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                  FISCAL YEAR 2001 BUDGET AMENDMENTS

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              TRANSMITTING

   AMENDMENTS TO THE FY 2001 BUDGET REQUESTS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF 
  AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE, DEFENSE, ENERGY, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
 STATE, TRANSPORTATION, AND THE TREASURY; THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS; THE 
    OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE, INTERNATIONAL 
    ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS; THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION; AND THE 
 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, PURSUANT TO 31 U.S.C. 
                                  1107




April 3, 2000.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered 
                             to be printed

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                    U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
79-012                     WASHINGTON : 2000       





                                           The White House,
                                        Washington, March 31, 2000.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed requests 
for FY 2001 budget amendments for the Departments of 
Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Energy, Health and Human 
Services, State, Transportation, and the Treasury; the Corps of 
Engineers; the Office of the United States Trade 
Representative; International Assistance Programs; the Small 
Business Administration; and, the Corporation for National and 
Community Service. In aggregate, the discretionary resources 
proposed in my FY 2001 Budget would not be affected by these 
requests.
    The details of these actions are set forth in the enclosed 
letter from the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget. I concur with his comments and observations.
            Sincerely,
                                                William J. Clinton.
    Enclosure.


             [Estimate No. 10, 106th Congress, 2d Session]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                                    Washington, DC, March 31, 2000.
The President,
The White House.
    Submitted for your consideration are requests for FY 2001 
budget amendments for the Departments of Agriculture (USDA), 
Commerce, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, State, 
Transportation, and the Treasury; the Corps of Engineers; the 
Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR); 
International Assistance Programs; the Small Business 
Administration; and, the Corporation for National and Community 
Service. In total, the discretionary funding proposed in the FY 
2001 Budget would not be affected by these amendments.
    As described below and in more detail in the enclosures, 
the amendments include the following:

                      trade compliance initiative

    As part of your Administration's effort to build a rules-
based trading system in which international trade is both free 
and fair, your FY 2001 Budget included a $22.0 million 
initiative to strengthen the Federal Government's capacity to 
ensure that our trading partners comply with the multilateral 
and bilateral trade agreements that they have entered into with 
the United States. Of this total, $21.2 million was requested 
to be provided to the International Trade Administration (ITA) 
in the Department of Commerce, and $0.8 million was requested 
to be provided to the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) in 
USDA. The proposed budget amendments would reduce the pending 
FY 2001 appropriations request for ITA by $5.0 million and 
reallocate that funding directly to the participating agencies, 
as follows:
          $3.0 million is proposed to be provided to the 
        Department of State to support the expansion of its 
        cadre of economic officers dedicated to trade agreement 
        monitoring and compliance;
          $1.3 million is requested to be provided to USTR to 
        strengthen its ability to pursue a two-track strategy 
        of negotiating new, effective agreements and ensuring 
        that the terms of those agreements are fulfilled; and,
          $0.7 million is proposed to be provided to USDA to 
        strengthen its ability to provide technical support to 
        FAS, USTR, and other agencies facing food safety, 
        sanitary and phytosanitary, and biotechnology issues 
        when negotiating new trade agreements and ensuring that 
        the terms of those agreements are fulfilled.

                        Other FY 2001 Amendments

    Technical amendments to your FY 2001 Budget are included in 
this transmittal for the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, 
Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, State, 
Transportation, and the Treasury; the Corps of Engineers; 
International Assistance Programs; the Small Business 
Administration; and, the Corporation for National and Community 
Service.
    I have carefully reviewed these proposals and am satisfied 
that they are necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the 
heads of the affected Departments and agencies in recommending 
that you transmit the proposals to the Congress.
            Sincerely,
                                            Jacob J. Lew, Director.
    Enclosures.
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                       Department of Agriculture


                        office of the secretary

                        Office of the Secretary

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page..................................        57
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
FY 2001 Pending Request.......................................$3,314,000
Proposed Amendment............................................  -400,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

    Revised Request........................................... 2,914,000

    This proposal would amend the pending appropriations 
language to reflect correctly the policy proposed in the FY 
2001 Budget. The FY 2001 Budget proposes a total of $2,914,000 
for the Office of the Secretary.
    This amendment would not affect the proposed budget totals.
                                ------                                


