[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 27, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H10933-H11065]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 3064, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS 
                               ACT, 2000

  Mr. ISTOOK submitted the following conference report and statement on 
the bill (H.R. 3064) making appropriations for the government of the 
District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in 
part against revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2000, and for other purposes:

                  Conference Report (H. Rept. 106-419)

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     3064) ``making appropriations for the government of the 
     District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole 
     or in part against revenues of said District for the fiscal 
     year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes'', 
     having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to 
     recommend

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     and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an 
     amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert:
     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the District of 
     Columbia, and for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
     Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal 
     year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, 
     namely:

                               DIVISION A

                  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS

       For programs, projects, or activities in the District of 
     Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000, provided as follows, to be 
     effective as if it had been enacted into law as the regular 
     appropriations Act:
       An Act Making appropriations for the government of the 
     District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole 
     or in part against revenues of said District for the fiscal 
     year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

                TITLE I--FISCAL YEAR 2000 APPROPRIATIONS

                             FEDERAL FUNDS

              Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support

       For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for a 
     program to be administered by the Mayor for District of 
     Columbia resident tuition support, subject to the enactment 
     of authorizing legislation for such program by Congress, 
     $17,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That such funds may be used on behalf of eligible District of 
     Columbia residents to pay an amount based upon the difference 
     between in-State and out-of-State tuition at public 
     institutions of higher education, usable at both public and 
     private institutions of higher education: Provided further, 
     That the awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the 
     basis of a resident's academic merit and such other factors 
     as may be authorized: Provided further, That if the 
     authorized program is a nationwide program, the Mayor may 
     expend up to $17,000,000: Provided further, That if the 
     authorized program is for a limited number of States, the 
     Mayor may expend up to $11,000,000: Provided further, That 
     the District of Columbia may expend funds other than the 
     funds provided under this heading, including local tax 
     revenues and contributions, to support such program.

        Federal Payment for Incentives for Adoption of Children

       For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia to create 
     incentives to promote the adoption of children in the 
     District of Columbia foster care system, $5,000,000: 
     Provided, That such funds shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2001 and shall be used in accordance with a 
     program established by the Mayor and the Council of the 
     District of Columbia and approved by the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate: Provided further, That funds provided under this 
     heading may be used to cover the costs to the District of 
     Columbia of providing tax credits to offset the costs 
     incurred by individuals in adopting children in the District 
     of Columbia foster care system and in providing for the 
     health care needs of such children, in accordance with 
     legislation enacted by the District of Columbia government.

         Federal Payment to the Citizen Complaint Review Board

       For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for 
     administrative expenses of the Citizen Complaint Review 
     Board, $500,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2001.

          Federal Payment to the Department of Human Services

       For a Federal payment to the Department of Human Services 
     for a mentoring program and for hotline services, $250,000.

    Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee 
                               Operations

       For salaries and expenses of the District of Columbia 
     Corrections Trustee, $176,000,000 for the administration and 
     operation of correctional facilities and for the 
     administrative operating costs of the Office of the 
     Corrections Trustee, as authorized by section 11202 of the 
     National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 
     Improvement Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 712): 
     Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     funds appropriated in this Act for the District of Columbia 
     Corrections Trustee shall be apportioned quarterly by the 
     Office of Management and Budget and obligated and expended in 
     the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and 
     expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That in 
     addition to the funds provided under this heading, the 
     District of Columbia Corrections Trustee may use a portion of 
     the interest earned on the Federal payment made to the 
     Trustee under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 
     1998, (not to exceed $4,600,000) to carry out the activities 
     funded under this heading.

           Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts

       For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia 
     Courts, $99,714,000 to be allocated as follows: for the 
     District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $7,209,000; for the 
     District of Columbia Superior Court, $68,351,000; for the 
     District of Columbia Court System, $16,154,000; and 
     $8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001, for 
     capital improvements for District of Columbia courthouse 
     facilities: Provided, That of the amounts available for 
     operations of the District of Columbia Courts, not to exceed 
     $2,500,000 shall be for the design of an Integrated Justice 
     Information System and that such funds shall be used in 
     accordance with a plan and design developed by the courts and 
     approved by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts under 
     this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of 
     Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 
     manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of 
     other Federal agencies, with payroll and financial services 
     to be provided on a contractual basis with the General 
     Services Administration (GSA), said services to include the 
     preparation of monthly financial reports, copies of which 
     shall be submitted directly by GSA to the President and to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
     Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the 
     Senate, and the Committee on Government Reform of the House 
     of Representatives.

            Defender Services in District of Columbia Courts

       For payments authorized under section 11-2604 and section 
     11-2605, D.C. Code (relating to representation provided under 
     the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act), payments for 
     counsel appointed in proceedings in the Family Division of 
     the Superior Court of the District of Columbia under chapter 
     23 of title 16, D.C. Code, and payments for counsel 
     authorized under section 21-2060, D.C. Code (relating to 
     representation provided under the District of Columbia 
     Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of 
     Attorney Act of 1986), $33,336,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That the funds provided in this Act under 
     the heading ``Federal Payment to the District of Columbia 
     Courts'' (other than the $8,000,000 provided under such 
     heading for capital improvements for District of Columbia 
     courthouse facilities) may also be used for payments under 
     this heading: Provided further, That in addition to the funds 
     provided under this heading, the Joint Committee on Judicial 
     Administration in the District of Columbia may use a portion 
     (not to exceed $1,200,000) of the interest earned on the 
     Federal payment made to the District of Columbia courts under 
     the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1999, together 
     with funds provided in this Act under the heading ``Federal 
     Payment to the District of Columbia Courts'' (other than the 
     $8,000,000 provided under such heading for capital 
     improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facilities), 
     to make payments described under this heading for obligations 
     incurred during fiscal year 1999 if the Comptroller General 
     certifies that the amount of obligations lawfully incurred 
     for such payments during fiscal year 1999 exceeds the 
     obligational authority otherwise available for making such 
     payments: Provided further, That such funds shall be 
     administered by the Joint Committee on Judicial 
     Administration in the District of Columbia: Provided further, 
     That notwithstanding any other provision of law, this 
     appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of 
     Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 
     manner as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal 
     agencies, with payroll and financial services to be provided 
     on a contractual basis with the General Services 
     Administration (GSA), said services to include the 
     preparation of monthly financial reports, copies of which 
     shall be submitted directly by GSA to the President and to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
     Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the 
     Senate, and the Committee on Government Reform of the House 
     of Representatives.

 Federal Payment to the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency 
                      for the District of Columbia

       For salaries and expenses of the Court Services and 
     Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as 
     authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
     Government Improvement Act of 1997, (Public Law 105-33; 111 
     Stat. 712), $93,800,000, of which $58,600,000 shall be for 
     necessary expenses of Parole Revocation, Adult Probation, 
     Offender Supervision, and Sex Offender Registration, to 
     include expenses relating to supervision of adults subject to 
     protection orders or provision of services for or related to 
     such persons; $17,400,000 shall be available to the Public 
     Defender Service; and $17,800,000 shall be available to the 
     Pretrial Services Agency: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall 
     be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 
     Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds 
     appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal 
     agencies: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
     available under this heading, $20,492,000 shall be used in 
     support of universal drug screening and testing for those 
     individuals on pretrial, probation, or parole supervision 
     with continued testing, intermediate sanctions, and treatment 
     for those identified in need, of which $7,000,000 shall be 
     for treatment services.

                   Children's National Medical Center

       For a Federal contribution to the Children's National 
     Medical Center in the District of Columbia, $2,500,000 for 
     construction, renovation, and information technology 
     infrastructure costs associated with establishing community 
     pediatric health clinics for high risk children in medically 
     underserved areas of the District of Columbia.

           Federal Payment for Metropolitan Police Department

       For payment to the Metropolitan Police Department, 
     $1,000,000, for a program to eliminate open air drug 
     trafficking in the District of Columbia: Provided, That the 
     Chief of Police shall

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     provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
     of the Senate and House of Representatives by the 15th 
     calendar day after the end of each quarter beginning December 
     31, 1999, on the status of the project financed under this 
     heading.

                       DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

                           OPERATING EXPENSES

                          Division of Expenses

       The following amounts are appropriated for the District of 
     Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the general fund 
     of the District of Columbia, except as otherwise specifically 
     provided.

                   Governmental Direction and Support

       Governmental direction and support, $162,356,000 (including 
     $137,134,000 from local funds, $11,670,000 from Federal 
     funds, and $13,552,000 from other funds): Provided, That not 
     to exceed $2,500 for the Mayor, $2,500 for the Chairman of 
     the Council of the District of Columbia, and $2,500 for the 
     City Administrator shall be available from this appropriation 
     for official purposes: Provided further, That any program 
     fees collected from the issuance of debt shall be available 
     for the payment of expenses of the debt management program of 
     the District of Columbia: Provided further, That no revenues 
     from Federal sources shall be used to support the operations 
     or activities of the Statehood Commission and Statehood 
     Compact Commission: Provided further, That the District of 
     Columbia shall identify the sources of funding for Admission 
     to Statehood from its own locally-generated revenues: 
     Provided further, That all employees permanently assigned to 
     work in the Office of the Mayor shall be paid from funds 
     allocated to the Office of the Mayor: Provided further, That, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law now or hereafter 
     enacted, no Member of the District of Columbia Council 
     eligible to earn a part-time salary of $92,520, exclusive of 
     the Council Chairman, shall be paid a salary of more than 
     $84,635 during fiscal year 2000.

                  Economic Development and Regulation

       Economic development and regulation, $190,335,000 
     (including $52,911,000 from local funds, $84,751,000 from 
     Federal funds, and $52,673,000 from other funds), of which 
     $15,000,000 collected by the District of Columbia in the form 
     of BID tax revenue shall be paid to the respective BIDs 
     pursuant to the Business Improvement Districts Act of 1996 
     (D.C. Law 11-134; D.C. Code, sec. 1-2271 et seq.), and the 
     Business Improvement Districts Temporary Amendment Act of 
     1997 (D.C. Law 12-23): Provided, That such funds are 
     available for acquiring services provided by the General 
     Services Administration: Provided further, That Business 
     Improvement Districts shall be exempt from taxes levied by 
     the District of Columbia.

                       Public Safety and Justice

       Public safety and justice, including purchase or lease of 
     135 passenger-carrying vehicles for replacement only, 
     including 130 for police-type use and five for fire-type use, 
     without regard to the general purchase price limitation for 
     the current fiscal year, $778,770,000 (including $565,511,000 
     from local funds, $29,012,000 from Federal funds, and 
     $184,247,000 from other funds): Provided, That the 
     Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to replace not 
     to exceed 25 passenger-carrying vehicles and the Department 
     of Fire and Emergency Medical Services of the District of 
     Columbia is authorized to replace not to exceed five 
     passenger-carrying vehicles annually whenever the cost of 
     repair to any damaged vehicle exceeds three-fourths of the 
     cost of the replacement: Provided further, That not to exceed 
     $500,000 shall be available from this appropriation for the 
     Chief of Police for the prevention and detection of crime: 
     Provided further, That the Metropolitan Police Department 
     shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     on efforts to increase efficiency and improve the 
     professionalism in the department: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, or Mayor's Order 
     86-45, issued March 18, 1986, the Metropolitan Police 
     Department's delegated small purchase authority shall be 
     $500,000: Provided further, That the District of Columbia 
     government may not require the Metropolitan Police Department 
     to submit to any other procurement review process, or to 
     obtain the approval of or be restricted in any manner by any 
     official or employee of the District of Columbia government, 
     for purchases that do not exceed $500,000: Provided further, 
     That the Mayor shall reimburse the District of Columbia 
     National Guard for expenses incurred in connection with 
     services that are performed in emergencies by the National 
     Guard in a militia status and are requested by the Mayor, in 
     amounts that shall be jointly determined and certified as due 
     and payable for these services by the Mayor and the 
     Commanding General of the District of Columbia National 
     Guard: Provided further, That such sums as may be necessary 
     for reimbursement to the District of Columbia National Guard 
     under the preceding proviso shall be available from this 
     appropriation, and the availability of the sums shall be 
     deemed as constituting payment in advance for emergency 
     services involved: Provided further, That the Metropolitan 
     Police Department is authorized to maintain 3,800 sworn 
     officers, with leave for a 50 officer attrition: Provided 
     further, That no more than 15 members of the Metropolitan 
     Police Department shall be detailed or assigned to the 
     Executive Protection Unit, until the Chief of Police submits 
     a recommendation to the Council for its review: Provided 
     further, That $100,000 shall be available for inmates 
     released on medical and geriatric parole: Provided further, 
     That commencing on December 31, 1999, the Metropolitan Police 
     Department shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations 
     of the Senate and House of Representatives, the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on 
     Government Reform of the House of Representatives, quarterly 
     reports on the status of crime reduction in each of the 83 
     police service areas established throughout the District of 
     Columbia: Provided further, That up to $700,000 in local 
     funds shall be available for the operations of the Citizen 
     Complaint Review Board.

                        Public Education System

       Public education system, including the development of 
     national defense education programs, $867,411,000 (including 
     $721,847,000 from local funds, $120,951,000 from Federal 
     funds, and $24,613,000 from other funds), to be allocated as 
     follows: $713,197,000 (including $600,936,000 from local 
     funds, $106,213,000 from Federal funds, and $6,048,000 from 
     other funds), for the public schools of the District of 
     Columbia; $10,700,000 from local funds for the District of 
     Columbia Teachers' Retirement Fund; $17,000,000 from local 
     funds, previously appropriated in this Act as a Federal 
     payment, for resident tuition support at public and private 
     institutions of higher learning for eligible District of 
     Columbia residents; $27,885,000 from local funds for public 
     charter schools: Provided, That if the entirety of this 
     allocation has not been provided as payments to any public 
     charter schools currently in operation through the per pupil 
     funding formula, the funds shall be available for new public 
     charter schools on a per pupil basis: Provided further, That 
     $480,000 of this amount shall be available to the District of 
     Columbia Public Charter School Board for administrative 
     costs; $72,347,000 (including $40,491,000 from local funds, 
     $13,536,000 from Federal funds, and $18,320,000 from other 
     funds) for the University of the District of Columbia; 
     $24,171,000 (including $23,128,000 from local funds, $798,000 
     from Federal funds, and $245,000 from other funds) for the 
     Public Library; $2,111,000 (including $1,707,000 from local 
     funds and $404,000 from Federal funds) for the Commission on 
     the Arts and Humanities: Provided further, That the public 
     schools of the District of Columbia are authorized to accept 
     not to exceed 31 motor vehicles for exclusive use in the 
     driver education program: Provided further, That not to 
     exceed $2,500 for the Superintendent of Schools, $2,500 for 
     the President of the University of the District of Columbia, 
     and $2,000 for the Public Librarian shall be available from 
     this appropriation for official purposes: Provided further, 
     That none of the funds contained in this Act may be made 
     available to pay the salaries of any District of Columbia 
     Public School teacher, principal, administrator, official, or 
     employee who knowingly provides false enrollment or 
     attendance information under article II, section 5 of the Act 
     entitled ``An Act to provide for compulsory school 
     attendance, for the taking of a school census in the District 
     of Columbia, and for other purposes'', approved February 4, 
     1925 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-401 et seq.): Provided further, That 
     this appropriation shall not be available to subsidize the 
     education of any nonresident of the District of Columbia at 
     any District of Columbia public elementary and secondary 
     school during fiscal year 2000 unless the nonresident pays 
     tuition to the District of Columbia at a rate that covers 100 
     percent of the costs incurred by the District of Columbia 
     which are attributable to the education of the nonresident 
     (as established by the Superintendent of the District of 
     Columbia Public Schools): Provided further, That this 
     appropriation shall not be available to subsidize the 
     education of nonresidents of the District of Columbia at the 
     University of the District of Columbia, unless the Board of 
     Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia 
     adopts, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, a 
     tuition rate schedule that will establish the tuition rate 
     for nonresident students at a level no lower than the 
     nonresident tuition rate charged at comparable public 
     institutions of higher education in the metropolitan area: 
     Provided further, That the District of Columbia Public 
     Schools shall not spend less than $365,500,000 on local 
     schools through the Weighted Student Formula in fiscal year 
     2000: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the Chief Financial Officer of the District 
     of Columbia shall apportion from the budget of the District 
     of Columbia Public Schools a sum totaling 5 percent of the 
     total budget to be set aside until the current student count 
     for Public and Charter schools has been completed, and that 
     this amount shall be apportioned between the Public and 
     Charter schools based on their respective student population 
     count: Provided further, That the District of Columbia Public 
     Schools may spend $500,000 to engage in a Schools Without 
     Violence program based on a model developed by the University 
     of North Carolina, located in Greensboro, North Carolina.

                         Human Support Services

       Human support services, $1,526,361,000 (including 
     $635,373,000 from local funds, $875,814,000 from Federal 
     funds, and $15,174,000 from other funds): Provided, That 
     $25,150,000 of this appropriation, to remain available until 
     expended, shall be available solely for District of Columbia 
     employees' disability compensation: Provided further, That a 
     peer review committee shall be established to review medical 
     payments and the type of service received by a disability 
     compensation claimant: Provided further, That the District of 
     Columbia shall not provide free government services such as 
     water, sewer, solid waste disposal or collection, utilities, 
     maintenance, repairs, or similar services to any legally 
     constituted private nonprofit organization, as defined in 
     section 411(5) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 
     Act (101 Stat. 485; Public Law 100-77; 42 U.S.C. 11371), 
     providing emergency shelter services in the District, if the 
     District would not be qualified to receive

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     reimbursement pursuant to such Act (101 Stat. 485; Public Law 
     100-77; 42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.).

                              Public Works

       Public works, including rental of one passenger-carrying 
     vehicle for use by the Mayor and three passenger-carrying 
     vehicles for use by the Council of the District of Columbia 
     and leasing of passenger-carrying vehicles, $271,395,000 
     (including $258,341,000 from local funds, $3,099,000 from 
     Federal funds, and $9,955,000 from other funds): Provided, 
     That this appropriation shall not be available for collecting 
     ashes or miscellaneous refuse from hotels and places of 
     business.

                         Receivership Programs

       For all agencies of the District of Columbia government 
     under court ordered receivership, $342,077,000 (including 
     $217,606,000 from local funds, $106,111,000 from Federal 
     funds, and $18,360,000 from other funds).

                         Workforce Investments

       For workforce investments, $8,500,000 from local funds, to 
     be transferred by the Mayor of the District of Columbia 
     within the various appropriation headings in this Act for 
     which employees are properly payable.

                                Reserve

       For a reserve to be established by the Chief Financial 
     Officer of the District of Columbia and the District of 
     Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
     Authority, $150,000,000.

District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
                               Authority

       For the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
     Management Assistance Authority, established by section 
     101(a) of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility 
     and Management Assistance Act of 1995 (109 Stat. 97; Public 
     Law 104-8), $3,140,000: Provided, That none of the funds 
     contained in this Act may be used to pay any compensation of 
     the Executive Director or General Counsel of the Authority at 
     a rate in excess of the maximum rate of compensation which 
     may be paid to such individual during fiscal year 2000 under 
     section 102 of such Act, as determined by the Comptroller 
     General (as described in GAO letter report B-279095.2).

                    Repayment of Loans and Interest

       For payment of principal, interest and certain fees 
     directly resulting from borrowing by the District of Columbia 
     to fund District of Columbia capital projects as authorized 
     by sections 462, 475, and 490 of the District of Columbia 
     Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973, as amended, and 
     that funds shall be allocated for expenses associated with 
     the Wilson Building, $328,417,000 from local funds: Provided, 
     That for equipment leases, the Mayor may finance $27,527,000 
     of equipment cost, plus cost of issuance not to exceed 2 
     percent of the par amount being financed on a lease purchase 
     basis with a maturity not to exceed 5 years: Provided 
     further, That $5,300,000 is allocated to the Metropolitan 
     Police Department, $3,200,000 for the Fire and Emergency 
     Medical Services Department, $350,000 for the Department of 
     Corrections, $15,949,000 for the Department of Public Works 
     and $2,728,000 for the Public Benefit Corporation.

                Repayment of General Fund Recovery Debt

       For the purpose of eliminating the $331,589,000 general 
     fund accumulated deficit as of September 30, 1990, 
     $38,286,000 from local funds, as authorized by section 461(a) 
     of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (105 Stat. 540; 
     D.C. Code, sec. 47-321(a)(1)).

              Payment of Interest on Short-Term Borrowing

       For payment of interest on short-term borrowing, $9,000,000 
     from local funds.

                     Certificates of Participation

       For lease payments in accordance with the Certificates of 
     Participation involving the land site underlying the building 
     located at One Judiciary Square, $7,950,000 from local funds.

                 Optical and Dental Insurance Payments

       For optical and dental insurance payments, $1,295,000 from 
     local funds.

                           Productivity Bank

       The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia, 
     under the direction of the Mayor and the District of Columbia 
     Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, 
     shall finance projects totaling $20,000,000 in local funds 
     that result in cost savings or additional revenues, by an 
     amount equal to such financing: Provided, That the Mayor 
     shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     by the 15th calendar day after the end of each quarter 
     beginning December 31, 1999, on the status of the projects 
     financed under this heading.

                       Productivity Bank Savings

       The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia, 
     under the direction of the Mayor and the District of Columbia 
     Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, 
     shall make reductions totaling $20,000,000 in local funds. 
     The reductions are to be allocated to projects funded through 
     the Productivity Bank that produce cost savings or additional 
     revenues in an amount equal to the Productivity Bank 
     financing: Provided, That the Mayor shall provide quarterly 
     reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate by the 15th calendar day after 
     the end of each quarter beginning December 31, 1999, on the 
     status of the cost savings or additional revenues funded 
     under this heading.

                   Procurement and Management Savings

       The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia, 
     under the direction of the Mayor and the District of Columbia 
     Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, 
     shall make reductions of $14,457,000 for general supply 
     schedule savings and $7,000,000 for management reform 
     savings, in local funds to one or more of the appropriation 
     headings in this Act: Provided, That the Mayor shall provide 
     quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate by the 15th calendar 
     day after the end of each quarter beginning December 31, 
     1999, on the status of the general supply schedule savings 
     and management reform savings projected under this heading.

                       ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS

         Water and Sewer Authority and the Washington Aqueduct

       For operation of the Water and Sewer Authority and the 
     Washington Aqueduct, $279,608,000 from other funds (including 
     $236,075,000 for the Water and Sewer Authority and 
     $43,533,000 for the Washington Aqueduct) of which $35,222,000 
     shall be apportioned and payable to the District's debt 
     service fund for repayment of loans and interest incurred for 
     capital improvement projects.
       For construction projects, $197,169,000, as authorized by 
     the Act entitled ``An Act authorizing the laying of 
     watermains and service sewers in the District of Columbia, 
     the levying of assessments therefor, and for other purposes'' 
     (33 Stat. 244; Public Law 58-140; D.C. Code, sec. 43-1512 et 
     seq.): Provided, That the requirements and restrictions that 
     are applicable to general fund capital improvements projects 
     and set forth in this Act under the Capital Outlay 
     appropriation title shall apply to projects approved under 
     this appropriation title.

              Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund

       For the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund, 
     established by the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for 
     the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982 (95 Stat. 1174 and 
     1175; Public Law 97-91), for the purpose of implementing the 
     Law to Legalize Lotteries, Daily Numbers Games, and Bingo and 
     Raffles for Charitable Purposes in the District of Columbia 
     (D.C. Law 3-172; D.C. Code, sec. 2-2501 et seq. and sec. 22-
     1516 et seq.), $234,400,000: Provided, That the District of 
     Columbia shall identify the source of funding for this 
     appropriation title from the District's own locally generated 
     revenues: Provided further, That no revenues from Federal 
     sources shall be used to support the operations or activities 
     of the Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board.

                  Sports and Entertainment Commission

       For the Sports and Entertainment Commission, $10,846,000 
     from other funds for expenses incurred by the Armory Board in 
     the exercise of its powers granted by the Act entitled ``An 
     Act To Establish A District of Columbia Armory Board, and for 
     other purposes'' (62 Stat. 339; D.C. Code, sec. 2-301 et 
     seq.) and the District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 (71 
     Stat. 619; Public Law 85-300; D.C. Code, sec. 2-321 et seq.): 
     Provided, That the Mayor shall submit a budget for the Armory 
     Board for the forthcoming fiscal year as required by section 
     442(b) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (87 Stat. 
     824; Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 47-301(b)).

  District of Columbia Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation

       For the District of Columbia Health and Hospitals Public 
     Benefit Corporation, established by D.C. Law 11-212; D.C. 
     Code, sec. 32-262.2, $133,443,000 of which $44,435,000 shall 
     be derived by transfer from the general fund and $89,008,000 
     from other funds.

                 District of Columbia Retirement Board

       For the District of Columbia Retirement Board, established 
     by section 121 of the District of Columbia Retirement Reform 
     Act of 1979 (93 Stat. 866; D.C. Code, sec. 1-711), $9,892,000 
     from the earnings of the applicable retirement funds to pay 
     legal, management, investment, and other fees and 
     administrative expenses of the District of Columbia 
     Retirement Board: Provided, That the District of Columbia 
     Retirement Board shall provide to the Congress and to the 
     Council of the District of Columbia a quarterly report of the 
     allocations of charges by fund and of expenditures of all 
     funds: Provided further, That the District of Columbia 
     Retirement Board shall provide the Mayor, for transmittal to 
     the Council of the District of Columbia, an itemized 
     accounting of the planned use of appropriated funds in time 
     for each annual budget submission and the actual use of such 
     funds in time for each annual audited financial report: 
     Provided further, That section 121(c)(1) of the District of 
     Columbia Retirement Reform Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-711(c)(1)) 
     is amended by striking ``the total amount to which a member 
     may be entitled'' and all that follows and inserting the 
     following: ``the total amount to which a member may be 
     entitled under this subsection during a year (beginning with 
     1998) may not exceed $5,000, except that in the case of the 
     Chairman of the Board and the Chairman of the Investment 
     Committee of the Board, such amount may not exceed $7,500 
     (beginning with 2000).''.

                      Correctional Industries Fund

       For the Correctional Industries Fund, established by the 
     District of Columbia Correctional Industries Establishment 
     Act (78 Stat. 1000; Public Law 88-622), $1,810,000 from other 
     funds.

              Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund

       For the Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund, 
     $50,226,000 from other funds.

                             Capital Outlay


                        (Including Rescissions)

       For construction projects, $1,260,524,000 of which 
     $929,450,000 is from local funds, $54,050,000 is from the 
     highway trust fund, and $277,024,000 is from Federal funds, 
     and a rescission of $41,886,500 from local funds appropriated

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     under this heading in prior fiscal years, for a net amount of 
     $1,218,637,500 to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That funds for use of each capital project implementing 
     agency shall be managed and controlled in accordance with all 
     procedures and limitations established under the Financial 
     Management System: Provided further, That all funds provided 
     by this appropriation title shall be available only for the 
     specific projects and purposes intended: Provided further, 
     That notwithstanding the foregoing, all authorizations for 
     capital outlay projects, except those projects covered by the 
     first sentence of section 23(a) of the Federal-Aid Highway 
     Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 827; Public Law 90-495; D.C. Code, sec. 
     7-134, note), for which funds are provided by this 
     appropriation title, shall expire on September 30, 2001, 
     except authorizations for projects as to which funds have 
     been obligated in whole or in part prior to September 30, 
     2001: Provided further, That upon expiration of any such 
     project authorization, the funds provided herein for the 
     project shall lapse.

