[House Document 108-18]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

108th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 108-18


 
                REQUESTS FOR FY 2003 BUDGET AMENDMENTS

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

   HIS REQUESTS FOR FY 2003 BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF 
 AGRICULTURE, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, THE INTERIOR, LABOR, AND THE 
   TREASURY; THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS; AS WELL AS THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT 
        OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION AND THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION




   January 8, 2003.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                       Washington, January 7, 2003.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: I ask the Congress to consider the 
enclosed requests for Fiscal Year 2003 budget amendments for 
the Departments of Agriculture, Health and Human Services, the 
Interior, Labor, and the Treasury; the Corps of Engineers; as 
well as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the 
Federal Trade Commission.
    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,
                                                    George W. Bush.
                [Estimate No. 1, 108th Cong., 1st Sess.]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                                   Washington, DC, January 3, 2003.
The President,
The White House.
    Submitted for your consideration are requests for FY 2003 
budget amendments for the Departments of Agriculture, Health 
and human Services, the Interior, Labor, and the Treasury; the 
Corps of Engineers; as well as the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission and the Federal Trade Commission.
    As described below and in more detail in the enclosures, 
the requests include the following:
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
     $332.8 million is proposed for a new Farm Bill 
Technical Assistance account. This proposal is necessary to 
ensure that adequate resources are available for USDA to 
effectively deliver the fully authorized level of grant funding 
for conservation programs provided in Public Law 107-171, the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.
    The $332.8 million requested would be fully offset by 
reductions within USDA, as proposed in accompanying amendments.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
     $361.3 million is proposed for the Health 
Facilities Construction and Management Fund. This proposal 
would allow the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious 
Diseases to accelerate the construction of specialized 
biosafety laboratories at universities and research 
institutions across the country needed for priority 
bioterrorism and infectious disease research. Further, this 
proposal reflects the revised facilities request for the 
National Institutes of Health (NIH) that would allow NIH to 
fully fund construction of the second phase of the John Edward 
Porter National Neuroscience Research Center in FY 2003.
    The $361.3 million requested would be fully offset within 
HHS by reductions to various accounts, as proposed in 
accompanying amendments.

Department of the Interior (DOI)/Corps of Engineers

     $34.0 million is proposed for expenses in DOI 
related to the settlement of a lawsuit with the Sumner Peck 
plaintiffs in Sumner Peck Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau of Reclamation. 
The proposal would provide the first of three $34.0 million 
annual payments to the plaintiffs.
    This proposal would be fully offset by reducing several 
Bureau of Reclamation activities within DOI by $24.0 million. 
The remaining $10.00 million would be provided from funds 
previously requested in the Corps of Engineers for the Delaware 
River Main Channel project, which has been delayed pending 
regulatory approval from the affected States.

Department of Labor

     $81.7 million is proposed for the Employment and 
Training Administration (ETA) to finance the implementation of 
the enhanced Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program, as 
amended by the Trade Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-210). The proposal 
is comprised of $60.5 million for National Emergency Grants 
(NEGs) for State administration of health insurance tax credits 
for eligible participants; $16.8 million for increased costs of 
State administration of trade readjustment allowances; and $4.5 
million for increased costs of federal administration of TAA 
certifications and program oversight. An additional $858.3 
million in mandatory funding also is included for TAA training 
and income support benefits as a result of the expansion in 
benefits to which trade-displaced workers are entitled under 
the 2002 Trade Act.
    The discretionary proposal would be fully offset by 
reducing unneeded funds for two activities within ETA by $81.7 
million. These funds had been requested for administrative 
costs of proposals for a temporary extended unemployment 
compensation program and NEGs to address the economic slowdown. 
Congress did provide administrative funding for extended 
unemployment benefits but did not act on the Administration's 
NEG proposal.

Department of the Treasury

     $70.0 million is proposed for the IRS to fund the 
first year implementation of the advance payment feature of the 
health insurance tax credit program. The tax credit program was 
included in the Trade Act of 2002 to assist dislocated workers 
with their health insurance premiums.
    This increase would be fully offset within IRS by a 
proposed $70.0 million reduction to the Business Systems 
Modernization account.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

     $11.6 million is proposed for the EEOC to support 
its enforcement of federal anti-discrimination law, including 
the efficient resolution of its workload of private-sector 
workplace discrimination charges.
    This increase would be fully offset by a proposed reduction 
to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, 
Infants, and Children (WIC) contingency fund in the Department 
of Agriculture.