                       Department of Agriculture


               animal and plant health inspection service

                         Salaries and Expenses

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page............................              78
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
FY 2001 Pending Request.................................    $512,044,000
Proposed Amendment......................................        -400,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Revised Request.....................................     512,444,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$512,044,000,'' and substitute $512,444,000, of which 
$400,000 shall be for the support of foreign market access 
activities, to remain available until expended.)
    This proposal would increase the pending FY 2001 
appropriations request for the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service (APHIS) by $0.4 million. This increase is 
offset by a reduction to the International Trade Administration 
in the Department of Commerce, proposed in an accompanying 
budget amendment.
    As part of President Clinton's effort to build a rules-
based trading system in which international trade is both free 
and fair, the FY 2001 Budget includes a $22.0 million 
initiative to strengthen the Federal Government's capacity to 
ensure that our trading partners comply with the multilateral 
and bilateral trade agreements that they have entered into with 
the United States. (Of this total, $0.8 million was requested 
in the budget for the Department of Agriculture's Foreign 
Agricultural Service (FAS).)
    The additional resources now requested for APHIS--
reallocated from funds originally requested in the Department 
of Commerce--would strengthen APHIS' ability to provide 
technical support of FAS, the Office of the United States Trade 
Representative, and other agencies facing food safety, sanitary 
and phytosanitary, and biotechnology issues when negotiating 
new trade agreements and ensuring that the terms of those 
agreements are fulfilled. This amendment would support the 
enhancement of market-opening negotiations and their 
implementation.
    Taken together, these proposed actions to reallocate funds 
originally requested in the Department of Commerce would not 
affect the proposed budget totals.
                                ------                                


                       Department of Agriculture


                   food safety and inspection service

                         Salaries and Expenses

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page............................              81
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
FY 2001 Pending Request.................................    $687,904,000
Proposed Amendment......................................         300,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Revised Request.....................................     688,204,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$687,904,000,'' and substitute $688,204,000, of which 
$300,000 shall be for the support of foreign market access 
activities, to remain available until expended.)
    This proposal would increase the pending FY 2001 
appropriations request for the Food and Inspection Service 
(FSIS) by $0.3 million. This increase is offset by a reduction 
to the International Trade Administration in the Department of 
Commerce, proposed in an accompanying budget amendment.
    As part of President Clinton's effort to build a rules-
based trading system in which international trade is both free 
and fair, the FY 2001 Budget includes a $22.0 million 
initiative to strengthen the Federal Government's capacity to 
ensure that our trading partners comply with the multilateral 
and bilateral trade agreements that they have entered into with 
the United States. (Of this total, $0.8 million was requested 
in the budget for the Department of Agriculture's Foreign 
Agricultural Service (FAS).)
    The additional resources now requested for FSIS--
reallocated from funds originally requested in the Department 
of Commerce--would strengthen FSIS' ability to provide 
technical support of FAS, the Office of the United States Trade 
Representative, and other agencies facing food safety, sanitary 
and phytosanitary, and biotechnology issues when negotiating 
new trade agreements and ensuring that the terms of those 
agreements are fulfilled. This amendment would support the 
enhancement of market-opening negotiations and their 
implementation.
    Taken together, these proposed actions to reallocate funds 
originally requested in the Department of Commerce would not 
affect the proposed budget totals.
                                ------                                


                         Department of Commerce


                  economic development administration

                         Salaries and Expenses

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page............................             201
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
FY 2001 Pending Request.................................     $27,688,000
Proposed Amendment......................................       1,500,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Revised Request.....................................      29,188,000

    This amendment would increase the pending FY 2001 
appropriations request for the Economic Development 
Administration's (EDA's) Salaries and Expenses account by $1.5 
million. This increase is fully offset by a reduction to EDA's 
Economic Development Assistance Programs (EDAP) account, 
proposed in an accompanying budget amendment.
    This proposal is necessary to reflect correctly the policy 
proposed in the FY 2001 Budget. The EDA account structure does 
not allow program funds to be used for salaries and expenses. 
The budget inadvertently included some administrative costs in 
EDAP. As a result, the proposed funding shift between EDAP and 
the Salaries and Expenses account is necessary.
    This proposal would increase FY 2001 outlays by $1 million.
                                ------                                


                         Department of Commerce


                  economic development administration

                Economic Development Assistance Programs

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page............................             201
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
FY 2001 Pending Request.................................    $409,250,000
Proposed Amendment......................................       1,500,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Revised Request.....................................     407,750,000

