[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 152 (Tuesday, November 6, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H7787-H7834]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2620, DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND 
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 
                               ACT, 2002

  Mr. WALSH submitted the following conference report on the bill (H.R. 
2620) making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 
boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes:

                  Conference Report (H. Rept. 107-272)

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     2620) ``making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans 
     Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry 
     independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and 
     offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and 
     for other purposes'', having met, after full and free 
     conference, have agreed to recommend 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 Departments 
     of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
     for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, 
     corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2002, and for other purposes, namely:

                TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                    Veterans Benefits Administration


                       compensation and pensions

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of 
     veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as 
     authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 
     53, 55, and 61); pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans 
     as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 
     61; 92 Stat. 2508); and burial benefits, emergency and other 
     officers' retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and 
     certificates, payment of premiums due on commercial life 
     insurance policies guaranteed under the provisions of article 
     IV of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 (50 
     U.S.C. App. 540 et seq.) and for other benefits as authorized 
     by law (38 U.S.C. 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 23, 51, 
     53, 55, and 61; 50 U.S.C. App. 540-548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 
     Stat. 735; 76 Stat. 1198), $24,944,288,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
     $17,940,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
     shall be reimbursed to ``General operating expenses'' and 
     ``Medical care'' for necessary expenses in implementing those 
     provisions authorized in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation 
     Act of 1990, and in the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1992 (38 
     U.S.C. chapters 51, 53, and 55), the funding source for which 
     is specifically provided as the ``Compensation and pensions'' 
     appropriation: Provided further, That such sums as may be 
     earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be 
     reimbursed to ``Medical facilities revolving fund'' to 
     augment the funding of individual medical facilities for 
     nursing home care provided to pensioners as authorized.


                         readjustment benefits

       For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits 
     to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 
     chapters 21, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61), 
     $2,135,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That expenses for rehabilitation program services and 
     assistance which the Secretary is authorized to provide under 
     section 3104(a) of title 38, United States Code, other than 
     under subsection (a)(1), (2), (5) and (11) of that section, 
     shall be charged to this account.


                   veterans insurance and indemnities

       For military and naval insurance, national service life 
     insurance, servicemen's indemnities, service-disabled 
     veterans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 
     authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 19; 70 Stat. 887; 72 Stat. 
     487, $26,200,000, to remain available until expended.

         veterans housing benefit program fund program account


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as 
     may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by 
     38 U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended: Provided, That such costs, 
     including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
     defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974, as amended: Provided further, That during fiscal year 
     2002, within the resources available, not to exceed $300,000 
     in gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for 
     specially adapted housing loans.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     direct and guaranteed loan programs, $164,497,000, which may 
     be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     ``General operating expenses''.


                  education loan fund program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the cost of direct loans, $1,000, as authorized by 38 
     U.S.C. 3698, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including 
     the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
     section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
     amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
     subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of 
     direct loans not to exceed $3,400.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct loan program, $64,000, which may be 
     transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     ``General operating expenses''.

            vocational rehabilitation loans program account


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the cost of direct loans, $72,000, as authorized by 38 
     U.S.C. chapter 31, as amended: Provided, That such costs, 
     including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
     defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974, as amended: Provided further, That funds made available 
     under this heading are available to subsidize gross 
     obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to 
     exceed $3,301,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct loan program, $274,000, which may be 
     transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     ``General operating expenses''.

          native american veteran housing loan program account


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan 
     program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter V, as 
     amended, $544,000, which may be transferred to and merged 
     with the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.

  guaranteed transitional housing loans for homeless veterans program 
                                account

       For the administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed 
     transitional housing loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. 
     chapter 37, subchapter VI, not to exceed $750,000 of the 
     amounts appropriated by this Act for ``General operating 
     expenses'' and ``Medical care'' may be expended.

