[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 97 (Monday, July 20, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8579-S8594]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND 
             INDEPENDENT, AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999

  (The text of S. 2168, as amended, as passed by the Senate on July 17, 
1998, follows:)

                                S. 2168

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,
     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments 
     of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
     for sundry independent agencies, commissions, corporations, 
     and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, 
     and for other purposes, namely:

                TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                    Veterans Benefits Administration


                       compensation and pensions

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of 
     veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as 
     authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 
     53, 55, and 61); pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans 
     as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 
     61; 92 Stat. 2508); and burial benefits, emergency and other 
     officers' retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and 
     certificates, payment of premiums due on commercial life 
     insurance policies guaranteed under the provisions of Article 
     IV of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as 
     amended, and for other benefits as authorized by law (38 
     U.S.C. 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, 
     and 61; 50 U.S.C. App. 540-548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 
     735; 76 Stat. 1198); $21,857,058,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $24,534,000 of 
     the amount appropriated shall be reimbursed to ``General 
     operating expenses'' and ``Medical care'' for necessary 
     expenses in implementing those provisions authorized in the 
     Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, and in the 
     Veterans' Benefits Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapters 51, 53, 
     and 55), the funding source for which is specifically 
     provided as the ``Compensation and pensions'' appropriation: 
     Provided further, That such sums as may be earned on an 
     actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed to 
     ``Medical facilities revolving fund'' to augment the funding 
     of individual medical facilities for nursing home care 
     provided to pensioners as authorized.


                         readjustment benefits

       For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits 
     to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 
     chapters 21, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61, 
     $1,175,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That funds shall be available to pay any court order, court 
     award or any compromise settlement arising from litigation 
     involving the vocational training program authorized by 
     section 18 of Public Law 98-77, as amended.


                   veterans insurance and indemnities

       For military and naval insurance, national service life 
     insurance, servicemen's indemnities, service-disabled 
     veterans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 
     authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 19; 70 Stat. 887; 72 Stat. 
     487, $46,450,000, to remain available until expended.


         veterans housing benefit program fund program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as 
     may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by 
     38 U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended: Provided, That such costs, 
     including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
     defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974, as amended: Provided further, That during fiscal year 
     1999, within the resources available, not to exceed $300,000 
     in gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for 
     specially adapted housing loans: Provided further, That 
     during 1999 any moneys that would be otherwise deposited into 
     or paid from the Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund, the Guaranty 
     and Indemnity Fund, or the Direct Loan Revolving Fund shall 
     be deposited into or paid from the Veterans Housing Benefit 
     Program Fund: Provided further, That any balances in the Loan 
     Guaranty Revolving Fund, the Guaranty and Indemnity Fund, or 
     the Direct Loan Revolving Fund on the effective date of this 
     Act may be transferred to and merged with the Veterans 
     Housing Benefit Program Fund.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     direct and guaranteed loan programs, $159,121,000, which may 
     be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     ``General operating expenses''.


                  education loan fund program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the cost of direct loans, $1,000, as authorized by 38 
     U.S.C. 3698, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including 
     the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
     section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
     amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
     subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of 
     direct loans not to exceed $3,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct loan program, $206,000, which may be 
     transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     ``General operating expenses''.


            vocational rehabilitation loans program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the cost of direct loans, $55,000, as authorized by 38 
     U.S.C. chapter 31, as amended: Provided, That such costs, 
     including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
     defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are 
     available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 
     amount of direct loans not to exceed $2,401,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct loan program, $400,000, which may be 
     transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     ``General operating expenses''.


          Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program Account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan 
     program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter V, as 
     amended, $515,000, which may be transferred to and merged 
     with the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.

[[Page S8580]]

                     Veterans Health Administration


                              medical care

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of 
     hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities; for 
     furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and outpatient 
     care and treatment to beneficiaries of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, including care and treatment in facilities 
     not under the jurisdiction of the Department; and furnishing 
     recreational facilities, supplies, and equipment; funeral, 
     burial, and other expenses incidental thereto for 
     beneficiaries receiving care in the Department; 
     administrative expenses in support of planning, design, 
     project management, real property acquisition and 
     disposition, construction and renovation of any facility 
     under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; 
     oversight, engineering and architectural activities not 
     charged to project cost; repairing, altering, improving or 
     providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes under 
     the jurisdiction of the Department, not otherwise provided 
     for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary employees 
     and purchase of materials; uniforms or allowances therefor, 
     as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; aid to State homes as 
     authorized by 38 U.S.C. 1741; administrative and legal 
     expenses of the Department for collecting and recovering 
     amounts owed the Department as authorized under 38 U.S.C. 
     chapter 17, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act, 42 
     U.S.C. 2651 et seq.; and not to exceed $8,000,000 to fund 
     cost comparison studies as referred to in 38 U.S.C. 
     8110(a)(5); $17,250,000,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, 
     That of the funds made available under this heading, 
     $687,000,000 is for the equipment and land and structures 
     object classifications only, which amount shall not become 
     available for obligation until August 1, 1999, and shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided further, 
     That of the funds made available under this heading, 
     $14,000,000 shall be for the homeless grant program and 
     $6,000,000 shall be for the homeless per diem program: 
     Provided further, That such funds may be used for vocational 
     training, rehabilitation, and outreach activities in addition 
     to other authorized homeless assistance activities: Provided 
     further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
     $10,000,000 shall be for implementation of the Primary Care 
     Providers Incentive Act, contingent upon enactment of 
     authorizing legislation.
       In addition, in conformance with Public Law 105-33 
     establishing the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care 
     Collections Fund, such sums as may be deposited to such Fund 
     pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1729A may be transferred to this 
     account, to remain available until expended for the purposes 
     of this account.


                    medical and prosthetic research

       For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical 
     and prosthetic research and development as authorized by 38 
     U.S.C. chapter 73, to remain available until September 30, 
     2000, $310,000,000, plus reimbursements.


      medical administration and miscellaneous operating expenses

       For necessary expenses in the administration of the 
     medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 
     supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; 
     administrative expenses in support of planning, design, 
     project management, architectural, engineering, real property 
     acquisition and disposition, construction and renovation of 
     any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, including site acquisition; 
     engineering and architectural activities not charged to 
     project cost; and research and development in building 
     construction technology; $60,000,000, plus reimbursements.

                   general post fund, national homes


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the cost of direct loans, $7,000, as authorized by 
     Public Law 102-54, section 8, which shall be transferred from 
     the ``General post fund'': Provided, That such costs, 
     including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
     defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are 
     available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 
     amount of direct loans not to exceed $70,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     direct loan programs, $54,000, which shall be transferred 
     from the ``General post fund'', as authorized by Public Law 
     102-54, section 8.

                      Departmental Administration


                       general operating expenses

       For necessary operating expenses of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including 
     uniforms or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for 
     official reception and representation expenses; hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General 
     Services Administration for security guard services, and the 
     Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail; 
     $854,661,000: Provided, That funds under this heading shall 
     be available to administer the Service Members Occupational 
     Conversion and Training Act.


                        national cemetery system

       For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of 
     the National Cemetery System, not otherwise provided for, 
     including uniforms or allowances therefor; cemeterial 
     expenses as authorized by law; purchase of six passenger 
     motor vehicles for use in cemeterial operations; and hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles, $92,006,000.


                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
     amended, $36,000,000.


                      Construction, Major Projects

       For constructing, altering, extending and improving any of 
     the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the purposes 
     set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 
     8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of 38 U.S.C., including planning, 
     architectural and engineering services, maintenance or 
     guarantee period services costs associated with equipment 
     guarantees provided under the project, services of claims 
     analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system 
     construction costs, and site acquisition, where the estimated 
     cost of a project is $4,000,000 or more or where funds for a 
     project were made available in a previous major project 
     appropriation, $142,300,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That except for advance planning of 
     projects funded through the advance planning fund and the 
     design of projects funded through the design fund, none of 
     these funds shall be used for any project which has not been 
     considered and approved by the Congress in the budgetary 
     process: Provided further, That funds provided in this 
     appropriation for fiscal year 1999, for each approved project 
     shall be obligated (1) by the awarding of a construction 
     documents contract by September 30, 1999, and (2) by the 
     awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 2000: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary shall promptly report in 
     writing to the Committees on Appropriations any approved 
     major construction project in which obligations are not 
     incurred within the time limitations established above: 
     Provided further, That no funds from any other account except 
     the ``Parking revolving fund'', may be obligated for 
     constructing, altering, extending, or improving a project 
     which was approved in the budget process and funded in this 
     account until one year after substantial completion and 
     beneficial occupancy by the Department of Veterans Affairs of 
     the project or any part thereof with respect to that part 
     only.


                      construction, minor projects

       For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of 
     the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, including planning, 
     architectural and engineering services, maintenance or 
     guarantee period services costs associated with equipment 
     guarantees provided under the project, services of claims 
     analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system 
     construction costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the 
     purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 
     8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of 38 U.S.C., where the 
     estimated cost of a project is less than $4,000,000; 
     $175,000,000, to remain available until expended, along with 
     unobligated balances of previous ``Construction, minor 
     projects'' appropriations which are hereby made available for 
     any project where the estimated cost is less than $4,000,000: 
     Provided, That funds in this account shall be available for 
     (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities under the 
     jurisdiction or for the use of the Department which are 
     necessary because of loss or damage caused by any natural 
     disaster or catastrophe, and (2) temporary measures necessary 
     to prevent or to minimize further loss by such causes.


                         parking revolving fund

       For the parking revolving fund as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 
     8109, income from fees collected, to remain available until 
     expended, which shall be available for all authorized 
     expenses except operations and maintenance costs, which will 
     be funded from ``Medical care''.


       grants for construction of state extended care facilities

       For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State 
     nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, 
     modify or alter existing hospital, nursing home and 
     domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care to 
     veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8131-8137, $90,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended.


        grants for the construction of state veteran cemeteries

       For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding, or 
     improving State veteran cemeteries as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 
     2408, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended.


                       administrative provisions

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Section 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 1999 for 
     ``Compensation and pensions'', ``Readjustment benefits'', and 
     ``Veterans insurance and indemnities'' may be transferred to 
     any other of the mentioned appropriations.
       Sec. 102. Appropriations available to the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1999 for salaries and 
     expenses shall be available for services authorized by 5 
     U.S.C. 3109.
       Sec. 103. No appropriations in this Act for the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations for 
     ``Construction, major projects'', ``Construction, minor 
     projects'', and the ``Parking revolving fund'') shall be

[[Page S8581]]

     available for the purchase of any site for or toward the 
     construction of any new hospital or home.
       Sec. 104. No appropriations in this Act for the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hospitalization or 
     examination of any persons (except beneficiaries entitled 
     under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, and 
     persons receiving such treatment under 5 U.S.C. 7901-7904 or 
     42 U.S.C. 5141-5204), unless reimbursement of cost is made to 
     the ``Medical care'' account at such rates as may be fixed by 
     the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
       Sec. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1999 for ``Compensation and 
     pensions'', ``Readjustment benefits'', and ``Veterans 
     insurance and indemnities'' shall be available for payment of 
     prior year accrued obligations required to be recorded by law 
     against the corresponding prior year accounts within the last 
     quarter of fiscal year 1998.
       Sec. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1999 shall be 
     available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 
     prior year appropriations accounts resulting from title X of 
     the Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law 100-86, 
     except that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts 
     they shall be payable from ``Compensation and pensions''.
       Sec. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     during fiscal year 1999, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund (38 
     U.S.C. 1920), the Veterans' Special Life Insurance Fund (38 
     U.S.C. 1923), and the United States Government Life Insurance 
     Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), reimburse the ``General operating 
     expenses'' account for the cost of administration of the 
     insurance programs financed through those accounts: Provided, 
     That reimbursement shall be made only from the surplus 
     earnings accumulated in an insurance program in fiscal year 
     1999, that are available for dividends in that program after 
     claims have been paid and actuarially determined reserves 
     have been set aside: Provided further, That if the cost of 
     administration of an insurance program exceeds the amount of 
     surplus earnings accumulated in that program, reimbursement 
     shall be made only to the extent of such surplus earnings: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary shall determine the cost 
     of administration for fiscal year 1999, which is properly 
     allocable to the provision of each insurance program and to 
     the provision of any total disability income insurance 
     included in such insurance program.
       Sec. 108. In accordance with section 1557 of title 31, 
     United States Code, the following obligated balances shall be 
     exempt from subchapter IV of chapter 15 of such title and 
     shall remain available for expenditure without fiscal year 
     limitation: (1) funds obligated by the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs for lease numbers 084B-05-94, 084B-07-94, and 084B-
     027-94 from funds made available in the Departments of 
     Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
     Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994 (Public Law 
     103-124) under the heading ``Medical care''; and (2) funds 
     obligated by the Department of Veterans Affairs for lease 
     number 084B-002-96 from funds made available in the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
     Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1995 (Public Law 103-327) under the heading ``Medical care''.
       Sec. 109. Beginning in fiscal year 1999, and thereafter, 
     funds available in any Department of Veterans Affairs 
     appropriation or fund for salaries and other administrative 
     expenses shall also be available to reimburse the Office of 
     Resolution Management and the Office of Employment 
     Discrimination Complaint Adjudication for all services 
     provided at rates which will recover actual costs. Payments 
     may be made in advance for services to be furnished based on 
     estimated costs. Amounts received shall be credited to the 
     General Operating Expenses account for use by the office that 
     provided the service.
       Sec. 110. Land Conveyance, Ridgecrest Children's Center, 
     Alabama. (a) Conveyance.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     may convey, without consideration, to the Board of Trustees 
     of the University of Alabama, all right, title, and interest 
     of the United States in and to the parcel of real property, 
     including any improvements thereon, described in subsection 
     (b).
       (b) Covered Parcel.--The parcel of real property to be 
     conveyed under subsection (a) is the following: A parcel of 
     property lying in the northeast quarter of the southwest 
     quarter, section 28, township 21 south, range 9 west, 
     Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, lying along and adjacent to 
     Ridgecrest (Brewer's Porch) Children's Center being more 
     particularly described as follows: As a point of commencement 
     start at the southeast corner of the north half of the 
     southwest quarter run in an easterly direction along an 
     easterly projection of the north boundary of the southeast 
     quarter of the southwest quarter for a distance of 888.52 
     feet to a point; thence with a deflection angle to the left 
     of 134 degrees 41 minutes run in a northwesterly direction 
     for a distance of 1164.38 feet to an iron pipe; thence with a 
     deflection angle to the left of 75 degrees 03 minutes run in 
     a southwesterly direction for a distance of 37.13 feet to the 
     point of beginning of this parcel of property; thence 
     continue in this same southwesterly direction along the 
     projection of the chainlink fence for a distance of 169.68 
     feet to a point; thence with an interior angle to the left of 
     63 degrees 16 minutes run in a northerly direction for a 
     distance of 233.70 feet to a point; thence with an interior 
     angle to the left of 43 degrees 55 minutes run in a 
     southeasterly direction for a distance of 218.48 feet to the 
     point of beginning, said parcel having an interior angle of 
     closure of 72 degrees 49 minutes, said parcel containing 0.40 
     acres more or less, said parcel of property is also subject 
     to all rights-of-way, easements, and conveyances heretofore 
     given for this parcel of property.
       (c) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may 
     require such additional terms and conditions in connection 
     with the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Secretary 
     considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United 
     States.

         TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                       Public and Indian Housing


                        housing certificate fund

             (including transfers and rescissions of funds)

       For activities and assistance to prevent the involuntary 
     displacement of low-income families, the elderly and the 
     disabled because of the loss of affordable housing stock, 
     expiration of subsidy contracts (other than contracts for 
     which amounts are provided under another heading in this Act) 
     or expiration of use restrictions, or other changes in 
     housing assistance arrangements, and for other purposes, 
     $10,013,542,030, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That of the total amount provided under this 
     heading, $9,540,000,000 shall be for assistance under the 
     United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437) (the 
     ``Act'' herein) for use in connection with expiring or 
     terminating section 8 subsidy contracts, for enhanced 
     vouchers as provided under the ``Preserving Existing Housing 
     Investment'' account in the Departments of Veterans Affairs 
     and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1997, (Public Law 104-204), and contracts 
     entered into pursuant to section 441 of the Stewart B. 
     McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: Provided further, That the 
     Secretary may determine not to apply section 8(o)(6)(B) of 
     the Act to housing vouchers during fiscal year 1999: Provided 
     further, That of the total amount provided under this 
     heading, $433,542,030 shall be for section 8 rental 
     assistance under the Act including assistance to relocate 
     residents of properties (i) that are owned by the Secretary 
     and being disposed of or (ii) that are discontinuing section 
     8 project-based assistance; for the conversion of section 23 
     projects to assistance under section 8; for funds to carry 
     out the family unification program; and for the relocation of 
     witnesses in connection with efforts to combat crime in 
     public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from a law 
     enforcement or prosecution agency: Provided further, That of 
     the total amount made available in the preceding proviso, up 
     to $40,000,000 shall be made available to nonelderly disabled 
     families affected by the designation of a public housing 
     development under section 7 of such Act, the establishment of 
     preferences in accordance with section 651 of the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 1361l), or the 
     restriction of occupancy to elderly families in accordance 
     with section 658 of such Act, and to the extent the Secretary 
     determines that such amount is not needed to fund 
     applications for such affected families, to other nonelderly 
     disabled families: Provided further, That the amount made 
     available under the fifth proviso under the heading 
     ``Prevention of Resident Displacement'' in title II of the 
     Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
     Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1997, Public Law 104-204, shall also be made available to 
     nonelderly disabled families affected by the restriction of 
     occupancy to elderly families in accordance with section 658 
     of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992: 
     Provided further, That to the extent the Secretary determines 
     that the amount made available under the fifth proviso under 
     the heading ``Prevention of Resident Displacement'' in title 
     II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
     Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 1997, Public Law 104-204, is not needed to fund 
     applications for affected families described in the fifth 
     proviso, or in the preceding proviso under this heading in 
     this Act, the amount not needed shall be made available to 
     other nonelderly disabled families: Provided further, That of 
     the total amount under this heading, $40,000,000 shall be 
     made available on a fair share basis (except as otherwise 
     provided in this proviso) to public housing agencies as 
     section 8 assistance for families on waiting lists who agree 
     to participate in local self-sufficiency/welfare-to-work 
     initiatives, of which $4,000,000 shall be made available each 
     to public housing agencies for demonstration local self-
     sufficiency/welfare-to-work initiatives in Los Angeles, 
     California; Cleveland, Ohio; Kansas City, Missouri; 
     Charlotte, North Carolina; Miami/Dade County, Florida; Prince 
     Georges County, Maryland; New York City, New York; and 
     Anchorage, Alaska.
       From the sources and in the order hereinafter specified, 
     $1,400,000,000 is rescinded: Provided further, That the first 
     source shall be amounts that are available or may be 
     recaptured from project-based contracts for section 8 
     assistance that expired or were terminated during fiscal year 
     1999 or any prior year: Provided further, That after all 
     amounts that are available or may be recaptured from

[[Page S8582]]

     the first source have been exhausted, the second source shall 
     be unobligated amounts from amendments to contracts for 
     project-based section 8 assistance, other than contracts for 
     projects developed under section 202 of the Housing Act of 
     1959, other than amounts described as the fourth source, in 
     the fourth proviso in this paragraph, that are carried over 
     into 1999: Provided further, That after all amounts that are 
     available from the second source are exhausted, the third 
     source shall be amounts recaptured from section 8 reserves in 
     the section 8 moderate rehabilitation program: Provided 
     further, That after all amounts that are available or may be 
     recaptured from the third source have been exhausted, the 
     fourth source shall be all unobligated amounts for project-
     based assistance that are earmarked under the third proviso 
     under this heading in Public Law 105-65, 111 Stat. 1351 
     (approved October 27, 1997): Provided further, That any 
     amounts that are available or recaptured in connection with 
     the first or third provisos of this paragraph that are in the 
     Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing account, and are 
     required to be rescinded by this paragraph, shall be 
     rescinded from the Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing 
     account.


                 section 8 reserve preservation account

       The amounts recaptured during fiscal years 1998 and 1999 
     that were heretofore made available to public housing 
     agencies for tenant-based assistance under the section 8 
     existing housing certificate and housing voucher programs 
     from the Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing account 
     shall be collected in the account under this heading, for use 
     as provided for under this heading, as set forth under the 
     Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing heading in title 
     II, chapter 11 of Public Law 105-18, approved June 12, 1997.


                      public housing capital fund

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program for 
     modernization of existing public housing projects as 
     authorized under section 14 of the United States Housing Act 
     of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437), $2,550,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total 
     amount, up to $100,000,000 shall be for carrying out 
     activities under section 6(j) of such Act and technical 
     assistance for the inspection of public housing units, 
     contract expertise, and training and technical assistance 
     directly or indirectly, under grants, contracts, or 
     cooperative agreements, to assist in the oversight and 
     management of public housing (whether or not the housing is 
     being modernized with assistance under this proviso) or 
     tenant-based assistance, including, but not limited to, an 
     annual resident survey, data collection and analysis, 
     training and technical assistance by or to officials and 
     employees of the Department and of public housing agencies 
     and to residents in connection with the public housing 
     programs and for lease adjustments to section 23 projects: 
     Provided further, That of the amount available under this 
     heading, up to $5,000,000 shall be for the Tenant Opportunity 
     Program: Provided further, That all balances, as of September 
     30, 1997, of funds heretofore provided for section 673 public 
     housing service coordinators shall be transferred to and 
     merged with amounts made available under this heading.


                     public housing operating fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For payments to public housing agencies for operating 
     subsidies for low-income housing projects as authorized by 
     section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as 
     amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g), $2,818,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended.


             drug elimination grants for low-income housing

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For grants to public housing agencies, Indian Tribes and 
     their tribally designated housing entities for use in 
     eliminating crime in public housing projects authorized by 42 
     U.S.C. 11901-11908, for grants for federally assisted low-
     income housing authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11909, and for drug 
     information clearinghouse services authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
     11921-11925, $310,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, of which $10,000,000 shall be for grants, technical 
     assistance, contracts and other assistance, training, and 
     program assessment and execution for or on behalf of public 
     housing agencies, resident organizations, and Indian Tribes 
     and their tribally designated housing entities (including the 
     cost of necessary travel for participants in such training); 
     $10,000,000 shall be used in connection with efforts to 
     combat violent crime in public and assisted housing under the 
     Operation Safe Home Program administered by the Inspector 
     General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development; 
     $10,000,000 shall be provided to the Office of Inspector 
     General for Operation Safe Home; and $20,000,000 shall be 
     available for a program named the New Approach Anti-Drug 
     program which will provide competitive grants to entities 
     managing or operating public housing developments, federally 
     assisted multifamily housing developments, or other 
     multifamily housing developments for low-income families 
     supported by non-Federal governmental entities or similar 
     housing developments supported by nonprofit private sources 
     in order to provide or augment security (including personnel 
     costs), to assist in the investigation and/or prosecution of 
     drug related criminal activity in and around such 
     developments, and to provide assistance for the development 
     of capital improvements at such developments directly 
     relating to the security of such developments: Provided, That 
     grants for the New Approach Anti-Drug program shall be made 
     on a competitive basis as specified in section 102 of the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 
     1989: Provided further, That the term ``drug-related crime'', 
     as defined in 42 U.S.C. 11905(2), shall also include other 
     types of crime as determined by the Secretary: Provided 
     further, That, notwithstanding section 5130(c) of the Anti-
     Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11909(c)), the Secretary 
     may determine not to use any such funds to provide public 
     housing youth sports grants.


     revitalization of severely distressed public housing (hope vi)

       For grants to public housing agencies for assisting in the 
     demolition of obsolete public housing projects or portions 
     thereof, the revitalization (where appropriate) of sites 
     (including remaining public housing units) on which such 
     projects are located, replacement housing which will avoid or 
     lessen concentrations of very low-income families, and 
     tenant-based assistance in accordance with section 8 of the 
     United States Housing Act of 1937; and for providing 
     replacement housing and assisting tenants displaced by the 
     demolition, $600,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
     of which the Secretary may use up to $15,000,000 for 
     technical assistance and contract expertise, to be provided 
     directly or indirectly by grants, contracts or cooperative 
     agreements, including training and cost of necessary travel 
     for participants in such training, by or to officials and 
     employees of the Department and of public housing agencies 
     and to residents: Provided, That for purposes of 
     environmental review pursuant to the National Environment 
     Policy Act of 1969, a grant under this head or under prior 
     appropriations Acts for this head shall be treated as 
     assistance under title I of the United States Housing Act of 
     1937 and shall be subject to regulations issued by the 
     Secretary to implement section 26 of such Act: Provided 
     further, That no funds appropriated under this heading shall 
     be used for any purpose that is not provided for herein, in 
     the United States Housing Act of 1937, in the Appropriations 
     Acts for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
     Urban Development, and Independent Agencies, for the fiscal 
     years 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1997, and the Omnibus 
     Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996: 
     Provided further, That none of such funds shall be used 
     directly or indirectly by granting competitive advantage in 
     awards to settle litigation or pay judgments, unless 
     expressly permitted herein.


                  native american housing block grants

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as 
     authorized under title I of the Native American Housing 
     Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (Public Law 
     104-330), $600,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
     of which $6,000,000 shall be used to support the inspection 
     of Indian housing units, contract expertise, training, and 
     technical assistance in the oversight and management of 
     Indian housing and tenant-based assistance, including up to 
     $200,000 for related travel: Provided, That of the amount 
     provided under this heading, $6,000,000 shall be made 
     available for the cost of guaranteed notes and other 
     obligations, as authorized by title VI of the Native American 
     Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996: 
     Provided further, That such costs, including the costs of 
     modifying such notes and other obligations, shall be as 
     defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are 
     available to subsidize the total principal amount of any 
     notes and other obligations, any part of which is to be 
     guaranteed, not to exceed $217,000,000: Provided further, 
     That the funds made available in the first proviso are for a 
     demonstration on ways to enhance economic growth, to increase 
     access to private capital, and to encourage the investment 
     and participation of traditional financial institutions in 
     tribal and other Native American areas.

           indian housing loan guarantee fund program account

       For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 
     184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (106 
     Stat. 3739), $6,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That such costs, including the costs of modifying 
     such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided 
     further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 
     loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 
     exceed $68,881,000.


                 RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       For an Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development to 
     be established in the Office of Housing in the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development, $35,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That of the amount under 
     this heading, $10,000,000 shall be used to establish a 
     clearinghouse of ideas for innovative strategies for rural 
     housing and economic development and revitalization, of which 
     $8,000,000 shall be awarded by June 1, 1999 directly to local 
     rural nonprofits, community development corporations and 
     Indian tribes to support capacity building and technical 
     assistance: Provided further, That of the amount under this 
     heading, $5,000,000 shall be awarded by June 1, 1999 as seed 
     support for Indian tribes

[[Page S8583]]

     and nonprofits and community development corporations in 
     states which have limited capacity in rural areas: Provided 
     further, That of the amount under this heading, $20,000,000 
     shall be awarded by June 1, 1999 to Indian tribes and state 
     housing finance agencies to support innovative community 
     development initiatives in rural communities: Provided 
     further, That all grants shall be awarded on a competitive 
     basis as specified in section 102 of the HUD Reform Act: 
     Provided further, That all funds unobligated as of October 1, 
     1998 under the fifth paragraph of the Community Development 
     Block Grants account in the Departments of Veterans Affairs, 
     and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-65; October 27, 
     1997) shall be transferred to this account to be awarded to 
     state housing finance agencies for activities under this 
     heading with any outstanding earmarks for a state to be 
     awarded to that state's housing finance agency.

