which $2,000,000 is for the 
National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute. To carry 
out the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Programs (38 U.S.C. 2021) and 
the Veterans Workforce Investment Programs (29 U.S.C. 2913), 
$26,550,000 of which $7,550,000 shall be available for obligation for 
the period July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005.

                      office of inspector general

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $60,896,000, together with not to exceed $5,899,000, which may 
be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the 
Unemployment Trust Fund.

                          Working Capital Fund

    For the acquisition of a new core accounting system for the 
Department of Labor, including hardware and software infrastructure and 
the costs associated with implementation thereof, $18,000,000.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 101. None of the funds appropriated in this title for the Job 
Corps shall be used to pay the compensation of an individual, either as 
direct costs or any proration as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess 
of Executive Level II.

                          (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, as amended) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year 
for the Department of Labor in this Act may be transferred between 
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more 
than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That the Appropriations 
Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in 
advance of any transfer.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Labor Appropriations 
Act, 2004''.

           TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

              Health Resources and Services Administration

                     health resources and services

    For carrying out titles II, III, IV, VII, VIII, X, XII, XIX, and 
XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, section 427(a) of the Federal 
Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, title V, and sections 1128E, 711 and 
1820 of the Social Security Act, the Health Care Quality Improvement 
Act of 1986, as amended, the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988, 
as amended, the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 2000, and the Poison 
Control Center Enhancement and Awareness Act, $6,252,256,000, of which 
$39,740,000 from general revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of 
the Social Security Act, shall be available for carrying out the 
Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants program under section 1820 
of such Act: Provided, That of the funds made available under this 
heading, $248,000 shall be available until expended for facilities 
renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center: Provided 
further, That in addition to fees authorized by section 427(b) of the 
Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, fees shall be collected 
for the full disclosure of information under the Act sufficient to 
recover the full costs of operating the National Practitioner Data 
Bank, and shall remain available until expended to carry out that Act: 
Provided further, That fees collected for the full disclosure of 
information under the ``Health Care Fraud and Abuse Data Collection 
Program'', authorized by section 1128E(d)(2) of the Social Security 
Act, shall be sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the 
program, and shall remain available until expended to carry out that 
Act: Provided further, That no more than $45,000,000 is available for 
carrying out the provisions of Public Law 104-73: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available under this heading, $273,350,000 shall 
be for the program under title X of the Public Health Service Act to 
provide for voluntary family planning projects: Provided further, That 
amounts provided to said projects under such title shall not be 
expended for abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall be 
nondirective, and that such amounts shall not be expended for any 
activity (including the publication or distribution of literature) that 
in any way tends to promote public support or opposition to any 
legislative proposal or candidate for public office: Provided further, 
That $753,317,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs 
authorized by section 2616 of the Public Health Service Act: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 502(a)(1) of the Social Security 
Act, not to exceed $117,831,000 is for carrying out special projects of 
regional and national significance pursuant to section 501(l)(2): 
Provided further, That $65,000,000 is available for special projects of 
regional and national significance under section 501(a)(2) of the 
Social Security Act, which shall not be counted toward compliance with 
the allocation required in section 502(a)(1) of such Act, and which 
shall be used only for making competitive grants to provide abstinence 
education (as defined in section 510(b)(2) of such Act) to adolescents 
and for evaluations (including longitudinal evaluations) of activities 
under the grants and for Federal costs of administering the grants: 
Provided further, That grants under the immediately preceding proviso 
shall be made only to public and private entities which agree that, 
with respect to an adolescent to whom the entities provide abstinence 
education under such grant, the entities will not provide to that 
adolescent any other education regarding sexual conduct, except that, 
in the case of an entity expressly required by law to provide health 
information or services the adolescent shall not be precluded from 
seeking health information or services from the entity in a different 
setting than the setting in which the abstinence education was 
provided: Provided further, That the funds expended for such 
evaluations may not exceed 3.5 percent of such amount.

           health education assistance loans program account

    Such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the 
program, as authorized by title VII of the Public Health Service Act, 
as amended. For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed 
loan program, including section 709 of the Public Health Service Act, 
$3,389,000.

             vaccine injury compensation program trust fund

    For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust 
Fund, such sums as may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-
related injury or death with respect to vaccines administered after 
September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the Public 
Health Service Act, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
for necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed $3,472,000 shall 
be available from the Trust Fund to the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services.

               Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

                disease control, research, and training

    To carry out titles II, III, VII, XI, XV, XVII, XIX, XXI, and XXVI 
of the Public Health Service Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 
203, 301, and 501 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, 
sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 
1970, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and section 501 
of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980; including (purchase 
and) insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries; and 
hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $4,588,671,000, of which 
$206,000,000 shall remain available until expended for equipment, and 
construction and renovation of facilities, and of which $242,569,000 
for international HIV/AIDS shall remain available until September 30, 
2005, including not less than $100,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for the ``International Mother and Child HIV Prevention 
Initiative'', and in addition, such sums as may be derived from 
authorized user fees, which shall be credited to this account: 
Provided, That in addition to amounts provided herein, $13,226,000 
shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the 
Public Health Service Act to carry out the National Center for Health 
Statistics surveys: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or 
promote gun control: Provided further, That the Director may redirect 
the total amount made available under authority of Public Law 101-502, 
section 3, dated November 3, 1990, to activities the Director may so 
designate: Provided further, That the Congress is to be notified 
promptly of any such transfer: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$12,500,000 may be available for making grants under section 1509 of 
the Public Health Service Act to not more than 15 States: Provided 
further, That without regard to existing statute, funds appropriated 
may be used to proceed, at the discretion of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, with property acquisition, including a long-
term ground lease for construction on non-Federal land, to support the 
construction of a replacement laboratory in the Fort Collins, Colorado 
area: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a single contract or related contracts for development and 
construction of facilities may be employed which collectively include 
the full scope of the project: Provided further, That the solicitation 
and contract shall contain the clause ``availability of funds'' found 
at 48 CFR 52.232-18.

                     National Institutes of Health

                       National Cancer Institute

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to cancer, $4,770,519,000.

               National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, 
and blood and blood products, $2,867,995,000.

         National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to dental disease, $382,396,000.

    National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney disease, 
$1,670,007,000.

        National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, 
$1,468,926,000.

         National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, 
$4,335,255,000: Provided, That $100,000,000 may be made available to 
International Assistance Programs, ``Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, 
Malaria, and Tuberculosis'', to remain available until expended.

             National Institute of General Medical Sciences

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to general medical sciences, $1,923,133,000.

        National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to child health and human development, 
$1,245,371,000.

                         National Eye Institute

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, 
$648,299,000.