                           General Provisions

       Sec. 101. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
     Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those 
     contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
     record and available for public inspection, except where 
     otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
     Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
       Sec. 102. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all 
     vouchers covering expenditures of appropriations contained in 
     this Act shall be audited before payment by the designated 
     certifying official, and the vouchers as approved shall be 
     paid by checks issued by the designated disbursing official.
       Sec. 103. Whenever in this Act, an amount is specified 
     within an appropriation for particular purposes or objects of 
     expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise specified, shall 
     be considered as the maximum amount that may be expended for 
     said purpose or object rather than an amount set apart 
     exclusively therefor.
       Sec. 104. Appropriations in this Act shall be available, 
     when authorized by the Mayor, for allowances for privately 
     owned automobiles and motorcycles used for the performance of 
     official duties at rates established by the Mayor: Provided, 
     That such rates shall not exceed the maximum prevailing rates 
     for such vehicles as prescribed in the Federal Property 
     Management Regulations 101-7 (Federal Travel Regulations).
       Sec. 105. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for 
     expenses of travel and for the payment of dues of 
     organizations concerned with the work of the District of 
     Columbia government, when authorized by the Mayor: Provided, 
     That in the case of the Council of the District of Columbia, 
     funds may be expended with the authorization of the chair of 
     the Council.
       Sec. 106. There are appropriated from the applicable funds 
     of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for 
     making refunds and for the payment of judgments that have 
     been entered against the District of Columbia government: 
     Provided, That nothing contained in this section shall be 
     construed as modifying or affecting the provisions of section 
     11(c)(3) of title XII of the District of Columbia Income and 
     Franchise Tax Act of 1947 (70 Stat. 78; Public Law 84-460; 
     D.C. Code, sec. 47-1812.11(c)(3)).
       Sec. 107. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for 
     the payment of public assistance without reference to the 
     requirement of section 544 of the District of Columbia Public 
     Assistance Act of 1982 (D.C. Law 4-101; D.C. Code, sec. 3-
     205.44), and for the payment of the non-Federal share of 
     funds necessary to qualify for grants under subtitle A of 
     title II of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act 
     of 1994.
       Sec. 108. 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. 109. No funds appropriated in this Act for the 
     District of Columbia government for the operation of 
     educational institutions, the compensation of personnel, or 
     for other educational purposes may be used to permit, 
     encourage, facilitate, or further partisan political 
     activities. Nothing herein is intended to prohibit the 
     availability of school buildings for the use of any community 
     or partisan political group during non-school hours.
       Sec. 110. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
     be made available to pay the salary of any employee of the 
     District of Columbia government whose name, title, grade, 
     salary, past work experience, and salary history are not 
     available for inspection by the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations, the Subcommittee on the District of 
     Columbia of the House Committee on Government Reform, the 
     Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, 
     Restructuring and the District of Columbia of the Senate 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs, and the Council of the 
     District of Columbia, or their duly authorized 
     representative.
       Sec. 111. There are appropriated from the applicable funds 
     of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for 
     making payments authorized by the District of Columbia 
     Revenue Recovery Act of 1977 (D.C. Law 2-20; D.C. Code, sec. 
     47-421 et seq.).
       Sec. 112. No part of this appropriation shall be used for 
     publicity or propaganda purposes or implementation of any 
     policy including boycott designed to support or defeat 
     legislation pending before Congress or any State legislature.
       Sec. 113. At the start of the fiscal year, the Mayor shall 
     develop an annual plan, by quarter and by project, for 
     capital outlay borrowings: Provided, That within a reasonable 
     time after the close of each quarter, the Mayor shall report 
     to the Council of the District of Columbia and the Congress 
     the actual borrowings and spending progress compared with 
     projections.
       Sec. 114. The Mayor shall not borrow any funds for capital 
     projects unless the Mayor has obtained prior approval from 
     the Council of the District of Columbia, by resolution, 
     identifying the projects and amounts to be financed with such 
     borrowings.
       Sec. 115. The Mayor shall not expend any moneys borrowed 
     for capital projects for the operating expenses of the 
     District of Columbia government.
       Sec. 116. None of the funds provided under this Act to the 
     agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and District 
     government agencies, that remain available for obligation or 
     expenditure in fiscal year 2000, or provided from any 
     accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the 
     collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 
     Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure for an 
     agency through a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates 
     new programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or 
     responsibility center; (3) establishes or changes allocations 
     specifically denied, limited or increased by Congress in this 
     Act; (4) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
     program, project, or responsibility center for which funds 
     have been denied or restricted; (5) reestablishes through 
     reprogramming any program or project previously deferred 
     through reprogramming; (6) augments existing programs, 
     projects, or responsibility centers through a reprogramming 
     of funds in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
     less; or (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 
     assigned to a specific program, project, or responsibility 
     center; unless the Appropriations Committees of both the 
     Senate and House of Representatives are notified in writing 
     30 days in advance of any reprogramming as set forth in this 
     section.
       Sec. 117. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act 
     shall be obligated or expended to provide a personal cook, 
     chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or 
     employee of the District of Columbia government.
       Sec. 118. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act 
     shall be obligated or expended to procure passenger 
     automobiles as defined in the Automobile Fuel Efficiency Act 
     of 1980 (94 Stat. 1824; Public Law 96-425; 15 U.S.C. 
     2001(2)), with an Environmental Protection Agency estimated 
     miles per gallon average of less than 22 miles per gallon: 
     Provided, That this section shall not apply to security, 
     emergency rescue, or armored vehicles.
       Sec. 119. (a) City Administrator.--The last sentence of 
     section 422(7) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
     (D.C. Code, sec. 1-242(7)) is amended by striking ``, not to 
     exceed'' and all that follows and inserting a period.
       (b) Board of Directors of Redevelopment Land Agency.--
     Section 1108(c)(2)(F) of the District of Columbia Government 
     Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-
     612.8(c)(2)(F)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(F) Redevelopment Land Agency board members shall be paid 
     per diem compensation at a rate established by the Mayor, 
     except that such rate may not exceed the daily equivalent of 
     the annual rate of basic pay for level 15 of the District 
     Schedule for each day (including travel time) during which 
     they are engaged in the actual performance of their 
     duties.''.
       Sec. 120. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the 
     provisions of the District of Columbia Government 
     Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Law 2-139; 
     D.C. Code, sec. 1-601.1 et seq.), enacted pursuant to section 
     422(3) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (87 Stat. 
     790; Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 1-242(3)), shall 
     apply with respect to the compensation of District of 
     Columbia employees: Provided, That for pay purposes, 
     employees of the District of Columbia government shall not be 
     subject to the provisions of title 5, United States Code.
       Sec. 121. No later than 30 days after the end of the first 
     quarter of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, the 
     Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit to the Council 
     of the District of Columbia the new fiscal year 2000 revenue 
     estimates as of the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 
     2000. These estimates shall be used in the budget request for 
     the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001. The officially 
     revised estimates at midyear shall be used for the midyear 
     report.
       Sec. 122. No sole source contract with the District of 
     Columbia government or any agency thereof may be renewed or 
     extended without opening that contract to the competitive 
     bidding process as set forth in section 303 of the District 
     of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985 (D.C. Law 6-85; 
     D.C. Code, sec. 1-1183.3), except that the District of 
     Columbia government or any agency thereof may renew or extend 
     sole source contracts for which competition is not feasible 
     or practical: Provided, That the determination as to whether 
     to invoke the competitive bidding process has been made in 
     accordance with duly promulgated rules and procedures and 
     said determination has been reviewed and approved by the 
     District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
     Assistance Authority.
       Sec. 123. For purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 (99 Stat. 1037; Public Law 99-
     177), the term ``program, project, and activity'' shall be 
     synonymous with and refer specifically to each account 
     appropriating Federal funds in this Act, and any 
     sequestration order shall be applied to each of the accounts 
     rather than to the aggregate total of those accounts: 
     Provided, That sequestration orders shall not be applied to 
     any account that is specifically exempted from sequestration 
     by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985.
       Sec. 124. In the event a sequestration order is issued 
     pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
     Act of 1985 (99 Stat. 1037; Public Law 99-177), after the 
     amounts appropriated to the District of Columbia for the 
     fiscal year involved have been paid to the District of 
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     Columbia shall pay to the Secretary of the Treasury, within 
     15 days after receipt of a request therefor from the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, such amounts as are sequestered by 
     the order: Provided, That the sequestration percentage 
     specified in the order shall be applied proportionately to 
     each of the Federal appropriation accounts in this Act that 
     are not specifically exempted from sequestration by such Act.
       Sec. 125. (a) An entity of the District of Columbia 
     government may accept and use a gift or donation during 
     fiscal year 2000 if--
       (1) the Mayor approves the acceptance and use of the gift 
     or donation: Provided, That the Council of the District of 
     Columbia may accept and use gifts without prior approval by 
     the Mayor; and
       (2) the entity uses the gift or donation to carry out its 
     authorized functions or duties.
       (b) Each entity of the District of Columbia government 
     shall keep accurate and detailed records of the acceptance 
     and use of any gift or donation under subsection (a) of this 
     section, and shall make such records available for audit and 
     public inspection.
       (c) For the purposes of this section, the term ``entity of 
     the District of Columbia government'' includes an independent 
     agency of the District of Columbia.
       (d) This section shall not apply to the District of 
     Columbia Board of Education, which may, pursuant to the laws 
     and regulations of the District of Columbia, accept and use 
     gifts to the public schools without prior approval by the 
     Mayor.
       Sec. 126. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act 
     may be used by the District of Columbia to provide for 
     salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 
     offices of United States Senator or United States 
     Representative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 
     Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 (D.C. 
     Law 3-171; D.C. Code, sec. 1-113(d)).
       Sec. 127. (a) The University of the District of Columbia 
     shall submit to the Mayor, the District of Columbia Financial 
     Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority and the 
     Council of the District of Columbia no later than 15 calendar 
     days after the end of each quarter a report that sets forth--
       (1) current quarter expenditures and obligations, year-to-
     date expenditures and obligations, and total fiscal year 
     expenditure projections versus budget broken out on the basis 
     of control center, responsibility center, and object class, 
     and for all funds, non-appropriated funds, and capital 
     financing;
       (2) a list of each account for which spending is frozen and 
     the amount of funds frozen, broken out by control center, 
     responsibility center, detailed object, and for all funding 
     sources;
       (3) a list of all active contracts in excess of $10,000 
     annually, which contains the name of each contractor; the 
     budget to which the contract is charged, broken out on the 
     basis of control center and responsibility center, and 
     contract identifying codes used by the University of the 
     District of Columbia; payments made in the last quarter and 
     year-to-date, the total amount of the contract and total 
     payments made for the contract and any modifications, 
     extensions, renewals; and specific modifications made to each 
     contract in the last month;
       (4) all reprogramming requests and reports that have been 
     made by the University of the District of Columbia within the 
     last quarter in compliance with applicable law; and
       (5) changes made in the last quarter to the organizational 
     structure of the University of the District of Columbia, 
     displaying previous and current control centers and 
     responsibility centers, the names of the organizational 
     entities that have been changed, the name of the staff member 
     supervising each entity affected, and the reasons for the 
     structural change.
       (b) The Mayor, the Authority, and the Council shall provide 
     the Congress by February 1, 2000, a summary, analysis, and 
     recommendations on the information provided in the quarterly 
     reports.
       Sec. 128. Funds authorized or previously appropriated to 
     the government of the District of Columbia by this or any 
     other Act to procure the necessary hardware and installation 
     of new software, conversion, testing, and training to improve 
     or replace its financial management system are also available 
     for the acquisition of accounting and financial management 
     services and the leasing of necessary hardware, software or 
     any other related goods or services, as determined by the 
     District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
     Assistance Authority.
       Sec. 129. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act may 
     be made available to pay the fees of an attorney who 
     represents a party who prevails in an action, including an 
     administrative proceeding, brought against the District of 
     Columbia Public Schools under the Individuals with 
     Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) if--
       (1) the hourly rate of compensation of the attorney exceeds 
     120 percent of the hourly rate of compensation under section 
     11-2604(a), District of Columbia Code; or
       (2) the maximum amount of compensation of the attorney 
     exceeds 120 percent of the maximum amount of compensation 
     under section 11-2604(b)(1), District of Columbia Code, 
     except that compensation and reimbursement in excess of such 
     maximum may be approved for extended or complex 
     representation in accordance with section 11-2604(c), 
     District of Columbia Code.
       (b) Notwithstanding the preceding subsection, if the Mayor, 
     District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
     Assistance Authority and the Superintendent of the District 
     of Columbia Public Schools concur in a Memorandum of 
     Understanding setting forth a new rate and amount of 
     compensation, then such new rates shall apply in lieu of the 
     rates set forth in the preceding subsection.
       Sec. 130. None of the funds appropriated under this Act 
     shall be expended for any abortion except where the life of 
     the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to 
     term or where the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape 
     or incest.
       Sec. 131. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to implement or enforce the Health Care Benefits 
     Expansion Act of 1992 (D.C. Law 9-114; D.C. Code, sec. 36-
     1401 et seq.) or to otherwise implement or enforce any system 
     of registration of unmarried, cohabiting couples (whether 
     homosexual, heterosexual, or lesbian), including but not 
     limited to registration for the purpose of extending 
     employment, health, or governmental benefits to such couples 
     on the same basis that such benefits are extended to legally 
     married couples.
       Sec. 132. The Superintendent of the District of Columbia 
     Public Schools shall submit to the Congress, the Mayor, the 
     District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
     Assistance Authority, and the Council of the District of 
     Columbia no later than 15 calendar days after the end of each 
     quarter a report that sets forth--
       (1) current quarter expenditures and obligations, year-to-
     date expenditures and obligations, and total fiscal year 
     expenditure projections versus budget, broken out on the 
     basis of control center, responsibility center, agency 
     reporting code, and object class, and for all funds, 
     including capital financing;
       (2) a list of each account for which spending is frozen and 
     the amount of funds frozen, broken out by control center, 
     responsibility center, detailed object, and agency reporting 
     code, and for all funding sources;
       (3) a list of all active contracts in excess of $10,000 
     annually, which contains the name of each contractor; the 
     budget to which the contract is charged, broken out on the 
     basis of control center, responsibility center, and agency 
     reporting code; and contract identifying codes used by the 
     District of Columbia Public Schools; payments made in the 
     last quarter and year-to-date, the total amount of the 
     contract and total payments made for the contract and any 
     modifications, extensions, renewals; and specific 
     modifications made to each contract in the last month;
       (4) all reprogramming requests and reports that are 
     required to be, and have been, submitted to the Board of 
     Education; and
       (5) changes made in the last quarter to the organizational 
     structure of the District of Columbia Public Schools, 
     displaying previous and current control centers and 
     responsibility centers, the names of the organizational 
     entities that have been changed, the name of the staff member 
     supervising each entity affected, and the reasons for the 
     structural change.
       Sec. 133. (a) In General.--The Superintendent of the 
     District of Columbia Public Schools and the University of the 
     District of Columbia shall annually compile an accurate and 
     verifiable report on the positions and employees in the 
     public school system and the university, respectively. The 
     annual report shall set forth--
       (1) the number of validated schedule A positions in the 
     District of Columbia public schools and the University of the 
     District of Columbia for fiscal year 1999, fiscal year 2000, 
     and thereafter on full-time equivalent basis, including a 
     compilation of all positions by control center, 
     responsibility center, funding source, position type, 
     position title, pay plan, grade, and annual salary; and
       (2) a compilation of all employees in the District of 
     Columbia public schools and the University of the District of 
     Columbia as of the preceding December 31, verified as to its 
     accuracy in accordance with the functions that each employee 
     actually performs, by control center, responsibility center, 
     agency reporting code, program (including funding source), 
     activity, location for accounting purposes, job title, grade 
     and classification, annual salary, and position control 
     number.
       (b) Submission.--The annual report required by subsection 
     (a) of this section shall be submitted to the Congress, the 
     Mayor, the District of Columbia Council, the Consensus 
     Commission, and the Authority, not later than February 15 of 
     each year.
       Sec. 134. (a) No later than November 1, 1999, or within 30 
     calendar days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
     whichever occurs later, and each succeeding year, the 
     Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public Schools and 
     the University of the District of Columbia shall submit to 
     the appropriate congressional committees, the Mayor, the 
     District of Columbia Council, the Consensus Commission, and 
     the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
     Management Assistance Authority, a revised appropriated funds 
     operating budget for the public school system and the 
     University of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year 
     that is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and 
     that realigns budgeted data for personal services and other-
     than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated actual 
     expenditures.
       (b) The revised budget required by subsection (a) of this 
     section shall be submitted in the format of the budget that 
     the Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public Schools 
     and the University of the District of Columbia submit to the 
     Mayor of the District of Columbia for inclusion in the 
     Mayor's budget submission to the Council of the District of 
     Columbia pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia 
     Home Rule Act (Public Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 47-301).
       Sec. 135. The District of Columbia Financial Responsibility 
     and Management Assistance Authority, acting on behalf of the 
     District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) in formulating the 
     DCPS budget, the Board of Trustees of the University of the 
     District of Columbia, the Board of Library Trustees, and the 
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     Columbia School of Law shall vote on and approve the 
     respective annual or revised budgets for such entities before 
     submission to the Mayor of the District of Columbia for 
     inclusion in the Mayor's budget submission to the Council of 
     the District of Columbia in accordance with section 442 of 
     the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (Public Law 93-198; 
     D.C. Code, sec. 47-301), or before submitting their 
     respective budgets directly to the Council.
       Sec. 136. (a) Ceiling on Total Operating Expenses.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating 
     expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2000 
     under the heading ``Division of Expenses'' shall not exceed 
     the lesser of--
       (A) the sum of the total revenues of the District of 
     Columbia for such fiscal year; or
       (B) $5,515,379,000 (of which $152,753,000 shall be from 
     intra-District funds and $3,113,854,000 shall be from local 
     funds), which amount may be increased by the following:
       (i) proceeds of one-time transactions, which are expended 
     for emergency or unanticipated operating or capital needs 
     approved by the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility 
     and Management Assistance Authority; or
       (ii) after notification to the Council, additional 
     expenditures which the Chief Financial Officer of the 
     District of Columbia certifies will produce additional 
     revenues during such fiscal year at least equal to 200 
     percent of such additional expenditures, and that are 
     approved by the Authority.
       (2) Enforcement.--The Chief Financial Officer of the 
     District of Columbia and the Authority shall take such steps 
     as are necessary to assure that the District of Columbia 
     meets the requirements of this section, including the 
     apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the 
     appropriations and funds made available to the District 
     during fiscal year 2000, except that the Chief Financial 
     Officer may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds 
     derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 
     capital projects.
       (b) Acceptance and Use of Grants Not Included in Ceiling.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Mayor, 
     in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer, during a 
     control year, as defined in section 305(4) of the District of 
     Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
     Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-8; 109 Stat. 152), may accept, 
     obligate, and expend Federal, private, and other grants 
     received by the District government that are not reflected in 
     the amounts appropriated in this Act.
       (2) Requirement of chief financial officer report and 
     authority approval.--No such Federal, private, or other grant 
     may be accepted, obligated, or expended pursuant to paragraph 
     (1) until--
       (A) the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 
     submits to the Authority a report setting forth detailed 
     information regarding such grant; and
       (B) the Authority has reviewed and approved the acceptance, 
     obligation, and expenditure of such grant in accordance with 
     review and approval procedures consistent with the provisions 
     of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
     Management Assistance Act of 1995.
       (3) Prohibition on spending in anticipation of approval or 
     receipt.--No amount may be obligated or expended from the 
     general fund or other funds of the District government in 
     anticipation of the approval or receipt of a grant under 
     paragraph (2)(B) of this subsection or in anticipation of the 
     approval or receipt of a Federal, private, or other grant not 
     subject to such paragraph.
       (4) Quarterly reports.--The Chief Financial Officer of the 
     District of Columbia shall prepare a quarterly report setting 
     forth detailed information regarding all Federal, private, 
     and other grants subject to this subsection. Each such report 
     shall be submitted to the Council of the District of 
     Columbia, and to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate, not later than 15 
     days after the end of the quarter covered by the report.
       (c) Report on Expenditures by Financial Responsibility and 
     Management Assistance Authority.--Not later than 20 calendar 
     days after the end of each fiscal quarter starting October 1, 
     1999, the Authority shall submit a report to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate, the Committee on Government Reform of the House, and 
     the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate providing 
     an itemized accounting of all non-appropriated funds 
     obligated or expended by the Authority for the quarter. The 
     report shall include information on the date, amount, 
     purpose, and vendor name, and a description of the services 
     or goods provided with respect to the expenditures of such 
     funds.
       Sec. 137. If a department or agency of the government of 
     the District of Columbia is under the administration of a 
     court-appointed receiver or other court-appointed official 
     during fiscal year 2000 or any succeeding fiscal year, the 
     receiver or official shall prepare and submit to the Mayor, 
     for inclusion in the annual budget of the District of 
     Columbia for the year, annual estimates of the expenditures 
     and appropriations necessary for the maintenance and 
     operation of the department or agency. All such estimates 
     shall be forwarded by the Mayor to the Council, for its 
     action pursuant to sections 446 and 603(c) of the District of 
     Columbia Home Rule Act, without revision but subject to the 
     Mayor's recommendations. Notwithstanding any provision of the 
     District of Columbia Home Rule Act (87 Stat. 774; Public Law 
     93-198) the Council may comment or make recommendations 
     concerning such annual estimates but shall have no authority 
     under such Act to revise such estimates.
       Sec. 138. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     rule, or regulation, an employee of the District of Columbia 
     public schools shall be--
       (1) classified as an Educational Service employee;
       (2) placed under the personnel authority of the Board of 
     Education; and
       (3) subject to all Board of Education rules.
       (b) School-based personnel shall constitute a separate 
     competitive area from nonschool-based personnel who shall not 
     compete with school-based personnel for retention purposes.
       Sec. 139. (a) Restrictions on Use of Official Vehicles.--
     Except as otherwise provided in this section, none of the 
     funds made available by this Act or by any other Act may be 
     used to provide any officer or employee of the District of 
     Columbia with an official vehicle unless the officer or 
     employee uses the vehicle only in the performance of the 
     officer's or employee's official duties. For purposes of this 
     paragraph, the term ``official duties'' does not include 
     travel between the officer's or employee's residence and 
     workplace (except: (1) in the case of an officer or employee 
     of the Metropolitan Police Department who resides in the 
     District of Columbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief 
     of the Department; (2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, 
     an officer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 
     Emergency Medical Services Department who resides in the 
     District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; (3) the 
     Mayor of the District of Columbia; and (4) the Chairman of 
     the Council of the District of Columbia).
       (b) Inventory of Vehicles.--The Chief Financial Officer of 
     the District of Columbia shall submit, by November 15, 1999, 
     an inventory, as of September 30, 1999, of all vehicles 
     owned, leased or operated by the District of Columbia 
     government. The inventory shall include, but not be limited 
     to, the department to which the vehicle is assigned; the year 
     and make of the vehicle; the acquisition date and cost; the 
     general condition of the vehicle; annual operating and 
     maintenance costs; current mileage; and whether the vehicle 
     is allowed to be taken home by a District officer or employee 
     and if so, the officer or employee's title and resident 
     location.
       Sec. 140. (a) Source of Payment for Employees Detailed 
     Within Government.--For purposes of determining the amount of 
     funds expended by any entity within the District of Columbia 
     government during fiscal year 2000 and each succeeding fiscal 
     year, any expenditures of the District government 
     attributable to any officer or employee of the District 
     government who provides services which are within the 
     authority and jurisdiction of the entity (including any 
     portion of the compensation paid to the officer or employee 
     attributable to the time spent in providing such services) 
     shall be treated as expenditures made from the entity's 
     budget, without regard to whether the officer or employee is 
     assigned to the entity or otherwise treated as an officer or 
     employee of the entity.
       (b) Modification of Reduction in Force Procedures.--The 
     District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel 
     Act of 1978 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-601.1 et seq.), is further 
     amended in section 2408(a) by striking ``1999'' and inserting 
     ``2000''; in subsection (b), by striking ``1999'' and 
     inserting ``2000''; in subsection (i), by striking ``1999'' 
     and inserting ``2000''; and in subsection (k), by striking 
     ``1999'' and inserting ``2000''.
       Sec. 141. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 
     later than 120 days after the date that a District of 
     Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) student is referred for 
     evaluation or assessment--
       (1) the District of Columbia Board of Education, or its 
     successor, and DCPS shall assess or evaluate a student who 
     may have a disability and who may require special education 
     services; and
       (2) if a student is classified as having a disability, as 
     defined in section 101(a)(1) of the Individuals with 
     Disabilities Education Act (84 Stat. 175; 20 U.S.C. 
     1401(a)(1)) or in section 7(8) of the Rehabilitation Act of 
     1973 (87 Stat. 359; 29 U.S.C. 706(8)), the Board and DCPS 
     shall place that student in an appropriate program of special 
     education services.
       Sec. 142. (a) Compliance With Buy American Act.--None of 
     the funds made available in this Act may be expended by an 
     entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the funds 
     the entity will comply with the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 
     10a-10c).
       (b) Sense of the Congress; Requirement Regarding Notice.--
       (1) Purchase of american-made equipment and products.--In 
     the case of any equipment or product that may be authorized 
     to be purchased with financial assistance provided using 
     funds made available in this Act, it is the sense of the 
     Congress that entities receiving the assistance should, in 
     expending the assistance, purchase only American-made 
     equipment and products to the greatest extent practicable.
       (2) Notice to recipients of assistance.--In providing 
     financial assistance using funds made available in this Act, 
     the head of each agency of the Federal or District of 
     Columbia government shall provide to each recipient of the 
     assistance a notice describing the statement made in 
     paragraph (1) by the Congress.
       (c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling 
     Products as Made in America.--If it has been finally 
     determined by a court or Federal agency that any person 
     intentionally affixed a label bearing a ``Made in America'' 
     inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any 
     product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not 
     made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to 
     receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 
     available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, 
     and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 
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       Sec. 143. None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
     used for purposes of the annual independent audit of the 
     District of Columbia government (including the District of 
     Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
     Authority) for fiscal year 2000 unless--
       (1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector General of the 
     District of Columbia pursuant to section 208(a)(4) of the 
     District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985 (D.C. 
     Code, sec. 1-1182.8(a)(4)); and
       (2) the audit includes a comparison of audited actual year-
     end results with the revenues submitted in the budget 
     document for such year and the appropriations enacted into 
     law for such year.
       Sec. 144. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to 
     authorize any office, agency or entity to expend funds for 
     programs or functions for which a reorganization plan is 
     required but has not been approved by the District of 
     Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
     Authority. Appropriations made by this Act for such programs 
     or functions are conditioned only on the approval by the 
     Authority of the required reorganization plans.
       Sec. 145. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, 
     or regulation, the evaluation process and instruments for 
     evaluating District of Columbia Public School employees shall 
     be a non-negotiable item for collective bargaining purposes.
       Sec. 146. None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
     used by the District of Columbia Corporation Counsel or any 
     other officer or entity of the District government to provide 
     assistance for any petition drive or civil action which seeks 
     to require Congress to provide for voting representation in 
     Congress for the District of Columbia.
       Sec. 147. None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
     used to transfer or confine inmates classified above the 
     medium security level, as defined by the Federal Bureau of 
     Prisons classification instrument, to the Northeast Ohio 
     Correctional Center located in Youngstown, Ohio.
       Sec. 148. (a) Section 202(i) of the District of Columbia 
     Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 
     1995 (Public Law 104-8), as added by section 155 of the 
     District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1999, is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``( j) Reserve.--
       ``(1) In general.--Beginning with fiscal year 2000, the 
     plan or budget submitted pursuant to this Act shall contain 
     $150,000,000 for a reserve to be established by the Mayor, 
     Council of the District of Columbia, Chief Financial Officer 
     for the District of Columbia, and the District of Columbia 
     Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority.
       ``(2) Conditions on use.--The reserve funds--
       ``(A) shall only be expended according to criteria 
     established by the Chief Financial Officer and approved by 
     the Mayor, Council of the District of Columbia, and District 
     of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
     Assistance Authority, but, in no case may any of the reserve 
     funds be expended until any other surplus funds have been 
     used;
       ``(B) shall not be used to fund the agencies of the 
     District of Columbia government under court ordered 
     receivership; and
       ``(C) shall not be used to fund shortfalls in the projected 
     reductions budgeted in the budget proposed by the District of 
     Columbia government for general supply schedule savings and 
     management reform savings.
       ``(3) Report requirement.--The Authority shall notify the 
     Appropriations Committees of both the Senate and House of 
     Representatives in writing 30 days in advance of any 
     expenditure of the reserve funds.''.
       (b) Section 202 of such Act (Public Law 104-8), as amended 
     by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(k) Positive Fund Balance.--
       ``(1) In general.--The District of Columbia shall maintain 
     at the end of a fiscal year an annual positive fund balance 
     in the general fund of not less than 4 percent of the 
     projected general fund expenditures for the following fiscal 
     year.
       ``(2) Excess funds.--Of funds remaining in excess of the 
     amounts required by paragraph (1)--
       ``(A) not more than 50 percent may be used for authorized 
     non-recurring expenses; and
       ``(B) not less than 50 percent shall be used to reduce the 
     debt of the District of Columbia.''.
       Sec. 149. (a) No later than November 1, 1999, or within 30 
     calendar days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
     whichever occurs later, the Chief Financial Officer of the 
     District of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the District of 
     Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
     Authority a revised appropriated funds operating budget for 
     all agencies of the District of Columbia government for such 
     fiscal year that is in the total amount of the approved 
     appropriation and that realigns budgeted data for personal 
     services and other-than-personal-services, respectively, with 
     anticipated actual expenditures.
       (b) The revised budget required by subsection (a) of this 
     section shall be submitted in the format of the budget that 
     the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant to 
     section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (Public 
     Law 93-198; D.C. Code, sec. 47-301).
       Sec. 150. None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
     used for any program of distributing sterile needles or 
     syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.
       Sec. 151. (a) Restrictions on Leases.--Upon the expiration 
     of the 60-day period that begins on the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, none of the funds contained in this Act may be 
     used to make rental payments under a lease for the use of 
     real property by the District of Columbia government 
     (including any independent agency of the District) unless the 
     lease and an abstract of the lease have been filed (by the 
     District of Columbia or any other party to the lease) with 
     the central office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic 
     Development, in an indexed registry available for public 
     inspection.
       (b) Additional Restrictions on Current Leases.--
       (1) In general.--Upon the expiration of the 60-day period 
     that begins on the date of the enactment of this Act, in the 
     case of a lease described in paragraph (3), none of the funds 
     contained in this Act may be used to make rental payments 
     under the lease unless the lease is included in periodic 
     reports submitted by the Mayor and Council of the District of 
     Columbia to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and Senate describing for each such lease the 
     following information:
       (A) The location of the property involved, the name of the 
     owners of record according to the land records of the 
     District of Columbia, the name of the lessors according to 
     the lease, the rate of payment under the lease, the period of 
     time covered by the lease, and the conditions under which the 
     lease may be terminated.
       (B) The extent to which the property is or is not occupied 
     by the District of Columbia government as of the end of the 
     reporting period involved.
       (C) If the property is not occupied and utilized by the 
     District government as of the end of the reporting period 
     involved, a plan for occupying and utilizing the property 
     (including construction or renovation work) or a status 
     statement regarding any efforts by the District to terminate 
     or renegotiate the lease.
       (2) Timing of reports.--The reports described in paragraph 
     (1) shall be submitted for each calendar quarter (beginning 
     with the quarter ending December 31, 1999) not later than 20 
     days after the end of the quarter involved, plus an initial 
     report submitted not later than 60 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, which shall provide information as of 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (3) Leases described.--A lease described in this paragraph 
     is a lease in effect as of the date of the enactment of this 
     Act for the use of real property by the District of Columbia 
     government (including any independent agency of the District) 
     which is not being occupied by the District government 
     (including any independent agency of the District) as of such 
     date or during the 60-day period which begins on the date of 
     the enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 152. (a) Management of Existing District Government 
     Property.--Upon the expiration of the 60-day period that 
     begins on the date of the enactment of this Act, none of the 
     funds contained in this Act may be used to enter into a lease 
     (or to make rental payments under such a lease) for the use 
     of real property by the District of Columbia government 
     (including any independent agency of the District) or to 
     purchase real property for the use of the District of 
     Columbia government (including any independent agency of the 
     District) or to manage real property for the use of the 
     District of Columbia (including any independent agency of the 
     District) unless the following conditions are met:
       (1) The Mayor and Council of the District of Columbia 
     certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and Senate that existing real property 
     available to the District (whether leased or owned by the 
     District government) is not suitable for the purposes 
     intended.
       (2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, there is 
     made available for sale or lease all real property of the 
     District of Columbia that the Mayor from time-to-time 
     determines is surplus to the needs of the District of 
     Columbia, unless a majority of the members of the Council 
     override the Mayor's determination during the 30-day period 
     which begins on the date the determination is published.
       (3) The Mayor and Council implement a program for the 
     periodic survey of all District property to determine if it 
     is surplus to the needs of the District.
       (4) The Mayor and Council within 60 days of the date of the 
     enactment of this Act have filed with the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, 
     the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the House 
     of Representatives, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
     of the Senate a report which provides a comprehensive plan 
     for the management of District of Columbia real property 
     assets, and are proceeding with the implementation of the 
     plan.
       (b) Termination of Provisions.--If the District of Columbia 
     enacts legislation to reform the practices and procedures 
     governing the entering into of leases for the use of real 
     property by the District of Columbia government and the 
     disposition of surplus real property of the District 
     government, the provisions of subsection (a) shall cease to 
     be effective upon the effective date of the legislation.
       Sec. 153. Section 603(e)(2)(B) of the Student Loan 
     Marketing Association Reorganization Act of 1996 (Public Law 
     104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-293) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``and public charter'' after ``public''; 
     and
       (2) by adding at the end the following: ``Of such amounts 
     and proceeds, $5,000,000 shall be set aside for use as a 
     credit enhancement fund for public charter schools in the 
     District of Columbia, with the administration of the fund 
     (including the making of loans) to be carried out by the 
     Mayor through a committee consisting of three individuals 
     appointed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia and two 
     individuals appointed by the Public Charter School Board 
     established under section 2214 of the District of Columbia 
     School Reform Act of 1995.''.
       Sec. 154. The Mayor, District of Columbia Financial 
     Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, and the 
     Superintendent of Schools shall implement a process to 
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     excess public school real property within 90 days of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 155. Section 2003 of the District of Columbia School 
     Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-134; D.C. Code, sec. 31-
     2851) is amended by striking ``during the period'' and ``and 
     ending 5 years after such date.''.
       Sec. 156. Section 2206(c) of the District of Columbia 
     School Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-134; D.C. Code, 
     sec. 31-2853.16(c)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following: ``, except that a preference in admission may be 
     given to an applicant who is a sibling of a student already 
     attending or selected for admission to the public charter 
     school in which the applicant is seeking enrollment.''.
       Sec. 157. (a) Transfer of Funds.--There is hereby 
     transferred from the District of Columbia Financial 
     Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority (hereafter 
     referred to as the ``Authority'') to the District of Columbia 
     the sum of $18,000,000 for severance payments to individuals 
     separated from employment during fiscal year 2000 (under such 
     terms and conditions as the Mayor considers appropriate), 
     expanded contracting authority of the Mayor, and the 
     implementation of a system of managed competition among 
     public and private providers of goods and services by and on 
     behalf of the District of Columbia: Provided, That such funds 
     shall be used only in accordance with a plan agreed to by the 
     Council and the Mayor and approved by the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate: Provided further, That the Authority and the Mayor 
     shall coordinate the spending of funds for this program so 
     that continuous progress is made. The Authority shall release 
     said funds, on a quarterly basis, to reimburse such expenses, 
     so long as the Authority certifies that the expenses reduce 
     re-occurring future costs at an annual ratio of at least 2 to 
     1 relative to the funds provided, and that the program is in 
     accordance with the best practices of municipal government.
       (b) Source of Funds.--The amount transferred under 
     subsection (a) shall be derived from interest earned on 
     accounts held by the Authority on behalf of the District of 
     Columbia.
       Sec. 158. (a) In General.--The District of Columbia 
     Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority 
     (hereafter referred to as the ``Authority''), working with 
     the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Director of the National 
     Park Service, shall carry out a project to complete all 
     design requirements and all requirements for compliance with 
     the National Environmental Policy Act for the construction of 
     expanded lane capacity for the Fourteenth Street Bridge.
       (b) Source of Funds; Transfer.--For purposes of carrying 
     out the project under subsection (a), there is hereby 
     transferred to the Authority from the District of Columbia 
     dedicated highway fund established pursuant to section 3(a) 
     of the District of Columbia Emergency Highway Relief Act 
     (Public Law 104-21; D.C. Code, sec. 7-134.2(a)) an amount not 
     to exceed $5,000,000.
       Sec. 159. (a) In General.--The Mayor of the District of 
     Columbia shall carry out through the Army Corps of Engineers, 
     an Anacostia River environmental cleanup program.
       (b) Source of Funds.--There are hereby transferred to the 
     Mayor from the escrow account held by the District of 
     Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
     Authority pursuant to section 134 of division A of the 
     Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-
     552), for infrastructure needs of the District of Columbia, 
     $5,000,000.
       Sec. 160. (a) Prohibiting Payment of Administrative Costs 
     From Fund.--Section 16(e) of the Victims of Violent Crime 
     Compensation Act of 1996 (D.C. Code, sec. 3-435(e)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``and administrative costs necessary to 
     carry out this chapter''; and
       (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting the 
     following: ``, and no monies in the Fund may be used for any 
     other purpose.''.
       (b) Maintenance of Fund in Treasury of the United States.--
       (1) In general.--Section 16(a) of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 
     3-435(a)) is amended by striking the second sentence and 
     inserting the following: ``The Fund shall be maintained as a 
     separate fund in the Treasury of the United States. All 
     amounts deposited to the credit of the Fund are appropriated 
     without fiscal year limitation to make payments as authorized 
     under subsection (e).''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 16 of such Act (D.C. 
     Code, sec. 3-435) is amended by striking subsection (d).
       (c) Deposit of Other Fees and Receipts Into Fund.--Section 
     16(c) of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 3-435(c)) is amended by 
     inserting after ``1997,'' the second place it appears the 
     following: ``any other fines, fees, penalties, or assessments 
     that the Court determines necessary to carry out the purposes 
     of the Fund,''.
       (d) Annual Transfer of Unobligated Balances to 
     Miscellaneous Receipts of Treasury.--Section 16 of such Act 
     (D.C. Code, sec. 3-435), as amended by subsection (b)(2), is 
     further amended by inserting after subsection (c) the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(d) Any unobligated balance existing in the Fund in 
     excess of $250,000 as of the end of each fiscal year 
     (beginning with fiscal year 2000) shall be transferred to 
     miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury of the United States 
     not later than 30 days after the end of the fiscal year.''.
       (e) Ratification of Payments and Deposits.--Any payments 
     made from or deposits made to the Crime Victims Compensation 
     Fund on or after April 9, 1997 are hereby ratified, to the 
     extent such payments and deposits are authorized under the 
     Victims of Violent Crime Compensation Act of 1996 (D.C. Code, 
     sec. 3-421 et seq.), as amended by this section.
       Sec. 161. Certification.--None of the funds contained in 
     this Act may be used after the expiration of the 60-day 
     period that begins on the date of the enactment of this Act 
     to pay the salary of any chief financial officer of any 
     office of the District of Columbia government (including any 
     independent agency of the District) who has not filed a 
     certification with the Mayor and the Chief Financial Officer 
     of the District of Columbia that the officer understands the 
     duties and restrictions applicable to the officer and their 
     agency as a result of this Act.
       Sec. 162. The proposed budget of the government of the 
     District of Columbia for fiscal year 2001 that is submitted 
     by the District to Congress shall specify potential 
     adjustments that might become necessary in the event that the 
     management savings achieved by the District during the year 
     do not meet the level of management savings projected by the 
     District under the proposed budget.
       Sec. 163. In submitting any document showing the budget for 
     an office of the District of Columbia government (including 
     an independent agency of the District) that contains a 
     category of activities labeled as ``other'', 
     ``miscellaneous'', or a similar general, nondescriptive term, 
     the document shall include a description of the types of 
     activities covered in the category and a detailed breakdown 
     of the amount allocated for each such activity.
       Sec. 164. (a) Authorizing Corps of Engineers To Perform 
     Repairs and Improvements.--In using the funds made available 
     under this Act for carrying out improvements to the Southwest 
     Waterfront in the District of Columbia (including upgrading 
     marina dock pilings and paving and restoring walkways in the 
     marina and fish market areas) for the portions of Federal 
     property in the Southwest quadrant of the District of 
     Columbia within Lots 847 and 848, a portion of Lot 846, and 
     the unassessed Federal real property adjacent to Lot 848 in 
     Square 473, any entity of the District of Columbia government 
     (including the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility 
     and Management Assistance Authority or its designee) may 
     place orders for engineering and construction and related 
     services with the Chief of Engineers of the United States 
     Army Corps of Engineers. The Chief of Engineers may accept 
     such orders on a reimbursable basis and may provide any part 
     of such services by contract. In providing such services, the 
     Chief of Engineers shall follow the Federal Acquisition 
     Regulations and the implementing Department of Defense 
     regulations.
       (b) Timing for Availability of Funds Under 1999 Act.--
       (1) In general.--The District of Columbia Appropriations 
     Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-124) is amended 
     in the item relating to ``FEDERAL FUNDS--Federal Payment for 
     Waterfront Improvements''--
       (A) by striking ``existing lessees'' the first place it 
     appears and inserting ``existing lessees of the Marina''; and
       (B) by striking ``the existing lessees'' the second place 
     it appears and inserting ``such lessees''.
       (2) Effective date.--This subsection shall take effect as 
     if included in the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 
     1999.
       (c) Additional Funding for Improvements Carried Out Through 
     Corps of Engineers.--
       (1) In general.--There is hereby transferred from the 
     District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
     Assistance Authority to the Mayor the sum of $3,000,000 for 
     carrying out the improvements described in subsection (a) 
     through the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army 
     Corps of Engineers.
       (2) Source of funds.--The funds transferred under paragraph 
     (1) shall be derived from the escrow account held by the 
     District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
     Assistance Authority pursuant to section 134 of division A of 
     the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-
     552), for infrastructure needs of the District of Columbia.
       (d) Quarterly Reports on Project.--The Mayor shall submit 
     reports to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate on the status of the improvements described in 
     subsection (a) for each calendar quarter occurring until the 
     improvements are completed.
       Sec. 165. It is the sense of the Congress that the District 
     of Columbia should not impose or take into consideration any 
     height, square footage, set-back, or other construction or 
     zoning requirements in authorizing the issuance of industrial 
     revenue bonds for a project of the American National Red 
     Cross at 2025 E Street Northwest, Washington, D.C., in as 
     much as this project is subject to approval of the National 
     Capital Planning Commission and the Commission of Fine Arts 
     pursuant to section 11 of the joint resolution entitled 
     ``Joint Resolution to grant authority for the erection of a 
     permanent building for the American National Red Cross, 
     District of Columbia Chapter, Washington, District of 
     Columbia'', approved July 1, 1947 (Public Law 100-637; 36 
     U.S.C. 300108 note).
       Sec. 166. (a) Permitting Court Services and Offender 
     Supervision Agency To Carry Out Sex Offender Registration.--
     Section 11233(c) of the National Capital Revitalization and 
     Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 (D.C. Code, sec. 24-
     1233(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(5) Sex offender registration.--The Agency shall carry 
     out sex offender registration functions in the District of 
     Columbia, and shall have the authority to exercise all powers 
     and functions relating to sex offender registration that are 
     granted to the Agency under any District of Columbia law.''.
       (b) Authority During Transition to Full Operation of 
     Agency.--
       (1) Authority of pretrial services, parole, adult probation 
     and offender supervision

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     trustee.--Notwithstanding section 11232(b)(1) of the National 
     Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 
     1997 (D.C. Code, sec. 24-1232(b)(1)), the Pretrial Services, 
     Parole, Adult Probation and Offender Supervision Trustee 
     appointed under section 11232(a) of such Act (hereafter 
     referred to as the ``Trustee'') shall, in accordance with 
     section 11232 of such Act, exercise the powers and functions 
     of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the 
     District of Columbia (hereafter referred to as the 
     ``Agency'') relating to sex offender registration (as granted 
     to the Agency under any District of Columbia law) only upon 
     the Trustee's certification that the Trustee is able to 
     assume such powers and functions.
       (2) Authority of metropolitan police department.--During 
     the period that begins on the date of the enactment of the 
     Sex Offender Registration Emergency Act of 1999 and ends on 
     the date the Trustee makes the certification described in 
     paragraph (1), the Metropolitan Police Department of the 
     District of Columbia shall have the authority to carry out 
     any powers and functions relating to sex offender 
     registration that are granted to the Agency or to the Trustee 
     under any District of Columbia law.
       Sec. 167. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act may 
     be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation to 
     legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the 
     possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance 
     under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802) or any 
     tetrahydrocannabinols derivative.
       (b) The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment 
     Initiative of 1998, also known as Initiative 59, approved by 
     the electors of the District of Columbia on November 3, 1998, 
     shall not take effect.
       Sec. 168. (a) In General.--There is hereby transferred from 
     the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
     Management Assistance Authority (hereinafter referred to as 
     the ``Authority'') to the District of Columbia the sum of 
     $5,000,000 for the Mayor, in consultation with the Council of 
     the District of Columbia, to provide offsets against local 
     taxes for a commercial revitalization program, such program 
     to be available in enterprise zones and low and moderate 
     income areas in the District of Columbia: Provided, That in 
     carrying out such a program, the Mayor shall use Federal 
     commercial revitalization proposals introduced in Congress as 
     a guideline.
       (b) Source of Funds.--The amount transferred under 
     subsection (a) shall be derived from interest earned on 
     accounts held by the Authority on behalf of the District of 
     Columbia.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Mayor shall report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
     Representatives on the progress made in carrying out the 
     commercial revitalization program.
       Sec. 169. Section 456 of the District of Columbia Home Rule 
     Act (section 47-231 et seq. of the D.C. Code, as added by the 
     Federal Payment Reauthorization Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-
     373)) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``District of 
     Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
     Authority'' and inserting ``Mayor''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``Authority'' and 
     inserting ``Mayor''.
       Sec. 170. (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
       (1) The District of Columbia has recently witnessed a spate 
     of senseless killings of innocent citizens caught in the 
     crossfire of shootings. A Justice Department crime 
     victimization survey found that while the city saw a decline 
     in the homicide rate between 1996 and 1997, the rate was the 
     highest among a dozen cities and more than double the second 
     highest city.
       (2) The District of Columbia has not made adequate funding 
     available to fight drug abuse in recent years, and the city 
     has not deployed its resources as effectively as possible. In 
     fiscal year 1998, $20,900,000 was spent on publicly funded 
     drug treatment in the District compared to $29,000,000 in 
     fiscal year 1993. The District's Addiction and Prevention and 
     Recovery Agency currently has only 2,200 treatment slots, a 
     50 percent drop from 1994, with more than 1,100 people on 
     waiting lists.
       (3) The District of Columbia has seen a rash of inmate 
     escapes from halfway houses. According to Department of 
     Corrections records, between October 21, 1998 and January 19, 
     1999, 376 of the 1,125 inmates assigned to halfway houses 
     walked away. Nearly 280 of the 376 escapees were awaiting 
     trial including two charged with murder.
       (4) The District of Columbia public schools system faces 
     serious challenges in correcting chronic problems, 
     particularly long-standing deficiencies in providing special 
     education services to the 1 in 10 District students needing 
     program benefits, including backlogged assessments, and 
     repeated failure to meet a compliance agreement on special 
     education reached with the Department of Education.
       (5) Deficiencies in the delivery of basic public services 
     from cleaning streets to waiting time at Department of Motor 
     Vehicles to a rat population estimated earlier this year to 
     exceed the human population have generated considerable 
     public frustration.
       (6) Last year, the District of Columbia forfeited millions 
     of dollars in Federal grants after Federal auditors 
     determined that several agencies exceeded grant restrictions 
     and in other instances, failed to spend funds before the 
     grants expired.
       (7) Findings of a 1999 report by the Annie E. Casey 
     Foundation that measured the well-being of children reflected 
     that, with one exception, the District ranked worst in the 
     United States in every category from infant mortality to the 
     rate of teenage births to statistics chronicling child 
     poverty.
       (b) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that in considering the District of Columbia's fiscal year 
     2001 budget, the Congress will take into consideration 
     progress or lack of progress in addressing the following 
     issues:
       (1) Crime, including the homicide rate, implementation of 
     community policing, the number of police officers on local 
     beats, and the closing down of open-air drug markets.
       (2) Access to drug abuse treatment, including the number of 
     treatment slots, the number of people served, the number of 
     people on waiting lists, and the effectiveness of treatment 
     programs.
       (3) Management of parolees and pretrial violent offenders, 
     including the number of halfway house escapes and steps taken 
     to improve monitoring and supervision of halfway house 
     residents to reduce the number of escapes.
       (4) Education, including access to special education 
     services and student achievement.
       (5) Improvement in basic city services, including rat 
     control and abatement.
       (6) Application for and management of Federal grants.
       (7) Indicators of child well-being.
       Sec. 171. The Mayor, prior to using Federal Medicaid 
     payments to Disproportionate Share Hospitals to serve a small 
     number of childless adults, should consider the 
     recommendations of the Health Care Development Commission 
     that has been appointed by the Council of the District of 
     Columbia to review this program, and consult and report to 
     Congress on the use of these funds.
       Sec. 172. GAO Study of District of Columbia Criminal 
     Justice System. Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall--
       (1) conduct a study of the law enforcement, court, prison, 
     probation, parole, and other components of the criminal 
     justice system of the District of Columbia, in order to 
     identify the components most in need of additional resources, 
     including financial, personnel, and management resources; and
       (2) submit to Congress a report on the results of the study 
     under paragraph (1).
       Sec. 173. Nothing in this Act bars the District of Columbia 
     Corporation Counsel from reviewing or commenting on briefs in 
     private lawsuits, or from consulting with officials of the 
     District government regarding such lawsuits.
       Sec. 174. Wireless Communications. (a) In General.--Not 
     later than 7 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
     Director of the National Park Service, shall--
       (1) implement the notice of decision approved by the 
     National Capital Regional Director, dated April 7, 1999, 
     including the provisions of the notice of decision concerning 
     the issuance of right-of-way permits at market rates; and
       (2) expend such sums as are necessary to carry out 
     paragraph (1).
       (b) Antenna Applications.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the receipt 
     of an application, a Federal agency that receives an 
     application submitted after the enactment of this Act to 
     locate a wireless communications antenna on Federal property 
     in the District of Columbia or surrounding area over which 
     the Federal agency exercises control shall take final action 
     on the application, including action on the issuance of 
     right-of-way permits at market rates.
       (2) Existing law.--Nothing in this subsection shall be 
     construed to affect the applicability of existing laws 
     regarding--
       (A) judicial review under chapter 7 of title 5, United 
     States Code (the Administrative Procedure Act), and the 
     Communications Act of 1934;
       (B) the National Environmental Policy Act, the National 
     Historic Preservation Act and other applicable Federal 
     statutes; and
       (C) the authority of a State or local government or 
     instrumentality thereof, including the District of Columbia, 
     in the placement, construction, and modification of personal 
     wireless service facilities.
       Sec. 175. (a)(1) The first paragraph under the heading 
     ``Community Development Block Grants'' in title II of H.R. 
     2684 (Public Law 106-74) is amended by inserting after 
     ``National American Indian Housing Council,'' the following: 
     ``$4,000,000 shall be available as a grant for the Special 
     Olympics in Anchorage, Alaska to develop the Ben Boeke Arena 
     and Hilltop Ski Area,''; and
       (2) The paragraph that includes the words ``Economic 
     Development Initiative (EDI)'' under the heading ``Community 
     Development Block Grants'' in title II of H.R. 2684 (Public 
     Law 106-74) is amended by striking ``$240,000,000'' and 
     inserting ``$243,500,000''.
       (b) The statement of the managers of the committee of 
     conference accompanying H.R. 2684 is deemed to be amended 
     under the heading ``Community Development Block Grants'' to 
     include in the description of targeted economic development 
     initiatives the following:
       ``--$1,000,000 for the New Jersey Community Development 
     Corporation for the construction of the New Jersey Community 
     Development Corporation's Transportation Opportunity Center;
       ``--$750,000 for South Dakota State University in 
     Brookings, South Dakota for the development of a performing 
     arts center;
       ``--$925,000 for the Florida Association of Counties for a 
     Rural Capacity Building Pilot Project in Tallahassee, 
     Florida;
       ``--$500,000 for the Osceola County Agriculture Center for 
     construction of a new and expanded agriculture center in 
     Osceola County, Florida;
       ``--$1,000,000 for the University of Syracuse in Syracuse, 
     New York for electrical infrastructure improvements.''; and 
     the current descriptions are amended as follows:
       ``--$1,700,000 to the City of Miami, Florida for the 
     development of a Homeownership Zone to

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     assist residents displaced by the demolition of public 
     housing in the Model City area;'' is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``--$1,700,000 to Miami-Dade County, Florida for an 
     economic development project at the Opa-locka Neighborhood 
     Center;'';
       ``--$250,000 to the Arizona Science Center in Yuma, Arizona 
     for its after-school program for inner-city youth;'' is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``--$250,000 to the Arizona Science Center in Phoenix, 
     Arizona for its after-school program for inner-city youth;'';
       ``--$200,000 to the Schuylkill County Fire Fighters 
     Association for a smoke-maze building on the grounds of the 
     firefighters facility in Morea, Pennsylvania;'' is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``--$200,000 to the Schuylkill County Fire Fighters 
     Association for a smoke-maze building and other facilities 
     and improvements on the grounds of the firefighters facility 
     in Morea, Pennsylvania;''.
       (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     $2,000,000 made available pursuant to Public Law 105-276 for 
     Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to redevelop the Sun Co./LTV Steel 
     Site in Hazelwood, Pennsylvania is available to the 
     Department of Economic Development in Allegheny County, 
     Pennsylvania for the development of a technology based 
     project in the county.
       (d) Insert the following new sections at the end of the 
     administrative provisions in title II of H.R. 2684 (Public 
     Law 106-74):


            ``FHA MULTIFAMILY MORTGAGE CREDIT DEMONSTRATION

       ``Sec. 226. Section 542 of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1992 is amended--
       ``(1) in subsection (b)(5) by striking `during fiscal year 
     1999' and inserting `in each of the fiscal years 1999 and 
     2000'; and
       ``(2) in the first sentence of subsection (c)(4) by 
     striking `during fiscal year 1999' and inserting `in each of 
     fiscal years 1999 and 2000'.


                       ``DRUG ELIMINATION PROGRAM

       ``Sec. 227. (a) Section 5126(4) of the Public and Assisted 
     Housing Drug Elimination Act of 1990 is amended--
       ``(1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting after `1965;' the 
     following: `or';
       ``(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking `1937: or' and 
     inserting `1937.'; and
       ``(3) by striking subparagraph (D).
       ``(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be 
     construed to have taken effect on October 21, 1998.''.
       This title may be cited as the ``District of Columbia 
     Appropriations Act, 2000''.

                        TITLE II--TAX REDUCTION

       Sec. 201. Commending reduction of taxes by district of 
     columbia. The Congress commends the District of Columbia for 
     its action to reduce taxes, and ratifies D.C. Act 13-110 
     (commonly known as the Service Improvement and Fiscal Year 
     2000 Budget Support Act of 1999).
       Sec. 202. Rule of construction. Nothing in this title may 
     be construed to limit the ability of the Council of the 
     District of Columbia to amend or repeal any provision of law 
     described in this title.

                               DIVISION B

  DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
                    RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

       For programs, projects, and activities in the Departments 
     of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
     Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, provided as 
     follows, to be effective as if it had been enacted into law 
     as the regular appropriations Act:
       An Act Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, 
     Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 
     Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and 
     for other purposes.

                      TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

                 Employment and Training Administration


                    training and employment services

       For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act, 
     including the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
     the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and 
     other facilities, and the purchase of real property for 
     training centers as authorized by the Workforce Investment 
     Act; the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; the 
     Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act; 
     the National Skill Standards Act of 1994; and the School-to-
     Work Opportunities Act; $3,002,618,000 plus reimbursements, 
     of which $1,650,153,000 is available for obligation for the 
     period July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001; of which 
     $1,250,965,000 is available for obligation for the period 
     April 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001; of which $35,500,000 is 
     available for the period July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2003 
     including $34,000,000 for necessary expenses of construction, 
     rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps centers, and 
     $1,500,000 under authority of section 171(d) of the Workforce 
     Investment Act for use by the Organizing Committee for the 
     2001 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Alaska to promote 
     employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities 
     and other staffing needs; and of which $55,000,000 shall be 
     available from July 1, 2000 through September 30, 2001, for 
     carrying out activities of the School-to-Work Opportunities 
     Act: Provided, That $58,800,000 shall be for carrying out 
     section 166 of the Workforce Investment Act, including 
     $5,000,000 for carrying out section 166( j)(1) of the 
     Workforce Investment Act, including the provision of 
     assistance to American Samoans who reside in Hawaii for the 
     co-location of federally funded and State-funded workforce 
     investment activities, and $7,000,000 shall be for carrying 
     out the National Skills Standards Act of 1994: Provided 
     further, That no funds from any other appropriation shall be 
     used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps centers: 
     Provided further, That funds provided to carry out section 
     171(d) of such Act may be used for demonstration projects 
     that provide assistance to new entrants in the workforce and 
     incumbent workers: Provided further, That funding provided to 
     carry out projects under section 171 of the Workforce 
     Investment Act of 1998 that are identified in the Conference 
     Agreement, shall not be subject to the requirements of 
     section 171(b)(2)(B) of such Act, the requirements of section 
     171(c)(4)(D) of such Act, or the joint funding requirements 
     of sections 171(b)(2)(A) and 171(c)(4)(A) of such Act: 
     Provided further, That funding appropriated herein for 
     Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Activities under 
     section 132(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
     may be distributed for Dislocated Worker Projects under 
     section 171(d) of the Act without regard to the 10 percent 
     limitation contained in section 171(d) of the Act.
       For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act, 
     including the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
     the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and 
     other facilities, and the purchase of real property for 
     training centers as authorized by the Workforce Investment 
     Act; $2,463,000,000 plus reimbursements, of which 
     $2,363,000,000 is available for obligation for the period 
     October 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001; and of which 
     $100,000,000 is available for the period October 1, 2000 
     through June 30, 2003, for necessary expenses of 
     construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps 
     centers.


            Community Service Employment for Older Americans

       To carry out the activities for national grants or 
     contracts with public agencies and public or private 
     nonprofit organizations under paragraph (1)(A) of section 
     506(a) of title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as 
     amended, or to carry out older worker activities as 
     subsequently authorized, $343,356,000.
       To carry out the activities for grants to States under 
     paragraph (3) of section 506(a) of title V of the Older 
     Americans Act of 1965, as amended, or to carry out older 
     worker activities as subsequently authorized, $96,844,000.


              Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances

       For payments during the current fiscal year of trade 
     adjustment benefit payments and allowances under part I; and 
     for training, allowances for job search and relocation, and 
     related State administrative expenses under part II, 
     subchapters B and D, chapter 2, title II of the Trade Act of 
     1974, as amended, $415,150,000, together with such amounts as 
     may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent 
     appropriation for payments for any period subsequent to 
     September 15 of the current year.


     State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations

       For authorized administrative expenses, $163,452,000, 
     together with not to exceed $3,090,288,000 (including not to 
     exceed $1,228,000 which may be used for amortization payments 
     to States which had independent retirement plans in their 
     State employment service agencies prior to 1980), which may 
     be expended from the Employment Security Administration 
     account in the Unemployment Trust Fund including the cost of 
     administering section 1201 of the Small Business Job 
     Protection Act of 1996, section 7(d) of the Wagner-Peyser 
     Act, as amended, the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, the 
     Immigration Act of 1990, and the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act, as amended, and of which the sums available in the 
     allocation for activities authorized by title III of the 
     Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 502-504), and the 
     sums available in the allocation for necessary administrative 
     expenses for carrying out 5 U.S.C. 8501-8523, shall be 
     available for obligation by the States through December 31, 
     2000, except that funds used for automation acquisitions 
     shall be available for obligation by the States through 
     September 30, 2002; and of which $163,452,000, together with 
     not to exceed $738,283,000 of the amount which may be 
     expended from said trust fund, shall be available for 
     obligation for the period July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001, 
     to fund activities under the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended, 
     including the cost of penalty mail authorized under 39 U.S.C. 
     3202(a)(1)(E) made available to States in lieu of allotments 
     for such purpose, and of which $125,000,000 shall be 
     available only to the extent necessary for additional State 
     allocations to administer unemployment compensation laws to 
     finance increases in the number of unemployment insurance 
     claims filed and claims paid or changes in a State law: 
     Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured 
     Unemployment (AWIU) for fiscal year 2000 is projected by the 
     Department of Labor to exceed 2,638,000, an additional 
     $28,600,000 shall be available for obligation for every 
     100,000 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata 
     amount for any increment less than 100,000) from the 
     Employment Security Administration Account of the 
     Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided further, That funds 
     appropriated in this Act which are used to establish a 
     national one-stop career center network may be obligated in 
     contracts, grants or agreements with non-State entities: 
     Provided further, That funds appropriated under this Act for 
     activities authorized under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as 
     amended, and title III of the Social Security Act, may be 
     used by the States to fund integrated Employment Service and 
     Unemployment Insurance automation efforts, notwithstanding 
     cost allocation principles prescribed under Office of 
     Management and Budget Circular A-87.

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        Advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and Other Funds

       For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as 
     authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security 
     Act, as amended, and to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund 
     as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1954, as amended; and for nonrepayable advances to 
     the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by section 8509 of 
     title 5, United States Code, and to the ``Federal 
     unemployment benefits and allowances'' account, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2001, $356,000,000.
       In addition, for making repayable advances to the Black 
     Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal year after 
     September 15, 2000, for costs incurred by the Black Lung 
     Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal year, such sums 
     as may be necessary.


                         program administration

       For expenses of administering employment and training 
     programs, $100,944,000, including $6,431,000 to support up to 
     75 full-time equivalent staff, the majority of which will be 
     term Federal appointments lasting no more than 1 year, to 
     administer welfare-to-work grants, together with not to 
     exceed $45,056,000, which may be expended from the Employment 
     Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 
     Fund.

              Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Pension and Welfare Benefits 
     Administration, $96,000,000.

                  Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation


               Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Fund

       The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is authorized to 
     make such expenditures, including financial assistance 
     authorized by section 104 of Public Law 96-364, within limits 
     of funds and borrowing authority available to such 
     Corporation, 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 Government 
     Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as may 
     be necessary in carrying out the program through September 
     30, 2000, for such Corporation: Provided, That not to exceed 
     $11,155,000 shall be available for administrative expenses of 
     the Corporation: Provided further, That expenses of such 
     Corporation in connection with the termination of pension 
     plans, for the acquisition, protection or management, and 
     investment of trust assets, and for benefits administration 
     services shall be considered as non-administrative expenses 
     for the purposes hereof, and excluded from the above 
     limitation.

                  Employment Standards Administration


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Employment Standards 
     Administration, including reimbursement to State, Federal, 
     and local agencies and their employees for inspection 
     services rendered, $333,260,000, together with $1,740,000 
     which may be expended from the Special Fund in accordance 
     with sections 39(c), 44(d) and 44( j) of the Longshore and 
     Harbor Workers' Compensation Act: Provided, That $2,000,000 
     shall be for the development of an alternative system for the 
     electronic submission of reports as required to be filed 
     under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 
     1959, as amended, and for a computer database of the 
     information for each submission by whatever means, that is 
     indexed and easily searchable by the public via the Internet: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized 
     to accept, retain, and spend, until expended, in the name of 
     the Department of Labor, all sums of money ordered to be paid 
     to the Secretary of Labor, in accordance with the terms of 
     the Consent Judgment in Civil Action No. 91-0027 of the 
     United States District Court for the District of the Northern 
     Mariana Islands (May 21, 1992): Provided further, That the 
     Secretary of Labor is authorized to establish and, in 
     accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3302, collect and deposit in the 
     Treasury fees for processing applications and issuing 
     certificates under sections 11(d) and 14 of the Fair Labor 
     Standards Act of 1938, as amended (29 U.S.C. 211(d) and 214) 
     and for processing applications and issuing registrations 
     under title I of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker 
     Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).


                            Special Benefits

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses 
     (except administrative expenses) accruing during the current 
     or any prior fiscal year authorized by title 5, chapter 81 of 
     the United States Code; continuation of benefits as provided 
     for under the heading ``Civilian War Benefits'' in the 
     Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the 
     Employees' Compensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; 
     sections 4(c) and 5(f ) of the War Claims Act of 1948 (50 
     U.S.C. App. 2012); and 50 percent of the additional 
     compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the 
     Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as amended, 
     $79,000,000 together with such amounts as may be necessary to 
     be charged to the subsequent year appropriation for the 
     payment of compensation and other benefits for any period 
     subsequent to August 15 of the current year: Provided, That 
     amounts appropriated may be used under section 8104 of title 
     5, United States Code, by the Secretary of Labor to reimburse 
     an employer, who is not the employer at the time of injury, 
     for portions of the salary of a reemployed, disabled 
     beneficiary: Provided further, That balances of 
     reimbursements unobligated on September 30, 1999, shall 
     remain available until expended for the payment of 
     compensation, benefits, and expenses: Provided further, That 
     in addition there shall be transferred to this appropriation 
     from the Postal Service and from any other corporation or 
     instrumentality required under section 8147(c) of title 5, 
     United States Code, to pay an amount for its fair share of 
     the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary 
     determines to be the cost of administration for employees of 
     such fair share entities through September 30, 2000: Provided 
     further, That of those funds transferred to this account from 
     the fair share entities to pay the cost of administration, 
     $21,849,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as 
     follows: (1) for the operation of and enhancement to the 
     automated data processing systems, including document imaging 
     and medical bill review, in support of Federal Employees' 
     Compensation Act administration, $13,433,000; (2) for program 
     staff training to operate the new imaging system, $1,300,000; 
     (3) for the periodic roll review program, $7,116,000; and (4) 
     the remaining funds shall be paid into the Treasury as 
     miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That the Secretary 
     may require that any person filing a notice of injury or a 
     claim for benefits under chapter 81 of title 5, United States 
     Code, or 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq., provide as part of such 
     notice and claim, such identifying information (including 
     Social Security account number) as such regulations may 
     prescribe.


                    black lung disability trust fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For payments from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, 
     $1,013,633,000, of which $963,506,000 shall be available 
     until September 30, 2001, for payment of all benefits as 
     authorized by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (4), and (7) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, and interest on 
     advances as authorized by section 9501(c)(2) of that Act, and 
     of which $28,676,000 shall be available for transfer to 
     Employment Standards Administration, Salaries and Expenses, 
     $20,783,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, Salaries 
     and Expenses, $312,000 for transfer to Departmental 
     Management, Office of Inspector General, and $356,000 for 
     payment into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the 
     Department of Treasury, for expenses of operation and 
     administration of the Black Lung Benefits program as 
     authorized by section 9501(d)(5) of that Act: Provided, That, 
     in addition, such amounts as may be necessary may be charged 
     to the subsequent year appropriation for the payment of 
     compensation, interest, or other benefits for any period 
     subsequent to August 15 of the current year.