                   Community Planning and Development


              housing opportunities for persons with aIDS

       For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with 
     AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 12901), $225,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may use up to 1 
     percent of the funds under this heading for technical 
     assistance: Provided further, That within 30 days of the 
     close of fiscal year 1999, the Secretary shall submit a 
     report to the Congress summarizing all technical assistance 
     provided during the fiscal year.


                   community development block grants

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For grants to States and units of general local government 
     and for related expenses, not otherwise provided for, to 
     carry out a community development grants program as 
     authorized by title I of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1974, as amended (the ``Act'' herein) (42 
     U.S.C. 5301), $4,750,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2001: Provided, That $67,000,000 shall be for 
     grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of 
     such Act; $3,000,000 shall be available as a grant to the 
     Housing Assistance Council; $1,800,000 shall be available as 
     a grant to the National American Indian Housing Council; 
     $32,000,000 shall be for grants pursuant to section 107 of 
     such Act including $10,000,000 for historically black 
     colleges and universities, including $1,800,000 for Dillard 
     University in New Orleans: Provided further, That all funding 
     decisions under section 107 except as specified herein shall 
     be subject to approval through a reprogramming letter unless 
     otherwise specified in this bill or the Committee report to 
     this bill (S. 2168): Provided further, That not to exceed 20 
     percent of any grant made with funds appropriated herein 
     (other than a grant made available under the preceding 
     proviso to the Housing Assistance Council or the National 
     American Indian Housing Council, or a grant using funds under 
     section 107(b)(3) of the Housing and Community Development 
     Act of 1974, as amended) shall be expended for ``Planning and 
     Management Development'' and ``Administration'' as defined in 
     regulations promulgated by the Department.
       Of the amount made available under this heading, 
     $25,000,000 shall be made available 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), as in effect immediately before June 
     12, 1997, with not less than $10,000,000 of the funding to be 
     used in rural areas, including tribal areas.
       Of the amount provided under this heading, the Secretary of 
     Housing and Urban Development may use up to $55,000,000 for a 
     public and assisted housing self-sufficiency program, of 
     which up to $5,000,000 may be used for the Moving to Work 
     Demonstration, and at least $10,000,000 shall be used for 
     grants for service coordinators and congregate services for 
     the elderly and disabled: Provided, That for self-sufficiency 
     activities, the Secretary may make grants to public housing 
     agencies (including Indian tribes and their tribally 
     designated housing entities), nonprofit corporations, and 
     other appropriate entities for a supportive services program 
     to assist residents of public and assisted housing, former 
     residents of such housing receiving tenant-based assistance 
     under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
     U.S.C. 1437f), and other low-income families and individuals: 
     Provided further, That the program shall provide supportive 
     services, principally for the benefit of public housing 
     residents, to the elderly and the disabled, and to families 
     with children where the head of household would benefit from 
     the receipt of supportive services and is working, seeking 
     work, or is preparing for work by participating in job 
     training or educational programs: Provided further, That the 
     supportive services may include congregate services for the 
     elderly and disabled, service coordinators, and coordinated 
     education, training, and other supportive services, including 
     academic skills training, job search assistance, assistance 
     related to retaining employment, vocational and 
     entrepreneurship development and support programs, 
     transportation, and child care: Provided further, That the 
     Secretary shall require applications to demonstrate firm 
     commitments of funding or services from other sources: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary shall select public and 
     Indian housing agencies to receive assistance under this 
     heading on a competitive basis, taking into account the 
     quality of the proposed program, including any innovative 
     approaches, the extent of the proposed coordination of 
     supportive services, the extent of commitments of funding or 
     services from other sources, the extent to which the proposed 
     program includes reasonably achievable, quantifiable goals 
     for measuring performance under the program over a three-year 
     period, the extent of success an agency has had in carrying 
     out other comparable initiatives, and other appropriate 
     criteria established by the Secretary (except that funds 
     under this proviso shall not be used for renewal of grants 
     for service coordinators and congregate services for the 
     elderly and disabled).
       Of the amount made available under this heading, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, $40,000,000 shall 
     be available for YouthBuild program activities authorized by 
     subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
     Affordable Housing Act, as amended, and such activities shall 
     be an eligible activity with respect to any funds made 
     available under this heading: Provided, That, local 
     YouthBuild programs that demonstrate an ability to leverage 
     private and nonprofit funding shall be given a priority for 
     YouthBuild funding.
       Of the amount made available under this heading, 
     $85,000,000 shall be available for the Economic Development 
     Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety of efforts, including 
     $67,000,000 for making grants for targeted economic 
     investments in accordance with the terms and conditions 
     specified for such grants in the Senate committee report 
     accompanying this Act.
       Of the amount made available under this heading, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, $70,000,000 shall 
     be available for the lead-based paint hazard reduction 
     program as authorized under sections 1011 and 1053 of the 
     Residential Lead-Based Hazard Reduction Act of 1992: 
     Provided, That none of these funds shall be available for the 
     Healthy Homes Initiative.
       For the cost of guaranteed loans, $29,000,000, as 
     authorized by section 108 of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1974: Provided, That such costs, including 
     the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
     section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
     amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
     subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be 
     guaranteed, not to exceed $1,261,000,000, notwithstanding any 
     aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in 
     section 108(k) of the Housing and Community Development Act 
     of 1974: Provided further, That in addition to the other 
     amounts appropriated under this heading, for administrative 
     expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, 
     $1,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriation for departmental salaries and expenses.
       For any fiscal year, of the amounts made available as 
     emergency funds under the heading ``Community Development 
     Block Grants Fund'' and notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, not more than $250,000 may be used for the non-
     Federal cost-share of any project funded by the Secretary of 
     the Army through the Corps of Engineers.

                       brownfields redevelopment

       For Economic Development Grants, as authorized by section 
     108(q) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 
     as amended, for Brownfields redevelopment projects, 
     $25,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 
     make these grants available on a competitive basis as 
     specified in section 102 of the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.


                  home investment partnerships program

       For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized 
     under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
     Housing Act (Public Law 101-625), as amended, $1,550,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended: Provided, That up to 
     $7,000,000 of these funds shall be available for the 
     development and operation of integrated community development 
     management information systems: Provided further, That up to 
     $25,000,000 of these funds shall be available for Housing 
     Counseling under section 106 of the Housing and Urban 
     Development Act of 1968.


                       homeless assistance grants

       For the emergency shelter grants program (as authorized 
     under subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney 
     Homeless Assistance Act, as amended); the supportive housing 
     program (as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of such 
     Act); the section 8 moderate rehabilitation single room 
     occupancy program (as authorized under the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937, as amended) to assist homeless 
     individuals pursuant to section 441 of the Stewart B. 
     McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter plus care 
     program (as authorized under subtitle F of title IV of such 
     Act), $1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That not less than 30 percent of these funds shall 
     be used for permanent housing, and all funding for services 
     must be matched by 25 percent in funding by each grantee.

                            Housing Programs


                    housing for special populations

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For assistance for the purchase, construction, acquisition, 
     or development of additional public and subsidized housing 
     units

[[Page S8584]]

     for low income families not otherwise provided for, 
     $870,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
     $676,000,000 shall be for capital advances, including 
     amendments to capital advance contracts, for housing for the 
     elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 
     1959, as amended, and for project rental assistance, and 
     amendments to contracts for project rental assistance, for 
     the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 
     1959, and for supportive services associated with the 
     housing; and $194,000,000 shall be for capital advances, 
     including amendments to capital advance contracts, for 
     supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as 
     authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
     Affordable Housing Act, for project rental assistance, for 
     amendments to contracts for project rental assistance, and 
     supportive services associated with the housing for persons 
     with disabilities as authorized by section 811 of such Act: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary may designate up to 25 
     percent of the amounts earmarked under this paragraph for 
     section 811 of such Act for tenant-based assistance, as 
     authorized under that section, including such authority as 
     may be waived under the next proviso, which assistance is 
     five years in duration: Provided further, That the Secretary 
     may waive any provision of section 202 of the Housing Act of 
     1959 and section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
     Affordable Housing Act (including the provisions governing 
     the terms and conditions of project rental assistance and 
     tenant-based assistance) that the Secretary determines is not 
     necessary to achieve the objectives of these programs, or 
     that otherwise impedes the ability to develop, operate or 
     administer projects assisted under these programs, and may 
     make provision for alternative conditions or terms where 
     appropriate.


                         Flexible Subsidy Fund

                          (transfer of funds)

       Any collections from the Rental Housing Assistance Fund 
     made during fiscal year 1999 shall be transferred to the 
     Flexible Subsidy Fund, as authorized by section 236(g) of the 
     National Housing Act, as amended.

                     Federal Housing Administration


             fha--mutual mortgage insurance program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       During fiscal year 1999, commitments to guarantee loans to 
     carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the National 
     Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed a loan principal of 
     $110,000,000,000.
       During fiscal year 1999, obligations to make direct loans 
     to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National 
     Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed $100,000,000: 
     Provided, That the foregoing amount shall be for loans to 
     nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with sales 
     of single family real properties owned by the Secretary and 
     formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund.
       For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
     guaranteed and direct loan program, $328,888,000, to be 
     derived from the FHA-mutual mortgage insurance guaranteed 
     loans receipt account, of which not to exceed $324,866,000 
     shall be transferred to the appropriation for departmental 
     salaries and expenses; and of which not to exceed $4,022,000 
     shall be transferred to the appropriation for the Office of 
     Inspector General.


             fha--general and special risk program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sections 
     238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 
     and 1735c), including the cost of loan guarantee 
     modifications (as that term is defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended), $81,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended: Provided, That these 
     funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any 
     part of which is to be guaranteed, of up to $18,100,000,000: 
     Provided further, That any amounts made available in any 
     prior appropriations Act for the cost (as such term is 
     defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974) of guaranteed loans that are obligations of the funds 
     established under section 238 or 519 of the National Housing 
     Act that have not been obligated or that are deobligated 
     shall be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development in connection with the making of such guarantees 
     and shall remain available until expended, notwithstanding 
     the expiration of any period of availability otherwise 
     applicable to such amounts.
       Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, 
     as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238(a), and 519(a) 
     of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $120,000,000; 
     of which not to exceed $100,000,000 shall be for bridge 
     financing in connection with the sale of multifamily real 
     properties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under 
     such Act; and of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be for 
     loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection 
     with the sale of single-family real properties owned by the 
     Secretary and formerly insured under such Act.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, $211,455,000, of 
     which $193,134,000, including $25,000,000 for the enforcement 
     of housing standards on FHA-insured multifamily projects, 
     shall be transferred to the appropriation for departmental 
     salaries and expenses; and of which $18,321,000 shall be 
     transferred to the appropriation for the Office of Inspector 
     General.

                Government National Mortgage Association


guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       During fiscal year 1999, new commitments to issue 
     guarantees to carry out the purposes of section 306 of the 
     National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall 
     not exceed $150,000,000,000.
       For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
     guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program, $9,383,000, to 
     be derived from the GNMA-guarantees of mortgage-backed 
     securities guaranteed loan receipt account, of which not to 
     exceed $9,383,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation 
     for departmental salaries and expenses.

                    Policy Development and Research


                        research and technology

       For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs 
     of research and studies relating to housing and urban 
     problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by title 
     V of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970, as 
     amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 et seq.), including carrying out 
     the functions of the Secretary under section 1(a)(1)(i) of 
     Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, $36,500,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That no funds 
     under this heading may be used to fund a demonstration 
     program, except subject to reprogramming.

                   Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity


                        fair housing activities

       For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise 
     provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights 
     Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 
     1988, and section 561 of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1987, as amended, $35,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 1999, of which $15,000,000 
     shall be to carry out activities pursuant to such section 
     561. No funds made available under this heading shall be used 
     to lobby the executive or legislative branches of the Federal 
     government in connection with a specific contract, grant or 
     loan.

                     Management and Administration


                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary administrative and non-administrative 
     expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
     not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed $7,000 
     for official reception and representation expenses, 
     $992,826,000, of which $518,000,000 shall be provided from 
     the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration, 
     $9,383,000 shall be provided from funds of the Government 
     National Mortgage Association, $1,000,000 shall be provided 
     from the ``Community Development Grants Program'' account, 
     $200,000 shall be provided by transfer from the ``Title VI 
     Indian Federal Guarantees Program'' account, and $400,000 
     shall be provided by transfer from the ``Indian Housing Loan 
     Guarantee Fund Program'' account: Provided, That the 
     Department is prohibited from employing more than 77 schedule 
     C and 20 noncareer Senior Executive Service employees.

                      office of inspector general


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
     amended, $66,850,000, of which $22,343,000 shall be provided 
     from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration: 
     Provided, That $10,000,000 shall also be transferred to this 
     account from the amount earmarked for Operation Safe Home in 
     the ``Drug Elimination Grants for Low Income Housing'' 
     account.

             Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight


                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprise Financial 
     Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, $16,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, to be derived from the Federal 
     Housing Enterprise Oversight Fund: Provided, That not to 
     exceed such amount shall be available from the General Fund 
     of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur obligations 
     and make expenditures pending the receipt of collections to 
     the Fund: Provided further, That the General Fund amount 
     shall be reduced as collections are received during the 
     fiscal year so as to result in a final appropriation from the 
     General Fund estimated at not more than $0.


                       administrative provisions

       Sec. 201. Extenders. (a) One-for-One Replacement of Public 
     Housing.--Section 1002(d) of Public Law 104-19 is amended by 
     striking ``1998'' and inserting ``1999''.
       (b) Streamlining Section 8 Tenant-Based Assistance.--
     Section 203(d) of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
     Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1996, is amended by striking ``1997, and 
     1998'' and inserting ``1997, 1998, and 1999''.
       (c) Public and Assisted Housing Rents, Income Adjustments 
     and Preferences.--
       (1) Section 402(a) of The Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, 
     I is amended by striking ``fiscal years 1997 and 1998'' and 
     inserting ``fiscal years 1997, 1998, and 1999''.