                     Veterans Health Administration


                              medical care

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of 
     hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities; for 
     furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and outpatient 
     care and treatment to beneficiaries of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, including care and treatment in facilities 
     not under the jurisdiction of the department; and furnishing 
     recreational facilities, supplies, and equipment; funeral, 
     burial, and other expenses incidental thereto for 
     beneficiaries receiving care in the department; 
     administrative expenses in support of planning, design, 
     project management, real property acquisition and 
     disposition, construction and renovation of any facility 
     under the jurisdiction or for the use of the department; 
     oversight, engineering and architectural activities not 
     charged to project cost; repairing, altering, improving or 
     providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes under 
     the jurisdiction of the department, not otherwise provided 
     for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary employees 
     and purchase of materials; uniforms or allowances therefor, 
     as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; aid to State homes as 
     authorized by 38 U.S.C. 1741; administrative and legal 
     expenses of the department for collecting and recovering 
     amounts owed the department as authorized under 38 U.S.C. 
     chapter 17, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act, 42 
     U.S.C. 2651 et seq., $21,331,164,000, plus reimbursements: 
     Provided, That of the funds made available under this 
     heading, $675,000,000 is for the equipment and land and 
     structures object classifications only, which amount shall 
     not become available for obligation until August 1, 2002, and 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2003: Provided 
     further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
     not to exceed $900,000,000 shall be available until September 
     30, 2003: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
     under this heading for non-recurring maintenance and repair 
     (NRM) activities, $15,000,000 shall be available without 
     fiscal year limitation to support the NRM activities 
     necessary to implement Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced 
     Services (CARES) activities: Provided further, That from 
     amounts appropriated under this heading, additional 
     amounts, as designated by the Secretary no later than 
     September 30, 2002, may be used for CARES activities 
     without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall conduct by contract a 
     program of recovery audits for the fee basis and other 
     medical services contracts with respect to payments for 
     hospital care; and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302(b), 
     amounts collected, by setoff or otherwise, as the result 
     of such audits shall be available, without fiscal year 
     limitation, for the purposes for which funds are 
     appropriated under this heading and the purposes of paying 
     a contractor a percent of the amount collected as a result 
     of an audit carried out by the contractor: Provided 
     further, That all amounts so collected under the preceding 
     proviso with respect to a designated health care region 
     (as that term is defined in 38 U.S.C. 1729A(d)(2)) shall 
     be allocated, net of payments to the contractor, to that 
     region.
       In addition, in conformance with Public Law 105-33 
     establishing the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care 
     Collections Fund, such sums as may be deposited to such Fund 
     pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1729A may be transferred to this

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     account, to remain available until expended for the purposes 
     of this account.


                    medical and prosthetic research

       For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical 
     and prosthetic research and development as authorized by 38 
     U.S.C. chapter 73, to remain available until September 30, 
     2003, $371,000,000, plus reimbursements.


      medical administration and miscellaneous operating expenses

       For necessary expenses in the administration of the 
     medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 
     supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; 
     administrative expenses in support of capital policy 
     activities, $66,731,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That 
     technical and consulting services offered by the Facilities 
     Management Field Service, including project management and 
     real property administration (including leases, site 
     acquisition and disposal activities directly supporting 
     projects), shall be provided to Department of Veterans 
     Affairs components only on a reimbursable basis, and such 
     amounts will remain available until September 30, 2002.

                      Departmental Administration


                       general operating expenses

       For necessary operating expenses of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including 
     administrative expenses in support of Department-wide capital 
     planning, management and policy activities, uniforms or 
     allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official 
     reception and representation expenses; hire of passenger 
     motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services 
     Administration for security guard services, and the 
     Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, 
     $1,195,728,000: Provided, That expenses for services and 
     assistance authorized under 38 U.S.C. 3104(a)(1), (2), (5), 
     and (11) that the Secretary determines are necessary to 
     enable entitled veterans: (1) to the maximum extent feasible, 
     to become employable and to obtain and maintain suitable 
     employment; or (2) to achieve maximum independence in daily 
     living, shall be charged to this account: Provided further, 
     That of the funds made available under this heading, not to 
     exceed $60,000,000 shall be available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2003: Provided further, That from the funds 
     made available under this heading, the Veterans Benefits 
     Administration may purchase up to four passenger motor 
     vehicles for use in operations of that Administration in 
     Manila, Philippines: Provided further, That travel expenses 
     for this account shall not exceed $15,665,000.

                    national cemetery administration

       For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery 
     Administration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise 
     provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; 
     cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one 
     passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations; and 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles, $121,169,000.