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

     $16 million is proposed for the FTC to create a 
centralized, national registry for consumers who choose not to 
receive telemarketing solicitations. This amount would be fully 
offset within the FTC by fees. Consumers will be able to enroll 
in the Do Not Call registry via the Internet or by calling a 
toll-free number. Telemarketers would be required to remove the 
registered numbers from their lists.
    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 amendments to the Congress.
            Sincerely,
                                  Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.,
                                                          Director.
                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


                 Natural Resources Conservation Service


                     FARM BILL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Pages: 124-126
FY 2003 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: $332,832,000
Revised Request: $332,832,000

    (Insert the above heading and the appropriations language 
that follows after the material under the heading 
``Conservation Operations'':)
    For necessary expenses of the Natural Resources 
Conservation Service in providing technical assistance and 
administrative support for programs authorized under subtitle D 
of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, $332,832,000, to 
remain available until expended.
    This proposal would provide $332.8 million for technical 
assistance needed to implement the conservation programs 
authorized in Public Law 107-171, the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002. This increase in budgetary resources is 
fully offset by proposed reductions to: U.S. Department of 
Agriculture's (USDA's) Conservation Operations account (-$118.9 
million); a number of mandatory conservation programs (-$147.5 
million); three rural development programs (-$45.0); the Forest 
Land Enhancement Program (-$8.0 million); and the Special 
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children 
(WIC) program (-$13.4 million). These proposed reductions are 
provided in accompanying amendments.
    This proposal is necessary to ensure that adequate 
resources are available for USDA to effectively deliver the 
fully authorized level of grant funding for conservation 
programs provided in the 2002 farm bill.
    In previous years, technical assistance has been funded 
primarily through two sources: (1) a portion of the mandatory 
conservation funding available for farm bill programs, and (2) 
a portion of the discretionary funding provided to the 
Conservation Operations account. The Department of Justice has 
recently determined that USDA is limited in the amount of 
mandatory Commodity Credit Corporation funding it is authorized 
to use for government employees to provide technical 
assistance. This limitation will make it very difficult for 
USDA to fully implement the farm bill conservation programs 
without diverting a significant portion of funding in the 
Conservation Operations account that is not currently devoted 
to farm bill implementation.
    In order to mitigate the situation, this proposal 
establishes a new discretionary Farm Bill Technical Assistance 
account that would include sufficient resources to deliver the 
farm bill conservation programs.
                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


                 Natural Resources Conservation Service


                        CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

FY 2003 Appendix Pages: 124-125
FY 2003 Pending Request: $897,190,000
Proposed Amendment: -$118,914,000
Revised Request: $778,276,000

    This proposal would reduce funding available for technical 
assistance in the Conservation Operations account. In an 
accompanying proposal, the funding would now be requested as 
part of the new Farm Bill Technical Assistance account.
    Currently, the Natural Resources Conservation Service 
spends approximately $150.0 million providing technical 
assistance to support farm bill programs. This funding would 
now be provided in the proposed new Farm Bill Technical 
Assistance account and merged with the other funding the agency 
uses to provide technical assistance for the farm bill 
programs, totaling $332.8 million. Resources remaining in the 
Conservation Operations account would be available for 
established uses, including general conservation planning, soil 
and snow surveys, and plant material centers.
                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


                       Food and Nutrition Service


SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN 
                                 (WIC)

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 178
FY 2003 Pending Request: $4,751,000,000
Proposed Amendment: -$25,000,000
Revised Request: $4,726,000,000

    This proposal would reduce the contingency fund for the WIC 
program by $25.0 million (from $150.0 to $125.0 million). This 
reduction is possible due to lower than anticipated food costs 
in WIC in FY 2003. A $125.0 million contingency fund in FY 2003 
would be sufficient to ensure that WIC can serve all eligible 
persons seeking services.
    Funds from this reduction would be used to offset 
accompanying proposals for the Department of Agriculture 
($13,386,000 for a new Farm Bill Technical Assistance account), 
and for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 
($11,614,000 for Salaries and Expenses).
                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


