[House Document 106-251]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 106-251


 
                  FISCAL YEAR 2001 BUDGET AMENDMENTS

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              TRANSMITTING

REQUESTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF 
      AGRICULTURE, ENERGY, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND STATE; 
  INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS; THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 
  COMMUNITY SERVICE; THE MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD; THE NATIONAL 
ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION; AND THE NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING 
                               COMMISSION

 


June 6, 2000.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered 
                             to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                          Washington, June 5, 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, Energy, Health and Human Services, and State; 
International Assistance Programs; the Corporation for National 
and Community Service; the Merit Systems Protection Board; the 
National Archives and Records Administration; and, the National 
Capital Planning Commission. The requested FY 2001 funding 
increases are offset fully, and these amendments would not 
diminish the FY 2001 surplus. I also ask the Congress to 
consider the enclosed request for an FY 2000 supplemental 
appropriation and associated offset within the Executive Office 
of the President.
    In addition, this transmittal contains FY 2001 budget 
amendments for the Legislative Branch. As required by law, 
appropriations requests of the Legislative Branch are 
transmitted without change.
    The details of these requests 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. 14, 106th Cong. 2d Sess.]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                                      Washington, DC, June 5, 2000.
The President,
The White House.
    Submitted for your consideration are requests for FY 2001 
budget amendments for the Departments of Agriculture, Energy, 
Health and Human Services, and State; International Assistance 
Programs; the Corporation for National and Community Service; 
the Merit Systems Protection Board; the National Archives and 
Records Administration; and, the National Capital Planning 
Commission. The requested FY 2001 funding increases are offset 
fully, and these amendments would not diminish the FY 2001 
surplus.
    As described below and in more detail in the enclosures, 
the proposed amendments include the following:
Department of Energy (DOE)
     A total of $89.1 million is proposed to reorganize 
all safeguards and security functions at DOE by directly 
funding those activities under one organization--the Office of 
Security and Emergency Operations. The proposal is critical to 
correct institutional problems associated with safeguards and 
security at DOE facilities. The proposal would provide DOE with 
a unified and separate budget for safeguards and security. The 
additional funding requested for the direct-funded safeguards 
and security activities is offset by reductions in other DOE 
programs.
     A total of $10.2 million is proposed in support of 
the Administration's initiative to establish a home heating oil 
reserve. The proposal would fund the leasing of commercial 
storage tanks located in the New York/New Jersey area with a 
capacity to hold two million barrels of refined heating oil. 
Crude oil inventory from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) 
would be exchanged for refined oil products, eliminating the 
need for direct purchases. In addition, the amendment would 
replenish SPR operations and maintenance funding reduced by the 
FY 2000 reprogramming pertaining to the home heating oil 
reserve. This amendment is offset by a proposal to transfer 
unobligated balances from the Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale 
Reserves program.
     An increase of $1.1 million is requested to 
support the Under Secretary of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration (NNSA). The proposal would fund salaries, 
benefits, travel, and other administrative expenses for the 
Under Secretary and staff in DOE's Departmental Administration 
account. The proposal is offset by other reductions from 
offices within the NNSA.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
     An increase of $3.7 million is requested for FY 
2001 efforts to implement health information privacy 
regulations, based on provisions of the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). These efforts 
include providing legal interpretations of the privacy 
provisions of HIPAA; developing technical assistance resources 
and compliance guidelines for health care providers, States, 
and other covered entities; and, developing the capacity for 
identifying patterns of illegal use and transfer of electronic 
health information. The increased funding requested is offset 
by a reduction to another HHS program.
International Assistance Programs
     An increase of $41.2 million in FY 2001 is 
requested for the Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining 
and Related Programs account as a contribution toward the 
incremental cost of the trial of the suspected Libyan 
terrorists in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over 
Lockerbie, Scotland. The increased funding is offset by 
reductions to other international affairs accounts.
Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)
     A proposal is included that would reduce, by $5.0 
million, the amount requested for community coaches in CNCS. 
The Administration's intent is to request this funding for 
community coaches in the Department of Education's Educational 
Research, Statistics, and Improvement account, following 
enactment of authorization legislation for the account. This 
competitive grant program would promote the use of community 
coaches--in nearly 1,000 schools--who will lead young people in 
learning through community service and will act as a link 
between the school, the business sector, and the community. In 
total, this action would not affect the proposed budget totals.
Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB)
     An increase of $0.6 million is requested to cover 
higher office lease costs, and increased processing costs of 
appeals of employees of the Federal Aviation Administration 
(FAA). The restoration of MSPB appeal rights to FAA employees 
is the result of the recent enactment of Public Law 106-181, 
the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 
21st Century. Taken together with other reduction proposals 
included in this transmittal, this request would not affect the 
proposed budget totals.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
     An increase of $6.6 million is requested for NARA 
to repair substantial water damage at the John F. Kennedy 
Presidential Library. Taken together with other reduction 
proposals included in this transmittal, this request would not 
affect the proposed budget totals.
National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC)
     A proposal is included that would provide an 
additional $0.5 million to cover the expenses of NCPC's office 
relocation and increased rental costs. Taken together with 
other reduction proposals included in this transmittal, this 
request would not affect the proposed budget totals.
    This package also contains a fully offset FY 2000 
supplemental appropriations request within the Executive Office 
of the President.
    I have 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.
    Included in this transmittal are budget amendments for the 
Legislative Branch. As required by law, appropriations requests 
of the Legislative Branch are transmitted without change.
            Sincerely,
                                            Jacob J. Lew, Director.
    Enclosures.
                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                National Nuclear Security Administration

