[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 65 (Friday, May 16, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4633-S4645]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND RESCISSIONS ACT OF 1997

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to the order of May 8, 1997 H.R. 
1469, having been received from the House, the clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill, H.R. 1469, making emergency supplemental 
     appropriations for recovery from natural disasters, and for 
     overseas peacekeeping efforts, including those in Bosnia, for 
     the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other 
     purposes.

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, all after the 
enacting clause is stricken and the language of S. 672 is inserted in 
lieu thereof.
  Under the previous order, the bill is deemed read a third time and 
passed, as follows:
       Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives 
     (H.R. 1469) entitled ``An Act making emergency supplemental 
     appropriations for recovery from natural disasters, and for 
     overseas peacekeeping efforts, including those in Bosnia, for 
     the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other 
     purposes.'', do pass with the following amendment:
       Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to provide 
     supplemental appropriations and rescissions for the fiscal 
     year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes, 
     namely:

              TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPLEMENTALS

                    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY

                           MILITARY PERSONNEL

                        Military Personnel, Army

       For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Army'', 
     $306,800,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                        Military Personnel, Navy

       For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Navy'', 
     $7,900,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                    Military Personnel, Marine Corps

       For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Marine 
     Corps'', $300,000: Provided, That such amount is designated 
     by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                     Military Personnel, Air Force

       For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Air 
     Force'', $29,100,000: Provided, That such amount is 
     designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
     to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                       OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

             Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund


                     (Including Transfer Of Funds)

       For an additional amount for ``Overseas Contingency 
     Operations Transfer Fund'', $1,312,900,000: Provided, That 
     the Secretary of Defense may transfer these funds only to 
     operation and maintenance accounts within this title: 
     Provided further, That the funds transferred shall be merged 
     with and shall be available for the same purposes and for the 
     same time period, as the appropriation to which transferred: 
     Provided further, That the transfer authority provided in 
     this paragraph is in addition to any other transfer authority 
     available to the Department of Defense: Provided further, 
     That such amount is designated by Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
     amended.

                       OPLAN 34A/35 POW Payments

       For payments to individuals under section 657 of Public Law 
     104-201, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                     REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS

               Reserve Mobilization Income Insurance Fund

       For an additional amount for the ``Reserve Mobilization 
     Income Insurance Fund'', $72,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is 
     designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
     to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS


                          (Transfer of Funds)

       Sec. 101. Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense 
     that such action is necessary in the national interest, he 
     may, with the approval of the Office of Management and 
     Budget, transfer not to exceed $100,000,000 of working 
     capital funds of the Department of Defense and funds made 
     available in Public Law 104-208 to the Department of Defense 
     only for obligations incurred for United States participation 
     in the Bosnia Stabilization Force (SFOR) and for the 
     continuation of enforcing the no-fly zones in northern and 
     southern Iraq (except military construction) between such 
     appropriations or funds or any subdivision thereof, to be 
     merged with and to be available for the same purposes, and 
     for the same time period, as the appropriation or fund to 
     which transferred: Provided, That such authority to transfer 
     may not be used unless for higher priority items, based on 
     unforeseen military requirements, than those for which 
     originally appropriated and in no case where the item for 
     which funds are requested has been denied by Congress: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify 
     the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this 
     authority or any other authority in this Act: Provided 
     further, That this transfer authority is in addition to 
     transfer authority provided in section 8005 of Public Law 
     104-208 (110 Stat. 3009-88).
       Sec. 102. None of the funds available to the Department of 
     Defense shall be obligated or expended to transfer 
     management, development, and acquisition authority over the 
     elements of the National Missile Defense Program from the 
     Military Services until the contract for a Lead System 
     Integrator for the National Missile Defense Program is 
     awarded: Provided, That the Joint Requirements Oversight 
     Council, with the advisement of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is 
     directed to conduct an analysis and submit recommendations as 
     to the recommended future roles of the Services with respect 
     to the management, technical development, cost, schedule, and 
     acquisition plan for the elements in the National Missile 
     Defense Program and to certify that the Lead System 
     Integrator contract will conform to these recommendations: 
     Provided further, That the analysis and recommendations shall 
     be submitted to the Congressional Defense Committees within 
     60 days of enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 103. In addition to the amounts provided in Public Law 
     104-208, $50,000,000 is appropriated under the heading 
     ``Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster and Civil Aid'': Provided, 
     That, from the funds available under that heading, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall make a grant in the amount of 
     $50,000,000 to the American Red Cross for reimbursement for 
     disaster relief and recovery expenditures.


                          (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       Sec. 104. The Secretary of the Navy shall transfer up to 
     $23,000,000 to ``Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps'' 
     from the following accounts in the specified amounts, to be 
     available only for reimbursing costs incurred for repairing 
     damage caused by hurricanes, flooding, and other natural 
     disasters during 1996 and 1997 to real property and 
     facilities at Marine Corps

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     facilities (including Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Cherry 
     Point, North Carolina; and the Mountain Warfare Training 
     Center, Bridgeport, California);
       ``Military Personnel, Marine Corps'', $4,000,000;
       ``Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps'', $11,000,000;
       ``Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps, 1996/
     1998'', $4,000,000; and
       ``Procurement, Marine Corps, 1996/1998'', $4,000,000.
       Sec. 105. For an additional amount for ``Family Housing, 
     Navy and Marine Corps'' to cover the incremental Operation 
     and Maintenance costs arising from hurricane damage to family 
     housing units at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North 
     Carolina and Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North 
     Carolina, $6,480,000, as authorized by Section 2854 of Title 
     10, United States Code.

     SEC. 106. REPORT ON COST AND SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR MILITARY 
                   ACTIVITIES RELATING TO BOSNIA.

       (a) Prohibition on Use of Funds Pending Report.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other 
     provision of law, no funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to the Department of Defense may be obligated or 
     expended for operations or activities of the Armed Forces 
     relating to Bosnia 60 days after enactment unless the 
     President submits to Congress the report described in 
     subsection (b): Provided, That none of the funds made 
     available under this Act may be obligated or expended for 
     operations or activities of the Armed Forces relating to 
     Bosnia ground deployment after June 30, 1998.
       (b) Report Elements.--The report referred to in subsection 
     (a) shall include the following:
       (1) A detailed description of the estimated cumulative cost 
     of all United States activities relating to Bosnia after 
     December 1, 1995, including--
       (A) the cost of all deployments, training activities, and 
     mobilization and other preparatory activities of the Armed 
     Forces; and
       (B) the cost of all other activities relating to United 
     States policy toward Bosnia, including humanitarian 
     assistance, reconstruction assistance, aid and other 
     financial assistance, the rescheduling or forgiveness of 
     bilateral or multilateral aid, in-kind contributions, and any 
     other activities of the United States Government.
       (2) A detailed accounting of the source of funds obligated 
     or expended to meet the costs described in paragraph (1), 
     including--
       (A) in the case of expenditures of funds of Department of 
     Defense, a breakdown of such expenditures by military service 
     or defense agency, line item, and program; and
       (B) in the case of expenditures of funds of other 
     departments and agencies of the United States, a breakdown of 
     such expenditures by department or agency and by program.
       Sec. 107. Notwithstanding section 3612(a) of title 22, 
     United States Code, the incumbent may continue to serve as 
     the Secretary of Defense designee on the Board of the Panama 
     Canal Commission if he retires as an officer of the 
     Department of Defense, until and unless the Secretary of 
     Defense designates another person to serve in this position.

     SEC. 108. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO ENTER INTO 
                   LEASE OF BUILDING NO. 1, LEXINGTON BLUE GRASS 
                   STATION, LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

       (a) Authority To Enter into Lease.--The Secretary of 
     Defense may enter into an agreement for the lease of Building 
     No. 1, Lexington Blue Grass Station, Lexington, Kentucky, and 
     any real property associated with the building, for purposes 
     of the use of the building by the Defense Finance and 
     Accounting Service. The agreement shall meet the requirements 
     of this section.
       (b) Term.--(1) The agreement under this section shall 
     provide for a lease term of not to exceed 50 years, but may 
     provide for one or more options to renew or extend the term 
     of the lease.
       (2) The agreement shall include a provision specifying 
     that, if the Secretary ceases to require the leased building 
     for purpose of the use of the building by the Defense Finance 
     and Accounting Service before the expiration of the term of 
     the lease (including any extension or renewal of the term 
     under an option provided for in paragraph (1)), the remainder 
     of the lease term may, upon the approval of the lessor of the 
     building, be satisfied by the Secretary or another department 
     or agency of the Federal Government (including a military 
     department) for another purpose similar to such purpose.
       (c) Consideration.--(1) The agreement under this section 
     may not require rental payments by the United States under 
     the lease under the agreement.
       (2) The Secretary or other lessee, if any, under subsection 
     (b)(2) shall be responsible under the agreement for payment 
     of any utilities associated with the lease of the building 
     covered by the agreement and for maintenance and repair of 
     the building.
       (d) Improvement.--The agreement under this section may 
     provide for the improvement of the building covered by the 
     agreement by the Secretary or other lessee, if any, under 
     subsection (b)(2).
       (e) Limitation on Certain Activities.--The Secretary may 
     not pay the costs of any utilities, maintenance and repair, 
     or improvements under this lease under this section in any 
     fiscal year unless funds are appropriated or otherwise made 
     available for the Department of Defense for such payment in 
     such fiscal year.

           TITLE II--NATURAL DISASTERS AND OTHER EMERGENCIES

                               CHAPTER 1

  SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                          Farm Service Agency


           AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       For an additional amount for the ``Agricultural Credit 
     Insurance Fund Program Account'' for the additional cost of 
     direct and guaranteed loans authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928-1929, 
     including the cost of modifying such loans as defined in 
     section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
     resulting from flooding and other natural disasters, 
     $28,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
     $18,000,000 shall be available for emergency insured loans 
     and $10,000,000 shall be available for subsidized guaranteed 
     operating loans: Provided, That the entire amount shall be 
     available only to the extent that an official budget request 
     for $28,000,000 that includes designation of the entire 
     amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined 
     in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the 
     Congress: Provided further, That such amount is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of such Act.


                     Emergency Conservation Program

       For an additional amount for ``Emergency Conservation 
     Program'' for expenses, including carcass removal, resulting 
     from flooding and other natural disasters, $77,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire 
     amount shall be available only to the extent that an official 
     budget request for $77,000,000, that includes designation of 
     the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement 
     as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the 
     President to the Congress: Provided further, That such amount 
     is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of such Act.


                        TREE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

       An amount of $9,500,000 is provided for assistance to small 
     orchardists to replace or rehabilitate trees and vineyards 
     damaged by natural disasters, of which $500,000 may be 
     available through the Forestry Incentives Program for 
     replanting of trees damaged by tornadoes in 1997: Provided, 
     That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent 
     that an official budget request of $9,500,000, that includes 
     designation of the entire amount of the request as an 
     emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is 
     transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided 
     further, That such amount is designated by Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of 
     such Act.