                     TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Pages: 195-201
FY 2003 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: -$147,532,000
Revised Request: -$147,532,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
insert the following new appropriations language after Section 
722:)
    Sec. 723: None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and 
expenses of personnel to carry out the following programs:
          (a) an environmental quality incentives program 
        authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq. in excess of 
        $595,000,000;
          (b) a ground and surface water conservation program 
        authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3839aa-9 in excess of 
        $38,250,000;
          (c) a water conservation program in the Klamath Basin 
        authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3839aa-9 in excess of 
        $8,118,000;
          (d) a farmland protection program authorized by 16 
        U.S.C. 3838h-i in excess of $85,000,000;
          (e) a grassland reserve program authorized by 16 
        U.S.C. 3838n-q in excess of $72,250,000;
          (f) a wildlife habitat incentives program authorized 
        by 16 U.S.C. 3839bb et seq. in excess of $25,500,000; 
        and
          (g) an agricultural management assistance program 
        authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1524 in excess of $17,900,000.
    This proposal would reduce funding available for a number 
of mandatory conservation programs that receive funding from 
the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC).
    In prior years, funding from these programs was made 
available for technical assistance in addition to financial 
assistance. The Department of Justice has determined that the 
amount of funding allowable for technical assistance when 
provided by government employees is covered by a cap on the 
amount of CCC funding that can be spent on government employee 
salaries and benefits. The cap is set at the amount of funding 
spent on government employee salaries and benefits in 1995, or 
$56.0 million, which is not sufficient to provide adequate 
technical assistance to the recipients of these programs.
    In an accompanying proposal, $332.8 million will be 
provided through a new discretionary appropriation for 
technical assistance. The proposed reductions in these 
mandatory programs, totaling $147.5 million, would provide a 
portion of the offset needed to fund the increased 
discretionary appropriation.

FY 2003 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: -$5,000,000
Revised Request: -$5,000,000

    (Insert the following new appropriations language after the 
proposed Section 723:)
    Sec. 724: None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and 
expenses of personnel to carry out section 9006 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 in excess of 
$18,000,000.
    This proposal would reduce funding for a new renewable 
energy loan and grant program authorized in P.L. 107-171, the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. The Department 
of Agriculture (USDA) has other existing programs that can be 
used to provide funding for similar purposes to those stated 
for this new renewable energy loan and grant program. The $5.0 
million in savings resulting from this amendment would be 
available to partially offset an accompanying proposal that 
would provide $332.8 million in technical assistance to 
implement the farm bill conservation programs.

FY 2003 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: -$10,000,000
Revised Request: -$10,000,000

    (Insert the following new appropriations language after the 
proposed Section 724:)
    Sec. 725: None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and 
expenses of personnel to carry out section 6405 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. Funds under such 
section for fiscal year 2003 are hereby cancelled.
    This proposal would eliminate funding for a new program 
that provides grants for training firefighters and emergency 
medical personnel in rural areas authorized in P.L. 107-171, 
the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. The Federal 
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has an existing fire 
prevention and training program that is funded at $360.0 
million in 2002 to train and equip firefighters. For FY 2003, 
the Administration is requesting $3.5 billion in grant 
assistance for State and local first responders, including 
firefighters. Additionally, both the Department of the 
Interior's Bureau of Land Management and USDA's Forest Service 
have rural fire assistance funding, which can be used to fund 
training. The $10.0 million in savings resulting from this 
amendment would be available to partially offset an 
accompanying proposal that would provide $332.8 million in 
technical assistance to implement the farm bill conservation 
programs.

FY 2003 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: -$30,000,000
Revised Request: -$30,000,000

    (Insert the following new appropriations language after the 
proposed Section 725:)
    Sec. 726: None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and 
expenses of personnel to carry out section 6401 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 in excess of 
$10,000,000. Funds under such section for fiscal year 2003 in 
excess of $10,000,000 are hereby cancelled.
    This proposal would reduce funding for a program that 
provides ``value-added'' grants to rural cooperatives to assist 
in marketing products made from new uses of agricultural crops. 
USDA has other programs, including the rural cooperative 
development grants, that provide similar assistance, and the FY 
2002 funding for the program was carried forward because it was 
not used, which means that a total of $50.0 million will be 
available to be spent on the purposes of the program in FY 
2003. The $30.0 million in savings resulting from this 
amendment would be available to partially offset an 
accompanying proposal that would provide $332.8 million in 
technical assistance to implement the farm bill conservation 
programs.