                           Weapons Activities

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 393
FY 2001 Pending Request: $4,594,000,000
Proposed Amendment: $45,225,000
Revised Request: $4,639,225,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
insert safeguards and security activities, and immediately 
following ``expenses, including,'' and delete 
``$4,594,000,000'' and substitute $4,639,225,000.)
    This amendment is part of an $89.1 million proposal that 
would provide the Department of Energy (DOE) with a unified, 
separate budget for safeguards and security that will be 
administered by one organization--the Office of Security and 
Emergency Operations. The proposal would provide DOE with the 
necessary funding to strengthen safeguards and security 
Department-wide, promote improved management of funds, and 
establish the commitment to budget appropriately for safeguards 
and security at each DOE site. The amendment would provide an 
additional $46.0 million to the Weapons Activities 
appropriations account for this purpose.
    The funding for these direct-funded safeguards and security 
activities is fully offset by reductions to other DOE programs, 
as proposed in accompanying budget amendments. These reductions 
will have no impact on mission, program activities, or work 
accomplished, but merely reflect that the programs will not be 
paying any safeguards and security costs.
    In addition, this amendment would decrease the pending 
appropriations request for Weapons Activities by $0.8 million. 
This amount, together with an additional $0.3 million reduction 
from Other National Security Activities, would support the 
Under Secretary of the National Nuclear Security Administration 
and immediate staff. An accompanying budget amendment would 
increase the pending Departmental Administration appropriations 
request by $1.1 million for this purpose. As an Under 
Secretary, it is appropriate to align this staff in the 
Department's Office of the Secretary, where the Secretary, 
Deputy Secretary, and Under Secretary for Energy Programs are 
housed.
    Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in 
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed 
budget totals.
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                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                National Nuclear Security Administration

                   Other Nuclear Security Activities

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 394
FY 2001 Pending Request: $1,583,635,000
Proposed Amendment: -$44,962,000
Revised Request: $1,538,673,000

    This amendment would decrease the pending appropriations 
request for Other Nuclear Security Activities by $44.7 million 
as part of the proposal that would provide the Department of 
Energy (DOE) with a unified, separate budget for safeguards and 
security that will be administered by one organization--the 
Office of Security and Emergency Operations. The proposal would 
provide DOE with the necessary funding to strengthen safeguards 
and security Department-wide, promote improved management of 
funds, and establish the commitment to budget appropriately for 
safeguards and security at each DOE site.
    This amendment also proposes an additional reduction of 
$0.3 million. This amount, together with an additional $0.8 
million reduction from Weapons Activities, would support the 
Under Secretary of the National Nuclear Security Administration 
and immediate staff. An accompanying budget amendment would 
increase the pending Departmental Administration appropriations 
request by $1.1 million for this purpose. As an Under 
Secretary, it is appropriate to align this staff in the 
Department's Office of the Secretary, where the Secretary, 
Deputy Secretary, and Under Secretary for Energy Programs are 
housed.
    Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in 
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed 
budget totals.
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                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


               Environmental and Other Defense Activities


         defense environmental restoration and waste management

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 395
FY 2001 Pending Request: $4,551,527,000
Proposed Amendment: $10,530,000
Revised Request: $4,562,057,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
insert , safeguards and security activities, immediately 
following ``capital equipment'' and delete ``$4,551,527,000'' 
and substitute $4,562,057,000.)
    This amendment is part of an $89.1 million proposal that 
would provide the Department of Energy (DOE) with a unified, 
separate budget for safeguards and security that will be 
administered by one organization--the Office of Security and 
Emergency Operations. The proposal would provide DOE with the 
necessary funding to strengthen safeguards and security 
Department-wide, promote improved management of funds, and 
establish the commitment to budget appropriately for safeguards 
and security at each DOE site. The amendment would provide an 
additional $10.5 million to the Defense Environmental 
Restoration and Waste Management appropriations account for 
this purpose.
    The funding for these direct-funded safeguards and security 
activities is fully offset by reductions to other DOE programs, 
as proposed in accompanying budget amendments. These reductions 
will have no impact on mission, program activities, or work 
accomplished, but merely reflect that the programs will not be 
paying any safeguards and security costs.
    Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in 
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed 
budget totals.
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                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