                   COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

                  DISASTER RESERVE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

       Effective only for losses in the fiscal year beginning 
     October 1, 1996, through the date of enactment of this Act, 
     the Secretary may use up to $50,000,000 from proceeds earned 
     from the sale of grain in the disaster reserve established in 
     the Agricultural Act of 1970 to implement a livestock 
     indemnity program for losses from natural disasters subject 
     to a Presidential or Secretarial declaration in a manner 
     similar to catastrophic loss coverage available for other 
     commodities under 7 U.S.C. 1508(b): Provided, That in 
     administering a program described in the preceding sentence, 
     the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, utilize gross 
     income and payment limitations conditions established for the 
     Disaster Reserve Assistance Program for the 1996 crop year: 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, beginning on October 1, 1997, grain in the disaster 
     reserve established in the Agricultural Act of 1970 shall not 
     exceed 20 million bushels: Provided further, That the entire 
     amount shall be available only to the extent an official 
     budget request, that includes designation of the entire 
     amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined 
     in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the 
     Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is 
     designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
     to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of such Act.

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service


               Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations

       For an additional amount for ``Watershed and Flood 
     Prevention Operations'' to repair damages to the waterways 
     and watersheds, including debris removal that would not be 
     authorized under the Emergency Watershed Program, resulting 
     from flooding and other natural disasters, including those in 
     prior years, $171,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That the entire amount shall be available 
     only to the extent an official budget request for 
     $171,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount 
     of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
     amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: 
     Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of such Act: Provided further, That if the 
     Secretary determines that the cost of land and farm 
     structures restoration exceeds the fair market value of an 
     affected agricultural land, the Secretary may use sufficient 
     amounts, not to exceed $20,000,000, from funds provided under 
     this heading to accept bids from willing sellers to provide 
     floodplain easements for such cropland inundated by floods.

                         Rural Housing Service


              Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account

       For an additional amount for ``Rural Housing Insurance Fund 
     Program Account'', $250,000, for the cost of section 515 
     direct loans, including

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     the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for emergency expenses 
     resulting from flooding and other natural disasters, to 
     remain available until September 30, 1998: Provided, That the 
     entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
     amended.
       Any unobligated balances remaining in the Rural Housing 
     Insurance Fund program account from prior years' disaster 
     supplementals shall be available until expended for Section 
     502 housing loans, Section 504 loans and grants, and Section 
     515 loans to meet emergency needs resulting from natural 
     disasters: Provided, That such unobligated balances shall be 
     available only to the extent an official budget request that 
     includes designation of the entire amount of the request as 
     an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is transmitted by 
     the President to the Congress: Provided further, That such 
     unobligated balances are designated by Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of 
     such Act.


                    Rural Housing Assistance Program

       For an additional amount for ``Rural Housing Assistance 
     Program'', for emergency expenses resulting from flooding and 
     other natural disasters, $4,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 1998, for very low-income housing repair 
     grants and domestic farm labor grants: Provided, That the 
     entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an 
     official budget request for $4,000,000, that includes 
     designation of the entire amount of the request as an 
     emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is 
     transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided 
     further, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as 
     an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended: Provided further, That funds made available 
     in Public Law 104-180 for Community Facility Grants for the 
     Rural Housing Assistance Program may be provided to any 
     community otherwise eligible for a Community Facility Loan 
     for expenses directly or indirectly resulting from flooding 
     and other natural disasters.

                        Rural Utilities Service


                   Rural Utilities Assistance Program

       For an additional amount for ``Rural Utilities Assistance 
     Program'', for the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and 
     grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined in 
     section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for 
     emergency expenses resulting from flooding and other natural 
     disasters, $6,500,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 1998: Provided, That the entire amount shall be available 
     only to the extent that an official budget request for 
     $6,500,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of 
     the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
     amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: 
     Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                               CHAPTER 2

   SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND 
                            RELATED AGENCIES

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                  Economic Development Administration


                Economic Development Assistance Programs

       For an additional amount for ``Economic Development 
     Assistance Programs'' for emergency expenses from flooding 
     and other natural disasters, $54,700,000, to remain available 
     until expended, of which not more than $6,800,000 shall be 
     used for planning and technical assistance grants, and not 
     more than $2,900,000 shall be available for administrative 
     expenses: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


                  Operations, Research, and Facilities

       Within amounts available for ``Operations, Research and 
     Facilities'' for Satellite Observing Systems, not to exceed 
     $7,000,000 is available until expended to continue the salmon 
     fishing permit buyback program implemented under the 
     Northwest Economic Aid Package to provide disaster assistance 
     pursuant to section 312 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act: Provided, That the entire 
     amount shall be available only to the extent that an official 
     budget request for $7,000,000, that includes designation of 
     the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement 
     as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the 
     President to Congress: Provided further, That the entire 
     amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of such Act.


                              Construction

       For an additional amount for ``Construction'' for emergency 
     expenses resulting from flooding and other natural disasters, 
     $10,800,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended.

                               CHAPTER 3

              SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil


 Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, Arkansas, Illinois, 
       Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee

       For an additional amount for ``Flood Control, Mississippi 
     River and Tributaries, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, 
     Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee'' for 
     emergency expenses due to flooding and other natural 
     disasters, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as 
     an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) 
     of the Balanced Budget Emergency Act of 1985, as amended.


                  Operations and Maintenance, General

       For an additional amount for ``Operations and Maintenance, 
     General'' for emergency expenses due to flooding and other 
     natural disasters, $137,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That of the total appropriated, the 
     amount for eligible navigation projects which may be derived 
     from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund pursuant to Public Law 
     99-662, shall be derived from that fund: Provided further, 
     That the Secretary of the Army is directed to use from 
     available balances of the funds appropriated herein to 
     perform such emergency dredging and snagging and clearing of 
     the Truckee River, Nevada, and the San Joaquin River channel, 
     California, as the Secretary determines to be necessary as 
     the result of the January 1997 flooding in Nevada and 
     California; and dredging of shoaling which has occurred 
     downstream from the Federal Chena River Flood Control 
     Facility: Provided further, That the entire amount is 
     designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
     to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget Emergency 
     Act of 1985, as amended.


                 Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies

       For an additional amount for ``Flood Control and Coastal 
     Emergencies'' due to flooding and other natural disasters, 
     $390,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of 
     the Balanced Budget Emergency Act of 1985, as amended: 
     Provided further, That with $5,000,000 of the funds 
     appropriated herein, the Secretary of the Army is directed to 
     initiate and complete preconstruction engineering and design 
     and associated Environmental Impact Statement for an 
     emergency outlet from Devils Lake, North Dakota to the 
     Sheyenne River, at full Federal expense: Provided further, 
     That, of the funds appropriated under this paragraph, 
     $10,000,000 shall be used for the project consisting of 
     channel restoration and improvements on the James River 
     authorized by section 401(b) of the Water Resources 
     Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-662; 100 Stat. 4128) 
     if the Secretary of the Army determines that the need for 
     such restoration and improvements constitutes an emergency.

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                         Bureau of Reclamation


                       Operation and Maintenance

       For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance'', 
     $7,355,000, to remain available until expended, to repair 
     damage caused by floods and other natural disasters: 
     Provided, That of the total appropriated, the amount for 
     program activities that can be financed by the Reclamation 
     Fund shall be derived from that fund: Provided further, That 
     the entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
     amended.

                               CHAPTER 4

             SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management


                              Construction

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For an additional amount for ``Construction'' to repair 
     damage caused by floods and other natural disasters, 
     $4,796,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
     $4,403,000 is to be derived by transfer from unobligated 
     balances of funds, under the heading, ``Oregon and California 
     Grant Lands,'' made available as supplemental appropriations 
     in Public Law 104-134: Provided, That the entire amount is 
     designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
     to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.


                   Oregon and California Grant Lands

       For an additional amount for ``Oregon and California Grant 
     Lands'' to repair damage caused by floods and other natural 
     disasters, $2,694,000, to remain available until expended and 
     to be derived from unobligated balances of funds under the 
     heading, ``Oregon and California Grant Lands,'' made 
     available as supplemental appropriations in Public Law 104-
     134: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                       Fish and Wildlife Service


                          Resource Management

       For an additional amount for ``Resource Management'', 
     $8,350,000, of which $3,350,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 1998, is for fish replacement and for technical 
     assistance made necessary by floods and other natural 
     disasters and for restoration of public lands damaged by 
     fire, and of which $5,000,000, to remain

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     available until September 30, 1999, is for payments to 
     private landowners for the voluntary use of private land to 
     store water in restored wetlands: Provided, That the entire 
     amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.


                              Construction

       For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $91,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended, to repair damage caused 
     by floods and other natural disasters: Provided, That the 
     entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
     amended.


                            Land Acquisition

       For an additional amount for ``Land Acquisition'', 
     $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the cost-
     effective emergency acquisition of land and water rights 
     necessitated by floods and other natural disasters: Provided, 
     That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended.

                         National Park Service


                              Construction

        For an additional amount for ``Construction'' for 
     emergency expenses resulting from flooding and other natural 
     disasters, $187,321,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as 
     an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended: Provided further, That of this amount, 
     $30,000,000 shall be available only to the extent an official 
     budget request for a specific dollar amount, that includes 
     designation of the entire amount of the request as an 
     emergency requirement as defined in such Act, is transmitted 
     by the President to Congress, and upon certification by the 
     Secretary of the Interior to the President that a specific 
     amount of such funds is required for (1) repair or 
     replacement of concession use facilities at Yosemite National 
     Park if the Secretary determines, after consulting with the 
     Director of the Office of Management and Budget, that the 
     repair or replacement of those facilities cannot be postponed 
     until completion of an agreement with the Yosemite 
     Concessions Services Corporation or any responsible third 
     party to satisfy its repair or replacement obligations for 
     the facilities, or (2) the Federal portion, if any, of the 
     costs of repair or replacement of such concession use 
     facilities: Provided further, That nothing herein should be 
     construed as impairing in any way the rights of the United 
     States against the Yosemite Concession Services Corporation 
     or any other party or as relieving the Corporation or any 
     other party of its obligations to the United States: Provided 
     further, That prior to any final agreement by the Secretary 
     with the Corporation or any other party concerning its 
     obligation to repair or replace concession use facilities, 
     the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior shall certify 
     that the agreement fully satisfies the obligations of the 
     Corporation or third party: Provided further, That nothing 
     herein, or any payments, repairs, or replacements made by the 
     Corporation or a third party in fulfillment of the 
     Corporation's obligations to the United States to repair and 
     replace damaged facilities, shall create any possessory 
     interest for the Corporation or such third party in such 
     repaired or replaced facilities: Provided further, That any 
     payments made to the United States by the Corporation or a 
     third party for repair or replacement of concession use 
     facilities shall be deposited in the General Fund of the 
     Treasury or, where facilities are repaired or replaced by the 
     Corporation or any other third party, an equal amount of 
     appropriations for ``Construction'' shall be rescinded.

                    United States Geological Survey


                 Surveys, Investigations, and Research

       For an additional amount for ``Surveys, Investigations, and 
     Research'', $4,650,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 1998, to repair or replace damaged equipment and 
     facilities caused by floods and other natural disasters: 
     Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as 
     an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended.

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs


                      Operation of Indian Programs

       For an additional amount for ``Operation of Indian 
     Programs'', $14,317,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 1998 for emergency response activities, including 
     emergency school operations, heating costs, emergency welfare 
     assistance, and to repair and replace facilities and 
     resources damaged by snow, floods, and other natural 
     disasters: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.