          National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

    For carrying out sections 301 and 311 and title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act with respect to environmental health sciences, 
$630,774,000.

                      National Institute on Aging

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to aging, $994,411,000.

 National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin 
diseases, $502,778,000.

    National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to deafness and other communication disorders, 
$380,377,000.

                 National Institute of Nursing Research

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to nursing research, $134,579,000.

           National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, $430,121,000.

                    National Institute on Drug Abuse

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to drug abuse, $995,614,000.

                  National Institute of Mental Health

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to mental health, $1,382,114,000.

                National Human Genome Research Institute

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to human genome research, $478,072,000.

      National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering 
research, $282,109,000.

                 National Center for Research Resources

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to research resources and general research 
support grants, $1,053,926,000: Provided, That none of these funds 
shall be used to pay recipients of the general research support grants 
program any amount for indirect expenses in connection with such 
grants.

       National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to complementary and alternative medicine, 
$116,202,000.

       National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to minority health and health disparities 
research, $192,724,000.

                  John E. Fogarty International Center

    For carrying out the activities at the John E. Fogarty 
International Center, $64,266,000.

                      National Library of Medicine

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to health information communications, 
$316,040,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be available until expended for 
improvement of information systems: Provided, That in fiscal year 2004, 
the Library may enter into personal services contracts for the 
provision of services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed 
under the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health.

                         Office of the Director

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the 
Director, National Institutes of Health, $317,983,000: Provided, That 
funding shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 29 
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only: Provided further, That 
the Director may direct up to 1 percent of the total amount made 
available in this or any other Act to all National Institutes of Health 
appropriations to activities the Director may so designate: Provided 
further, That no such appropriation shall be decreased by more than 1 
percent by any such transfers and that the Congress is promptly 
notified of the transfer: Provided further, That the National 
Institutes of Health is authorized to collect third party payments for 
the cost of clinical services that are incurred in National Institutes 
of Health research facilities and that such payments shall be credited 
to the National Institutes of Health Management Fund: Provided further, 
That all funds credited to the National Institutes of Health Management 
Fund shall remain available for 1 fiscal year after the fiscal year in 
which they are deposited: Provided further, That up to $500,000 shall 
be available to carry out section 499 of the Public Health Service Act.

                        buildings and facilities

    For the study of, construction of, renovation of, and acquisition 
of equipment for, facilities of or used by the National Institutes of 
Health, including the acquisition of real property, $80,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

       Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

               substance abuse and mental health services

    For carrying out titles V and XIX of the Public Health Service Act 
with respect to substance abuse and mental health services, the 
Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986, and 
section 301 of the Public Health Service Act with respect to program 
management, $3,329,000,000: Provided further, That in addition to 
amounts provided herein, $16,000,000 shall be made available from 
amounts available under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to 
carry out national surveys on drug abuse.

               Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

                    healthcare research and quality

    For carrying out titles III and IX of the Public Health Service 
Act, and part A of title XI of the Social Security Act, amounts 
received from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and 
interagency agreements, and the sale of data shall be credited to this 
appropriation and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
the amount made available pursuant to section 927(c) of the Public 
Health Service Act shall not exceed $303,695,000: Provided, That, of 
the funds made available under this heading, $12,000,000 shall be for 
the conduct of research on the comparative effectiveness, cost-
effectiveness, and safety of drugs, biological products, and devices 
under subparagraph (B) of section 912(b)(2) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 299b-1(b)(2)).

               Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

                     grants to states for medicaid

    For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI and XIX 
of the Social Security Act, $130,892,197,000, to remain available until 
expended.
    For making, after May 31, 2004, payments to States under title XIX 
of the Social Security Act for the last quarter of fiscal year 2004 for 
unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as 
may be necessary.
    For making payments to States or in the case of section 1928 on 
behalf of States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the 
first quarter of fiscal year 2005, $58,416,275,000, to remain available 
until expended.
    Payment under title XIX may be made for any quarter with respect to 
a State plan or plan amendment in effect during such quarter, if 
submitted in or prior to such quarter and approved in that or any 
subsequent quarter.

                  payments to health care trust funds

    For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal 
Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as provided under section 
1844 of the Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the 
Social Security Amendments of 1965, section 278(d) of Public Law 97-
248, and for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 
201(g) of the Social Security Act, $95,084,100,000.

                           program management

    For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI, XVIII, 
XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles XIII and XXVII of the 
Public Health Service Act, and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement 
Amendments of 1988, not to exceed $2,698,025,000, to be transferred 
from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary 
Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as authorized by section 201(g) of the 
Social Security Act; together with all funds collected in accordance 
with section 353 of the Public Health Service Act and section 
1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act, and such sums as may be 
collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data, which shall 
remain available until expended, and together with administrative fees 
collected relative to Medicare overpayment recovery activities, which 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That all funds derived 
in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations established under 
title XIII of the Public Health Service Act shall be credited to and 
available for carrying out the purposes of this appropriation: Provided 
further, That $65,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2005, is for contract costs for CMS' Systems Revitalization Plan: 
Provided further, That $56,991,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2005, is for contract costs for the Healthcare Integrated General 
Ledger Accounting System: Provided further, That $129,000,000 shall be 
for processing Medicare appeals: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services is directed to collect fees in fiscal year 
2004 from Medicare+Choice organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) 
of the Social Security Act and from eligible organizations with risk-
sharing contracts under section 1876 of that Act pursuant to section 
1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act.

      health maintenance organization loan and loan guarantee fund

    For carrying out subsections (d) and (e) of section 1308 of the 
Public Health Service Act, any amounts received by the Secretary in 
connection with loans and loan guarantees under title XIII of the 
Public Health Service Act, to be available without fiscal year 
limitation for the payment of outstanding obligations. During fiscal 
year 2004, no commitments for direct loans or loan guarantees shall be 
made.