               Environmental and Other Defense Activities


                  defense facilities closure projects

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 396-397
FY 2001 Pending Request: $1,082,297,000
Proposed Amendment: $417,000
Revised Request: $1,082,714,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
insert , including safeguards and security activities, 
immediately following ``capital equipment''; delete 
``$1,082,297,000'' and substitute $1,082,714,000; and, 
immediately following ``to remain available until expended'' 
insert : Provided, That any funds allocated for safeguards and 
security activities at Rocky Flats, Colorado; Mound, Ohio; and 
Fernald, Ohio which are excess to safeguards and security needs 
at these respective facilities shall revert to closure 
activities at these respective facilities.)
    This amendment is part of an $89.1 million proposal that 
would provide the Department of Energy (DOE) with a unified, 
separate budget for safeguards and security that will be 
administered by one organization--the Office of Security and 
Emergency Operations. The proposal would provide DOE with the 
necessary funding to strengthen safeguards and security 
Department-wide, promote improved management of funds, and 
establish the commitment to budget appropriately for safeguards 
and security at each DOE site. The amendment would provide an 
additional $0.4 million to the Defense Facilities Closure 
Projects appropriations account for this purpose.
    The funding for these direct-funded safeguards and security 
activities is fully offset by reductions to other DOE programs, 
as proposed in accompanying budget amendments. These reductions 
will have no impact on mission, program activities, or work 
accomplished, but merely reflect that the programs will not be 
paying any safeguards and security costs.
    Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in 
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed 
budget totals.
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                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


               Environmental and Other Defense Activities


             defense environmental management privatization

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 397
FY 2001 Pending Request: $515,000,000
Proposed Amendment: -$116,000
Revised Request: $514,884,000

    This amendment would decrease the pending appropriations 
request for Defense Environmental Management Privatization by 
$0.1 million as part of the proposal that would provide the 
Department of Energy (DOE) with a unified, separate budget for 
safeguards and security that will be administered by one 
organization--the Office of Security and Emergency Operations. 
The proposal would provide DOE with the necessary funding to 
strengthen safeguards and security Department-wide, promote 
improved management of funds, and establish the commitment to 
budget appropriately for safeguards and security at each DOE 
site.
    Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in 
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed 
budget totals.
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                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


               Environmental and Other Defense Activities


                        other defense activities

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 397
FY 2001 Pending Request: $555,122,000
Proposed Amendment: $20,495,000
Revised Request: $575,617,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
insert , safeguards and security activities, immediately 
following ``capital equipment'' and delete ``$555,122,000'' and 
substitute $575,617,000.)
    This amendment is part of an $89.1 million proposal that 
would provide the Department of Energy (DOE) with a unified, 
separate budget for safeguards and security that will be 
administered by one organization--the Office of Security and 
Emergency Operations. The proposal would provide DOE with the 
necessary funding to strengthen safeguards and security 
Department-wide, promote improved management of funds, and 
establish the commitment to budget appropriately for safeguards 
and security at each DOE site. The amendment would provide an 
additional $20.5 million to the Other Defense Activities 
appropriations account for this purpose.
    The funding for these direct-funded safeguards and security 
activities is fully offset by reductions to other DOE programs, 
as proposed in accompanying budget amendments. These reductions 
will have no impact on mission, program activities, or work 
accomplished, but merely reflect that the programs will not be 
paying any safeguards and security costs.
    Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in 
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed 
budget totals.
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                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


                            Energy Programs


                                science

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 400
FY 2001 Pending Request: $3,151,065,000
Proposed Amendment: $11,574,000
Revised Request: $3,162,639,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
insert , safeguards and security activities immediately 
following ``capital equipment''; insert and one police-type 
motor vehicle, all of which shall be immediately following 
``motor vehicles''; delete ``$3,151,065,000'' and substitute 
$3,162,639,000; and, insert , of which $37,000 shall be derived 
by transfer from unobligated balances under the heading, 
``Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves'' immediately 
following ``until expended''.)
    This amendment is part of an $89.1 million proposal that 
would provide the Department of Energy (DOE) with a unified, 
separate budget for safeguards and security that will be 
administered by one organization--the Office of Security and 
Emergency Operations. The proposal would provide DOE with the 
necessary funding to strengthen safeguards and security 
Department-wide, promote improved management of funds, and 
establish the commitment to budget appropriately for safeguards 
and security at each DOE site. The amendment would provide an 
additional $11.6 million to the Science appropriations account 
for this purpose.
    The funding for these direct-funded safeguards and security 
activities is fully offset by reductions to other DOE programs, 
as proposed in accompanying budget amendments. These reductions 
will have no impact on mission, program activities, or work 
accomplished, but merely reflect that the programs will not be 
paying any safeguards and security costs.
    Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in 
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed 
budget totals.
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                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