                              Construction

       For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $6,249,000, 
     to remain available until expended, to make repairs caused by 
     floods and other natural disasters: Provided, That the entire 
     amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, funds appropriated herein and in Public Law 104-208 to 
     the Bureau of Indian Affairs for repair of the Wapato 
     irrigation project shall be made available on a 
     nonreimbursable basis.

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service


                         National Forest System

       For an additional amount for ``National Forest System'' for 
     emergency expenses resulting from flooding and other natural 
     disasters, $39,677,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as 
     an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended.


                    Reconstruction and Construction

       For an additional amount for ``Reconstruction and 
     Construction'' for emergency expenses resulting from flooding 
     and other natural disasters, $27,685,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is 
     designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
     to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                         Indian Health Service


                         INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

       For an additional amount for ``Indian Health Services'' for 
     emergency expenses resulting from flooding and other natural 
     disasters, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as 
     an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended.


                        INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

       For an additional amount for ``Indian Health Facilities'' 
     for emergency expenses resulting from flooding and other 
     natural disasters, $2,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                               CHAPTER 5

          SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                     Federal Highway Administration

                          federal-aid highways


                        emergency relief program

                          (Highway Trust Fund)

       For an additional amount for the Emergency Relief Program 
     for emergency expenses resulting from flooding and other 
     disasters, as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 125, $650,000,000, to 
     be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain 
     available until expended, of which $374,000,000 shall be 
     available only to the extent an official budget request for a 
     specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the 
     entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as 
     defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
     Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to 
     the Congress: Provided, That the entire amount is designated 
     by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That 23 
     U.S.C. 125(b)(1) shall not apply to projects relating to the 
     December 1996 and 1997 flooding.

                    Federal Railroad Administration


              Emergency Railroad Rehabilitation and Repair

       For necessary expenses to repair and rebuild freight rail 
     lines of regional and short line railroads damaged by the 
     floods in September 1996, and in March and April 1997, 
     $24,000,000, to be awarded subject to the discretion of the 
     Secretary on a case-by-case basis: Provided, That funds 
     provided under this head shall be available for 
     rehabilitation of railroad rights-of-way, bridges, and other 
     facilities which are part of the general railroad system of 
     transportation, and primarily used by railroads to move 
     freight traffic: Provided further, That railroad rights-of-
     way, bridges, and other facilities owned by class I 
     railroads, passenger railroads, or by tourist, scenic, or 
     historic railroads are not eligible for funding under this 
     section: Provided further, That these funds shall be 
     available only to the extent an official budget request, for 
     a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the 
     entire amount as an emergency requirement as defined in the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
     amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: 
     Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That all 
     funds made available under this head are to remain available 
     until September 30, 1997.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                  National Transportation Safety Board


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'' for 
     emergency expenses resulting from the crash of TWA Flight 
     800, and for assistance to families of victims of aviation 
     accidents as authorized by Public Law 104-264, $14,100,000: 
     Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as 
     an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) 
     of the Balanced Budget Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 
     as amended.

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                               CHAPTER 6

           SUBCOMMITTEE ON VA, HUD, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                   Community Planning and Development


                COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS FUND

       For an additional amount for ``Community development block 
     grants fund'' as authorized under title I of the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1974, $500,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2000 for emergency expenses 
     resulting from the flooding in the upper Midwest and other 
     disasters in fiscal year 1997 and such natural disasters 
     designated 30 days prior to the start of fiscal year 1997, so 
     long as the emergency expenses are for those community 
     development activities related to recovery efforts and for 
     immediate recovery needs not reimbursable by the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency: Provided, That in administering 
     these amounts, the Secretary may waive, or specify 
     alternative requirements for, any provision of any statute or 
     regulation that the Secretary administers in connection with 
     the obligation by the Secretary or the use by the recipient 
     of these funds, except for statutory requirements related to 
     civil rights, fair housing and nondiscrimination, the 
     environment, and labor standards, upon a finding that such 
     waiver is required to facilitate the use of such funds, and 
     would not be inconsistent with the overall purpose of the 
     statute: Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban Development shall publish a notice in the Federal 
     Register governing the use of community development block 
     grant funds in conjunction with any program administered by 
     the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for 
     buyouts for structures in disaster areas: Provided further, 
     That for any funds under this head used for buyouts in 
     conjunction with any program administered by the Director of 
     the Federal Emergency Management Agency, each state or unit 
     of general local government requesting funds from the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for buyouts shall 
     submit a plan to the Secretary which must be approved by the 
     Secretary as consistent with the requirements of this 
     program: Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban Development and the Director of the Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency shall submit quarterly reports to the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations on all disbursement 
     and use of funds for or associated with buyouts: Provided 
     further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress 
     as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                           INDEPENDENT AGENCY

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

                            disaster relief

       For an additional amount for ``Disaster Relief'', 
     $3,100,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of 
     such Act: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
     under this heading, $2,100,000,000 shall not become available 
     until the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
     submits to the Congress a legislative proposal to control 
     disaster relief expenditures including the elimination of 
     funding for certain revenue producing facilities: Provided 
     further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
     up to $20,000,000 may be transferred to the Disaster 
     Assistance Direct Loan Program for the cost of direct loans 
     as authorized under section 417 of the Robert T. Stafford 
     Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 
     et seq.): Provided further, That such transfer may be made to 
     subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of 
     direct loans not to exceed $21,000,000 under section 417 of 
     the Stafford Act: Provided further, That any such transfer of 
     funds shall be made only upon certification by the Director 
     of the Federal emergency Management Agency that all 
     requirements of section 417 of the Stafford Act will be 
     complied with: Provided further, That the entire amount of 
     the preceding proviso shall be available only to the extent 
     that an official budget request for a specific dollar amount, 
     that includes designation of the entire amount of the request 
     as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is 
     transmitted by the President to Congress: Provided further, 
     That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended.

                               CHAPTER 7

 SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
                            RELATED AGENCIES

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                        Office of the Secretary


            PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND

       For expenses necessary to support research on environmental 
     risk factors associated with breast cancer, $15,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 
     shall award such funds on a competitive basis: Provided 
     further, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as 
     an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended.

                     TITLE III--OTHER SUPPLEMENTALS

                               CHAPTER 1

  SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                          Farm Service Agency


           AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       For an additional amount for the ``Agricultural Credit 
     Insurance Fund Program Account'' for the additional cost of 
     direct operating loans authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928-1929, 
     including the cost of modifying such loans as defined in 
     section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
     $12,600,000, to remain available until expended.

                       Food and Consumer Service


Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children 
                                 (WIC)

       For an additional amount for the ``Special Supplemental 
     Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)'' as 
     authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 
     as amended (42 U.S.C. et seq.), $58,000,000, to remain 
     available through September 30, 1998: Provided, That the 
     Secretary shall allocate such funds through the existing 
     formula or, notwithstanding sections 17 (g), (h), or (i) of 
     such Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder, such 
     other means as the Secretary deems necessary.

                               CHAPTER 2

   SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND 
                            RELATED AGENCIES

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

              International Organizations and Conferences


              CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

       For an additional amount for ``Contributions to 
     International Organizations'', $100,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, for payment of United States 
     arrearages owed to the United Nations: Provided, That none of 
     the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
     Act for payment of United States arrearages to the United 
     Nations may be obligated or expended unless such obligation 
     or expenditure is expressly authorized by the enactment of a 
     subsequent Act.

                               CHAPTER 3

                SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

                          DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

              Federal Payment to the District of Columbia

       For an additional amount to the District of Columbia for 
     the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, $31,150,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 1998, and which shall be 
     deposited into an escrow account of the District of Columbia 
     Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, 
     pursuant to section 205 of Public Law 104-8 (109 Stat. 131), 
     and shall be disbursed from such escrow account pursuant to 
     the instructions of the Authority, and in accordance with a 
     plan approved by the Authority: Provided, That $22,350,000 
     shall be used to carry out a program of school facility 
     emergency repair of public schools located in the District of 
     Columbia, and $8,800,000 shall be used for pay raises within 
     the Metropolitan Police Department.

                          Division of Expenses


                       Public Safety and Justice

       For an additional amount for public safety, $8,800,000, 
     which shall be deposited into an escrow account of the 
     District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
     Assistance Authority, pursuant to section 205 of Public Law 
     104-8 (109 Stat. 131), and shall be disbursed from such 
     escrow account pursuant to the instructions of the Authority, 
     and in accordance with a plan approved by the Authority: 
     Provided, That $8,800,000 shall be used for pay raises within 
     the Metropolitan Police Department.

                             capital outlay

       For an additional amount for capital outlay for the fiscal 
     year ending September 30, 1997, $22,350,000, which shall be 
     deposited into an escrow account of the District of Columbia 
     Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, 
     pursuant to section 205 of Public Law 104-8 (109 Stat. 131), 
     and shall be disbursed from such escrow account pursuant to 
     the instructions of the Authority, and in accordance with a 
     plan approved by the Authority: Provided, That this amount 
     shall be used to carry out a program of school facility 
     emergency repair of public schools located in the District of 
     Columbia.

                           General Provision

       Funds provided under this chapter shall be deemed to be 
     grants for the purposes of Section 141 of Public Law 104-194 
     (110 Stat. 2374), the District of Columbia Appropriations 
     Act, 1997.

                               CHAPTER 4

             SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                         National Park Service


                              Construction

       For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $10,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended, to make repairs, 
     construct facilities, and provide visitor transportation and 
     for related purposes at Yosemite National Park.

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                               CHAPTER 5

                 SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

                        CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

                                 SENATE

                   Contingent Expenses of the Senate


                        Secretary of the Senate

                          (Transfer of funds)

       For an additional amount for expenses of the ``Office of 
     the Secretary of the Senate'', to carry out the provisions of 
     section 8 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997, 
     $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000, to 
     be derived by transfer from funds previously appropriated 
     from fiscal year 1997 funds under the heading ``SENATE'', 
     subject to the approval of the Committee on Appropriations.

                               CHAPTER 6

          SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                              Coast Guard


                           OPERATING EXPENSES

       For an additional amount for ``Operating Expenses'', 
     $6,473,000, for necessary expenses directly related to 
     support activities in the TWA Flight 800 crash investigation, 
     to remain available until expended.


                              Retired Pay

       For an additional amount for ``Retired Pay'', $4,200,000.

                    Federal Aviation Administration


                       Grants-in-Aid for Airports

       For an additional amount for ``Grants-in-aid for 
     Airports'', $15,520,000: Provided, That, the President may 
     make available funds for making grants to reimburse State and 
     local agencies for unanticipated disaster costs associated 
     with recovery, investigation, security, forensic and medical 
     examination of evidence, air support, and logistical support 
     efforts directly related to the 1996 TWA Flight 800 and 
     ValuJet Flight 592 tragedies: Provided further, That not to 
     exceed $12,420,000 shall be available under this provision 
     for reimbursement to State and local agencies for the TWA 
     Flight 800 tragedy: Provided further, That not to exceed 
     $3,100,000 shall be available under this provision for 
     reimbursement to State and local agencies for the ValuJet 
     Flight 592 tragedy.