             Occupational Safety and Health Administration


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and 
     Health Administration, $370,000,000, including not to exceed 
     $81,000,000 which shall be the maximum amount available for 
     grants to States under section 23(g) of the Occupational 
     Safety and Health Act, which grants shall be no less than 50 
     percent of the costs of State occupational safety and health 
     programs required to be incurred under plans approved by the 
     Secretary under section 18 of the Occupational Safety and 
     Health Act of 1970; and, in addition, notwithstanding 31 
     U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and Health 
     Administration may retain up to $750,000 per fiscal year of 
     training institute course tuition fees, otherwise authorized 
     by law to be collected, and may utilize such sums for 
     occupational safety and health training and education grants: 
     Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary 
     of Labor is authorized, during the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2000, to collect and retain fees for services 
     provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, and 
     may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 
     29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and international 
     laboratory recognition programs that ensure the safety of 
     equipment and products used by workers in the workplace: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 
     this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, 
     issue, administer, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, 
     or order under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 
     which is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming 
     operation which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and 
     employs 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That no 
     funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or 
     expended to administer or enforce any standard, rule, 
     regulation, or order under the Occupational Safety and Health 
     Act of 1970 with respect to any employer of 10 or fewer 
     employees who is included within a category having an 
     occupational injury lost workday case rate, at the most 
     precise Standard Industrial Classification Code for which 
     such data are published, less than the national average rate 
     as such rates are most recently published by the Secretary, 
     acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in accordance 
     with section 24 of that Act (29 U.S.C. 673), except--
       (1) to provide, as authorized by such Act, consultation, 
     technical assistance, educational and training services, and 
     to conduct surveys and studies;
       (2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in response 
     to an employee complaint, to issue a citation for violations 
     found during such inspection, and to assess a penalty for 
     violations which are not corrected within a reasonable 
     abatement period and for any willful violations found;
       (3) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect 
     to imminent dangers;
       (4) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect 
     to health hazards;
       (5) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect 
     to a report of an employment accident which is fatal to one 
     or more employees or which results in hospitalization of two 
     or more employees, and to take any action pursuant to such 
     investigation authorized by such Act; and
       (6) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect 
     to complaints of discrimination

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     against employees for exercising rights under such Act:

     Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply 
     to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which 
     does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or 
     fewer employees.

                 Mine Safety and Health Administration


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
     Administration, $228,373,000, including purchase and bestowal 
     of certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue 
     and first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
     including not to exceed $750,000 may be collected by the 
     National Mine Health and Safety Academy for room, board, 
     tuition, and the sale of training materials, otherwise 
     authorized by law to be collected, to be available for mine 
     safety and health education and training activities, 
     notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302; the Secretary is authorized 
     to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other 
     contributions from public and private sources and to 
     prosecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, 
     Federal, State, or private; the Mine Safety and Health 
     Administration is authorized to promote health and safety 
     education and training in the mining community through 
     cooperative programs with States, industry, and safety 
     associations; and any funds available to the department may 
     be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide for 
     the costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the event 
     of a major disaster.

                       Bureau of Labor Statistics


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
     including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and 
     local agencies and their employees for services rendered, 
     $353,781,000, of which $6,986,000 shall be for expenses of 
     revising the Consumer Price Index and shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2001, together with not to exceed 
     $55,663,000, which may be expended from the Employment 
     Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 
     Fund.

                        Departmental Management


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, 
     including the hire of three sedans, and including up to 
     $7,250,000 for the President's Committee on Employment of 
     People With Disabilities, and including the management or 
     operation of Departmental bilateral and multilateral foreign 
     technical assistance, $210,478,000; together with not to 
     exceed $310,000, which may be expended from the Employment 
     Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 
     Fund: Provided, That no funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Solicitor of Labor to participate in a review 
     in any United States court of appeals of any decision made by 
     the Benefits Review Board under section 21 of the Longshore 
     and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 921) where 
     such participation is precluded by the decision of the United 
     States Supreme Court in Director, Office of Workers' 
     Compensation Programs v. Newport News Shipbuilding, 115 S. 
     Ct. 1278 (1995), notwithstanding any provisions to the 
     contrary contained in Rule 15 of the Federal Rules of 
     Appellate Procedure: Provided further, That no funds made 
     available by this Act may be used by the Secretary of Labor 
     to review a decision under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' 
     Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) that has been 
     appealed and that has been pending before the Benefits Review 
     Board for more than 12 months: Provided further, That any 
     such decision pending a review by the Benefits Review Board 
     for more than 1 year shall be considered affirmed by the 
     Benefits Review Board on the 1-year anniversary of the filing 
     of the appeal, and shall be considered the final order of the 
     Board for purposes of obtaining a review in the United States 
     courts of appeals: Provided further, That these provisions 
     shall not be applicable to the review or appeal of any 
     decision issued under the Black Lung Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 
     901 et seq.).


        Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment and Training

       Not to exceed $184,341,000 may be derived from the 
     Employment Security Administration account in the 
     Unemployment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 38 
     U.S.C. 4100-4110A, 4212, 4214, and 4321-4327, and Public Law 
     103-353, and which shall be available for obligation by the 
     States through December 31, 2000.


                      Office of Inspector General

       For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
     General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
     General Act of 1978, as amended, $48,095,000, together with 
     not to exceed $3,830,000, which may be expended from the 
     Employment Security Administration account in the 
     Unemployment Trust Fund.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 101. None of the funds appropriated in this title for 
     the Job Corps shall be used to pay the compensation of an 
     individual, either as direct costs or any proration as an 
     indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II.


                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
     funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended) which are appropriated for 
     the current fiscal year for the Department of Labor in this 
     Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such 
     appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by 
     any such transfer: Provided, That the Appropriations 
     Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 
     15 days in advance of any transfer.
       This title may be cited as the ``Department of Labor 
     Appropriations Act, 2000''.

           TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

              Health Resources and Services Administration


                     Health Resources and Services

       For carrying out titles II, III, VII, VIII, X, XII, XIX, 
     and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, section 427(a) of 
     the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, title V and 
     section 1820 of the Social Security Act, the Health Care 
     Quality Improvement Act of 1986, as amended, and the Native 
     Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988, as amended, $4,429,292,000, 
     of which $150,000 shall remain available until expended for 
     interest subsidies on loan guarantees made prior to fiscal 
     year 1981 under part B of title VII of the Public Health 
     Service Act, and of which $104,052,000 shall be available for 
     the construction and renovation of health care and other 
     facilities, and of which $25,000,000 from general revenues, 
     notwithstanding section 1820( j) of the Social Security Act, 
     shall be available for carrying out the Medicare rural 
     hospital flexibility grants program under section 1820 of 
     such Act: Provided, That the Division of Federal Occupational 
     Health may utilize personal services contracting to employ 
     professional management/administrative and occupational 
     health professionals: Provided further, That of the funds 
     made available under this heading, $250,000 shall be 
     available until expended for facilities renovations at the 
     Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center: Provided further, 
     That in addition to fees authorized by section 427(b) of the 
     Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, fees shall be 
     collected for the full disclosure of information under the 
     Act sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the 
     National Practitioner Data Bank, and shall remain available 
     until expended to carry out that Act: Provided further, That 
     no more than $5,000,000 is available for carrying out the 
     provisions of Public Law 104-73: Provided further, That of 
     the funds made available under this heading, $214,932,000 
     shall be for the program under title X of the Public Health 
     Service Act to provide for voluntary family planning 
     projects: Provided further, That amounts provided to said 
     projects under such title shall not be expended for 
     abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall be 
     nondirective, and that such amounts shall not be expended for 
     any activity (including the publication or distribution of 
     literature) that in any way tends to promote public support 
     or opposition to any legislative proposal or candidate for 
     public office: Provided further, That $518,000,000 shall be 
     for State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs authorized by section 
     2616 of the Public Health Service Act: Provided further, 
     That, notwithstanding section 502(a)(1) of the Social 
     Security Act, not to exceed $108,742,000 is available for 
     carrying out special projects of regional and national 
     significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such Act: 
     Provided further, That of the amount provided under the 
     heading, $20,000,000 shall be available for children's 
     hospitals graduate medical education payments, subject to 
     authorization: Provided further, That of the amount provided 
     under this heading, $900,000 shall be for the American 
     Federation of Negro Affairs Education and Research Fund.


               medical facilities guarantee and loan fund

           federal interest subsidies for medical facilities

       For carrying out subsections (d) and (e) of section 1602 of 
     the Public Health Service Act, $1,000,000, together with any 
     amounts received by the Secretary in connection with loans 
     and loan guarantees under title VI of the Public Health 
     Service Act, to be available without fiscal year limitation 
     for the payment of interest subsidies. During the fiscal 
     year, no commitments for direct loans or loan guarantees 
     shall be made.


               health education assistance loans program

       Such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of 
     the program, as authorized by title VII of the Public Health 
     Service Act, as amended. For administrative expenses to carry 
     out the guaranteed loan program, including section 709 of the 
     Public Health Service Act, $3,688,000.


             vaccine injury compensation program trust fund

       For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program 
     Trust Fund, such sums as may be necessary for claims 
     associated with vaccine-related injury or death with respect 
     to vaccines administered after September 30, 1988, pursuant 
     to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the Public Health Service Act, 
     to remain available until expended: Provided, That for 
     necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed $3,000,000 
     shall be available from the Trust Fund to the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services.

               Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


                Disease Control, Research, and Training

       To carry out titles II, III, VII, XI, XV, XVII, XIX and 
     XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, sections 101, 102, 
     103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 of the Federal Mine Safety 
     and Health Act of 1977, sections 20, 21, and 22 of the 
     Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, title IV of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act and section 501 of the 
     Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980; including insurance 
     of official motor vehicles in foreign countries; and hire, 
     maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $2,798,886,000 of 
     which $60,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
     equipment and construction and renovation of facilities, and 
     in addition, such sums as may be derived from authorized user 
     fees, which shall be credited to this account: Provided, That 
     in addition to amounts provided herein, up to $71,690,000 
     shall be available from amounts available under section 241 
     of the Public Health Service Act, to carry out the National 
     Center for Health Statistics surveys: Provided further, That 
     none of the funds made available

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     for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease 
     Control and Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun 
     control: Provided further, That the Director may redirect the 
     total amount made available under authority of Public Law 
     101-502, section 3, dated November 3, 1990, to activities the 
     Director may so designate: Provided further, That the 
     Congress is to be notified promptly of any such transfer: 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, a single contract or related contracts for the 
     development and construction of the infectious disease 
     laboratory through the General Services Administration may be 
     employed which collectively include the full scope of the 
     project: Provided further, That the solicitation and contract 
     shall contain the clause ``availability of funds'' found at 
     48 CFR 52.232-18: Provided further, That not to exceed 
     $10,000,000 may be available for making grants under section 
     1509 of the Public Health Service Act to not more than 10 
     States: Provided further, That of the amount provided under 
     this heading, $3,000,000 shall be for the Center for 
     Environmental Medicine and Toxicology at the University of 
     Mississippi Medical Center at Jackson and $1,000,000 shall be 
     for the University of South Alabama birth defects monitoring 
     and prevention activities.
       In addition, $51,000,000, to be derived from the Violent 
     Crime Reduction Trust Fund, for carrying out sections 40151 
     and 40261 of Public Law 103-322.

                     National Institutes of Health


                       national cancer institute

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to cancer, $3,332,317,000.


               national heart, lung, and blood institute

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and 
     blood diseases, and blood and blood products, $2,040,291,000.


         national institute of dental and craniofacial research

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to dental disease, 
     $270,253,000.


    national institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and 
     kidney disease, $1,147,588,000.


        national institute of neurological disorders and stroke

        For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to neurological disorders and 
     stroke, $1,034,886,000.


         national institute of allergy and infectious diseases

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to allergy and infectious 
     diseases, $1,803,063,000.


             national institute of general medical sciences

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to general medical sciences, 
     $1,361,668,000.


        national institute of child health and human development

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to child health and human 
     development, $862,884,000.


                         national eye institute

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to eye diseases and visual 
     disorders, $452,706,000.


          national institute of environmental health sciences

       For carrying out sections 301 and 311 and title IV of the 
     Public Health Service Act with respect to environmental 
     health sciences, $444,817,000.


                      national institute on aging

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to aging, $690,156,000.


 national institute of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to arthritis and 
     musculoskeletal and skin diseases, $351,840,000.


    national institute on deafness and other communication disorders

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to deafness and other 
     communication disorders, $265,185,000.


                 national institute of nursing research

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to nursing research, 
     $90,000,000.


           national institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to alcohol abuse and 
     alcoholism, $293,935,000.


                    national institute on drug abuse

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to drug abuse, $689,448,000.


                  national institute of mental health

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to mental health, 
     $978,360,000.


                national human genome research institute

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to human genome research, 
     $337,322,000.


                 national center for research resources

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to research resources and 
     general research support grants, $680,176,000: Provided, That 
     none of these funds shall be used to pay recipients of the 
     general research support grants program any amount for 
     indirect expenses in connection with such grants: Provided 
     further, That $75,000,000 shall be for extramural facilities 
     construction grants.


                  john e. fogarty international center

       For carrying out the activities at the John E. Fogarty 
     International Center, $43,723,000.


                      national library of medicine

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to health information 
     communications, $215,214,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be 
     available until expended for improvement of information 
     systems: Provided, That in fiscal year 2000, the Library may 
     enter into personal services contracts for the provision of 
     services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under 
     the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health.


       national center for complementary and alternative medicine

       For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act with respect to complementary and 
     alternative medicine, $68,753,000.


                         office of the director

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the 
     Director, National Institutes of Health, $283,509,000, of 
     which $44,953,000 shall be for the Office of AIDS Research: 
     Provided, That funding shall be available for the purchase of 
     not to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles for replacement 
     only: Provided further, That the Director may direct up to 1 
     percent of the total amount made available in this or any 
     other Act to all National Institutes of Health appropriations 
     to activities the Director may so designate: Provided 
     further, That no such appropriation shall be decreased by 
     more than 1 percent by any such transfers and that the 
     Congress is promptly notified of the transfer: Provided 
     further, That the National Institutes of Health is authorized 
     to collect third party payments for the cost of clinical 
     services that are incurred in National Institutes of Health 
     research facilities and that such payments shall be credited 
     to the National Institutes of Health Management Fund: 
     Provided further, That all funds credited to the National 
     Institutes of Health Management Fund shall remain available 
     for one fiscal year after the fiscal year in which they are 
     deposited: Provided further, That up to $500,000 shall be 
     available to carry out section 499 of the Public Health 
     Service Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 
     499(k)(10) of the Public Health Service Act, funds from the 
     Foundation for the National Institutes of Health may be 
     transferred to the National Institutes of Health.


                        buildings and facilities

       For the study of, construction of, and acquisition of 
     equipment for, facilities of or used by the National 
     Institutes of Health, including the acquisition of real 
     property, $135,376,000, to remain available until expended.

       Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


               substance abuse and mental health services

       For carrying out titles V and XIX of the Public Health 
     Service Act with respect to substance abuse and mental health 
     services, the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill 
     Individuals Act of 1986, and section 301 of the Public Health 
     Service Act with respect to program management, 
     $2,549,728,000.

               Agency for Health Care Policy and Research


                    Health Care Policy and Research

       For carrying out titles III and IX of the Public Health 
     Service Act, and part A of title XI of the Social Security 
     Act, $111,424,000; in addition, amounts received from Freedom 
     of Information Act fees, reimbursable and interagency 
     agreements, and the sale of data tapes shall be credited to 
     this appropriation and shall remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That the amount made available pursuant to section 
     926(b) of the Public Health Service Act shall not exceed 
     $83,576,000.

                  Health Care Financing Administration


                     grants to states for medicaid

       For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI 
     and XIX of the Social Security Act, $86,087,393,000, to 
     remain available until expended.
       For making, after May 31, 2000, payments to States under 
     title XIX of the Social Security Act for the last quarter of 
     fiscal year 2000 for unanticipated costs, incurred for the 
     current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
       For making payments to States or in the case of section 
     1928 on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social 
     Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2001, 
     $30,589,003,000, to remain available until expended.
       Payment under title XIX may be made for any quarter with 
     respect to a State plan or plan amendment in effect during 
     such quarter, if submitted in or prior to such quarter and 
     approved in that or any subsequent quarter.


                  payments to health care trust funds

       For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance and the 
     Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as 
     provided under sections 217(g) and 1844 of the Social 
     Security Act, sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social 
     Security Amendments of 1965, section 278(d) of Public Law 97-
     248, and for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to 
     section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, $69,289,100,000.


                           Program Management

       For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI, 
     XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles XIII 
     and XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Clinical 
     Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, not

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     to exceed $1,971,648,000, to be transferred from the Federal 
     Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical 
     Insurance Trust Funds, as authorized by section 201(g) of the 
     Social Security Act; together with all funds collected in 
     accordance with section 353 of the Public Health Service Act 
     and such sums as may be collected from authorized user fees 
     and the sale of data, which shall remain available until 
     expended, and together with administrative fees collected 
     relative to Medicare overpayment recovery activities, which 
     shall remain available until expended: Provided, That all 
     funds derived in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from 
     organizations established under title XIII of the Public 
     Health Service Act shall be credited to and available for 
     carrying out the purposes of this appropriation: Provided 
     further, That $18,000,000 appropriated under this heading for 
     the managed care system redesign shall remain available until 
     expended: Provided further, That $2,000,000 of the amount 
     available for research, demonstration, and evaluation 
     activities shall be available to continue carrying out 
     demonstration projects on Medicaid coverage of community-
     based attendant care services for people with disabilities 
     which ensures maximum control by the consumer to select and 
     manage their attendant care services: Provided further, That 
     $3,000,000 of the amount available for research, 
     demonstration, and evaluation activities shall be awarded to 
     an application from the University of Pennsylvania Medical 
     Center, the University of Louisville Sciences Center, and St. 
     Vincent's Hospital in Montana to conduct a demonstration to 
     reduce hospitalizations among high-risk patients with 
     congestive heart failure: Provided further, That $2,000,000 
     of the amount available for research, demonstration, and 
     evaluation activities shall be awarded to the AIDS Healthcare 
     Foundation in Los Angeles: Provided further, That $100,000 of 
     the amount available for research, demonstration, and 
     evaluation activities shall be awarded to Littleton Regional 
     Hospital in New Hampshire, to assist in the development of 
     rural emergency medical services: Provided further, That 
     $250,000 of the amount available for research, demonstration, 
     and evaluation activities shall be awarded to the University 
     of Missouri-Kansas City to test behavorial interventions of 
     nursing home residents with moderate to severe dementia: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services is directed to collect, in aggregate, $95,000,000 in 
     fees in fiscal year 2000 from Medicare+Choice organizations 
     pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act and 
     from eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts under 
     section 1876 of that Act pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of 
     that Act.


      health maintenance organization loan and loan guarantee fund

       For carrying out subsections (d) and (e) of section 1308 of 
     the Public Health Service Act, any amounts received by the 
     Secretary in connection with loans and loan guarantees under 
     title XIII of the Public Health Service Act, to be available 
     without fiscal year limitation for the payment of outstanding 
     obligations. During fiscal year 2000, no commitments for 
     direct loans or loan guarantees shall be made.

                Administration for Children and Families


  payments to states for child support enforcement and family support 
                                programs

       For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities 
     under titles I, IV-D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social 
     Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), 
     for the first quarter of fiscal year 2001, $650,000,000.
       For making payments to each State for carrying out the 
     program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children under 
     title IV-A of the Social Security Act before the effective 
     date of the program of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families 
     (TANF) with respect to such State, such sums as may be 
     necessary: Provided, That the sum of the amounts available to 
     a State with respect to expenditures under such title IV-A in 
     fiscal year 1997 under this appropriation and under such 
     title IV-A as amended by the Personal Responsibility and Work 
     Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 shall not exceed the 
     limitations under section 116(b) of such Act.
       For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, 
     payments to States or other non-Federal entities under titles 
     I, IV-D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and 
     the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), for the last 3 
     months of the current year for unanticipated costs, incurred 
     for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.


                   low income home energy assistance

       For making payments under title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget 
     Reconciliation Act of 1981, $1,100,000,000, to be available 
     for obligation in the period October 1, 2000 through 
     September 30, 2001.
       For making payments under title XXVI of such Act, 
     $300,000,000: Provided, That these funds are hereby 
     designated by Congress to be emergency requirements pursuant 
     to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That these 
     funds shall be made available only after submission to 
     Congress of a formal budget request by the President that 
     includes designation of the entire amount of the request as 
     an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       The $1,100,000,000 provided in the first paragraph under 
     this heading in the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
     Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(f ) of division A of 
     Public Law 105-277) is hereby 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: Provided, That such funds shall be available only if 
     the President submits to the Congress one official budget 
     request for $1,100,000,000 that includes designation of the 
     entire amount as an emergency requirement pursuant to such 
     section: Provided further, That such funds shall be 
     distributed in accordance with section 2604 of the Omnibus 
     Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8623), other 
     than subsection (e) of such section.


                     refugee and entrant assistance

       For making payments for refugee and entrant assistance 
     activities authorized by title IV of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education 
     Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-422), $419,005,000: 
     Provided, That funds appropriated pursuant to section 414(a) 
     of the Immigration and Nationality Act under Public Law 105-
     78 for fiscal year 1998 and under Public Law 105-277 for 
     fiscal year 1999 shall be available for the costs of 
     assistance provided and other activities through September 
     30, 2001.
       For carrying out section 5 of the Torture Victims Relief 
     Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-320), $7,500,000.
       The $426,505,000 provided under this heading is hereby 
     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: Provided, That such 
     funds shall be available only if the President submits to the 
     Congress one official budget request for $426,505,000 that 
     includes designation of the entire amount as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to such section.


   Payments to States for the Child Care and Development Block Grant

       For carrying out sections 658A through 658R of the Omnibus 
     Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (The Child Care and 
     Development Block Grant Act of 1990), to become available on 
     October 1, 2000 and remain available through September 30, 
     2001, $1,182,672,000: Provided, That $19,120,000 shall be 
     available for child care resource and referral and school-
     aged child care activities.


                      social services block grant

       For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the 
     Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Provided, That: (1) 
     notwithstanding section 2003(c) of such Act, as amended, the 
     amount specified for allocation under such section for fiscal 
     year 2000 shall be $1,700,000,000; and (2) notwithstanding 
     subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of such Act, the 
     applicable percent specified under such subparagraph for a 
     State to carry out State programs pursuant to title XX of 
     such Act for fiscal year 2000 shall be 4.25 percent.


                Children and Families Services Programs

                        (including rescissions)

       For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway 
     and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental Disabilities 
     Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, the Head Start Act, the 
     Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, the Native American 
     Programs Act of 1974, title II of Public Law 95-266 (adoption 
     opportunities), the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 
     (Public Law 105-89), the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 
     1988, part B(1) of title IV and sections 413, 429A, 1110, and 
     1115 of the Social Security Act; for making payments under 
     the Community Services Block Grant Act, section 473A of the 
     Social Security Act, and title IV of Public Law 105-285; and 
     for necessary administrative expenses to carry out said Acts 
     and titles I, IV, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX of the Social 
     Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), the 
     Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, title IV of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act, section 501 of the Refugee 
     Education Assistance Act of 1980, section 5 of the Torture 
     Victims Relief Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-320), sections 
     40155, 40211, and 40241 of Public Law 103-322 and section 126 
     and titles IV and V of Public Law 100-485, $6,708,733,000, of 
     which $43,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2001, shall be for grants to States for adoption incentive 
     payments, as authorized by section 473A of title IV of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 670-679); of which 
     $567,065,000 shall be for making payments under the Community 
     Services Block Grant Act; and of which $5,267,000,000 shall 
     be for making payments under the Head Start Act, of which 
     $1,400,000,000 shall become available October 1, 2000 and 
     remain available through September 30, 2001: Provided, That 
     to the extent Community Services Block Grant funds are 
     distributed as grant funds by a State to an eligible entity 
     as provided under the Act, and have not been expended by such 
     entity, they shall remain with such entity for carryover into 
     the next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity 
     consistent with program purposes: Provided further, That the 
     Secretary shall establish procedures regarding the 
     disposition of intangible property which permits grant funds, 
     or intangible assets acquired with funds authorized under 
     section 680 of the Community Services Block Grant Act, as 
     amended, to become the sole property of such grantees after a 
     period of not more than 12 years after the end of the grant 
     for purposes and uses consistent with the original grant.
       In addition, $101,000,000, to be derived from the Violent 
     Crime Reduction Trust Fund for carrying out sections 40155, 
     40211, and 40241 of Public Law 103-322.
       Funds appropriated for fiscal year 2000 under section 
     429A(e), part B of title IV of the Social Security Act shall 
     be reduced by $6,000,000.
       Funds appropriated for fiscal year 2000 under section 
     413(h)(1) of the Social Security Act shall be reduced by 
     $15,000,000.


                   Promoting Safe and Stable Families

       For carrying out section 430 of the Social Security Act, 
     $295,000,000.


       payments to states for foster care and adoption assistance

       For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities 
     under title IV-E of the Social Security Act, $4,307,300,000.

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       For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities 
     under title IV-E of the Social Security Act, for the first 
     quarter of fiscal year 2001, $1,538,000,000.

                        Administration on Aging


                        Aging Services Programs

       For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
     Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and section 398 of 
     the Public Health Service Act, $930,225,000: Provided, That 
     notwithstanding section 308(b)(1) of the Older Americans Act 
     of 1965, as amended, the amounts available to each State for 
     administration of the State plan under title III of such Act 
     shall be reduced not more than 5 percent below the amount 
     that was available to such State for such purpose for fiscal 
     year 1995: Provided further, That in considering grant 
     applications for nutrition services for elder Indian 
     recipients, the Assistant Secretary shall provide maximum 
     flexibility to applicants who seek to take into account 
     subsistence, local customs, and other characteristics that 
     are appropriate to the unique cultural, regional, and 
     geographic needs of the American Indian, Alaska and Hawaiian 
     Native communities to be served.

                        Office of the Secretary


                    general departmental management

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for general 
     departmental management, including hire of six sedans, and 
     for carrying out titles III, XVII, and XX of the Public 
     Health Service Act, and the United States-Mexico Border 
     Health Commission Act, $209,701,000, of which $20,000,000 
     shall become available on October 1, 2000, and shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2001, together with $5,851,000, 
     to be transferred and expended as authorized by section 
     201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Hospital 
     Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplemental Medical Insurance 
     Trust Fund: Provided, That $450,000 shall be for a contract 
     with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of 
     the proposed tuberculosis standard promulgated by the 
     Occupational Safety and Health Administration: Provided 
     further, That said contract shall be awarded not later than 
     60 days after the enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
     That said study shall be submitted to the Congress not later 
     than 12 months after award of the contract: Provided further, 
     That of the funds made available under this heading for 
     carrying out title XX of the Public Health Service Act, 
     $10,569,000 shall be for activities specified under section 
     2003(b)(2), of which $9,131,000 shall be for prevention 
     service demonstration grants under section 510(b)(2) of title 
     V of the Social Security Act, as amended, without application 
     of the limitation of section 2010(c) of said title XX: 
     Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be available to the 
     Office of the Surgeon General, within the Office of Public 
     Health and Science, to prepare and disseminate the findings 
     of the Surgeon General's report on youth violence, and to 
     coordinate with other agencies throughout the Federal 
     Government, through the establishment of a Federal 
     Coordinating Committee, activities to prevent youth violence: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer a portion 
     of such funds to other Federal entities for youth violence 
     prevention coordination activities.


                      Office of Inspector General

       For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, as amended, $31,500,000.


                        office for civil rights

       For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 
     $18,338,000, together with not to exceed $3,314,000, to be 
     transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) 
     of the Social Security Act from the Hospital Insurance Trust 
     Fund and the Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund.


                            policy research

       For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
     research studies under section 1110 of the Social Security 
     Act, $17,000,000.


     retirement pay and medical benefits for commissioned officers

       For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health 
     Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for 
     payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection 
     Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, for medical care of 
     dependents and retired personnel under the Dependents' 
     Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), and for payments 
     pursuant to section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 429(b)), such amounts as may be required during the 
     current fiscal year.


            Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund

       For expenses necessary to support activities related to 
     countering potential biological, disease and chemical threats 
     to civilian populations, $181,600,000: Provided, That this 
     amount is distributed as follows: Centers for Disease Control 
     and Prevention, $122,000,000, of which $30,000,000 shall be 
     for the Health Alert Network, $1,000,000 shall be for the 
     Carnegie Mellon Research Institute, $1,000,000 shall be for 
     the St. Louis University School of Public Health, $1,000,000 
     shall be for the University of Texas Medical Branch at 
     Galveston, and $1,000,000 shall be for the Johns Hopkins 
     University Center for Civilian Biodefense; Office of the 
     Secretary, $30,000,000, Agency for Health Care Policy and 
     Research, $5,000,000, and Office of Emergency Preparedness, 
     $24,600,000. In addition, for expenses necessary for the 
     portion of the Global Health Initiative conducted by the 
     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $69,000,000: 
     Provided further, That this amount is distributed as follows: 
     $35,000,000 shall be for international HIV/AIDS programs, 
     $9,000,000 shall be for malaria programs, $5,000,000 shall be 
     for global micronutrient malnutrition programs and 
     $20,000,000 shall be for carrying out polio eradication 
     activities. In addition, $150,000,000 for carrying out the 
     Department's Year 2000 computer conversion activities, 
     $5,000,000 for the environmental health laboratory at the 
     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $35,000,000 for 
     minority AIDS prevention and treatment activities, 
     $20,000,000 for the National Institutes of Health challenge 
     grant program, and $50,000,000 to support the Ricky Ray 
     Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of 1998: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to $10,000,000 
     of the amount provided for the Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief 
     Fund Act may be available for administrative expenses: 
     Provided further, That the entire amount under this heading 
     is hereby designated by the Congress to be emergency 
     requirements pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: 
     Provided further, That the entire amount under this heading 
     shall be made available only after submission to the Congress 
     of a formal budget request by the President that includes 
     designation of the entire amount of the request as an 
     emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided 
     further, That no funds shall be obligated until the 
     Department of Health and Human Services submits an operating 
     plan to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 
     available for not to exceed $37,000 for official reception 
     and representation expenses when specifically approved by the 
     Secretary.
       Sec. 202. The Secretary shall make available through 
     assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health 
     Service to assist in child survival activities and to work in 
     AIDS programs through and with funds provided by the Agency 
     for International Development, the United Nations 
     International Children's Emergency Fund or the World Health 
     Organization.
       Sec. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this Act may 
     be used to implement section 399L(b) of the Public Health 
     Service Act or section 1503 of the National Institutes of 
     Health Revitalization Act of 1993, Public Law 103-43.
       Sec. 204. None of the funds appropriated in this Act for 
     the National Institutes of Health and the Substance Abuse and 
     Mental Health Services Administration shall be used to pay 
     the salary of an individual, through a grant or other 
     extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Executive Level 
     II.
       Sec. 205. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
     expended pursuant to section 241 of the Public Health Service 
     Act, except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, 
     or for other taps and assessments made by any office located 
     in the Department of Health and Human Services, prior to the 
     Secretary's preparation and submission of a report to the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and of the House 
     detailing the planned uses of such funds.


                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 206. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
     funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended) which are appropriated for 
     the current fiscal year for the Department of Health and 
     Human Services in this Act may be transferred between 
     appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased 
     by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That 
     the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are 
     notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
       Sec. 207. The Director of the National Institutes of 
     Health, jointly with the Director of the Office of AIDS 
     Research, may transfer up to 3 percent among institutes, 
     centers, and divisions from the total amounts identified by 
     these two Directors as funding for research pertaining to the 
     human immunodeficiency virus: Provided, That the Congress is 
     promptly notified of the transfer.
       Sec. 208. Of the amounts made available in this Act for the 
     National Institutes of Health, the amount for research 
     related to the human immunodeficiency virus, as jointly 
     determined by the Director of the National Institutes of 
     Health and the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, shall 
     be made available to the ``Office of AIDS Research'' account. 
     The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall transfer 
     from such account amounts necessary to carry out section 
     2353(d)(3) of the Public Health Service Act.
       Sec. 209. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
     made available to any entity under title X of the Public 
     Health Service Act unless the applicant for the award 
     certifies to the Secretary that it encourages family 
     participation in the decision of minors to seek family 
     planning services and that it provides counseling to minors 
     on how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging in 
     sexual activities.
       Sec. 210. (a) The final rule entitled ``Organ Procurement 
     and Transplantation Network'', promulgated by the Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services on April 2, 1998 (63 Fed. Reg. 
     16295 et seq.) (relating to part 121 of title 42, Code of 
     Federal Regulations), together with the amendments to such 
     rules promulgated on October 20, 1999 (64 Fed. Reg. 56649 et 
     seq.) shall not become effective before the expiration of the 
     90 day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.
       (b) For purposes of subsection (a):
       (1) Not later than 3 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall 
     publish in the Federal Register a notice providing that the 
     period within which comments on the final rule may be 
     submitted to the Secretary is 60 days after the date of such 
     publication of the notice.

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       (2) Not later than 21 days after the expiration of such 60-
     day period, the Secretary shall complete the review of the 
     comments submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) and shall amend 
     the final rule with any revisions appropriate according to 
     the review by the Secretary of such comments. The final rule 
     may be in the form of amendments to the rule referred to in 
     subsection (a) that was promulgated on April 2, 1998, and in 
     the form of amendments to the rule referred to in such 
     subsection that was promulgated on October 20, 1999.
       Sec. 211. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used 
     to carry out the Medicare+Choice program if the Secretary 
     denies participation in such program to an otherwise eligible 
     entity (including a Provider Sponsored Organization) because 
     the entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide, 
     pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for 
     abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall make 
     appropriate prospective adjustments to the capitation payment 
     to such an entity (based on an actuarially sound estimate of 
     the expected costs of providing the service to such entity's 
     enrollees): Provided further, That nothing in this section 
     shall be construed to change the Medicare program's coverage 
     for such services and a Medicare+Choice organization 
     described in this section shall be responsible for informing 
     enrollees where to obtain information about all Medicare 
     covered services.
       Sec. 212. (a) Mental Health.--Section 1918(b) of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-7(b)) is amended to read 
     as follows:
       ``(b) Minimum Allotments for States.--With respect to 
     fiscal year 2000, the amount of the allotment of a State 
     under section 1911 shall not be less than the amount the 
     State received under section 1911 for fiscal year 1998.''.
       (b) Substance Abuse.--Section 1933(b) of the Public Health 
     Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-33(b)) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(b) Minimum Allotments for States.--Each State's 
     allotment for fiscal year 2000 for programs under this 
     subpart shall be equal to such State's allotment for such 
     programs for fiscal year 1999, except that, if the amount 
     appropriated in fiscal year 2000 is less than the amount 
     appropriated in fiscal year 1999, then the amount of a 
     State's allotment under section 1921 shall be equal to the 
     amount that the State received under section 1921 in fiscal 
     year 1999 decreased by the percentage by which the amount 
     appropriated for fiscal year 2000 is less than the amount 
     appropriated for such section for fiscal year 1999.''.
       Sec. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     provider of services under title X of the Public Health 
     Service Act shall be exempt from any State law requiring 
     notification or the reporting of child abuse, child 
     molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.
       Sec. 214. Extension of Certain Adjudication Provisions.--
     The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
     Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101-167) is 
     amended--
       (1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)--
       (A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``1997, 1998, and 
     1999'' and inserting ``1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000''; and
       (B) in subsection (e), by striking ``October 1, 1999'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``October 1, 2000''; and
       (2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in subsection 
     (b)(2), by striking ``September 30, 1999'' and inserting 
     ``September 30, 2000''.
       Sec. 215. None of the funds provided in this Act or in any 
     other Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2000 may be 
     used to administer or implement in Arizona or in the Kansas 
     City, Missouri or in the Kansas City, Kansas area the 
     Medicare Competitive Pricing Demonstration Project (operated 
     by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under authority 
     granted in section 4011 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 
     (Public Law 105-33)).
       Sec. 216. Of the funds appropriated for the National 
     Institutes of Health for fiscal year 2000, $7,500,000,000 
     shall not be available for obligation until September 29, 
     2000. Of the funds appropriated for the Health Resources and 
     Services Administration for fiscal year 2000, $1,120,000,000 
     shall not be available for obligation until September 29, 
     2000. Of the funds appropriated for the Centers for Disease 
     Control and Prevention for fiscal year 2000, $965,000,000 
     shall not be available for obligation until September 29, 
     2000. Of the funds appropriated for the Children and Families 
     Services Programs for fiscal year 2000, $400,000,000 shall 
     not be available for obligation until September 29, 2000. Of 
     the funds appropriated for the Social Services Block Grant 
     for fiscal year 2000, $425,000,000 shall not be available for 
     obligation until September 29, 2000. Of the funds 
     appropriated for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
     Services Administration for fiscal year 2000, $450,000,000 
     shall not be available for obligation until September 29, 
     2000.
       Sec. 217. Study and Report on the Geographic Adjustment 
     Factors Under the Medicare Program. (a) Study.--The Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services shall conduct a study on--
       (1) the reasons why, and the appropriateness of the fact 
     that, the geographic adjustment factor (determined under 
     paragraph (2) of section 1848(e) (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(e)) used 
     in determining the amount of payment for physicians' services 
     under the Medicare program is less for physicians' services 
     provided in New Mexico than for physicians' services provided 
     in Arizona, Colorado, and Texas; and
       (2) the effect that the level of the geographic cost-of-
     practice adjustment factor (determined under paragraph (3) of 
     such section) has on the recruitment and retention of 
     physicians in small rural States, including New Mexico, Iowa, 
     Louisiana, and Arkansas.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 3 months after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services shall submit a report to Congress on the study 
     conducted under subsection (a), together with any 
     recommendations for legislation that the Secretary determines 
     to be appropriate as a result of such study.
       Sec. 218. Withholding of Substance Abuse Funds. (a) In 
     General.--None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     used to withhold substance abuse funding from a State 
     pursuant to section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 300x-26) if such State certifies to the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services that the State will commit 
     additional State funds, in accordance with subsection (b), to 
     ensure compliance with State laws prohibiting the sale of 
     tobacco products to individuals under 18 years of age.
       (b) Amount of State Funds.--The amount of funds to be 
     committed by a State under subsection (a) shall be equal to 1 
     percent of such State's substance abuse block grant 
     allocation for each percentage point by which the State 
     misses the retailer compliance rate goal established by the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 1926 of 
     such Act, except that the Secretary may agree to a smaller 
     commitment of additional funds by the State.
       (c) Supplement not Supplant.--Amounts expended by a State 
     pursuant to a certification under subsection (a) shall be 
     used to supplement and not supplant State funds used for 
     tobacco prevention programs and for compliance activities 
     described in such subsection in the fiscal year preceding the 
     fiscal year to which this section applies.
       (d) Enforcement of State Expenditure.--The Secretary shall 
     exercise discretion in enforcing the timing of the State 
     expenditure required by the certification described in 
     subsection (a) as late as July 31, 2000.
       Sec. 219. None of the funds made available under this title 
     may be used to carry out the transmittal of August 13, 1997 
     (relating to self-administered drugs) of the Deputy Director 
     of the Division of Acute Care of the Health Care Financing 
     Administration to regional offices of such Administration or 
     to promulgate any regulation or other transmittal or policy 
     directive that has the effect of imposing (or clarifying the 
     imposition of ) a restriction on the coverage of injectable 
     drugs under section 1861(s)(2) of the Social Security Act 
     beyond the restrictions applied before the date of such 
     transmittal.
       Sec. 220. In accordance with section 1557 of title 31, 
     United States Code, funds obligated and awarded in fiscal 
     years 1994 and 1995 under the heading ``National Cancer 
     Institute'' for the Cancer Therapy and Research Center in San 
     Antonio, Texas, grant numbers 1 C06 CA58690-01 and 3 C06 
     CA58690-01S1, shall be exempt from subchapter IV of chapter 
     15 of such title and the obligated unexpended dollars shall 
     remain available to the grantee for expenditure without 
     fiscal year limitation to fulfill the purpose of the award.
       This title may be cited as the ``Department of Health and 
     Human Services Appropriations Act, 2000''.

                   TITLE III--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


                            Education Reform

       For carrying out activities authorized by titles III and IV 
     of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, the School-to-Work 
     Opportunities Act, and sections 3122, 3132, 3136, and 3141, 
     parts B, C, and D of title III, and part I of title X of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 
     $1,586,560,000, of which $456,500,000 for the Goals 2000: 
     Educate America Act and $55,000,000 for the School-to-Work 
     Opportunities Act shall become available on July 1, 2000 and 
     remain available through September 30, 2001, and of which 
     $87,000,000 shall be for section 3122: Provided, That none of 
     the funds appropriated under this heading shall be obligated 
     or expended to carry out section 304(a)(2)(A) of the Goals 
     2000: Educate America Act, except that no more than 
     $1,500,000 may be used to carry out activities under section 
     314(a)(2) of that Act: Provided further, That section 
     315(a)(2) of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act shall not 
     apply: Provided further, That up to one-half of 1 percent of 
     the amount available under section 3132 shall be set aside 
     for the outlying areas, to be distributed on the basis of 
     their relative need as determined by the Secretary in 
     accordance with the purposes of the program: Provided 
     further, That if any State educational agency does not apply 
     for a grant under section 3132, that State's allotment under 
     section 3131 shall be reserved by the Secretary for grants to 
     local educational agencies in that State that apply directly 
     to the Secretary according to the terms and conditions 
     published by the Secretary in the Federal Register: Provided 
     further, That of the funds made available to carry out 
     section 3136 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     $500,000 shall be awarded to the Houston Independent School 
     District for technology infrastructure, $8,000,000 shall be 
     awarded to the I CAN LEARN program, $2,000,000 shall be 
     awarded to the Linking Education Technology and Educational 
     Reform (LINKS) project for educational technology, $1,000,000 
     shall be awarded to the Center for Advanced Research and 
     Technology (CART) for comprehensive secondary education 
     reform, $250,000 shall be awarded to the Vaughn Reno Starks 
     Community Center in Elizabethtown, Kentucky for a technology 
     program, $125,000 shall be awarded to the Wyandanch Compel 
     Youth Academy Educational Assistance Program in New York, 
     $3,000,000 shall be awarded to Hi-Technology High School in 
     San Bernardino County, California for technology enhancement, 
     $300,000 shall be awarded to the Long Island 21st Century 
     Technology and E-Commerce Alliance, $800,000 shall be awarded 
     to Montana State University for a distance learning 
     initiative, $2,000,000 for the Tupelo School District in 
     Tupelo, Mississippi for technology innovation in

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     education, $900,000 for the University of Alaska at Anchorage 
     for distance learning education, $1,000,000 shall be awarded 
     to the Seton Hill College in Greensburg, Pennsylvania for a 
     model education technology training program, $500,000 shall 
     be awarded to the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, in 
     Fairbanks, Alaska for a teacher technology training program, 
     $200,000 shall be awarded to the Alaska Department of 
     Education for the Alaska State Distance Education Technology 
     Consortium, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the North East 
     Vocational Area Cooperative in Washington State for a multi-
     district technology education center, $400,000 shall be 
     awarded to the University of Vermont for the Vermont Learning 
     Gateway Program, $2,500,000 shall be awarded to the State 
     University of New Jersey for the RUNet 2000 project at 
     Rutgers for an integrated voice-video-data network to link 
     students, faculty and administration via a high-speed, broad 
     band fiber optic network, $500,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Iowa Area Education Agency 13 for a public/private 
     partnership to demonstrate the effective use of technology in 
     grades 1-3, $235,000 shall be for the Louisville Deaf Oral 
     School for technology enhancements: Provided further, That in 
     the State of Alabama $50,000 shall be awarded to the Bibb 
     County Board of Education for technology enhancements, 
     $50,000 shall be awarded to the Calhoun County Board of 
     Education for technology enhancements, $50,000 shall be 
     awarded to the Chambers County Board of Education for 
     technology enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Chilton County Board of Education for technology 
     enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the Clay County 
     Board of Education for technology enhancements, $50,000 shall 
     be awarded to the Cleburne County Board of Education for 
     technology enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Coosa County Board of Education for technology enhancements, 
     $50,000 shall be awarded to the Lee County Board of Education 
     for technology enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Macon County Board of Education for technology enhancements, 
     $50,000 shall be awarded to the St. Clair County Board of 
     Education for technology enhancements, $50,000 shall be 
     awarded to the Talladega County Board of Education for 
     technology enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Tallapoosa County Board of Education for technology 
     enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the Randolph County 
     Board of Education for technology enhancements, $50,000 shall 
     be awarded to the Russell County Board of Education for 
     technology enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Alexander City Board of Education for technology 
     enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the Anniston City 
     Board of Education for technology enhancements, $50,000 shall 
     be awarded to the Lanett City Board of Education for 
     technology enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the Pell 
     City Board of Education for technology enhancements, $50,000 
     shall be awarded to the Roanoke City Board of Education for 
     technology enhancements, $50,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Talledega City Board of Education for technology enhancements 
     and $500,000 shall be to continue a state-of-the-art 
     information technology system at Mansfield University, 
     Mansfield, Pennsylvania: Provided further, That of the funds 
     made available to carry out title III, part B of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, $750,000 shall be 
     awarded to the Technology Literacy Center at the Museum of 
     Science and Industry, Chicago, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to 
     an on-line math and science training program at Oklahoma 
     State University, $4,000,000 shall be awarded to continue and 
     expand the Iowa Communications Network statewide fiber optic 
     demonstration project: Provided further, That of the funds 
     made available for title X, part I of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965 and notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, $6,000 shall be awarded to the Study 
     Partners Program, Inc., in Louisville, Kentucky, $12,000 
     shall be awarded to the Shawnee Gardens Tenants Association 
     Inc., in Louisville, Kentucky for a tutorial program, $12,000 
     shall be awarded to the 100 Black Men of Louisville, Kentucky 
     for a mentoring and leadership training program, $500,000 
     shall be awarded to the Omaha, Nebraska Public Schools for 
     the OPS 21st Century Learning Grant, $25,000 shall be for the 
     Plymouth Renewal Center in Kentucky for a tutoring program, 
     $25,000 shall be for the Canaan Community Development 
     Corporation's Village Learning Center Program, $25,000 shall 
     be for the St. Stephen Life Center After School Program, 
     $25,000 shall be for the Louisville Central Community Centers 
     Youth Education Program, $15,000 shall be for the Trinity 
     Family Life Center tutoring program, $15,000 shall be for the 
     New Zion Community Development Foundation, Inc., after school 
     mentoring program, $20,000 shall be for the St. Joseph 
     Catholic Orphan Society program for abused and neglected 
     children, $25,000 shall be for the Portland Neighborhood 
     House after school program, and $25,000 shall be for the St. 
     Anthony Community Outreach Center, Inc., for the Education 
     PAYs program.