                Administration for Children and Families

  payments to states for child support enforcement and family support 
                                programs

    For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities under 
titles I, IV-D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the 
Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), $3,292,970,000, to remain 
available until expended; and for such purposes for the first quarter 
of fiscal year 2005, $1,200,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.
    For making payments to each State for carrying out the program of 
Aid to Families with Dependent Children under title IV-A of the Social 
Security Act before the effective date of the program of Temporary 
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) with respect to such State, such 
sums as may be necessary: Provided, That the sum of the amounts 
available to a State with respect to expenditures under such title IV-A 
in fiscal year 1997 under this appropriation and under such title IV-A 
as amended by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 shall not exceed the limitations under 
section 116(b) of such Act.
    For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to 
States or other non-Federal entities under titles I, IV-D, X, XI, XIV, 
and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 
U.S.C. ch. 9), for the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for 
unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as 
may be necessary.

                   low-income home energy assistance

    For making payments under title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1981, $1,700,000,000.
    For making payments under title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1981, $100,000,000: Provided, That these funds 
are for the unanticipated home energy assistance needs of one or more 
States, as authorized by section 2604(e) of the Act, and 
notwithstanding the designation requirement of section 2602(e).

                     refugee and entrant assistance

    For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assistance 
activities authorized by title IV of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 
(Public Law 96-422), for carrying out section 462 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296), and for carrying out section 
5 of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-320), 
$461,853,000, of which up to $10,000,000 shall be available to carry 
out the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386; 
division A): Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading 
pursuant to section 414(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act for 
fiscal year 2004 shall be available for the costs of assistance 
provided and other activities, to remain available through September 
30, 2006.

   payments to states for the child care and development block grant

    For carrying out sections 658A through 658R of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1981 (The Child Care and Development Block Grant 
Act of 1990), $2,099,729,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant 
state general revenue funds for child care assistance for low-income 
families: Provided, That $19,120,000 shall be available for child care 
resource and referral and school-aged child care activities, of which 
$1,000,000 shall be for the Child Care Aware toll free hotline: 
Provided further, That, in addition to the amounts required to be 
reserved by the States under section 658G, $272,672,000 shall be 
reserved by the States for activities authorized under section 658G, of 
which $100,000,000 shall be for activities that improve the quality of 
infant and toddler care: Provided further, That $9,864,000 shall be for 
use by the Secretary for child care research, demonstration, and 
evaluation activities.

                      social services block grant

    For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the Social 
Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 
subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable 
percent specified under such subparagraph for a State to carry out 
State programs pursuant to title XX of such Act shall be 5.5 percent.

                        disabled voter services

    For necessary expenses to carry out programs as authorized by the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002, $15,000,000, of which $13,000,000 shall 
be for payments to States to promote disabled voter access, and of 
which, $2,000,000 shall be for payments to States for disabled voters 
protection and advocacy systems.

                children and families services programs

    For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway and 
Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill 
of Rights Act, the Head Start Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act, sections 310 and 316 of the Family Violence Prevention 
and Services Act, as amended, the Native American Programs Act of 1974, 
title II of Public Law 95-266 (adoption opportunities), the Adoption 
and Safe Families Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-89), sections 1201 and 
1211 of the Children's Health Act of 2000, the Abandoned Infants 
Assistance Act of 1988, part B(1) of title IV and sections 413, 429A, 
1110, and 1115 of the Social Security Act, and sections 40155, 40211, 
and 40241 of Public Law 103-322; for making payments under the 
Community Services Block Grant Act, sections 439(h), 473A, and 477(i) 
of the Social Security Act, and title IV of Public Law 105-285, and for 
necessary administrative expenses to carry out said Acts and titles I, 
IV, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX of the Social Security Act, the Act of July 
5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
1981, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 501 of 
the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, section 5 of the Torture 
Victims Relief Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-320), sections 40155, 40211, 
and 40241 of Public Law 103-322, and section 126 and titles IV and V of 
Public Law 100-485, $8,599,670,000, of which $43,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2005, shall be for grants to States for 
adoption incentive payments, as authorized by section 473A of title IV 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 670-679) and may be made for 
adoptions completed before September 30, 2004; of which $6,815,570,000 
shall be for making payments under the Head Start Act, of which 
$1,400,000,000 shall become available October 1, 2004 and remain 
available through September 30, 2005; and of which $577,562,000 shall 
be for making payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act: 
Provided, That not less than $7,250,000 shall be for section 680(3)(B) 
of the Community Services Block Grant Act, as amended: Provided 
further, That to the extent Community Services Block Grant funds are 
distributed as grant funds by a State to an eligible entity as provided 
under the Act, and have not been expended by such entity, they shall 
remain with such entity for carryover into the next fiscal year for 
expenditure by such entity consistent with program purposes: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall establish procedures regarding the 
disposition of intangible property which permits grant funds, or 
intangible assets acquired with funds authorized under section 680 of 
the Community Services Block Grant Act, as amended, to become the sole 
property of such grantees after a period of not more than 12 years 
after the end of the grant for purposes and uses consistent with the 
original grant: Provided further, That funds appropriated for section 
680(a)(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act, as amended, shall 
be available for financing construction and rehabilitation and loans or 
investments in private business enterprises owned by community 
development corporations: Provided further, That $88,043,000 shall be 
for activities authorized by the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, 
notwithstanding the allocation requirements of section 388(a) of such 
Act, of which $26,413,000 is for the transitional living program: 
Provided further, That $50,000,000 is for a compassion capital fund to 
provide grants to charitable organizations to emulate model social 
service programs and to encourage research on the best practices of 
social service organizations.

                   promoting safe and stable families

    For carrying out section 436 of the Social Security Act, 
$305,000,000 and for section 437, $100,000,000.

       payments to states for foster care and adoption assistance

    For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities under 
title IV-E of the Social Security Act, $5,068,300,000.
    For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities under 
title IV-E of the Act, for the first quarter of fiscal year 2005, 
$1,767,700,000.
    For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to 
States or other non-Federal entities under section 474 of title IV-E, 
for the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated 
costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be 
necessary.

                        Administration on Aging

                        aging services programs

    For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Older 
Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and section 398 of the Public Health 
Service Act, $1,377,421,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be available for 
activities regarding medication management, screening, and education to 
prevent incorrect medication and adverse drug reactions; and of which 
$2,842,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2006 for the 
White House Conference on Aging.

                        Office of the Secretary

                    general departmental management

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for general 
departmental management, including hire of six sedans, and for carrying 
out titles III, XVII, and XX of the Public Health Service Act, and the 
United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, $343,284,000, 
together with $5,813,000 to be transferred and expended as authorized 
by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Hospital 
Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund: 
Provided, That of the funds made available under this heading for 
carrying out title XX of the Public Health Service Act, $11,185,000 
shall be for activities specified under section 2003(b)(2), of which 
$10,157,000 shall be for prevention service demonstration grants under 
section 510(b)(2) of title V of the Social Security Act, as amended, 
without application of the limitation of section 2010(c) of said title 
XX: Provided further, That of this amount, $49,675,000 is for minority 
AIDS prevention and treatment activities; $18,400,000 is for an 
Information Technology Security and Innovation Fund for Department-wide 
activities involving cybersecurity, information technology security, 
and related innovation projects, and $5,000,000 is to assist 
Afghanistan in the development of maternal and child health clinics, 
consistent with section 103(a)(4)(H) of the Afghanistan Freedom Support 
Act of 2002.

                      office of inspector general

    For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $39,497,000: Provided, That, of such amount, necessary sums 
are available for providing protective services to the Secretary and 
investigating non-payment of child support cases for which non-payment 
is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228.