[[Page S8585]]

       (2) Section 402(f) of The Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, 
     I is amended by striking ``fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 
     1998'' and inserting ``fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, and 
     1999''.
       Sec. 202. Financing Adjustment Factors.--Fifty percent of 
     the amounts of budget authority, or in lieu thereof 50 
     percent of the cash amounts associated with such budget 
     authority, that are recaptured from projects described in 
     section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
     Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-628, 102 
     Stat. 3224, 3268) shall be rescinded, or in the case of cash, 
     shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of budget 
     authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to 
     the Treasury shall be used by State housing finance agencies 
     or local governments or local housing agencies with projects 
     approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in 
     accordance with such section. Notwithstanding the previous 
     sentence, the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the 
     budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or 
     remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with 
     incentives to refinance their project at a lower interest 
     rate.
       Sec. 203. Fair Housing and Free Speech.--None of the 
     amounts made available under this Act may be used during 
     fiscal year 1998 to investigate or prosecute under the Fair 
     Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged in by one 
     or more persons, including the filing or maintaining of a 
     nonfrivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely for the 
     purpose of achieving or preventing action by a government 
     official or entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction.
       Sec. 204. Requirement for HUD to Maintain Public Notice and 
     Comment Rulemaking.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, for fiscal year 1998 and for all fiscal years 
     thereafter, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     shall maintain all current requirements under part 10 of the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development regulations (24 
     CFR part 10) with respect to the Department's policies and 
     procedures for the promulgation and issuance of rules, 
     including the use of public participation in the rulemaking 
     process.
       Sec. 205. Brownfields as Eligible CDBG Activity.--For 
     fiscal years 1998 and 1999, States and entitlement 
     communities may use funds allocated under the community 
     development block grants program under title I of the Housing 
     and Community Development Act of 1974 for environmental 
     cleanup and economic development activities related to 
     Brownfields projects in conjunction with the appropriate 
     environmental regulatory agencies, as if such activities were 
     eligible under section 105(a) of such Act.
       Sec. 206. Enhanced Disposition Authority.--Section 204 of 
     the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
     Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1997, is amended by inserting after ``owned by the 
     Secretary'' the following: ``, including, for fiscal years 
     1998 and 1999, the provision of grants and loans from the 
     General Insurance Fund (12 U.S.C. 1735c) for the necessary 
     costs of rehabilitation or demolition,''.
       Sec. 207. HUD Rent Reform.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development may provide tenant-based assistance to eligible 
     tenants of a project insured under either sections 221(d)(3) 
     or 236 of the National Housing Act in the same manner as if 
     the owner had prepaid the insured mortgage to the extent 
     necessary to minimize any rent increases or to prevent 
     displacement of low-income tenants in accordance with a 
     transaction approved by the Secretary provided that the rents 
     are no higher than the published section 8 fair market rents, 
     as of the date of enactment, during the tenants' occupancy of 
     the property.
       Sec. 208. Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS 
     Grants.--(a) Eligibility.--Notwithstanding section 
     854(c)(1)(A) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
     12903(c)(1)(A)), from any amounts made available under this 
     title for fiscal year 1999 that are allocated under such 
     section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 
     allocate and make a grant, in the amount determined under 
     subsection (b), for any State that--
       (1) received an allocation for fiscal year 1998 under 
     clause (ii) of such section;
       (2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for fiscal 
     year 1999 under such clause (ii) because the State does not 
     have the number of cases of acquired immunodeficiency 
     syndrome required under such clause; and
       (3) would meet such requirement if the cases in the 
     metropolitan statistical area for any city within the State, 
     which city was not eligible for an allocation for fiscal year 
     1998 under clause (i) of such section but is eligible for an 
     allocation for fiscal year 1999 under such clause, were 
     considered to be cases outside of metropolitan statistical 
     areas described in clause (i) of such section.
       (b) Amount.--The amount of the allocation and grant for any 
     State described in subsection (a) shall be the amount that is 
     equal to the lesser of--
       (1) the difference between--
       (A) the total amount allocated for such State under section 
     854(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act for 
     fiscal year 1997; and
       (B) the total amount allocated for the city described in 
     subsection (a)(3) of this section under section 
     854(c)(1)(A)(i) of such Act for fiscal year 1998 (from 
     amounts made available under this title); and
       (2) $300,000.
       Sec. 209. Section 236 Program Reform.--Section 236 of the 
     National Housing Act is amended to add a subsection in the 
     appropriate place as follows:
       ``(g) The project owner shall, as required by the 
     Secretary, accumulate, safeguard, and periodically pay the 
     Secretary or such other entity as determined by the Secretary 
     and upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems 
     appropriate, all rental charges collected on a unit-by-unit 
     basis in excess of the basic rental charges. Unless otherwise 
     directed by the Secretary, such excess charges shall be 
     credited to a reserve fund to be used by the Secretary to 
     make additional assistance payments as provided in paragraph 
     (3) of subsection (f). Notwithstanding any other requirements 
     of this subsection, a project owner with a mortgage insured 
     under this section or insured under section 207 of this Act 
     pursuant to section 223(f) of this Act may retain some or all 
     of such excess charges for project use if authorized by the 
     Secretary and upon such terms and conditions as established 
     by the Secretary.''.
       Sec. 210. FHA Multifamily Mortgage Credit Demonstrations.--
     Section 542 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
     1992 is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)(5) by adding before the period at the 
     end of the first sentence ``, and not more than an additional 
     25,000 units over fiscal year 1999'', and
       (2) in the first sentence of subsection (c)(4) inserting 
     after ``fiscal year 1997'' the following: ``and not more than 
     an additional 25,000 units during fiscal year 1999''.
       Sec. 211. Calculation of Downpayment.--Section 203(b)(10) 
     of the National Housing Act is amended by--
       (1) striking out ``Alaska and Hawaii'' and inserting in 
     lieu thereof ``Calculation of Downpayment''; and
       (2) striking out in subparagraph (A) ``originated in the 
     State of Alaska or the State of Hawaii and endorsed for 
     insurance in fiscal years 1997 and 1998,'' and inserting in 
     lieu thereof ``executed for insurance in fiscal years 1998, 
     1999, and 2000''.
       Sec. 212. State CDBG IDIS Funding.--During fiscal year 
     1999, from amounts received by a State under section 
     106(d)(1) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
     1974 for distribution in nonentitlement areas, the State may 
     deduct an amount, not to exceed the greater of 0.25 percent 
     of the amount so received or $50,000, for implementation of 
     the integrated disbursement and information system 
     established by the Secretary, in addition to any amounts used 
     for this purpose from amounts retained by the State for 
     administrative expenses under section 106(d)(3)(A).
       Sec. 213. Nursing Home Lease Terms. (a) Technical 
     Correction.--Section 216 of the Departments of Veterans 
     Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998, is amended by striking out 
     ``fifty years from the date'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``fifty years to run from the date''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall be construed to have taken effect on October 27, 1997.
       Sec. 214. Empowerment Zones as Criteria.--The Secretary of 
     Housing and Urban Development is prohibited from using as a 
     grant criteria for any program administered by the Secretary 
     the use of program funds in an empowerment zone or enterprise 
     community.
       Sec. 215. Grant Announcements.--The Secretary of Housing 
     and Urban Development shall provide all grant announcements 
     to the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on VA, 
     HUD, and Independent Agencies at least twenty-four hours 
     before the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
     publicly or privately makes an announcement of any grant 
     award.
       Sec. 216. Technical for Emergency CDBG Program.--For 
     purposes of eligibility for funding under the heading 
     ``Community Development Block Grants'' in the 1998 
     Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act (Public Law 
     105-174; May 1, 1998) the term ``states'' shall be deemed to 
     include ``Indian tribes'' as defined under section 102(a)(17) 
     of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and 
     Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and 
     American Samoa: Provided, That amounts made available by this 
     section are designated by the Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
       Sec. 217. Account Transition.--The amount of obligated 
     balances in appropriations accounts, as set forth in title II 
     of the Departments of Veterans Affairs, and Housing and Urban 
     Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1998 and prior Acts that are recaptured hereafter, to the 
     extent not governed by the specific language in an account or 
     provision in the Act, shall be held in reserve subject to 
     reprogramming, notwithstanding any other provision of law.
       Sec. 218. Prohibition on University Funding.--The Secretary 
     of Housing and Urban Development is prohibited from paying 
     directly or indirectly any university the cost of room and 
     board and tuition for training associated with senior 
     community builders or any similar program except that the 
     Secretary may fund education and training programs associated 
     with the Community Development Block Grant program, the 
     Community First Leadership program and the Junior Community 
     Builders program, subject to the Secretary submitting to the 
     Committees on Appropriations an action plan

[[Page S8586]]

     identifying all funding to be used and the education and 
     training programs for which the funding will be provided.
       Sec. 219. FHA Single Family Mortgage Insurance Limits 
     Reform.--(a) Section 203(b) of the National Housing Act is 
     amended by striking out clause (ii) of paragraph (2)(A) and 
     all that follows through ``applicable size;'' and inserting 
     the following in lieu thereof:
       ``(ii) 87 percent of the dollar amount limitation 
     determined under section 305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan 
     Mortgage Corporation Act for a residence of applicable size;
     except that the applicable dollar amount limitation in effect 
     for any area under this subparagraph may not be less than 48 
     percent of the dollar limitation determined under section 
     305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act 
     for a residence of the applicable size; and''.
       Sec. 220. Use of Home Funds for Public Housing 
     Modernization.--Notwithstanding section 212(d)(5) of the 
     Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, amounts 
     made available to the City of Bismarck, North Dakota, under 
     subtitle A of title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
     Affordable Housing Act for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 
     2001 or 2002, may be used to carry out activities authorized 
     under section 14 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
     U.S.C. 14371) for the purpose of modernizing the Crescent 
     Manor public housing project located at 107 East Bowen 
     Avenue, in Bismarck, North Dakota, if--
       (1) the Burleigh County Housing Authority (or any successor 
     public housing agency that owns or operates the Crescent 
     Manor public housing project) has obligated all other Federal 
     assistance made available to that public housing agency for 
     that fiscal year; or
       (2) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     authorizes the use of those amounts for the purpose of 
     modernizing that public housing project, which authorization 
     may be made with respect to 1 or more of those fiscal years.
       Sec. 221. CDBG and Home Exemption.--The City of Oxnard, 
     California may use amounts available to the City under title 
     I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and 
     under subtitle A of title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
     National Affordable Housing Act) to reimburse the City for 
     its cost in purchasing 19.89 acres of land, more or less, 
     located at the northwest corner of Lombard Street and Camino 
     del Sol in the City, on the north side of the 2100 block of 
     Camino del Sol, for the purpose of providing affordable 
     housing. The procedures set forth in sections 104(g)(2) and 
     (3) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and 
     sections 288(b) and (c) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
     Affordable Housing Act shall not apply to any release of 
     funds for such reimbursement.
       Sec. 222. Technical Corrections to the Departments of 
     Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
     Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998. (a) Section 8 
     Contract Renewal Policy for Fiscal Year 1999 and Subsequent 
     Years.--Section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing 
     Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting after 
     ``Notwithstanding paragraph (1)'' the following ``and subject 
     to section 516 of this subtitle''; and
       (2) by inserting at the end the following new subsections:
       ``(b) Inapplicability to Projects Subject to 
     Restructuring.--This section shall not apply to projects 
     restructured under this subtitle.
       ``(c) Savings Provisions.--Upon the repeal of this subtitle 
     pursuant to section 579, the provisions of sections 512(2) 
     and 516 (as in effect immediately before such repeal) shall 
     apply with respect to this section.''.
       (b) Repeal of Contract Renewal Authority under Section 
     405(a).--Section 405(a) of The Balanced Budget Downpayment 
     Act, I is hereby repealed.
       (c) Exemptions from Restructuring.--(1) Section 514(h)(1) 
     of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
     Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(1) The primary financing for the project was provided by 
     a unit of State government or a unit of general local 
     government (or an agency or instrumentality of either) and 
     the primary financing involves mortgage insurance under the 
     National Housing Act, such that implementation of a mortgage 
     restructuring and rental assistance sufficiency plan under 
     this Act would be in conflict with applicable law or 
     agreements governing such financing;''.
       (2) Section 524(a)(2)(B) is amended by striking ``and the 
     financing'' and inserting ``and the primary financing''.
       (d) Mandatory Renewal of Project-Based Assistance.--Section 
     515(c)(1) is amended by inserting ``or'' after the semicolon 
     at the end of subparagraph (b).
       (e) Partial Payments of Claims.--Section 514 of the 
     National Housing Act is amended by--
       (1) by striking ``1978 or'' and inserting ``1978) or''; and
       (2) by striking ``)))'' and inserting ``))''.
       Sec. 223. Clarification of Owner's Right to Prepay. (a) 
     Prepayment Right.--Notwithstanding section 211 of the Housing 
     and Community Development Act of 1987 or section 221 of the 
     Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 (as in effect 
     pursuant to section 604(c) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
     Affordable Housing Act), subject to subsection (b), with 
     respect to any project that is eligible low-income housing 
     (as that term is defined in section 229 of the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1987)--
       (1) the owner of the project may prepay, and the mortgagee 
     may accept prepayment of, the mortgage on the project, and
       (2) the owner may request voluntary termination of a 
     mortgage insurance contract with respect to such project and 
     the contract may be terminated notwithstanding any 
     requirements under sections 229 and 250 of the National 
     Housing Act.
       (b) Conditions.--Any prepayment of a mortgage or 
     termination of an insurance contract authorized under 
     subsection (a) may be made--
       (1) only to the extent that such prepayment or termination 
     is consistent with the terms and conditions of the mortgage 
     on or mortgage insurance contract for the project; and
       (2) only if owner of the project involved agrees not to 
     increase the rent charges for any dwelling unit in the 
     project during the 60-day period beginning upon such 
     prepayment or termination.
       Sec. 224. Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Act. 
     The Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Act of 1990 
     is amended--
       (1) in section 5123, by inserting ``Indian tribes'' before 
     ``and private'';
       (2) in section 5124(a)(7), by inserting ``, an Indian 
     tribe,'' before ``or tribally designated'';
       (3) in section 5125, by inserting ``an Indian tribe'' 
     before ``or tribally designated''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(6) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has the 
     meaning given the term in 25 U.S.C. 4103(12).''.
       Sec. 225. Multifamily Housing Institute. Notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, the Secretary may, from time to 
     time, as determined necessary to assist the Department in 
     managing its multifamily assets including analyzing, tracking 
     and evaluating its portfolio of FHA-insured and other 
     mortgages and properties and assisting the Department in 
     understanding and reducing the risk involved in its mortgage 
     restructuring, insuring and guaranteeing activities, provide 
     data to, and purchase data from, any nonprofit, industry 
     supported, on-line provider of nationwide, multifamily 
     housing loan and property data services.
       Sec. 226. Multifamily Mortgage Auctions. Section 
     221(g)(4)(C) of the National Housing Act is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence of clause (viii), by striking 
     ``September 30, 1996'' and inserting ``December 31, 2002''; 
     and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(ix) The authority of the Secretary to conduct 
     multifamily auctions under this paragraph shall be effective 
     for any fiscal year only to the extent and in such amounts as 
     are approved in appropriations Acts for the costs of loan 
     guarantees (as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974), including the cost of modifying 
     loans.''.
       Sec. 227. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 
     the $1,250,000 made available pursuant to Public Law 102-389 
     for economic revitalization and infrastructure repair in 
     Montpelier, Vermont, $250,000 is available for the Central 
     Vermont Revolving Loan Fund administered by the Central 
     Vermont Community Action Council.
       Sec. 228. Annual Report on Management Deficiencies. (a) In 
     General.--Section 203 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
     1709) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(w) Management Deficiencies Report.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the 
     Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the plan of 
     the Secretary to address each material weakness, reportable 
     condition, and noncompliance with an applicable law or 
     regulation (as defined by the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget) identified in the most recent audited 
     financial statement of the Federal Housing Administration 
     submitted under section 3515 of title 31, United States Code.
       ``(2) Contents of annual report.--Each report submitted 
     under paragraph (1) shall include--
       ``(A) an estimate of the resources, including staff, 
     information systems, and contract assistance, required to 
     address each material weakness, reportable condition, and 
     noncompliance with an applicable law or regulation described 
     in paragraph (1), and the costs associated with those 
     resources;
       ``(B) an estimated timetable for addressing each material 
     weakness, reportable condition, and noncompliance with an 
     applicable law or regulation described in paragraph (1); and
       ``(C) the progress of the Secretary in implementing the 
     plan of the Secretary included in the report submitted under 
     paragraph (1) for the preceding year, except that this 
     subparagraph does not apply to the initial report submitted 
     under paragraph (1).''.
       (b) Effect on Other Authority.--The Secretary of Housing 
     and Urban Development may not implement section 219 of this 
     Act before the date on which the Secretary submits the 
     initial report required under section 203(w) of the National 
     Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(w)), as added by subsection (a) 
     of this section.
       Sec. 229. Low-income Housing Preservation and Resident 
     Homeownership. (a) Notice of Prepayment or Termination.--