    This amendment would decrease the pending FY 2001 
appropriations request for the Economic Development 
Administration's (EDA's) Economic Development Assistance 
Programs (EDAP) account by $1.5 million. This decrease fully 
offsets an increase to EDA's Salaries and Expenses account, 
proposed in an accompanying budget amendment.
    This proposal is necessary to reflect correctly the policy 
proposed in the FY 2001 Budget. The EDA account structure does 
not allow program funds to be used for salaries and expenses. 
The budget inadvertently included some administrative costs in 
EDAP. As a result, the proposed funding shift between EDAP and 
the Salaries and Expenses account is necessary.
    This amendment would not affect FY 2001 outlays.
                                ------                                


                         Department of Commerce


                   international trade administration

                     Operations and Administration

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page............................             209
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
FY 2001 Pending Request.................................    $360,147,000
Proposed Amendment......................................       5,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Revised Request.....................................     355,147,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$360,147,000'' and substitute $355,147,000; delete 
``$28,855,000'' and substitute $26,655,000; delete the phrase, 
``of which up to $3,000,000. may be transferred to and merged 
with `Diplomatic and Consular Programs,' Department of State, 
for joint trade compliance activities,''; and delete 
``$46,870,000'' and substitute 44,070,000.)
    This amendment would reduce the pending FY 2001 
appropriations request for International Trade Administration 
(ITA) by $5.0 million and would delete the proposed transfer of 
$3.0 million to the Department of State. In accompanying 
amendments, the $5.0 million reduction is proposed to be 
reallocated among the Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and 
State and the Office of the United States Trade Representative 
(USTR).
    As part of President Clinton's effort to build a rules-
based trading system in which international trade is both free 
and fair, the FY 2001 Budget includes a $22.0 million 
initiative to strengthen the Federal Government's capacity to 
ensure that our trading partners comply with the multilateral 
and bilateral trade agreements that they have entered into with 
the United States. Of this total, $21.2 million was requested 
to be provided to ITA and $0.8 million was requested to be 
provided to the Foreign Agricultural Service in USDA. The 
proposed budget amendments would provide the funding directly 
to the participating agencies.
    Taken together, these actions would not affect the proposed 
budget totals.
                                ------                                


                         Department of Commerce


             national institute of standards and technology

                     Industrial Technology Services

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page............................             229
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
FY 2001 Pending Request.................................    $339,604,000
Proposed Amendment......................................        Language
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Revised Request.....................................     339,604,000

    (In the third paragraph under the above heading, delete 
``$1,600,000'' and substitutes $100,000.)
    This proposal would amend the pending appropriations 
language for the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology's (NIST's) Industrial Technology Services account to 
reflect correctly the policy proposed in the FY 2001 Budget. 
Specifically, the amendment would decrease, by $1.5 million, 
the amount available to be transferred to NIST's Working 
Capital Fund in support of the Institute for Information 
Infrastructure Protection (IIIP). The FY 2001 Budget proposes 
that IIIP support its mission through the provision of research 
grants than buying equipment. IIIP supports the development of 
technologies to protect our Nation's critical infrastructures 
through research into new technology safeguards.
    This action would not affect the proposed budget totals.
                                ------                                


                         Department of Defense


                       operation and maintenance

                  Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page............................             252
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
FY 2001 Pending Request................................. $22,297,277,000
Proposed Amendment......................................        -300,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Revised Request.....................................  22,296,977,000

    This proposal would amend the pending appropriations 
language to reflect correctly the policy proposed in the FY 
2001 Budget. The FY 2001 Budget proposes a total of 
$22,296,977,000, excluding the transfer from the National 
Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund, for Operation and 
Maintenance, Air Force.
    This amendment would not affect the proposed budget totals.
                                ------                                


                         Department of Defense


                         military construction

                  Base Realignment and Closure Account

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page............................             301
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
FY 2001 Pending Request.................................  $1,764,369,000
Proposed Amendment......................................    -590,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Revised Request.....................................   1,174,369,000

    This proposal would amend the pending appropriations 
language to reflect correctly the policy proposed in the FY 
2001 Budget. The FY 2001 Budget proposes a total of 
$1,174,369,000 for Base Realignment and Closure.
    This amendment would not affect the proposed budget totals.
                                ------                                


                          Department of Energy


                           general provisions

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page............................         429-430
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
FY 2001 Pending Request.................................................
Proposed Amendment......................................        Language
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Revised Request.....................................................