                            Energy Programs


                             energy supply

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 402
FY 2001 Pending Request: $764,895,000
Proposed Amendment: -$22,203,000
Revised Request: $742,692,000

    This amendment would decrease the pending appropriations 
request for Energy Supply by $22.2 million as part of the 
proposal that would provide the Department of Energy (DOE) with 
a unified, separate budget for safeguards and security that 
will be administered by one organization--the Office of 
Security and Emergency Operations. The proposal would provide 
DOE with the necessary funding to strengthen safeguards and 
security Department-wide, promote improved management of funds, 
and establish the commitment to budget appropriately for 
safeguards and security at each DOE site.
    Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in 
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed 
budget totals.
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                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


                            Energy Programs


                  non-defense environmental management

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 404
FY 2001 Pending Request: $286,001,000
Proposed Amendment: -$3,189,000
Revised Request: $282,812,000

    This amendment would decrease the pending appropriations 
request for Non-Defense Environmental Management by $3.2 
million as part of the proposal that would provide the 
Department of Energy (DOE) with a unified, separate budget for 
safeguards and security that will be administered by one 
organization--the Office of Security and Emergency Operations. 
The proposal would provide DOE with the necessary funding to 
strengthen safeguards and security Department-wide, promote 
improved management of funds, and establish the commitment to 
budget appropriately for safeguards and security at each DOE 
site.
    Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in 
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed 
budget totals.
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                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


                            Energy Programs


                 Fossil Energy Research and Development

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 405
FY 2001 Pending Request: $384,570,000
Proposed Amendment: -$634,000
Revised Request: $383,936,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
insert , safeguards and security activities, immediately 
following ``expansion''; delete ``$384,570,000'' and substitute 
$383,936,000; and, insert , of which $9,000 shall be derived by 
transfer from unobligated balances under the heading, ``Clean 
Coal Technology'' immediately following ``available prior year 
balances''.)
    This amendment would decrease the pending appropriations 
request for Fossil Energy Research and Development by $0.6 
million as part of the proposal that would provide the 
Department of Energy (DOE) with a unified, separate budget for 
safeguards and security that will be administered by one 
organization--the Office of Security and Emergency Operations. 
The proposal would provide DOE with the necessary funding to 
strengthen safeguards and security Department-wide, promote 
improved management of funds, and establish the commitment to 
budget appropriately for safeguards and security at each DOE 
site.
    Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in 
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed 
budget totals.
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                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


                            Energy Programs


                          energy conservation

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 407
FY 2001 Pending Request: $850,500,000
Proposed Amendment -$2,669,000
Revised Request: $847,831,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
insert , including safeguards and security activities, 
immediately following ``conservation activities'' and delete 
``$850,500,000'' and substitute $847,831,000.)
    This amendment would decrease the pending appropriations 
request for Energy Conservation by $2.7 million as part of the 
proposal that would provide the Department of Energy (DOE) with 
a unified, separate budget for safeguards and security that 
will be administered by one organization--the Office of 
Security and Emergency Operations. The proposal would provide 
DOE with the necessary funding to strengthen safeguards and 
security Department-wide, promote improved management of funds, 
and establish the commitment to budget appropriately for 
safeguards and security at each DOE site.
    Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in 
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed 
budget totals.
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                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


                            Energy Programs


                      strategic petroleum reserve

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 409
FY 2001 Pending Request: $158,000,000
Proposed Amendment $10,122,000
Revised Request: $168,122,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
insert , including safeguards and security activities, 
immediately following ``42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq'' and delete 
``$158,000,000'' and substitute $168,122,000, of which 
$10,250,000 shall be derived by transfer from unobligated 
balances under the heading, ``Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale 
Reserves''.)
    This amendment would increase the pending appropriations 
request for Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SRP) by a total of 
$10.1 million. Of this amount, $8.0 million would be used to 
establish a reserve within the Northeastern States in order to 
assure the continued supply of home heating oil during times of 
very low inventories and significant threats to immediate 
further supply. Using SPR's current account and management 
structure, the Department of Energy (DOE) would lease 
commercial storage space suitable to contain two million 
barrels of heating oil.
    An additional $2.25 million would be used to replenish SPR 
operations and maintenance funding impacted by the FY 2000 
reprogramming pertaining to the home heating oil reserve.
    This amendment would also decrease the pending 
appropriations request for SPR by $0.1 million as part of the 
proposal that would provide DOE with a unified, separate budget 
for safeguards and security that will be administered by one 
organization--the Office of Security and Emergency Operations. 
The proposal would provide the Department with the necessary 
funding to strengthen safeguards and security Department-wide, 
promote improved management of funds, and establish the 
commitment to budget appropriately for safeguards and security 
at each DOE site.
    Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in 
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed 
budget totals.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