                    Education for the Disadvantaged

       For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965, and section 418A of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965, $8,547,986,000, of which 
     $2,317,823,000 shall become available on July 1, 2000, and 
     shall remain available through September 30, 2001, and of 
     which $6,204,763,000 shall become available on October 1, 
     2000 and shall remain available through September 30, 2001, 
     for academic year 2000-2001: Provided, That $6,649,000,000 
     shall be available for basic grants under section 1124: 
     Provided further, That up to $3,500,000 of these funds shall 
     be available to the Secretary on October 1, 1999, to obtain 
     updated local-educational-agency-level census poverty data 
     from the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That 
     $1,158,397,000 shall be available for concentration grants 
     under section 1124A: Provided further, That $8,900,000 shall 
     be available for evaluations under section 1501 and not more 
     than $8,500,000 shall be reserved for section 1308, of which 
     not more than $3,000,000 shall be reserved for section 
     1308(d): Provided further, That grant awards under sections 
     1124 and 1124A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 shall be made to each State and local 
     educational agency at no less than 100 percent of the amount 
     such State or local educational agency received under this 
     authority for fiscal year 1999: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, grant awards 
     under section 1124A of title I of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall be made to those local 
     educational agencies that received a Concentration Grant 
     under the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1998, 
     but are not eligible to receive such a grant for fiscal year 
     2000: Provided further, That each such local educational 
     agency shall receive an amount equal to the Concentration 
     Grant the agency received in fiscal year 1998, ratably 
     reduced, if necessary, to ensure that these local educational 
     agencies receive no greater share of their hold-harmless 
     amounts than other local educational agencies: Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall not take into account the 
     hold harmless provisions in this section in determining State 
     allocations under any other program administered by the 
     Secretary in any fiscal year: Provided further, That 
     $160,000,000 shall be available under section 1002(g)(2) to 
     demonstrate effective approaches to comprehensive school 
     reform to be allocated and expended in accordance with the 
     instructions relating to this activity in the statement of 
     the managers on the conference report accompanying Public Law 
     105-78 and in the statement of the managers on the conference 
     report accompanying Public Law 105-277: Provided further, 
     That in carrying out this initiative, the Secretary and the 
     States shall support only approaches that show the most 
     promise of enabling children served by title I to meet 
     challenging State content standards and challenging State 
     student performance standards based on reliable research and 
     effective practices, and include an emphasis on basic 
     academics and parental involvement.


                               Impact Aid

       For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 
     federally affected schools authorized by title VIII of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $910,500,000, 
     of which $737,200,000 shall be for basic support payments 
     under section 8003(b), $50,000,000 shall be for payments for 
     children with disabilities under section 8003(d), 
     $76,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
     payments under section 8003(f ), $10,300,000 shall be for 
     construction under section 8007, $32,000,000 shall be for 
     Federal property payments under section 8002 and $5,000,000 
     to remain available until expended shall be for facilities 
     maintenance under section 8008: Provided, That of the funds 
     available for section 8007 and notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, $500,000 shall be awarded to the Fort Sam 
     Houston Independent School District, Texas, $800,000 shall be 
     awarded to the Hays Lodgepole School District, Montana, and 
     $2,000,000 shall be awarded to the North Chicago Community 
     Unit SD 187: Provided further, That these funds shall remain 
     available until expended: Provided further, That the 
     Secretary of Education shall treat as timely filed, and shall 
     process for payment, an application for a fiscal year 1999 
     payment from the local educational agency for Brookeland, 
     Texas under section 8002 of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 if the Secretary has received that 
     application not later than 30 days after the enactment of 
     this Act: Provided further, That section 8002(f ) of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by 
     adding a new paragraph ``(3)'' at the end to read as follows:
       ``(3) For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2000, 
     the Secretary shall treat the Central Union, California; 
     Island, California; Hill City, South Dakota; and Wall, South 
     Dakota local educational agencies as meeting the eligibility 
     requirements of subsection (a)(1)(C) of this section.'':
     Provided further, That the Secretary of Education shall 
     consider all payments received by the educational agency for 
     Hatboro-Horsham and Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania for fiscal 
     year 1995 under section 8002(a) of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7702(a)), and all 
     payments under section 8002(h)(2)(A) for subsequent years 
     through fiscal year 1999, to be correct: Provided further, 
     That section 8002(f ) of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 is amended by adding at the end thereof 
     a new paragraph (4) to read as follows:
       ``(4) For the purposes of payments under this section for 
     each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2000, the 
     Secretary shall treat the Hot Springs, South Dakota local 
     educational agency as if it had filed a timely application 
     under section 8002 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
     Act of 1965 for fiscal year 1994 if the Secretary has 
     received the fiscal year 1994 application, as well as 
     Exhibits A and B not later than December 1, 1999.'':
     Provided further, That section 8002(f ) of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by adding at the 
     end thereof a new paragraph (5) to read as follows:
       ``(5) For purposes of payments under this section for each 
     fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2000, the Secretary 
     shall treat the Hueneme, California local educational agency 
     as if it had filed a timely application under section 8002 of 
     the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 if the 
     Secretary has received

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     the fiscal year 1995 application not later than December 1, 
     1999.'':
     Provided further, That the Secretary of Education shall treat 
     as timely filed, and shall process for payment, an 
     application for a fiscal year 1998 payment from the local 
     educational agency for Hydaburg, Alaska, under section 8003 
     of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 if the 
     Secretary has received that application not later than 30 
     days after the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
     the Secretary of Education shall treat as timely, and process 
     for payment, an application for fiscal years 1996 and 1997 
     payment from the local education agency for Fallbrook Unified 
     High School District, California, under section 8002 of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, if the 
     Secretary has received that application not later than 30 
     days after the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
     for the purpose of computing the amount of a payment for a 
     local educational agency for children identified under 
     section 8003 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
     1965, children residing in housing initially acquired or 
     constructed under section 801 of the Military Construction 
     Authorization Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-115) (``Build to 
     Lease'' program) shall be considered as children described 
     under section 8003(a)(1)(B) if the property described is 
     within the fenced security perimeter of the military facility 
     upon which such housing is situated: Provided further, That 
     if such property is not owned by the Federal Government, is 
     subject to taxation by a State or political subdivision of a 
     State, and thereby generates revenues for a local educational 
     agency which received a payment from the Secretary under 
     section 8003, the Secretary shall: (1) require such local 
     educational agency to provide certification from an 
     appropriate official of the Department of Defense that such 
     property is being used to provide military housing; and (2) 
     reduce the amount of such payment by an amount equal to the 
     amount of revenue from such taxation received in the second 
     preceding fiscal year by such local educational agency, 
     unless the amount of such revenue was taken into account by 
     the State for such second preceding fiscal year and already 
     resulted in a reduction in the amount of State aid paid to 
     such local educational agency.


                      School Improvement Programs

       For carrying out school improvement activities authorized 
     by titles II, IV, V-A and B, VI, IX, X, and XIII of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (``ESEA''); 
     the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; and the 
     Civil Rights Act of 1964 and part B of title VIII of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965; $2,926,134,000, of which 
     $875,300,000 shall become available on July 1, 2000, and 
     remain available through September 30, 2001, and of which 
     $1,530,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2000 and 
     shall remain available through September 30, 2001 for 
     academic year 2000-2001: Provided, That of the amount 
     appropriated, $335,000,000 shall be for Eisenhower 
     professional development State grants under title II-B and 
     $380,000,000 shall be for title VI and up to $750,000 shall 
     be for an evaluation of comprehensive regional assistance 
     centers under title XIII of ESEA: Provided further, That 
     $1,200,000,000 is for a class size/teacher assistance 
     initiative to be distributed as described in subparagraphs 
     (A) and (B) of section 307(b)(1) of the Department of 
     Education Appropriations Act, 1999. School districts may use 
     the funds for class size reduction activities as described in 
     section 307(c)(2)(A)(i)-(iii) of the Department of Education 
     Appropriations Act, 1999: Provided further, That, if the 
     local educational agency determines that it wishes to use the 
     funds for purposes other than class size reduction as part of 
     a local strategy for improving academic achievement, funds 
     may be used for professional development activities, teacher 
     training or any other local need that is designed to improve 
     student performance: Provided further, That each such agency 
     shall use funds under this section only to supplement, and 
     not to supplant, State and local funds, that in absence of 
     such funds, would otherwise be spent for activities under 
     this section.


                           READING EXCELLENCE

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Reading Excellence 
     Act, $65,000,000, which shall become available on July 1, 
     2000 and shall remain available through September 30, 2001 
     and $195,000,000 which shall become available on October 1, 
     2000 and remain available through September 30, 2001.


                            indian education

       For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not 
     otherwise provided, title IX, part A of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, $77,000,000.


                   Bilingual and Immigrant Education

       For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
     bilingual, foreign language and immigrant education 
     activities authorized by parts A and C and section 7203 of 
     title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
     1965, without regard to section 7103(b), $387,000,000: 
     Provided, That State educational agencies may use all, or any 
     part of, their part C allocation for competitive grants to 
     local educational agencies.


                           Special Education

       For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 
     Education Act, $6,036,646,000, of which $2,047,885,000 shall 
     become available for obligation on July 1, 2000, and shall 
     remain available through September 30, 2001, and of which 
     $3,742,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2000 and 
     shall remain available through September 30, 2001, for 
     academic year 2000-2001: Provided, That $1,500,000 shall be 
     for the recipient of funds provided by Public Law 105-78 
     under section 687(b)(2)(G) of the Act to provide information 
     on diagnosis, intervention, and teaching strategies for 
     children with disabilities: Provided further, That $1,500,000 
     shall be awarded to the Organizing Committee for the 2001 
     Special Olympics World Winter Games in Alaska and $1,000,000 
     shall be awarded to the Salt Lake City Organizing Committee 
     for the VIII Paralympic Winter Games: Provided further, That 
     $1,000,000 shall be for the Early Childhood Development 
     Project of the National Easter Seal Society for the 
     Mississippi Delta Region, which funds shall be used to 
     provide training, technical support, services and equipment 
     to address personnel and other needs: Provided further, That 
     $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Center for Literacy and 
     Assessment at the University of Southern Mississippi for 
     research dissemination and teacher and parent training.


            Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research

       For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
     Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Technology Act of 
     1998, and the Helen Keller National Center Act, 
     $2,701,772,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
     105(b)(1) of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 (``the AT 
     Act''), each State shall be provided $50,000 for activities 
     under section 102 of the AT Act: Provided further, That of 
     the funds available for section 303 of the Rehabilitation Act 
     of 1973 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     $750,000 shall be awarded to the Krasnow Institute at George 
     Mason University for a Receptive Language Disorders research 
     center, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the University of 
     Central Florida for a virtual reality-based education and 
     training program for the deaf, $2,000,000 shall be awarded to 
     the Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind for interpreter, 
     orientation, mobility, and education services for deaf, blind 
     and other visually impaired adults, $1,000,000 shall be 
     awarded to the Professional Development and Research 
     Institute on Blindness in Louisiana for the training of 
     professionals in the field of education and rehabilitation of 
     blind adults and children, and $600,000 shall be awarded to 
     the Alaska Center for Independent Living in Anchorage, Alaska 
     to develop capacity to implement a self-directed model for 
     personal assistance services, including training of self-
     employed personal assistants and their clients: Provided 
     further, That of the funds available for section 305 of the 
     Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the 
     California State University at Northridge for a Western 
     Center for Adaptive Therapy.

           Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities


                 american printing house for the blind

       For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as amended (20 
     U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $10,100,000.


               national technical institute for the deaf

       For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under 
     titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 
     U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $48,151,000, of which $2,651,000 shall 
     be for construction and shall remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That from the total amount available, the 
     Institute may at its discretion use funds for the endowment 
     program as authorized under section 207.


                          gallaudet university

       For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model 
     Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of 
     Gallaudet University under titles I and II of the Education 
     of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), 
     $85,980,000, of which $2,500,000 shall be for construction 
     and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
     from the total amount available, the University may at its 
     discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized 
     under section 207.


                     Vocational and Adult Education

       For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
     Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act, the 
     Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, and title VIII-D of 
     the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and Public Law 
     102-73, $1,656,750,000, of which $3,500,000 shall remain 
     available until expended, and of which $833,150,000 shall 
     become available on July 1, 2000 and shall remain available 
     through September 30, 2001 and of which $791,000,000 shall 
     become available on October 1, 2000 and shall remain 
     available through September 30, 2001: Provided, That of the 
     amounts made available for the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and 
     Technical Education Act, $4,600,000 shall be for tribally 
     controlled vocational institutions under section 117: 
     Provided further, That $9,000,000 shall be for carrying out 
     section 118 of such act for all activities conducted by and 
     through the National Occupational Information Coordinating 
     Committee: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
     available for the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, 
     $14,000,000 shall be for national leadership activities under 
     section 243 and $6,000,000 shall be for the National 
     Institute for Literacy under section 242: Provided further, 
     That $19,000,000 shall be for Youth Offender Grants, of which 
     $5,000,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2000, and 
     remain available through September 30, 2001, shall be used in 
     accordance with section 601 of Public Law 102-73 as that 
     section was in effect prior to the enactment of Public Law 
     105-220.


                      Student Financial Assistance

       For carrying out subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part A, part C and 
     part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 
     amended, $9,435,000,000, which shall remain available through 
     September 30, 2001.
       The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be 
     eligible during award year 2000-2001 shall be $3,300: 
     Provided, That notwithstanding section 401(g) of the Act, if 
     the Secretary determines, prior to publication of the payment

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     schedule for such award year, that the amount included within 
     this appropriation for Pell Grant awards in such award year, 
     and any funds available from the fiscal year 1999 
     appropriation for Pell Grant awards, are insufficient to 
     satisfy fully all such awards for which students are 
     eligible, as calculated under section 401(b) of the Act, the 
     amount paid for each such award shall be reduced by either a 
     fixed or variable percentage, or by a fixed dollar amount, as 
     determined in accordance with a schedule of reductions 
     established by the Secretary for this purpose.
       For an additional amount for ``student financial 
     assistance'' for payment of allocations to institutions of 
     higher education for Federal Supplemental Educational 
     Opportunity Grants for award years 1999-2000 and 2000-2001, 
     made under title IV, part A, subpart 3, of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965, as amended, $10,000,000: Provided, 
     That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of Education may waive or modify any statutory or 
     regulatory provision applicable to the Federal Supplemental 
     Educational Opportunity Grant program and the determination 
     of need for such grants, that the Secretary deems necessary 
     to assist individuals who suffered financial harm resulting 
     from the hurricanes, and the flooding associated with the 
     hurricanes, that struck the eastern United States in August 
     and September 1999, and who, at the time of the disaster were 
     residing, attending an institution of higher education, or 
     employed within an area affected by such a disaster on the 
     date which the President declared the existence of a major 
     disaster (or, in the case of an individual who is a dependent 
     student, whose parent or stepparent suffered financial harm 
     from such disaster, and who resided, or was employed in such 
     an area at that time): Provided further, That notwithstanding 
     section 437 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 
     U.S.C. 1232) and section 553 of title 5, United States Code, 
     the Secretary shall, by notice in the Federal Register, 
     exercise this authority, through publication of waivers or 
     modifications of statutory and regulatory provisions, as the 
     Secretary deems necessary to assist such individuals: 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding section 413D of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965, allocations from such 
     additional amount shall not be taken into account in 
     determining institutional allocations under such section in 
     future years: Provided further, That the entire amount made 
     available under this paragraph is 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, and that the entire amount shall be available only to 
     the extent an official budget request for the entire amount, 
     that includes designation of the entire amount as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, is transmitted by the 
     President to the Congress.


             federal family education loan program account

       For Federal administrative expenses to carry out guaranteed 
     student loans authorized by title IV, part B, of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965, as amended, $48,000,000.


                            Higher Education

       For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
     section 121 and titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of 
     the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and the Mutual 
     Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961; 
     $1,466,826,000, of which $12,000,000 for interest subsidies 
     authorized by section 121 of the Higher Education Act of 
     1965, shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
     of the funds available for part A, subpart 2 of title VII of 
     the Higher Education Act of 1965, $10,000,000 shall be 
     available to fund awards for academic year 2000-2001, and 
     $10,000,000 to remain available through September 30, 2001, 
     shall be available to fund awards for academic year 2001-
     2002, for fellowships under part A, subpart 1 of title VII of 
     said Act, under the terms and conditions of part A, subpart 
     1: Provided further, That section 852(b)(1) of the Higher 
     Education Amendments of 1998 is amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``14'' and inserting ``16'';
       (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``and'' after the 
     semicolon;
       (3) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period and 
     inserting a semicolon; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(G) one member shall be appointed by the Chairperson of 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
     the Senate from among members of the Senate; and
       ``(H) one member shall be appointed by the Chairperson of 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of 
     Representatives from among members of the House of 
     Representatives.'':
     Provided further, That the matter preceding paragraph (1) of 
     section 853(b) of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 is 
     amended by striking ``6 months'' and inserting ``12 months'': 
     Provided further, That the amounts provided under this 
     heading in division A, section 101(f ) of Public Law 105-277 
     for the Web-Based Education Commission, authorized by part J 
     of title VIII of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, 
     shall remain available through September 30, 2000: Provided 
     further, That $3,000,000 is for data collection and 
     evaluation activities for programs under the Higher Education 
     Act of 1965, including such activities needed to comply with 
     the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993: Provided 
     further, That of the funds available for title IV, part A, 
     subpart 8 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, $3,000,000 shall 
     be awarded to the University of South Florida for a distance 
     learning program, $190,000 shall be awarded to the New York 
     Global Communication Center in West Islip, New York for a 
     distance learning program, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Alliance for Technology, Learning and Society (ATLAS) at the 
     University of Colorado for technology-enhanced learning, 
     $2,500,000 shall be awarded to the Illinois Community College 
     Board to develop a systemwide, on-line virtual degree program 
     for the community college system in Illinois, and $1,250,000 
     shall be made available to the University of Idaho 
     Interactive Learning Environments to develop and improve 
     Internet-based delivery of education programs.


                           howard university

       For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C. 121 et 
     seq.), $219,444,000, of which not less than $3,530,000 shall 
     be for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard 
     University Endowment Act (Public Law 98-480) and shall remain 
     available until expended.


         college housing and academic facilities loans program

       For Federal administrative expenses authorized under 
     section 121 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $737,000 to 
     carry out activities related to existing facility loans 
     entered into under the Higher Education Act of 1965.


  Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program 
                                Account

       The total amount of bonds insured pursuant to section 344 
     of title III, part D of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     shall not exceed $357,000,000, and the cost, as defined in 
     section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of such 
     bonds shall not exceed zero.
       For administrative expenses to carry out the Historically 
     Black College and University Capital Financing Program 
     entered into pursuant to title III, part D of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965, as amended, $207,000.


            Education Research, Statistics, and Improvement

       For carrying out activities authorized by the Educational 
     Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 
     1994, including part E; the National Education Statistics Act 
     of 1994, including sections 411 and 412; section 2102 of 
     title II, and parts A, B, and K and section 10102 and section 
     10601 of title X, and part C of title XIII of the Elementary 
     and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, and title VI 
     of Public Law 103-227, $492,679,000: Provided, That 
     $25,000,000 shall be available to demonstrate effective 
     approaches to comprehensive school reform, to be allocated 
     and expended in accordance with the instructions relating to 
     this activity in the statement of managers on the conference 
     report accompanying Public Law 105-78 and in the statement of 
     the managers on the conference report accompanying Public Law 
     105-277: Provided further, That the funds made available for 
     comprehensive school reform shall become available on July 1, 
     2000, and remain available through September 30, 2001, and in 
     carrying out this initiative, the Secretary and the States 
     shall support only approaches that show the most promise of 
     enabling children to meet challenging State content standards 
     and challenging State student performance standards based on 
     reliable research and effective practices, and include an 
     emphasis on basic academics and parental involvement: 
     Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the funds provided for 
     the national education research institutes shall be allocated 
     notwithstanding subparagrphs (B) and (C) of section 931(c)(2) 
     of Public Law 103-227: Provided further, That of the funds 
     appropriated under section 10601 of title X of the Elementary 
     and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, $1,500,000 
     shall be used to conduct a violence prevention demonstration 
     program: Provided further, That of the funds available for 
     part A of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
     Act of 1965, $10,000,000 shall be awarded to the National 
     Constitution Center, established by Public Law 100-433, for 
     exhibition design, program planning and operation of the 
     center, $10,000,000 shall be provided to continue a 
     demonstration of public school facilities to the Iowa 
     Department of Education, $1,000,000 shall be made available 
     to the New Mexico Department of Education for school 
     performance improvement and drop-out prevention, $300,000 
     shall be made available to Semos Unlimited, Inc., in New 
     Mexico to support bilingual education and literacy programs, 
     $700,000 shall be awarded to Loyola University Chicago for 
     recruitment and preparation of new teacher candidates for 
     employment in rural and inner-city schools, $500,000 shall be 
     awarded to Shedd Aquarium/Brookfield Zoo for science 
     education/exposure programs for local elementary school 
     students, $3,000,000 shall be awarded to Big Brothers/Big 
     Sisters of America to expand school-based mentoring, 
     $2,500,000 shall be awarded to the Chicago Public School 
     System to support a substance abuse pilot program in 
     conjunction with Elgin and East Aurora School Systems, 
     $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the University of Virginia 
     Center for Governmental Studies for the Youth Leadership 
     Initiative, $800,000 shall be awarded to the Institute for 
     Student Achievement at Holmes Middle School and Annandale 
     High School in Virginia for academic enrichment programs, 
     $100,000 shall be awarded to the Mountain Arts Center for 
     educational programming, $1,500,000 shall be awarded to the 
     University of Louisville for research in the area of academic 
     readiness, $500,000 shall be awarded to the West Ed Regional 
     Educational Laboratory for the 24 Challenge and Jumping 
     Levels Math Demonstration Project, $1,000,000 shall be 
     awarded to Central Michigan University for a charter schools 
     development and performance institute, $950,000 shall be 
     awarded to the Living Science Interactive Learning Model 
     partnership in Indian River, Florida for a science education 
     program, $825,000 shall be awarded to the North Babylon 
     Community Youth Services for an educational program, 
     $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Los Angeles County Office 
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     Education/Educational Telecommunications and Technology for a 
     pilot program for teachers, $650,000 shall be awarded to the 
     University of Northern Iowa for an institute of technology 
     for inclusive education, $500,000 shall be awarded to Youth 
     Crime Watch of America to expand a program to prevent crime, 
     drugs and violence in schools, $892,000 shall be awarded to 
     Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania for an environmental 
     science program, $560,000 shall be awarded to the Western 
     Suffolk St. Johns-LaSalle Academy Science and Technology 
     Mentoring Program, $4,000,000 shall be awarded to the 
     National Teaching Academy of Chicago for a model teacher 
     recruitment, preparation and professional development 
     program, $2,000,000 shall be awarded to the University of 
     West Florida for a teacher enhancement program, $1,000,000 
     shall be awarded to Delta State University in Mississippi for 
     innovative teacher training, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to 
     the Alaska Humanities Forum, Inc., in Anchorage, Alaska, 
     $250,000 shall be awarded to An Achievable Dream in Newport 
     News, Virginia to improve academic performance of at-risk 
     youths, $250,000 shall be awarded to the Rock School of 
     Ballet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to expand its 
     community-outreach programs for inner-city children and 
     underprivileged youth in Camden, New Jersey and southern New 
     Jersey, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the University of 
     Maryland Center for Quality and Productivity to provide a 
     link for the Blue Ribbon Schools, $1,000,000 shall be awarded 
     to the Continuing Education Center and Teachers' Institute in 
     South Boston, Virginia to promote participation among youth 
     in the United States democratic process, $1,000,000 shall be 
     for the National Museum of Women in the Arts to expand its 
     ``Discovering Art'' program to elementary and secondary 
     schools and other educational organizations, $400,000 shall 
     be awarded to the Alaska Department of Education's summer 
     reading program, $400,000 shall be awarded to the Partners in 
     Education, Inc., to foster successful business-school 
     partnerships, $250,000 shall be for the Kodiak Island Borough 
     School District for development of an environmental education 
     program, $2,000,000 shall be for the Reach Out and Read 
     Program to expand literacy and health awareness for at-risk 
     families, $1,000,000 shall be for the Virginia Living Museum 
     in Newport News, Virginia for an educational program, 
     $450,000 shall be for the Challenger Learning Center in 
     Hardin County, Kentucky for technology assistance and teacher 
     training, $250,000 shall be for the Crawford County School 
     System in Georgia for technology and curriculum support, 
     $500,000 shall be for the Berrien County School System in 
     Georgia for technology development, $35,000 shall be for the 
     Louisville Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club Diversion 
     Enhancement Program, $100,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Philadelphia Orchestra's Philly Pops to operate the Jazz in 
     the Schools program in the Philadelphia school district, 
     $500,000 for the Mississippi Delta Education for a teacher 
     incentive program initiative, $500,000 shall be for enhanced 
     teacher training in reading in the District of Columbia, and 
     $100,000 shall be awarded to the Project 2000 D.C. mentoring 
     project: Provided further, That of the funds available for 
     section 10601 of title X of such Act, $2,000,000 shall be 
     awarded to the Center for Educational Technologies for 
     production and distribution of an effective CD-ROM product 
     that would complement the ``We the People: The Citizen and 
     the Constitution'' curriculum: Provided further, That, in 
     addition to the funds for title VI of Public Law 103-227 and 
     notwithstanding the provisions of section 601(c)(1)(C) of 
     that Act, $1,000,000 shall be available to the Center for 
     Civic Education to conduct a civic education program with 
     Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and, consistent 
     with the civics and Government activities authorized in 
     section 601(c)(3) of Public Law 103-227, to provide civic 
     education assistance to democracies in developing countries. 
     The term ``developing countries'' shall have the same meaning 
     as the term ``developing country'' in the Education for the 
     Deaf Act.

                        Departmental Management


                         program administration

       For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
     Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of 
     conference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of two 
     passenger motor vehicles, $370,184,000.


                        office for civil rights

       For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as 
     authorized by section 203 of the Department of Education 
     Organization Act, $71,200,000.


                      office of inspector general

       For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, 
     as authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education 
     Organization Act, $34,000,000.

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used for 
     the transportation of students or teachers (or for the 
     purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to 
     overcome racial imbalance in any school or school system, or 
     for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the 
     purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to 
     carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or 
     school system.
       Sec. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act shall be 
     used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation 
     of any student to a school other than the school which is 
     nearest the student's home, except for a student requiring 
     special education, to the school offering such special 
     education, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil 
     Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section an 
     indirect requirement of transportation of students includes 
     the transportation of students to carry out a plan involving 
     the reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the 
     pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, or any 
     combination of grade restructuring, pairing or clustering. 
     The prohibition described in this section does not include 
     the establishment of magnet schools.
       Sec. 303. No funds appropriated under this Act may be used 
     to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer 
     and meditation in the public schools.


                          (transfer of funds)

       Sec. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
     funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended) which are appropriated for 
     the Department of Education in this Act may be transferred 
     between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be 
     increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: 
     Provided, That the Appropriations Committees of both Houses 
     of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any 
     transfer.
       Sec. 305. (a) From the funds appropriated for payments to 
     local educational agencies under section 8003(f ) of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (``ESEA'') for 
     fiscal year 2000, the Secretary of Education shall distribute 
     supplemental payments for certain local educational agencies, 
     as follows:
       (1) First, from the amount of $74,000,000, the Secretary 
     shall make supplemental payments to the following agencies 
     under section 8003(f ) of ESEA:
       (A) Local educational agencies that received assistance 
     under section 8003(f ) for fiscal year 1999--
       (i) in fiscal year 1997 had at least 40 percent federally 
     connected children described in section 8003(a)(1) in average 
     daily attendance; and in fiscal year 1997 had a tax rate for 
     general fund purposes which was at least 95 percent of the 
     State average tax rate for general fund purposes; or
       (ii) whose boundary is coterminous with the boundary of a 
     Federal military installation.
       (B) Local educational agencies that received assistance 
     under section 8003(f ) for fiscal year 1999; and in fiscal 
     year 1997 had at least 30 percent federally connected 
     children described in section 8003(a)(1) in average daily 
     attendance; and in fiscal year 1997 had a tax rate for 
     general fund purposes which was at least 125 percent of the 
     State average tax rate for general fund purposes.
       (C) Any eligible local educational agency that in fiscal 
     year 1997, which had at least 25,000 children in average 
     daily attendance, at least 50 percent federally connected 
     children described in section 8003(a)(1) in average daily 
     attendance, and at least 6,000 children described in 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 8003(a)(1) in average 
     daily attendance.
       (2) From the remaining $2,000,000 and any amounts available 
     after making payments under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
     shall then make supplemental payments to local educational 
     agencies that are not described in paragraph (1) of this 
     subsection, but that meet the requirements of paragraphs (2) 
     and (4) of section 8003(f ) of ESEA for fiscal year 2000.
       (3) After making payments to all eligible local educational 
     agencies described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a), the 
     Secretary shall use any remaining funds from paragraph (2) 
     for making payments to the eligible local educational 
     agencies described in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) if the 
     amount available under paragraph (1) is insufficient to fully 
     fund all eligible local educational agencies.
       (4) After making payments to all eligible local educational 
     agencies as described in paragraphs 1 through 3, the 
     Secretary shall use any remaining funds to increase basic 
     support payments under section 8003(b) for fiscal year 2000 
     for all eligible applicants.
       (b) In calculating the amounts of supplemental payments for 
     agencies described in subparagraphs (1)(A) and (B) and 
     paragraph (2) of subsection (a), the Secretary shall use the 
     formula contained in section 8003(b)(1)(C) of ESEA, except 
     that--
       (1) eligible local educational agencies may count all 
     children described in section 8003(a)(1) in computing the 
     amount of those payments;
       (2) maximum payments for any of those agencies that use 
     local contribution rates identified in section 8003(b)(1)(C) 
     (i) or (ii) shall be computed by using four-fifths instead of 
     one-half of those rates;
       (3) the learning opportunity threshold percentage of all 
     such agencies under section 8003(b)(2)(B) shall be deemed to 
     be 100;
       (4) for an eligible local educational agency with 35 
     percent or more of its children in average daily attendance 
     described in either subparagraph (D) or (E) of section 
     8003(a)(1) in fiscal year 1997, the weighted student unit 
     figure from its regular basic support payment shall be 
     recomputed by using a factor of 0.55 for such children;
       (5) for an eligible local educational agency with fewer 
     than 100 children in average daily attendance in fiscal year 
     1997, the weighted student unit figure from its regular basic 
     support payment shall be recomputed by multiplying the total 
     number of children described in section 8003(a)(1) by a 
     factor of 1.75; and
       (6) for an eligible local educational agency whose total 
     number of children in average daily attendance in fiscal year 
     1997 was at least 100, but fewer than 750, the weighted 
     student unit figure from its regular basic support payment 
     shall be recomputed by multiplying the total number of 
     children described in section 8003(a)(1) by a factor of 1.25.
       (c) For a local educational agency described in subsection 
     (a)(1)(C) above, the Secretary shall use the formula 
     contained in section 8003(b)(1)(C) of ESEA, except that the 
     weighted student unit total from its regular basic support 
     payment shall be recomputed by using a factor of 1.35 for 
     children described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 
     8003(a)(1) and its learning

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     opportunity threshold percentage shall be deemed to be 100.
       (d) For each eligible local educational agency, the 
     calculated supplemental section 8003(f ) payment shall be 
     reduced by subtracting the agency's fiscal year 2000 section 
     8003(b) basic support payment.
       (e) If the sums described in subsections (a)(1) and (2) 
     above are insufficient to pay in full the calculated 
     supplemental payments for the local educational agencies 
     identified in those subsections, the Secretary shall ratably 
     reduce the supplemental section 8003(f ) payment to each 
     local educational agency.
       Sec. 306. (a) Section 1204(b)(1)(A) of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6364(b)(1)(a)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in clause (iv), by striking ``and'' after the 
     semicolon;
       (2) by striking clause (v) and adding the following:
       ``(v) 50 percent in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth 
     such years; and
       ``(vi) 35 percent in any subsequent such year.''.
       (b) Section 1208(b) of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 is amended--
       (1) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
       ``(3) Continuing eligibility.--In awarding subgrant funds 
     to continue a program under this part after the first year, 
     the State educational agency shall review the progress of 
     each eligible entity in meeting the goals of the program 
     referred to in section 1207(c)(1)(A) and shall evaluate the 
     program based on the indicators of program quality developed 
     by the State under section 1210.''; and
       (2) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking the last sentence.
       Sec. 307. (a) Notwithstanding sections 401( j) and 
     435(a)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1070a( j) and 1085(a)(2)) and subject to the requirements of 
     subsection (b), the Secretary of Education shall--
       (1) recalculate the official fiscal year 1996 cohort 
     default rate for Jacksonville College of Jacksonville, Texas, 
     on the basis of data corrections confirmed by the Texas 
     Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation; and
       (2) restore the eligibility of Jacksonville College to 
     participate in the Federal Pell Grant Program for the 1999-
     2000 award year and succeeding award years.
       (b) Jacksonville College shall implement a default 
     management plan that is satisfactory to the Secretary of 
     Education.
       (c) For purposes of determining its Federal Pell Grant 
     Program eligibility, Jacksonville College shall be deemed to 
     have withdrawn from the Federal Family Education Loan program 
     as of October 6, 1998.
       Sec. 308. An amount of $14,500,000 from the balances of 
     returned reserve funds, formerly held by the Higher Education 
     Assistance Foundation, that are currently held in Higher 
     Education Assistance Foundation Claims Reserves, Treasury 
     account number 91X6192, and $12,000,000 from funds formerly 
     held by the Higher Education Assistance Foundation, that are 
     currently held in trust, shall be deposited in the general 
     fund of the Treasury.
       Sec. 309. Of the funds provided in title III of this Act, 
     under the heading ``Higher Education'', for title VII, part B 
     of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $250,000 shall be 
     awarded to the Snelling Center for Government at the 
     University of Vermont for a model school program, $750,000 
     shall be awarded to Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, for 
     operation of the Early Childhood Development Center, 
     $1,000,000 shall be awarded to Southeast Missouri State 
     University for equipment and curriculum development 
     associated with the University's Polytechnic Institute, 
     $800,000 shall be awarded to the Washington Virtual Classroom 
     Consortium to develop, equip and implement an ecosystem 
     curriculum, $500,000 shall be provided to the Puget Sound 
     Center for Technology for faculty development activities for 
     the use of technology in the classroom, $500,000 shall be 
     awarded to the Center for the Advancement of Distance 
     Education in Rural America, $3,000,000, to be available until 
     expended, shall be awarded to the University Center of Lake 
     County, Illinois and $1,000,000, to be available until 
     expended, shall be awarded to the Oregon University System 
     for activities authorized under title III, part A, section 
     311(c)(2), of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, 
     $500,000 shall be awarded to Columbia College Illinois for a 
     freshman retention program, $1,500,000 shall be awarded to 
     the University of Hawaii at Manoa for a Globalization 
     Research Center, $2,000,000 shall be awarded to the 
     University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff for technology 
     infrastructure, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the I Have a 
     Dream Foundation, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to a 
     demonstration program for activities authorized under part G 
     of title VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 
     amended, $1,500,000 shall be awarded to the Daniel J. Evans 
     School of Public Policy at the University of Washington, 
     $200,000 shall be awarded to North Dakota State University 
     for the Career Program for Dislocated Farmers and Ranchers, 
     $350,000 shall be awarded to North Dakota State University 
     for the Tech-based Industry Traineeship Program, $1,500,000 
     shall be awarded to Washington State University for the 
     Thomas S. Foley Institute to support programs in 
     congressional studies, public policy, voter education, and to 
     ensure community access and outreach, $200,000 shall be 
     awarded to Minot State University for the Rural 
     Communications Disabilities Program, $300,000 shall be 
     awarded to Bryant College for the Linking International Trade 
     Education Program (LITE), $1,000,000 shall be awarded to 
     Concord College, West Virginia for a technology center to 
     further enhance the technical skills of West Virginia 
     teachers and students, $200,000 shall be awarded to Peirce 
     College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for education and 
     training programs, $250,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Philadelphia Zoo for educational programs, $800,000 shall be 
     awarded to Spelman College in Georgia for educational 
     operations, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Philadelphia 
     University Education Center for technology education, 
     $725,000 shall be awarded to Lock Haven University for 
     technology innovations, $250,000 for Middle Georgia College 
     for an advanced distributed learning center demonstration 
     program, $1,000,000 for the University of the Incarnate Word 
     in San Antonio, Texas, to improve teacher capabilities in 
     technology, $1,000,000 for Elmira College in New York for a 
     technology enhancement initiative, $1,000,000 shall be 
     awarded to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Consortium on Higher 
     Education for education programs, $400,000 shall be awarded 
     to Lehigh University Iacocca Institute for educational 
     training, $250,000 shall be awarded to Lafayette College for 
     arts education, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to Lewis and 
     Clark College for the Crime Victims Law Institute, $1,650,000 
     for Rust College in Mississippi for technology 
     infrastructure, $500,000 for the University of Notre Dame for 
     a teacher quality initiative, and $2,000,000 shall be awarded 
     to the Western Governors University for a distance learning 
     initiative.
       This title may be cited as the ``Department of Education 
     Appropriations Act, 2000''.

                       TITLE IV--RELATED AGENCIES


                      Armed Forces Retirement Home

       For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retirement Home 
     to operate and maintain the United States Soldiers' and 
     Airmen's Home and the United States Naval Home, to be paid 
     from funds available in the Armed Forces Retirement Home 
     Trust Fund, $68,295,000, of which $12,696,000 shall remain 
     available until expended for construction and renovation of 
     the physical plants at the United States Soldiers' and 
     Airmen's Home and the United States Naval Home: Provided, 
     That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a single 
     contract or related contracts for development and 
     construction, to include construction of a long-term care 
     facility at the United States Naval Home, may be employed 
     which collectively include the full scope of the project: 
     Provided further, That the solicitation and contract shall 
     contain the clause ``availability of funds'' found at 48 CFR 
     52.232-18 and 252.232-7007, Limitation of Government 
     Obligations.

             Corporation for National and Community Service


        Domestic Volunteer Service Programs, Operating Expenses

       For expenses necessary for the Corporation for National and 
     Community Service to carry out the provisions of the Domestic 
     Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amended, $295,645,000: 
     Provided, That none of the funds made available to the 
     Corporation for National and Community Service in this Act 
     for activities authorized by part E of title II of the 
     Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 shall be used to 
     provide stipends to volunteers or volunteer leaders whose 
     incomes exceed the income guidelines established for payment 
     of stipends under the Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion 
     programs: Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall 
     not apply to the Seniors for Schools program.

                  Corporation for Public Broadcasting

       For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as 
     authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, an amount which 
     shall be available within limitations specified by that Act, 
     for the fiscal year 2002, $350,000,000: Provided, That no 
     funds made available to the Corporation for Public 
     Broadcasting by this Act shall be used to pay for receptions, 
     parties, or similar forms of entertainment for Government 
     officials or employees: Provided further, That none of the 
     funds contained in this paragraph shall be available or used 
     to aid or support any program or activity from which any 
     person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is 
     discriminated against, on the basis of race, color, national 
     origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, That in addition 
     to the amounts provided above, $10,000,000 shall be for 
     digitalization, only if specifically authorized by subsequent 
     legislation enacted by September 30, 2000.

               Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and 
     Conciliation Service to carry out the functions vested in it 
     by the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 171-
     180, 182-183), including hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
     for expenses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation 
     Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a); and for expenses necessary for 
     the Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
     Civil Service Reform Act, Public Law 95-454 (5 U.S.C. ch. 
     71), $36,834,000, including $1,500,000, to remain available 
     through September 30, 2001, for activities authorized by the 
     Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a): 
     Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, 
     up to full-cost recovery, for special training activities and 
     other conflict resolution services and technical assistance, 
     including those provided to foreign governments and 
     international organizations, and for arbitration services 
     shall be credited to and merged with this account, and shall 
     remain available until expended: Provided further, That fees 
     for arbitration services shall be available only for 
     education, training, and professional development of the 
     agency workforce: Provided further, That the Director of the 
     Service is authorized to accept and use on behalf of the 
     United States gifts of services and real, personal, or other 
     property in the aid of any projects or functions within the 
     Director's jurisdiction.

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            Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and 
     Health Review Commission (30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), $6,159,000.

                Institute of Museum and Library Services

         Office of Library Services: Grants and Administration

       For carrying out subtitle B of the Museum and Library 
     Services Act, $163,250,000, of which $19,356,000 shall be 
     awarded to national leadership projects, notwithstanding 
     section 221(a)(1)(B): Provided, That of the amount provided, 
     $700,000 shall be awarded to the Library and Archives of New 
     Hampshire's Political Tradition at the New Hampshire State 
     Library, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Vermont 
     Department of Libraries in Montpelier, Vermont, $750,000 
     shall be awarded to consolidation and preservation of 
     archives and special collections at the University of Miami 
     Library in Coral Gables, Florida, $1,900,000 shall be awarded 
     to exhibits and library improvements for the Mississippi 
     River Museum and Discovery Center in Dubuque, Iowa, $750,000 
     shall be awarded to the Alaska Native Heritage Center in 
     Anchorage, Alaska, $750,000 shall be awarded to the Peabody-
     Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, $750,000 shall be 
     awarded to the Bishop Museum in Hawaii, $200,000 shall be 
     awarded to Oceanside Public Library in California for a local 
     cultural heritage project, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Urban Children's Museum Collaborative to develop and 
     implement pilot programs dedicated to serving at-risk 
     children and their families, $150,000 shall be awarded to the 
     Troy State University Dothan in Alabama for archival of a 
     special collection, $450,000 shall be awarded to Chadron 
     State College in Nebraska for the Mari Sandoz Center, and 
     $350,000 shall be awarded to the Alabama A&M University 
     Alabama State Black Archives Research Center and Museum.

                  Medicare Payment Advisory Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the 
     Social Security Act, $7,015,000, to be transferred to this 
     appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the 
     Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds.

        National Commission on Libraries and Information Science


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses for the National Commission on 
     Libraries and Information Science, established by the Act of 
     July 20, 1970 (Public Law 91-345, as amended), $1,300,000.

                     National Council on Disability


                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for the National Council on 
     Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 
     Act of 1973, as amended, $2,400,000.

                     National Education Goals Panel

       For expenses necessary for the National Education Goals 
     Panel, as authorized by title II, part A of the Goals 2000: 
     Educate America Act, $2,250,000.

                     National Labor Relations Board


                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations 
     Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-
     Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended (29 U.S.C. 141-
     167), and other laws, $199,500,000: Provided, That no part of 
     this appropriation shall be available to organize or assist 
     in organizing agricultural laborers or used in connection 
     with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders 
     concerning bargaining units composed of agricultural laborers 
     as referred to in section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935 (29 
     U.S.C. 152), and as amended by the Labor-Management Relations 
     Act, 1947, as amended, and as defined in section 3(f ) of the 
     Act of June 25, 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203), and including in said 
     definition employees engaged in the maintenance and operation 
     of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when maintained 
     or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 
     percent of the water stored or supplied thereby is used for 
     farming purposes.

                        National Mediation Board


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
     Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151-188), including 
     emergency boards appointed by the President, $9,100,000: 
     Provided, That unobligated balances at the end of fiscal year 
     2000 not needed for emergency boards shall remain available 
     for other statutory purposes through September 30, 2001.

            Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and 
     Health Review Commission (29 U.S.C. 661), $8,500,000.

                       Railroad Retirement Board


                     dual benefits payments account

       For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, 
     authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act 
     of 1974, $174,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming 
     available in fiscal year 2000 pursuant to section 
     224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98-76; and in addition, an amount, 
     not to exceed 2 percent of the amount provided herein, shall 
     be available proportional to the amount by which the product 
     of recipients and the average benefit received exceeds 
     $174,000,000: Provided, That the total amount provided herein 
     shall be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts on the 
     first day of each month in the fiscal year.


          Federal Payments to the Railroad Retirement Accounts

       For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for 
     the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for 
     interest earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, to remain 
     available through September 30, 2001, which shall be the 
     maximum amount available for payment pursuant to section 417 
     of Public Law 98-76.


                      Limitation on Administration

       For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board 
     for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and the 
     Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, $91,000,000, to be 
     derived in such amounts as determined by the Board from the 
     railroad retirement accounts and from moneys credited to the 
     railroad unemployment insurance administration fund.


             Limitation on the Office of Inspector General

       For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
     for audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized 
     by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, not more 
     than $5,400,000, to be derived from the railroad retirement 
     accounts and railroad unemployment insurance account: 
     Provided, That none of the funds made available in any other 
     paragraph of this Act may be transferred to the Office; used 
     to carry out any such transfer; used to provide any office 
     space, equipment, office supplies, communications facilities 
     or services, maintenance services, or administrative services 
     for the Office; used to pay any salary, benefit, or award for 
     any personnel of the Office; used to pay any other operating 
     expense of the Office; or used to reimburse the Office for 
     any service provided, or expense incurred, by the Office.

                     Social Security Administration


                Payments to Social Security Trust Funds

       For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
     and the Federal Disability Insurance trust funds, as provided 
     under sections 201(m), 228(g), and 1131(b)(2) of the Social 
     Security Act, $20,764,000.


               special benefits for disabled coal miners

       For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and 
     Health Act of 1977, $383,638,000, to remain available until 
     expended.
       For making, after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 
     benefit payments to individuals under title IV of the Federal 
     Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, for costs incurred in the 
     current fiscal year, such amounts as may be necessary.
       For making benefit payments under title IV of the Federal 
     Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 for the first quarter of 
     fiscal year 2001, $124,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.