                     Federal Highway Administration


                          FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (Highway Trust Fund)

       The limitation under this heading in Public Law 104-50 and 
     in Public Law 104-205 is increased by $933,193,000: Provided, 
     That such additional authority shall remain available during 
     fiscal year 1997: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, such additional authority shall be 
     distributed to ensure that States receive amounts that they 
     would have received had the Highway Trust Fund fiscal year 
     1994 income statement not been understated prior to the 
     revision on December 24, 1996; and that notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, an amount of obligational authority 
     in addition to the amount distributed above, shall be made 
     available by this Act and shall be distributed to assure that 
     States receive obligational authority that they would have 
     received had the Highway Trust Fund fiscal year 1995 income 
     statement not been revised on December 24, 1996: Provided 
     further, That such additional authority shall be distributed 
     to ensure that no State shall receive an amount in fiscal 
     year 1997 that is less than the amount a State received in 
     fiscal year 1996: Provided further, That $3,600,000 of the 
     additional allocation for Utah shall be utilized on planning, 
     preliminary engineering and design for projects critical to 
     the 2002 Winter Olympics: Provided further, That $450,000 of 
     the additional allocation for the State of New Mexico shall 
     be provided to continue the Santa Teresa border technologies 
     project: Provided further, That the additional amounts made 
     available to the State of Alabama shall be utilized for 
     right-of-way acquisition and construction of the Warrior Loop 
     project: Provided further, That $12,600,000 of the additional 
     allocation for the State of Kentucky shall be utilized to 
     complete the William H. Natcher Bridge in Maceo, Kentucky: 
     Provided further, That the additional amounts made available 
     to the State of California may be provided for a project to 
     repair or reconstruct any portion of a federal aid primary 
     route in San Mateo, California, which was destroyed as a 
     result of a combination of storms and a mountain slide in the 
     winter of 1982-1983: Provided further, That the additional 
     amounts made available in this paragraph for the State of 
     South Carolina shall be provided for the Highway 17 Cooper 
     River Bridges replacement project, Charleston, South 
     Carolina: Provided further, That $100,000 of the additional 
     allocation for the State of Iowa shall be provided for 
     planning and environmental work on the 86th Street Highway 
     Project in Polk County: Provided further, That $400,000 of 
     the additional allocation for the State of Illinois shall be 
     provided for costs associated with the replacement of 
     Gaumer's Bridge in Vermilion County, Illinois.

                               CHAPTER 7

            SUBCOMMITTEE ON TREASURY AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          Departmental Offices


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       For an additional amount under the heading ``Departmental 
     Offices, Salaries and Expenses'', $1,950,000: Provided, That 
     the Secretary of Treasury may utilize the law enforcement 
     services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of the State 
     of Colorado, the County of Denver, and the City of Denver, 
     with their consent, and shall reimburse the State of 
     Colorado, the County of Denver, and the City of Denver for 
     the utilization of such law enforcement services, personnel 
     (for salaries, overtime, and benefits), equipment, and 
     facilities for security arrangements for the Denver Summit of 
     Eight being held June 20 through June 22, 1997, in Denver, 
     Colorado.

                          U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

                   Payment to the Postal Service Fund

       For an additional amount for the Postal Service Fund for 
     revenue forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to 
     subsection (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States 
     Code, $5,383,000.

                               CHAPTER 8

           SUBCOMMITTEE ON VA, HUD, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                    Veterans Benefits Administration


                       Compensation and Pensions

       For an additional amount for ``Compensation and pensions'', 
     for unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, 
     $753,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                        Administrative Provision

       The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the 
     construction of a multi-story parking garage at the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Cleveland, 
     Ohio, in the amount of $12,300,000, and there is authorized 
     to be appropriated for fiscal year 1997 for the Parking 
     Revolving Fund account, a total of $12,300,000 for this 
     project.

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                            Housing Programs


               ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the 
     $1,000,000 appropriated for special purpose grants in Public 
     Law 102-139, for a parking garage in Ashland, Kentucky, 
     $500,000 shall be made available instead for use in acquiring 
     parking in Ashland, Kentucky and $500,000 shall be made 
     available instead for the restoration of the Paramount 
     Theater in Ashland, Kentucky.


   capacity building for community development and affordable housing

                          (transfer of funds)

       For capacity building for community development and 
     affordable housing, as authorized by section 4 of the HUD 
     Demonstration Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-120), $30,200,000, 
     to remain available until expended, and to be derived by 
     transfer from the Homeownership and Opportunity for People 
     Everywhere Grants account: Provided, That Habitat for 
     Humanity and Youthbuild participate under this section: 
     Provided further, That at least $10,000,000 of the funding 
     under this head be used in rural areas, including tribal 
     areas.

                     Management and Administration


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       Of the funds appropriated under this head in Public Law 
     104-204, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 
     make a grant of $1,500,000 to the National Academy of Public 
     Administration no later than June 15, 1997 for an evaluation 
     of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: Provided, 
     That the $1,500,000 shall be from salaries and expenses 
     designated for non-career Senior Executive Service and other 
     non-career personnel.

                               CHAPTER 9

 SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
                            RELATED AGENCIES

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

              Health Resources and Services Administration


               HEALTH EDUCATION ASSISTANCE LOANS PROGRAM

       Public Law 104-208, under the heading ``Health Education 
     Assistance Loans Program'' is amended by inserting after 
     ``$140,000,000'' the following: ``: Provided further, That 
     the Secretary may use up to $499,000 derived by transfer from 
     insurance premiums collected from guaranteed loans made under 
     Title VII of the Public Health Service Act for the purpose of 
     carrying out section 709 of that Act''.

                Administration for Children and Families


                   Job Opportunities and Basic Skills

                              (Rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, there is rescinded an amount equal to the total 
     of the funds within each State's limitation for fiscal year 
     1997 that are not necessary to pay such State's allowable 
     claims for such fiscal year.
       Section 403(k)(3)(F) of the Social Security Act (as in 
     effect on October 1, 1996) is amended by adding after the 
     ``,'' the following: ``reduced by an amount equal to the 
     total of those funds that are within each State's limitation 
     for fiscal year 1997 that are not necessary to pay such 
     State's allowable claims for such fiscal year (except that 
     such amount for such year shall be deemed to be 
     $1,000,000,000 for the purpose of determining the amount of 
     the payment under subsection (1) to which each State is 
     entitled),''.


                CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS

       Public Law 104-208, under the heading titled ``Children and 
     Families Services Programs'' is amended by inserting after 
     the reference to ``part B(1) of title IV'' the following: 
     ``and Section 1110''.

                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

                    Education for the Disadvantaged

       For additional amounts to carry out subpart 2 of part A of 
     title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
     1965, $198,176,000, of which $153,253,000 shall be for Basic 
     Grants and

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     $44,923,000 shall be for Concentration Grants, which shall be 
     allocated, notwithstanding any other provision of law, only 
     to those States, and counties within those States, that would 
     otherwise receive, from funds available under the Department 
     of Education Appropriations Act, 1997, smaller allocations 
     for Grants to Local Educational Agencies than they would have 
     received had those allocations been calculated entirely on 
     the basis of child poverty counts from the 1990 census: 
     Provided, That the Secretary of Education shall use these 
     additional funds to provide those States with the allocations 
     they would have received had the allocations under that 
     Appropriations Act been calculated entirely on the basis of 
     the 1990 census data: Provided further, That the Secretary 
     shall ratably reduce the allocations to states under the 
     preceding proviso for either Basic Grants or Concentration 
     Grants, or both, as the case may be, if the funds available 
     are insufficient to make those allocations in full: Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall allocate, to such counties 
     in each such State, additional amounts for Basic Grants and 
     Concentration Grants that are in the same proportion, 
     respectively, to the total amounts allocated to the State, as 
     the differences between such counties' initial allocations 
     for Basic Grants and Concentration Grants, respectively 
     (compared to what they would have received had the initial 
     allocations been calculated entirely on the basis of 1990 
     census data), are to the differences between the State's 
     initial allocations for Basic Grants and Concentration 
     Grants, respectively (compared to the amounts the State would 
     have received had the initial allocations been calculated 
     entirely on the basis of 1990 census data): Provided further, 
     That the funds appropriated under this paragraph shall become 
     available on October 1, 1997 and shall remain available 
     through September 30, 1998, for academic year 1997-98: 
     Provided further, That the additional amounts appropriated 
     under this paragraph shall not be taken into account in 
     determining State allocations under any other program 
     administered by the Secretary.
       Public Law 104-208, under the heading titled ``Education 
     For the Disadvantaged'' is amended by striking 
     ``$1,298,386,000'' and inserting ``$713,386,000'' in lieu 
     thereof.

                               CHAPTER 10

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 301. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 302. Of the funds currently contained within the 
     ``Counterterrorism Fund'' of the Department of Justice, 
     $3,000,000 is provided for allocation by the Attorney General 
     to the appropriate unit or units of government in Ogden, 
     Utah, for necessary expenses, including enhancements and 
     upgrade of security and communications infrastructure, to 
     counter any potential terrorism threat related to the 2002 
     Winter Olympic games to be held in Utah.
       Sec. 303. None of the funds made available in any 
     appropriations Act for fiscal year 1997 may be used by the 
     Department of Commerce to make irreversible plans or 
     preparation for the use of sampling or any other statistical 
     method (including any statistical adjustment) in taking the 
     2000 decennial census of population for purposes of the 
     apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the 
     States.
       Sec. 304. Section 5803 of Public Law 104-208 (110 Stat. 
     3009-522) is hereby repealed.
       Sec. 305. Delaware River Basin Commission; Susquehanna 
     River Basin Commission.--The Secretary of the Interior or his 
     designee shall serve as the alternate member of the 
     Susquehanna River Basin Commission appointed under the 
     Susquehanna River Basin Compact (Public Law 91-575) and the 
     alternate member of the Delaware River Basin Commission 
     appointed under the Delaware River Basin Compact (Public Law 
     87-328).
       Sec. 306. Section 2.2 of Public Law 87-328 (75 Stat. 688, 
     691) is amended by striking the words ``during the term of 
     office of the President'' and inserting ``at the pleasure of 
     the President''.
       Sec. 307. Section 101(c) of Public Law 104-134 is amended 
     as follows: Under the heading ``Title III--General 
     Provisions'' amend sections 315(c)(1)(A) and 315(c)(1)(B) by 
     striking in each of those sections ``104%'' and inserting in 
     lieu thereof ``100%''; by striking in each of those sections 
     ``1995'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``1994''; and by 
     striking in each of those sections ``and thereafter annually 
     adjusted upward by 4%,''.
       Sec. 308. Section 101(d) of Public Law 104-208 is amended 
     as follows: Under the heading ``Administrative Provisions, 
     Indian Health Service'' strike the seventh proviso and insert 
     the following in lieu thereof: ``: Provided further, That 
     with respect to functions transferred by the Indian Health 
     Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the Indian Health 
     Service is authorized to provide goods and services to those 
     entities, on a reimbursable basis, including payment in 
     advance with subsequent adjustment, and the reimbursements 
     received therefrom, along with the funds received from those 
     entities pursuant to the Indian Self Determination Act, may 
     be credited to the same or subsequent appropriation account 
     which provided the funding, said amounts to remain available 
     until expended''.
       Sec. 309. No funds provided by this Act, an Act making 
     Appropriations for the Department of Defense for Fiscal Year 
     1997 (Public Law 104-208), any other Act making 
     appropriations for any agency of the Federal Government for 
     Fiscal Year 1997, or any other Act hereafter enacted may be 
     used by any agency of the Federal Government to promulgate or 
     implement any rule, regulation, policy, statement, or 
     directive issued after October 1, 1993 regarding the 
     recognition, validity, or management of any right of way 
     established pursuant to Revised Statutes 2477 (43 U.S.C. 
     932).