                            Energy Programs


                         NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 414-415
FY 2001 Pending Request: $325,500,000
Proposed Amendment: -$6,926,000
Revised Request: $318,574,000

    This amendment would decrease the pending appropriations 
request for Nuclear Waste Disposal by $6.9 million as part of 
the proposal that would provide the Department of Energy (DOE) 
with a unified, separate budget for safeguards and security 
that will be administered by one organization--the Office of 
Security and Emergency Operations. The proposal would provide 
DOE with the necessary funding to strengthen safeguards and 
security Department-wide, promote improved management of funds, 
and establish the commitment to budget appropriately for 
safeguards and security at each DOE site.
    Taken together with other DOE budget amendments proposed in 
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed 
budget totals.
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                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


                            Energy Programs


      URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING FUND

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 416
FY 2001 Pending Request: $303,038,000
Proposed Amendment: -$8,450,000
Revised Request: $294,588,000

    This amendment would decrease the pending appropriations 
request for the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and 
Decommissioning Fund by $8.4 million as part of the proposal 
that would provide the Department of Energy (DOE) with a 
unified, separate budget for safeguards and security that will 
be administered by one organization--the Office of Security and 
Emergency Operations. The proposal would provide DOE with the 
necessary funding to strengthen safeguards and security 
Department-wide, promote improved management of funds, and 
establish the commitment to budget appropriately for safeguards 
and security at each DOE site.
    Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in 
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed 
budget totals.
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                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


                       Department Administration


                      departmental administration

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 426
FY 2001 Pending Request: $84,577,000 (net appropriation)
Proposed Amendment: $1,082,000
Revised Request: $85,659,000 (net appropriation)

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$213,339,000'' and substitute $214,421,000, and delete 
``$84,577,000'' and substitute $85,659,000.)
    This amendment would increase the pending appropriations 
request for Departmental Administration by $1.1 million to 
support the Under Secretary of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration and immediate staff. In accompanying budget 
amendments, offsetting reductions totaling $1.1 million are 
proposed for Weapons Activities and Other National Security 
Activities. The additional funds requested would provide 
resources for salaries and benefits, travel, and administrative 
support costs (six FTE's).
    As an Under Secretary, it is appropriate to align this 
staff in the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of the 
Secretary, where the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and Under 
Secretary for Energy Programs are housed.
    In addition, this amendment would decrease the pending 
appropriations request for Departmental Administration by 
$18,000 as part of the proposal that would provide the 
Department with a unified, separate budget for safeguards and 
security that will be administered by one organization--the 
Office of Security and Emergency Operations. The proposal would 
provide DOE with the necessary funding to strengthen safeguards 
and security Department-wide, promote improved management of 
funds, and establish the commitment to budget appropriately for 
safeguards and security at each DOE site.
    Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in 
the package, this amendment would not affect the proposed 
budget totals.
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                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


                           general provisions

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 430
FY 2001 Pending Request: ----
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: ----

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
insert the language that follows after the last provision.)
    Sec. 310. In addition to any other authorities of the 
Secretary of Energy contained in this or any previous 
appropriations Act, the Secretary is authorized to transfer up 
to $5,000,000 from any activity or account appropriated by this 
title to any other activity or account appropriated by this 
title to resolve unmet safeguards and security program needs: 
Provided, That any such transfers shall be reported to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate within 
thirty days of such transfers.
    This language amendment is part of the proposal that would 
provide the Department of Energy (DOE) with a unified, separate 
budget for safeguards and security that will be administered by 
one organization--the Office of Security and Emergency 
Operations. The proposal would provide DOE with the necessary 
funding to strengthen safeguards and security Department-wide, 
promote improved management of funds, and establish the 
commitment to budget appropriately for safeguards and security 
at each DOE site.
    This amendment would not affect the proposed budget totals.
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                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


                        Departmental Management


                    General Departmental Management

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 472
FY 2001 Pending Request: $223,741,000 (Federal Funds)
Proposed Amendment: $280,000
Revised Request: $224,021,000 (Federal Funds)

    This proposal would provide funds for FY 2001 efforts to 
implement health information privacy regulations, based on 
provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and 
Accountability Act (HIPAA). Specifically, the $0.3 million 
requested would be used to provide legal interpretations of the 
privacy provisions of HIPAA and implement regulations that can 
be used, in coordination with the Office for Civil Rights, in 
the development of advisory opinions, exception determinations, 
compliance guidelines, technical assistance resources, and 
consumer education tools.
    Taken together with other Health and Human Services budget 
amendments proposed in the transmittal, this amendment would 
not affect the proposed budget totals.
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                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