                  Supplemental Security Income Program

       For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security 
     Act, section 401 of Public Law 92-603, section 212 of Public 
     Law 93-66, as amended, and section 405 of Public Law 95-216, 
     including payment to the Social Security trust funds for 
     administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 
     201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, $21,503,085,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That any portion 
     of the funds provided to a State in the current fiscal year 
     and not obligated by the State during that year shall be 
     returned to the Treasury.
       From funds provided under the previous paragraph, not less 
     than $100,000,000 shall be available for payment to the 
     Social Security trust funds for administrative expenses for 
     conducting continuing disability reviews.
       In addition, $200,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2001, for payment to the Social Security trust 
     funds for administrative expenses for continuing disability 
     reviews as authorized by section 103 of Public Law 104-121 
     and section 10203 of Public Law 105-33. The term ``continuing 
     disability reviews'' means reviews and redeterminations as 
     defined under section 201(g)(1)(A) of the Social Security 
     Act, as amended.
       For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 
     benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social 
     Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 
     current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
       For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social 
     Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2001, 
     $9,890,000,000, to remain available until expended.


                 limitation on administrative expenses

       For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger 
     motor vehicles, and not to exceed $10,000 for official 
     reception and representation expenses, not more than 
     $6,093,871,000 may be expended, as authorized by section 
     201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all of 
     the trust funds referred to therein: Provided, That not less 
     than $1,800,000 shall be for the Social Security Advisory 
     Board: Provided further, That unobligated balances at the end 
     of fiscal year 2000 not needed for fiscal year 2000 shall 
     remain available until expended to invest in the Social 
     Security Administration computing network, including related 
     equipment and non-payroll administrative expenses associated 
     solely with this network: Provided further, That 
     reimbursement to the trust funds under this heading for 
     expenditures for official time for employees of the Social 
     Security Administration pursuant to section 7131 of title 5, 
     United States Code, and for facilities or support services 
     for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, or 
     procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title shall 
     be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from 
     amounts in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, as 
     soon as possible after such expenditures are made.
       From funds provided under the previous paragraph, 
     notwithstanding the provision under this heading in Public 
     Law 105-277 regarding unobligated balances at the end of 
     fiscal year 1999 not needed for such fiscal year, an amount 
     not to exceed $50,000,000 from such unobligated balances 
     shall, in addition to funding already

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     available under this heading for fiscal year 2000, be 
     available for necessary expenses.
       From funds provided under the first paragraph, not less 
     than $200,000,000 shall be available for conducting 
     continuing disability reviews.
       In addition to funding already available under this 
     heading, and subject to the same terms and conditions, 
     $405,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001, 
     for continuing disability reviews as authorized by section 
     103 of Public Law 104-121 and section 10203 of Public Law 
     105-33. The term ``continuing disability reviews'' means 
     reviews and redeterminations as defined under section 
     201(g)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act, as amended.
       In addition, $80,000,000 to be derived from administration 
     fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected 
     pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security Act or 
     section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93-66, which shall remain 
     available until expended. To the extent that the amounts 
     collected pursuant to such section 1616(d) or 212(b)(3) in 
     fiscal year 2000 exceed $80,000,000, the amounts shall be 
     available in fiscal year 2001 only to the extent provided in 
     advance in appropriations Acts.
       From amounts previously made available under this heading 
     for a state-of-the-art computing network, not to exceed 
     $100,000,000 shall be available for necessary expenses under 
     this heading, subject to the same terms and conditions.
       From funds provided under the first paragraph, the 
     Commissioner of Social Security may direct up to $3,000,000, 
     in addition to funds previously appropriated for this 
     purpose, to continue Federal-State partnerships which will 
     evaluate means to promote Medicare buy-in programs targeted 
     to elderly and disabled individuals under titles XVIII and 
     XIX of the Social Security Act.


                      Office of Inspector General

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, as amended, $15,000,000, together with not to exceed 
     $51,000,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized by 
     section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Federal 
     Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
     Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
       In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total 
     provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the 
     ``Limitation on Administrative Expenses'', Social Security 
     Administration, to be merged with this account, to be 
     available for the time and purposes for which this account is 
     available: Provided, That notice of such transfers shall be 
     transmitted promptly to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House and Senate.

                    United States Institute of Peace


                           Operating Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the United States Institute of 
     Peace as authorized in the United States Institute of Peace 
     Act, $13,000,000.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human 
     Services, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended 
     balances of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to 
     current appropriations provided in this Act: Provided, That 
     such transferred balances are used for the same purpose, and 
     for the same periods of time, for which they were originally 
     appropriated.
       Sec. 502. 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. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in 
     this Act shall be used, other than for normal and recognized 
     executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or 
     propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or 
     use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, 
     television, or video presentation designed to support or 
     defeat legislation pending before the Congress or any State 
     legislature, except in presentation to the Congress or any 
     State legislature itself.
       (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
     shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or 
     contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, 
     related to any activity designed to influence legislation or 
     appropriations pending before the Congress or any State 
     legislature.
       Sec. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are 
     authorized to make available not to exceed $20,000 and 
     $15,000, respectively, from funds available for salaries and 
     expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for official 
     reception and representation expenses; the Director of the 
     Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized to 
     make available for official reception and representation 
     expenses not to exceed $2,500 from the funds available for 
     ``Salaries and expenses, Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
     Service''; and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board 
     is authorized to make available for official reception and 
     representation expenses not to exceed $2,500 from funds 
     available for ``Salaries and expenses, National Mediation 
     Board''.
       Sec. 505. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     no funds appropriated under this Act shall be used to carry 
     out any program of distributing sterile needles or syringes 
     for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.
       Sec. 506. (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and 
     Products.--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) Notice Requirement.--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.
       (c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling 
     Products as Made in America.--If it has been finally 
     determined by a court or Federal agency that any person 
     intentionally affixed a label bearing a ``Made in America'' 
     inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any 
     product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not 
     made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to 
     receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 
     available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, 
     and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 
     through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 507. When issuing statements, press releases, requests 
     for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents 
     describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part 
     with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds 
     included in this Act, including but not limited to State and 
     local governments and recipients of Federal research grants, 
     shall clearly state: (1) the percentage of the total costs of 
     the program or project which will be financed with Federal 
     money; (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project 
     or program; and (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 
     costs of the project or program that will be financed by non-
     governmental sources.
       Sec. 508. (a) None of the funds appropriated under this 
     Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds 
     are appropriated under this Act, shall be expended for any 
     abortion.
       (b) None of the funds appropriated under this Act, and none 
     of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 
     appropriated under this Act, shall be expended for health 
     benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion.
       (c) The term ``health benefits coverage'' means the package 
     of services covered by a managed care provider or 
     organization pursuant to a contract or other arrangement.
       Sec. 509. (a) The limitations established in the preceding 
     section shall not apply to an abortion--
       (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or 
     incest; or
       (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical 
     disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a 
     life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from 
     the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a 
     physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an 
     abortion is performed.
       (b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
     prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or 
     private person of State, local, or private funds (other than 
     a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching 
     funds).
       (c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
     restricting the ability of any managed care provider from 
     offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or 
     locality to contract separately with such a provider for such 
     coverage with State funds (other than a State's or locality's 
     contribution of Medicaid matching funds).
       Sec. 510. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used for--
       (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research 
     purposes; or
       (2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are 
     destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of 
     injury or death greater than that allowed for research on 
     fetuses in utero under 45 CFR 46.208(a)(2) and section 498(b) 
     of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)).
       (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``human embryo 
     or embryos'' includes any organism, not protected as a human 
     subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, 
     cloning, or any other means from one or more human gametes or 
     human diploid cells.
       Sec. 511. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds for Promotion of 
     Legalization of Controlled Substances.--None of the funds 
     made available in this Act may be used for any activity that 
     promotes the legalization of any drug or other substance 
     included in schedule I of the schedules of controlled 
     substances established by section 202 of the Controlled 
     Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812).
       (b) Exceptions.--The limitation in subsection (a) shall not 
     apply when there is significant medical evidence of a 
     therapeutic advantage to the use of such drug or other 
     substance or that federally sponsored clinical trials are 
     being conducted to determine therapeutic advantage.
       Sec. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract 
     with an entity if--
       (1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United 
     States and is subject to the requirement in section 4212(d) 
     of title 38, United States Code, regarding submission of an 
     annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employment 
     of certain veterans; and
       (2) such entity has not submitted a report as required by 
     that section for the most recent year for which such 
     requirement was applicable to such entity.
       Sec. 513. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
     unobligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal 
     year 2000 from appropriations made available for salaries and 
     expenses for fiscal year 2000 in this Act, shall remain 
     available through December 31, 2000, for each such account 
     for the purposes authorized: Provided, That the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations shall be notified at 
     least 15 days prior to the obligation of such funds.
       Sec. 514. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard under 
     section 1173(b) of the

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     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d-2(b)) providing for, or 
     providing for the assignment of, a unique health identifier 
     for an individual (except in an individual's capacity as an 
     employer or a health care provider), until legislation is 
     enacted specifically approving the standard.
       Sec. 515. Section 520(c)(2)(D) of the Departments of Labor, 
     Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, as amended, is further 
     amended by striking ``December 31, 1997'' and inserting 
     ``December 31, 1999''.
       Sec. 516. The United States-Mexico Border Health Commission 
     Act (22 U.S.C. 290n et seq.) is amended--
       (1) by striking section 2 and inserting the following:

     ``SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF BORDER HEALTH COMMISSION.

       ``Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this section, the President shall appoint the United States 
     members of the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission, 
     and shall attempt to conclude an agreement with Mexico 
     providing for the establishment of such Commission.''; and
       (2) in section 3--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking the semicolon and 
     inserting ``; and'';
       (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting a period; and
       (C) by striking paragraph (3).
       Sec. 517. The applicable time limitations with respect to 
     the giving of notice of injury and the filing of a claim for 
     compensation for disability or death by an individual under 
     the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, as amended, for 
     injuries sustained as a result of the person's exposure to a 
     nitrogen or sulfur mustard agent in the performance of 
     official duties as an employee at the Department of the 
     Army's Edgewood Arsenal before March 20, 1944, shall not 
     begin to run until the date of the enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 518. Section 169(d)(2)(B) of Public Law 105-220, the 
     Workforce Investment Act of 1998, is amended by striking ``or 
     Alaska Native villages or Native groups (as such terms are 
     defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
     Act (43 U.S.C. 1602)).'' and inserting ``or Alaska 
     Natives.''.
       Sec. 519. Of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available in this Act for salaries and expenses for fiscal 
     year 2000, $121,000,000, to be allocated by the Office of 
     Management and Budget, are permanently canceled: Provided, 
     That, within 30 days of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit 
     a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate showing the allocation of the 
     $121,000,000.

 TITLE VI--EARLY DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND INTERVENTIONS FOR NEWBORNS 
                     AND INFANTS WITH HEARING LOSS

       Sec. 601. (a) Definitions.--For the purposes of this 
     section only, the following terms in this section are defined 
     as follows:
       (1) Hearing screening.--Newborn and infant hearing 
     screening consists of objective physiologic procedures to 
     detect possible hearing loss and to identify newborns and 
     infants who, after rescreening, require further audiologic 
     and medical evaluations.
       (2) Audiologic evaluation.--Audiologic evaluation consists 
     of procedures to assess the status of the auditory system; to 
     establish the site of the auditory disorder; the type and 
     degree of hearing loss, and the potential effects of hearing 
     loss on communication; and to identify appropriate treatment 
     and referral options. Referral options should include linkage 
     to State IDEA part C coordinating agencies or other 
     appropriate agencies, medical evaluation, hearing aid/sensory 
     aid assessment, audiologic rehabilitation treatment, national 
     and local consumer, self-help, parent, and education 
     organizations, and other family-centered services.
       (3) Medical evaluation.--Medical evaluation by a physician 
     consists of key components including history, examination, 
     and medical decision making focused on symptomatic and 
     related body systems for the purpose of diagnosing the 
     etiology of hearing loss and related physical conditions, and 
     for identifying appropriate treatment and referral options.
       (4) Medical intervention.--Medical intervention is the 
     process by which a physician provides medical diagnosis and 
     direction for medical and/or surgical treatment options of 
     hearing loss and/or related medical disorder associated with 
     hearing loss.
       (5) Audiologic rehabilitation.--Audiologic rehabilitation 
     (intervention) consists of procedures, techniques, and 
     technologies to facilitate the receptive and expressive 
     communication abilities of a child with hearing loss.
       (6) Early intervention.--Early intervention (e.g., 
     nonmedical) means providing appropriate services for the 
     child with hearing loss and ensuring that families of the 
     child are provided comprehensive, consumer-oriented 
     information about the full range of family support, training, 
     information services, communication options and are given the 
     opportunity to consider the full range of educational and 
     program placements and options for their child.
       (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are to clarify 
     the authority within the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize statewide newborn and infant hearing screening, 
     evaluation and intervention programs and systems, technical 
     assistance, a national applied research program, and 
     interagency and private sector collaboration for policy 
     development, in order to assist the States in making progress 
     toward the following goals:
       (1) All babies born in hospitals in the United States and 
     its territories should have a hearing screening before 
     leaving the birthing facility. Babies born in other countries 
     and residing in the United States via immigration or adoption 
     should have a hearing screening as early as possible.
       (2) All babies who are not born in hospitals in the United 
     States and its territories should have a hearing screening 
     within the first 3 months of life.
       (3) Appropriate audiologic and medical evaluations should 
     be conducted by 3 months for all newborns and infants 
     suspected of having hearing loss to allow appropriate 
     referral and provisions for audiologic rehabilitation, 
     medical and early intervention before the age of 6 months.
       (4) All newborn and infant hearing screening programs and 
     systems should include a component for audiologic 
     rehabilitation, medical and early intervention options that 
     ensures linkage to any new and existing statewide systems of 
     intervention and rehabilitative services for newborns and 
     infants with hearing loss.
       (5) Public policy in regard to newborn and infant hearing 
     screening and intervention should be based on applied 
     research and the recognition that newborns, infants, 
     toddlers, and children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing have 
     unique language, learning, and communication needs, and 
     should be the result of consultation with pertinent public 
     and private sectors.
       (c) Statewide Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening, 
     Evaluation and Intervention Programs and Systems.--Under the 
     existing authority of the Public Health Service Act, the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section 
     referred to as the ``Secretary''), acting through the 
     Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
     Administration, shall make awards of grants or cooperative 
     agreements to develop statewide newborn and infant hearing 
     screening, evaluation and intervention programs and systems 
     for the following purposes:
       (1) To develop and monitor the efficacy of statewide 
     newborn and infant hearing screening, evaluation and 
     intervention programs and systems. Early intervention 
     includes referral to schools and agencies, including 
     community, consumer, and parent-based agencies and 
     organizations and other programs mandated by part C of the 
     Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which offer 
     programs specifically designed to meet the unique language 
     and communication needs of deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns, 
     infants, toddlers, and children.
       (2) To collect data on statewide newborn and infant hearing 
     screening, evaluation and intervention programs and systems 
     that can be used for applied research, program evaluation and 
     policy development.
       (d) Technical Assistance, Data Management, and Applied 
     Research.--
       (1) Centers for disease control and prevention.--Under the 
     existing authority of the Public Health Service Act, the 
     Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention, shall make awards of grants 
     or cooperative agreements to provide technical assistance to 
     State agencies to complement an intramural program and to 
     conduct applied research related to newborn and infant 
     hearing screening, evaluation and intervention programs and 
     systems. The program shall develop standardized procedures 
     for data management and program effectiveness and costs, such 
     as--
       (A) to ensure quality monitoring of newborn and infant 
     hearing loss screening, evaluation, and intervention programs 
     and systems;
       (B) to provide technical assistance on data collection and 
     management;
       (C) to study the costs and effectiveness of newborn and 
     infant hearing screening, evaluation and intervention 
     programs and systems conducted by State-based programs in 
     order to answer issues of importance to State and national 
     policymakers;
       (D) to identify the causes and risk factors for congenital 
     hearing loss;
       (E) to study the effectiveness of newborn and infant 
     hearing screening, audiologic and medical evaluations and 
     intervention programs and systems by assessing the health, 
     intellectual and social developmental, cognitive, and 
     language status of these children at school age; and
       (F) to promote the sharing of data regarding early hearing 
     loss with State-based birth defects and developmental 
     disabilities monitoring programs for the purpose of 
     identifying previously unknown causes of hearing loss.
       (2) National institutes of health.--Under the existing 
     authority of the Public Health Service Act, the Director of 
     the National Institutes of Health, acting through the 
     Director of the National Institute on Deafness and Other 
     Communication Disorders, shall for purposes of this section, 
     continue a program of research and development on the 
     efficacy of new screening techniques and technology, 
     including clinical studies of screening methods, studies on 
     efficacy of intervention, and related research.
       (e) Coordination and Collaboration.--
       (1) In general.--Under the existing authority of the Public 
     Health Service Act, in carrying out programs under this 
     section, the Administrator of the Health Resources and 
     Services Administration, the Director of the Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention, and the Director of the 
     National Institutes of Health shall collaborate and consult 
     with other Federal agencies; State and local agencies, 
     including those responsible for early intervention services 
     pursuant to title XIX of the Social Security Act (Medicaid 
     Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment 
     Program); title XXI of the Social Security Act (State 
     Children's Health Insurance Program); title V of the Social 
     Security Act (Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program); 
     and part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
     Act; consumer groups of and that serve individuals who are 
     deaf and hard-of-hearing and their families; appropriate 
     national medical and other health and education specialty 
     organizations; persons who are deaf and hard-of-hearing and 
     their families; other qualified professional personnel who 
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     deaf or hard-of-hearing children's language and who possess 
     the specialized knowledge, skills, and attributes needed to 
     serve deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns, infants, toddlers, 
     children, and their families; third-party payers and managed 
     care organizations; and related commercial industries.
       (2) Policy development.--Under the existing authority of 
     the Public Health Service Act, the Administrator of the 
     Health Resources and Services Administration, the Director of 
     the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the 
     Director of the National Institutes of Health shall 
     coordinate and collaborate on recommendations for policy 
     development at the Federal and State levels and with the 
     private sector, including consumer, medical and other health 
     and education professional-based organizations, with respect 
     to newborn and infant hearing screening, evaluation and 
     intervention programs and systems.
       (3) State early detection, diagnosis, and intervention 
     programs and systems; data collection.--Under the existing 
     authority of the Public Health Service Act, the Administrator 
     of the Health Resources and Services Administration and the 
     Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
     shall coordinate and collaborate in assisting States to 
     establish newborn and infant hearing screening, evaluation 
     and intervention programs and systems under subsection (c) 
     and to develop a data collection system under subsection (d).
       (f ) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall 
     be construed to preempt any State law.
       (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) Statewide newborn and infant hearing screening, 
     evaluation and intervention programs and systems.--For the 
     purpose of carrying out subsection (c) under the existing 
     authority of the Public Health Service Act, there are 
     authorized to the Health Resources and Services 
     Administration appropriations in the amount of $5,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 2000, $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such 
     sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2002.
       (2) Technical assistance, data management, and applied 
     research; centers for disease control and prevention.--For 
     the purpose of carrying out subsection (d)(1) under the 
     existing authority of the Public Health Service Act, there 
     are authorized to the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention, appropriations in the amount of $5,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 2000, $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such 
     sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2002.
       (3) Technical assistance, data management, and applied 
     research; national institute on deafness and other 
     communication disorders.--For the purpose of carrying out 
     subsection (d)(2) under the existing authority of the Public 
     Health Service Act, there are authorized to the National 
     Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders 
     appropriations for such sums as may be necessary for each of 
     the fiscal years 2000 through 2002.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Departments of Labor, Health 
     and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2000''.

                               DIVISION C

                        RESCISSIONS AND OFFSETS

       Sec. 1001. (a) Across-the-Board Rescissions.--There is 
     hereby rescinded an amount equal to 0.97 percent of--
       (1) the budget authority provided (or obligation limitation 
     established) for fiscal year 2000 for any discretionary 
     account in any fiscal year 2000 appropriation law;
       (2) the budget authority provided (or obligation limitation 
     established) in any advance appropriation for fiscal year 
     2000 for any discretionary account in any prior fiscal year 
     appropriation law; and
       (3) the budget authority provided in any fiscal year 2000 
     appropriation law that would have been estimated as 
     increasing direct spending for fiscal year 2000 under section 
     252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
     of 1985 were it included in a law other than an appropriation 
     law and not designated as an emergency requirement.
       (b) Proportionate Application.--Any rescission made by 
     subsection (a) shall be applied proportionately--
       (1) to each discretionary account and each item of budget 
     authority described in subsection (a)(3); and
       (2) within each such account and item, to each program, 
     project, and activity (with programs, projects, and 
     activities as delineated in the appropriation Act or 
     accompanying report for the relevant fiscal year covering 
     such account or item, or for accounts and items not included 
     in appropriation Acts, as delineated in the most recently 
     submitted President's budget).
       (c) Subsequent Appropriation Laws.--In the case of any 
     fiscal year 2000 appropriation law enacted after the 
     enactment of this section, any rescission required by 
     subsection (a) shall take effect immediately after the 
     enactment of such law.
       (d) OMB Reports.--Within 30 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this section (or, if later, 30 days after the 
     date of the enactment of any fiscal year 2000 appropriation 
     law), the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
     shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
     of Representatives and the Senate a report specifying the 
     amount of each rescission made pursuant to this section.
       (e) Same Percentage Reduction Applicable to Pay for Members 
     of Congress.--
       (1) In general.--In determining rates of pay for service 
     performed in any fiscal year beginning after September 30, 
     1999, the rate of pay for a Member of Congress shall be 
     determined as if the fiscal year 2000 pay adjustment (taking 
     effect in January 2000) had resulted in a rate equal to--
       (A) the rate of pay that would otherwise have taken effect 
     for the position involved beginning in January 2000 (if this 
     section had not been enacted), reduced by
       (B) the same percentage as specified in subsection (a).
       (2) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection--
       (A) the term ``Member of Congress'' refers to any position 
     under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of section 601(a)(1) of 
     the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 
     31(1)(A)-(C)); and
       (B) the term ``fiscal year 2000 pay adjustment'' means the 
     adjustment in rates of pay scheduled to take effect in fiscal 
     year 2000 under section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative 
     Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31(2)).
       Sec. 1002. (a) Section 453( j) of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 653( j)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(6) Information comparisons and disclosure for 
     enforcement of obligations on higher education act loans and 
     grants.--
       ``(A) Furnishing of information by the secretary of 
     education.--The Secretary of Education shall furnish to the 
     Secretary, on a quarterly basis or at such less frequent 
     intervals as may be determined by the Secretary of Education, 
     information in the custody of the Secretary of Education for 
     comparison with information in the National Directory of New 
     Hires, in order to obtain the information in such directory 
     with respect to individuals who--
       ``(i) are borrowers of loans made under title IV of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 that are in default; or
       ``(ii) owe an obligation to refund an overpayment of a 
     grant awarded under such title.
       ``(B) Requirement to seek minimum information necessary.--
     The Secretary of Education shall seek information pursuant to 
     this section only to the extent essential to improving 
     collection of the debt described in subparagraph (A).
       ``(C) Duties of the secretary.--
       ``(i) Information comparison; disclosure to the secretary 
     of education.--The Secretary, in cooperation with the 
     Secretary of Education, shall compare information in the 
     National Directory of New Hires with information in the 
     custody of the Secretary of Education, and disclose 
     information in that Directory to the Secretary of Education, 
     in accordance with this paragraph, for the purposes specified 
     in this paragraph.
       ``(ii) Condition on disclosure.--The Secretary shall make 
     disclosures in accordance with clause (i) only to the extent 
     that the Secretary determines that such disclosures do not 
     interfere with the effective operation of the program under 
     this part. Support collection under section 466(b) shall be 
     given priority over collection of any defaulted student loan 
     or grant overpayment against the same income.
       ``(D) Use of information by the secretary of education.--
     The Secretary of Education may use information resulting from 
     a data match pursuant to this paragraph only--
       ``(i) for the purpose of collection of the debt described 
     in subparagraph (A) owed by an individual whose annualized 
     wage level (determined by taking into consideration 
     information from the National Directory of New Hires) exceeds 
     $16,000; and
       ``(ii) after removal of personal identifiers, to conduct 
     analyses of student loan defaults.
       ``(E) Disclosure of information by the secretary of 
     education.--
       ``(i) Disclosures permitted.--The Secretary of Education 
     may disclose information resulting from a data match pursuant 
     to this paragraph only to--

       ``(I) a guaranty agency holding a loan made under part B of 
     title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 on which the 
     individual is obligated;
       ``(II) a contractor or agent of the guaranty agency 
     described in subclause (I);
       ``(III) a contractor or agent of the Secretary; and
       ``(IV) the Attorney General.

       ``(ii) Purpose of disclosure.--The Secretary of Education 
     may make a disclosure under clause (i) only for the purpose 
     of collection of the debts owed on defaulted student loans, 
     or overpayments of grants, made under title IV of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965.
       ``(iii) Restriction on redisclosure.--An entity to which 
     information is disclosed under clause (i) may use or disclose 
     such information only as needed for the purpose of collecting 
     on defaulted student loans, or overpayments of grants, made 
     under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
       ``(F) Reimbursement of hhs costs.--The Secretary of 
     Education shall reimburse the Secretary, in accordance with 
     subsection (k)(3), for the additional costs incurred by the 
     Secretary in furnishing the information requested under this 
     subparagraph.''.
       (b) Penalties for Misuse of Information.--Section 402(a) of 
     the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998 (112 
     Stat. 669) is amended in the matter added by paragraph (2) by 
     inserting ``or any other person'' after ``officer or employee 
     of the United States''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall become effective October 1, 1999.
       Sec. 1003. Section 110 of title 23, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) After making any calculation necessary to implement 
     this section for fiscal year 2001, the amount available under 
     paragraph (a)(1) shall be increased by $328,655,000. The 
     amounts added under this subsection shall not apply to any 
     calculation in any other fiscal year.
       ``(f) For fiscal year 2001, prior to making any 
     distribution under this section, $56,231,000 of the 
     allocation under paragraph (a)(1) shall be available only for 
     each program authorized under chapter 53 of title 49, United 
     States Code, and

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     title III of Public Law 105-178, in proportion to each such 
     program's share of the total authorizations in section 5338 
     (other than 5338(h)) of such title and sections 3037 and 3038 
     of such Public Law, under the terms and conditions of chapter 
     53 of such title.
       ``(g) For fiscal year 2001, prior to making any 
     distribution under this section, $1,019,000 of the allocation 
     under paragraph (a)(1) shall be available only for motor 
     carrier safety programs under sections 31104 and 31107 of 
     title 49, United States Code; $698,000 for NHTSA operations 
     and research under section 403 of title 23, United States 
     Code; and $2,008,000 for NHTSA highway traffic safety grants 
     under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code.''.

       Amend the title so as to read ``An Act making 
     appropriations for the District of Columbia, and for the 
     Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
     Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.''.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
     Ernest J. Istook, Jr.,
     Randy ``Duke'' Cunningham,
     Todd Tiahrt,
     Robert B. Aderholt,
     Jo Ann Emerson,
     John E. Sununu,
     Bill Young,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Kay Bailey Hutchison,
     Ted Stevens,
     Pete Domenici,
                               Managers on the Part of the Senate.

       JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

       The managers on the part of the House and Senate on the 
     disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the 
     Senate to the bill (H.R. 3064) making appropriations for the 
     District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole 
     or in part against revenues of said District for the fiscal 
     year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, 
     submit the following joint statement to the House and the 
     Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon 
     by the mangers and recommended in the accompanying conference 
     report.
       The composition of this conference agreement includes more 
     than the District of Columbia Appropriations Act for fiscal 
     year 2000. While the House version of H.R. 3064 and the 
     Senate amendment in the nature of a substitute dealt only 
     with District of Columbia appropriations, the conference 
     report was expanded to include Departments of Labor, Health 
     and Human Services, and Education and related agencies 
     appropriations. Appropriations for the District of Columbia 
     are included in Division A. Appropriations for the Department 
     of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
     related agencies are included in Division B.
       Since the conference agreement is expanded to include the 
     Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
     Education, and related agencies, the title of the bill is 
     amended to reflect this.

                               DIVISION A

                  District of Columbia Appropriations

       The conferees on H.R. 3064 agree with the matter inserted 
     in this division of this conference agreement and the 
     following description of this matter. This matter was 
     developed through the negotiations on the differences in the 
     House and Senate versions of H.R. 3064, the District of 
     Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000, by members of the 
     appropriations subcommittee of both the House and Senate with 
     jurisdiction over H.R. 3064.
       The Division A portion of this joint explanatory statement 
     includes more than a description of the resolution of the 
     differences between the House and Senate versions of H.R. 
     3064. It also provides a more full description of the matter 
     not in disagreement between the two Houses. Since H.R. 2587, 
     the initial District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000, 
     was vetoed, the conferees have expanded this statement to 
     provide an explanation of the additional matter that was not 
     changed in H.R. 3064 as guidance in implementing this 
     conference agreement.
       A description of the resolution of the differences between 
     the House and Senate on H.R. 3064 follows next.

                       DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

                    Government Direction and Support

       The conference action inserts a proviso as proposed by the 
     Senate concerning the salary of members of the Council of the 
     District of Columbia.

                        Public Education System

       The conferees are aware of the Values First program that is 
     designed to bring character education to the District's 
     public elementary schools. The conferees are aware that ten 
     schools now have such a program. The conferees encourage the 
     public school system to continue to expand the Values First 
     program and expend the funds necessary to implement this 
     program on a broader basis.

                           General Provisions

       The conference action inserts a new subsection (b) in 
     section 129 as proposed by the Senate that allows an increase 
     in payments to attorneys representing special education 
     students if the Mayor, control board, and Superintendent of 
     Public Schools concur in a Memorandum of Understanding 
     setting forth the increase.
       The conference action continues the prohibition in section 
     150 on using Federal or local funds to support needle 
     exchange programs, but without the restriction on privately-
     funded programs.
       The conference action revises section 151 concerning the 
     monitoring of real property leases entered into by the 
     District government.
       The conference action revises section 152 concerning new 
     leases and purchases of real property by the District 
     government.
       The conference action inserts a new section 173 as proposed 
     by the Senate that allows the DC Corporation Counsel to 
     review and comment on briefs in private lawsuits and to 
     consult with officials of the District government regarding 
     such lawsuits.
       The conference action inserts a new section 174 as proposed 
     by the Senate concerning wireless communication and antenna 
     applications. The language recommended by the conferees 
     requires the National Park Service to implement the notice of 
     decision approved by the National Capital Regional Director, 
     dated April 7, 1999, including the issuance of right-of-way 
     permits, within 7 days of the enactment of this Act. 
     Concerning future applications for siting on Federal land, 
     the responsible Federal agency is directed to take final 
     action to approve or deny each application, including action 
     on the issuance of right-of-way permits at market rates, 
     within 120 days of the receipt of such application. This 120-
     day directive does not change or eliminate the obligation 
     that the responsible Federal agency must comply with existing 
     laws.
       The conference action inserts a new section 175 that amends 
     the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
     Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     2000 (Public Law 106-74), by making certain technical 
     corrections and adding language reflecting the intent of the 
     conferees on that Act.
       What follows next is a description of the resolution of 
     selected differences between the House and Senate on the 
     initial District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000, H.R. 
     2587, that was vetoed. Even though there were differences 
     between the House and Senate versions of H.R. 2587, the 
     resolution of these selected differences was incorporated as 
     identical text in both versions of H.R. 3064. A description 
     of the resolution of these selected differences is included 
     in this conference agreement on H.R. 3064 because an 
     understanding of them is important to the overall 
     implementation of this Act.
       The conference agreement on H.R. 3064 incorporates some of 
     the provisions of both the House and Senate versions of H.R. 
     2587. The language and allocations set forth in House Report 
     106-249 and Senate Report 106-88 are to be complied with 
     unless specifically addressed in the accompanying bill and 
     statement of the managers to the contrary. The agreement 
     herein, while repeating some report language for emphasis, 
     does not negate the language referenced above unless 
     expressly provided. General provisions which were identical 
     in the House and Senate passed versions of H.R. 2587 and not 
     changed in H.R. 3064 and that are unchanged by this 
     conference agreement are approved unless provided to the 
     contrary herein.

                TITLE I--FISCAL YEAR 2000 APPROPRIATIONS

                             FEDERAL FUNDS

              Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support

       Appropriates $17,000,000 as proposed by the House and the 
     Senate and makes modifications specifying that the entire 
     $17,000,000 will be available if the authorized program is a 
     nationwide program and $11,000,000 will be available if the 
     program is for a limited number of States. The language also 
     allows the District to use local tax revenues for this 
     program.

        Federal Payment for Incentives for Adoption of Children

       Appropriates $5,000,000 instead of $8,500,000 as proposed 
     by the House and includes language allowing the funds to be 
     used for local tax credits to offset costs incurred by 
     individuals in adopting children in the District's foster 
     care system and for health care needs of the children in 
     accordance with legislation to be enacted by the District 
     government.

         Federal Payment to the Citizen Complaint Review Board

       Appropriates $500,000 instead of $1,200,000 as proposed by 
     the House. This amount together with $700,000 in local funds 
     will provide a total of $1,200,000 for the Board's operations 
     in fiscal year 2000. The conferees recognize the importance 
     of an independent review body to act as a forum for the 
     review and resolution of complaints against officers of the 
     Metropolitan Police Department and special officers employed 
     by the District of Columbia. The conferees also request that 
     the Mayor's office provide a comprehensive plan for the use 
     of the Civilian Complaint Review Board. The plan/report 
     should contain information about the problems of the previous 
     review board and what will be done to avoid these problems 
     with the new board.

          Federal Payment to the Department of Human Services

       Appropriates $250,000 for a mentoring program and for 
     hotline services as proposed by the House.

    Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee 
                               Operations

       Appropriates $176,000,000 as proposed by the Senate instead 
     of $183,000,000 as proposed by

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     the House and includes language allowing the Corrections 
     Trustee to use interest earnings of up to $4,600,000 to 
     assist the Trustee with the sharp, rather unexpected increase 
     in the overall inmate population.

           Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts

       Appropriates $99,714,000 instead of $100,714,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $136,440,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The reduction below the House allowance reflects the 
     $1,000,000 in the capital program as proposed by the Senate.
       Courts' budget.--The conferees request that budget 
     information submitted by the Courts with their FY 2001 and 
     future budgets include grants and reimbursements from all 
     other sources so that information on total resources 
     available to the courts will be available.

          Defender Services in the District of Columbia Courts

       Appropriates $33,336,000 as proposed by the House and 
     includes language proposed by the Senate requiring monthly 
     financial reports. The conferees have included language 
     allowing the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration to 
     use interest earnings of up to $1,200,000 to make payments 
     for obligations incurred during fiscal year 1999 for services 
     provided by attorneys for indigents. The availability of this 
     additional amount is contingent on a certification by the 
     Comptroller General. The Courts have reported that they 
     anticipate a shortfall of ``approximately $1,000,000'' in 
     fiscal year 1999 for the Criminal Justice Act program.

 Federal Payment to the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency 
                      for the District of Columbia

       Appropriates $93,800,000 instead of $105,500,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $80,300,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The increase above the Senate allowance includes 
     $7,000,000 for increased drug testing and treatment and 
     $6,500,000 for additional parole and probation officers 
     instead of $13,200,000 and $10,000,000, respectively, as 
     proposed by the House.

                   Children's National Medical Center

       Appropriates $2,500,000 for Children's National Medical 
     Center instead of $3,500,000 as proposed by the House.

           Federal Payment for Metropolitan Police Department

       Appropriates $1,000,000 for the Metropolitan Police as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees recognize the 
     devastating problems caused by illegal drug use and fully 
     support this program to eliminate open air drug trafficking 
     in all four quadrants of the District of Columbia. The 
     conferees have included language requiring quarterly reports 
     to the Congress on all four quadrants. The reports should 
     include, at a minimum, the amounts expended, the number of 
     personnel involved, and the overall results and effectiveness 
     of the open air drug program in eliminating the drug 
     trafficking problem.

                       DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

                   Governmental Direction and Support


                 office of the chief technology officer

       The conferees are concerned that the District's child 
     support system is not Y2K compliant. The conferees have been 
     advised that the Office of Corporation Counsel is responsible 
     for developing, operating, and maintaining this system which 
     is used by the District's courts to collect child support 
     payments from absentee parents, disburse payments to 
     custodial parents, and account for these activities. The 
     conferees urge the District's Chief Technology Officer to 
     provide the Office of Corporation Counsel with the necessary 
     support to ensure that: (1) The system is promptly remediated 
     and tested, and (2) a business continuity and contingency 
     plan that includes a Courts' child support functions is in 
     place. The conferees request a report on this matter by 
     November 1, 1999.


                       public safety and justice

       Appropriates $778,770,000 including $565,511,000 from local 
     funds and $184,247,000 from other funds instead of 
     $785,670,000 including $565,411,000 from local funds and 
     $191,247,000 from other funds as proposed by the House and 
     $778,470,000 including $565,211,000 from local funds and 
     $184,247,000 from other funds as proposed by the Senate. 
     The increase of $300,000 above the Senate allowance will 
     provide a total of $1,200,000 for the Citizen Complaint 
     Review Board consisting of $500,000 in Federal funds and 
     $700,000 in local funds instead of a total of $900,000 in 
     local funds as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference action retains the proviso that caps the 
     number of police officers assigned to the Mayor's security 
     detail at 15 as proposed by the House.
       The conference action includes a proviso that allows up to 
     $700,000 in local funds for the Citizen Complaint Review 
     Board instead of $900,000 in local funds as proposed by the 
     Senate.


                            fire department

       The conferees recommend that the Fire and Emergency Medical 
     Services Department conduct a study about the need for 
     placement of automated external defibrillators in Federal 
     buildings.


                        public education system

       The conference action includes the proviso proposed by the 
     Senate concerning the Weighted Student Formula and the 
     setting aside of five percent of the total budget which is to 
     be apportioned when the current student count for public and 
     charter schools has been completed. The conference action 
     also includes a proviso proposed by the Senate allowing 
     $500,000 for a Schools Without Violence program.


                         human support services

       Appropriates $1,526,361,000 including $635,373,000 from 
     local funds as proposed by the House instead of 
     $1,526,111,000 including $635,123,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.


                              public works

       The conference action deletes the proviso earmarking funds 
     as proposed by the Senate.


                         receivership programs

       Appropriates $342,077,000 including $217,606,000 from local 
     funds instead of $345,577,000 including $221,106,000 from 
     local funds as proposed by the House and $337,077,000 
     including $212,606,000 from local funds as proposed by the 
     Senate.


                                reserve

       The conference action deletes the proviso concerning 
     expenditure criteria as proposed by the Senate.


district of columbia financial responsibility and management assistance 
                               authority

       The conference action retains the proviso concerning the 
     cap on the salary levels of the Executive Director and the 
     General Counsel as proposed by the House.


                           productivity bank

       The conference action retains the proviso requiring 
     quarterly reports as proposed by the House.


                       productivity bank savings

       The conference action retains the proviso requiring 
     quarterly reports as proposed by the House.


                   procurement and management savings

       The conference action restores the proviso requiring 
     quarterly reports as proposed by the House and deletes the 
     proviso requiring Council approval of a resolution 
     authorizing management reform savings proposed by the Senate.


                         d.c. retirement board

       The conference action amends the cap on the compensation of 
     the Chairman of the Board and the Chairman of the Investment 
     Committee of the Board to $7,500 instead of $10,000 as 
     proposed by the House.

                             Capital Outlay

       The conference action revises the first paragraph for 
     clarity as proposed by the House.

   Summary Table of Conference Recommendations by Agency and FY 2000 
                             Financial Plan

       A summary table showing the Federal appropriations by 
     account and the allocation of District funds by agency or 
     office under each appropriation heading for fiscal year 1999, 
     the fiscal year 2000 request, the House and Senate 
     recommendations, and the conference allowance, and the fiscal 
     year 2000 Financial Plan which is the starting point for the 
     independent auditor's comparison with actual year-end results 
     as required by section 143 of the bill follow:

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                           General Provisions

       The conference action changes several section numbers for 
     sequential purposes and makes technical revisions in certain 
     citations.
       The conference action restores section 117 of the House 
     bill prohibiting the use of Federal funds for a personal 
     cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or 
     employee of the District of Columbia government.
       The conference action approves section 119 of the House 
     bill in lieu of section 118 of the Senate bill concerning the 
     cap on the salary of the City Administrator and the per diem 
     compensation to the directors of the Redevelopment Land 
     Agency.
       The conference action approves section 127 of the Senate 
     bill (new section 128) concerning financial management 
     services.
       The conference action revises the ceiling on operating 
     expenses in section 135 (new section 136) to $5,515,379,000 
     including $3,113,854,000 from local funds instead of 
     $5,522,779,000 including $3,117,254,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $5,486,829,000 including $3,108,304,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate.
       The conference action deletes subsection (d) of section 135 
     of the House bill concerning the application of excess 
     revenues as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference action deletes section 137 of the House bill 
     concerning a report on public school openings as proposed by 
     the Senate.
       The conference action requires the inventory of motor 
     vehicles required by section 139 of the House bill and 138 of 
     the Senate bill (new section 139) to be submitted by the 
     Chief Financial Officer as proposed by the House instead of 
     by the Mayor as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference action restores section 142 of the House 
     bill concerning the Compliance with Buy American Act.
       the conference action deletes section 141 of the Senate 
     bill concerning certain real property in the District of 
     Columbia. The language was made permanent in Public Law 105-
     277.
       The conference action deletes the date referenced in 
     section 146 of the Senate bill concerning the correctional 
     facility in Youngstown, Ohio as proposed by the Senate (new 
     section 147).
       The conference action approves section 148 of the Senate 
     bill concerning a reserve and positive fund balance for the 
     District of Columbia. The conferees believe that the reserve 
     fund will now serve as a true ``rainy day'' fund. Further, 
     the conferees have now required the District to maintain a 
     budget surplus of not less than 4 percent. Any funds in 
     excess of this level could be used for debt reduction and 
     non-recurring expenses. The conferees believe that this 
     combination of reforms will provide the District with a 
     stable financial situation that will in time reduce the 
     District's debt and lead to an improved bond rating.
       The conference action deletes section 151 of the House bill 
     which prohibits the use of Federal funds for legalizing 
     marijuana or reducing penalties. Section 168 of the House 
     bill (new section 167) prohibits Federal and local funds for 
     legalizing marijuana or reducing penalties.
       The conference action restores section 154 of the House 
     bill (new section 153) concerning public charter school 
     construction and repair funds and amends the language to 
     provide $5,000,000 for a credit enhancement fund.
       The conference action restores section 156 of the House 
     bill (new section 155) concerning the authorization period 
     for public charter schools.
       The conference action restores section 157 of the House 
     bill (new section 156) concerning sibling preference at 
     public charter schools.
       The conference action restores section 158 of the House 
     bill (new section 157) concerning buyouts and management 
     reforms and provides $18,000,000 instead of $20,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House. The conference action also inserts a 
     proviso concerning the spending and release of the funds.
       The conference action restores section 159 of the House 
     bill (new section 158) concerning the 14th Street Bridge and 
     provides $5,000,000 instead of $7,500,000 as proposed by the 
     House. The conference action also changes the source of funds 
     from the infrastructure fund to the District's highway trust 
     fund. The conferees direct that responsibility for this 
     project along with these funds be transferred to the Federal 
     Highway Administration for execution.
       The conference action restores section 160 of the House 
     bill (new section 159) concerning the Anacostia River 
     environmental cleanup.
       The conference action restores section 161 of the House 
     bill (new section 160) concerning the Crime Victims 
     Compensation Fund and amends the language so that funds are 
     retained each year to pay crime victims at the beginning of 
     the next year. The conference action also inserts language 
     that ratifies payments and deposits to conform with the 
     Revitalization Act (Public Law 105-33).
       The conference action restores section 162 of the House 
     bill (new section 161) requiring the chief financial officers 
     of the District of Columbia government to certify that they 
     understand the duties and restrictions required by this Act.
       The conference action restores section 163 of the House 
     bill (new section 162) requiring the fiscal year 2001 budget 
     to specify potential adjustments that might be necessary if 
     the proposed management savings are not achieved.
       The conference action restores section 164 of the House 
     bill (new section 163) requiring descriptions of certain 
     budget categories.
       The conference action restores section 165 of the House 
     bill (new section 164) concerning improvements to the 
     Southwest Waterfront in the District and modifies the 
     language to provide flexibility for the Mayor in executing 
     new 30-year leases with the existing lessee or their 
     successors at the Municipal Fish Wharf and the Washington 
     Marina.
       The conference action restores section 166 of the House 
     bill (new section 165) expressing the sense of Congress 
     concerning the American National Red Cross project at 2025 E 
     Street Northwest.
       The conference action restores section 167 of the House 
     bill (new section 166) concerning sex offender registration.
       The conference action restores section 168 of the House 
     bill (new section 167) prohibiting the use of funds to 
     legalize marijuana or reduce penalties.
       The conference action retains and amends section 149 of the 
     Senate bill (new section 168) providing $5,000,000 to offset 
     local taxes for a commercial revitalization program in 
     enterprise zones and low and moderate income areas in the 
     District of Columbia. The conferees believe that the 
     Commercial Revitalization program will be an important tool 
     for the city to improve blighted neighborhoods in the 
     District of Columbia. The conferees believe it is important 
     to bring new commercial enterprises into neglected areas of 
     the city. The conferees direct the District to review 
     Congressional proposals on this issue in order to use the 
     funds effectively.
       The conference action inserts section 151 of the Senate 
     bill (new section 170) concerning quality-of-life issues and 
     changes the findings from a sense of the Senate to a sense of 
     the Congress.
       The conference action inserts section 152 of the Senate 
     bill (new section 171) concerning the use of Federal Medicaid 
     payments to Disproportionate Share Hospitals.
       The conference action inserts section 153 of the Senate 
     bill (new section 172) concerning a study by the General 
     Accounting Office of the District's criminal justice system. 
     The conferees request that this be a comprehensive study of 
     all components of the criminal justice system including law 
     enforcement, courts, corrections, probation, and parole. The 
     report should include recommendations for improving the 
     performance of the overall system as well as the individual 
     agencies and programs.
       The conference action deletes section 154 of the Senate 
     bill concerning termination of parole for illegal drug use.

                        TITLE II--TAX REDUCTION

       The conference action restores Title II--Tax Reduction 
     commending the District of Columbia for its action to reduce 
     taxes and ratifying the District's Service Improvement and 
     Fiscal Year 2000 Budget Support Act of 1999 as proposed by 
     the House.

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 2000 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 1999 amount, the 2000 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2000 
     follow:

Federal Funds:
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1999...683,639,000
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal393,740,000
    House bill, fiscal year 2000............................429,100,000
    Senate bill, fiscal year 2000...........................429,100,000
    Conference agreement, fiscal year 2000..................429,100,000
    Conference agreement compared with:
        New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 19-254,539,000
        Budget estimates of new (obligations) authority, fiscal 
        year 2000............................................35,360,000
        House bill, fiscal year 2000...............................
        Senate bill, fiscal year 2000..............................
District of Columbia funds:
    New Budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1999.6,790,168,737
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fisc6,745,278,500
    House bill, fiscal year 2000..........................6,778,432,500
    Senate bill, fiscal year 2000.........................6,778,432,500
    Conference agreement, fiscal year 2000................6,778,432,500
    Conference agreement compared with:
        New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 199-11,736,237
        Budget estimates of new (obligations) authority, fiscal 
        year 2000............................................33,154,000
        House bill, fiscal year 2000...............................
        Senate bill, fiscal year 2000..............................