FY 2003 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: -$8,000,000
Revised Request: -$8,000,000

    (Insert the following new appropriations language after the 
proposed Section 726:)
    Sec. 727: None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and 
expenses of personnel to carry out section 8002 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 in excess of 
$92,000,000. Funds under such section for fiscal year 2003 in 
excess of $92,000,000 are hereby cancelled.
    This proposal would reduce funding for a new program that 
provides financial assistance to State foresters and private 
owners to improve the management of non-industrial private 
forest lands. USDA is currently in the process of drafting the 
regulations to implement the program, and it is unlikely that 
the rules will be prepared in time to spend the full amount 
expected to be spent in FY 2003. The $8.0 million in savings 
resulting from this amendment would be available to partially 
offset an accompanying proposal that would provide $332.8 
million in technical assistance to implement the farm bill 
conservation programs.
                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


                        Departmental Management


           HEALTH FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FUND

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 466
FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,056,980,000
Proposed Amendment: $361,300,000
Revised Request: $1,418,280,000

    (In the appropriation language under the above heading, 
delete ``$1,056,980,000'' and substitute $1,418,280,000; delete 
``632,800,000'' and substitute $769,100,000; and delete 
``$150,000,000'' and substitute $375,000,000.)
    This proposal would revise the National Institutes of 
Health's (NIH's) pending request in two areas. First, it would 
allow the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious 
Diseases to accelerate the construction of specialized 
biosafety laboratories at universities and research 
institutions across the country that are needed for priority 
bioterrorism and infectious disease research. Second, this 
proposal would allow NIH to fully fund construction of the 
second phase of the John Edward Porter National Neuroscience 
Research Center in FY 2003.
    Funding of these requests would be provided by increasing 
the amount to be derived by transfer to this account, by $225.0 
million, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious 
Diseases and, in an accompanying proposal, increasing by $136.3 
million the amount to be derived by transfer to this account 
from NIH's Buildings and Facilities account.
                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


                     National Institutes of Health


                                VARIOUS

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Pages: 442-444
FY 2003 Pending Total Request: $27,335,075
Proposed Total Amendment: --
Revised Total Request: $27,335,075

    This proposal would reallocate $136.3 million from various 
accounts within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to the 
Building and Facilities account in NIH, for transfer to the 
Health Facilities Construction and Management Fund in the 
Department of Health and Human Services, to be available until 
expended. The $136.3 million would allow NIH to fully fund 
construction of the second phase of the John Edward Porter 
National Neuroscience Research Center in FY 2003. The FY 2003 
Budget proposed to fully finance this project before it was 
displaced by the cost increases associated with the Clinical 
Research Center.
    A related proposal is also included in this transmittal 
that would increase transfers from NIH to the Health Facilities 
Construction and Management Fund by an additional $225.0 
million for a total of $375.0 million, to remain available 
until expended, to accelerate construction of specialized 
extramural biosafety laboratories.
    The details of the account reallocations follow.

                       NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

FY 2003 Pending Request: $5,122,111,000
Proposed Amendment: -$28,884,000
Revised Request: $5,093,227,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$5,122,111,000'' and substitute $5,093,227,000 each 
place it occurs.)

               NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE

FY 2003 Pending Request: $2,746,280,000
Proposed Amendment: -$12,683,000
Revised Request: $2,733,597,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$2,746,280,000'' and substitute $2,733,597,000.)

         NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH

FY 2003 Pending Request: $366,550,000
Proposed Amendment: -$2,369,000
Revised Request: $364,181,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$366,550,000'' and substitute $364,181,000.)

    NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES

FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,578,913,000
Proposed Amendment: -$421,000
Revised Request: $1,578,492,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$1,578,913,000'' and substitute $1,578,492,000.)

        NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE

FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,416,780,000
Proposed Amendment: -$7,100,000
Revised Request: $1,409,680,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$1,416,780,000'' and substitute $1,409,680,000.)

         NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES

FY 2003 Pending Request: $3,959,054,000
Proposed Amendment: -$6,780,000
Revised Request: $3,952,274,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$3,959,054,000'' and substitute $3,952,274,000.)

             NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,842,404,000
Proposed Amendment: -$5,741,000
Revised Request: $1,836,663,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$1,842,404,000'' and substitute $1,836,663,000.)

        NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,191,431,000
Proposed Amendment: -$17,724,000
Revised Request: $1,173,707,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$1,191,431,000'' and substitute $1,173,707,000.)

                         NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE

FY 2003 Pending Request: $620,083,000
Proposed Amendment: -$4,324,000
Revised Request: $615,759,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$620,083,000'' and substitute $615,759,000.)

          NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

FY 2003 Pending Request: $681,433,000
Proposed Amendment: -$4,853,000
Revised Request: $676,580,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$74,471,000'' and substitute $74,171,000; and delete 
``$606,962,000'' and substitute $602,409,000.)

                      NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

FY 2003 Pending Request: $953,160,000
Proposed Amendment: -$10,544,000
Revised Request: $942,616,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$953,160,000'' and substitute $942,616.00.)

 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES

FY 2003 Pending Request: $478,085,000
Proposed Amendment: -$773,000
Revised Request: $477,312,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$478,085,000'' and substitute $477,312,000.)

    NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

FY 2003 Pending Request: $364,186,000
Proposed Amendment: -$4,876,000
Revised Request: $359,310,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$364,186,000'' and substitute $359,310,000.)

                 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH

Proposed Amendment: -$670,000
Revised Request: $127,488,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$128,158,000'' and substitute $127,488,000.)

           NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM

FY 2003 Pending Request: $409,960,000
Proposed Amendment: -$1,463,000
Revised Request: $408,497,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$409,960,000'' and substitute $408,497,000.)

                    NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

FY 2003 Pending Request: $948,452,000
Proposed Amendment: -$4,031,000
Revised Request: $944,421,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$948,452,000'' and substitute $944,421,000.)

                  NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,332,165,000
Proposed Amendment: -$9,360,000
Revised Request: $1,322,805,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$1,332,165,000'' and substitute $1,322,805,000.)

                NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE

FY 2003 Pending Request: $457,032,000
Proposed Amendment: -$6,955,000
Revised Request: $450,077,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$457,032,000'' and substitute $450,077,000.)

      NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING

FY 2003 Pending Request: $118,842,000
Proposed Amendment: -$698,000
Revised Request: $118,144,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$118,842,000'' and substitute $118,144,000.)

                 NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES

FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,072,581,000
Proposed Amendment: -$55,000
Revsied Request: $1,072,526,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$1,072,581,000'' and substitute $1,072,526,000.)

       NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

FY 2003 Pending Request: $111,494,000
Proposed Amendment: -$702,000
Revised Request: $110,792,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$111,494,000'' and substitute $110,792,000.)

       NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES

FY 2003 Pending Request: $178,559,000
Proposed Amendment: -$1,044,000
Revised Request: $177,515,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$178,559,000'' and substitute $177,515,000.)

                  JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER

FY 2003 Pending Request: $62,933,000
Proposed Amendment: -$292,000
Revised Request: $62,641,000

    s(In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$62,933,000'' and substitute $62,641,000.)

                      NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

FY 2003 Pending Request: $308,987,000
Proposed Amendment: -$2,743,000
Revised Request: $306,244,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$308,987,000'' and substitute $306,244,000.)

                         OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

FY 2003 Pending Request: $252,642,000
Proposed Amendment: -$1,215,000
Revised Request: $251,427,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$252,642,000'' and substitute $251,427,000.)