                        Departmental Management


                        Office for Civil Rights

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 472
FY 2001 Pending Request: $20,742,000 (Federal Funds)
Proposed Amendment: $3,400,000
Revised Request: $24,142,000 (Federal Funds)

    This proposal would provide funds for FY 2001 efforts to 
implement health information privacy regulations, based on 
provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and 
Accountability Act. Specifically, the Office for Civil Rights 
would utilize the $3.4 million requested to: develop technical 
assistance resources and compliance guidelines for health care 
providers, States, and other covered entities; provide advisory 
opinions and exception determinations; develop the capacity for 
identifying patterns of illegal use and transfer of electronic 
health information; establish procedures for handling 
complaints and initiating investigations; stimulate 
partnerships with professional organizations to educate health 
care providers and plans about the privacy rule; and, develop 
consumer education tools, including tools accessible by 
limited-English-speaking populations.
    Taken together with other Health and Human Services budget 
amendments proposed in the transmittal, this amendment would 
not affect the proposed budget totals.
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                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


                     National Institutes of Health


                        buildings and facilities

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 448
FY 2001 Pending Request:
  Total Budgetary Resources: $165,400,000
  New Budget Authority: $148,900,000
  Unobligated Balances: $16,500,000
Proposed Amendment: Unobligated Balances: -$3,680,000
Revised Request:
  Total Budgetary Resources: $161,720,000
  New Budget Authority: $148,900,000
  Unobligated Balances: $12,820,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
insert the following before the period at the end of the first 
paragraph: : Provided, That of the unobligated balances 
available under this heading, $3,680,000 are hereby canceled.)
    This proposal would reduce the amount of resources 
available for obligation in FY 2001 in the National Institutes 
of Health Buildings and Facilities account for facilities 
maintenance and improvement. The proposal would not change the 
amounts requested or new budget authority in FY 2001 nor would 
it affect new and/or continuing construction projects. The 
reductions are derived from resources appropriated in the 
previous years that are available for obligation in FY 2001. 
The activities supported by these resources can be delayed 
without serious programmatic impact.
    This reduction fully offsets budget amendments for General 
Department Management and the Office for Civil Rights within 
the Department of Health and Human Services. Taken together, 
these amendments would not affect the proposed Budget totals.
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                   INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS


                   International Security Assistance


     nonproliferation, Anti-terorism, Demining and Related Programs

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 991
FY 2001 Pending Request $311,500,000
Proposed Amendment: $41,240,000
Revised Request: $352,740,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$311,500,000'' and insert $352,740,000; and insert the 
following before the period: : Provided further, That of the 
funds made available for anti-terrorism assistance under this 
heading, $6,000,000 shall become available October 1, 2001, and 
remain available until expended.)
    This proposed would increase the pending FY 2001 
appropriation request for the Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 
Demining and Related Programs account of the International 
Assistance Programs by $41.2 million. The increase is provided 
for anti-terrorism assistance programs. Of the amount 
requested, $6.0 million would become available for obligation 
in FY 2002.
    The $41.2 million is to provide a contribution toward the 
incremental cost of the trial in the Netherlands of the 
Lockerbie bombing suspects. In FY 1998, the United States and 
the United Kingdom agreed to hold the Lockerbie bombing trail 
in a neutral country under Scottish law before a Scottish 
court. Libya then agreed to surrender the indicted suspects. 
These funds represent an important contribution to the costs 
presently being incurred by the United Kingdom in the ongoing 
trial, and are in furtherance of the cooperation between the 
two countries to assure that the indicted suspects are brought 
to justice. The United States previously contributed $7.9 
million to initiate arrangements for the trial.
    Taken together with other international assistance budget 
amendments included in this transmittal, this amendment would 
not affect the proposed FY 2001 budget totals.
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                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE


              International Organizations and Conferences


              Contributions to International Organizations

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 720
FY 2001 Pending Request: $946,060,000
Proposed Amendment: -$23,000,000
Revised Request: $923,060,000

    This proposal would decrease the pending FY 2001 
appropriations request for the Contributions to International 
Organizations account within the Department of State by $23.0 
million. This amount is not currently projected to be needed 
due to positive exchange rate gains overseas since the FY 2001 
Budget was transmitted to the Congress.
    This decrease would partially offset an increase in the 
Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs 
account, proposed in an accompanying budget amendment. Taken 
together, the international affairs amendments would not affect 
the proposed FY 2001 budget totals.
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                   INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS


                   International Security Assistance


            Foreign Military Financing Loan Program Account

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 992
FY 2001 Pending Request: ----
Proposed Amendment: -$18,240,000
Revised Request: -$18,240,000