[[Page S8587]]

       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 212(b) of the Low-
     Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 
     1990 (12 U.S.C. 4102) or any other provision of law, during 
     fiscal year 1998 and each fiscal year thereafter, an owner of 
     eligible low-income housing (as defined in section 229 of the 
     Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership 
     Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 4119)) that intends to take any action 
     described in section 212(a) of the Low-Income Housing 
     Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (12 
     U.S.C. 4102(a)) shall, not less than 1 year before the date 
     on which the action is taken--
       (A) file a notice indicating that intent with the chief 
     executive officer of the appropriate State or local 
     government for the jurisdiction within which the housing is 
     located; and
       (B) provide each tenant of the housing with a copy of that 
     notice.
       (2) Exception.--The requirements of this subsection do not 
     apply in any case in which the prepayment or termination at 
     issue is necessary to effect conversion to ownership by a 
     priority purchaser (as defined in section 231(a) of the Low-
     Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 
     1990 (12 U.S.C. 4120(a)). The requirements of this subsection 
     do not apply where owner's have provided legal notice of 
     prepayment or termination as of July 7, 1998, under the terms 
     of current law.
       Sec. 230. (a) Informed Consumer Choice.--Section 203(b)(2) 
     of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)) is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``Notwithstanding subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the 
     Secretary may not insure a mortgage unless the original 
     lender making the loan secured by that mortgage provided to 
     the prospective mortgagor a written notice that included (i) 
     a generic analysis comparing the note rate (and associated 
     interest payments), insurance premiums, and other costs and 
     fees that would be due over the life of the loan for a loan 
     insured by the Secretary under this subsection with the note 
     rates, insurance premiums (if applicable), and other costs 
     and fees that would be expected to be due if the mortgagor 
     obtained instead any of the mortgagor's 3 most frequently 
     employed structures for mortgage loans with a similar loan-
     to-value ratio in connection with a conventional mortgage (as 
     that term is used in section 305(a)(2) of the Federal Home 
     Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 U.S.C. 1454(a)(2)) or 
     section 302(b)(2) of the Federal National Mortgage 
     Association Charter Act (12 U.S.C. 1717(b)(2)), as 
     applicable), assuming prevailing interest rates; and (ii) a 
     statement regarding when the mortgagor's requirement to pay 
     the mortgage insurance premiums for a mortgage insured under 
     this section would terminate or a statement that the 
     requirement will terminate only if the mortgage is 
     refinanced, paid off, or otherwise terminated.''.
       (b) Annual Study by Comptroller General.--Section 203(b)(2) 
     of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)) is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``Not later than the expiration of a 1-year period 
     beginning on the effective date of this undesignated 
     paragraph and annually thereafter, the Comptroller General of 
     the United States shall conduct and submit to the Committee 
     on Banking and Financial Services of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs of the Senate, a study regarding the extent, 
     and cost to consumers, of steering by lenders to loans 
     insured by the Secretary under this subsection and the degree 
     to which lenders have complied with the requirements of this 
     subsection.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect immediately.

                    TITLE III--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  American Battle Monuments Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 
     American Battle Monuments Commission, including the 
     acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; 
     purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national 
     cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and its 
     territories and possessions; rent of office and garage space 
     in foreign countries; purchase (one for replacement only) and 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles; and insurance of official 
     motor vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of 
     such countries; $26,931,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That where station allowance has been 
     authorized by the Department of the Army for officers of the 
     Army serving the Army at certain foreign stations, the same 
     allowance shall be authorized for officers of the Armed 
     Forces assigned to the Commission while serving at the same 
     foreign stations, and this appropriation is hereby made 
     available for the payment of such allowance: Provided 
     further, That when traveling on business of the Commission, 
     officers of the Armed Forces serving as members or as 
     Secretary of the Commission may be reimbursed for expenses as 
     provided for civilian members of the Commission: Provided 
     further, That the Commission shall reimburse other Government 
     agencies, including the Armed Forces, for salary, pay, and 
     allowances of personnel assigned to it: Provided further, 
     That, of the funds made available under this heading, 
     $2,500,000 for the restoration and renovation of the Liberty 
     Memorial Monument to World War I located in Kansas City, 
     Missouri.

             Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant 
     to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including hire of 
     passenger vehicles, and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
     3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem 
     equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior level 
     positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, $6,500,000: Provided, That the 
     Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board shall have not 
     more than three career Senior Executive Service positions.

                       Department of the Treasury

              Community Development Financial Institutions


   community development financial institutions fund program account

       For grants, loans, and technical assistance to qualifying 
     community development lenders, and administrative expenses of 
     the Fund, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but 
     at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
     equivalent to the rate for ES-3, $55,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2000, of which $12,000,000 may 
     be used for the cost of direct loans, and up to $1,000,000 
     may be used for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     direct loan program: Provided, That the cost of direct loans, 
     including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
     defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
     subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of 
     direct loans not to exceed $32,000,000: Provided further, 
     That not more than $25,000,000 of the funds made available 
     under this heading may be used for programs and activities 
     authorized in section 114 of the Community Development 
     Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994.

                   Consumer Product Safety Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 
     Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
     services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
     individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the 
     maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase of nominal 
     awards to recognize non-Federal officials' contributions to 
     Commission activities, and not to exceed $500 for official 
     reception and representation expenses, $46,500,000.

             Corporation for National and Community Service


                national and community service programs

                           operating expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 
     Community Service (referred to in the matter under this 
     heading as the ``Corporation'') in carrying out programs, 
     activities, and initiatives under the National and Community 
     Service Act of 1990 (referred to in the matter under this 
     heading as the ``Act'') (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), 
     $425,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 1999: 
     Provided, That not more than $27,000,000 shall be available 
     for administrative expenses authorized under section 
     501(a)(4) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12671(a)(4)): Provided 
     further, That not more than $2,500 shall be for official 
     reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That 
     not more than $70,000,000, to remain available without fiscal 
     year limitation, shall be transferred to the National Service 
     Trust account for educational awards authorized under 
     subtitle D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.), 
     of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available for 
     national service scholarships for high school students 
     performing community service: Provided further, That not more 
     than $227,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading 
     shall be available for grants under the National Service 
     Trust program authorized under subtitle C of title I of the 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) (relating to activities 
     including the AmeriCorps program), of which not more than 
     $40,000,000 may be used to administer, reimburse, or support 
     any national service program authorized under section 
     121(d)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12581(d)(2)): Provided 
     further, That not more than $5,500,000 of the funds made 
     available under this heading shall be made available for the 
     Points of Light Foundation for activities authorized under 
     title III of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.): Provided 
     further, That no funds shall be available for national 
     service programs run by Federal agencies authorized under 
     section 121(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12571(b)): Provided 
     further, That to the maximum extent feasible, funds 
     appropriated under subtitle C of title I of the Act shall be 
     provided in a manner that is consistent with the 
     recommendations of peer review panels in order to ensure that 
     priority is given to programs that demonstrate quality, 
     innovation, replicability, and sustainability: Provided 
     further, That not more than $18,000,000 of the funds made 
     available under this heading shall be available for the 
     Civilian Community Corps authorized under subtitle E of title 
     I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.): Provided further, 
     That not more than $43,000,000 shall be available for school-
     based and community-based service-learning programs 
     authorized under subtitle B of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
     12521 et seq.): Provided further, That not more than 
     $30,000,000 shall be available for quality and innovation 
     activities authorized under subtitle H of title I

[[Page S8588]]

     of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12853 et seq.): Provided further, That 
     not more than $5,000,000 shall be available for audits and 
     other evaluations authorized under section 179 of the Act (42 
     U.S.C. 12639): Provided further, That to the maximum extent 
     practicable, the Corporation shall increase significantly the 
     level of matching funds and in-kind contributions provided by 
     the private sector, shall expand significantly the number of 
     educational awards provided under subtitle D of title I, and 
     shall reduce the total Federal costs per participant in all 
     programs.


                      Office of Inspector General

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
     amended, $3,000,000.

                       Court of Veterans Appeals


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses for the operation of the United 
     States Court of Veterans Appeals as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 
     sections 7251-7298, $10,000,000, of which $865,000, shall be 
     available for the purpose of providing financial assistance 
     as described, and in accordance with the process and 
     reporting procedures set fourth, under this heading in Public 
     Law 102-229.

                      Department of Defense--Civil

                       Cemeterial Expenses, Army


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for 
     maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington National 
     Cemetery and Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, 
     including the purchase of two passenger motor vehicles for 
     replacement only, and not to exceed $1,000 for official 
     reception and representation expenses, $11,666,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                    Environmental Protection Agency


                         Science and Technology

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For science and technology, including research and 
     development activities, which shall include research and 
     development activities under the Comprehensive Environmental 
     Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), 
     as amended; necessary expenses for personnel and related 
     costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or allowances 
     therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not 
     to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate 
     payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; 
     procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies; other 
     operating expenses in support of research and development; 
     construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
     renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, 
     $643,460,000, which shall remain available until September 
     30, 2000: Provided, That the obligated balance of such sums 
     shall remain available through September 30, 2007 for 
     liquidating obligations made in fiscal years 1999 and 2000.


                 environmental programs and management

       For environmental programs and management, including 
     necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel 
     and related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or 
     allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
     services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
     individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the 
     maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5 
     U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, 
     maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; 
     library memberships in societies or associations which issue 
     publications to members only or at a price to members lower 
     than to subscribers who are not members; construction, 
     alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of 
     facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; and not to 
     exceed $6,000 for official reception and representation 
     expenses, $1,840,500,000, which shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2000: Provided, That the obligated balance of 
     such sums shall remain available through September 30, 2007 
     for liquidating obligations made in fiscal years 1999 and 
     2000.


                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, as amended, and for construction, alteration, 
     repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to 
     exceed $75,000 per project, $31,154,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2000: Provided, That the obligated 
     balance of such sums shall remain available through September 
     30, 2007 for liquidating obligations made in fiscal years 
     1999 and 2000.


                        buildings and facilities

       For construction, repair, improvement, extension, 
     alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 
     or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
     $52,948,000, to remain available until expended.


                     hazardous substance superfund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive 
     Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
     1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sections 111 (c)(3), 
     (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and for 
     construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
     renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; 
     not to exceed $1,500,000,000 (of which $100,000,000 shall not 
     become available until September 1, 1999), to remain 
     available until expended, consisting of $1,250,000,000, as 
     authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and 
     Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by Public Law 
     101-508, and $250,000,000 as a payment from general revenues 
     to the Hazardous Substance Superfund as authorized by section 
     517(b) of SARA, as amended by Public Law 101-508: Provided, 
     That funds appropriated under this heading may be allocated 
     to other Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) 
     of CERCLA: Provided further, That $12,237,300 of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to the 
     ``Office of Inspector General'' appropriation to remain 
     available until September 30, 2000: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding section 111(m) of CERCLA or any other 
     provision of law, $74,000,000 of the funds appropriated under 
     this heading shall be available to the Agency for Toxic 
     Substances and Disease Registry to carry out activities 
     described in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of 
     CERCLA and section 118(f) of SARA: Provided further, That 
     $40,200,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
     shall be transferred to the ``Science and Technology'' 
     appropriation to remain available until September 30, 2000: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 
     this heading shall be used for Brownfields revolving loan 
     funds unless specifically authorized by subsequent 
     legislation: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading shall be available for the 
     Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to issue in 
     excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 
     104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 1998.

                leaking underground storage tank program


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground 
     storage tank cleanup activities authorized by section 205 of 
     the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and 
     for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
     renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, 
     $75,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That hereafter, the Administrator is authorized to enter into 
     assistance agreements with Federally recognized Indian tribes 
     on such terms and conditions as she deems appropriate for the 
     same purposes as are set forth in section 9003(h)(7) of RCRA.