                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

FY 2003 Pending Request: $632,800,000
Proposed Amendment: $136,300,000
Revised Request: $769,100,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$632,800,000'' and substitute $769,100,000.)
                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


                         Bureau of Reclamation


                      WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 542
FY 2003 Pending Request: $739,705,000
Proposed Amendment: $14,900,000 (net)
Revised Request: $754,605,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$739,705,000'' and substitute $754,705,000; and insert 
after ``under Public Law 106-163;'' the following new 
provision:)

of which $32,300,000 is for the settlement agreement of Sumner 
Peck Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau of Reclamation (Civ. No F-91-048 OWW 
(E.D. Cal));
    This proposal would fund $32.3 million of the $34.0 million 
FY 2003 cost associated with a settlement of litigation between 
the Department of the Interior and plaintiffs in Sumner Peck 
Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau of Reclamation. The remaining $1.7 
million is requested in an accompanying proposal for the 
Central Valley Project Restoration Fund.
    This would be the first of three equal payments of $34 
million. The Administration is developing a proposal to address 
any outstanding federal drainage obligations in the San Luis 
Unit.
    Proposed offsets would be derived from reductions within 
the Water and Related Resources account ($17.4 million), as 
detailed below. An additional $14.9 million in offsets would be 
provided from the Bureau of Reclamation's San Gabriel 
Restoration Fund ($4.9 million) and the Corps of Engineers, 
Construction, General account ($10.0 million), as approved in 
accompanying amendments.
    Specifically, the proposed offsets from activities within 
the Water and Related Resources account are:
     $5.0 million, Central Valley Project (CVP) 
replacement, additions, and extraordinary maintenance program. 
Funding for long-term maintenance and replacements would be 
reduced, but $11.0 million would still be available for all but 
the least critical activities.
     $0.4 million, CVP, including New Melones adaptive 
management and temperature management studies, and the Arroyo-
Pasajero watershed management plan. These are new studies that 
can be postponed.
     $0.8 million, CVP miscellaneous project programs, 
water conservation program. These are new studies that can be 
postponed.
     $6.2 million, Title XVI water reuse and recycling 
projects in California. The projects driven by local sponsors, 
and will still go forward with reduced federal funding. 
Reductions include:
           $0.3 million, Calleguas Municipal Water 
        District Recycling Project;
           $0.5 million, Long Beach Area Water 
        Reclamation & Reuse Program;
           $0.7 million, North San Diego County Water 
        Reclamation Program;
           $0.7 million, Orange County Regional Water 
        Reclamation Program;
           $2.3 million, San Diego Area Water 
        Reclamation Program;
           $0.7 million, San Gabriel Basin Project; and
           $1.0 million, San Jose Area Water 
        Reclamation and Reuse Program.
     $5.0 million, CVP, Auburn-Folsom South Unit, 
Placer County Water Authority Pumps.
    Replacement of these pumps can be delayed and limited 
operations can continue with temporary pumps.
                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


                         Bureau of Reclamation


                CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 544
FY 2003 Pending Request: $48,904,000
Proposed Amendment: --
Revised Request: $48,904,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
insert after, ``to remain available until expended'' the 
following new provision:)

, of which $1,700,000 is for the settlement agreement of Sumner 
Peck Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau of Reclamation (Civ. No. F-91-048 
OWW (E.D. Cal))
    This proposal would fund $1.7 million of the $34.0 million 
FY 2003 cost associated with a settlement of litigation between 
the Department of the Interior and plaintiffs in the case of 
Sumner Peck Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau of Reclamation. The remaining 
$32.3 million is requested in an accompanying amendment for the 
Water and Related Resources account.
    The $1.7 million would be provided from the Land Retirement 
Program, which is an appropriate source of funding for the 
settlement costs (the settlement includes fallowing of 
irrigated agricultural land).
                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


                         Bureau of Reclamation


                   SAN GABRIEL BASIN RESTORATION FUND

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 546
FY 2003 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: -$4,900,000
Revised Request: -$4,900,000

    (Under the above heading, insert the following new 
appropriations language:)
    From unobligated balances under this heading, $4,900,000 is 
hereby cancelled.
    This $4.9 million reduction would offset part of the $34.0 
million FY 2003 cost associated with a settlement of litigation 
between the Department of the Interior and plaintiffs in the 
case of Sumner Peck Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau of Reclamation.
    The San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund has $4.9 million in 
carryover balances available as a result of local project 
sponsors not contributing the 35 percent cost-share necessary 
to obligate federal funds.
                    CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL WORKS