    (Insert the appropriations language that follows 
immediately under the above heading: Of the funds made 
available under this heading in Public Law 104-208, $18,240,000 
are hereby canceled.)
    The proposal would cancel $18.2 million of obligated 
balances of foreign military financing loan program subsidy 
that was made available in FY 1997. These funds were obligated, 
but no loans were signed, and none are expected to be signed. 
Therefore, these funds are no longer needed.
    As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this 
account records the subsidy costs associated with the direct 
loans obligated and loan guarantees for foreign military 
financing committed in FY 1992 and beyond. The foreign military 
financing credit program provides loans that finance sales of 
defense articles, defense services, and design and construction 
services to foreign countries and international organizations. 
No new appropriation is proposed in FY 2001 for this account.
    This decrease would partially offset an increase in the 
Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs 
account, proposed in an accompanying budget amendment. Taken 
together, the international affairs amendments would not affect 
the proposed FY 2001 budget totals.
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             CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


                National and Community Service Programs


                           Operating Expenses

House Doc. 106-22 Page: 15
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 1115
FY 2001 Pending Request: $533,700,000
Proposed Amendment: -$5,000,000
Revised Request: $528,700,000

    (In the appropriations language above the above heading, 
delete ``$533,700,000'' and substitute $528,700,000 and delete 
``$8,000,000 shall be for community coaches and'' and 
substitute $3,000,000 shall be for.)
    This amendment would reduce the pending appropriations 
request for the Corporation for National and Community Services 
(CNCS). This proposal would reduce the $5.0 million requested 
for community coaches. (A previous technical language amendment 
for the CNCS was transmitted to the Congress on March 31, 
2000.)
    Related to this budget amendment is the Administration's 
intent to request an increase of $5.0 million for the 
Department of Education. The Administration has proposed 
legislation to revise and reauthorize programs currently 
authorized under the Education Research, Development, 
Dissemination, and Improvement Act; the National Education 
Statistics Act; the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; 
and, the Goals 2000: Educate America Act.
    When new authorizing legislation is enacted, resources will 
be requested for the Department of Education's Educational 
Research, Statistics, and Improvement account, and an 
additional $5.0 million will be added to the $137.0 million to 
be requested for the Fund for the Improvement of Education to 
support a community coaches pilot program. This competitive 
grant program would promote the use of community coaches--in 
nearly 1,000 schools--who will lead young people in learning 
through community service and will act as a link between the 
school, the business sector, and the community.
    In total, these actions would not affect the proposed 
budget totals.
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                     MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD


                         Salaries and Expenses

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 1168
FY 2001 Pending Request: $28,857,000
Proposed Amendment: $580,000
Revised Request: $29,437,000

    This amendment would increase the pending FY 2001 
appropriations request by $0.6 million. The additional 
resources would cover the increased processing costs of Federal 
Aviation Administration (FAA) employees' appeals. The 
restoration of Merit Systems Protection Board appeal rights to 
FAA employees is the result of the recent enactment of the 
Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st 
Century, signed by the President on April 5, 2000 (Public Law 
No. 106-181). The resources requested would also cover the 
recalculated lease costs, which are now estimated on the basis 
of more comprehensive information than was available 
previously.
    Taken together with other budget amendments proposed in the 
package, this amendment would not affect the proposed budget 
totals.
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              NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION


                        Repairs and Restoration

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 1172
FY 2001 Pending Request: $92,950,000
Proposed Amendment: $6,610,000
Revised Request: $99,560,000

    (In the appropriations language above the above heading, 
delete ``$92,950,000'' and substitute $99,560,000 and insert 
immediately before the period , and of which $6,610,000 is for 
repairs to the John F. Kennedy Library.)
    This amendment would increase the pending FY 2001 
appropriations request in order to provide funds for repairs to 
the John F. Kennedy Library due to considerable water damage. 
The funding is needed to repair the Library's extensive leakage 
problems, to replace a deteriorating front plaza, which leaks 
into the museum and the museum storage area, and to repair the 
seawall. In addition, the roof, theater lobby, and various 
interior and exterior walls are in need of repair due to water 
leaks.
    Taken together with other budget amendments proposed in the 
package, this amendment would not affect the proposed budget 
totals.
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                  NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION


                         Salaries and Expenses

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 1174
FY 2001 Pending Request: $6,197,895
Proposed Amendment: $545,195
Revised Request: $6,743,090

    This proposal would increase the pending FY 2001 
appropriations request in order to provide additional funds to 
cover the costs of an essential move of the Commission's 
offices. Specifically, the additional resources requested would 
cover the costs to relocate and provide funding for a higher 
rental rate.
    Taken together with other budget amendments proposed in the 
package, this amendment would not affect the proposed budget 
totals.
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                        DEPARTURE OF AGRICULTURE