    (In section 305 under the above heading, delete the 
proviso.)
    This proposal would amend the pending Department of Energy 
general provision to reflect correctly the policy proposed in 
the FY 2001 Budget. The printed general provision includes a 
prohibition on using Environmental Management program funds for 
Laboratory Directed Research and Development. This portion of 
the general provision should be deleted.
    This amendment would not affect the proposed budget totals.
                                ------                                


                Department of Health and Human Services


                administration for children and families

                      Social Services Block Grant

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page............................             467
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
FY 2001 Pending Request.................................................
Proposed Amendment......................................  $1,700,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Revised Request.....................................   1,700,000,000

    (In the paragraph under the above heading, delete the 
bracket at the beginning of the paragraph; insert brackets 
around ``$1,775,000,000'' each time it appears and substitute 
$1,700,000,000; insert brackets around ``2000' and substitute 
2001; and, delete the bracket at the end of the paragraph.)
    This proposal would amend the appropriations language for 
the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) to reflect correctly the 
current law policy proposed in the FY 2001 Budget. The budget 
proposes a total of $1,700,000,000 for the SSBG under current 
law. The SSBG is a capped entitlement to States. The statutory 
language identifies the authorized level of funds for the 
program for FY 2001. The appropriations language was 
inadvertently marked for deletion in the FY 2001 Budget 
Appendix.
    This amendment would not affect the proposed budget totals.
                                ------                                


                          Department of State


                   administration of foreign affairs

                    Diplomatic and Consular Programs

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page............................             707
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
FY 2000 Pending Request.................................  $3,101,325,000
Proposed Amendment......................................       3,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Revised Request.....................................   3,104,325,000

    This proposal would increase the pending FY 2001 
appropriations request for Diplomatic and Consular Programs of 
the Department of State by $3.0 million. This increase is 
offset by a reduction to the International Trade Administration 
in the Department of Commerce, proposed in an accompanying 
budget amendment.
    As part of President Clinton's effort to build a rules-
based trading system in which international trade is both free 
and fair, the FY 2001 Budget includes a $22.0 million 
initiative to strengthen the Federal Government's capacity to 
ensure that our trading partners comply with the multilateral 
and bilateral trade agreements that they have entered into with 
the United States. The additional resources now requested for 
the Department of State--reallocated from funds originally 
requested in the Department of Commerce--would support the 
expansion for the State Department's cadre of economic officers 
dedicated to trade agreement monitoring and compliance.
    Taken together, these proposed actions to reallocate funds 
originally requested in the Department of Commerce would not 
affect the proposed budget totals.
                                ------                                


                      Department of Transportation


             saint lawrence seaway development corporation

                       Operations and Maintenance


                    (Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund)

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page............................             795
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
FY 2001 Pending Request.................................................
Proposed Amendment......................................     $13,004,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Revised Request.....................................      13,004,000

    (In the appropriations title and language under the above 
heading, remove all the brackets; insert brackets around 
``$12,042,000''; and, insert ``$13,004,000'' after this 
bracketed number.)
    This proposal would amend the pending appropriations 
language, which was inadvertently marked for deletion in the 
Budget Appendix, to reflect correctly the policy proposed in 
the FY 2001 Budget. The FY 2001 Budget proposes funding of 
$13,004,000 for Operations and Maintenance.
    This amendment would not affect the proposed budget totals.
                                ------                                


                      Department of Transportation


             saint lawrence seaway development corporation

                       Operations and Maintenance


                         (Harbor Services Fund)


                         (Legislative proposal)

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page............................             796
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
FY 2001 Pending Request.................................................
Proposed Amendment......................................    -$13,004,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Revised Request.....................................     -13,004,000

    (Insert the appropriations language that follows 
immediately under the above heading:)
    Contingent upon the enactment of legislation to establish 
the Harbor Services Fund, no funds for ``Operations and 
Maintenance'' shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance 
Trust Fund.
    This proposal is necessary to reflect correctly the policy 
proposed in the FY 2001 Budget. The FY 2001 Budget proposes 
funding of $13,004,000 for Operations and Maintenance, to be 
derived from the Harbor Services Fund in lieu of the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund. (This proposal is not subject to 
PAYGO.)
    This amendment would not affect the proposed budget totals.
                                ------                                


                       Department of the Treasury


                     united states customs service

                   Harbor Maintenance Fee Collection


                     (Including transfer of funds)


              (Legislative proposal, not subject to PAYGO)

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page............................             848
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
FY 2001 Pending Request.................................................
Proposed Amendment......................................     -$3,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Revised Request.....................................      -3,000,000