                         CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Pages: 886-887
FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,440,000,000
Proposed Amendment: -$10,000,000
Revised Request: $1,430,000,000

    This proposed $10.0 million reduction would offset part of 
the $34.0 million, FY 2003 cost associated with a settlement of 
litigation between the Department of the Interior, and 
plaintiffs in the case of Sumner Peck Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau of 
Reclamation. The remaining $24.0 million is provided in 
accompanying amendments.
    The $10.0 million is available from the Corp's Delaware 
River Main Channel project, which has been delayed as a result 
of the need to obtain regulatory approval from the affected 
States.
                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


                 Employment and Training Administration


                    TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 657
FY 2003 Pending Request: $48,980,616,000
Proposed Amendment: $60,465,000
Revised Request: $5,041,081,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$2,517,616,000'' and substitute ``$2,578,081,000;'' 
and insert after ``section 169 of such Act;'' and of which 
$60,465,000 is available for the period October 1, 2002 until 
expended to carry out section 173(a)(4)(A) of the Workforce 
Investment Act;)
    This proposal would provide $60.5 million in the Training 
and Employment Services account for National Emergency Grants 
(NEGs), authorized in Public Law 107-210, the Trade Act of 
2002. These ``Trade NEGs'' will be awarded to States to support 
the administration of health insurance tax credits for eligible 
participants in the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program.
    The requested increase is offset in two accompanying 
proposals that would reduce the pending request for the 
Employment and Training Administration's State Unemployment 
Insurance and Employment Service Operations (SUIESO) and 
Program Administration (PA) accounts for unneeded 
administrative expenses. Administrative funds for the Temporary 
Extended Unemployment Compensation program were provided in the 
authorizing legislation (P.L. 107-147). The administrative 
resources for PA are not needed because Congress did not act on 
the Administration's request to expand NEGs to address the 
economic slowdown.
                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


                 Employment and Training Administration


              FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 659
FY 2003 Pending Request: $13,000,000
Proposed Amendment: $858,250,000
Revised Request: $871,250,000

    This proposal would increase the FY 2003 mandatory request 
for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) training and cash 
allowances. The amendment is required as a result of the 
expansion in benefits to which trade-displaced workers are 
entitled in Public Law 107-210, the Trade Act of 2002, which 
was enacted on August 6, 2002. At the time of the FY 2003 
Budget request, the authorization for the TAA program had 
expired, and the budget included only phase-out benefits.
                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


                 Employment and Training Administration


     STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OPERATIONS

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 660
FY 2003 Pending Request: $3,686,543,000 (general funds and 
        trust funds combined)
Proposed Amendment: -$59,400,000 (net change)
Revised Request: $3,627,143,000

    (In the appropriations language above the above heading, 
delete ``$3,530,091,000'' and substitute $3,470,691,000 and 
delete ``; and of which not to exceed $76,200,000'' through 
``program of extended unemployment benefits''.)
    This proposed $59.4 million net reduction would offset a 
portion of the FY 2003 costs associated with enactment of 
Public Law 107-210, the Trade Act of 2002, which significantly 
expanded the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program. In an 
accompanying proposal, these resources would finance a new 
discretionary appropriation in the Training and Employment 
Services account for National Emergency Grants (NEGs) for State 
administration of health insurance tax credits for eligible 
participants in the TAA program.
    This proposal also would provide a new discretionary 
appropriation of $16.8 million in the State Unemployment 
Insurance and Employment Service Operations (SUIESO) account 
for State grants for the administrative costs of providing 
mandatory cash benefits to trade-displaced workers under the 
expanded TAA program.
    The proposed offset would be derived from a reduction of 
$76.2 million within the SUIESO account for the administrative 
costs associated with the FY 2003 Budget's proposed temporary 
Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation program. These 
funds have been provided in Public Law 107-147, which 
authorized the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation 
program.
                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


                 Employment and Training Administration


                         PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 663
FY 2003 Pending Request: $179,814,000 (general funds and trust 
        funds combined)
Proposed Amendment: -$1,065,000 (net)
Revised Request: $178,749,000