                       Food and Nutrition Service


special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children 
                                 (wic)

House Doc. 106-239 Page: 10
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 167
FY 2001 Pending Request: $4,098,100,000
Proposed Amendment: -$9,000,000
 Revised Request: $4,089,100,000

    This proposal would decrease the pending FY 2001 request 
for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, 
Infants, and Children. These funds are no longer required in FY 
2001 because program participation in the first part of FY 2000 
has been lower than projected, which will result in higher than 
anticipated carry-over balances.
    This reduction would offset additional funding requested in 
other budget amendments in this transmittal. (A previous budget 
amendment reducing the amount requested in the FY 2001 Budget 
was transmitted on May 18, 2000.)
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                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH


                                 Senate


       contingent expenses of the senate, secretary of the senate

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 17
FY 2001 Pending Request: $1,511,000
Proposed Amendment: $566,000
Revised Request: $2,077,000

    This amendment would increase the pending request for 
expenses of the Secretary of the Senate by $0.6 million. FY 
2001 outlays would increase by the same amount.
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                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH


                                 Senate


  Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Senators' Official Personnel and 
                         Office Expense Account

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 17
FY 2001 Pending Request: $273,366,000
Proposed Amendment: $225,000
Revised Request: $273,591,000

    This amendment would increase the pending request for 
Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expenses by $0.2 
million. FY 2001 outlays would increase by the same amount.
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                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH


                              Joint Items


     Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2001

FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 20
FY 2001 Pending Request: ----
Proposed Amendment: $1,000,000
Revised Request: $1,000,000

    (Insert the subheading and appropriations language that 
follows immediately before the subheading ``Joint Economic 
Committee.'')

     Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2001

    For all construction expenses, salaries, and other expenses 
associated with conducting the inaugural ceremonies of the 
President and Vice President of the United States, January 20, 
2001, in accordance with such program as may be adopted by the 
joint committee authorized by Senate Concurrent Resolution 89, 
agreed to March 2, 2000 (One Hundred Sixth Congress), and 
Senate Concurrent Resolution 90, agreed to March 2, 2000 (One 
Hundred Sixth Congress), $1,000,000 to be disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate and to remain available until September 
30, 2001. Funds made available under this heading shall be 
available for payment, on a direct or reimbursable basis, 
whether incurred on, before, or after, October 1, 2000: 
Provided, That the compensation of any employee of the 
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate who has 
been designated to perform service for the Joint Congressional 
Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies shall continue to be paid by 
the Committee on Rules and Administration, but the account from 
which such staff member is paid may be reimbursed for the 
services of the staff member (including agency contributions 
when appropriate) out of funds made available under this 
heading.
    This amendment would provide $1.0 million in new funding in 
FY 2001 for expenses related to the January 20, 2001, inaugural 
ceremonies.
    This proposal would increase FY 2001 outlays by the same 
amount.
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                      FY 2000 Supplemental Request


                   EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT


                        Office of Adminstration


                         Salaries and Expenses

    For additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses,'' 
$8,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2002, for a 
Capital Investment Plan, which provides for the continued 
modernization of critical systems in the information technology 
infrastructure, and reconstruction and archiving of certain e-
mail files not recorded by the Automated Records Management 
System of the Executive Office of the President, Office of 
Administration.
    This supplemental request would fund expenses associated 
with reconstruction of magnetic tapes containing certain e-
mails stored but not archived by the Automated Records 
Management System. As directed by the Congress, the Office of 
Adminstration has already begun reconstruction effots, using 
funds previously appropriated that could have been used for 
critical information technology infrastructure projects 
included as part of its approved Capital Investment Plan. The 
reconstruction effort was delayed during the time Y2K 
conversion was underway.
    The funds would restore those already obligated or 
expended, thus ensuring $3.2 million of essential projects 
continue without delay, and would provide additional funding 
sufficient to continue the e-mail reconstruction and proper 
records archiving. While this request may be sufficient to 
complete this work, unforeseen technical complications may 
require additional resources for specialized forensics analysis 
and validation.
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                  Revised FY 2000 Supplemental Request


                   EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT


                          Unanticipated Needs


              INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND RELATED EXPENSES

    Under this heading in division B, title III of Public Law 
105-277, strike ``$2,250,000,000'' and insert 
``$2,006,600,000''.
    The FY 2001 Budget proposed a reduction of $225.0 million 
in funding made available by the Omnibus Consolidated and 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to address 
requirements associated with year 2000 (Y2K) computer 
conversion. The proposed reduction was increased by $10.0 
million on February 25, 2000. The current revision increases 
the amount of the reduction by $8.4 million. Unused funds are 
no longer needed.

                                
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