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                               DIVISION B

  Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
                    Related Agencies Appropriations

       The conferees on H.R. 3064 agree with the matter inserted 
     in this division of this conference agreement and the 
     following description of this matter. This matter was 
     developed through negotiations on the differences in the 
     House reported version of H.R. 3037 and the Senate version of 
     S. 1650, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
     and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 2000, 
     by members of the subcommittee of both the House and Senate 
     with jurisdiction over H.R. 3037 and S. 1650.
       In implementing this agreement, the Departments and 
     agencies should comply with the language and instructions set 
     forth in House Report 106-370 and Senate Report 106-166.
       In the case where the language and instructions 
     specifically address the allocation of funds, the Departments 
     and agencies are to follow the funding levels specified in 
     the Congressional budget justifications accompanying the 
     fiscal year 2000 budget or the underlying authorizing statute 
     and should give full consideration to all items, including 
     items allocating specific funding included in the House and 
     Senate reports. With respect to the provisions in the House 
     and Senate reports that specifically allocate funds, each has 
     been reviewed and those which are jointly concurred in have 
     been included in this joint statement.
       The provisions of the House Report (105-205) are endorsed 
     that direct ``. . . the Departments of Labor, Health and 
     Human Services, and Education and the Social Security 
     Administration and the Railroad Retirement Board to submit 
     operating plans with respect to discretionary appropriations 
     to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. These 
     plans, which are to be submitted within 30 days of the final 
     passage of the bill, must be signed by the respective 
     Departmental Secretaries, the Social Security Commissioner 
     and the Chairman of the Railroad Retirement Board.''
       The Departments and agencies covered by this directive are 
     expected to meet with the House and Senate Committees as soon 
     as possible after enactment of the bill to develop a 
     methodology to assure adequate and timely information on the 
     allocation of funds within accounts within this conference 
     report while minimizing the need for unnecessary and 
     duplicative submissions.
       The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
     Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY 2000, 
     put in place by this bill, incorporates the following 
     agreements of the managers:

                      TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

                 Employment and Training Administration


                    Training and Employment Services

       The conference agreement appropriates $5,465,618,000, 
     instead of $4,572,058,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $5,472,560,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of the amount 
     appropriated, $2,463,000,000 becomes available on October 1, 
     2000, instead of $2,607,300,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $2,720,315,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The agreement includes language authorizing the use of 
     funds under the dislocated workers program for projects that 
     provide assistance to new entrants in the workforce and 
     incumbent workers as proposed by the Senate. It also includes 
     language proposed by the Senate modified to waive a 10 
     percent limitation in the Workforce Investment Act with 
     respect to the use of discretionary funds to carry out 
     demonstration and pilot projects, multiservice projects and 
     multistate projects with regard to dislocated workers and to 
     waive certain other provisions in that Act. The House bill 
     had no similar provisions.
       The Department is expected to make every effort to be 
     flexible in the use of worker training funds for reactivated 
     shipyards, such as those referenced in the Senate Report. The 
     conference agreement encourages the Department to use 
     national emergency grants under the dislocated workers 
     program to supplement available resources for (1) worker 
     training needs at reactivated shipyards that have experienced 
     large-scale worker dislocation, (2) continuing training to 
     utilize the workplace as site for learning, (3) supporting 
     training for American workers at state-of-the-art foreign 
     shipyards, and (4) continuing upgrading of workers skills to 
     increase employability and job retention.
       The agreement includes a citation to the Women in 
     Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act as proposed 
     by the House. The Senate bill did not cite this Act.
       The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 under Job 
     Corps for the purpose of constructing or rehabilitating 
     facilities on some Job Corps campuses to co-locate Head Start 
     programs to serve Job Corps students and their children as 
     proposed in the House Report.
       The Labor Department is encouraged to continue and provide 
     technical assistance to the Role Models America Academy 
     Demonstration Program.
       The Ways to Work family loan program is an innovative 
     micro-loan program which provides small loans to low-income 
     families who are attempting to make the transition from 
     public assistance to the workforce or retain employment. This 
     program allows families who often lack access to loans from 
     mainstream sources because of their weak credit histories to 
     receive the necessary financial resources to meet emergency 
     expenses. The Department is urged to consider making 
     available up to $1 million for this program to demonstrate 
     its effectiveness in assisting low-income parents in 
     obtaining and retaining jobs.
       The conference agreement includes the following amounts for 
     the following projects and activities:
     Dislocated workers
       --$1,000,000 for the York Skill Center, York, PA
       --$2,000,000 for development of a new model for high-tech 
     workforce development at San Diego State University
       --$1,000,000 for the Central Indiana Technology Training 
     Center at Ball State University
       --$1,000,000 for Clayton College and State University in 
     Georgia for a virtual education and training project to 
     improve military-to-civilian employment transition
       --$1,500,000 for a dislocated farmer retraining project at 
     the University of Idaho
       --$1,000,000 for the Chipola Junior College in Florida to 
     retrain dislocated workers.
       --$500,000 for the State of New Mexico for rural employment 
     in telecommunications
       --$500,000 for the Puget Sound Center for Technology to 
     help alleviate the shortage of information technology workers 
     in the Puget Sound Region
       --$400,000 for the Philadelphia Area Accelerated 
     Manufacturing Education, Inc.
       --$1,500,000 for the Pennsylvania training consortium
       --$600,000 for the Lehigh University integrated product 
     development
       --$2,500,000 to train foreign workers, including Russians 
     in oil field management in Alaska
     Pilots and demonstrations
       --$800,000 for the Center for Workforce Preparation at the 
     U.S. Chamber of Commerce
       --$1,000,000 for Green Thumb for replication in rural areas 
     of a project to train disadvantaged individuals for jobs in 
     the information technology industry
       --$1,000,000 for Focus:HOPE in Detroit for information 
     technology training
       --$300,000 for the Bowling Green, KY Housing Authority for 
     workforce preparation and training for low-income youth and 
     adults
       --$400,000 for the Collegiate Consortium for Workforce and 
     Economic Development
       --$2,000,000 for the Springfield Workforce Development 
     Center in Springfield, Vermont for a model regional workforce 
     development
       --$200,000 to Northlands Job Corps Center in Vergennes, 
     Vermont for a center child care project
       --$170,000 for the Greater Burlington Industrial 
     Corporation in Burlington, Vermont for a model pre-employment 
     counseling program
       --$100,000 for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department 
     of Labor and Industry, to study the financial impact of 
     professional employer arrangements on the Unemployment 
     Compensation Fund
       --$1,000,000 for the Lorain County Community College for a 
     workforce development project
       --$800,000 for Jobs for America's Graduates
       --$2,500,000 for Alaska Works in Fairbanks, Alaska for 
     construction job training
       --$2,500,000 for Hutchinson Career Center in Fairbanks, 
     Alaska to upgrade equipment to provide vocational training
       --$1,500,000 to train Alaska Native and local low income 
     youth as cultural tour guides and in museum operations for 
     the Alaska Native Heritage Center, Bishop Museum in Hawaii, 
     and Peabody-Essex Museum in Massachusetts
       --$1,500,000 for the University of Missouri-St. Louis for 
     the design and implementation of the Regional Center for 
     Education and Work
       --$400,000 for the Vermont Technical College for a 
     Technology Training Initiative
       --$150,000 to the Nebraska Urban League for a welfare-to-
     work pilot project
       --$1,000,000 to the Des Moines Community College for SMART 
     Partners, a public-private partnership which guarantees full-
     time employment to students who meet the competencies and 
     skill standards required in modern advanced high performance 
     manufacturing
       --$500,000 to the American Indian Science and Engineering 
     Society for the Native American Rural Computer Utilization 
     Training Program
       --$500,000 to the Maui Economic Development Board for the 
     Rural Computer Utilization Training Program
       --$250,000 to the Job Corps of North Dakota for the 
     Fellowship Executive Training Program
       --$250,000 for the University of Colorado Health Sciences 
     Center to provide training and assistance through the 
     University's telehealth/telemedicine distance learning.
       The conference agreement also provides funds to continue in 
     FY 2000 those projects and activities which were awarded 
     under the dislocated workers program and under pilots and 
     demonstrations in FY 1999 as described in the Senate Report, 
     subject to project performance, demand for activities and 
     services, and utilization of prior year funding.
       The conference agreement includes $15,000,000 to continue 
     and expand the Youth Offender grant program serving youth who 
     are or have been under criminal justice system supervision.
       There is awareness of the job training activities of the 
     South Dakota Intertribal Bison Cooperative. The Department is 
     urged to consider funding of a proposal for a vocational 
     training program which will provide employment-related skills 
     for native tribes

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     in bison herd management, meat processing, animal husbandry, 
     hide tanning and leather work.


              federal unemployment benefits and allowances

       The conference agreement appropriates $415,150,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $314,400,000 as proposed by 
     the House.


     state unemployment insurance and employment service operations

       The conference agreement appropriates $3,253,740,000, 
     instead of $3,141,740,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $3,358,073,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The agreement includes $41,300,000 for the alien labor 
     certification program as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $36,300,000 as proposed by the House. For administration of 
     the work opportunity tax credit and the welfare-to-work tax 
     credit, the agreement includes $22,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $20,000,000 as proposed by the House. For 
     one-stop centers/labor market information, the agreement 
     includes $140,000,000 instead of $100,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $146,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     Included in the amount of $140,000,000 is $20,000,000 for 
     work incentives grants. The Senate proposed to fund this as a 
     separate line item. The House did not propose to fund it. 
     Funds are included for a ``talking'' America's Job Bank for 
     the blind.
       The agreement does not include a citation to section 461 of 
     the Job Training Partnership Act proposed by the Senate. The 
     House bill did not include this citation.

                         Program Administration

       The conference agreement appropriates $146,000,000, instead 
     of $138,126,000 as proposed by the House and $149,340,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The agreement also includes language 
     proposed by the House requiring that the majority of the 
     welfare-to-work program staff shall be term appointments 
     lasting no more than one year. The Senate bill contained no 
     such language.
       The Department is expected to conduct an analysis of the 
     case backlog in the alien labor certification program and 
     report its findings to the Appropriations Committees by 
     February 1, 2000. Further, it is expected that the Department 
     will submit at the same time its proposed schedule for 
     eliminating this backlog.
       There is a proposal by the City of Salinas, CA to transfer 
     a DOL building to the local government for use as a child 
     care facility. The Department of Labor is urged to work with 
     the City of Salinas to resolve this matter in a timely 
     manner.

              Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement appropriates $96,000,000, instead 
     of $90,000,000 as proposed by the House and $99,831,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.


                  pension benefit guaranty corporation

       The conference agreement provides $11,155,000 for the 
     administrative expense limitation, instead of $10,958,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $11,352,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.

                  Employment Standards Administration


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement appropriates $335,000,000, instead 
     of $314,000,000 as proposed by the House and $342,787,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       There is concern about the December 3, 1997 Opinion Letter 
     issued by the Employment Standards Administration regarding 
     section 3(o) of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Within the 
     constraints of not preempting the Department's discussions 
     with industry or the courts' impartial consideration of the 
     merits of this issue, the Department is urged to clarify this 
     letter with regard to retroactivity and to existing 
     collective bargaining agreements or private litigation.


                    black lung disability trust fund

       The conference agreement appropriates $49,771,000 for 
     salaries and expenses from the Trust Fund, instead of 
     $49,404,000 as proposed by the House and $50,138,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The agreement includes a definite 
     annual appropriation for black lung benefit payments and 
     interest payments on advances made to the Trust Fund as 
     proposed by the House instead of an indefinite permanent 
     appropriation as proposed by the Senate.
       There is concern about the structural deficit in the Black 
     Lung Disability Trust Fund. The Administration is directed to 
     provide its recommended solution for the problem of the 
     increasing indebtedness of the Trust Fund to the Congress as 
     part of its fiscal year 2001 budget request.

             Occupational Safety and Health Administration


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement appropriates $370,000,000, instead 
     of $337,408,000 as proposed by the House and $388,142,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The agreement does not include 
     language proposed by the Senate that would have earmarked 
     one-half of the increase over the FY 1999 appropriation for 
     State consultation grants and one-half for enforcement and 
     all other purposes. The House bill had no similar provision. 
     The detailed table at the end of this joint statement 
     reflects the activity distribution agreed upon.
       The Department is urged to consider allowing the use of all 
     FDA-approved devices which reduce the risk of needlestick 
     injury, whether or not such safety feature is integrated into 
     the needle or other sharp medical object, if the non-
     integrated device is at least as safe and effective as other 
     FDA-approved devices.
       Without any intent to delay pending regulations, the 
     conference agreement includes $450,000 elsewhere in this bill 
     for a National Academy of Sciences study of the proposed 
     standard on tuberculosis.
       Concerns have been expressed about recommendations of the 
     Metalworking Fluids Standards Advisory Committee, established 
     by the Department, with respect to metalworking fluids 
     exposure levels. The Department is expected to carefully 
     consider peer-reviewed scientific research and examine the 
     technical feasibility and economic consequences of its 
     recommendations. An economic analysis to the three-digit SIC 
     code and a risk assessment should be completed on the impact 
     of reduced exposure levels.

                 Mine Safety and Health Administration


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement appropriates $228,373,000, instead 
     of $211,165,000 as proposed by the House and $230,873,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The agreement includes $2,500,000 
     over the budget request for physical improvements at the 
     National Mine Safety and Health Academy.
       The agreement does not include language proposed by the 
     House that would have prohibited the use of funds to carry 
     out the miner training provisions of the Mine Safety and 
     Health Act with respect to certain industries, including sand 
     and gravel and surface stone, until June 1, 2000. The Senate 
     bill did not include a similar provision.
       The agreement also does not include language proposed by 
     the Senate that would have allowed MSHA to retain and spend 
     up to $1,000,000 in fees collected for the approval and 
     certification of mine equipment and materials. The House bill 
     did not include a similar provision.
       Concerns have been expressed about the possible 
     ramifications of a rulemaking on the use of conveyor belts in 
     underground coal mines, including concerns about the validity 
     of the testing on which the rule is based. MSHA is urged to 
     carefully examine the record and to conduct additional 
     research that may be required to address any significant 
     concerns that have been raised.
       MSHA is urged to examine the ongoing NCI/NIOSH study of 
     Lung Cancer and Diesel Exhaust among Non-Metal Miners in 
     connection with the promulgation of a proposed rule on diesel 
     exhaust.

                       Bureau of Labor Statistics


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement appropriates $409,444,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $394,697,000 as proposed by 
     the House.

                        Departmental Management


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement appropriates $210,788,000, instead 
     of $191,131,000 as proposed by the House and $247,311,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The agreement includes language 
     proposed by the Senate that authorizes the expenditure of 
     funds for the management or operation of Departmental 
     bilateral and multilateral foreign technical assistance. The 
     House bill included no such language. The agreement does not 
     include language proposed by the Senate that would have 
     authorized the use of up to $10,000 of DOL salaries and 
     expenses funds in this Act for receiving and hosting 
     officials of foreign states and official foreign delegations. 
     The House bill included no such language. Instead, the 
     agreement authorizes the Secretary to use up to $20,000 from 
     funds available for salaries and expenses for official 
     reception and representation expenses in a general provision 
     in title V of the bill (Sec. 504), instead of $15,000 as 
     proposed in both the House and Senate bills.
       International child labor activities are funded at the 
     level requested in the President's budget.
       The agreement does not include statutory language proposed 
     by the Senate requiring a report to Congress containing 
     options to promote a legal domestic workforce in the 
     agricultural sector, provide for improved compensation and 
     benefits, improved living conditions and better 
     transportation between jobs and address other issues related 
     to agricultural labor that the Secretary determines to be 
     necessary. However, the Department is instructed to prepare 
     such a report and submit it to Congress as soon as possible.

        Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment and Training

       The conference agreement appropriates $184,341,000, instead 
     of $182,719,000 as proposed by the House and $185,613,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.

                      Office of Inspector General

       The conference agreement appropriates $51,925,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $47,500,000 as proposed by 
     the House.

                           General Provisions


                           job corps pay cap

       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     House adjusting the salary cap for employees of Job Corps 
     contractors from Federal Executive Level III to Executive 
     Level II. The Senate bill left the cap at the current level 
     of Executive Level III.


                     davis-bacon helper regulations

       The conference agreement does not include language proposed 
     by the House that would

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     have prohibited the use of funds in the bill to implement the 
     proposed Davis-Bacon helper regulations issued by the Wage 
     and Hour Division on April 9, 1999. The Senate bill contained 
     no such provision.


                       health claims regulations

       The conference agreement does not include language proposed 
     by the House that would have prohibited the use of funds in 
     the bill to implement the proposed regulations issued by the 
     Labor Department on September 9, 1998 concerning changes in 
     ERISA health claims processing requirements. The Senate bill 
     contained no such provision.

           TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

              Health Resources and Services Administration


                     health resources and services

       The conference agreement includes $4,429,292,000 for Health 
     Resources and Services instead of $4,204,395,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $4,365,498,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes bill language identifying 
     $104,052,000 for the construction and renovation of health 
     care and other facilities instead of $10,000,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision. 
     These funds are to be used for the following projects: 
     Northwestern University/Evanston Hospital Center for Genomics 
     and Molecular Medicine; Sinai Family Health Centers of 
     Chicago; Condell Medical Center Regional Center for Cardiac 
     Health Services; Northwestern Memorial Hospital; Hackensack 
     University Medical Center; Brookfield Zoo/Loyola University 
     School of Medicine; Westcare Fresno Community Healthcare 
     Campus, Fresno, California; Northern Illinois University 
     Center for the Study of Family Violence and Sexual Assault; 
     Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Houston, Texas; George 
     Mason University Center for Services to Families and Schools; 
     Dominican College Center for Health Sciences; Marklund 
     Children's Home, Bloomingdale, Illinois; Lawton and Rhea 
     Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies Perinatal Data 
     Center; Aging Health Services Center, Somerset, Kentucky; St. 
     Joseph's Hospital Health Center, Syracuse, New York; 
     Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine; Gateway 
     Community Health Center, Laredo, Texas; Uvalde County Clinic, 
     Uvalde, Texas; Vida y Salud Community Health Center, Crystal 
     City, Texas; Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas; 
     University of Mississippi Medical Center, Guyton Building; 
     Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama; Edward 
     Health Services, Naperville, Illinois; Marquette University 
     School of Dentistry; St. Christopher-Ottilie Residential 
     Treatment Center, Sea Cliff, Long Island; Louisiana State 
     University Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Shreveport, 
     Louisiana; Columbus Community Healthcare Center, Buffalo, New 
     York; Children's Hospital Los Angeles Research Institute; 
     Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, New Jersey; 
     Marywood University Northeast Pennsylvania Healthy Families 
     Center, Scranton, Pennsylvania; Temple University Outpatient 
     Facility; Temple University Children's Medical Center; 
     Pittsburgh Magee-Women's Hospital Women's Center; College of 
     Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Drexel University 
     National Chemical and Biological Research Center; University 
     of Pittsburgh Cancer Center; Philadelphia College of 
     Osteopathic Medicine; Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, Fairbanks, 
     Alaska; Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, Bethel, Alaska; 
     University of Vermont Cancer Center; Burlington, Vermont 
     community health center; Central Wyoming community health 
     center; Clinical Diabetes Islet Transplanation Research 
     Center at the former NIH/Perrine, Florida Animal Research 
     Facility; Cooper Green Hospital, Alabama; Central Ozarks 
     Medical Center, Richland, Missouri; University of Alabama at 
     Birmingham Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Institute; 
     Lawton Chiles Foundation, Florida; Mississippi Institute for 
     Cancer Research; Jackson Medical Mall Foundation, 
     Mississippi; Union Hospital, Terre Haute, Indiana; St. Joe's 
     Hospital of Ohio; University of Northern Colorado, Rocky 
     Mountain Cancer Rehabilitation Institute; National Jewish 
     Medical and Research Center; University of Florida Genetics 
     Institute; Hidalgo County Health Complex, Lordsburg, New 
     Mexico; community health centers in Iowa; Medical University 
     of South Carolina Cancer Center; Child Health Institute at 
     the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; Harts 
     Health Center, Harts, West Virginia; West Virginia University 
     Eye Institute; University of South Dakota Medical School 
     Research Facility; Tufts University, Biomedical/Nutrition 
     Research Center; New York University Program in Women's 
     Cancer; Laguna Honda Hospital, San Francisco, California; and 
     University of Montana Institute for Environmental and Health 
     Sciences.
       The conference agreement includes bill language identifying 
     $214,932,000 for family planning instead of $215,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $222,432,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       There is concern that there has been a steady erosion of 
     title X funds being made available by the Department for 
     authorized section 1001 clinical services. The Department is 
     directed to allocate at least 90 percent of the funds 
     appropriated for title X specifically for clinical services. 
     The conference agreement concurs with the language contained 
     in the Senate report regarding the expenditure of year-end 
     funds and allocation of title X funds to regional offices.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision to 
     allow funds to be used to operate the Council on Graduate 
     Medical Education as proposed by the Senate. The House bill 
     contained no similar provision. The Health Professions 
     Education Partnerships Act of 1998 authorizes the use of 
     funds for this purpose.
       The conference agreement provides $50,000,000 for the Ricky 
     Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $20,000,000 as proposed by the House. This funding 
     is included in the Public Health and Social Services 
     Emergency Fund as proposed by the House. The Senate bill 
     provided funding in the HRSA account. Within the total 
     provided, $10,000,000 shall be for HRSA administrative costs.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     related to the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Data Collection 
     Program as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained 
     no similar provision.
       The conference agreement provides $1,024,000,000 for 
     community health centers as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $985,000,000 as proposed by the House. Within the total 
     provided, $5,000,000 is for native Hawaiian health programs.
       The demonstration project by the Utah area health education 
     centers was identified under community health centers in the 
     Senate report and should be considered under the area health 
     education centers account.
       The conference agreement provides $38,244,000 for the 
     national health service corps, field placements as proposed 
     by the House instead of $36,997,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Within the total provided, $1,000,000 is to expand 
     the availability of behavioral and mental health services 
     nationwide.
       The conference agreement provides $78,666,000 for national 
     health service corps, recruitment instead of $78,166,000 as 
     proposed by both the House and Senate. The amount provided 
     includes $500,000 to increase the number of SEARCH grantees 
     so as to include the Illinois Primary Health Care 
     Association. The conference agreement concurs with the Senate 
     report language concerning increasing health care 
     availability in underserved areas.
       The conference agreement provides $324,277,000 for health 
     professions instead of $301,986,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $226,916,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference 
     agreement includes $1,000,000 within allied health special 
     projects for expansion of the Illinois Community College 
     Board's program, in coordination with the Illinois Department 
     of Human Services, to train and place welfare recipients in 
     the allied health field using distance technology.
       The conference agreement includes $20,000,000 for pediatric 
     graduate medical education, subject to authorization. The 
     funds would be used to support health professions training at 
     children's teaching hospitals. The Secretary is directed to 
     provide a detailed operating plan that clearly specifies 
     those hospitals deemed eligible for funding, the methodology 
     and criteria used in determining payments, and performance 
     measurements and outcomes. It is intended that the funds 
     provided for this activity will be a one-time payment, 
     pending action by the authorizing Committees to establish 
     statutory guidelines for the structure and operation of the 
     program.
       The conference agreement provides $20,282,000 for Hansen's 
     Disease Services instead of $18,670,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $17,282,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conference agreement includes $3,000,000 to continue the 
     Diabetes Lower Extremity Amputation Prevention (LEAP) 
     programs at the University of South Alabama, the Louisiana 
     State University School of Medicine, and the Roosevelt Warm 
     Springs Institute for Rehabilitation.
       The conference agreement provides $710,000,000 for the 
     maternal and child health block grant instead of $800,000,000 
     as proposed by the House and $695,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conference agreement includes bill language 
     designating $108,742,000 of the funds provided for the block 
     grant for special projects of regional and national 
     significance (SPRANS) instead of $198,742,000 as proposed by 
     the House. The Senate bill contained no similar provision. It 
     is intended that $5,000,000 of this amount be used for the 
     continuation of the traumatic brain injury State 
     demonstration projects as authorized by title XII of the 
     Public Health Service Act.
       Within the funds provided, sufficient funds are included to 
     initiate a multi-state dental sealant demonstration program 
     identified in the Senate bill. The agency is urged to work 
     closely with the Departments of Health of New Mexico and 
     Alaska to develop dental sealant programs that address the 
     needs of medically underserved children, especially those 
     living in rural, American Indian, and Native Alaskan 
     communities.
       Within the total provided, $150,000 is included for the 
     Whole Kids Outreach program in southeast Missouri.
       Within the total provided, the agency is encouraged to 
     support the efforts of the Kids Peace program in Orefield, 
     Pennsylvania, that assist children to overcome situational 
     crises.
       The conference agreement provides $90,000,000 for healthy 
     start instead of $110,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     House bill provided $90,000,000 for healthy start within the 
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     block grant SPRANS account. It is intended that these 
     projects will be evaluated and States will begin to 
     incorporate those activities that are proven successful and 
     can be replicated into the mission of the maternal and child 
     health program.
       The conference agreement provides $3,500,000 for newborn 
     and infant hearing screening instead of $2,500,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $4,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. These funds are to be used to implement title VI of 
     this Act, Early Detection, Diagnosis, and Interventions for 
     Newborns and Infants with Hearing Loss.
       The conference agreement provides $32,067,000 for rural 
     health outreach grants instead of $38,892,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $31,396,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within 
     the total provided, $1,200,000 is to continue and expand the 
     development of the Center for Acadiana Genetics and 
     Hereditary Health Care at Louisiana State University Medical 
     Center.
       The conference agreement provides $30,548,000 for rural 
     health research instead of $11,713,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $6,085,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conference agreement includes the following amounts for the 
     following projects and activities:
       --$300,000 for the Northern California Telemedicine Network 
     at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital;
       --$385,000 for a rural telemedicine distance learning 
     project at Daemen College, Amherst, New York;
       --$1,000,000 for a University of New Mexico and University 
     of Hawaii joint telehealth initiative;
       --$1,000,000 for the Medical University of South Carolina 
     Center for the joint MUSC/Walter Reed/Sloan Kettering 
     Telemedicine program;
       --$1,500,000 for the Southwest Alabama Rural Telehealth 
     Network at the University of South Alabama College of 
     Medicine;
       --$1,500,000 for the Children's Hospital and Regional 
     Medical Center, Seattle, telemedicine project;
       --$1,650,000 for the University of Maine rural children's 
     health assessment and follow-up program;
       --$2,000,000 for the University of Mississippi Center for 
     Sustainable Health Outreach;
       --$2,500,000 for the Mississippi State University Rural 
     Health, Safety, and Security Institute;
       --$3,000,000 for a telehealth deployment research testbed 
     program; and
       --$4,000,000 for the Alaska Federal Health Care Access 
     Network, Anchorage.
       The conference agreement does not provide separate funding 
     for the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth as proposed 
     by the Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision.
       The conference agreement provides $5,000,000 for traumatic 
     brain injury demonstrations within the Maternal and Child 
     Health block grant SPRANS account as proposed by the House. 
     The Senate bill provided $5,000,000 as a separate 
     appropriation.
       The conference agreement does not provide separate funding 
     for trauma care as proposed by the Senate. The House bill 
     contained no similar provision. Within funds available for 
     maternal and child health, HRSA is urged to work with the 
     National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the 
     American Trauma Society to assess emergency medical services 
     systems.
       The conference agreement provides $3,000,000 for poison 
     control as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained 
     no similar provision. Efforts are underway by HRSA and the 
     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to initiate 
     planning for a national toll-free number for poison control 
     services. Funding is provided to support this effort and 
     related system enhancements such as the development and 
     assessment of uniform patient management guidelines. The 
     agency is also urged to assist the poison control centers' 
     planning and stabilization efforts.
       The conference agreement provides $6,000,000 for black lung 
     clinics as proposed by the Senate instead of $5,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement provides a total of $1,550,000,000 
     for Ryan White programs instead of $1,519,000,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $1,610,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     Included in this amount is $525,000,000 for emergency 
     assistance, $814,000,000 for comprehensive care, $132,000,000 
     for early intervention, $51,000,000 for pediatric 
     demonstrations, $20,000,000 for dental services, and 
     $8,000,000 for education and training centers.
       The conference agreement includes bill language identifying 
     $518,000,000 for the Ryan White Title II State AIDS drug 
     assistance programs. The House bill identified $500,000,000 
     and the Senate bill identified $536,000,000.
       The conference agreement provides $125,000,000 for program 
     management instead of $115,500,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $133,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the total 
     provided, it is intended that $900,000 will be allocated to 
     support the efforts of the American Federation for Negro 
     Affairs Education and Research Fund of Philadelphia and 
     $750,000 is for the University of Northern Iowa Global Health 
     Corps project.
       There are plans by several transplant organizations to hold 
     a National Consensus Conference on Living Organ Donation in 
     early 2000 to examine the opportunities and challenges 
     surrounding living organ donation. Despite efforts to 
     increase organ donation, the demand for donations continues 
     to surpass the number of donated organs. The support of the 
     Administration is an important part of organ donation 
     efforts. The Department is urged to be a partner in this 
     upcoming conference.

               CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

                Disease Control, Research, and Training

       The conference agreement includes $2,798,886,000 for 
     disease control, research, and training instead of 
     $2,621,476,000 as proposed by the House and $2,760,544,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. In addition, the conference agreement 
     includes bill language designating $51,000,000 for violence 
     against women programs financed from the Violent Crime 
     Reduction Trust Fund as proposed by both the House and 
     Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $60,000,000 for 
     equipment, construction, and renovation of facilities instead 
     of $40,000,000 as proposed by the House and $59,800,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate, of which $20,000,000 was included in 
     the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund. The 
     conference agreement also repeats bill language included in 
     the fiscal year 1999 appropriations bill to allow the General 
     Services Administration to enter into a single contract or 
     related contracts for the full scope of the infectious 
     disease laboratory and that the solicitation and contract 
     shall contain the clause ``availability of funds'' found in 
     the Code of Federal Regulations.
       The conference agreement provides a total of $100,000,000 
     for the National Center for Health Statistics instead of 
     $94,573,000 as proposed by the House and $109,573,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement also 
     includes bill language designating $71,690,000 of the total 
     to be available to the Center under the Public Health Service 
     one percent evaluation set-aside instead of $71,793,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $109,573,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The Center is urged to give priority to the NHANES 
     survey.
       The table accompanying the conference agreement includes a 
     breakout of program costs and salaries and expenses by 
     program. Salaries and expenses activities encompass all non-
     extramural activities with the exception of program support 
     services, centrally managed services, buildings and 
     facilities, and the Office of the Director. It is intended 
     that designated amounts for salaries and expenses are 
     ceilings. The agency may allocate administrative funds for 
     extramural program activities according to its judgment. 
     Funds should be apportioned and allocated consistent with the 
     table, and any changes in funding are subject to the normal 
     notification procedures.
       The conference agreement provides $135,204,000 for the 
     prevention health services block grant instead of 
     $152,247,000 as proposed by the House and $118,161,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $17,500,000 for 
     prevention centers as proposed by the House instead of 
     $15,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the total 
     provided, sufficient funds are included to establish an 
     Appalachian prevention center at the University of Kentucky.
       The conference agreement provides $461,875,000 for 
     childhood immunization instead of $421,477,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $512,273,000 as proposed by the Senate. In 
     addition, the conference agreement provides $20,000,000 for 
     polio eradication in the Public Health and Social Services 
     Emergency Fund. In addition, the Vaccines for Children (VFC) 
     program funded through the Medicaid program is expected to 
     provide $545,043,000 in vaccine purchases and distribution 
     support in fiscal year 2000, for a total program level of 
     $1,006,918,000.
       The conference agreement provides $662,276,000 for HIV/AIDS 
     as proposed by the Senate instead of $657,036,000 as proposed 
     by the House.
       The conference agreement provides $123,574,000 for 
     tuberculosis instead of $121,962,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $125,185,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $129,097,000 for sexually 
     transmitted diseases as proposed by the House instead of 
     $128,808,000 as proposed by the Senate. CDC is encouraged to 
     address chlamydia as a disease with widespread prevalence 
     among teens and young adults.
       The conference agreement provides $361,705,000 for chronic 
     and environmental diseases instead of $315,511,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $327,081,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. In addition, the conference agreement provides 
     $5,000,000 for the environmental health laboratory in the 
     Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund. Included in 
     this amount are increases for the following activities: 
     $500,000 for oral health; $500,000 for prostate cancer; 
     $500,000 colorectal cancer; $500,000 for autism; $503,261 for 
     chronic fatigue syndrome; $538,820 for radiation; $539,055 
     for folic acid; $1,000,000 for limb loss; $1,000,000 for 
     arthritis; $1,000,000 for women's health/ovarian cancer; 
     $1,176,793 for birth defects; $2,000,000 for diabetes; 
     $2,300,000 for pfiesteria; $3,500,000 for newborn and infant 
     hearing screening; $5,000,000 for nutrition/obesity; 
     $10,000,000 for asthma; $10,000,000 for cardiovascular 
     diseases; and $27,000,000 for smoking and health/tobacco. The 
     agency is urged to give full and fair consideration to the 
     Hale County, Alabama, HERO program.

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       The conference agreement provides $167,051,000 for breast 
     and cervical cancer screening as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $161,071,000 as proposed by the House. The 
     conference agreement includes bill language to allow the 
     agency to expand the WISEWOMAN program to not more than 10 
     States. The agency is urged to give full and fair 
     consideration to proposals from Pennsylvania, Iowa, and 
     Connecticut.
       The conference agreement provides a total of $165,610,000 
     for infectious diseases as proposed by both the House, when 
     adjusted for transfers from the Public Health and Social 
     Services Emergency Fund, and the Senate. Within this amount, 
     $145,610,000 is provided in this account and $20,000,000 is 
     provided in the Public Health and Social Services Emergency 
     Fund for bioterrorism surveillance-emergency preparedness and 
     response activities.
       The conference agreement provides $38,248,000 for lead 
     poisoning as proposed by the House instead of $37,205,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $86,198,000 for injury 
     control instead of $57,581,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $82,819,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference 
     agreement includes the following amounts for the following 
     projects and activities:
       --$200,000 to the City of Waterloo, Iowa, for expansion of 
     Fire PALS, a school-based injury prevention program;
       --$500,000 for the Trauma Information Exchange Program as 
     described in the House and Senate reports;
       --$2,500,000 to expand injury control centers; and
       --$12,500,000 to initiate or expand youth violence 
     programs, of which $10,000,000 shall be for national academic 
     centers of excellence on youth violence prevention and 
     $2,500,000 shall be for a national youth violence prevention 
     resource center.
       The conference agreement provides $215,000,000 for the 
     national occupational safety and health program as proposed 
     by the Senate instead of $200,000,000 as proposed by the 
     House.
       The conference agreement provides $85,916,000 for epidemic 
     services as proposed by the House instead of $81,349,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Within the total provided, it is 
     intended that $1,600,000 will be allocated to support 
     expansion of an existing post-traumatic peer support model 
     intervention network to address the needs of landmine victims 
     in affected regions overseas.
       The conference agreement provides $36,322,000 for the 
     Office of the Director instead of $31,136,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $32,322,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conference agreement includes the following amounts for the 
     following projects and activities:
       --$1,000,000 to establish a sustainable pilot program that 
     would initiate an interdisciplinary approach to mind-body 
     medicine and to assess their preventive health impact. To 
     ensure a program of the highest quality, a strong peer-review 
     process for all proposals should be put in place.
       --$1,000,000 for the University of South Alabama birth 
     defects monitoring and prevention activities; and
       --$3,000,000 for the Center for Environmental Medicine and 
     Toxicology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center at 
     Jackson.
       The conference agreement provides $30,000,000 for health 
     disparities demonstrations instead of $10,000,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $35,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     agency is urged to expand the REACH initiative to additional 
     communities and collaborate with Missouri community health 
     centers as well as other worthy centers across the country.

                     NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

                       National Cancer Institute

       The conference agreement provides $3,332,317,000 for the 
     National Cancer Institute instead of $3,163,727,000 as 
     proposed by the House, when adjusted for transfers from the 
     Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund, and 
     $3,286,859,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

       The conference agreement provides $2,040,291,000 for the 
     National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute instead of 
     $1,937,404,000 as proposed by the House and $2,001,185,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.

         National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

       The conference agreement provides $270,253,000 for the 
     National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research 
     instead of $257,349,000 as proposed by the House, when 
     adjusted for transfers from the Public Health and Social 
     Services Emergency Fund, and $267,543,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.

    National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

       The conference agreement provides $1,147,588,000 for the 
     National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney 
     Diseases instead of $1,087,455,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $1,130,056,000 as proposed by the Senate.

        National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

       The conference agreement provides $1,034,886,000 for the 
     National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke 
     instead of $979,281,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $1,019,271,000 as proposed by the Senate.

         National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

       The conference agreement provides $1,803,063,000 for the 
     National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases instead 
     of $1,714,705,000 as proposed by the House, when adjusted for 
     transfers from the Public Health and Social Services 
     Emergency Fund, and $1,786,718,000 as proposed by the Senate.

             National Institute of General Medical Sciences

       The conference agreement provides $1,361,668,000 for the 
     National Institute of General Medical Sciences instead of 
     $1,298,551,000 as proposed by the House and $1,352,843,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.

        National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

       The conference agreement provides $862,884,000 for the 
     National Institute of Child Health and Human Development 
     instead of $817,470,000 as proposed by the House, when 
     adjusted for transfers from the Public Health and Social 
     Services Emergency Fund, and $848,044,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.

                         National Eye Institute

       The conference agreement provides $452,706,000 for the 
     National Eye Institute instead of $428,594,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $445,172,000 as proposed by the Senate.

          National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

       The conference agreement provides $444,817,000 for the 
     National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences instead 
     of $421,109,000 as proposed by the House, when adjusted for 
     transfers from the Public Health and Social Services 
     Emergency Fund, instead of $436,113,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.

                      National Institute on Aging

       The conference agreement provides $690,156,000 for the 
     National Institute on Aging instead of $651,665,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $680,332,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.

 National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

       The conference agreement provides $351,840,000 for the 
     National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin 
     Diseases instead of $333,378,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $350,429,000 as proposed by the Senate.

    National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

       The conference agreement provides $265,185,000 for the 
     National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication 
     Disorders instead of $251,218,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $261,962,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                 National Institute of Nursing Research

       The conference agreement provides $90,000,000 for the 
     National Institute of Nursing Research as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $76,204,000 as proposed by the House.

           National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

       The conference agreement provides $293,935,000 for the 
     National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism instead of 
     $279,901,000 as proposed by the House and $291,247,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.

                    National Institute on Drug Abuse

       The conference agreement provides $689,448,000 for the 
     National Institute on Drug Abuse instead of $656,551,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $682,536,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.

                  National Institute of Mental Health

       The conference agreement provides $978,360,000 for the 
     National Institute of Mental Health instead of $930,436,000 
     as proposed by the House and $969,494,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.

                National Human Genome Research Institute

       The conference agreement provides $337,322,000 for the 
     National Human Genome Research Institute as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $308,012,000 as proposed by the House.

                 National Center for Research Resources

       The conference agreement provides $680,176,000 for the 
     National Center for Research Resources instead of 
     $642,311,000 as proposed by the House, when adjusted for 
     transfers from the Public Health and Social Services 
     Emergency Fund, and $655,988,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     The conference agreement also includes bill language 
     designating $75,000,000 for extramural facilities 
     construction grants. These funds will provide seed money to 
     stimulate greater public and private sector investments in 
     this needed modernization effort. In awarding grants with 
     these funds, NCRR is directed to recognize the special needs 
     of smaller and developing institutions. NCRR shall assure 
     that, given a sufficient number of meritorious applications 
     from smaller and developing institutions, no less than 50 
     percent of the awards are made to these institutions. In 
     addition, NCRR shall take all steps necessary to assure that 
     small and developing institutions are notified of the funds 
     available in this account and are provided adequate technical 
     assistance in the application process. The conference 
     agreement does not include a provision proposed by the Senate 
     to provide $30,000,000 for extramural facilities available on 
     October 1, 2000. The House bill contained no similar 
     provision.

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       The total provided also includes $40,000,000 for the 
     Institutional Development Awards (IDeA) program as proposed 
     by the House instead of $20,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. In addition, $15,000,000 is included to enhance the 
     science education program as referenced in the House and 
     Senate reports.
       The conference agreement concurs with language contained in 
     the Senate report concerning animal research facilities in 
     minority health professional schools.

                  John E. Fogarty International Center

       The conference agreement provides $43,723,000 for the John 
     E. Fogarty International Center as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $40,440,000 as proposed by the House, when 
     adjusted for transfers from the Public Health and Social 
     Services Emergency Fund.

                      National Library of Medicine

       The conference agreement provides $215,214,000 for the 
     National Library of Medicine instead of $202,027,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $210,183,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.

       National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

       The conference agreement provides $68,753,000 for the 
     National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine 
     instead of $68,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $56,214,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference 
     agreement does not include bill language proposed by the 
     Senate to make these funds available for obligation through 
     September 30, 2001. The House bill contained no similar 
     provision.
       It is believed that Federal policy in a number of areas is 
     failing to keep up with the increased use of complementary 
     and alternative therapies. Funding was provided in fiscal 
     year 1999 to support the establishment and operation of a 
     White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative 
     Medicine Policy to study and make recommendations to the 
     Congress on appropriate policies regarding consumer 
     information, training, insurance coverage, licensing, and 
     other pressing issues in this area. It is believed that the 
     Commission is not intended to review the work of or set the 
     priorities for the Center. Rather, the Center is expected 
     simply to provide administrative support to the Commission.
       The conference agreement concurs with the House and Senate 
     report language regarding the training of physicians in 
     integrative medicine, but urges the Center to also support 
     the training of nurses in integrative medicine through 
     appropriate mechanisms. The Center is also urged to study 
     strategies for integrating complementary and alternative 
     medicine into all nursing curricula.

                         Office of the Director


                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       The conference agreement provides $283,509,000 for the 
     Office of the Director instead of $270,383,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $299,504,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conference agreement includes a designation in bill language 
     of $44,953,000 for the operations of the Office of AIDS 
     Research as proposed by the House. The Senate bill contained 
     no similar provision.
       It is expected that the Minority Access to Research 
     Careers, Minority Biomedical Research Support, Research 
     Centers in Minority Institutions, and the Office of Research 
     on Minority Health programs will continue to be supported at 
     a level commensurate with their importance.
       Investigations into the causes, prevention, treatment, and 
     cure for diabetes are important. The Diabetes Research 
     Working Group report outlines many scientific opportunities 
     and NIH is encouraged to pursue research on all types of 
     diabetes with equal vigor.
       NIH is expected to consult closely with the research 
     community, clinicians, patient advocates, and the Congress 
     regarding Parkinson's research and fulfillment of the goals 
     of the Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Research Act. NIH is 
     requested to develop a report to Congress by March 1, 2000 
     outlining a research agenda for Parkinson's focused research 
     for the next five years, along with professional judgment 
     funding projections. The NIH Director should be prepared to 
     discuss Parkinson's focused research planning and 
     implementation for fiscal year 2000 and fiscal year 2001.
       Continued advances in biomedical imaging and engineering, 
     including the development of new techniques and technologies 
     for both clinical applications and medical research and the 
     transfer of new technologies from research projects to the 
     public health sector are important. The disciplines of 
     biomedical imaging and engineering have broad applications to 
     a range of disease processes and organ systems and research 
     in these fields does not fit into the current disease and 
     organ system organizational structure of the NIH. The present 
     organization of the NIH does not accommodate basic scientific 
     research in these fields and encourages unproductive 
     diffusion of imaging and engineering research. Several 
     efforts have been made in the past to fit imaging into the 
     NIH structure, but these have proved to be inadequate.
       For these reasons, NIH is urged to establish an Office of 
     Bioimaging/Bioengineering and to review the feasibility of 
     establishing an Institute of Biomedical Imaging and 
     Engineering. This Office should coordinate imaging and 
     bioengineering research activities, both across the NIH and 
     with other Federal agencies. The NIH shall report to the 
     Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate on the 
     progress achieved by this Office no later than June 30, 2000.
       Security at Federal facilities is a growing concern and 
     with the number of visitors to the NIH campus, including both 
     domestic and foreign dignitaries, and the type of research 
     that occurs on campus, adequate security at NIH is critical. 
     The Director is requested to contract with an independent 
     group to study the overall security situation at the Bethesda 
     campus. This study should include, but not be limited to, 
     recommendations regarding the appropriate manpower, training, 
     and equipment needed to provide adequate security for NIH 
     employees and all visitors to the campus as well as any 
     recommended changes to the current security policy.
       Infantile autism and autism spectrum disorders are 
     biologically based neurodevelopmental diseases that cause 
     severe impairments in language and communication and 
     generally manifest in young children sometime during the 
     first two years of life. Best estimates indicate that 1 in 
     500 children born today will be diagnosed with an autism 
     spectrum disorder and that 400,000 Americans have autism or 
     an autism spectrum disorder. NIH is strongly encouraged to 
     dedicate more resources and to expand and intensify these 
     efforts through the NIH Autism Coordinating Committee. More 
     knowledge is needed concerning the underlying causes of 
     autism and autism spectrum disorders, how to treat and 
     prevent these disorders; the epidemiology and risk factors 
     for the disorders; the development of methods for early 
     medical diagnosis; dissemination to medical personnel, 
     particularly pediatricians, to aid in the early diagnosis and 
     treatment of this disease; and the costs incurred in 
     educating and caring for individuals with autism and autism 
     spectrum disorders. NIH is also encouraged to explore 
     mechanisms, including innovative collaborative approaches in 
     autism, supported by the Institutes to conduct basic and 
     clinical research into the cause, diagnosis, early detection, 
     prevention, control, and treatment of autism, including 
     research in the fields of developmental neurobiology, 
     genetics, and psychopharmacology.
       NIDDK and NIAID are to be commended for jointly supporting 
     research on foodborne illness. The Institutes are encouraged 
     to enhance research on the reaction of the gut to foodborne 
     pathogens, including research on the pathogenesis of the 
     disease, the reasons for antibiotic resistance, the reaction 
     of the gut to infections, the development of animal models 
     to test therapies, and the invention of vaccines or 
     substances that bind with the toxins to prevent the 
     illness.


                        Buildings and Facilities

       The conference agreement provides $135,376,000 for 
     buildings and facilities instead of $108,376,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $100,732,000 as proposed by the Senate. In 
     addition, $40,000,000 was provided in the fiscal year 1999 
     appropriations bill for the Clinical Center.

       Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


               substance abuse and mental health services

       The conference agreement provides $2,549,728,000 for 
     substance abuse and mental health services instead of 
     $2,413,731,000 as proposed by the House and $2,799,516,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement does not 
     provide $148,816,000 to become available on October 1, 2000 
     as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no 
     similar provisions.
     Center for Mental Health Services
       The conference agreement provides $300,000,000 for the 
     mental health block grant as proposed by the House instead of 
     $358,816,000, of which $48,816,000 was to become available on 
     October 1, 2000, as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $83,000,000 for 
     children's mental health as proposed by the House instead of 
     $78,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Mental health services for children and adolescents could 
     be strengthened by a comprehensive system that measures the 
     quality and effectiveness of these services. The Center's 
     Committee on Child and Adolescent Outcomes has supported the 
     collaboration between Vanderbilt University and Australia in 
     developing such an evaluation system in the United States. 
     The Department is urged to continue this collaboration.
       The National Mental Health Self-Help Clearinghouse, the 
     Consumer Organization and Networking Technical Assistance 
     Center, and the National Empowerment Center provide 
     information and resources to individuals suffering from 
     mental illnesses and their families. Continued funding of 
     these Centers will allow services to be provided 
     uninterrupted.
       The conference agreement provides $31,000,000 for grants to 
     states for the homeless (PATH) as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $28,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement provides $25,000,000 for 
     protection and advocacy as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $22,957,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement provides $137,932,000 for 
     knowledge development and application as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $85,851,000 as proposed by the House. The 
     conference agreement has doubled funding for mental health 
     services for school-age children, as part of an effort to 
     reduce school violence. It is intended that $80,000,000 be

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     used for the support and delivery of school-based and school-
     related mental health services for school-age youth. It is 
     intended that the Department will continue to collaborate its 
     efforts with the Department of Education to develop a 
     coordinated approach.
       Within the total provided, $1,000,000 is for the Northwest 
     Suburban Cook County and Lake County Public Action to Deliver 
     Shelter (PADS) provider organizations to address long-term 
     homelessness through service integration.
     Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
       The conference agreement provides $1,585,000,000 for the 
     substance abuse block grant as proposed by the House instead 
     of $1,715,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference 
     agreement does not include a provision proposed by the Senate 
     to provide $100,000,000 on October 1, 2000. The House bill 
     contained no similar provision.
       The conference agreement provides $181,741,000 for 
     knowledge development and application instead of $136,613,000 
     as proposed by the House and $226,868,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Within the total provided, $200,000 is for the Center 
     Point Program in Marin County, California, for substance 
     abuse and related services to high-risk individuals and 
     families.
       Recent reports by NIH and the Institute of Medicine 
     recommend expansion of effective treatment approaches for 
     adolescent drug abusers. CSAT is to be commended for its work 
     in developing and testing manuals for program interventions 
     through the Cannabis Youth Treatment initiative. CSAT is 
     encouraged to expand this initiative by examining the 
     immediate and long-term outcomes across the developmental 
     period when adolescents are at risk for peak drug use, and by 
     taking steps to replicate and improve such treatment 
     approaches.
       The Norton Sound Health Corporation project for substance 
     abuse treatment services should be given full and fair 
     consideration for funding.
     Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
       The conference agreement provides $139,955,000 for 
     knowledge development and application instead of $118,910,000 
     as proposed by the House and $161,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Within the total provided, $750,000 is for the Rio 
     Arriba and Santa Fe Counties ``black tar'' heroin program and 
     $3,000,000 is for a regional consortium of South Dakota, 
     North Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana to provide Fetal Alcohol 
     Syndrome services.
       The conference agreement provides $7,000,000 for high risk 
     youth grants as proposed by the Senate. The House bill 
     contained no similar provision.
     Program Management
       The conference agreement provides $59,100,000 for program 
     management instead of $53,400,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $58,900,000 as proposed by the Senate. It is intended 
     that $1,000,000 of the increase over the Administration 
     request is to support the school violence prevention 
     initiative.
       It is intended that, from within the funds reserved for 
     rural programs, $12,000,000 be allocated for CSAT grants and 
     $8,000,000 be allocated for CSAP grants.
       The conference agreement includes $3,700,000 to initiate 
     and test the effectiveness of Community Assessment and 
     Intervention Centers in providing integrated mental health 
     and substance abuse services to troubled and at-risk children 
     and youth, and their families in four Florida communities. 
     Building upon successful juvenile programs, this effort 
     responds directly to nationwide concerns about youth 
     violence, substance abuse, declining levels of service 
     availability and the inability of certain communities to 
     respond to the needs of their youth in a coordinated manner. 
     The total provided includes: $2,000,000 from mental health 
     knowledge development and application; $500,000 from 
     substance abuse prevention knowledge development and 
     application; $1,000,000 from substance abuse treatment 
     knowledge development and application; and $200,000 from 
     program management.
       The Senate recently heard testimony about pathological 
     gambling disorders and the importance of additional federal 
     research in this area as recommended by the National Gambling 
     Impact Study Commission. The Center is urged to conduct 
     demonstration projects to determine effective strategies and 
     best practices for preventing and treating pathological 
     gambling.

               Agency for Health Care Policy and Research


                    health care policy and research

       The conference agreement provides $111,424,000 in 
     appropriated funds instead of $104,403,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $19,504,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement designates $83,576,000 to be 
     available to the Agency under the Public Health Service one 
     percent evaluation set-aside instead of $70,647,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $191,751,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       In addition, $5,000,000 previously identified by the Senate 
     report for bioterrorsm activities is included in the Public 
     Health and Social Services Emergency Fund for the same 
     purpose.

                  Health Care Financing Administration


                           program management

       The conference agreement provides $1,971,648,000 for 
     program management instead of $1,752,050,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $1,991,321,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     House bill assumed that the Administration's user fee 
     proposal would be enacted prior to conference. An additional 
     appropriation of $630,000,000 has been provided for this 
     activity in the Health Insurance Portability and 
     Accountability Act of 1996.
       The conference agreement provides $95,000,000 for 
     Medicare+Choice as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $15,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement does not include language proposed 
     by the Senate that would have allowed Medicaid and CHIP 
     funding to be interchangeable. The House bill contained no 
     similar provision.
       The conference agreement repeats language included in last 
     year's bill related to administrative fees collected relative 
     to Medicare overpayment recovery activities.
       The conference agreement does not include bill language 
     proposed by the Senate to allow appropriated funds to be used 
     to increase Medicare provider audits. The House bill 
     contained no similar provision.
     Research, Demonstration, and Evaluation
       The conference agreement provides $60,000,000 for research, 
     demonstration, and evaluation instead of $50,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $65,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conference agreement includes the following 
     amounts for the following projects and activities:
       --$100,000 for Littleton Regional Hospital in New Hampshire 
     to assist in the development of rural emergency medical 
     services;
       --$250,000 for the University of Missouri-Kansas City to 
     test behavioral interventions of nursing home residents with 
     moderate to severe dementia;
       --$2,000,000 for a nursing home transition initiative;
       --$2,000,000 for a demonstration of residential and 
     outpatient treatment facilities at the AIDS Healthcare 
     Foundation in Los Angeles; and
       --$3,000,000 for the University of Pennsylvania Medical 
     Center, the University of Louisville Sciences Center, and St. 
     Vincent's Hospital in Montana to conduct a demonstration to 
     reduce hospitalizations among high-risk patients with 
     congestive heart failure.
       HCFA is urged to conduct a demonstration project to test 
     the potential savings to the Federal government and to the 
     Medicare program by comparing different products used for 
     diabetic wound-care treatment. Such a demonstration should 
     compare the aggregate costs of wound care treatment using 
     different wound-care gel products as well as different gel 
     application regimens.
       HCFA is urged to conduct a demonstration project addressing 
     the extraordinary adverse health status of native Hawaiians 
     at the Waimanalo health center exploring the use of 
     preventive and indigenous health care expertise.
       HCFA is urged to conduct a demonstration project in Hawaii 
     and Alaska to address the extraordinary adverse health status 
     and limited access to health services of the indigenous 
     people in Hawaii and Alaska natives and others residing in 
     southwest Alaska.
       There is strong concern over HCFA's failure to articulate 
     clear guidelines and set expeditious timetables for 
     consideration of new technologies, procedures and products 
     for Medicare coverage. Two particularly troubling examples 
     are HCFA's lengthy delays and failure to articulate clear 
     standards regarding Medicare coverage of positron emission 
     tomography (PET) and lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS). 
     The effect of these delays in instituting Medicare coverage 
     is to deny the benefits of these technologies and products to 
     Medicare patients. There is also concern that HCFA appears to 
     be requiring new technologies to repeat clinical trials and 
     testing already successfully completed by the new products in 
     the process of gaining FDA approval or in NIH clinical trials 
     and which serve as signals to private insurers to cover new 
     technologies. The recent creation of a 120-person advisory 
     committee to review new technologies is also of some concern 
     and it is noted that the Appropriations Committees will be 
     observing the new advisory committee to review its costs and 
     to see whether its use further delays Medicare coverage of 
     new products. Because of the possible duplication of efforts 
     among HHS agencies and related unnecessary costs to the 
     Medicare program and the Department, it is expected that the 
     Secretary will take a leadership role in resolving this 
     matter expeditiously.
       The Secretary is strongly urged to appoint a three-person 
     Medicare-Technology Consumer Advisory Committee. The 
     Committee should be appointed from among knowledgeable 
     patient advocates and members of the medical community with 
     expert knowledge of new technologies and cost-benefit 
     analysis. The new Committee should study the current HCFA 
     process for determining new coverages and should report at 
     least every six months to the Secretary, the Appropriations 
     Committees, and the general public on its findings and 
     recommendations. The Secretary is expected to report prior to 
     fiscal year 2001 appropriations hearings about its 
     recommendations on streamlining HCFA's approval process for 
     Medicare coverage of new technologies.
       If the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human 
     Services, under existing demonstration authority, chooses to 
     implement a program to improve health care access for 
     uninsured workers, the Secretary should encourage 
     applications from private, not-for-profit multi-state health 
     systems in urban and rural areas. Such multi-state systems 
     should be given special consideration if

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     they are willing to provide private matching funds to create 
     model public-private partnerships which enhance integrated 
     systems of health care for the working poor.
     Medicare contractors
       The conference agreement provides $1,244,000,000 for 
     Medicare contractors as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $1,176,950,000 as proposed by the House. The amount provided 
     reflects HCFA's proposal to change its approach for 
     processing managed care encounter data, which will result in 
     estimated savings of $30,000,000.
     State survey and certification
       The conference agreement provides $189,674,000 for State 
     survey and certification instead of $106,000,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $204,347,000 as proposed by the Senate.
     Federal administration
       The conference agreement provides $480,000,000 for Federal 
     administration as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $421,126,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement concurs with House report language 
     regarding its concern that the current performance evaluation 
     and recertification process for Organ Procurement 
     Organizations (OPO) may hinder the goal of increased organ 
     donations. HCFA is urged to work with and support the 
     industry in its effort to develop alternative performance 
     measures. HCFA is also urged to use existing authority to 
     extend the OPO certification period until such time as an 
     alternative process has been adopted.
       Hospices in Wichita, Kansas will be adversely affected in 
     their Medicare reimbursement in fiscal year 2000 because of 
     an error in a faulty hospital cost report in 1995, over which 
     they had no control, and because of a faulty tabulation by 
     HCFA or its fiscal intermediary. HCFA is expected to correct 
     the error in the publication of the hospice wage index for 
     the Wichita, Kansas MSA by using the July 30, 1999 hospital 
     wage index, published in the Federal Register, for the 
     current fiscal year, rather than delaying until the following 
     fiscal year, and by publishing a revised notice to reflect 
     this correction.
       Congress enacted the Indian Health Care Improvement Act 
     with the intention of improving access to health care for 
     Native Americans, including access to Medicaid-funded 
     services. Congress intended to cover 100 percent of amounts 
     that States expend for medical assistance received through an 
     Indian Health Service (IHS) facility or a tribally-operated 
     facility, including contractual and referral arrangements 
     made through IHS or tribally-operated health programs. 
     Moreover, medical assistance includes the full array of 
     services for which a State Medicaid program can claim Federal 
     matching funds. Therefore, HCFA is urged to reconsider its 
     interpretation of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.

                Administration for Children and Families


  payments to states for child support enforcement and family support 
                                programs

       The conference agreement provides no extended availability 
     of funds proposed by the Senate. The House bill proposed no 
     extended availability.


                   low income home energy assistance

       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     House designating that the $1,100,000,000 appropriated for 
     LIHEAP for FY 2000 in the FY 1999 appropriations act is an 
     emergency under the Budget Act and requiring that such funds 
     be allocated in accordance with the statutory formula. The 
     Senate bill contained no such language. The agreement also 
     includes the House legal citation to section 251(b)(2)(A) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act.


                     refugee and entrant assistance

       The conference agreement appropriates $426,505,000, instead 
     of $423,500,000 as proposed by the House and $430,500,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The agreement provides for an annual 
     appropriation as proposed by the House instead of three-year 
     availability of funds proposed by the Senate. In the case of 
     the Torture Victims Relief Act funds, the agreement provides 
     for an annual appropriation as proposed by the House instead 
     of the funds remaining available until expended proposed by 
     the Senate.
       In addition, the conference agreement includes language not 
     contained in either bill that designates all funding in this 
     account as an emergency requirement under the Budget Act.
       The conference agreement includes $20,000,000 from 
     carryover funds that are to be used under social services to 
     increase educational support to schools with a significant 
     proportion of refugee children and for the development of 
     alternative cash assistance programs that involve case 
     management approaches to improve resettlement outcomes. Such 
     support should include intensive English language training 
     and cultural assimilation programs.
       The agreement also includes $26,000,000 for increased 
     support to communities with large concentrations of refugees 
     whose cultural differences make assimilation especially 
     difficult justifying a more intense level and longer duration 
     of Federal assistance.


                 Child Care and Development Block Grant

       The conference agreement appropriates $1,182,672,000 as an 
     advance appropriation for fiscal year 2001, instead of 
     $2,000,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement 
     further provides that $19,120,000 shall be for child care 
     resource and referral and school-aged child care activities 
     as proposed by the Senate. The House bill had no 
     appropriation for this account.
       The conference agreement includes $500,000 for a toll-free 
     child care services program hotline to be operated by Child 
     Care Aware.
       States are encouraged to create or enhance systems of care 
     that support and educate families expecting a baby or with 
     young children, and help them understand that day-to-day 
     interaction with children helps them develop cognitively, 
     socially, physically and emotionally. Many states have 
     already created state and local collaboratives that 
     coordinate early childhood development, and these efforts are 
     to be commended.
       In the case of states that have yet to initiate such 
     coordination, they are encouraged to look at best practices 
     from across the country. The National Governors Association 
     has developed goals, model indicators, and measures of 
     performance to help states focus on improving the conditions 
     of young children and their families. The State of Ohio has a 
     successful initiative known as Family and Children First that 
     could serve as a model. All states are encouraged to continue 
     to develop and expand healthy early childhood systems of 
     care.


                      Social Services Block Grant

       The conference agreement includes $1,700,000,000, instead 
     of $1,909,000,000 as proposed by the House and $1,050,000,000 
     as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also includes the 
     provision in the House bill that limits the ability of States 
     to transfer TANF funds to the Social Services Block Grant to 
     4.25 percent instead of the 5 percent proposed in the Senate 
     bill.
       The conference agreement does not include section 216 of 
     the Senate bill which increased the appropriation to 
     $2,380,000,000 but specified that $1,330,000,000 of that 
     amount would not become available for obligation until fiscal 
     year 2001 and that the amount available for allocation to 
     States in fiscal year 2001 would be $3,030,000,000. The House 
     had no similar provision.


                Children and Families Services Programs

                        (including rescissions)

       The conference agreement appropriates $6,809,733,000, 
     instead of $6,240,216,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $6,789,635,000 as proposed by the Senate. In addition, the 
     agreement rescinds $21,000,000 from permanent appropriations 
     as proposed by the House.
       The agreement includes an advance appropriation of 
     $1,400,000,000 for Head Start for fiscal year 2001 as 
     proposed by the House instead of $1,900,000,000 proposed by 
     the Senate.
       An amount of $10,000,000 is included under social services 
     and income maintenance research for establishing Individual 
     Development Accounts. The House proposed to fund this as a 
     separate line item.
       The Hull House Association's Neighbor to Neighbor (NTN) 
     program in Chicago and Florida provides specialized placement 
     and family services for sibling groups, keeping such children 
     together, placed within their community, and stabilized in 
     one foster home. Outcomes for this program have been 
     noteworthy, including high rates of family reunification, 
     placement stability and foster parent retention. The 
     conference agreement includes $500,000 to support the 
     Association's project to provide training, technical 
     assistance and implementation assistance to establishment of 
     NTN programs within public and private foster care agencies 
     in other states and localities.
       The conference agreement includes language not contained in 
     either House or Senate bills that requires the Department to 
     establish certain procedures regarding the disposition of 
     intangible property in the community economic development 
     program under the Community Services Block Grant Act.
       There is awareness of efforts by the state information 
     technology consortium to identify best practices with regard 
     to implementing Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, 
     including best practices developed by states, the federal 
     government, and the private sector. The next phase of this 
     effort will enable states to discern which best practices are 
     appropriate for their particular needs, then work with the 
     consortium to implement those practices. Continuation of this 
     effort at the current level of support is urged.
       It is important that the Congress determine the economic 
     status of former recipients of Temporary Assistance to Needy 
     Families, and the conference agreement provides funds to 
     support such research and evaluation.
       Head Start grantees may use their basic grant funds, 
     quality funds, and expansion funds for minor renovations and 
     rehabilitation of existing Head Start facilities. The 
     Secretary is urged to give special attention to Native 
     American communities with particular needs, including the 
     Alaskan communities of Chevak, Napakiak, Haines, Marshall, 
     Noorvik, Selawik, Pilot Station, Hooper Bay, and Dillingham.
       Within the funds provided for Runaway Youth--Transitional 
     Living, the conference agreement includes $500,000 for the 
     House of Mercy in Des Moines, Iowa.
       Within the funds provided for child abuse prevention 
     programs, the conference agreement includes $1,000,000 for a 
     one-stop shopping demonstration for Catholic Social Services 
     in Juneau, Alaska; $2,000,000 for the Healthy Beginnings 
     Program in Alaska; $500,000 for Children's Advocacy Services

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     Center of Greater St. Louis; $50,000 for the Taos Community 
     Against Violence for ongoing services for children and 
     victims of domestic violence; and $1,000,000 for the 
     University of Louisville, Center for Research in Early 
     Childhood Development.
       Within the funds provided for Native American programs, the 
     conference agreement includes $700,000 for the Cook Inlet 
     Tribal Council, Inc. and $300,000 for Kawerak, Inc.
       The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for the Public 
     Children Services Association of Ohio to build a multi-State 
     grassroots network that results in a State infrastructure of 
     local child protection agencies.
       The conference agreement includes $400,000 for the National 
     Adoption Center to develop a national adoption photo listing 
     service on the Internet.
       Within the funds provided for developmental disabilities, 
     projects of national significance, the conference agreement 
     includes $1,000,000 for the Sertoma Center in Knoxville, 
     Tennessee to work in conjunction with other entities to 
     develop a training regime for providers of services for the 
     developmentally disabled.


                   Promoting Safe and Stable Families

       The conference agreement changes the name of this 
     appropriation account to ``Promoting Safe and Stable 
     Families'' as proposed by the Senate instead of ``Family 
     Preservation and Support'' proposed by the House.


       Payments to States for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance

       The conference agreement appropriates $4,307,300,000 as 
     proposed by the House instead of $4,312,300,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate.

                        Administration on Aging


                        Aging Services Programs

       The conference agreement appropriates $930,225,000, instead 
     of $881,976,000 as proposed by the House and $942,355,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The agreement includes a legal 
     citation as proposed by the Senate with respect to the 
     Alzheimer's initiative.
       The conference agreement includes the following amounts 
     under aging research and training:
       --$3,000,000 for social research into Alzheimer's disease 
     care options, best practices and other Alzheimer's research 
     priorities as specified in the House Report
       --$10,000,000 for the ``Senior Waste Patrol'' pilot project 
     to determine the most effective means of eliminating Medicare 
     fraud, waste and abuse
       --$2,000,000 for the Texas Tech University Center for 
     Healthy Aging
       --$500,000 for the West Virginia University Rural Aging 
     Project
       --$850,000 for Elder Services, Inc. in Middlebury, Vermont
       --$2,200,000 for the Anchorage, Alaska Senior Center
       --$450,000 for the Deaconess Billings Clinic Northwest Area 
     Center for Aging in Montana
       --$1,000,000 for Family Friends
       --$100,000 for the Nevada Rural Counties Retired and Senior 
     Volunteer Home Companion Program to provide services to 
     homebound elderly in rural areas
       Within the funds provided for state and local innovations/
     projects of national significance, the conference agreement 
     intends that funds be used for ongoing projects scheduled for 
     refunding in FY 2000.
       Nearly one in four American households is currently 
     involved in family caregiving to elderly relatives or 
     friends. The Administration on Aging should give full and 
     fair consideration to a demonstration and evaluation of the 
     Metropolitan Family Services' community-based program that 
     builds on the strengths of families to provide cost-effective 
     and high quality care.

                        Office of the Secretary

                    general departmental management

       The conference agreement appropriates $215,552,000, instead 
     of $227,787,000 as proposed by the House and $189,420,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. To the extent that any staffing 
     reductions are required to implement the conference agreement 
     to freeze the basic salaries and expenses funding in this 
     account at the fiscal year 1999 level, the Secretary should 
     make the reductions in such overhead areas as the immediate 
     office of the Secretary, public affairs, Congressional 
     affairs, and intergovernmental affairs.
       The agreement includes $1,500,000 for the United States-
     Mexico Border Health Commission. The conference agreement 
     concurs with the Senate Report language concerning the human 
     services transportation technical assistance program. It also 
     concurs with the Senate Report language concerning the amount 
     available for a public education campaign on osteoporosis in 
     the Office on Women's Health. Within the amount allocated to 
     the Office on Women's Health, $2,000,000 is for the 
     initiation of biological, chemical and botanical studies to 
     assist in the development of the clinical evaluation of 
     phytomedicines in women's health.
       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     House that earmarks $450,000 for a contract with the National 
     Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of OSHA's proposed 
     rule relating to occupational exposure to tuberculosis. The 
     study should address the following questions:
       1. Are health care workers at a greater risk of infection, 
     disease, and mortality due to tuberculosis than the general 
     community within which they reside? If so, what is the excess 
     risk due to occupational exposure?
       2. Can the occupationally acquired risk be quantified for 
     different work environments, different job classifications, 
     etc., as a result of implementation of the 1994 Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for the 
     prevention of tuberculosis transmission at the worksite or 
     the implementation of specific parts of the CDC guidelines?
       3. What effect will the implementation of OSHA's proposed 
     tuberculosis standard have in minimizing or eliminating the 
     risk of infection, disease, and mortality due to 
     tuberculosis?
       The agreement includes language as proposed by the Senate 
     setting aside $10,569,000 under the adolescent family life 
     program for activities specified under Sec. 2003(b)(2) of the 
     Public Health Service Act, of which $9,131,000 shall be for 
     prevention grants under Sec. 510(b)(2) of the Social Security 
     Act, without application of the limitation of Sec. 2010(c) of 
     the Public Health Service Act. The House bill had no similar 
     provision.
       With respect to the advance appropriation of $20,000,000 
     for title XX of the Public Health Service Act, it is intended 
     that these funds be used for grants to organizations that 
     clearly and consistently focus on abstinence for preventing 
     STD's and unwanted pregnancy. [Abstinence shall have the same 
     meaning as in Public Law 104-193, title IX, section 912.] 
     Grants to these organizations should focus on training 
     persons as abstinence instructors and on providing actual 
     presentations to youth at vulnerable ages (grades 7 through 
     12). The Department shall hold competition for these grants 
     during the regular grant cycle in fiscal year 2000 and issue 
     these grants at the beginning of fiscal year 2001.
       The conference agreement concurs with the language in the 
     House Report relating to an Institute of Medicine study on 
     ethnic bias in medicine.
       Sufficient funds are available to continue the inner city 
     childhood asthma project at the Children's Hospital of 
     Philadelphia.
       It is understood that the screening of blood and blood 
     products could be improved through the use of nucleic acid 
     testing (NAT) to better detect known infectious diseases such 
     as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1) and Hepatitis C virus 
     (HCV). The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute in the 
     National Institutes of Health has contracted with private 
     companies to develop fully automated NAT tests for HIV-1 and 
     HCV. In view of NIH's financial commitment to NAT and the 
     approval of NAT in other countries, the Public Health Service 
     Blood Safety Committee, chaired by the Surgeon General/
     Assistant Secretary for Health, is urged to encourage the 
     adoption of these screening tools for individual donor 
     testing of blood and plasma.
       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     Senate modified to earmark $2,000,000 to be utilized by the 
     Surgeon General to prepare and disseminate the findings of 
     the Surgeon General's report on youth violence and to 
     coordinate with other agencies activities to prevent youth 
     violence. The House bill had no similar provision.
       The conference agreement also includes the following 
     amounts for the following projects:
       --$1,000,000 for the Albert Einstein Medical Center LIFE 
     elderly care model
       --$500,000 for the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital 
     alternative medicine program
       --$500,000 for the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital 
     sickle cell program
       --$1,000,000 for the CORE Center at Cook County Hospital in 
     Chicago to develop a model HIV/AIDS Education and Training 
     Center.


                      Office of Inspector General

       The conference agreement appropriates $31,500,000, instead 
     of $29,000,000 as proposed by the House and $35,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The agreement does not include 
     language proposed by the House to limit the amount of funds 
     available to the Inspector General in FY 2000 under the 
     Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 
     (HIPAA) to no more than $100,000,000, the same amount as in 
     FY 1999. The Senate bill had no similar provision.
       Sufficient funds are available to initiate activities in 
     Pittsburgh, PA as mentioned in the Senate Report.


                        Office for Civil Rights

       The conference agreement appropriates $21,652,000, instead 
     of $20,652,000 as proposed by the House and $22,159,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.


                            Policy Research

       The conference agreement appropriates $17,000,000, instead 
     of $15,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and $14,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House. The agreement includes $850,000 for 
     the East St. Louis Center operated by Southern Illinois 
     University to analyze problems faced by health service 
     providers in administering multiple sources of funding.


            Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund

       The conference agreement provides $510,600,000 for the 
     Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund instead of 
     $391,833,000 as proposed by the House and $475,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement also 
     includes a provision that these funds shall be made available 
     only upon submission of a budget request designating the 
     entire amount as an emergency requirement as defined in the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control

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     Act of 1985 as proposed by the House. The Senate bill did not 
     propose this account as an emergency.
       The amount provided includes $196,000,000 for the Centers 
     for Disease Control and Prevention. Included in this amount 
     is $122,000,000 for the following bioterrorism activities:
       --$1,000,000 to enhance technical capabilities to identify 
     certain biological agents;
       --$2,000,000 to assist States in developing emergency 
     preparedness plans;
       --$2,000,000 for public health training centers;
       --$2,000,000 to discover, develop, and transition anti-
     infective agents to combat emerging diseases;
       --$2,000,000 to expand epidemiological intelligence 
     service;
       --$4,000,000 for conducting independent studies of health 
     and bioterrorism threats, of which $1,000,000 is for the 
     Carnegie Mellon Research Institute, $1,000,000 is for the St. 
     Louis University School of Public Health, $1,000,000 is for 
     the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; and 
     $1,000,000 is for the Johns Hopkins University Center for 
     Civilian Biodefense;
       --$5,000,000 to develop rapid toxic screening;
       --$7,000,000 to strengthen State and local epidemiological 
     and surveillance capacity;
       --$8,400,000 to better identify potential biological and 
     chemical terrorism agents;
       --$9,000,000 to develop new sources and methods for 
     surveillance;
       --$9,600,000 for regional laboratories for measuring 
     biological and chemical agents;
       --$20,000,000 for infectious diseases emergency 
     preparedness and response;
       --$30,000,000 for a national health alert network; and
       --$20,000,000 for a pharmaceutical and vaccine stockpile.
       The remaining $74,000,000 is provided for the following 
     activities: $5,000,000 for the environmental health 
     laboratory; and $69,000,000 for a global health initiative, 
     of which $5,000,000 is for micronutrient malnutrition 
     programs; $9,000,000 is for malaria programs; $20,000,000 is 
     for polio eradication activities; and $35,000,000 is for 
     international HIV/AIDS programs.
       The amount provided also includes $30,000,000 for the 
     Office of the Secretary, $24,600,000 for the Office of 
     Emergency Preparedness, and $5,000,000 for the Agency for 
     Health Care Policy and Research for bioterrorism activities; 
     $20,000,000 for NIH Challenge Grants; $35,000,000 for 
     minority HIV/AIDS activities within the Office of the 
     Secretary; $50,000,000 for Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund 
     Act within the Health Resources and Services Administration, 
     of which $10,000,000 is for program administration; and 
     $150,000,000 for Y2K activities at the Health Care Financing 
     Administration.
       Within the increase provided to NIH, sufficient funds are 
     available for global health initiative activities identified 
     in the Senate report.

                           General Provisions


                       NIH and SAMHSA Salary Cap

       The conference agreement includes a provision limiting the 
     use of the National Institutes of Health and the Substance 
     Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration funds to pay 
     the salary of an individual, through a grant or other 
     extramural mechanism, at a rate not to exceed Level II of the 
     Executive Schedule instead of Level III as proposed by the 
     Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision.


                           Transfer Authority

       The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
     the House to prohibit any appropriation from increasing by 
     more than three percent as a result of use of the Secretary's 
     one percent transfer authority. The Senate bill contained a 
     similar provision except it exempted the Public Health and 
     Social Services Emergency Fund.


                      Organ Allocation Final Rule

       The conference agreement includes a provision to provide a 
     60-day comment period on the final rule entitled ``Organ 
     Procurement and Transplantation Network'', promulgated by the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services on April 2, 1998 
     together with the amendments to such rule promulgated on 
     October 20, 1999. The comment period begins 3 days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act. Following the comment period, 
     the Department will have 21-days to review submitted comments 
     and to amend the rule, if necessary. The rule shall not 
     become effective before the end of a 90-day period beginning 
     from the date of enactment of this Act. The House bill 
     included a provision to prohibit the rule from becoming 
     effective until October 1, 2000. The Senate bill contained no 
     similar provision.


             Substance Abuse Block Grant Formula Allocation

       The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
     the House to provide each State with the same funding level 
     in fiscal year 2000 as it received in fiscal year 1999. The 
     Senate bill contained a similar provision except it was based 
     on an increased appropriation amount.


              Extension of Certain Adjudication Provisions

       The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
     the Senate to extend the refugee status for persecuted 
     religious groups. The House bill contained no similar 
     provision.


           Medicare Competitive Pricing Demonstration Project

       The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
     the Senate to prohibit funding to implement or administer the 
     Medicare Prepaid Competitive Pricing Demonstration Project in 
     Arizona or in Kansas City, Missouri or in the Kansas City, 
     Kansas area. The House bill contained no similar provision.


                          Delayed Obligations

       The conference agreement includes a provision to delay the 
     obligation of $7,500,000,000 of NIH funds; $1,120,000,000 of 
     HRSA funds; $965,000,000 of CDC funds; $450,000,000 of SAMHSA 
     funds; $425,000,000 of Social Services Block Grant funds; and 
     $400,000,000 of Children and Families Services funds until 
     September 29, 2000. The Senate bill contained a provision to 
     delay the obligation of $3,000,000,000 of NIH funds until 
     September 29, 2000. The House bill contained no similar 
     provision.


      Sense of the Senate Regarding Diabetes Awareness and Funding

       The conference agreement deletes without prejudice a sense 
     of the Senate provision regarding diabetes awareness and 
     support for increased diabetes research funding. The House 
     bill contained no similar provision.


   Study of the Geographic Adjustment Factors in the Medicare Program

       The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
     the Senate to require the Secretary of HHS to conduct a study 
     on appropriateness of the geographic adjustment factors used 
     to determine the amount of payment for physicians' services 
     under the Medicare program in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, 
     and Texas and the effect these factors have on recruitment 
     and retention of physicians in small rural States. The 
     House bill contained no similar provision.


                  Dental Sealant Demonstration Program

       The conference agreement deletes a provision proposed by 
     the Senate to establish a multi-State dental sealant 
     demonstration program. The House bill contained no similar 
     provision. The agreement includes sufficient funds within the 
     Maternal and Child Health block grant to initiate such a 
     program.


                  Withholding of Substance Abuse Funds

       The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
     the Senate to allow a State to avoid a penalty under section 
     1926 of the Public Health Service Act (commonly known as the 
     Synar Amendment) if the State agrees to commit new State 
     funding to help ensure compliance with State laws prohibiting 
     youth purchase of tobacco products. It is noted that the 
     provision applies only for fiscal year 2000 and States are 
     expected to continue to try to meet the established Synar 
     Amendment targets for enforcement of their youth tobacco 
     laws. It is also noted that there is increasing sentiment 
     that the Synar Amendment needs to be reexamined and all 
     concerned parties are encouraged to work toward a compromise 
     solution next year with the appropriate authorizing 
     committees. The provision allows the Secretary to exercise 
     discretion in enforcing the timing of the new State 
     expenditures in order to provide flexibility to States that 
     do not immediately have available funds for this purpose. It 
     is expected that within 30 days of accepting an agreement to 
     increase funding for enforcement, the State will provide a 
     report to the Secretary of all State resources spent in 
     fiscal year 1999 on enforcement of the State law by program 
     activity and by May 15, 2000, a report on FY 2000 obligations 
     regarding enforcement unless otherwise negotiated by the 
     Secretary. The Secretary shall deliver the findings of these 
     reports to Congress. The language provides the Secretary 
     authority to permit a State to commit an amount smaller than 
     its formula amount as described in subsection (b) in order to 
     recognize that an individual state may have been granted 
     ``delayed applicability'' status under the Synar Amendment by 
     the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
     Administration.


                   Medicare Injectable Drug Coverage

       The conference agreement includes a provision not proposed 
     by either House or Senate related to Medicare injectable drug 
     coverage. There is concern that an August 13, 1997 memorandum 
     and subsequent interpretations will inappropriately restrict 
     beneficiary access to injectable drugs that are and have been 
     covered by the Medicare program. It is noted that for many 
     years, Medicare policy (as stated in Section 2049.2 of the 
     Medicare Carriers Manual) has allowed coverage of a drug or 
     biological administered incident to a physician's service 
     where the product is one that is not usually self-
     administered by the patient. It is intended that HCFA 
     continue to cover such products under Social Security Act 
     section 1861(s)(2) and communicate this policy through a 
     program memorandum to all HCFA regional offices.


                       National Cancer Institute

       The conference agreement includes a provision to allow the 
     Cancer Therapy and Research Center in San Antonio, Texas to 
     continue to use prior year construction grant funding without 
     fiscal year limitation.


                            Childhood Asthma

       The conference agreement deletes a provision proposed by 
     the Senate to provide an earmark of $8,706,000 for the asthma 
     prevention program on October 1, 2000. The House bill 
     contained no similar provision. The conference agreement 
     includes $11,294,053 for

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     asthma prevention as part of the Centers for Disease Control 
     and Prevention.


                           Title II Citation

       The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
     the House to cite title II as the ``Department of Health and 
     Human Services Appropriations Act, 2000''. The Senate bill 
     contained no similar provision.

                   TITLE III--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

                            Education Reform

       The conference agreement includes $1,586,560,000 for 
     Education Reform, instead of the $800,100,000 proposed by the 
     House and $1,655,600,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     agreement does not include advance funding of $344,625,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House had no similar provision.
     Goals 2000
       For Goals 2000, the conference agreement provides 
     $491,000,000. The Senate provided $494,000,000. The House 
     proposed no funding for this program. This amount includes 
     $458,000,000 for state grants, instead of $461,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House proposed no funding for 
     this program. For parental assistance, the conference 
     agreement includes $33,000,000, the same level as in the 
     Senate bill. The House did not propose funding for this 
     program.
     School-to-Work Opportunities
       The conference agreement provides $55,000,000 for School-
     to-Work Opportunities, the same amount provided by the 
     Senate. The House provided no funding for this program.
     Education technology
       For education technology, the conference agreement provides 
     $740,560,000. The Senate provided $706,600,000. The House 
     proposed $500,100,000.
     Technology Literacy Challenge Fund
       For the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund, the conference 
     agreement includes $425,000,000 proposed by the Senate. The 
     House provided $375,000,000.
     Technology Innovation Challenge Grants
       For the Technology Innovation Challenge Grants, the 
     conference agreement provides $143,310,000. Both the House 
     and the Senate provided $115,100,000. Within the amount 
     provided for Technology Innovation Challenge Grants, the 
     conference report specifies funding for the following 
     activities:

Houston Independent School District for technology infrastructu$500,000
Long Island 21st Century Technology and E-Commerce Alliance.....300,000
I CAN LEARN...................................................8,000,000
Linking Education Technology and Educational Reform (LINKS) for 
  educational technology......................................2,000,000
Center for Advanced Research and Technology (CART) for comprehensive 
  secondary education reform..................................1,000,000
Vaughn Reno Starks Community Center in Elizabethtown, KY for a 
  technology program............................................250,000
Wyandanch Compel Youth Academy Educational Assistance Program in New 
  York..........................................................125,000
Hi-Technology High School in San Bernardino County, California for 
  technology enhancement......................................3,000,000
Montana State University for a distance learning initiative.....800,000
Tupelo School District in MS for technology innovation........2,000,000
Seton Hill College in Greensburg, PA for a model education 
  technology training program.................................1,000,000
University of Alaska-Fairbanks..................................500,000
North East Vocational Area Cooperative in WA for a multi-district 
  technology education center.................................1,000,000
University of Vermont for the Vermont Learning Gateway Program..400,000
State University of New Jersey for the RUNet 2000 project at Rutgers 
  for an integrated voice-video-data network to link students, 
  faculty and administration via a high-speed, broad band fiber 
  optic network...............................................2,500,000
Iowa Area Education Agency 13 for a public/private partnership to 
  demonstrate the effective use of technology in grades one through 
  three.........................................................500,000
Louisville Deaf Oral School for technology enhancements.........235,000
Bibb County Board of Education for technology enhancements.......50,000
Calhoun County Board of Education for technology enhancements....50,000
Chambers County Board of Education for technology enhancements...50,000
Chilton County Board of Education for technology enhancements....50,000
Clay County Board of Education for technology enhancements.......50,000
Cleburne County Board of Education for technology enhancements...50,000
Coosa County Board of Education for technology enhancements......50,000
Lee County Board of Education for technology enhancements........50,000
Macon County Board of Education for technology enhancements......50,000
St. Clair County Board of Education for technology enhancements..50,000
Talladega County Board of Education for technology enhancements..50,000
Tallapoosa County Board of Education for technology enhancements.50,000
Randolph County Board of Education for technology enhancements...50,000
Russell County Board of Education for technology enhancements....50,000
Alexander City Board of Education for technology enhancements....50,000
Anniston City Board of Education for technology enhancements.....50,000
Lanett City Board of Education for technology enhancements.......50,000
Pell City Board of Education for technology enhancements.........50,000
Roanoke City Board of Education for technology enhancements......50,000
Talledega City Board of Education for technology enhancements....50,000
University of Alaska at Anchorage for distance learning educatio900,000
Alaska Department of Education for the Alaska State Distance 
  Education Technology Consortium...............................200,000
Mansfield University to continue a technology demonstration.....500,000
     Regional technology in education consortia
       For Regional technology in education consortia, the 
     conference agreement includes $10,000,000 proposed by the 
     Senate. The House provided no funding for this program.
     National activities
       The conference agreement includes $87,000,000 for education 
     technology initiatives funded under National Activities: 
     $75,000 for teacher training in technology, $10,000,000 to 
     establish computer learning centers in low-income 
     communities, and $2,000,000 for national technology 
     leadership activities. The amounts provided are the same 
     as provided by the Senate. The House provided $10,000,000 
     for Community Based Technology Centers and no funding for 
     other programs within this account.
     Star Schools
       For Star Schools, the conference agreement provides 
     $50,750,000. The Senate bill provided $45,000,000. The House 
     bill provided no funding for this program. Within the amount 
     provided for Star Schools, the conference report specifies 
     funding for the following activities:

Technology Literacy Center at the Museum of Science & Industry, 
  Chicago......................................................$750,000
Oklahoma State University for an on-line math and science training 
  program.....................................................1,000,000
Continuation and expansion of the Iowa Communications network 
  statewide fiber optic demonstration.........................4,000,000
     Ready to learn television
       The conference agreement provides $16,000,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate. The House proposed no funds. The conference 
     agreement notes that only $3,369,913 of the $25,000,000 
     appropriated for this program since fiscal year 1997 have 
     been outlayed to date. The conference agreement accordingly 
     directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to report to 
     the Appropriations Committees in the House and the Senate 
     during each quarter of fiscal year 2000 the amount of funds 
     obligated and outlayed from each of the fiscal years 1997, 
     1998, 1999 and 2000 appropriations, the dates on which 
     outlays occur during fiscal year 2000 and the specific uses 
     to which such outlays are put.
     Telecommunications demonstration project for mathematics
       The conference agreement provides $8,500,000 for 
     telecommunications demonstration project for mathematics as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House proposed no funds.
     21st Century Learning Centers
       The conference agreement includes $300,000,000 for the 21st 
     Century Learning Centers proposed by the House instead of 
     $400,000,000 proposed by the Senate. Within the amount 
     provided, the conference report specifies funding for the 
     following activities:

Study Partners Program, Inc. in Louisville, KY...................$6,000
Shawnee Gardens Tenants Association Inc. in Louisville, KY.......12,000
100 Black Men of Louisville, KY for a mentoring program..........12,000
Omaha Nebraska Public Schools for the OPS 21st Century Learning 
  Grant.........................................................500,000
Plymouth Renewal Center in Kentucky for a tutoring program.......25,000
Canaan Community Development Corporation's Village Learning Center 
  Program........................................................25,000
St. Stephen Life Center After School Program.....................25,000
Louisville Central Community Centers Youth Education Program.....25,000
Trinity Family Life Center tutoring program......................15,000
New Zion Community Development Foundation, Inc. after school 
  mentoring program..............................................15,000

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St. Joseph Catholic Orphan Society program for abused and neglected 
  children.......................................................20,000
Portland Neighborhood House after school program.................25,000
St. Anthony Community Outreach Center, Inc. for the Education PAYs 
  program........................................................25,000

                    Education for the Disadvantaged

       The conference agreement includes $8,547,986,000 for 
     Education for the Disadvantaged instead of the $8,750,986,000 
     proposed by the Senate and $8,417,897,000 as proposed by the 
     House. The agreement includes advance funding for this 
     account of $6,204,763,000, the same as both the House and 
     the Senate.
       For Grants to Local Education Agencies (LEAs) the agreement 
     provides $7,807,397,000, compared with $8,052,397,000 
     provided in the Senate bill and $7,732,397,000 provided in 
     the House bill. Of the funds made available for basic grants, 
     $5,046,366,000 becomes available on October 1, 1999 for the 
     academic year 1999-2000.
       The agreement includes $6,649,000,000 for basic state 
     grants and $1,158,397,000 for concentration grants. Of this 
     total, $1,158,397,000 for fiscal year 2000 was advance funded 
     in the fiscal year 1999 Departments of Labor, Health and 
     Human Services and Education and Related Agencies Act (P.L. 
     105-277). The conference agreement funding of $1,158,397,000 
     for concentration grants is advanced for fiscal year 2001.
       The conference agreement includes $12,000,000 for capital 
     expenses for private school children, instead of $15,000,000 
     proposed by the Senate. The House contained no funding for 
     this program.
       The conference agreement provides $150,000,000 for the Even 
     Start program as proposed by the House. The Senate provided 
     $145,000,000 for this program.
       The conference agreement provides $42,000,000 for Neglected 
     and Delinquent Youth as proposed by the Senate. The House 
     provided $40,311,000 for this program.
       The conference agreement provides $8,900,000 for evaluation 
     of title I programs as proposed by the Senate. The House 
     provided $7,500,000 for this activity.
       The conference agreement includes the provision contained 
     in the Senate bill regarding a 100% hold harmless for States 
     and LEAs for both basic and concentration grants. The 
     conference agreement also adopts language included in the 
     Senate bill providing that the Department shall make 100% 
     hold harmless awards to LEAs who were eligible for 
     concentration grants in 1998 but are not eligible to receive 
     grants in fiscal year 2000, ratably reduced if necessary.
       The House nevertheless opposes the hold harmless provision 
     because it unfairly penalizes underprivileged and immigrant 
     children in growing states, including Arizona, Arkansas, 
     California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Montana, 
     Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, 
     Texas, Virginia and the District of Columbia. These states 
     represent over half of the U.S. population of underprivileged 
     schoolchildren.
       The House also notes that the 100% hold harmless provision 
     is opposed by the House authorizing committee of jurisdiction 
     and the Administration. The House will continue to oppose the 
     inclusion of such a provision in the future.
       The conference agreement also adopts language included in 
     the Senate bill providing that the Secretary of Education 
     shall not take into account the 100% hold harmless provision 
     in determining State allocations under any other program.
       The conference agreement includes $160,000,000 for 
     demonstrations of comprehensive school reform; both the House 
     and Senate funded this program at $120,000,000. The 
     conference agreement directs the Department to follow the 
     directives in the conference report accompanying the fiscal 
     year 1998 bill (House Report 105-390) and in the conference 
     report accompanying the fiscal year 1999 bill (House Report 
     105-825).


                               IMPACT AID

       The conference agreement provides $910,500,000 for the 
     Impact Aid programs. The House proposed $907,200,000. The 
     Senate proposed $892,000,000. For basic grants the conference 
     agreement includes $737,200,000, for payments for children 
     with disabilities the agreement includes $50,000,000, and for 
     payments for heavily impacted districts the agreement 
     includes $76,000,000. The agreement also includes $5,000,000 
     for facilities maintenance, $10,300,000 for construction, and 
     $32,000,000 for payments for federal property. The conference 
     agreement provides within the account for construction, 
     $500,000 for the Ft. Sam Houston ISD, $800,000 for the Hays 
     Lodgepole School District in MT and $2,000,000 for the North 
     Chicago Community Unit School District.
       The conference agreement also includes the following 
     language provisions: eligibility for the Central Union, 
     Island, and Hueneme School Districts in California and the 
     Hill City, Wall, and Hot Springs School Districts in South 
     Dakota; timely filing of applications by the Brookeland 
     School District in Texas, the Fallbrook High School District 
     in California and Hydaburg School District in Alaska; 
     forgiveness of overpayment for the Hatboro-Horsham and 
     Delaware Valley School Districts in Pennsylvania; and 
     computing payments for Travis School District in California. 
     Neither the House nor Senate bills contained similar 
     provisions.
       The conference agreement notes the Administration's 
     proposal to significantly expand the Military Family Housing 
     Privatization Initiative, which has since been scaled back. 
     In some privatization projects, the property itself is 
     privatized, causing serious implications for the affected 
     school districts' ability to receive funding under the Impact 
     Aid program. Thus, the conference agreement strongly urges 
     the Administration to clarify that military family housing 
     privatization proposals will have no effect on Impact Aid 
     payments to local school districts, even if land is 
     privatized.