                           oil spill response

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental 
     Protection Agency's responsibilities under the Oil Pollution 
     Act of 1990, $15,000,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill 
     Liability trust fund, and to remain available until expended.


                   state and tribal assistance grants

       For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, 
     including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and 
     performance partnership grants, $3,255,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which $1,400,000,000 shall be 
     for making capitalization grants for the Clean Water State 
     Revolving Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act, as amended, and $800,000,000 shall be for 
     capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving 
     Funds under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as 
     amended; $75,000,000 for architectural, engineering, 
     planning, design, construction and related activities in 
     connection with the construction of high priority water and 
     wastewater facilities in the area of the United States-Mexico 
     Border, after consultation with the appropriate border 
     commission; $30,000,000 for grants to the State of Alaska to 
     address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs of 
     rural and Alaska Native Villages; $100,000,000 for making 
     grants for the construction of wastewater and water treatment 
     facilities and groundwater protection infrastructure in 
     accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such 
     grants in the Committee report (S. Rept. 105-216) 
     accompanying this Act (S. 2168); and $850,000,000 for grants, 
     including associated program support costs, to States, 
     federally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal 
     consortia, and air pollution control agencies for multi-media 
     or single media pollution prevention, control and abatement 
     and related activities, including activities pursuant to the 
     provisions set forth under this heading in Public Law 104-
     134, and for making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air 
     Act for particulate matter monitoring and data collection 
     activities: Provided, That, consistent with section 1452(g) 
     of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12(g)), 
     section 302 of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 
     (Public Law 104-182) and the accompanying joint explanatory 
     statement of the committee on conference (H. Rept. No. 104-
     741 to accompany S. 1316, the Safe Drinking Water Act 
     Amendments of 1996), and notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, beginning in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, States 
     may combine the assets of State Revolving Funds (SRFs) 
     established under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water 
     Act, as amended, and title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act, as amended, as security for bond issues to 
     enhance the lending capacity of one or both SRFs, but not to 
     acquire the state

[[Page S8589]]

     match for either program, provided that revenues from the 
     bonds are allocated to the purposes of the Safe Drinking 
     Water Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act in the 
     same portion as the funds are used as security for the bonds: 
     Provided further, That, notwithstanding the matching 
     requirement in Public Law 104-204 for funds appropriated 
     under this heading for grants to the State of Texas for 
     improving wastewater treatment for the Colonias, such funds 
     that remain unobligated may also be used for improving water 
     treatment for the Colonias, and shall be matched by State 
     funds from State resources equal to 20 percent of such 
     unobligated funds: Provided further, That, hereafter the 
     Administrator is authorized to enter into assistance 
     agreements with Federally recognized Indian tribes on such 
     terms and conditions as she deems appropriate for the 
     development and implementation of programs to manage 
     hazardous waste, and underground storage tanks: Provided 
     further, That beginning in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, 
     pesticide program implementation grants under section 
     23(a)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and 
     Rodenticide Act, as amended, shall be available for pesticide 
     program development and implementation, including enforcement 
     and compliance activities: Provided further, That, 
     notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water 
     Pollution Control Act, as amended, the limitation on the 
     amounts in a water pollution control revolving fund that may 
     be used by a State to administer the fund shall not apply to 
     amounts a State has heretofore included, or will hereafter 
     include, as principal in loans made by such fund to eligible 
     borrowers where such amounts represent costs of administering 
     the fund, except that such amounts heretofore or hereafter 
     included in loans shall be accounted for separately from 
     other assets in the fund, shall only be used for purposes of 
     administering the fund and shall not exceed an amount that 
     the Administrator deems reasonable.


                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

       (a) Government Owned Ships Dismantled in Foreign 
     Countries.--None of the funding provided under this Act may 
     be used by the Environmental Protection Agency to issue any 
     notification, or enter into, implement or approve agreements 
     that enable the export of government owned ships to be 
     dismantled in foreign countries unless the Administrator of 
     the Environmental Protection Agency certifies to the Congress 
     that the environmental standards imposed by law and enforced 
     in the country in which the vessel is to be dismantled or 
     scrapped are comparable to the environmental standards 
     imposed and enforced under United States law.
       (b) Limitation on Funds Used to Enforce Regulations 
     Regarding Animal Fats and Vegetable Oils.--None of the funds 
     made available by this Act or subsequent Acts may be used by 
     the Environmental Protection Agency to issue, implement, or 
     enforce a regulation or to establish an interpretation or 
     guideline under the Edible Oil Regulatory Reform Act (Public 
     Law 104-55) or the amendments made by that Act, that does not 
     recognize and provide for, with respect to fats, oils, and 
     greases (as described in that Act, or the amendments made by 
     that Act) differences in--
       (1) physical, chemical, biological and other relevant 
     properties; and
       (2) environmental effects.
     Not later than March 31, 1999, the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency shall issue regulations 
     amending 40 C.F.R. 112 to comply with the requirements of 
     Public Law 104-55.

                   Executive Office of the President


                office of science and technology policy

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 
     Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the 
     National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 
     Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 and 6671), hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 5 
     U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
     representation expenses, and rental of conference rooms in 
     the District of Columbia, $5,026,000.


  council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality

       For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to 
     the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of 
     Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Environmental 
     Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality Improvement Act 
     of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977, $2,575,000: 
     Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     no funds other than those appropriated under this heading, 
     shall be used for or by the Council on Environmental Quality 
     and Office of Environmental Quality: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environmental 
     Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of one member, 
     appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
     consent of the Senate, serving as Chairman and exercising all 
     powers, functions, and duties of the Council.

                 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


                      office of inspector general

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, as amended, $34,666,000, to be derived from the Bank 
     Insurance Fund, the Savings Association Insurance Fund, and 
     the FSLIC Resolution Fund.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency


                            disaster relief

       For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $846,000,000, and, notwithstanding 42 
     U.S.C. 5203, to remain available until expended.


            disaster assistance direct loan program account

       For the cost of direct loans, $1,355,000, as authorized by 
     section 319 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Emergency Assistance Act: Provided, That such costs, 
     including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
     defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are 
     available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 
     amount of direct loans not to exceed $25,000,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     direct loan program, $440,000.


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
     including hire and purchase of motor vehicles as authorized 
     by 31 U.S.C. 1343; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 
     U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the 
     per diem rate equivalent to the rate for GS-18; expenses of 
     attendance of cooperating officials and individuals at 
     meetings concerned with the work of emergency preparedness; 
     transportation in connection with the continuity of 
     Government programs to the same extent and in the same manner 
     as permitted the Secretary of a Military Department under 10 
     U.S.C. 2632; and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception 
     and representation expenses, $170,000,000.


                      Office of Inspector General

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
     amended, $5,400,000.


              emergency management planning and assistance

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to 
     carry out activities under the National Flood Insurance Act 
     of 1968, as amended, and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 
     1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 
     1977, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Federal Fire 
     Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 
     2201 et seq.), the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended 
     (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the 
     National Security Act of 1947, as amended (50 U.S.C. 404-
     405), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, $239,000,000, 
     including $11,000,000 for assisting State and local 
     governments in preparing for and responding to terrorist 
     incidents: Provided, That for purposes of pre-disaster 
     mitigation pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5131 (b) and (c) and 42 
     U.S.C. 5196 (e) and (i), $25,000,000 of the funds made 
     available under this heading shall be available until 
     expended for project grants.


                   emergency food and shelter program

       To carry out an emergency food and shelter program pursuant 
     to title III of Public Law 100-77, as amended, $100,000,000: 
     Provided, That total administrative costs shall not exceed 
     three and one-half percent of the total appropriation.


                Radiological Emergency Preparedness Fund

       There is hereby established in the Treasury a Radiological 
     Emergency Preparedness Fund, which shall be available under 
     the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and Executive 
     Order 12657, for offsite radiological emergency planning, 
     preparedness, and response. Beginning in fiscal year 1999 and 
     thereafter, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency (FEMA) shall promulgate through rulemaking fees to be 
     assessed and collected, applicable to persons subject to 
     FEMA's radiological emergency preparedness regulations. The 
     aggregate charges assessed pursuant to this section during 
     fiscal year 1999 shall not be less than 100 percent of the 
     amounts anticipated by FEMA necessary for its radiological 
     emergency preparedness program for such fiscal year. The 
     methodology for assessment and collection of fees shall be 
     fair and equitable; and shall reflect costs of providing such 
     services, including administrative costs of collecting such 
     fees. Fees received pursuant to this section shall be 
     deposited in the Fund as offsetting collections and will 
     become available for authorized purposes on October 1, 1999, 
     and remain available until expended.
       For necessary expenses of the Fund for fiscal year 1999, 
     $12,849,000, to remain available until expended.


                     national flood insurance fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 
     1968, the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, 
     not to exceed $22,685,000 for salaries and expenses 
     associated with flood mitigation and flood insurance 
     operations, and not to exceed $78,464,000 for flood 
     mitigation, including up to $20,000,000 for expenses under 
     section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act, which 
     amount shall be available for transfer to the National Flood 
     Mitigation Fund until September 30, 2000. In fiscal year 
     1999, no funds

[[Page S8590]]

     in excess of (1) $47,000,000 for operating expenses, (2) 
     $343,989,000 for agents' commissions and taxes, and (3) 
     $60,000,000 for interest on Treasury borrowings shall be 
     available from the National Flood Insurance Fund without 
     prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations. For fiscal 
     year 1999, flood insurance rates shall not exceed the level 
     authorized by the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 
     1994.
       Section 1309(a)(2) of the National Flood Insurance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 4016(a)(2)), as amended by Public Law 104-208, is 
     further amended by striking ``1998'' and inserting ``1999''.
       Section 1319 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 
     as amended (42 U.S.C. 4026), is amended by striking 
     ``September 30, 1998'' and inserting ``September 30, 1999''.
       Section 1336 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 
     as amended (42 U.S.C. 4056), is amended by striking 
     ``September 30, 1998'' and inserting ``September 30, 1999''.
       The first sentence of section 1376(c) of the National Flood 
     Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4127(c)), is 
     amended by striking ``September 30, 1998'' and inserting 
     ``September 30, 1999''.

                    General Services Administration


                    consumer information center fund

       For necessary expenses of the Consumer Information Center, 
     including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,419,000, 
     to be deposited into the Consumer Information Center Fund: 
     Provided, That the appropriations, revenues and collections 
     deposited into the fund shall be available for necessary 
     expenses of Consumer Information Center activities in the 
     aggregate amount of $7,500,000. Appropriations, revenues, and 
     collections accruing to this fund during fiscal year 1999 in 
     excess of $7,500,000 shall remain in the fund and shall not 
     be available for expenditure except as authorized in 
     appropriations Acts.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration


                      INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 
     support of the International Space Station, including 
     development, operations and research support; maintenance; 
     construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, 
     and modification of real and personal property, and 
     acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized 
     by law; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and 
     operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
     $2,300,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000.


                 LAUNCH VEHICLES AND PAYLOAD OPERATIONS

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
     conduct and support of the space shuttle program, including 
     safety and performance upgrades, space shuttle operations, 
     and payload utilization and operations, and services; 
     maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, 
     rehabilitation, and modification of real and personal 
     property, and acquisition or condemnation of real property, 
     as authorized by law; space flight, spacecraft control and 
     communications activities including operations, production, 
     and services; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and 
     operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
     $3,241,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000: 
     Provided, That none of the funds provided under this heading 
     may be utilized to support the development or operations of 
     the International Space Station other than costs of space 
     shuttle flights utilized for space station assembly.


                         SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
     conduct and support of space science, earth science, life and 
     microgravity science, and academic programs, including 
     research, development, operations, and services; maintenance; 
     construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, 
     and modification of real and personal property, and 
     acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized 
     by law; space flight, spacecraft control and communications 
     activities including operations, production, and services; 
     and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of 
     mission and administrative aircraft, $4,257,400,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That 
     none of the funds provided under this heading may be utilized 
     to support the development or operations of the International 
     Space Station.


            AERONAUTICS, SPACE TRANSPORTATION AND TECHNOLOGY

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
     conduct and support of aeronautics, space transportation, and 
     technology research and development activities, including 
     research, development, operations, and services; maintenance; 
     construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, 
     and modification of real and personal property, and 
     acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized 
     by law; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and 
     operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
     $1,305,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000: 
     Provided, That none of the funds provided under this heading 
     may be utilized to support the development or operations of 
     the International Space Station.


                            MISSION SUPPORT

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 
     carrying out mission support for international space station, 
     space shuttle, science and technology, aeronautics, space 
     transportation and technology programs, including research 
     operations and support; space communications activities 
     including operations, production, and services; maintenance; 
     construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, 
     and modification of facilities, minor construction of new 
     facilities and additions to existing facilities, facility 
     planning and design, environmental compliance and 
     restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 
     property, as authorized by law; program management; personnel 
     and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
     as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; travel expenses; 
     purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of 
     mission and administrative aircraft; not to exceed $35,000 
     for official reception and representation expenses; and 
     purchase (not to exceed 33 for replacement only) and hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles; $2,491,600,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2000: Provided, That none of the funds 
     provided under this heading may be utilized to support the 
     development or operations of the International Space Station.


                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
     amended, $20,000,000.