    (Insert the appropriations language that follows 
immediately under the above heading:)
    Contingent upon the enactment of legislation to establish 
the Harbor Services Fund, no funds for ``Harbor Maintenance Fee 
Collection'' shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
Fund.
    This proposal is necessary to reflect correctly the policy 
proposed in the FY 2001 Budget. Specifically, this proposal 
would ensure that the U.S. Customs Service does not receive any 
funding from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund after enactment 
of the proposed legislation. A separate legislative proposal in 
the budget provides for the Customs Service Salaries and 
Expenses account to be reimbursed from the Harbor Services 
Fund.
    This amendment would not affect the proposed budget totals.
                                ------                                


                           Corps of Engineers


                         construction, general

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page............................             910
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
FY 2001 Pending Request.................................  $1,346,000,000
Proposed Amendment......................................        Language
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Revised Request.....................................   1,346,000,000

    (Delete the bracket before ``such sums as are necessary'' 
and the bracket after ``Public Law 104-303'' and delete 
$250,000,000 shall be derived only from the Harbor Services 
Fund.)
    This proposal would amend the pending appropriations 
language to reflect correctly the policy proposed in the FY 
2001 Budget. Specifically, the amendment would replace funding 
proposed from the Harbor Services Fund, which is not yet 
authorized, with funding from the general fund and the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund.
    This amendment would not affect the proposed budget totals.
                                ------                                


                           Corps of Engineers


                         construction, general

              (Legislative proposal, not subject to PAYGO)

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page..................................       912
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
FY 2001 Pending Request.................................................
Proposed Amendment............................................  Language
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

    Revised Request.....................................................

    (Insert the appropriations language that follows 
immediately under the above heading.)
    Contingent upon enactment of legislation to establish the 
Harbor Services Fund, for necessary expenses for construction 
of Federal ports and channels, $250,000,000, to be derived only 
from the Harbor Services Fund: Provided, That the amount 
appropriated for ``Construction, General'' from sources other 
than the Harbor Services Fund shall be reduced by $250,000,000: 
Provided further, That no funds shall be derived from the 
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.
    This proposal is necessary to reflect correctly the policy 
proposed in the FY 2001 Budget. Specifically, the amendment 
proposes to fund a portion of this account from the Harbor 
Services Fund after its enactment.
    This amendment would not affect the proposed budget totals.
                                ------                                


                           Corps of Engineers


                   operation and Maintenance, general

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page............................             912
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
FY 2001 Pending Request.................................  $1,854,000,000
Proposed Amendment......................................        Language
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Revised Request.....................................   1,854,000,000

    (Delete the bracket before ``such sums as become 
available'' and the bracket after ``may be derived from the 
Fund''; and, delete the phrase $700,000,000 shall be derived 
only from the Harbor Services Fund.)
    This proposal is necessary to reflect correctly the policy 
proposed in the FY 2001 Budget. Specifically, the amendment 
proposes to fund a portion of this account from the Harbor 
Services Fund after its enactment.
    This amendment would not affect the proposed budget totals.
                                ------                                


                           Corps of Engineers


                   operation and maintenance, general

              (Legislative proposal, not subject to PAYGO)

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page............................             913
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
FY 2001 Pending Request.................................................
Proposed Amendment......................................    $700,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Revised Request.....................................     700,000,000

    (Insert the appropriations language that follows 
immediately under the above heading.)
    Contingent upon enactment of legislation to establish the 
Harbor Services Fund, for necessary expenses for operation and 
maintenance of Federal ports and channels, $700,000,000, to be 
derived only from the Harbor Services Fund: Provided, That no 
funds shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.
    This proposal is necessary to reflect correctly the policy 
proposed in the FY 2001 Budget. Specifically, the amendment 
proposes to fund a portion of this account from the Harbor 
Services Fund after its enactment.
    This amendment would not affect the proposed budget totals.
                                ------                                


                           Corps of Engineers


                          harbor services fund

              (Legislative proposal, not subject to PAYGO)

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page..................................       918
                    ==============================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
FY 2001 Pending Request.................................................
Proposed Amendment............................................  Language
                    --------------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________

    Revised Request.....................................................