    (In the appropriations language above the above heading, 
delete ``$126,752,000'' and substitute $121,642,000; delete 
``$53,062,000'' and substitute $57,107,000; and delete the 
provision ``and of which $5,530,000'' through ``September 11, 
2001''.)
    This proposal is necessary to ensure that adequate 
resources are available for the Employment and Training 
Administration to effectively administer the Trade Act of 2002 
(P.L. 107-210), which significantly expanded eligibility and 
benefits in the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program. It 
would provide $4,465,000 to finance the increased federal 
administration costs in FY 2003 associated with TAA program 
oversight and eligibility determination.
    The $4,465,000 increase would be offset by a reduction to 
the account of $5,530,00, which is no longer needed for 
administrative costs of the National Emergency Grants (NEGs). 
Congress did not act on the FY 2003 Budget's proposed expansion 
of NEGs to address the economic slowdown. The remaining net 
reduction to the account of $1,065,000 would partially offset 
the increased FY 2003 costs in the Training and Employment 
Services account for ``Trade NEGs,'' as authorized in the 2002 
Trade Act.
                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


                        Internal Revenue Service


               HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Pages: 836-837
FY 2003 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: $70,000,000
Revised Request: $70,000,000

    (Under the bureau Internal Revenue Service, immediately 
after the Earned Income Tax Credit Compliance Initiative 
account, insert the above proposed heading and the following 
new appropriation language:)
    For necessary expenses to implement the health insurance 
tax credit included in the Trade Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-210), 
$70,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004.
    This proposal would establish a new account within IRS to 
put into effect the advance payment feature of the health 
insurance tax credit program, included in the Trade Act of 2002 
(P.L. 107-210) to assist dislocated workers with their health 
insurance premiums. The Act required that this feature be 
implemented by August 2003 but provided no implementation 
funding. As proposed in an accompanying amendment, the $70.0 
million needed to fund the first year implementation of the 
advance payment feature would be offset from the Business 
Systems Modernization account within IRS.
                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


                        Internal Revenue Service


                     BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 838
FY 2003 Pending Request: $450,000,000
Proposed Amendment: -$70,000,000
Revised Request: $380,000,000

    This proposal would reduce the Business Systems 
Modernization account by $70.0 million to offset a new account, 
Health Insurance Tax Credit Administration, proposed in an 
accompanying amendment. This reduction is possible by deferring 
certain tax administration applications to FY 2004.
                EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 1109
FY 2003 Pending Request: $323,516,000
Proposed Amendment: $11,614,000
Revised Request: $335,130,000

    This proposal would increase the pending request for the 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by $11.6 
million. This additional funding would support enforcement of 
federal law prohibiting discrimination in the workplace on the 
basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, and 
disability, and allow EEOC to continue to resolve efficiently 
its workload of private sector charges.
    Of the $11.6 million proposed increase, approximately $9.7 
million would finance compensation and benefits and related 
costs and approximately $1.9 million would finance rent 
payments, both of which are at levels higher than those 
requested in the FY 2003 Budget.
    This increase is fully offset in an accompanying amendment 
that would reduce the pending request for the Special 
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children 
(WIC).
                        FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 1135
FY 2003 Pending Request: $176,509,000
Proposed Amendment: $13,000,000
Revised Request: $189,509,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$176,509,000'' and substitute $189,509,000; delete the 
phrase,``; and offsetting collections'' through ``Telephone 
Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et 
seq.)'' and substitute the following:)

: Provided further, That $16,000,000 in offsetting collections 
derived from fees sufficient to implement and enforce the do-
not-call provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule, 
promulgated under the Telephone Consumer Fraud and Abuse 
Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to 
this account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses 
in this appropriation
    This proposal would provide an additional $16.0 million to 
create a Do Not Call registry. The registry would be a national 
database of telephone numbers of consumers who choose not to 
receive telephone solicitations. Consumers would enroll in the 
registry by calling a toll-free number or via the Internet. 
Once the program is implemented, telemarketers would be 
required to ``scrub'' their telephone lists, removing the 
numbers of all registered consumers. Calling a consumer whose 
telephone number is on the registry would be a Rule violation.
    As proposed in this amendment, fees collected from 
businesses would offset the $16.0 million needed to implement 
and enforce this program.

                                
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