                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

       Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
     appropriated for ``International Space Station'', ``Launch 
     Vehicles and Payload Operations'', ``Science and 
     Technology'', ``Aeronautics, Space Transportation and 
     Technology'', or ``Mission Support'' by this appropriations 
     Act, when any activity has been initiated by the incurrence 
     of obligations for construction of facilities as authorized 
     by law, such amount available for such activity shall remain 
     available until expended. This provision does not apply to 
     the amounts appropriated in ``Mission support'' pursuant to 
     the authorization for repair, rehabilitation and modification 
     of facilities, minor construction of new facilities and 
     additions to existing facilities, and facility planning and 
     design.
       Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
     appropriated for ``International Space Station'', ``Launch 
     Vehicles and Payload Operations'', ``Science and 
     Technology'', ``Aeronautics, Space Transportation and 
     Technology'', or ``Mission Support'' by this appropriations 
     Act, the amounts appropriated for construction of facilities 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2001.
       Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
     appropriated for ``Mission support'' and ``Office of 
     Inspector General'', amounts made available by this Act for 
     personnel and related costs and travel expenses of the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall remain 
     available until September 30, 1999 and may be used to enter 
     into contracts for training, investigations, costs associated 
     with personnel relocation, and for other services, to be 
     provided during the next fiscal year.

                  National Credit Union Administration


                       central liquidity facility

       During fiscal year 1999, gross obligations of the Central 
     Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new direct 
     loans to member credit unions, as authorized by the National 
     Credit Union Central Liquidity Facility Act (12 U.S.C. 1795), 
     shall not exceed $600,000,000: Provided, That administrative 
     expenses of the Central Liquidity Facility in fiscal year 
     1999 shall not exceed $176,000: Provided further, That 
     $1,000,000, together with amounts of principal and interest 
     on loans repaid, to be available until expended, is available 
     for loans to community development credit unions.

                      National Science Foundation


                    research and related activities

       For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science 
     Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875), and 
     the Act to establish a National Medal of Science (42 U.S.C. 
     1880-1881); services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
     maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase of flight 
     services for research support; acquisition of aircraft; 
     $2,725,000,000, of which not to exceed $228,530,000 shall 
     remain available until expended for Polar research and 
     operations support, and for reimbursement to other Federal 
     agencies for operational and science support and logistical 
     and other related activities for the United States Antarctic 
     program; the balance to remain available until September 30, 
     2000: Provided, That receipts for scientific support services 
     and materials furnished by the National Research Centers and 
     other National Science Foundation supported research 
     facilities may be credited to this appropriation: Provided 
     further, That to the extent that the amount appropriated is 
     less than the total amount authorized to be appropriated for 
     included program activities, all amounts, including floors 
     and ceilings, specified in the authorizing Act for those 
     program activities or their subactivities shall be reduced 
     proportionally: Provided further, That $50,000,000 of the 
     funds available under this heading shall be made available 
     for a comprehensive research initiative on plant genomes for 
     economically significant crop.


                        major research equipment

       For necessary expenses of major construction projects 
     pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as 
     amended, $94,000,000, to remain available until expended.

[[Page S8591]]

                     education and human resources

       For necessary expenses in carrying out science and 
     engineering education and human resources programs and 
     activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 
     1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875), including services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and rental of conference rooms in 
     the District of Columbia, $683,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2000: Provided, That to the extent that 
     the amount of this appropriation is less than the total 
     amount authorized to be appropriated for included program 
     activities, all amounts, including floors and ceilings, 
     specified in the authorizing Act for those program activities 
     or their subactivities shall be reduced proportionally.


                         salaries and expenses

       For salaries and expenses necessary in carrying out the 
     National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 
     U.S.C. 1861-1875); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire 
     of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $9,000 for 
     official reception and representation expenses; uniforms or 
     allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
     rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia; 
     reimbursement of the General Services Administration for 
     security guard services and headquarters relocation; 
     $136,950,000: Provided, That contracts may be entered into 
     under ``Salaries and expenses'' in fiscal year 1999 for 
     maintenance and operation of facilities, and for other 
     services, to be provided during the next fiscal year.


                      Office of Inspector General

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
     amended, $5,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2000.

                 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation


          Payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

       For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 
     for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as 
     authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 8101-8107), $60,000,000.

                        Selective Service System


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, 
     including expenses of attendance at meetings and of training 
     for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Service 
     System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101-4118 for civilian 
     employees; and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception 
     and representation expenses; $24,940,000: Provided, That 
     during the current fiscal year, the President may exempt this 
     appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever 
     he deems such action to be necessary in the interest of 
     national defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in connection 
     with the induction of any person into the Armed Forces of the 
     United States.

                      TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 401. Where appropriations in titles I, II, and III of 
     this Act are expendable for travel expenses and no specific 
     limitation has been placed thereon, the expenditures for such 
     travel expenses may not exceed the amounts set forth 
     therefore in the budget estimates submitted for the 
     appropriations: Provided, That this provision does not apply 
     to accounts that do not contain an object classification for 
     travel: Provided further, That this section shall not apply 
     to travel performed by uncompensated officials of local 
     boards and appeal boards of the Selective Service System; to 
     travel performed directly in connection with care and 
     treatment of medical beneficiaries of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs; to travel performed in connection with 
     major disasters or emergencies declared or determined by the 
     President under the provisions of the Robert T. Stafford 
     Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; to travel 
     performed by the Offices of Inspector General in connection 
     with audits and investigations; or to payments to interagency 
     motor pools where separately set forth in the budget 
     schedules: Provided further, That if appropriations in titles 
     I, II, and III exceed the amounts set forth in budget 
     estimates initially submitted for such appropriations, the 
     expenditures for travel may correspondingly exceed the 
     amounts therefore set forth in the estimates in the same 
     proportion.
       Sec. 402. Appropriations and funds available for the 
     administrative expenses of the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development and the Selective Service System shall be 
     available in the current fiscal year for purchase of 
     uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
     5901-5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
       Sec. 403. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development subject to the Government Corporation Control Act 
     or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, 
     without regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, 
     for legal services on a contract or fee basis, and for 
     utilizing and making payment for services and facilities of 
     Federal National Mortgage Association, Government National 
     Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, 
     Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 
     thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within 
     the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, 
     as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1831).
       Sec. 404. 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. 405. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     expended--
       (1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or employee 
     of the United States unless--
       (A) such certification is accompanied by, or is part of, a 
     voucher or abstract which describes the payee or payees and 
     the items or services for which such expenditure is being 
     made, or
       (B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to such 
     certification, and without such a voucher or abstract, is 
     specifically authorized by law; and
       (2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit by the 
     General Accounting Office or is specifically exempt by law 
     from such audit.
       Sec. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act to any 
     department or agency may be expended for the transportation 
     of any officer or employee of such department or agency 
     between his domicile and his place of employment, with the 
     exception of any officer or employee authorized such 
     transportation under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or 5 U.S.C. 7905.
       Sec. 407. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
     used for payment, through grants or contracts, to recipients 
     that do not share in the cost of conducting research 
     resulting from proposals not specifically solicited by the 
     Government: Provided, That the extent of cost sharing by the 
     recipient shall reflect the mutuality of interest of the 
     grantee or contractor and the Government in the research.
       Sec. 408. None of the funds in this Act may be used, 
     directly or through grants, to pay or to provide 
     reimbursement for payment of the salary of a consultant 
     (whether retained by the Federal Government or a grantee) at 
     more than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for level IV 
     of the Executive Schedule, unless specifically authorized by 
     law.
       Sec. 409. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
     used to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-
     Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory 
     proceedings. Nothing herein affects the authority of the 
     Consumer Product Safety Commission pursuant to section 7 of 
     the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2056 et seq.).
       Sec. 410. Except as otherwise provided under existing law 
     or under an existing Executive Order issued pursuant to an 
     existing law, the obligation or expenditure of any 
     appropriation under this Act for contracts for any consulting 
     service shall be limited to contracts which are (1) a matter 
     of public record and available for public inspection, and (2) 
     thereafter included in a publicly available list of all 
     contracts entered into within twenty-four months prior to the 
     date on which the list is made available to the public and of 
     all contracts on which performance has not been completed by 
     such date. The list required by the preceding sentence shall 
     be updated quarterly and shall include a narrative 
     description of the work to be performed under each such 
     contract.
       Sec. 411. Except as otherwise provided by law, no part of 
     any appropriation contained in this Act shall be obligated or 
     expended by any executive agency, as referred to in the 
     Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 et 
     seq.), for a contract for services unless such executive 
     agency (1) has awarded and entered into such contract in full 
     compliance with such Act and the regulations promulgated 
     thereunder, and (2) requires any report prepared pursuant to 
     such contract, including plans, evaluations, studies, 
     analyses and manuals, and any report prepared by the agency 
     which is substantially derived from or substantially includes 
     any report prepared pursuant to such contract, to contain 
     information concerning (A) the contract pursuant to which the 
     report was prepared, and (B) the contractor who prepared the 
     report pursuant to such contract.
       Sec. 412. Except as otherwise provided in section 406, none 
     of the funds provided in this Act to any department or agency 
     shall be obligated or expended to provide a personal cook, 
     chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or 
     employee of such department or agency.
       Sec. 413. None of the funds provided in this Act to any 
     department or agency shall be obligated or expended to 
     procure passenger automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C. 2001 
     with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of less than 
     22 miles per gallon.
       Sec. 414. None of the funds appropriated in title I of this 
     Act shall be used to enter into any new lease of real 
     property if the estimated annual rental is more than $300,000 
     unless the Secretary submits, in writing, a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the Congress and a period of 
     30 days has expired following the date on which the report is 
     received by the Committees on Appropriations.
       Sec. 415. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the 
     greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products 
     purchased with funds made available in this Act should be 
     American-made.
       (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into 
     any contract with, any entity using funds made available in 
     this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest 
     extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice 
     describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the 
     Congress.
       Sec. 416. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
     used to implement any cap on reimbursements to grantees for 
     indirect

[[Page S8592]]

     costs, except as published in Office of Management and Budget 
     Circular A-21.
       Sec. 417. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
     1999 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be 
     absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.
       Sec. 418. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for any program, project, or activity, when it is 
     made known to the Federal entity or official to which the 
     funds are made available that the program, project, or 
     activity is not in compliance with any Federal law relating 
     to risk assessment, the protection of private property 
     rights, or unfunded mandates.
       Sec. 419. Corporations and agencies of the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the 
     Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, are hereby 
     authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 
     funds and borrowing authority available to each such 
     corporation or agency and in accord with law, and to make 
     such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
     limitations as provided by section 104 of the Act as may be 
     necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the 
     budget for 1999 for such corporation or agency except as 
     hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections of these 
     corporations and agencies may be used for new loan or 
     mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent expressly 
     provided for in this Act (unless such loans are in support of 
     other forms of assistance provided for in this or prior 
     appropriations Acts), except that this proviso shall not 
     apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty operations of 
     these corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases are 
     necessary to protect the financial interest of the United 
     States Government.
       Sec. 420. Notwithstanding section 320(g) of the Federal 
     Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(g)), funds made 
     available pursuant to authorization under such section for 
     fiscal year 1999 and prior fiscal years may be used for 
     implementing comprehensive conservation and management plans.
       Sec. 421. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     term ``qualified student loan'' with respect to national 
     service education awards shall mean any loan made directly to 
     a student by the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary 
     Education, in addition to other meanings under section 
     148(b)(7) of the National and Community Service Act.
       Sec. 422. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, no 
     part of any appropriation for the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development shall be available for any activity in 
     excess of amounts set forth in the budget estimates submitted 
     for the appropriations.
       Sec. 423. (a) Each entity that receives a grant from the 
     Federal Government for purposes of providing emergency 
     shelter for homeless individuals shall--
       (1) ascertain, to the extent practicable, whether or not 
     each adult individual seeking such shelter from such entity 
     is a veteran; and
       (2) provide each such individual who is a veteran such 
     counseling relating to the availability of veterans benefits 
     (including employment assistance, health care benefits, and 
     other benefits) as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     considers appropriate.
       (b) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of 
     Housing and Urban Development shall jointly coordinate the 
     activities required by subsection (a).
       (c) Entities referred to in subsection (a) shall notify the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs of the number and identity of 
     veterans ascertained under paragraph (1) of that subsection. 
     Such entities shall make such notification with such 
     frequency and in such form as the Secretary shall specify.
       (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an entity 
     referred to subsection (a) that fails to meet the 
     requirements specified in that subsection shall not be 
     eligible for additional grants or other Federal funds for 
     purposes of carrying out activities relating to emergency 
     shelter for homeless individuals.
       Sec. 424. National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. (a) 
     Establishment and Purposes.--Section 202 of the National 
     Fallen Firefighters Foundation Act (36 U.S.C. 5201) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
       ``(1) primarily--
       ``(A) to encourage, accept, and administer private gifts of 
     property for the benefit of the National Fallen Firefighters' 
     Memorial and the annual memorial service associated with the 
     memorial; and
       ``(B) to, in coordination with the Federal Government and 
     fire services (as that term is defined in section 4 of the 
     Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 
     2203)), plan, direct, and manage the memorial service 
     referred to in subparagraph (A)'';
       (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``and Federal'' after 
     ``non-Federal'';
       (3) in paragraph (3)--
       (A) by striking ``State and local'' and inserting 
     ``Federal, State, and local''; and
       (B) by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (4) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting a semicolon; and
       (5) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) to provide for a national program to assist families 
     of fallen firefighters and fire departments in dealing with 
     line-of-duty deaths of those firefighters; and
       ``(6) to promote national, State, and local initiatives to 
     increase public awareness of fire and life safety in 
     coordination with the United States Fire Administration.''.
       (b) Board of Directors of Foundation.--Section 203(g)(1) of 
     the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Act (36 U.S.C. 
     5202(g)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(A) appointing officers or employees;''.
       (c) Administrative Services and Support.--Section 205 of 
     the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Act (36 U.S.C. 
     5204) is amended to read as follows:

     ``SEC. 205. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND SUPPORT.