                      School Improvement Programs

       The conference agreement provides $2,926,134,000 for School 
     Improvement Programs, instead of $3,115,188,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $2,961,634,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     The agreement provides $1,396,134,000 in fiscal year 2000 and 
     $1,530,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 funding for this account.
     Eisenhower professional development
       For the Eisenhower professional development activities, the 
     agreement provides $335,000,000, the same level as in the 
     Senate bill. The House provided no funding for this activity.
     Innovative education program strategies
       For innovative education program strategies, title VI of 
     the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the 
     conference agreement provides $380,000,000. The House 
     provided $385,000,000 and the Senate bill included 
     $375,000,000.
     Class size/Teacher Assistance Initiative
       The conference agreement includes $1,200,000,000 for a 
     class size/teacher assistance initiative. The House bill 
     provided $1,800,000,000 for the Teacher Empowerment Act, 
     subject to authorization. The Senate bill provided 
     $1,200,000,000 for teacher assistance activities subject to 
     authorization. The agreement provides $300,000,000 in fiscal 
     year 2000 and $900,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 funding for 
     this account.
       The conference agreement modifies language contained in the 
     Senate bill regarding a class size/teacher assistance 
     initiative.
       The modified provision distributes funds according to the 
     formula developed for the class size reduction initiative in 
     the fiscal year 1999 Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
     Services and Education and Related Agencies Act (P.L. 105-
     277). The provision allows school districts to use funds for 
     class size reduction activities; however, if the local 
     educational agency determines that it wishes to use the funds 
     for purposes other than class size reduction as part of a 
     local strategy for improving academic achievement, funds may 
     be used for professional development activities, teacher 
     training or any other local need that is designed to improve 
     student performance. Funds must be used to supplement and not 
     supplant state and local funds that would otherwise be spent 
     for activities under this section.
       The Senate bill provided funds for the initiative if 
     authorized by July 1, 2000. If the initiative was not 
     authorized by July 1, 2000, funds could be used for any 
     activity authorized by Title VI of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965 that would improve the 
     academic achievement of all students.
     Safe and drug free schools
       The conference agreement includes $605,000,000 for the Safe 
     and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act instead of the 
     $566,000,000 proposed by the House and $636,000,000 proposed 
     by the Senate. The agreement provides $115,000,000 in fiscal 
     year 2000 and $345,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 funding for 
     this account.
       Included within this amount is $460,000,000 for state 
     grants, instead of $441,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $476,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement also includes $95,000,000 for 
     national programs, instead of $90,000,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $100,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $850,000 within the safe 
     and drug free schools national programs to continue the 
     National Recognition Awards programs to provide models of 
     alcohol and drug abuse prevention and education at the 
     college level.
       The conference agreement includes $50,000,000 under 
     national programs for the Safe and Drug Free Schools 
     coordinator initiative, instead of $35,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $60,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
     Reading is Fundamental
       For the Reading is Fundamental program, the conference 
     agreement provides $20,000,000 instead of $21,500,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate and $18,000,000 as proposed by the 
     House.
     Arts in education
       For Arts in Education, the conference agreement provides 
     $11,500,000, instead of $10,500,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $12,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.
     Magnet Schools Assistance Program
       For the Magnet Schools Assistance Program, the conference 
     agreement provides $110,000,000 instead of $104,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $112,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
     Education of Native Hawaiians
       The conference agreement includes $23,000,000 for the 
     Education of Native Hawaiians, the same level as in the 
     Senate. The House included $20,000,000 for this account. The 
     conference agreement assumes that

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     when allocating these funds, the Secretary of Education will 
     fund the following activities as described in the Report of 
     the Senate Committee (Senate Report No. 106-166).
     Alaska Native educational equity
       The conference agreement includes $13,000,000 for the 
     Alaska Native Educational Equity program, the same level as 
     in the Senate. The House included $10,000,000 for this 
     account.
     Charter schools
       The conference agreement includes $145,000,000 for Charter 
     Schools, instead of $130,000,000 proposed by the House and 
     $150,000,000 proposed by the Senate.
     Comprehensive Regional Assistance Centers
       The conference agreement includes $28,000,000 for 
     Comprehensive Regional Assistance Centers as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $27,054,000 as proposed by the House. The 
     conference agreement includes $750,000 within these funds for 
     an evaluation to collect performance indicator data.
     Advanced placement fees
       For advanced placement fees, the conference agreement 
     provides $15,000,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $4,000,000 as proposed by the House. The conference agreement 
     notes that less than half of our Nation's high schools offer 
     some form of Advanced Placement (AP) course instruction for 
     junior and senior high school students. The lack of access to 
     this instruction is particularly acute in rural parts of the 
     country. Internet-based AP course instruction is a dynamic 
     and cost-effective way to deliver AP instruction to students 
     living in rural areas and other areas where conventional 
     instructor-led training for AP courses is not available. 
     Accordingly, the conference agreement encourages the 
     Secretary to use some of the Advanced Placement Incentive 
     Program funds to award grants to States or LEAs seeking to 
     establish Internet-based AP pilot programs in rural parts of 
     the country or other under-served districts where students 
     would otherwise not have access to AP instruction.


                           READING EXCELLENCE

       The conference agreement includes $260,000,000 for 
     activities authorized under the Reading Excellence Act 
     instead of the $200,000,000 proposed by the House and 
     $285,000,000 proposed by the Senate. The agreement provides 
     $65,000,000 in fiscal year 2000 and $195,000,000 in fiscal 
     year 2001 funding for this account.


                            INDIAN EDUCATION

       The conference agreement includes $77,000,000 for Indian 
     Education, the same level as in the Senate. The House 
     proposed $66,000,000 for this account.


                   BILINGUAL AND IMMIGRANT EDUCATION

       The conference agreement includes $387,000,000 for 
     Bilingual and Immigrant Education programs instead of the 
     $380,000,000 proposed by the House and $394,000,000 proposed 
     by the Senate.
       For Instructional Services, the agreement includes 
     $162,500,000 instead of the $160,000,000 proposed by the 
     House and $165,000,000 proposed by the Senate. For Support 
     Services, the agreement provides $14,000,000, the same level 
     as in the House and Senate bills. For Professional Services, 
     the agreement provides $52,500,000 instead of the $50,000,000 
     proposed by the House and $55,000,000 proposed by the Senate. 
     For immigrant education, the agreement provides $150,000,000, 
     the same level as in the House and Senate bills. The 
     agreement also provides $8,000,000 for foreign language 
     assistance instead of the $6,000,000 proposed by the House 
     and $10,000,000 proposed by the Senate.


                           special education

       The conference agreement includes $6,036,646,000 for 
     Special Education instead of the $5,833,146,000 proposed by 
     the House and $6,035,646,000 proposed by the Senate. The 
     agreement provides $2,294,646,000 in fiscal year 2000 and 
     $3,742,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 funding for this account.
       Included in these funds is $4,989,685,000 for Grants to the 
     States, the same as the Senate level. The House provided 
     $4,810,700,000. This funding level provides an additional 
     $679,000,000 to assist the States in meeting the additional 
     per pupil costs of services to special education students.
       The conference agreement provides $390,000,000 for 
     Preschool Grants as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $373,985,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement includes $375,000,000 for Grants 
     for Infants and Families as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $370,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement also includes $1,000,000 for the 
     completion of the Easter Seal Society's Early Childhood 
     Development Project for the Mississippi River Delta Region 
     and $1,000,000 for the Center for Literacy and Assessment at 
     the University of Southern Mississippi. The conference 
     agreement also includes $1,500,000 for the 2001 Special 
     Olympics World Winter Games in Alaska and $1,000,000 for the 
     VIII Paralympic Winter Games.
       Included in the conference agreement is $34,523,000 for 
     technology and media services proposed by the Senate instead 
     of the $33,523,000 as proposed by the House. The conference 
     agreement includes $7,500,000 for Recordings for the Blind 
     and Dyslexic as described in the House and Senate Reports. 
     The conference agreement contemplates that these funds be 
     distributed to RFB&D as early in the fiscal year as possible.
       The conference agreement also includes $1,500,000 for 
     Public Telecommunications Information and Training 
     Dissemination as proposed by the Senate. The House did not 
     contain funds for this activity.


            Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research

       The conference agreement includes $2,701,772,000 for 
     Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research instead of 
     $2,687,150,000 proposed by the House and $2,692,872,000 
     proposed by the Senate.
       For Vocational Rehabilitation State Grants, the agreement 
     provides $2,338,977,000, the same as the House and Senate 
     levels.
       The conference agreement includes $21,842,000 for 
     demonstration and training programs instead of $13,942,000 
     proposed by the House and $18,942,000 proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement also includes $11,894,000 for 
     Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights, the same level 
     as in the House bill. The Senate provided $10,894,000.
       The conference agreement also provides $48,000,000 for 
     Independent Living Centers proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $46,109,000 proposed by the House. The conference agreement 
     includes $15,000,000 for services for older blind individuals 
     as proposed by the Senate instead of $11,169,000 as proposed 
     by the House.
       The conference agreement also includes $34,000,000 for 
     Assistive Technology, the same level as in the House bill. 
     The Senate provided $30,000,000.
       Within the amounts provided, the conference report 
     specifies funding for the following activities:

Krasnow Institute at George Mason University for a receptive 
  language disorders research center...........................$750,000
University of Central Florida for a virtual reality-based education 
  and training program for the deaf..........................$1,000,000
Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind.............................$2,000,000
Professional development and Research Institute on Blindness in 
  Louisiana..................................................$1,000,000
California State University at Northridge for a Western Center for 
  Adaptive Aquatic Therapy...................................$1,000,000
Alaska Center for Independent Living in Anchorage..............$600,000

       The conference agreement recognizes the importance of 
     supporting grants for the purchase of assistive technology 
     for persons with disabilities to help them become employable 
     and live independently. This technology can improve the lives 
     of over 50 million Americans with physical or mental 
     disabilities. The conference agreement recommends that, after 
     state assistive technology projects have been allocated, 
     remaining funds should be used for Title III grants, which 
     enable consumers with disabilities to purchase needed 
     assistive technology.

           Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities


                 American Printing House for the Blind

       The conference agreement provides $10,100,000 for American 
     Printing House for the Blind as proposed by the Senate, 
     instead of $9,000,000 as proposed by the House.


                          gallaudet university

       The conference agreement provides $85,980,000 for Gallaudet 
     University as proposed by the House instead of $85,500,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.


                     Vocational and Adult Education

       The conference agreement includes $1,656,750,000 for 
     Vocational and Adult Education instead of the $1,582,247,000 
     as proposed by the House and $1,676,750,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate. The agreement provides $865,750,000 in fiscal 
     year 2000 and $791,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 funding for 
     this account.
       $1,055,650,000 is included in the agreement for Vocational 
     Education basic state grants, instead of the $1,080,650,000 
     as proposed by the House and $1,030,650,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $4,600,000 for Tribally 
     Controlled Postsecondary Vocational Institutions as proposed 
     by the Senate instead of $4,100,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement also includes $17,500,000 for 
     vocational education national programs instead of $13,497,000 
     proposed by the House and $19,500,000 proposed by the Senate. 
     The conference agreement provides $9,000,000 for National 
     Occupational Information Coordinating Committee activities as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House did not include funding for 
     this activity.
       For Adult Education State Grants, the agreement provides 
     $425,000,000 instead of the $365,000,000 provided in the 
     House bill and $468,000,000 in the Senate bill.
       The conference agreement provides $14,000,000 for adult 
     education national leadership activities as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $7,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement also includes $19,000,000 for 
     State Grants for Incarcerated Youth as proposed by the 
     Senate. The House did not provide funding for this activity.

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                      Student Financial Assistance

       The conference agreement provides $9,435,000,000 for 
     Student Financial Assistance instead of $9,259,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $9,548,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conference agreement sets the maximum Pell Grant 
     at $3,300 and provides a program level of $7,700,000,000 for 
     current law Pell Grants. The conference agreement does not 
     provide advance funding for this account. The House advance 
     funded $2,286,000,000 and the Senate advance funded 
     $1,226,400,000 for this account.
       $621,000,000 is included in the agreement for Federal 
     Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG), instead 
     of the $619,000,000 as proposed by the House and $631,000,000 
     as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also includes an 
     additional emergency appropriation of $10,000,000 and allows 
     the Secretary of Education to waive the usual rules regarding 
     the SEOG program for low-income college students that live in 
     or attend school in areas affected by Hurricane Floyd and 
     subsequent flooding as proposed by the House. The Senate 
     included no similar language.
       $934,000,000 is included in the agreement for Federal Work 
     Study as proposed by the Senate. The House proposed 
     $880,000,000.
       The agreement includes $40,000,000 for Leveraging 
     Educational Assistance Partnerships (LEAP), instead of the 
     $75,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House did not 
     provide funding for this program.

             federal family education loan program account

       The conference agreement provides $48,000,000 for the 
     Federal Family Education Loan Program Account as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $46,482,000 as proposed by the House.


                            higher education

       The conference agreement provides $1,466,826,000 for Higher 
     Education instead of $1,151,786,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $1,406,631,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $42,250,000 for Hispanic 
     Serving Institutions as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $28,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement includes $141,500,000 for 
     strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $136,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House.
       The conference agreement includes $31,000,000 for 
     Historically Black Graduate Institutions as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $30,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for Alaska and 
     Native Hawaiian Institutions proposed by the Senate instead 
     of $3,000,000 proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement also includes $6,000,000 for 
     strengthening Tribal Colleges proposed by the Senate instead 
     of $3,000,000 proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement includes $62,075,000 for the Fund 
     for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education instead of 
     $27,500,000 as proposed by the Senate and $22,500,000 as 
     proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement includes $62,000,000 for 
     International Education domestic programs as proposed by the 
     House instead of $61,320,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conference agreement also includes $6,680,000 for 
     International Education overseas programs as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $6,536,000 as proposed by the House. The 
     conference agreement also includes $1,022,000 for the 
     Institute for International Public Policy as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $1,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement includes $645,000,000 for TRIO 
     rather than the $630,000,000 included in the Senate bill and 
     the $660,000,000 included in the House bill.
       The conference agreement includes $180,000,000 for the 
     Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate 
     Programs (GEAR UP), the same level proposed by the Senate. 
     The House contained no funds for this program.
       The conference agreement includes $39,859,000 for Byrd 
     Scholarships as proposed by the Senate. The House did not 
     provide funding for this program.
       The conference agreement includes $51,000,000 for Graduate 
     Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $31,000,000 as proposed by the House. 
     Within the total, $10,000,000 is provided to fund the Javits 
     Fellowship program in school year 2000-2001. An additional 
     $10,000,000 is also provided within this total to allow the 
     Javits Fellowship program to be forward funded.
       The conference agreement includes $17,940,000 for the 
     Learning Anytime Anywhere Partnerships instead of $10,000,000 
     proposed by the Senate. The House did not fund this program. 
     Within the amount provided, the conference report specifies 
     funding for the following activities:

University of South Florida for a distance learning program..$3,000,000
New York Global Communication Center in West Islip, NY for a 
  distance learning program.....................................190,000
Alliance for Technology, Learning and Society (ATLAS) at the 
  University of Colorado for technology-enhanced learning.....1,000,000
Interactive Learning Environments at the University of Idaho for a 
  distance learning program...................................1,250,000
Illinois Community College Board to develop a systemwide, on-line 
  virtual degree program for the community college system.....2,500,000
       The conference agreement includes $80,000,000 for Teacher 
     Quality Enhancement Grants as proposed by the Senate instead 
     of $75,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement also includes $1,750,000 for the 
     Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House did not fund this activity.
       The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 for community 
     scholarship mobilization, instead of $2,000,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate. The House did not fund this program.
       The conference agreement includes $3,000,000 for data 
     collection and program evaluations in higher education 
     programs, including the development of performance 
     measurement data, instead of $4,000,000 as proposed by the 
     House. The Senate did not provide separate line item funding 
     for this activity.


             COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS

       The conference agreement includes $737,000 for 
     administering the College Housing and Academic Facilities 
     Loans program as proposed by the Senate instead of $698,000 
     as proposed by the House.


               HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY

                           CAPITAL FINANCING

                            PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The conference agreement provides $207,000 for the 
     Historically Black College and University Capital Financing 
     Program Account as proposed by the Senate instead of $96,000 
     as proposed by the House.


             EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS AND IMPROVEMENT

       The conference agreement includes $492,679,000 for 
     Education Research, Statistics and Improvement instead of the 
     $390,867,000 as proposed by the House and $368,867,000 as 
     proposed in the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $93,567,000 for research 
     instead of $83,567,000 proposed by the House and $82,567,000 
     proposed by the Senate. Within this increase, $10,000,000 is 
     included for an expansion of comprehensive school reform 
     activities and $1,000,000 is included for the development of 
     a five-year plan for an expanded research program of large-
     scale, systematic experimentation and demonstration focused 
     on strategic education issues in accordance with the 
     guidelines outlined in the Report of the House Committee 
     (House Report 106-370).
       The conference agreement provides $65,000,000 for regional 
     educational labs as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $61,000,000 as proposed by the House. The conference 
     agreement provides that the regional laboratory governing 
     boards set the research and development priorities to guide 
     the work funded and that funds be obligated and distributed 
     in accordance with the fiscal year 1999 allocations by 
     December 1, 1999.
       The conference agreement provides $68,000,000 for 
     statistics as proposed by the House instead of $70,000,000 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $4,000,000 for NAGB as 
     proposed by the House instead of $4,500,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate.
     Fund for the improvement of education
       For the fund for the improvement of education (FIE), the 
     conference agreement provides $155,812,000 instead of the 
     $76,000,000 as proposed by the House and $39,500,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $25,000,000 for 
     continuation grants for schools in their third year of 
     implementing comprehensive school reform.
       The conference agreement provides funds for the 
     continuation of Project Jump Start and provides funds for the 
     continuation and expansion of the Youth Safety Corps. The 
     conference agreement also includes $400,000 for the National 
     Student and Parent Mock Elections and $500,000 for the 
     continuation and expansion of the Boston Symphony Orchestra's 
     education resource center.
       Within the amount provided, $20,000,000 is to be used for 
     the Elementary School Counseling Demonstration Program to 
     establish or expand counseling programs in elementary 
     schools.
       Within the amount provided, the conference report specifies 
     funding for the following activities:

Loyola University Chicago for recruitment and preparation of new 
  teacher candidates for employment in rural and inner-city sch$700,000
Shedd Aquarium/Brookfield Zoo for science education programs....500,000
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America to expand school-based men3,000,000
Chicago Public School System to support a substance abuse pilot 
  program in conjunction with Elgin and East Aurora School Sys2,500,000
University of Virginia Center for Governmental Studies for the Youth 
  Leadership Initiative.......................................1,000,000
Institute for Student Achievement at Holmes Middle School and 
  Annandale High School in Virginia for academic enrichment.....800,000

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Mountain Arts Center in Kentucky for educational programming....100,000
University of Louisville for research in the area of academic 
  readiness...................................................1,500,000
WestEd Regional Educational Laboratory for the 24 Challenge and 
  Jumping Levels Math Demonstration Project.....................500,000
Central Michigan University for a charter schools development and 
  performance institute.......................................1,000,000
Living Science Interactive Learning Model partnership in Indian 
  River, FL for a science education program.....................950,000
North Babylon Community Youth Services for an educational progra825,000
Los Angeles County Office of Education/Educational 
  Telecommunications and............................................
Technology for a pilot program for teachers...................1,000,000
University of Northern Iowa for an institute of technology for 
  inclusive education...........................................650,000
Youth Crime Watch of America to expand a program to prevent crime, 
  drugs and violence in schools.................................500,000
Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania for an environmental science 
  program.......................................................892,000
Western Suffolk St. Johns-LaSalle Academy Science and Technology 
  Mentoring Program.............................................560,000
National Teaching Academy of Chicago for a model teacher 
  recruitment, preparation and professional development progra4,000,000
University of West Florida for a teacher enhancement program..2,000,000
Virginia Living Museum in Newport News, VA for an educational 
  program.....................................................1,000,000
Challenger Learning Center in Hardin County, KY for technology 
  assistance and teacher training...............................450,000
Crawford County School System in Georgia for technology and 
  curriculum support............................................250,000
Berrien County School System in Georgia for technology developme500,000
Louisville Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club Diversion Enhancement 
  Program........................................................35,000
New Mexico Department of Education for school performance 
  improvement and drop-out prevention.........................1,000,000
Semos Unlimited Inc. in New Mexico to support bilingual education 
  and literacy programs.........................................300,000
Delta State University in MS for innovative teacher training..1,000,000
Alaska Humanities Forum, Inc. in Anchorage....................1,000,000
An Achievable Dream in Newport News to improve academic performance 
  of at-risk youths.............................................250,000
Rock School of Ballet in Philadelphia to expand its community-
  outreach programs for inner-city children and underprivileged 
  youth in Camden, NJ and southern NJ...........................250,000
University of Maryland Center for Quality and Productivity to 
  provide a link for the Blue Ribbon Schools..................1,000,000
Continuing Education Center and Teachers' Institute in South Boston, 
  Virginia to promote participation among youth in the U.S. 
  democratic process..........................................1,000,000
National Museum of Women in the Arts to expand its ``Discovering 
  Art'' program to elementary and secondary schools and other 
  educational organizations...................................1,000,000
Alaska Department of Education's summer reading program.........400,000
Partners in Education, Inc. to foster successful business-school 
  partnerships..................................................400,000
Kodiak Island Borough School district for development of an 
  environmental education program...............................250,000
Reach out and Read Program to expand literacy and health awareness 
  for at-risk families........................................2,000,000
Jazz in the Schools program for educational programs............100,000
Mississippi Delta Education Initiative..........................500,000
Project 2000 D.C. Mentoring Project.............................100,000
National Constitution Center.................................10,000,000
Continuation of Iowa public school facilities repair demonstration 
  administered by the Iowa Department of Education...........10,000,000
Continuation of Foorman, Frances, and Fletcher NICHD-approved 
  longitudinal project ``Early Interventions for Children with 
  Reading Problems'' in public elementary schools in the District of 
  Columbia......................................................500,000
       For Civics Education, the conference agreement provides 
     $9,500,000, the same level as in the Senate, rather than the 
     $5,500,000 included in the House bill.
       The conference agreement provides $9,000,000 for the 
     National Writing Project instead of $10,000,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate and $5,000,000 as proposed by the House.

                        Departmental Management

       The conference agreement includes $475,384,000 for 
     Departmental Management as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $459,242,000 proposed by the House. Within this amount, the 
     agreement provides $71,200,000 for the Office of Civil Rights 
     and $34,000,000 for the Office of Inspector General as 
     provided by the Senate. The House provided $66,000,000 for 
     the Office of Civil Rights and $31,242,000 for the Office of 
     the Inspector General.
       The conference agreement urges the Secretary of Education 
     to take whatever steps are necessary to select and fill the 
     Liaison for Proprietary Institutions of Higher Education 
     position which is provided for in section 219 of the Higher 
     Education Act, as amended (HEA). The conference agreement 
     notes that section 219 requires the Secretary to appoint the 
     Liaison within 6 months of passage of HEA.

                           General Provisions


           Calculations for Heavily Impacted School Districts

       The conference agreement modifies a legislative provision 
     that was contained in the House bill relating to payments for 
     heavily impacted school districts (section 8003(f)) that 
     changes the method by which payments made under this section 
     are allocated to provide supplemental payments for federally 
     connected students. The Senate bill had no similar provision.


            Extension of Participation in Even Start Program

       The conference agreement contains an amendment to the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 that was 
     contained in the House bill that allows local grantees to 
     continue to participate in the Even Start program beyond 
     eight years and reduces the federal share for the ninth and 
     succeeding years from 50 percent to 35 percent. The Senate 
     bill had no similar provision.


                 Federal Family Education Loans (FFEL)

       The conference agreement includes a provision regarding the 
     FFEL program that was not contained in either House or Senate 
     bills.


             Higher Education Assistance Foundation (HEAF)

       The conference agreement includes a provision regarding 
     HEAF claims reserves that was not contained in either House 
     or Senate bills.


                  Additional Higher Education Funding

       The conference agreement includes the following amounts for 
     the following projects and activities. Neither the House nor 
     the Senate bills contained this language.

Middle Georgia College for an advanced distributed learning center 
  demonstration program........................................$250,000
University Center of Lake County, IL..........................3,000,000
Oregon University System......................................1,000,000
Columbia College in IL for a freshman retention program.........500,000
University of Hawaii at Manoa for a globalization research cen1,500,000
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff for technology infrastruc2,000,000
I Have a Dream Foundation.....................................1,000,000
Demonstration program for activities authorized under part G of 
  title VII of the Higher Education Act.......................1,000,000
University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, TX to improve 
  teacher capabilities in technology..........................1,000,000
Elmira College in New York for a technology enhancement initia1,000,000
Rust College in MS for technology infrastructure..............1,650,000
Snelling Center for Government at the University of Vermont for a 
  model school program..........................................250,000
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi for the operation of the Early 
  Childhood Development Center..................................750,000
Southeast Missouri State University for equipment and curriculum 
  development associated with the university's Polytechnic Ins1,000,000

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Washington Virtual Classroom Consortium.........................800,000
Puget Sound Center for Technology for faculty development activities 
  for the use of technology in the classroom....................500,000
Center for the Advancement of Distance Education in Rural Americ500,000
Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy at the University of 
  Washington..................................................1,500,000
North Dakota State University for the Career Program for Dislocated 
  Farmers and Ranchers..........................................200,000
North Dakota State University for the Tech-based Industry 
  Traineeship Program...........................................350,000
Washington State University for the Thomas S. Foley Institute to 
  support programs in congressional studies, public policy, voter 
  education, and to ensure community access and outreach......1,500,000
Minot State University for the Rural Communications Disabilities 
  Program.......................................................200,000
Bryant College for the Linking International Trade Education Program 
  (LITE)........................................................300,000
Concord College, WV for a technology center to further enhance the 
  technical skills of WV teachers and students................1,000,000
Peirce College in Philadelphia for education and training progra200,000
Philadelphia Zoo for educational programs.......................250,000
Philadelphia University Education Center for technology educat1,000,000
Lock Haven University for technology innovations................725,000
Southeastern Pennsylvania Consortium on Higher Education for 
  education programs..........................................1,000,000
Lehigh University Iacocca Institute for educational training....400,000
Lafayette College for arts education............................250,000
Lewis and Clark College for the Crime Victims Law Institute...1,000,000
University of Notre Dame for a teacher quality initiative.......500,000
Spelman College in Georgia for educational operations...........800,000
Western Governors University for a distance learning initiativ2,000,000

             Technical Correction to Fiscal Year 1999 Bill

       The conference agreement deletes a provision contained in 
     the House bill which made a technical correction to P.L. 105-
     277 (the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 1999). The Senate bill had no similar 
     provision.


               Direct Student Loan Administrative Account

       The conference agreement deletes a provision contained in 
     the House bill which froze the administrative account for the 
     Direct Student Loan program at fiscal year 1999 levels. The 
     Senate bill had no similar provision.


                        Voluntary National Tests

       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     contained in the Senate bill regarding voluntary national 
     tests. This language is not necessary since P.L. 105-277 (the 
     Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 1999) adopted a permanent change to the 
     law that specifically prohibited any pilot testing, field 
     testing, administration or distribution of individualized 
     national tests that are not specifically and explicitly 
     provided for in authorizing legislation enacted into law. At 
     the present time, there is no specific and explicit authority 
     in Federal law for individualized national tests.


                                Funding

       The conference agreement deletes a provision contained in 
     the Senate bill which redistributed funding for certain 
     education programs. The House bill contained no similar 
     provision.


         Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Program

       The conference agreement deletes a provision contained in 
     the Senate bill that provided advance funding for the LEAP 
     program. The House bill contained no similar provision.

                       TITLE IV--RELATED AGENCIES

                      Armed Forces Retirement Home

       The conference agreement provides $68,295,000 for the Armed 
     Forces Retirement Home as proposed by the House. The Senate 
     bill contained no appropriation for the Home.

             Corporation for National and Community Service


        DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAMS, OPERATING EXPENSES

       The conference agreement provides $295,645,000 for the 
     Domestic Volunteer Service programs instead of $293,261,000 
     as proposed by the Senate and $274,959,000 as proposed by the 
     House.
     Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA)
       The conference agreement provides $81,000,000 for VISTA as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $73,000,000 proposed by the 
     House.
     National Senior Volunteer Corps
       The conference agreement provides $95,782,000 for the 
     Foster Grandparent Program (FGP), $39,669,000 for the Senior 
     Companion Program (SCP), and $46,565,000 for the Retired 
     Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP). The House proposed 
     $93,256,000 for Foster Grandparents, $36,573,000 for Senior 
     Companions and $43,001,000 for Retired Senior Volunteers. The 
     Senate proposed $95,000,000 for FGP, $39,031,000 for SCP and 
     $46,001,000 for RSVP.
       One-third of the increases provided for the FGP, SCP, and 
     RSVP programs shall be used to fund Programs of National 
     Significance expansion grants to allow existing FGP, RSVP and 
     SCP programs to expand the number of volunteers serving in 
     areas of critical need as identified by Congress in the 
     Domestic Volunteer Service Act.
       Sufficient funding has been included to provide a 2 percent 
     increase for administrative costs realized by all current 
     grantees in the FGP and SCP programs, and a 4 percent 
     increase for administrative costs realized by all current 
     grantees in the RSVP program. Funds remaining above these 
     amounts should be used to begin new FGP, RSVP and SCP 
     programs in geographic areas currently unserved. The 
     conference agreement expects these projects to be awarded via 
     a nationwide competition among potential community-based 
     sponsors.
       The Corporation for National and Community Service shall 
     comply with the directive that use of funding increases in 
     the Foster Grandparent Program, Retired and Senior Volunteer 
     Program and VISTA not be restricted to America Reads 
     activities. The agreement further directs that the 
     Corporation shall not stipulate a minimum or maximum amount 
     for PNS grant augmentations.
       The conference agreement also provides $1,500,000 for 
     senior demonstration activities, instead of $3,100,000 
     proposed by the Senate. The House did not propose funding for 
     this activity. Sufficient funds are provided for the third 
     and final year of the Seniors for Schools demonstration. Of 
     the total, $350,000 is provided to conduct an evaluation of 
     existing demonstration activities and to bring to closure the 
     Seniors for Schools demonstration project.
       Funds are also provided to continue other existing senior 
     demonstration activities, except that no funds are provided 
     for the payment of non-taxable, non-income stipends to 
     individuals not meeting income requirements established by 
     Congress. No new demonstration projects may be begun with 
     these funds. None of the increases provided for FGP, SCP, or 
     RSVP in fiscal year 2000 may be used for demonstration 
     activities. The agreement further expects that all future 
     demonstration activities will be funded through allocations 
     made through Part E of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act.
       Funds appropriated for Fiscal Year 2000 may not be used to 
     implement or support service collaboration agreements or any 
     other changes in the administration and/or governance of 
     national service programs prior to passage of a bill by the 
     authorizing committees of jurisdiction specifying such 
     changes.
     Program administration
       The conference agreement includes $31,129,000 for program 
     administration of DVSA programs at the Corporation, instead 
     of $29,129,000 that was provided in both House and Senate 
     bills. The additional $2,000,000 is provided to assist the 
     Corporation in correcting its financial management weaknesses 
     and obtaining a clean opinion on its financial statements. 
     Funding should be used to fully implement the new core 
     financial management system and to make other technology 
     enhancements that will improve customer service and field 
     communications.

                  Corporation for Public Broadcasting

       The conference agreement provides $350,000,000 in advance 
     funding for fiscal year 2002 for the Corporation for Public 
     Broadcasting as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $340,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     House providing an additional $10,000,000 for digitalization, 
     if specifically authorized by subsequent legislation by 
     September 30, 2000. The Federal Communications Commission 
     (FCC) has mandated that all public television be converted 
     from analog to digital transmission by May 2003. Because 
     television and radio broadcast infrastructures are closely 
     linked, the conversion of television to digital will create 
     immediate costs not only for television, but also for public 
     radio stations. Public broadcasting stations with limited 
     resources, in particular small rural stations, will be faced 
     with extreme hardship because of the significant cost of 
     converting to digital, therefore, the conference agreement 
     encourages funds provided to be targeted to those stations 
     with the most financial need.
       The conference agreement commends the Corporation for 
     adoption of the Listener Access 2000 initiative and other 
     related efforts that recognize the need to enhance service in 
     rural and underserved areas. These steps will expand the 
     number of stations defined as serving rural areas, create a 
     new incentive grant tailored to areas with limited financial 
     resources, while maintaining the public-private nature of 
     public broadcasting.
       While this approach is a meaningful initial investment, the 
     conference agreement urges the Corporation to continue to 
     explore additional ways to ensure that its goal of universal 
     service throughout the country is achieved. The conference 
     agreement recognizes that stations serving rural and 
     underserved audiences typically have limited local

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     potential for fundraising because of sparse populations 
     serviced, limited number of local businesses, and low-income 
     levels.
       The conference agreement strongly urges the Corporation to 
     consider expanding its Rural Listener Access Incentive Fund, 
     which will support further enhancements to and reliability of 
     service in rural and underserved areas. Furthermore, the 
     conference agreement supports additional actions that will 
     assist stations in serving rural and underserved areas.

               Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

       The conference agreement provides $36,834,000 for the 
     Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $34,620,000 as proposed by the House. The 
     conference agreement also includes bill language proposed by 
     the Senate stating that FMCS may charge for training 
     activities, services, and assistance, including those 
     provided to foreign governments and international 
     organizations.

            Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

       The conference agreement provides $6,159,000 for the 
     Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission as proposed 
     by the Senate instead of $6,060,000 as proposed by the House.

                Institute of Museum and Library Services

       The conference agreement provides $163,250,000 for the 
     Institute of Museum and Library Services. The Senate proposed 
     $154,500,000. The House proposed $149,500,000. The conference 
     agreement does not accept the President's request for 
     $5,000,000 under National Leadership Grants for Libraries for 
     the National Digital Library initiative. The increase in 
     funding for this account should be used for new awards under 
     the regular grant competition. Within the amount provided, 
     the conference report specifies funding for the following 
     activities:

Library & Archives of New Hampshire's Political Tradition at the New 
  Hampshire State Library......................................$700,000
Vermont Department of Libraries in Montpelier, Vermont........1,000,000
Consolidation and preservation of archives and special collections 
  at the University of Miami Library in Coral Gables, FL........750,000
Exhibits and library improvements for the Mississippi River Museum 
  and Discovery Center in Dubuque, Iowa.......................1,900,000
Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage......................750,000
Peabody-Essex Museum in Salem, MA...............................750,000
Bishop Museum in Hawaii.........................................750,000
Oceanside Public Library in California for a local cultural heritage 
  project.......................................................200,000
Urban Children's Museum Collaborative to develop and implement pilot 
  programs dedicated to serving at-risk children and their fam1,000,000
Troy State University Dothan in Alabama for archival of a special 
  collection....................................................150,000
Chadron State College in Nebraska for the Mari Sandoz Center....450,000
Alabama A&M University Alabama State Black Archives Research Center 
  and Museum....................................................350,000

        National Commission on Libraries and Information Science

       The conference agreement provides $1,300,000 for the 
     National Commission on Libraries and Information Science as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $1,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House. The conference agreement also includes bill 
     language citing Public Law 91-345, as amended.

                     National Council on Disability

       The conference agreement provides $2,400,000 for the 
     National Council on Disability as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $2,344,000 as proposed by the House.

                     National Education Goals Panel

       The conference agreement provides $2,250,000 for the 
     National Education Goals Panel as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $2,100,000 as proposed by the House.

                     National Labor Relations Board

       The conference agreement provides $199,500,000 for the 
     National Labor Relations Board instead of $210,193,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate and $174,661,000 as proposed by the 
     House.
       The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the 
     House which prohibits the NLRB from expending any funds to 
     promulgate a final rule regarding the use of single location 
     bargaining units in representation cases. The conference 
     agreement notes that the NLRB has indefinitely withdrawn from 
     active consideration its proposed rulemaking proceedings in 
     this area.

                        National Mediation Board

       The conference agreement provides $9,100,000 for the 
     National Mediation Board as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $8,400,000 as proposed by the House. The conference agreement 
     also includes bill language that unobligated balances at the 
     end of fiscal year 2000 not needed for emergencies shall 
     remain available through September 30, 2001.

            Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

       The conference agreement provides $8,500,000 for the 
     Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission as proposed 
     by the Senate instead of $8,100,000 as proposed by the House.

                       Railroad Retirement Board


                     DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENT ACCOUNT

       The conference agreement provides $174,000,000 for dual 
     benefits payments instead of $175,000,000 as proposed by both 
     the House and the Senate.


                      LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION

       The conference agreement includes a limitation on transfers 
     from the railroad trust funds of $91,000,000 for 
     administrative expenses instead of $90,000,000 as proposed by 
     both the House and the Senate.

                     Social Security Administration


                  SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM

       The conference agreement includes $21,503,085,000 for the 
     Supplemental Security Income Program instead of 
     $21,553,085,000 as proposed by the Senate and $21,474,000,000 
     as proposed by the House.


                 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

       The conference agreement includes a limitation of 
     $6,093,871,000 on transfers from the Social Security and 
     Medicare trust funds and Supplemental Security Income program 
     for administrative activities instead of $6,188,871,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate and $5,996,000,000 as proposed by the 
     House.
       The conference agreement includes language authorizing the 
     Commissioner of Social Security to use up to $3,000,000, in 
     addition to amounts appropriated previously, for Federal-
     State partnerships to evaluate ways to promote Medicare buy-
     in programs targeted to elderly and disabled individuals.

                      Office of Inspector General

       The conference agreement provides $66,000,000 for the 
     Office of Inspector General through a combination of general 
     revenues and limitations on trust fund transfers as proposed 
     by the Senate instead of $56,000,000 as proposed by the 
     House.

                    United States Institute of Peace

       The conference agreement provides $13,000,000 for the 
     United States Institute of Peace as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $12,160,000 as proposed by the House. The 
     conference agreement directs the United States Institute of 
     Peace to provide information in the fiscal year 2001 
     Congressional budget justification regarding the use of 
     appropriated funds in the Endowment. Included in this 
     information should be the total amount of appropriated funds 
     transferred into the Endowment from the most recent fiscal 
     year available, the total amount of interest earned in the 
     fiscal year on those funds, a list of all dates in which draw 
     downs occur and those amounts, and a beginning and end of 
     year balance of the Endowment.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS


                    Distribution of Sterile Needles

       The conference agreement includes a general provision as 
     proposed by the House that prohibits the use of funds in this 
     Act to carry out any program of distributing sterile needles 
     or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug. 
     The Senate bill included the same provision except that it 
     would not have become effective until one day after the date 
     of enactment of this Act.


                   Unobligated Salaries and Expensesa

       The conference agreement includes a general provision 
     proposed by the House that would allow salaries and expenses 
     funds in the bill that are unobligated at the end of the 
     fiscal year to remain available for three additional months, 
     provided that the Appropriations Committees are notified 
     before they are obligated. The Senate bill had no similar 
     provision.


                   Railroad Retirement Board Buyouts

       The conference agreement includes a provision amending 
     existing law as proposed by the Senate to allow the Railroad 
     Retirement Board to offer voluntary separation incentives to 
     Board employees who either retire or resign by December 31, 
     1999. The House bill contained no similar provision.


                         Brooklyn Museum of Art

       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     expressing the sense of the Senate that the conferees on H.R. 
     2466, the FY 2000 Interior Appropriations Act, shall include 
     language prohibiting the use of funds for the Brooklyn Museum 
     of Art unless the Museum immediately cancels the exhibit 
     ``Sensation'' which contains obscene and pornographic 
     pictures and other offensive material.


                      Hospital Outpatient Services

       The conference agreement deletes without prejudice a sense 
     of the Senate provision that the Secretary of HHS should 
     carry out congressional intent and cease her inappropriate 
     interpretation of the provisions of the prospective payment 
     system for hospital outpatient department services under 
     section 1833(t) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     13951(t)).


                  Former Recipients of TANF Assistance

       The conference agreement deletes without prejudice a sense 
     of the Senate provision stating that it is important that 
     Congress determine the economic status of former recipients 
     of assistance under the TANF program.


                   Scientific Validity of Polygraphy

       The conference agreement deletes without prejudice a sense 
     of the Senate provision stating that the Director of the NIH 
     should

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     enter into appropriate arrangements with the National Academy 
     of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive study and 
     investigation into the scientific validity of polygraphy as a 
     screening tool for Federal and Federal contractor personnel. 
     However, the Secretary of HHS is urged to conduct such a 
     study and report her findings to Congress.


                        Prostate Cancer Research

       The conference agreement deletes without prejudice a sense 
     of the Senate provision stating that finding treatment 
     breakthroughs and a cure for prostate cancer should be made a 
     national health priority, that significant increases in 
     prostate cancer research funding should be made available to 
     NIH and DoD, and that these agencies should prioritize 
     research that is directed toward innovative clinical and 
     translational projects.


                      Border Health Commission Act

       The conference agreement includes a Senate provision 
     amending the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission 
     Act to require the President to appoint the United States 
     members of the Commission and attempt to conclude an 
     agreement with Mexico providing for the establishment of such 
     Commission no later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
     of this provision. The House bill contained no similar 
     provision.


             Access to Obstetric and Gynecological Services

       The conference agreement deletes without prejudice a sense 
     of the Senate provision stating that Congress should enact 
     legislation that requires health plans to provide women with 
     direct access to a participating obstetrician/gynecologist 
     without first having to obtain a referral from a primary care 
     provider or the health plan.


                        Public Education Reform

       The conference agreement deletes without prejudice a sense 
     of the Senate provision stating that the Federal government 
     should support state and local educational agencies engaged 
     in comprehensive reform of their public education systems.


                  Federal Employees' Compensation Act

       The conference agreement includes a Senate provision with 
     respect to a compensation claim arising from injuries 
     sustained as a result of an employee's exposure to a nitrogen 
     or sulfur mustard agent at the Department of the Army's 
     Edgewood Arsenal before March 20, 1944. The House had no 
     similar provision.


                        Workforce Investment Act

       The conference agreement includes a Senate provision 
     amending the Workforce Investment Act with respect to Alaska 
     Natives. The House had no similar provision.


                          Needlestick Injuries

       The conference agreement deletes without prejudice a sense 
     of the Senate provision stating that the Senate should pass 
     legislation to eliminate or minimize the risk of needlestick 
     injury to health care workers.


                    Salaries and Expenses Reduction

       The conference agreement includes a reduction of 
     $121,000,000 in the salaries and expenses funds contained in 
     this bill to be allocated by the Office of Management and 
     Budget among the Departments and agencies in the bill. This 
     provision was not included in either House or Senate bills. 
     Within 30 days of enactment, the Director of OMB shall submit 
     a report showing the allocation of the reduction. In making 
     these reductions, the Departments and agencies are strongly 
     urged to make reductions first in such areas as public 
     affairs, Congressional affairs, intergovernmental affairs, 
     planning and evaluation, and the immediate offices of the 
     Secretaries. Administrative travel costs should also be 
     closely scrutinized and should be one of the first things to 
     be reduced.

                                TITLE VI


         Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening and Intervention

       The conference agreement includes a separate title as 
     proposed by the House which authorizes grants to States on a 
     voluntary basis for a three-year period to aid in setting up 
     newborn infant hearing screening programs. This language 
     authorizes funding for the Health Resources and Services 
     Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention, and the National Institutes of Health for the 
     implementation of these programs and provides that State 
     programs shall work with participants to ensure that all 
     children are given options for care to include, but not be 
     limited to medical, audiologic, rehabilitative, education, 
     and community service programs. The Senate bill contained no 
     similar language.

                            Other Provisions

       The conference agreement deletes without prejudice a House 
     provision to require any elementary or secondary school or 
     public library that has received any Federal funds for the 
     acquisition or operation of any computer that is accessible 
     to minors and that has access to the Internet to install 
     software on such computer designed to prevent minors from 
     obtaining access to any obscene information using that 
     computer and to ensure that such software is operational 
     whenever that computer is used by minors. Exceptions are 
     granted to permit a minor to have access to information that 
     is not obscene or otherwise unprotected by the Constitution 
     under the direct supervision of an adult designated by the 
     school or library. The Senate bill contained no similar 
     provision.
       The conference agreement does not include House language 
     amending the National Labor Relations Act to require the NLRB 
     to adjust its jurisdictional threshold amounts for the 
     inflation that has occurred since the adoption of the current 
     thresholds on August 1, 1959. The Senate bill contained no 
     similar provision.
       The conference agreement does not include House language 
     amending the Internal Revenue Code to require that Earned 
     Income Tax Credit payments be paid on a monthly basis rather 
     than in a lump sum annual payment. The Senate bill contained 
     no similar language.
       The conference agreement does not include House language 
     amending the Higher Education Act to require the Secretary of 
     Education to charge an origination fee on direct student 
     loans of four percent. The Senate bill included no similar 
     provision.
       The conference agreement does not include House language 
     amending the National Housing Act to eliminate the premium 
     rebate on FHA home mortgages. The Senate bill included no 
     similar provision.
       The conference agreement does not include an appropriation 
     of $508,000,000 proposed by the House for the Department of 
     Agriculture to provide assistance to producers for crop and 
     livestock losses incurred as a result of the hurricanes, and 
     the flooding associated with the hurricanes, that struck the 
     eastern United States in August and September, 1999. The 
     Senate bill included no similar appropriation.

                          Conference Agreement

       The following table displays the amounts agreed to for each 
     program, project or activity with appropriate comparisons:

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                               DIVISION C


                        RESCISSIONS AND OFFSETS

       Sec. 1001. The conference agreement includes a government-
     wide across-the-board reduction of 0.97 percent to all 
     discretionary accounts. The managers expect that Federal 
     agencies will, to the maximum extent possible, meet the 
     reduced funding levels by eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, 
     and excessive overhead expenses in Federal programs.


                    National Directory of New Hires

       Sec. 1002. The conference agreement includes a provision 
     that amends the Social Security Act and the Child Support 
     Performance and Incentive Act of 1998 to allow the Department 
     of Education to access data from the National Directory of 
     New Hires, maintained by the Department of Health and Human 
     Services, to enhance student loan default collection efforts. 
     This provision was not contained in either the House or the 
     Senate bills.
     Ernest J. Istook, Jr.,
     Randy ``Duke'' Cunningham,
     Todd Tiahrt,
     Robert B. Aderholt,
     Jo Ann Emerson,
     John E. Sununu,
     Bill Young,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Kay Bailey Hutchison,
     Ted Stevens,
     Pete Domenici,
     Managers on the Part of the Senate.

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