     SEC. 310. COMPLIANCE WITH THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973 
                   IN CONNECTION WITH FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS.

       (a) Consultation and Conferencing.--As provided by 
     regulations issued under the Endangered Species Act (16 
     U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) for emergency situations, formal 
     consultation or conferencing under section 7(a)(2) or section 
     7(a)(4) of the Act for any action authorized, funded or 
     carried out by any Federal agency to repair a Federal or non-
     Federal flood control project, facility or structure may be 
     deferred by the Federal agency authorizing, funding or 
     carrying out the action, if the agency determines that the 
     repair is needed to respond to an emergency causing an 
     imminent threat to human lives and property in 1996 or 1997. 
     Formal consultation or conferencing shall be deferred until 
     the imminent threat to human lives and property has been 
     abated. For purposes of this section, the term repair shall 
     include preventive and remedial measures to restore the 
     project, facility or structure to remove an imminent threat 
     to human lives and property.
       (b) Reasonable and Prudent Measures.--Any reasonable and 
     prudent measures specified under section 7 of the Endangered 
     Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1536) to minimize the impact of an 
     action taken under this section shall be related both in 
     nature and extent to the effect of the action taken to repair 
     the flood control project, facility or structure.
       Sec. 311. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     fiscal year 1995 funds awarded under State-administered 
     programs of the Department of Education and funds awarded for 
     fiscal year 1996 for State-administered programs under the 
     Rehabilitation Act of the Department of Education to 
     recipients in Presidentially declared disaster areas are 
     available to those recipients for obligation until September 
     30, 1998: Provided, That for the purposes of assisting those 
     recipients, the Secretary's waiver authority under section 
     14401 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
     shall be extended to all State-administered programs of the 
     Department of Education. This special waiver authority 
     applies only to funds awarded for fiscal years 1995, 1996 and 
     1997.
       Sec. 312. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of Education may waive or modify any statutory or 
     regulatory provision applicable to the student financial aid 
     programs under title IV of said Act that the Secretary deems 
     necessary to assist individuals and other program 
     participants who suffered financial harm from natural 
     disasters and who, at the time the disaster struck were 
     operating, residing, attending an institution of higher 
     education, or employed within these areas on the date which, 
     the President declared the existence of a major disaster (or, 
     in the case of an individual who is a dependent student, 
     whose parent or stepparent suffered financial harm from such 
     disaster, and who resided, or was employed in such an area at 
     that time): Provided further, That such authority shall be in 
     effect only for awards for award year 1997-1998.
       Sec. 313. None of the funds provided in this Act or in any 
     other Act making appropriations for fiscal year 1997 may be 
     used to administer or implement in Denver, Colorado, the 
     Medicare Competitive Pricing/Open Enrollment Demonstration, 
     as titled in the April 1, 1997, Final Request for Proposals 
     (RFP).
       Sec. 314. Section 105(f) of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61-1(f) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following: ``The limitation on the 
     minimum rate of gross compensation under this subsection 
     shall not apply to any member or civilian employee of the 
     Capitol Police whose compensation is disbursed by the 
     Secretary of the Senate.''.
       Sec. 315. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
     regulation, with the approval of the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms and 
     Doorkeeper of the Senate is authorized to provide additional 
     facilities, services, equipment, and office space for use by 
     a Senator in that Senator's State in connection with a 
     disaster or emergency declared by the President under the 
     Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
     Act. Expenses incurred by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper 
     of the Senate under this section shall be paid from the 
     appropriation account, within the contingent fund of the 
     Senate, for expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms 
     and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon vouchers signed by the 
     Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate with the 
     approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
     Senate.
       (b) This section is effective on and after the date of 
     enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 316. Title I of the Department of Transportation and 
     Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-
     205) is amended under the heading ``Federal Transit 
     Administration--Discretionary Grants'' by striking 
     ``$661,000,000'' and inserting ``$661,000''.
       Sec. 317. Section 325 of Title III of the Department of 
     Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 
     (Public Law 104-205) is amended by deleting all text 
     following ``Provided, That such funds shall not be subject to 
     the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways and 
     highway safety construction.''.
       Sec. 318. Section 410(j) of title 23, United States Code, 
     is amended by striking the period after ``1997'' and 
     inserting ``, and an additional $500,000 for fiscal year 
     1997.''.
       Sec. 319. Section 45301(a)(1) of title 49, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking ``that neither take off from, 
     nor land in, the United States.'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof: ``or general aviation aircraft that neither take off 
     from, nor land in, the United States except that such fees 
     shall not be imposed on overflights operated by citizens of a 
     country contiguous to the United States if (A) both the 
     origin and destination

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     of such flights are within that other contiguous country and 
     (B) that same country exempts similar categories of flights 
     operated by citizens of the United States.''.
       Sec. 320. The Administrator of General Services is 
     authorized to obligate the funds appropriated in Public Law 
     104-208 for construction of the Montgomery, Alabama 
     courthouse.
       Sec. 321. Restriction on Funds Used to Enforce Electronic 
     Funds Tax Transfer System.--None of the funds made available 
     by this Act or any other Act may be used to impose or collect 
     any penalty under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which is 
     imposed solely by reason of a failure to use the electronic 
     fund transfer system established under section 6302(h) of 
     such Code if such failure--
       (1) is by a person which is first required to use such 
     system by reason of clause (i)(IV) or (ii)(IV) of section 
     6302(h)(2)(C) of such Code, and
       (2) occurs during the period beginning on July 1, 1997, and 
     ending on December 31, 1997.
       Sec. 322. Section 1555 of the Federal Acquisition 
     Streamlining Act of 1994, Public Law 103-355, is repealed 
     effective the date of the enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 323. Public Notice of Contracting by HUD.--The 
     Secretary shall publish quarterly in the Federal Register a 
     list of all contracts and task orders issued under such 
     contracts in excess of $250,000 which were entered into 
     during the quarter by the Secretary, the Government National 
     Mortgage Association, and the Office of Federal Housing 
     Enterprise Oversight (or by any officer of the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development, the Government National 
     Mortgage Association, or the Office of Federal Housing 
     Enterprise Oversight acting in his or her capacity to 
     represent the Secretary or these entities). Each listing 
     shall identify the parties to the contract, the term and 
     amount of the contract and the subject matter and 
     responsibilities of the parties to the contract.
       Sec. 324. Section 8 Notice Provision.--Section 8(c)(9) of 
     the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended by striking 
     out ``Not less than one year prior to terminating any 
     contract'' and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ``Not 
     less than 120 days prior to terminating any contract''.
       Sec. 325. The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     shall--
       (1) make available under section 2604(g) of the Low-Income 
     Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8623(g)), 
     $45,000,000 in assistance described in such Act to victims of 
     flooding and other natural disasters for the fiscal year 
     1997; and
       (2) make the assistance available from funds appropriated 
     to carry out such Act prior to the date of enactment of this 
     section.
       Sec. 326. The funds appropriated in Public Law 104-204 to 
     the Environmental Protection Agency under the State and 
     Tribal Assistance Grants Account for grants to States and 
     federally recognized tribes for multi-media or single media 
     pollution prevention, control and abatement and related 
     activities, $674,207,000, may also be used for the direct 
     implementation by the Federal Government of a program 
     required by law in the absence of an acceptable State or 
     tribal program.
       Sec. 327. After the period for filing claims pursuant to 
     the Uniform Relocation Act is closed, and from amounts 
     previously appropriated for the Center for Ecology Research 
     and Training (CERT), the Environmental Protection Agency 
     (EPA) shall obligate the maximum amount of funds necessary to 
     settle all outstanding CERT-related claims against it. To the 
     extent that unobligated balances remain from such amounts 
     previously appropriated, EPA is authorized beginning in 
     fiscal year 1997 to make grants of such funds to the city of 
     Bay City, Michigan, for the purpose of EPA-approved 
     environmental remediation and rehabilitation of publicly 
     owned real property included in the boundaries of the CERT 
     project.
       Sec. 328. None of the funds made available in the Foreign 
     Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs, 1997 (as 
     contained in Public Law 104-208) may be made available for 
     assistance to Uruguay unless the Secretary of State certifies 
     to the Committees on Appropriations that all cases involving 
     seizure of United States business assets have been resolved.
       Sec. 329. Expanding Small Business Participation in 
     Dredging.--Section 722(a) of the Small Business 
     Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 
     644 note) is amended by striking ``September 30, 1996'' and 
     inserting ``September 30, 1997''.

     SEC. 330. COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ON 
                   PRICES RECEIVED FOR BULK CHEESE.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
     collect and disseminate, on a weekly basis, statistically 
     reliable information, obtained from cheese manufacturing 
     areas in the United States on prices received and terms of 
     trade involving bulk cheese, including information on the 
     national average price for bulk cheese sold through spot and 
     forward contract transactions. To the maximum extent 
     practicable, the Secretary shall report the prices and terms 
     of trade for spot and forward contract transactions 
     separately.
       (b) Confidentiality.--All information provided to, or 
     acquired by, the Secretary under subsection (a) shall be kept 
     confidential by each officer and employee of the Department 
     of Agriculture except that general weekly statements may be 
     issued that are based on the information and that do not 
     identify the information provided by any person.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 150 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall report to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, and the Committee on 
     Appropriations, of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and the 
     Committee on Appropriations, of the Senate, on the rate of 
     reporting compliance by cheese manufacturers with respect to 
     the information collected under subsection (a). At the time 
     of the report, the Secretary may submit legislative 
     recommendations to improve the rate of reporting compliance.
       (d) Termination of Effectiveness.--The authority provided 
     by subsection (a) terminates effective April 5, 1999.
       Sec. 331. The first sentence of section 542(c)(4) of the 
     Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 is amended by 
     striking out ``on not more than 12,000 units during fiscal 
     year 1996'' and inserting in lieu thereof: ``on not more than 
     12,000 units during fiscal year 1996 and not more than an 
     additional 7,500 units during fiscal year 1997''.
       Sec. 332. Section 45301(b)(1)(A) of title 49, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting before the semicolon ``and at 
     least $50,000,000 in fiscal year 1998 and every year 
     thereafter''.