       ``(a) In General.--During the 10-year period beginning on 
     the date of enactment of the Departments of Veterans Affairs 
     and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1999, the Administrator may--
       ``(1) provide personnel, facilities, and other required 
     services for the operation of the Foundation; and
       ``(2) request and accept reimbursement for the assistance 
     provided under paragraph (1).
       ``(b) Reimbursement.--Any amounts received under subsection 
     (a)(2) as reimbursement for assistance shall be deposited in 
     the Treasury to the credit of the appropriations then current 
     and chargeable for the cost of providing that assistance.
       ``(c) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, no Federal personnel or stationery may be used to 
     solicit funding for the Foundation.''.
       Sec. 425. Ineligibility of Individuals Convicted of 
     Manufacturing or Producing Methamphetamine for Certain 
     Housing Assistance. Section 16 of the United States Housing 
     Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437n) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(f) Ineligibility of Individuals Convicted of 
     Manufacturing or Producing Methamphetamine On the Premises.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a public housing 
     agency shall establish standards for occupancy in public 
     housing dwelling units and assistance under section 8 that--
       ``(1) permanently prohibit occupancy in any public housing 
     dwelling unit by, and assistance under section 8 for, any 
     person who has been convicted of manufacturing or otherwise 
     producing methamphetamine on the premises in violation of any 
     Federal or State law; and
       ``(2) immediately and permanently terminate the tenancy in 
     any public housing unit of, and the assistance under section 
     8 for, any person who is convicted of manufacturing or 
     otherwise producing methamphetamine on the premises in 
     violation of any Federal or State law.''.
       Sec. 426. Sense of Senate Regarding Maximum Travel Distance 
     for Veterans to Health Care Facilities. (a) It is the sense 
     of the Senate that it should be the goal of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs to serve all veterans at health care 
     facilities within 250 miles of their homes, and to minimize 
     travel distances if specialized services are not available at 
     a health care facility operated by the Veterans Health 
     Administration within 250 miles of a veteran's home.
       (b) Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to 
     the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate a report on the estimated 
     costs to and impact on the health care system administered by 
     the Veterans Health Administration of making specialty care 
     available to all veterans within 250 miles of their homes.
       Sec. 427. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
     obligated after February 15, 1999, unless each department, 
     agency, corporation, and commission that receives funds 
     herein provides detailed justifications to the Committees on 
     Appropriations for all salary and expense activities for 
     fiscal years 1999 through 2003, including personnel 
     compensation and benefits, consulting costs, professional 
     services or technical service contracts regardless of the 
     dollar amount, contracting out costs, travel and other 
     standard object classifications for all headquarters offices, 
     regional offices, or field installations and laboratories, 
     including the number of full-time equivalents per office, and 
     the personnel compensation, benefits and travel costs for 
     each Secretary, Assistant Secretary or Administrator.
       Sec. 428. Comprehensive Accountability Study for Federally-
     Funded Research. (a) Study.--The Director of the Office of 
     Science and Technology Policy, in consultation with the 
     Director of the Office of Management and Budget, may enter 
     into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences for 
     the Academy to conduct a comprehensive study to develop 
     methods for evaluating federally-funded research and 
     development programs. This study shall--
       (1) recommend processes to determine an acceptable level of 
     success for federally-funded research and development 
     programs by--
       (A) describing the research process in the various 
     scientific and engineering disciplines;
       (B) describing in the different sciences what measures and 
     what criteria each community uses to evaluate the success or 
     failure of a program, and on what time scales these measures 
     are considered reliable--both for exploratory long-range work 
     and for short-range goals; and
       (C) recommending how these measures may be adapted for use 
     by the Federal Government to evaluate federally-funded 
     research and development programs;
       (2) assess the extent to which agencies incorporate 
     independent merit-based evaluation into the formulation of 
     the strategic plans of funding agencies and if the quantity

[[Page S8593]]

     or quality of this type of input is unsatisfactory;
       (3) recommend mechanisms for identifying federally-funded 
     research and development programs which are unsuccessful or 
     unproductive;
       (4) evaluate the extent to which independent, merit-based 
     evaluation of federally-funded research and development 
     programs and projects achieves the goal of eliminating 
     unsuccessful or unproductive programs and projects; and
       (5) investigate and report on the validity of using 
     quantitative performance goals for aspects of programs which 
     relate to administrative management of the program and for 
     which such goals would be appropriate, including aspects 
     related to--
       (A) administrative burden on contractors and recipients of 
     financial assistance awards;
       (B) administrative burdens on external participants in 
     independent, merit-based evaluations;
       (C) cost and schedule control for construction projects 
     funded by the program;
       (D) the ratio of overhead costs of the program relative to 
     the amounts expended through the program for equipment and 
     direct funding of research; and
       (E) the timeliness of program responses to requests for 
     funding, participation, or equipment use.
       (b) Independent Merit-Based Evaluation Defined.--The term 
     ``independent merit-based evaluation'' means review of the 
     scientific or technical quality of research or development, 
     conducted by experts who are chosen for their knowledge of 
     scientific and technical fields relevant to the evaluation 
     and who--
       (1) in the case of the review of a program activity, do not 
     derive long-term support from the program activity; or
       (2) in the case of the review of a project proposal, are 
     not seeking funds in competition with the proposal.
       Sec. 429. Insurance; Indemnification; Liability. (a) In 
     General.--The Administrator may provide liability insurance 
     for, or indemnification to, the developer of an experimental 
     aerospace vehicle developed or used in execution of an 
     agreement between the Administration and the developer.
       (b) Terms and Conditions.--
       (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     section, the insurance and indemnification provided by the 
     Administration under subsection (a) to a developer shall be 
     provided on the same terms and conditions as insurance and 
     indemnification is provided by the Administration under 
     section 308 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 
     (42 U.S.C. 2458b) to the user of a space vehicle.
       (2) Insurance.--
       (A) In general.--A developer shall obtain liability 
     insurance or demonstrate financial responsibility in amounts 
     to compensate for the maximum probable loss from claims by--
       (i) a third party for death, bodily injury, or property 
     damage, or loss resulting from an activity carried out in 
     connection with the development or use of an experimental 
     aerospace vehicle; and
       (ii) the United States Government for damage or loss to 
     Government property resulting from such an activity.
       (B) Maximum required.--The Administrator shall determine 
     the amount of insurance required, but, except as provided in 
     subparagraph (C), that amount shall not be greater than the 
     amount required under section 70112(a)(3) of title 49, United 
     States Code, for a launch. The Administrator shall publish 
     notice of the Administrator's determination and the 
     applicable amount or amounts in the Federal Register within 
     10 days after making the determination.
       (C) Increase in dollar amounts.--The Administrator may 
     increase the dollar amounts set forth in section 
     70112(a)(3)(A) of title 49, United States Code, for the 
     purpose of applying that section under this section to a 
     developer after consultation with the Comptroller General and 
     such experts and consultants as may be appropriate, and after 
     publishing notice of the increase in the Federal Register not 
     less than 180 days before the increase goes into effect. The 
     Administrator shall make available for public inspection, not 
     later than the date of publication of such notice, a complete 
     record of any correspondence received by the Administration, 
     and a transcript of any meetings in which the Administration 
     participated, regarding the proposed increase.
       (D) Safety review required before administrator provides 
     insurance.--The Administrator may not provide liability 
     insurance or indemnification under subsection (a) unless the 
     developer establishes to the satisfaction of the 
     Administrator that appropriate safety procedures and 
     practices are being followed in the development of the 
     experimental aerospace vehicle.
       (3) No indemnification without cross-waiver.--
     Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Administrator may not 
     indemnify a developer of an experimental aerospace vehicle 
     under this section unless there is an agreement between the 
     Administration and the developer described in subsection (c).
       (4) Application of certain procedures.--If the 
     Administrator requests additional appropriations to make 
     payments under this section, like the payments that may be 
     made under section 308(b) of the National Aeronautics and 
     Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2458b(b)), then the request for 
     those appropriations shall be made in accordance with the 
     procedures established by subsections (d) and (e) of section 
     70113 of title 49, United States Code.
       (c) Cross-Waivers.--
       (1) Administrator authorized to waive.--The Administrator, 
     on behalf of the United States, and its departments, 
     agencies, and instrumentalities, may reciprocally waive 
     claims with a developer and with the related entities of that 
     developer under which each party to the waiver agrees to be 
     responsible, and agrees to ensure that its own related 
     entities are responsible, for damage or loss to its property 
     for which it is responsible, or for losses resulting from any 
     injury or death sustained by its own employees or agents, as 
     a result of activities connected to the agreement or use of 
     the experimental aerospace vehicle.
       (2) Limitations.--
       (A) Claims.--A reciprocal waiver under paragraph (1) may 
     not preclude a claim by any natural person (including, but 
     not limited to, a natural person who is an employee of the 
     United States, the developer, or the developer's 
     subcontractors) or that natural person's estate, survivors, 
     or subrogees for injury or death, except with respect to a 
     subrogee that is a party to the waiver or has otherwise 
     agreed to be bound by the terms of the waiver.
       (B) Liability for negligence.--A reciprocal waiver under 
     paragraph (1) may not absolve any party of liability to any 
     natural person (including, but not limited to, a natural 
     person who is an employee of the United States, the 
     developer, or the developer's subcontractors) or such a 
     natural person's estate, survivors, or subrogees for 
     negligence, except with respect to a subrogee that is a party 
     to the waiver or has otherwise agreed to be bound by the 
     terms of the waiver.
       (C) Indemnification for damages.--A reciprocal waiver under 
     paragraph (1) may not be used as the basis of a claim by the 
     Administration or the developer for indemnification against 
     the other for damages paid to a natural person, or that 
     natural person's estate, survivors, or subrogees, for injury 
     or death sustained by that natural person as a result of 
     activities connected to the agreement or use of the 
     experimental aerospace vehicle.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Administration.--The term ``Administration'' means the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
       (2) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
     Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration.
       (3) Common terms.--Any term used in this section that is 
     defined in the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 
     U.S.C. 2451 et seq.) has the same meaning in this section as 
     when it is used in that Act.
       (4) Developer.--The term ``developer'' means a person 
     (other than a natural person) who--
       (A) is a party to an agreement that was in effect before 
     the date of enactment of this Act with the Administration for 
     the purpose of developing new technology for an experimental 
     aerospace vehicle;
       (B) owns or provides property to be flown or situated on 
     that vehicle; or
       (C) employs a natural person to be flown on that vehicle.
       (5) Experimental aerospace vehicle.--The term 
     ``experimental aerospace vehicle'' means an object intended 
     to be flown in, or launched into, suborbital flight for the 
     purpose of demonstrating technologies necessary for a 
     reusable launch vehicle, developed under an agreement between 
     the Administration and a developer that was in effect before 
     the date of enactment of this Act.
       (e) Relationship to Other Laws.--
       (1) Section 308 of national aeronautics and space act of 
     1958.--This section does not apply to any object, 
     transaction, or operation to which section 308 of the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2458b) 
     applies.
       (2) Chapter 701 of title 49, united states code.--The 
     Administrator may not provide indemnification to a developer 
     under this section for launches subject to license under 
     section 70117(g)(1) of title 49, United States Code.
       (f) Termination.--
       (1) In general.--The provisions of this section shall 
     terminate on December 31, 2002, except that the Administrator 
     may extend the termination date to a date not later than 
     September 30, 2005, if the Administrator determines that such 
     an extension is necessary to cover the operation of an 
     experimental aerospace vehicle.
       (2) Effect of termination on agreements.--The termination 
     of this section does not terminate or otherwise affect a 
     cross-waiver agreement, insurance agreement, indemnification 
     agreement, or any other agreement entered into under this 
     section except as may be provided in that agreement.
       Sec. 430. Vietnam Veterans Allotment. The Alaskan Native 
     Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:


   ``OPEN SEASON FOR CERTAIN NATIVE ALASKAN VETERANS FOR ALLOTMENTS.

       ``Sec. 41. (a) In General.--(1) During the eighteen month 
     period following promulgation of implementing rules pursuant 
     to paragraph (6), a person described in subsection (b) shall 
     be eligible for an allotment of not more than 160 acres of 
     land under the Act of May 17, 1906 (chapter 2469; 34 Stat. 
     197), as such Act was in effect before December 18, 1971.
       ``(2) Allotments selected under this section shall not be 
     from existing native or non-native campsites, except for 
     campsites used

[[Page S8594]]

     primarily by the person selecting the allotment.
       ``(3) Only Federal lands shall be eligible for selection 
     and conveyance under this Act.
       ``(4) All conveyances shall be subject to valid existing 
     rights, including any right of the United States to income 
     derived, directly or indirectly, from a lease, license, 
     permit, right-of-way or easement.
       ``(5) All State selected lands that have not yet been 
     conveyed shall be ineligible for selection under this 
     section.
       ``(6) No later than 18 months after enactment of this 
     section, the Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate, 
     after consultation with Alaska Natives groups, rules to carry 
     out this section.
       ``(7) The Secretary of the Interior may convey alternative 
     Federal lands, including lands within a Conservation System 
     Unit, to a person entitled to an allotment located within a 
     Conservation System Unit if--
       ``(A) the Secretary determines that the allotment would be 
     incompatible with the purposes for which the Conservation 
     System Unit was established; and
       ``(B) the alternative lands are of equal acreage to the 
     allotment.
       ``(b) Eligible Individuals.--(1) A person is eligible under 
     subsection (a) if that person would have been eligible under 
     the Act of May 17, 1906 (chapter 2469; 34 Stat. 197), as that 
     Act was in effect before December 18, 1971, and that person 
     is a veteran who served during the period between January 1, 
     1968 and December 31, 1971.
       ``(c) Study and Report.--The Secretary of the Interior 
     shall--
       ``(1) conduct a study to identify and assess the 
     circumstances of veterans of the Vietnam era who were 
     eligible for allotments under the Act of May 17, 1906 but who 
     did not apply under that Act and are not eligible under this 
     section; and
       ``(2) within one year of enactment of this section, issue a 
     written report with recommendations to the Committee on 
     Appropriations and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources in the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations 
     and the Committee on Resources in the House of 
     Representatives.
       ``(d) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section, the 
     terms `veteran' and `Vietnam era' have the meanings given 
     those terms by paragraphs (2) and (29), respectively, of 
     section 101 of title 38, United States Code.''.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Departments of Veterans 
     Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999''.

                          ____________________