                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
     amended, $52,308,000.


                      construction, major projects

       For constructing, altering, extending and improving any of 
     the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the purposes 
     set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 
     8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, United States Code, 
     including planning, architectural and engineering services, 
     maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated 
     with equipment guarantees provided under the project, 
     services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm 
     drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, 
     where the estimated cost of a project is $4,000,000 or more 
     or where funds for a project were made available in a 
     previous major project appropriation, $183,180,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which $60,000,000 shall be for 
     Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) 
     activities; and of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be 
     for costs associated with land acquisitions for national 
     cemeteries in the vicinity of Sacramento, California; 
     Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Detroit, Michigan: Provided, 
     That of the amount made available under this heading for 
     CARES activities, up to $40,000,000 shall be for 
     construction of a blind and spinal cord injury center at 
     the Hines Veterans Affairs Medical Center pursuant to the 
     Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 12 CARES study, 
     and construction of such center is hereby deemed 
     authorized pursuant to title 38, United States Code: 
     Provided further, That the amounts designated in the 
     previous proviso shall be available for obligation only 
     after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has initiated all 
     actions necessary to implement fully Option B of the July 
     19, 2001 VISN 12 Service Delivery Options after consulting 
     with interested and affected parties, and has initiated 
     Phase II of the CARES process: Provided further, That 
     except for advance planning activities, including needs 
     assessments which may or may not lead to capital 
     investments, and other capital asset management related 
     activities, such as portfolio development and management 
     activities, and investment strategy studies funded through 
     the advance planning fund and the planning and design 
     activities funded through the design fund and CARES funds, 
     including needs assessments which may or may not lead to 
     capital investments, none of the funds appropriated under 
     this heading shall be used for any project which has not 
     been approved by the Congress in the budgetary process: 
     Provided further, That funds provided in this 
     appropriation for fiscal year 2002, for each approved 
     project (except those for CARES activities and the three 
     land acquisitions referenced above) shall be obligated: 
     (1) by the awarding of a construction documents contract 
     by September 30, 2002; and (2) by the awarding of a 
     construction contract by September 30, 2003: Provided 
     further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
     promptly report in writing to the Committees on 
     Appropriations any approved major construction project in 
     which obligations are not incurred within the time 
     limitations established above: Provided further, That no 
     funds from any other account except the ``Parking 
     revolving fund'', may be obligated for constructing, 
     altering, extending, or improving a project which was 
     approved in the budget process and funded in this account 
     until one year after substantial completion and beneficial 
     occupancy by the Department of Veterans Affairs of the 
     project or any part thereof with respect to that part 
     only.


                      construction, minor projects

       For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of 
     the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, including planning and 
     assessments of needs which may lead to capital investments, 
     architectural and engineering services, maintenance or 
     guarantee period services costs associated with equipment 
     guarantees provided under the project, services of claims 
     analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system 
     construction costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the 
     purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 
     8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, 8122, and 8162 of title 38, United 
     States Code, where the estimated cost of a project is less 
     than $4,000,000, $210,900,000, to remain available until 
     expended, along with unobligated balances of previous 
     ``Construction, minor projects'' appropriations which are 
     hereby made available for any project where the estimated 
     cost is less than $4,000,000, of which $25,000,000 shall be 
     for Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) 
     activities: Provided, That from amounts appropriated under 
     this heading, additional amounts may be used for CARES 
     activities upon notification of and approval by the 
     Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds in 
     this account shall be available for: (1) repairs to any of 
     the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the 
     use of the department which are necessary because of loss or 
     damage caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) 
     temporary measures necessary to prevent or to minimize 
     further loss by such causes.


                         parking revolving fund

       For the parking revolving fund as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 
     8109, income from fees collected and $4,000,000 from the 
     General Fund, both to remain available until expended, which 
     shall be available for all authorized expenses except 
     operations and maintenance costs, which will be funded from 
     ``Medical care''.


       grants for construction of state extended care facilities

       For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State 
     nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, 
     modify or alter existing hospital, nursing home and 
     domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care to 
     veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8131-8137, $100,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended.


          grants for construction of state veterans cemeteries

       For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding, or 
     improving State veterans cemeteries as authorized by 38 
     U.S.C. 2408, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                       Administrative Provisions