     SEC. 333. MICHAEL GILLICK CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) during the period from 1980 to 1988, Ocean County, New 
     Jersey, had a significantly higher rate of childhood cancer 
     than the rest of the United States, including a rate of brain 
     and central nervous system cancer that was nearly 70 percent 
     above the rate of other States;
       (2) during the period from 1979 to 1991--
       (A) there were 230 cases of childhood cancer in Ocean 
     County, of which 56 cases were in Dover Township, and of 
     those 14 were in Toms River alone;
       (B) the rate of brain and central nervous system cancer of 
     children under 20 in Toms River was 3 times higher than 
     expected, and among children under 5 was 7 times higher than 
     expected; and
       (C) Dover Township, which would have had a nearly normal 
     cancer rate if Toms River was excluded, had a 49 percent 
     higher cancer rate than the rest of the State and an 80 
     percent higher leukemia rate than the rest of the State; and
       (3)(A) according to New Jersey State averages, a population 
     the size of Toms River should have 1.6 children under age 19 
     with cancer; and
       (B) Toms River currently has 5 children under the age of 19 
     with cancer.
       (b) Study.--
       (1) In general.--The Administrator of the Agency for Toxic 
     Substances and Disease Registry shall conduct dose-
     reconstruction modeling and an epidemiological study of 
     childhood cancer in Dover Township, New Jersey, which may 
     also include the high incidence of neuroblastomas in Ocean 
     County, New Jersey.
       (2) Grant to new jersey.--The Administrator may make 1 or 
     more grants to the State of New Jersey to carry out paragraph 
     (1).
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this Act $6,000,000 for 
     fiscal years 1998 through 2000.
       Sec. 334. Section 101 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act 
     of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1371) is amended by adding at the end 
     thereof the following:
       ``(d) Good Samaritan Exemption.--It shall not be a 
     violation of this Act to take a marine mammal if--
       ``(1) such taking is imminently necessary to avoid serious 
     injury, additional injury, or death to a marine mammal 
     entangled in fishing gear or debris;
       ``(2) reasonable care is taken to ensure the safe release 
     of the marine mammal, taking into consideration the 
     equipment, expertise, and conditions at hand;
       ``(3) reasonable care is exercised to prevent any further 
     injury to the marine mammal; and
       ``(4) such taking is reported to the Secretary within 48 
     hours.''.

     SEC. 335. EMERGENCY USE OF CHILD CARE FUNDS.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, during the period beginning on April 30, 1997, an ending 
     on July 30, 1997, the Governors of the States described in 
     paragraph (1) of subsection (b) may, subject to subsection 
     (c), use amounts received for the provision of child care 
     assistance or services under the Child Care and Development 
     Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9801 et seq.) and under 
     part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 
     et seq.) to provide emergency child care services to 
     individuals described in paragraph (2) of subsection (b).
       (b) Eligibility.--
       (1) Of states.--A State described in this paragraph is a 
     State in which the President, pursuant to section 401 of the 
     Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), has determined that a major disaster 
     exists, or that an area within the State is determined to be 
     eligible for disaster relief under other Federal law by 
     reason of damage related to flooding in 1997.
       (2) Of individuals.--An individual described in this 
     subsection is an individual who--
       (A) resides within any area in which the President, 
     pursuant to section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), has 
     determined that a major disaster exists, or within an area 
     determined to be eligible for disaster relief under other 
     Federal law by reason of damage related to flooding in 1997; 
     and
       (B) is involved in unpaid work activities (including the 
     cleaning, repair, restoration, and rebuilding of homes, 
     businesses, and schools) resulting from the flood emergency 
     described in subparagraph (A).
       (c) Limitations.--
       (1) Requirements.--With respect to assistance provided to 
     individuals under this section, the quality, certification 
     and licensure, health and safety, nondiscrimination, and 
     other requirements applicable under the Federal programs 
     referred to in subsection (a) shall apply to

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     child care provided or obtained under this section.
       (2) Amount of funds.--The total amount utilized by each of 
     the States under subsection (a) during the period referred to 
     in such subsection shall not exceed the total amount of such 
     assistance that, notwithstanding the enactment of this 
     section, would otherwise have been expended by each such 
     State in the affected region during such period.
       (d) Priority.--In making assistance available under this 
     section, the Governors described in subsection (a) shall give 
     priority to eligible individuals who do not have access to 
     income, assets, or resources as a direct result of the 
     flooding referred to in subsection (b)(2)(A).

     SEC. 336. RELIEF TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS FOR FLOODING LOSS 
                   CAUSED BY DAM ON LAKE REDROCK, IOWA.

       (a) Eligibility.--To be eligible for assistance under this 
     section, an agricultural producer must--
       (1)(A) be an owner or operator of land who granted an 
     easement to the Federal Government for flooding losses to the 
     land caused by water retention at the dam site at Lake 
     Redrock, Iowa; or
       (B) have been an owner or operator of land that was 
     condemned by the Federal Government because of flooding of 
     the land caused by water retention at the dam site at Lake 
     Redrock, Iowa; and
       (2) have incurred losses that exceed the estimates of the 
     Secretary of the Army provided to the producer as part of the 
     granting of the easement or as part of the condemnation.
       (b) Compensation.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of 
     the Army shall compensate an eligible producer described in 
     subsection (a) for flooding losses to the land of the 
     producer described in subsection (a)(2) in an amount 
     determined by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.
       (2) Reduction.--If the Secretary maintains a water 
     retention rate at the dam site at Lake Redrock, Iowa, of--
       (A) less than 769 feet, the amount of compensation provided 
     to a producer under paragraph (1) shall be reduced by 10 
     percent;
       (B) not less than 769 feet and not more than 772 feet, the 
     amount of compensation provided to a producer under paragraph 
     (1) shall be reduced by 7 percent; and
       (C) more than 772 feet, the amount of compensation provided 
     to a producer under paragraph (1) shall be reduced by 3 
     percent.
       (c) Crop Years.--This section shall apply to flooding 
     losses to the land of a producer described in subsection 
     (a)(2) that are incurred during the 1997 and subsequent crop 
     years.

                TITLE IV--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFSETS

                    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY

                           MILITARY PERSONNEL

                        Military Personnel, Army


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $46,000,000 are rescinded.

                        Military Personnel, Navy


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $11,000,000 are rescinded.

                    Military Personnel, Marine Corps


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $5,000,000 are rescinded.

                     Military Personnel, Air Force


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $15,000,000 are rescinded.

                       OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

                    Operation and Maintenance, Army


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $174,000,000 are rescinded.

                    Operation and Maintenance, Navy


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $51,000,000 are rescinded.

                Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $17,000,000 are rescinded.

                  Operation and Maintenance, Air Force


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $117,000,000 are rescinded.

                Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $25,000,000 are rescinded.

                    Environmental Restoration, Army


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $250,000 are rescinded.

                    Environmental Restoration, Navy


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $250,000 are rescinded.

                  Environmental Restoration, Air Force


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $250,000 are rescinded.

                Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $250,000 are rescinded.

                  Former Soviet Union Threat Reduction


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $2,000,000 are rescinded.

                              PROCUREMENT

                       Aircraft Procurement, Army


                             (rescissions)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-335, $1,085,000 are rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $8,000,000 are rescinded.

                       Missile Procurement, Army


                             (rescissions)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-335, $2,707,000 are rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $71,000,000 are rescinded.

        Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army


                             (rescissions)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-335, $2,296,000 are rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $5,000,000 are rescinded.

                    Procurement of Ammunition, Army


                             (rescissions)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-335, $3,236,000 are rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-61, $14,000,000 are rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $11,000,000 are rescinded.

                        Other Procurement, Army


                             (rescissions)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-335, $2,502,000 are rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $21,000,000 are rescinded.

                       Aircraft Procurement, Navy


                             (rescissions)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-335, $34,000,000 are rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $28,000,000 are rescinded.

                       Weapons Procurement, Navy


                             (rescissions)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-335, $16,000,000 are rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $6,000,000 are rescinded.

            Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps


                             (rescissions)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-335, $812,000 are rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-61, $4,000,000 are rescinded.

                   Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy


                             (rescissions)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 102-396, $10,000,000 are rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $33,000,000 are rescinded.

                        Other Procurement, Navy


                             (rescissions)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-335, $4,237,000 are rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-61, $3,000,000 are rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $8,000,000 are rescinded.

                       Procurement, Marine Corps


                             (rescissions)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-335, $1,207,000 are rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-61, $4,000,000 are rescinded.

                    Aircraft Procurement, Air Force


                             (rescissions)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-335, $33,650,000 are rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-61, $40,000,000 are rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $41,000,000 are rescinded.

                     Missile Procurement, Air Force


                             (rescissions)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-335, $7,195,000 are rescinded.

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       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $186,000,000 are rescinded.

                      Other Procurement, Air Force


                             (rescissions)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-335, $3,659,000 are rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-61, $10,000,000 are rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $7,000,000 are rescinded.

                       Procurement, Defense-Wide


                             (rescissions)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-335, $4,860,000 are rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $5,000,000 are rescinded.

                  National Guard and Reserve Equipment


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-335, $5,029,000 are rescinded.

               RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION

            Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army


                             (rescissions)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-61, $4,366,000 are rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $10,000,000 are rescinded.

            Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy


                             (rescissions)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-61, $14,978,000 are rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $21,000,000 are rescinded.

         Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force


                             (rescissions)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-61, $28,396,000 are rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $122,000,000 are rescinded.

        Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide


                             (rescissions)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-61, $81,090,000 are rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $95,000,000 are rescinded.

               Developmental Test and Evaluation, Defense


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-61, $890,000 are rescinded.

                Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-61, $160,000 are rescinded.

                     REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS

                     National Defense Sealift Fund


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $35,000,000 are rescinded.

                  OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS

           Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense


                             (rescissions)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-335, $456,000 are rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-61, $20,652,000 are rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $27,000,000 are rescinded.

         Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $2,000,000 are rescinded.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS


                             (rescissions)

       Sec. 401. Of the funds appropriated in the Military 
     Construction Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-32), 
     amounts are hereby rescinded from the following accounts in 
     the specified amounts:
       ``Military Construction, Air Force Reserve'', $5,000,000;
       ``Military Construction, Defense-wide'', $41,000,000;
       ``Base Realignment and Closure Account, Part II'', 
     $35,391,000;
       ``Base Realignment and Closure Account, Part III'', 
     $75,638,000;
       ``Base Realignment and Closure Account, Part IV'', 
     $22,971,000:

     Provided, That of the funds appropriated in the Military 
     Construction Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-196), 
     amounts are hereby rescinded from the following accounts in 
     the specified amounts:
       ``Military Construction, Army'', $1,000,000;
       ``Military Construction, Navy'', $2,000,000;
       ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $3,000,000;
       ``Military Construction, Defense-wide'', $49,000,000.
       Sec. 402. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1502(a) and 31 U.S.C. 
     1553(a), funds appropriated in Public Law 101-511, Public Law 
     102-396, and Public Law 103-139, under the heading ``Weapons 
     Procurement, Navy'', that were obligated and expended to 
     settle claims on the MK-50 torpedo program may continue to be 
     obligated and expended to settle those claims.
       Sec. 403. None of the funds available to the Department of 
     Defense in this or any other Act shall be available to pay 
     the cost of operating a National Missile Defense Joint 
     Program Office which includes more than 55 military and 
     civilian personnel located in the National Capital Region.
       Sec. 404. Funds obligated by the National Aeronautics and 
     Space Administration (NASA) in the amount of $76,900,000 
     during fiscal years 1994 and 1995, and in the amount of 
     $61,300,000 during fiscal year 1996, pursuant to the 
     ``Memorandum of Agreement between the National Aeronautics 
     and Space Administration and the United States Air Force on 
     Titan IV/Centaur Launch Support for the Cassini Mission,'' 
     signed September 8, 1994, and September 23, 1994, and 
     Attachment A, B, and C to that Memorandum, shall be merged 
     with Air Force appropriations available for research, 
     development, test and evaluation and procurement for fiscal 
     years 1994, 1995 and 1996, and shall be available for the 
     same time period as the appropriation with which merged, and 
     shall be available for obligation only for those Titan IV 
     vehicles and Titan IV-related activities under contract.