                        office for civil rights

    For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 
$30,936,000, together with not to exceed $3,314,000 to be transferred 
and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security 
Act from the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplemental Medical 
Insurance Trust Fund.

                            policy research

    For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, research 
studies under section 1110 of the Social Security Act and title III of 
the Public Health Service Act, $2,483,000: Provided, That in addition 
to amounts provided herein, $18,000,000 shall be available from amounts 
available under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry 
out national health or human services research and evaluation 
activities: Provided further, That the expenditure of any funds 
available under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act are 
subject to the requirements of section 205 of this Act.

     retirement pay and medical benefits for commissioned officers

    For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health Service 
Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for payments under the 
Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, 
for medical care of dependents and retired personnel under the 
Dependents' Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55 and 56), and for 
payments pursuant to section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 429(b)), such amounts as may be required during the current 
fiscal year. The following are definitions for the medical benefits of 
the Public Health Service Commissioned Officers that apply to 10 U.S.C. 
chapter 56, section 1116(c). The source of funds for the monthly 
accrual payments into the Department of Defense Medicare-Eligible 
Retiree Health Care Fund shall be the Retirement Pay and Medical 
Benefits for Commissioned Officers account. For purposes of this Act, 
the term ``pay of members'' shall be construed to be synonymous with 
retirement payments to United States Public Health Service officers who 
are retired for age, disability, or length of service; payments to 
survivors of deceased officers; medical care to active duty and retired 
members and dependents and beneficiaries; and for payments to the 
Social Security Administration for military service credits; all of 
which payments are provided for by the Retirement Pay and Medical 
Benefits for Commissioned Officers account.

            public health and social services emergency fund

    For expenses necessary to support activities related to countering 
potential biological, disease and chemical threats to civilian 
populations, $1,726,846,000: Provided, That this amount is distributed 
as follows: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $1,116,156,000; 
Office of the Secretary, $64,820,000; and Health Resources and Services 
Administration; $545,870,000: Provided further, That at the discretion 
of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, these amounts may be 
transferred between categories subject to normal reprogramming 
procedures: Provided further, That employees of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention or the Public Health Service, both civilian and 
Commissioned Officers, detailed to States, municipalities, or other 
organizations under authority of section 214 of the Public Health 
Service Act for purposes related to homeland security, shall be treated 
as non-Federal employees for reporting purposes only and shall not be 
included within any personnel ceiling applicable to the Agency, 
Service, or the Department of Health and Human Services during the 
period of detail or assignment.
    In addition, for activities to ensure a year-round influenza 
vaccine production capacity and the development and implementation of 
rapidly expandable influenza vaccine production technologies, 
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be available for 
not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses when specifically approved by the Secretary.
    Sec. 202. The Secretary shall make available through assignment not 
more than 60 employees of the Public Health Service to assist in child 
survival activities and to work in AIDS programs through and with funds 
provided by the Agency for International Development, the United 
Nations International Children's Emergency Fund or the World Health 
Organization.
    Sec. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this Act may be used 
to implement section 399F(b) of the Public Health Service Act or 
section 1503 of the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 
1993, Public Law 103-43.
    Sec. 204. None of the funds appropriated in this Act for the 
National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and 
Quality, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, 
through a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of 
Executive Level I.
    Sec. 205. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
expended pursuant to section 241 of the Public Health Service Act, 
except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for other 
taps and assessments made by any office located in the Department of 
Health and Human Services, prior to the Secretary's preparation and 
submission of a report to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
and of the House detailing the planned uses of such funds.
    Sec. 206. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the Public Health 
Service Act, such portion as the Secretary shall determine, but not 
more than 1.25 percent, of any amounts appropriated for programs 
authorized under said Act shall be made available for the evaluation 
(directly, or by grants or contracts) of the implementation and 
effectiveness of such programs.

                          (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 207. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, as amended) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year 
for the Department of Health and Human Services in this Act may be 
transferred between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be 
increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That 
an appropriation may be increased by up to an additional 2 percent 
subject to approval by the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That the Appropriations Committees of 
both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any 
transfer.
    Sec. 208. The Director of the National Institutes of Health, 
jointly with the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer 
up to 3 percent among institutes, centers, and divisions from the total 
amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for research 
pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: Provided, That the 
Congress is promptly notified of the transfer.
    Sec. 209. Of the amounts made available in this Act for the 
National Institutes of Health, the amount for research related to the 
human immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Director of 
the National Institutes of Health and the Director of the Office of 
AIDS Research, shall be made available to the ``Office of AIDS 
Research'' account. The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall 
transfer from such account amounts necessary to carry out section 
2353(d)(3) of the Public Health Service Act.
    Sec. 210. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be made 
available to any entity under title X of the Public Health Service Act 
unless the applicant for the award certifies to the Secretary that it 
encourages family participation in the decision of minors to seek 
family planning services and that it provides counseling to minors on 
how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual 
activities.
    Sec. 211. None of the funds appropriated by this Act (including 
funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used to carry out the 
Medicare+Choice program if the Secretary denies participation in such 
program to an otherwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored 
Organization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it will not 
provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for 
abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall make appropriate 
prospective adjustments to the capitation payment to such an entity 
(based on an actuarially sound estimate of the expected costs of 
providing the service to such entity's enrollees): Provided further, 
That nothing in this section shall be construed to change the Medicare 
program's coverage for such services and a Medicare+Choice organization 
described in this section shall be responsible for informing enrollees 
where to obtain information about all Medicare covered services.
    Sec. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no provider 
of services under title X of the Public Health Service Act shall be 
exempt from any State law requiring notification or the reporting of 
child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.
    Sec. 213. (a) Except as provided by subsection (e) none of the 
funds appropriated by this Act may be used to withhold substance abuse 
funding from a State pursuant to section 1926 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-26) if such State certifies to the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services by May 1, 2004 that the State 
will commit additional State funds, in accordance with subsection (b), 
to ensure compliance with State laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco 
products to individuals under 18 years of age.
    (b) The amount of funds to be committed by a State under subsection 
(a) shall be equal to 1 percent of such State's substance abuse block 
grant allocation for each percentage point by which the State misses 
the retailer compliance rate goal established by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services under section 1926 of such Act.
    (c) The State is to maintain State expenditures in fiscal year 2004 
for tobacco prevention programs and for compliance activities at a 
level that is not less than the level of such expenditures maintained 
by the State for fiscal year 2002, and adding to that level the 
additional funds for tobacco compliance activities required under 
subsection (a). The State is to submit a report to the Secretary on all 
fiscal year 2003 State expenditures and all fiscal year 2004 
obligations for tobacco prevention and compliance activities by program 
activity by July 31, 2004.
    (d) The Secretary shall exercise discretion in enforcing the timing 
of the State obligation of the additional funds required by the 
certification described in subsection (a) as late as July 31, 2004.
    (e) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to 
withhold substance abuse funding pursuant to section 1926 from a 
territory that receives less than $1,000,000.
    Sec. 214. In order for the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention to carry out international health activities, including HIV/
AIDS and other infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, 
and other health activities abroad during fiscal year 2004, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized to provide such 
funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary of State as may be 
necessary to pay the costs of acquisition, lease, alteration, 
renovation, and management of facilities outside of the United States 
for the use of the Department of Health and Human Services. The 
Department of State shall cooperate fully with the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services to ensure that the Department of Health and Human 
Services has secure, safe, functional facilities that comply with 
applicable regulation governing location, setback, and other facilities 
requirements and serve the purposes established by this Act. The 
Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to 
make available to public or nonprofit private institutions or agencies 
in participating foreign countries, funds to acquire, lease, alter, or 
renovate facilities in those countries as necessary to conduct programs 
of assistance for international health activities, including activities 
relating to HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, chronic and 
environmental diseases, and other health activities abroad.
    Sec. 215. (a) In addition to the authority provided in section 214, 
in order for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to carry 
out international health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other 
infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, and other health 
activities abroad during fiscal year 2004, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services may exercise authority equivalent to that available to 
the Secretary of State in section 2(c) of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2669(c)).
    (b) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall consult with 
the Secretary of State and relevant Chief of Mission to ensure that the 
authority provided in this section is excercised in a manner consistent 
with section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927) 
and other applicable statutes administered by the Department of State.
    Sec. 216. The Division of Federal Occupational Health may utilize 
personal services contracting to employ professional management/
administrative and occupational health professionals.
    Sec. 217. CMS Program Management Account.--The amount otherwise 
provided by this Act for ``Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services--
Program Management'' is hereby reduced by $98,000,000.
    Sec. 218. The amount appropriated in this Act for ``Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention--Disease Control, Research, and 
Training'' is hereby reduced by $49,982,000, to be derived from the 
amounts made available for administrative and related information 
technology expenses: Provided, That the Director of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention shall determine the allocation of the 
reduction among Agency activities, and shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations a report specifying the proposed allocation.