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete the phrase beginning ``expended: Provided,'' through the 
end of the paragraph and insert expended.)
    This proposal would amend the pending appropriations 
language to reflect correctly the policy proposed in the FY 
2001 Budget. This amendment to the Harbor Services Fund would 
delete a proviso that inadvertently derived funding for four 
accounts from the general fund. Only one of the four accounts 
receives general fund appropriations (Construction, General) 
and should show a reduction. In addition, appropriations from 
the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund to the four accounts should 
cease after authorization of the Harbor Services Fund. The 
appropriate change to each account is proposed in accompanying 
budget amendments.
    This amendment would not affect the proposed budget totals.
                                ------                                


                   Executive Office of the President


            office of the united states trade representative

                         Salaries and Expenses

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page............................             955
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
FY 2001 Pending Request.................................     $28,300,000
Proposed Amendment......................................       1,300,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Revised Request.....................................      29,600,000

    This amendment would increase the pending FY 2001 
appropriations request for the Office of the United States 
Trade Representative (USTR) by $1.3 million. This increase is 
offset by a reduction to the International Trade Administration 
in the Department of Commerce, proposed in an accompanying 
budget amendment.
    As part of President Clinton's effort to build a rules-
based trading system in which international trade is both free 
and fair, the FY 2001 Budget includes a $22.0 million 
initiative to strengthen the Federal Government's capacity to 
ensure that our trading partners comply with the multilateral 
and bilateral trade agreements that they have entered into with 
the United States. This amendment would increase the resources 
available to USTR--reallocated from funds originally requested 
in the Department of Commerce--to strengthen USTR's ability to 
pursue a two-track strategy of negotiating new, effective 
agreements and ensuring that the terms of those agreements are 
fulfilled.
    The additional resources requested would support 13 new 
positions at USTR to enhance market-opening negotiations and 
their implementation. The new positions would be created in 
four areas of expertise--legal, economic, geographic, and 
sectoral--and would be devoted to monitoring and enforcement of 
trade agreements.
    Taken together, these proposed actions to reallocate funds 
originally requested in the Department of Commerce would not 
affect the proposed budget totals.
                                ------                                


                   International Assistance Programs


                international organizations and programs

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page............................            1000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
FY 2001 Pending Request.................................    $356,000,000
Proposed Amendment......................................      -2,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Revised Request.....................................     354,000,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$356,000,000'' and substitute $354,000,000, of which 
up to $50,000,000 may be used for a contribution to the Global 
Fund for Children's Vaccines.)
    This proposal would reduce the pending request as shown in 
the appropriations language to reflect correctly the policy 
proposed in the FY 2001 Budget. The FY 2001 Budget proposes a 
total of $354.0 million for the International Organizations and 
Programs account. Of this amount, up to $50.0 million may be 
used for a contribution to the Global Fund for Children's 
Vaccines (of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and 
Immunizations).
    This amendment would not affect the proposed budget totals.
                                ------                                


                     Small Business Administration


                     business loans program account

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page............................            1084
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
FY 2001 Pending Request.................................\1\ $194,360,000
Proposed Amendment......................................      -3,900,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
    Revised Request..................................... \1\ 190,460,000

\1\ Guaranteed loans.
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    This proposal would amend the pending FY 2001 
appropriations language for the cost of guaranteed loans to 
reflect correctly the policy proposed in the FY 2001 Budget. 
The subsidy model for the Small Business Investment Company 
(SBIC) program was inadvertently miscalculated at the time the 
budget was prepared. This miscalculation resulted in an 
unnecessary request for SBIC appropriations of $3.9 million, 
based on a 0.78 percent subsidy rate. The correct subsidy rate 
is -0.82 percent, eliminating the need for an FY 2001 
appropriation for this program.
    While no FY 2001 appropriations are now requested for SBIC, 
subsequent legislation will be submitted to reduce the annual 
fees from one percent of the unpaid balance to 0.88 percent for 
FY 2001. This legislative action would, therefore, change the 
FY 2001 subsidy rate from -0.82 percent to zero percent.
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             Corporation for National and Community Service


        National Community Service Programs, Operating Expenses

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page............................            1115
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FY 2001 Pending Request.................................    $533,700,000
Proposed Amendment......................................        Language
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    Revised Request.....................................     533,700,000

    (In the paragraph under the above heading, after the 
phrase, ``for high school students performing community 
service'', insert the following: ; of which not more than 
$284,000,000 is for grants under the National Service Trust 
program authorized under subtitle C of title I of the Act 
(relating to activities including the AmeriCorps program), of 
which not more than $51,000,000 may be used to administer, 
reimburse, or support any national service program authorized 
under section 121 (b)(2);)
    This proposal would amend the pending appropriations 
language to reflect correctly the policy proposed in the FY 
2001 Budget. The amendment is necessary to reflect correct 
funding levels and appropriations language consistent with the 
policy proposed in the budget.
    This amendment would not increase the proposed budget 
totals.

                                

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