                              (RESCISSION)

       Sec. 405. Of the funds appropriated for ``Military 
     Construction, Navy'' under Public Law 103-307, $6,480,000 is 
     hereby rescinded.

                         TITLE V--OTHER OFFSETS

                               CHAPTER 1

   SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND 
                            RELATED AGENCIES

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         General Administration


                          working capital fund

                              (rescission)

       Of the available unobligated balances under this heading, 
     $6,400,000 are rescinded.

                               CHAPTER 2

             SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                         Clean Coal Technology


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading for 
     obligation in fiscal year 1997 or prior years, $17,000,000 
     are rescinded: Provided, That funds made available in 
     previous appropriations Acts shall be available for any 
     ongoing project regardless of the separate request for 
     proposal under which the project was selected.

                      Strategic Petroleum Reserve


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in previous 
     appropriations Acts, $11,000,000 are rescinded.

                               CHAPTER 3

          SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                    Federal Aviation Administration


                       GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

                    (Airport and Airway Trust Fund)

                 (Rescission of Contract Authorization)

       Of the unobligated balances authorized under section 14 of 
     Public Law 91-258 as amended, $778,000,000 are rescinded.

             National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


                     HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

                          (Highway Trust Fund)

                 (Rescission of Contract Authorization)

       Of the available balances of contract authority under this 
     heading, $10,600,000 are rescinded.

                     Federal Transit Administration


                      TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES

                          (Highway Trust Fund)

                 (Rescission of Contract Authorization)

       Of the available balances of contract authority under this 
     heading, $271,000,000 are rescinded.


                          DISCRETIONARY GRANTS

                          (Highway Trust Fund)

                 (Rescission of Contract Authorization)

       Of the available balances of contract authority under this 
     heading, for fixed guideway modernization and bus activities 
     under 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(A) and (C), $588,000,000 are 
     rescinded.

                               CHAPTER 4

            SUBCOMMITTEE ON TREASURY AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT

                           INDEPENDENT AGENCY

                    General Services Administration


                   Expenses, Presidential Transition

                              (rescission)

       Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 104-208, $5,600,000 are rescinded.

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                               CHAPTER 5

           SUBCOMMITTEE ON VA, HUD, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                            Housing Programs


               ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING

                         (including RESCISSION)

       Of the amounts recaptured under this heading during fiscal 
     year 1997 and prior years, $3,650,000,000 are rescinded: 
     Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     shall recapture at least $5,800,000,000 in amounts heretofore 
     maintained as section 8 reserves made available to housing 
     agencies for tenant-based assistance under the section 8 
     existing housing certificate and housing voucher programs: 
     Provided further, That all additional section 8 reserve funds 
     of an amount not less than $2,150,000,000 and any recaptures 
     (other than funds already designated for other uses) 
     specified in section 214 of Public Law 104-204 shall be 
     preserved under the head ``Section 8 Reserve Preservation 
     Account'' for use in extending section 8 contracts expiring 
     in fiscal year 1998 and thereafter: Provided further, That 
     the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an 
     audit of all accounts of the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development to determine the amount of any and all program 
     funds administered by the Department and report on this audit 
     no later than May 1, 1998.

                     Federal Housing Administration


             FHA--GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                              (RESCISSION)

       Of the amounts of negative credit subsidy from the sale of 
     mortgage notes provided for under the fourth proviso under 
     this head in Public Law 104-134, $85,000,000 is rescinded.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency


                         Salaries and Expenses

                              (Rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 102-368, $5,000,000 are rescinded.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration


                    NATIONAL AERONAUTICS FACILITIES

                              (RESCISSION)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-327, $365,000,000 are rescinded.


                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                          UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

                              (RESCISSION)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-211 to NASA for Space flight, control, and data 
     communications, $4,200,000 are rescinded.

                               CHAPTER 6

  SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                       Food and Consumer Service


                 The Emergency Food Assistance Program

       Notwithstanding section 27(a) of the Food Stamp Act, the 
     amount specified for allocation under such section for fiscal 
     year 1997 shall be $80,000,000.

         Foreign Agricultural Service and General Sales Manager


                             EXPORT CREDIT

       None of the funds made available in the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, Public Law 104-180, may be 
     used to pay the salaries and expenses of employees of the 
     Department of Agriculture to carry out a combined program for 
     export credit guarantees, supplier credit guarantees, and 
     emerging democracies facilities guarantees at a level which 
     exceeds $3,500,000,000.


                       EXPORT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM

       None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
     in Public Law 104-180 shall be used to pay the salaries and 
     expenses of personnel to carry out an export enhancement 
     program if the aggregate amount of funds and/or commodities 
     under such program exceeds $50,000,000.

                               CHAPTER 7

              SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil


                         Construction, General

       Of the amounts provided under this heading, including 
     amounts provided to specific projects, in Public Law 104-206, 
     and any other available balances under this heading, 
     $30,000,000 are permanently canceled.

            TITLE VI--SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME AMENDMENT

     SEC. 601. EXTENSION OF SSI REDETERMINATION PROVISIONS.

       (a) In General.--Section 402(a)(2)(D) of the Personal 
     Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 
     1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)(D)) is amended--
       (1) in clause (i)--
       (A) in subclause (I), by striking ``the date which is 1 
     year after such date of enactment'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``September 30, 1997''; and
       (B) in subclause (III), by striking ``the date of the 
     redetermination with respect to such individual'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``September 30, 1997''.
       (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) takes effect as if 
     included in the enactment of section 402 of the Personal 
     Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 
     1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612).

             TITLE VII--GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN PREVENTION ACT

     SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Government Shutdown 
     Prevention Act''.

     SEC. 702. CONTINUING FUNDING.

       (a) In General.--If any regular appropriation bill for 
     fiscal year 1998 does not become law prior to the beginning 
     of fiscal year 1998 or a joint resolution making continuing 
     appropriations is not in effect, there is appropriated, out 
     of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and 
     out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and 
     funds, such sums as may be necessary to continue any program, 
     project, or activity for which funds were provided in fiscal 
     year 1997.
       (b) Level of Funding.--Appropriations and funds made 
     available, and authority granted, for a program, project, or 
     activity for fiscal year 1998 pursuant to this title shall be 
     at 100 per cent of the rate of operations that was provided 
     for the program, project, or activity in fiscal year 1997 in 
     the corresponding regular appropriation Act for fiscal year 
     1997.
       (c) Period of Availability.--Appropriations and funds made 
     available, and authority granted, for fiscal year 1998 
     pursuant to this title for a program, project, or activity 
     shall be available for the period beginning with the first 
     day of a lapse in appropriations and ending with the earlier 
     of--
       (1) the date on which the applicable regular appropriation 
     bill for fiscal year 1998 becomes law (whether or not that 
     law provides for that program, project, or activity) or a 
     continuing resolution making appropriations becomes law, as 
     the case may be; or
       (2) the last day of fiscal year 1998.

     SEC. 703. TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

       (a) In General.--An appropriation of funds made available, 
     or authority granted, for a program, project, or activity for 
     fiscal year 1998 pursuant to this title shall be made 
     available to the extent and in the manner which would be 
     provided by the pertinent appropriations Act for fiscal year 
     1997, including all of the terms and conditions and the 
     apportionment schedule imposed with respect to the 
     appropriation made or funds made available for fiscal year 
     1997 or authority granted for the program, project, or 
     activity under current law.
       (b) Extent and Manner.--Appropriations made by this title 
     shall be available to the extent and in the manner which 
     would be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act.

     SEC. 704. COVERAGE.

       Appropriations and funds made available, and authority 
     granted, for any program, project, or activity for fiscal 
     year 1998 pursuant to this title shall cover all obligations 
     or expenditures incurred for that program, project, or 
     activity during the portion of fiscal year 1998 for which 
     this title applies to that program, project, or activity.

     SEC. 705. EXPENDITURES.

       Expenditures made for a program, project, or activity for 
     fiscal year 1998 pursuant to this title shall be charged to 
     the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever 
     a regular appropriation bill or a joint resolution making 
     continuing appropriations until the end of fiscal year 1998 
     providing for that program, project, or activity for that 
     period becomes law.

     SEC. 706. INITIATING OR RESUMING A PROGRAM, PROJECT, OR 
                   ACTIVITY.

       No appropriation or funds made available or authority 
     granted pursuant to this title shall be used to initiate or 
     resume any program, project, or activity for which 
     appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available 
     during fiscal year 1997.

     SEC. 707. PROTECTION OF OTHER OBLIGATIONS.

       Nothing in this title shall be construed to effect 
     Government obligations mandated by other law, including 
     obligations with respect to Social Security, Medicare, 
     Medicaid, and veterans benefits.

     SEC. 708. DEFINITION.

       In this title, the term ``regular appropriation bill'' 
     means any annual appropriation bill making appropriations, 
     otherwise making funds available, or granting authority, for 
     any of the following categories of programs, projects, and 
     activities:
       (1) Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies 
     programs.
       (2) The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
     judiciary, and related agencies.
       (3) The Department of Defense.
       (4) The government of the District of Columbia and other 
     activities chargeable in whole or in part against the 
     revenues of the District.
       (5) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
     and Education, and related agencies.
       (6) The Departments of Veterans and Housing and Urban 
     Development, and sundry independent agencies, boards, 
     commissions, corporations, and offices.
       (7) Energy and water development.
       (8) Foreign assistance and related programs.
       (9) The Department of the Interior and related agencies.
       (10) Military construction.
       (11) The Department of Transportation and related agencies.
       (12) The Treasury Department, the U.S. Postal Service, the 
     Executive Office of the President, and certain independent 
     agencies.
       (13) The legislative branch.

           TITLE VIII--DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION DISASTER RELIEF

     SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Depository Institution 
     Disaster Relief Act of 1997''.

     SEC. 802. TRUTH IN LENDING ACT; EXPEDITED FUNDS AVAILABILITY 
                   ACT.

       (a) Truth in Lending Act.--During the 180-day period 
     beginning on the date of enactment

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     of this Act, the Board may make exceptions to the Truth in 
     Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) for transactions within 
     an area in which the President, pursuant to section 401 of 
     the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), has determined that 
     a major disaster exists, or within an area determined to be 
     eligible for disaster relief under other Federal law by 
     reason of damage related to the 1997 flooding of the Red 
     River of the North and its tributaries, if the Board 
     determines that the exception can reasonably be expected to 
     alleviate hardships to the public resulting from such 
     disaster that outweigh possible adverse effects.
       (b) Expedited Funds Availability Act.--During the 180-day 
     period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the 
     Board may make exceptions to the Expedited Funds Availability 
     Act (12 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.) for depository institution 
     offices located within any area referred to in subsection (a) 
     if the Board determines that the exception can reasonably be 
     expected to alleviate hardships to the public resulting from 
     such disaster that outweigh possible adverse effects.
       (c) Time Limit on Exceptions.--Any exception made under 
     this section shall expire not later than the earlier of--
       (1) 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act; or
       (2) 1 year after the date of any determination referred to 
     in subsection (a).
       (d) Publication Required.--Not later than 60 days after the 
     date of a determination under subsection (a), the Board shall 
     publish in the Federal Register a statement that--
       (1) describes the exception made under this section; and
       (2) explains how the exception can reasonably be expected 
     to produce benefits to the public that outweigh possible 
     adverse effects.