                   TITLE III--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

                    Education for the Disadvantaged

    For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (``ESEA'') and section 418A of the Higher Education Act of 
1965, $14,507,000,000, of which $6,943,199,000 shall become available 
on July 1, 2004, and shall remain available through September 30, 2005, 
and of which $7,383,301,000 shall become available on October 1, 2004, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2005, for academic 
year 2004-2005: Provided, That $7,172,971,000 shall be available for 
basic grants under section 1124: Provided further, That up to 
$3,500,000 of these funds shall be available to the Secretary of 
Education on October 1, 2003, to obtain updated educational-agency-
level census poverty data from the Bureau of the Census: Provided 
further, That $1,365,031,000 shall be available for concentration 
grants under section 1124A: Provided further, That $3,018,499,000 shall 
be available for targeted grants under section 1125: Provided further, 
That $793,499,000 shall be available for education finance incentive 
grants under section 1125A: Provided further, That $235,000,000 shall 
be available for comprehensive school reform grants under part F of the 
ESEA: Provided further, That from the $9,500,000 available to carry out 
part E of title I, up to $1,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary 
of Education to provide technical assistance to state and local 
educational agencies concerning part A of title I.

                               Impact Aid

    For carrying out programs of financial assistance to federally 
affected schools authorized by title VIII of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965, $1,238,324,000, of which 
$1,073,000,000 shall be for basic support payments under section 
8003(b), $50,668,000 shall be for payments for children with 
disabilities under section 8003(d), $44,708,000 shall be for 
construction under section 8007 and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2005, $62,000,000 shall be for Federal property payments 
under section 8002, and $7,948,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for facilities maintenance under section 8008.

                      School Improvement Programs

    For carrying out school improvement activities authorized by titles 
II, part B of title IV, part A and subpart 6 of part D of title V, 
parts A and B of title VI, and parts B and C of title VII of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (``ESEA''); the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; and the Civil Rights Act of 
1964, $5,797,637,000, of which $4,296,772,000 shall become available on 
July 1, 2004, and remain available through September 30, 2005, and of 
which $1,435,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2004, and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2005, for academic year 
2004-2005: Provided, That $390,000,000 shall be for subpart l of part A 
of title VI of the ESEA: Provided further, That no funds appropriated 
under this heading may be used to carry out section 5494 under the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

                            Indian Education

    For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise 
provided, title VII, part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965, $121,573,000.

                       Innovation and Improvement

    For carrying out activities authorized by part G of title I, parts 
A, C, and D of title II, parts B, C, and D of title V, and section 1504 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $807,959,000: 
Provided, That $74,513,000 for continuing and new grants to demonstrate 
effective approaches to comprehensive school reform shall become 
available on July 1, 2004, and remain available through September 30, 
2005, and shall be allocated and expended in the same manner as the 
funds provided under the Fund for the Improvement of Education for this 
purpose were allocated and expended in fiscal year 2003: Provided 
further, That up to $1,500,000 of the funds provided under the Advanced 
Credentialling program may be reserved by the Secretary to conduct an 
evaluation of the program.

                 Safe Schools and Citizenship Education

    For carrying out activities authorized by subpart 3 of part C of 
title II, part A of title IV, and subparts 2, 3, and 10 of part D of 
title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 
$820,068,000 (increased by $5,000,000), of which $138,949,000 shall 
become available on July 1, 2004 and remain available through September 
30, 2005, and of which $330,000,000 shall become available on October 
1, 2004 and shall remain available through September 30, 2005 for 
academic year 2004-2005: Provided, That of the funds available to carry 
out subpart 3 of part C of title II, up to $12,000,000 may be used to 
carry out section 2345: Provided further, That of the funds available 
for subpart 2 of part A of title IV, $4,968,000 (increased by 
$5,000,000), to remain available until expended, shall be for the 
Project School Emergency Response to Violence program to provide 
education-related services to local educational agencies in which the 
learning environment has been disrupted due to a violent or traumatic 
crisis.

                      English Language Acquisition

    For carrying out title III, part A of the ESEA, $685,515,000, of 
which $560,543,000 shall become available on July 1, 2004, and shall 
remain available through September 30, 2005.

                           Special Education

    For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 
$11,049,790,000, of which $5,690,762,000 shall become available for 
obligation on July 1, 2004, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2005, and of which $5,072,000,000 shall become available 
on October 1, 2004, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2005, for academic year 2004-2005: Provided, That $11,400,000 shall be 
for Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic to support the development, 
production, and circulation of recorded educational materials: Provided 
further, That the amount for section 611(c) of the Act shall be equal 
to the amount available for that section during fiscal year 2003 
increased by the amount of inflation as specified in section 
611(f)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act.

            Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research

    For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, and 
the Helen Keller National Center Act, $2,999,165,000.

           Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities

                 american printing house for the blind

    For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as amended (20 U.S.C. 
101 et seq.), $16,500,000.

               national technical institute for the deaf

    For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under titles I 
and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et 
seq.), $53,867,000, of which $367,000 shall be for construction and 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That from the total 
amount available, the Institute may at its discretion use funds for the 
endowment program as authorized under section 207.

                          gallaudet university

    For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model 
Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of Gallaudet 
University under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 
1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $100,600,000: Provided, That from the 
total amount available, the University may at its discretion use funds 
for the endowment program as authorized under section 207.

                     Vocational and Adult Education

    For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Carl D. 
Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, and the Adult 
Education and Family Literacy Act, and subpart 4 of part D of title V 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, 
$2,094,475,000, of which $1,294,725,000 shall become available on July 
1, 2004 and shall remain available through September 30, 2005 and of 
which $791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2004 and shall 
remain available through September 30, 2005: Provided, That of the 
amount provided for Adult Education State Grants, $70,000,000 shall be 
made available for integrated English literacy and civics education 
services to immigrants and other limited English proficient 
populations: Provided further, That of the amount reserved for 
integrated English literacy and civics education, notwithstanding 
section 211 of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, 65 percent 
shall be allocated to States based on a State's absolute need as 
determined by calculating each State's share of a 10-year average of 
the Immigration and Naturalization Service data for immigrants admitted 
for legal permanent residence for the 10 most recent years, and 35 
percent allocated to States that experienced growth as measured by the 
average of the 3 most recent years for which Immigration and 
Naturalization Service data for immigrants admitted for legal permanent 
residence are available, except that no State shall be allocated an 
amount less than $60,000: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available for the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, $9,438,000 
shall be for national leadership activities under section 243 and 
$6,517,000 shall be for the National Institute for Literacy under 
section 242: Provided further, That $175,000,000 shall be available to 
support the activities authorized under subpart 4 of part D of title V 
of the ESEA, of which up to 5 percent shall become available October 1, 
2003, for evaluation, technical assistance, school networking, peer 
review of applications, and program outreach activities and of which 
not less than 95 percent shall become available on July 1, 2004, and 
remain available through September 30, 2005, for grants to local 
educational agencies: Provided further, That funds made available to 
local educational agencies under this subpart shall be used only for 
activities related to establishing smaller learning communities in high 
schools.

                      Student Financial Assistance

    For carrying out subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part A, section 428K, part 
C and part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 
amended, $14,247,432,000, which shall remain available through 
September 30, 2005.
    The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible during 
award year 2004-2005 shall be $4,050.

                       Student Aid Administration

    For Federal administrative expenses (in addition to funds made 
available under section 458), to carry out part D of title I, and 
subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, and parts B, C, D and E of title IV of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, $120,010,000.

                            Higher Education

    For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, section 121 
and titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (``HEA''), as amended, section 1543 of the Higher Education 
Amendments of 1992, title VIII of the Higher Education Amendments of 
1998, section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical 
Education Act, and the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
1961, $1,985,991,000 (reduced by $5,000,000), of which $2,000,000 for 
interest subsidies authorized by section 121 of the HEA shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That $9,935,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2005, shall be available to fund 
fellowships for academic year 2005-2006 under part A, subpart 1 of 
title VII of said Act, under the terms and conditions of part A, 
subpart 1: Provided further, That $994,000 is for data collection and 
evaluation activities for programs under the HEA, including such 
activities needed to comply with the Government Performance and Results 
Act of 1993: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, funds made available in this Act to carry out title VI of the 
HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to support visits and study in foreign 
countries by individuals who are participating in advanced foreign 
language training and international studies in areas that are vital to 
United States national security and who plan to apply their language 
skills and knowledge of these countries in the fields of government, 
the professions, or international development: Provided further, That 
up to one percent of the funds referred to in the preceding proviso may 
be used for program evaluation, national outreach, and information 
dissemination activities.

                           Howard University

    For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), 
$242,770,000, of which not less than $3,600,000 shall be for a matching 
endowment grant pursuant to the Howard University Endowment Act (Public 
Law 98-480) and shall remain available until expended.

             College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans

                                Program

    For Federal administrative expenses authorized under section 121 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965, $774,000 to carry out activities 
related to existing facility loans entered into under the Higher 
Education Act of 1965.

  Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program 
                                Account

    The aggregate principal amount of outstanding bonds insured 
pursuant to section 344 of title III, part D of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965, shall not exceed $357,000,000, and the cost, as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of such bonds 
shall not exceed zero.
    For administrative expenses to carry out the Historically Black 
College and University Capital Financing Program entered into pursuant 
to title III, part D of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, 
$210,000.

                    Institute of Education Sciences

     For carrying out activities authorized by Public Law 107-279, 
$500,599,000: Provided, That of the amount appropriated, $185,000,000 
shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2005.

                        Departmental Management

                         Program Administration

    For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three 
passenger motor vehicles, $434,494,000, of which $13,644,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for building alterations and related 
expenses for the relocation of Department staff to Potomac Center Plaza 
in Washington, D.C.

                        Office for Civil Rights

    For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as 
authorized by section 203 of the Department of Education Organization 
Act, $91,275,000.

                    Office of the Inspector General

    For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector General, as 
authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education Organization 
Act, $48,137,000.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used for the 
transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of 
equipment for such transportation) in order to overcome racial 
imbalance in any school or school system, or for the transportation of 
students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such 
transportation) in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of 
any school or school system.
    Sec. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to 
require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any student to a 
school other than the school which is nearest the student's home, 
except for a student requiring special education, to the school 
offering such special education, in order to comply with title VI of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section an 
indirect requirement of transportation of students includes the 
transportation of students to carry out a plan involving the 
reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of 
schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of grade 
restructuring, pairing or clustering. The prohibition described in this 
section does not include the establishment of magnet schools.
    Sec. 303. No funds appropriated under this Act may be used to 
prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and 
meditation in the public schools.