     SEC. 803. DEPOSIT OF INSURANCE PROCEEDS.

       The appropriate Federal banking agency may, by order, 
     permit an insured depository institution, during the 18-month 
     period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, to 
     subtract from the institution's total assets, in calculating 
     compliance with the leverage limit prescribed under section 
     38 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831o), an 
     amount not exceeding the qualifying amount attributable to 
     insurance proceeds, if the agency determines that--
       (1) the institution--
       (A) had its principal place of business within an area in 
     which the President, pursuant to section 401 of the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, has 
     determined that a major disaster exists, or within an area 
     determined to be eligible for disaster relief under other 
     Federal law by reason of damage related to the 1997 flooding 
     of the Red River of the North and its tributaries, on the day 
     before the date of any such determination;
       (B) derives more than 60 percent of its total deposits from 
     persons who normally reside within, or whose principal place 
     of business is normally within, areas of intense devastation 
     caused by the major disaster;
       (C) was adequately capitalized (as defined in section 38 of 
     the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831o)) before 
     the major disaster; and
       (D) has an acceptable plan for managing the increase in its 
     total assets and total deposits; and
       (2) the subtraction is consistent with the purpose of 
     section 38 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 
     1831o).

     SEC. 804. BANKING AGENCY PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) In General.--During the 180-day period beginning on the 
     date of enactment of this Act, a qualifying regulatory agency 
     may take any of the following actions with respect to 
     depository institutions or other regulated entities whose 
     principal place of business is within, or with respect to 
     transactions or activities within, an area in which the 
     President, pursuant to section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford 
     Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, has determined 
     that a major disaster exists, or within an area determined to 
     be eligible for disaster relief under other Federal law by 
     reason of damage related to the 1997 flooding of the Red 
     River of the North and its tributaries, if the agency 
     determines that the action would facilitate recovery from the 
     major disaster:
       (1) Procedure.--Exercise the agency's authority under 
     provisions of law other than this section without complying 
     with--
       (A) any requirement of section 553 of title 5, United 
     States Code; or
       (B) any provision of law that requires notice or 
     opportunity for hearing or sets maximum or minimum time 
     limits with respect to agency action.
       (2) Publication requirements.--Make exceptions, with 
     respect to institutions or other entities for which the 
     agency is the primary Federal regulator, to--
       (A) any publication requirement with respect to 
     establishing branches or other deposit-taking facilities; or
       (B) any similar publication requirement.
       (b) Publication Required.--Not later than 90 days after the 
     date of an action under this section, a qualifying regulatory 
     agency shall publish in the Federal Register a statement 
     that--
       (1) describes the action taken under this section; and
       (2) explains the need for the action.
       (c) Qualifying Regulatory Agency Defined.--For purposes of 
     this section, the term ``qualifying regulatory agency'' 
     means--
       (1) the Board;
       (2) the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency;
       (3) the Office of Thrift Supervision;
       (4) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;
       (5) the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council;
       (6) the National Credit Union Administration; and
       (7) with respect to chapter 53 of title 31, United States 
     Code, the Secretary of the Treasury.

     SEC. 805. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.

       It is the sense of the Congress that each Federal financial 
     institutions regulatory agency should, by regulation or 
     order, make exceptions to the appraisal standards prescribed 
     by title XI of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, 
     and Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 3331 et seq.) for 
     transactions involving institutions for which the agency is 
     the primary Federal regulator with respect to real property 
     located within a disaster area pursuant to section 1123 of 
     the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement 
     Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 3352), if the agency determines that 
     the exceptions can reasonably be expected to alleviate 
     hardships to the public resulting from such disaster that 
     outweigh possible adverse effects.

     SEC. 806. OTHER AUTHORITY NOT AFFECTED.

       Nothing in this title limits the authority of any 
     department or agency under any other provision of law.

     SEC. 807. DEFINITIONS.

       For purposes of this title, the following definitions shall 
     apply:
       (1) Appropriate federal banking agency.--The term 
     ``appropriate Federal banking agency'' has the same meaning 
     as in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 
     U.S.C. 1813).
       (2) Board.--The term ``Board'' means the Board of Governors 
     of the Federal Reserve System.
       (3) Federal financial institutions regulatory agency.--The 
     term ``Federal financial institutions regulatory agency'' has 
     the same meaning as in section 1121 of the Financial 
     Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 
     (12 U.S.C. 3350).
       (4) Insured depository institution.--The term ``insured 
     depository institution'' has the same meaning as in section 3 
     of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813).
       (5) Leverage limit.--The term ``leverage limit'' has the 
     same meaning as in section 38 of the Federal Deposit 
     Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831o).
       (6) Qualifying amount attributable to insurance proceeds.--
     The term ``qualifying amount attributable to insurance 
     proceeds'' means the amount (if any) by which the 
     institution's total assets exceed the institution's average 
     total assets during the calendar quarter ending before the 
     date of any determination referred to in section 803(1)(A), 
     because of the deposit of insurance payments or governmental 
     assistance made with respect to damage caused by, or other 
     costs resulting from, the major disaster.

        TITLE IX--TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS WITH RESPECT TO EDUCATION

     SEC. 901. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO DISCLOSURES 
                   REQUIRED WITH RESPECT TO GRADUATION RATES.

       (a) Amendments.--Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(3)(B), by striking ``June 30'' and 
     inserting ``August 31''; and
       (2) in subsection (e)(9), by striking ``August 30'' and 
     inserting ``August 31''.
       (b) Effective Dates.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
     amendments made by subsection (a) are effective upon 
     enactment.
       (2) Information dissemination.--No institution shall be 
     required to comply with the amendment made by subsection 
     (a)(1) before July 1, 1998.

     SEC. 902. DATE EXTENSION.

       Section 1501(a)(4) of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6491(a)(4)) is amended by 
     striking ``January 1, 1998'' and inserting ``January 1, 
     1999''.

     SEC. 903. TIMELY FILING OF NOTICE.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
     of Education shall deem Kansas and New Mexico to have timely 
     submitted under section 8009(c)(1) of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7709(c)(1)) the 
     States' written notices of intent to consider payments 
     described in section 8009(b)(1) of the Act (20 U.S.C. 
     7709(b)(1)) in providing State aid to local educational 
     agencies for school year 1997-1998, except that the Secretary 
     may require the States to submit such additional information 
     as the Secretary may require, which information shall be 
     considered part of the notices.

     SEC. 904. HOLD HARMLESS PAYMENTS.

       Section 8002(h)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7702(h)(1)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' after the 
     semicolon;
       (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) for fiscal year 1997 and each succeeding fiscal year 
     through fiscal year 2000 shall not be less than 85 percent of 
     the amount such agency received for fiscal year 1996 under 
     subsection (b).''.

     SEC. 905. DATA.

       (a) In General.--Section 8003(f)(4) of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(f)(4)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A)--
       (A) by inserting ``expenditure,'' after ``revenue,''; and
       (B) by striking the semicolon and inserting a period;
       (2) by striking ``the Secretary'' and all that follows 
     through ``shall use'' and inserting ``the Secretary shall 
     use''; and
       (3) by striking subparagraph (B).
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply with respect to fiscal years after fiscal year 
     1997.

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                      TITLE X--FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

 State Option To Issue Food Stamp Benefits to Certain Individuals Made 
                      Ineligible by Welfare Reform

       Sec. 1001. Section 7 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 
     U.S.C. 2016) is amended by--
       (1) inserting in subsection (a) after ``necessary, and'', 
     ``except as provided in subsection (j)'', and
       (2) inserting a new subsection (j) as follows:
       ``(j)(1) A State agency may, with the concurrence of the 
     Secretary, issue coupons to individuals who are ineligible to 
     participate in the food stamp program solely because of the 
     provisions of section 6(o)(2) of this Act or sections 402 and 
     403 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act 
     of 1996. A State agency that issues coupons under this 
     subsection shall pay the Secretary the face value of the 
     coupons issued under this subsection and the cost of 
     printing, shipping, and redeeming the coupons, as well as any 
     other Federal costs involved, as determined by the Secretary. 
     A State agency shall pay the Secretary for coupons issued 
     under this subsection and for the associated Federal costs 
     issued under this subsection no later than the time the State 
     agency issues such coupons to recipients. In making payments, 
     the State agency shall comply with procedures developed by 
     the Secretary. Notwithstanding section 3302(b) of title 31, 
     United States Code, payments received by the Secretary for 
     such coupons and for the associated Federal costs shall be 
     credited to the food stamp program appropriation account or 
     the account from which such associated costs were drawn, as 
     appropriate, for the fiscal year in which the payment is 
     received. The State agency shall comply with reporting 
     requirements established by the Secretary.
       ``(2) A State agency that issues coupons under this 
     subsection shall submit a plan, subject to the approval of 
     the Secretary, describing the conditions under which coupons 
     will be issued, including, but not limited to, eligibility 
     standards, benefit levels, and the methodology the State will 
     use to determine amounts owed the Secretary.
       ``(3) A State agency shall not issue benefits under this 
     subsection--
       ``(A) to individuals who have been made ineligible under 
     any provision of section 6 of this Act other than section 
     6(o)(2); or
       ``(B) in any area of the State where an electronic benefit 
     transfer system has been implemented.
       ``(4) The value of coupons provided under this subsection 
     shall not be considered income or resources for any purpose 
     under any Federal laws, including, but not limited to, laws 
     relating to taxation, welfare, and public assistance 
     programs.
       ``(5) Any sanction, disqualification, fine or other penalty 
     prescribed in Federal law, including, but not limited to, 
     sections 12 and 15 of this Act, shall apply to violations in 
     connection with any coupon or coupons issued pursuant to this 
     subsection.
       ``(6) Administrative and other costs associated with the 
     provision of coupons under this subsection shall not be 
     eligible for reimbursement or any other form of Federal 
     funding under section 16 or any other provision of this Act.
       ``(7) That portion of a household's allotment issued 
     pursuant to this subsection shall be excluded from any sample 
     taken for purposes of making any determination under the 
     system of enhanced payment accuracy established in section 
     16(c).''.

                          Conforming Amendment

       Sec. 1002. Section 17(b)(I)(B)(iv) of the Food Stamp Act of 
     1977 is amended by--
       (1) striking ``or'' in subclause (V);
       (2) striking the period at the end of subclause (VI) and 
     inserting ``; or''; and
       (3) inserting a new subclause (VII) as follows--
       ``(VII) waives a provision of section 7(j).''.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Supplemental Appropriations 
     and Rescissions Act of 1997''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate insists 
on its amendment, requests a conference with the House and the Chair is 
authorized to appoint conferees.
  The Presiding Officer appointed Mr. Stevens, Mr. Cochran, Mr. 
Specter, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Bond, Mr. Gorton, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Burns, 
Mr. Shelby, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Craig, Mr. 
Faircloth, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Hollings, Mr. 
Leahy, Mr. Bumpers, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Reid, 
Mr. Kohl, Mr. Murray, Mr. Dorgan, and Mrs. Boxer conferees on the part 
of the Senate.
  Mr. ASHCROFT. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. ASHCROFT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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