                          (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, as amended) which are appropriated for the Department of 
Education in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no 
such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any 
such transfer: Provided, That the Appropriations Committees of both 
Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any 
transfer.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Education 
Appropriations Act, 2004''.

                       TITLE IV--RELATED AGENCIES

                      Armed Forces Retirement Home

    For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retirement Home to 
operate and maintain the Armed Forces Retirement Home--Washington and 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home--Gulfport, to be paid from funds 
available in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $65,279,000, 
of which $1,983,000 shall remain available until expended for 
construction and renovation of the physical plants at the Armed Forces 
Retirement Home--Washington and the Armed Forces Retirement Home--
Gulfport.

             Corporation for National and Community Service

        domestic volunteer service programs, operating expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service to carry out the provisions of the Domestic Volunteer 
Service Act of 1973, as amended, $352,836,000: Provided, That none of 
the funds made available to the Corporation for National and Community 
Service in this Act for activities authorized by section 122 of part C 
of title I and part E of title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
of 1973 shall be used to provide stipends or other monetary incentives 
to volunteers or volunteer leaders whose incomes exceed 125 percent of 
the national poverty level.

                  Corporation for Public Broadcasting

    For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as 
authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, an amount which shall be 
available within limitations specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 
2006, $330,000,000: Provided, That no funds made available to the 
Corporation for Public Broadcasting by this Act shall be used to pay 
for receptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment for 
Government officials or employees: Provided further, That none of the 
funds contained in this paragraph shall be available or used to aid or 
support any program or activity from which any person is excluded, or 
is denied benefits, or is discriminated against, on the basis of race, 
color, national origin, religion, or sex.
    Of the amounts made available to the Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting for fiscal year 2004 by Public Law 107-116, up to 
$80,000,000 is available for grants associated with the transition of 
public broadcasting to digital broadcasting, including costs related to 
transmission equipment and program production, development, and 
distribution, to be awarded as determinded by the Corporation in 
consultation with public radio and television licensees or permittees, 
or their designated representatives; and up to $20,000,000 is available 
pursuant to section 396(k)(10) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, for replacement and upgrade of the public television 
interconnection system: Provided, That section 396(k)(3) shall apply 
only to amounts remaining after allocations made herein.

               Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor Management 
Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 171-180, 182-183), including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; for expenses necessary for the Labor-
Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a); and for expenses 
necessary for the Service to carry out the functions vested in it by 
the Civil Service Reform Act, Public Law 95-454 (5 U.S.C. ch. 71), 
$43,385,000, including $1,500,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2005, for activities authorized by the Labor-Management 
Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a): Provided, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, 
for special training activities and other conflict resolution services 
and technical assistance, including those provided to foreign 
governments and international organizations, and for arbitration 
services shall be credited to and merged with this account, and shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That fees for 
arbitration services shall be available only for education, training, 
and professional development of the agency workforce: Provided further, 
That the Director of the Service is authorized to accept and use on 
behalf of the United States gifts of services and real, personal, or 
other property in the aid of any projects or functions within the 
Director's jurisdiction.

            Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health 
Review Commission (30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), $7,774,000.

                Institute of Museum and Library Services

    For carrying out the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996, 
$238,126,000 to remain available until expended.

                  Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the Social 
Security Act, $9,000,000, to be transferred to this appropriation from 
the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical 
Insurance Trust Funds.

        National Commission on Libraries and Information Science

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the National Commission on Libraries and 
Information Science, established by the Act of July 20, 1970 (Public 
Law 91-345, as amended), $1,000,000.

                     National Council on Disability

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability as 
authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 
$2,830,000.

                     National Labor Relations Board

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board to 
carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations 
Act, 1947, as amended (29 U.S.C. 141-167), and other laws, 
$239,429,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be 
available to organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers or 
used in connection with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders 
concerning bargaining units composed of agricultural laborers as 
referred to in section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935 (29 U.S.C. 152), 
and as amended by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended, 
and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
203), and including in said definition employees engaged in the 
maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways 
when maintained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 
95 percent of the water stored or supplied thereby is used for farming 
purposes.

                        National Mediation Board

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Railway 
Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151-188), including emergency boards 
appointed by the President, $11,421,000.

            Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health 
Review Commission (29 U.S.C. 661), $10,115,000.

                       Railroad Retirement Board

                     dual benefits payments account

    For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, authorized under 
section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, $119,000,000, 
which shall include amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2004 
pursuant to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98-76; and in addition, 
an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount provided herein, shall 
be available proportional to the amount by which the product of 
recipients and the average benefit received exceeds $119,000,000: 
Provided, That the total amount provided herein shall be credited in 12 
approximately equal amounts on the first day of each month in the 
fiscal year.

          federal payments to the railroad retirement accounts

    For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for the 
payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for interest 
earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2005, which shall be the maximum amount available for 
payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98-76.

                      limitation on administration

    For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board for 
administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and the Railroad 
Unemployment Insurance Act, $101,300,000, to be derived in such amounts 
as determined by the Board from the railroad retirement accounts and 
from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment insurance 
administration fund.

             limitation on the office of inspector general

    For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General for 
audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized by the 
Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, not more than $6,600,000, to 
be derived from the railroad retirement accounts and railroad 
unemployment insurance account: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available in any other paragraph of this Act may be transferred to the 
Office; used to carry out any such transfer; used to provide any office 
space, equipment, office supplies, communications facilities or 
services, maintenance services, or administrative services for the 
Office; used to pay any salary, benefit, or award for any personnel of 
the Office; used to pay any other operating expense of the Office; or 
used to reimburse the Office for any service provided, or expense 
incurred, by the Office.

                     Social Security Administration

                payments to social security trust funds

    For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and the 
Federal Disability Insurance trust funds, as provided under sections 
201(m), 228(g), and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $21,658,000.

                  supplemental security income program

    For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security Act, 
section 401 of Public Law 92-603, section 212 of Public Law 93-66, as 
amended, and section 405 of Public Law 95-216, including payment to the 
Social Security trust funds for administrative expenses incurred 
pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 
$26,221,300,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That any 
portion of the funds provided to a State in the current fiscal year and 
not obligated by the State during that year shall be returned to the 
Treasury.
    For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, benefit 
payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for 
unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as 
may be necessary.
    For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social Security 
Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2005, $12,590,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                 limitation on administrative expenses

    For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger motor 
vehicles, and not to exceed $15,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, not more than $8,241,800,000 may be expended, 
as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any 
one or all of the trust funds referred to therein: Provided, That not 
less than $1,800,000 shall be for the Social Security Advisory Board: 
Provided further, That unobligated balances of funds provided under 
this paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2004 not needed for fiscal 
year 2004 shall remain available until expended to invest in the Social 
Security Administration information technology and telecommunications 
hardware and software infrastructure, including related equipment and 
non-payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this 
information technology and telecommunications infrastructure: Provided 
further, That reimbursement to the trust funds under this heading for 
expenditures for official time for employees of the Social Security 
Administration pursuant to section 7131 of title 5, United States Code, 
and for facilities or support services for labor organizations pursuant 
to policies, regulations, or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) 
of such title shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with 
interest, from amounts in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, 
as soon as possible after such expenditures are made.
    In addition, $120,000,000 to be derived from administration fees in 
excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected pursuant to section 
1616(d) of the Social Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 
93-66, which shall remain available until expended. To the extent that 
the amounts collected pursuant to such section 1616(d) or 212(b)(3) in 
fiscal year 2004 exceed $120,000,000, the amounts shall be available in 
fiscal year 2005 only to the extent provided in advance in 
appropriations Acts.
    From funds previously appropriated for this purpose, any 
unobligated balances at the end of fiscal year 2003 shall be available 
to continue Federal-State partnerships which will evaluate means to 
promote Medicare buy-in programs targeted to elderly and disabled 
individuals under titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act.

                      office of inspector general

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $24,500,000, together with not to exceed $63,700,000, to be 
transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the 
Social Security Act from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
    In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total 
provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the ``Limitation 
on Administrative Expenses'', Social Security Administration, to be 
merged with this account, to be available for the time and purposes for 
which this account is available: Provided, That notice of such 
transfers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House and Senate.

                    United States Institute of Peace

                           operating expenses

    For necessary expenses of the United States Institute of Peace as 
authorized in the United States Institute of Peace Act, $17,200,000.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances of prior 
appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appropriations 
provided in this Act: Provided, That such transferred balances are used 
for the same purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they 
were originally appropriated.
    Sec. 502. 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. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive-
legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for 
the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, 
publication, radio, television, or video presentation designed to 
support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress or any State 
legislature, except in presentation to the Congress or any State 
legislature itself.
    (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be 
used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, 
or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed to 
influence legislation or appropriations pending before the Congress or 
any State legislature.
    Sec. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are authorized to 
make available not to exceed $28,000 and $20,000, respectively, from 
funds available for salaries and expenses under titles I and III, 
respectively, for official reception and representation expenses; the 
Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is 
authorized to make available for official reception and representation 
expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds available for ``Salaries 
and expenses, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service''; and the 
Chairman of the National Mediation Board is authorized to make 
available for official reception and representation expenses not to 
exceed $5,000 from funds available for ``Salaries and expenses, 
National Mediation Board''.
    Sec. 505. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no funds 
appropriated under this Act shall be used to carry out any program of 
distributing sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection 
of any illegal drug.
    Sec. 506. (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.
    (c) If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agency 
that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a ``Made in 
America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any 
product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in the 
United States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any contract 
or subcontract made with funds made available in this Act, pursuant to 
the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in 
sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 507. When issuing statements, press releases, requests for 
proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing projects or 
programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money, all grantees 
receiving Federal funds included in this Act, including but not limited 
to State and local governments and recipients of Federal research 
grants, shall clearly state: (1) the percentage of the total costs of 
the program or project which will be financed with Federal money; (2) 
the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or program; and (3) 
percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project or 
program that will be financed by non-governmental sources.
    Sec. 508. (a) None of the funds appropriated under this Act, and 
none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated 
under this Act, shall be expended for any abortion.
    (b) None of the funds appropriated under this Act, and none of the 
funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated under this Act, 
shall be expended for health benefits coverage that includes coverage 
of abortion.
    (c) The term ``health benefits coverage'' means the package of 
services covered by a managed care provider or organization pursuant to 
a contract or other arrangement.
    Sec. 509. (a) The limitations established in the preceding section 
shall not apply to an abortion--
            (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or 
        incest; or
            (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical 
        disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a 
        life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from 
        the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, 
        place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is 
        performed.
    (b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private 
person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State's or 
locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds).
    (c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering 
abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract 
separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds 
(other than a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching 
funds).
    Sec. 510. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used for--
            (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research 
        purposes; or
            (2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are 
        destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury 
        or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in 
        utero under 45 CFR 46.208(a)(2) and section 498(b) of the 
        Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)).
    (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``human embryo or 
embryos'' includes any organism, not protected as a human subject under 
45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of this Act, that is derived 
by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one 
or more human gametes or human diploid cells.
    Sec. 511. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used for any activity that promotes the legalization of any drug or 
other substance included in schedule I of the schedules of controlled 
substances established by section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 812).
    (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply when there is 
significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use of 
such drug or other substance or that federally sponsored clinical 
trials are being conducted to determine therapeutic advantage.
    Sec. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with an entity 
if--
            (1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United 
        States and is subject to the requirement in section 4212(d) of 
        title 38, United States Code, regarding submission of an annual 
        report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employment of 
        certain veterans; and
            (2) such entity has not submitted a report as required by 
        that section for the most recent year for which such 
        requirement was applicable to such entity.
    Sec. 513. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to promulgate or adopt any final standard under section 1173(b) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d-2(b)) providing for, or providing 
for the assignment of, a unique health identifier for an individual 
(except in an individual's capacity as an employer or a health care 
provider), until legislation is enacted specifically approving the 
standard.
    Sec. 514. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer 
authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.
    Sec. 515. (a) The matter under the heading ``Department of 
Education--Education for the Disadvantaged'' in division G of Public 
Law 108-7 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$4,651,199,000'' and inserting 
        ``$6,895,199,000''; and
            (2) by striking ``$9,027,301,000'' and inserting 
        ``$6,783,301,000''.
    (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 516. None of the funds made available by this Act to carry out 
the Library Services and Technology Act may be made available to any 
library covered by paragraph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act (20 
U.S.C. 9134(f)), as amended by the Children's Internet Protections Act, 
unless such library has made the certifications required by paragraph 
(4) of such section.
    Sec. 517. None of the funds made available by this Act to carry out 
part D of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 may be made available to any elementary or secondary school 
covered by paragraph (1) of section 2441(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
6777(a)), as amended by the Children's Internet Protections Act and the 
No Child Left Behind Act, unless the local educational agency with 
responsibility for such covered school has made the certifications 
required by paragraph (2) of such section.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2004''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 10, 2003.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
108th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2660

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                                 AN ACT

 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
   Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.