                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2002 for 
     ``Compensation and pensions'', ``Readjustment benefits'', and 
     ``Veterans insurance and indemnities'' may be transferred to 
     any other of the mentioned appropriations.
       Sec. 102. Appropriations available to the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2002 for salaries and 
     expenses shall be available for services authorized by 5 
     U.S.C. 3109.
       Sec. 103. No appropriations in this Act for the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations for 
     ``Construction, major projects'', ``Construction, minor 
     projects'', and the ``Parking revolving fund'') shall be 
     available for the purchase of any site for or toward the 
     construction of any new hospital or home.
       Sec. 104. No appropriations in this Act for the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hospitalization or 
     examination of any persons (except beneficiaries entitled 
     under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, and 
     persons receiving such treatment under 5 U.S.C. 7901-7904 or 
     42 U.S.C. 5141-5204), unless reimbursement of cost is made to 
     the ``Medical care'' account at such rates as may be fixed by 
     the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
       Sec. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2002 for ``Compensation and 
     pensions'', ``Readjustment benefits'', and ``Veterans 
     insurance and indemnities'' shall be available for payment of 
     prior year accrued obligations required to be recorded by law 
     against the corresponding prior year accounts within the last 
     quarter of fiscal year 2001.
       Sec. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2002 shall be 
     available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 
     prior year appropriations accounts resulting from title X of 
     the Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law 100-86, 
     except that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts 
     they shall be payable from ``Compensation and pensions''.
       Sec. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     during fiscal year 2002, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund (38 
     U.S.C. 1920), the Veterans' Special Life Insurance Fund (38 
     U.S.C. 1923), and the United States Government

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     Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), reimburse the ``General 
     operating expenses'' account for the cost of administration 
     of the insurance programs financed through those accounts: 
     Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the 
     surplus earnings accumulated in an insurance program in 
     fiscal year 2002, that are available for dividends in that 
     program after claims have been paid and actuarially 
     determined reserves have been set aside: Provided further, 
     That if the cost of administration of an insurance program 
     exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that 
     program, reimbursement shall be made only to the extent of 
     such surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Secretary 
     shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 
     2002, which is properly allocable to the provision of each 
     insurance program and to the provision of any total 
     disability income insurance included in such insurance 
     program.
       Sec. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs shall continue the Franchise 
     Fund pilot program authorized to be established by section 
     403 of Public Law 103-356 until October 1, 2002: Provided, 
     That the Franchise Fund, established by Title I of Public Law 
     104-204 to finance the operations of the Franchise Fund pilot 
     program, shall continue until October 1, 2002.
       Sec. 109. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease proceeds 
     to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by that account 
     during a prior fiscal year for providing enhanced-use lease 
     services, may be obligated during the fiscal year in which 
     the proceeds are received.
       Sec. 110. Funds available in any Department of Veterans 
     Affairs appropriation for fiscal year 2002 or funds for 
     salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 
     available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management 
     and the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint 
     Adjudication for all services provided at rates which will 
     recover actual costs but not exceed $28,555,000 for the 
     Office of Resolution Management and $2,383,000 for the Office 
     of Employment and Discrimination Complaint Adjudication: 
     Provided, That payments may be made in advance for services 
     to be furnished based on estimated costs: Provided further, 
     That amounts received shall be credited to ``General 
     operating expenses'' for use by the office that provided the 
     service.
       Sec. 111. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall treat the 
     North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan, North Dakota, as a 
     veterans cemetery owned by the State of North Dakota for 
     purposes of making grants to States in expanding or improving 
     veterans cemeteries under section 2408 of title 38, United 
     States Code. This section shall take effect on the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to grants 
     under section 2408 of title 38, United States Code, that 
     occur on or after that date.

         TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                       Public and Indian Housing


                        housing certificate fund

              (including transfer and rescission of funds)

       For activities and assistance to prevent the involuntary 
     displacement of low-income families, the elderly and the 
     disabled because of the loss of affordable housing stock, 
     expiration of subsidy contracts (other than contracts for 
     which amounts are provided under another heading in this Act) 
     or expiration of use restrictions, or other changes in 
     housing assistance arrangements, and for other purposes, 
     $16,280,975,000, of which $640,000,000 shall be from 
     unobligated balances from amounts recaptured from fiscal year 
     2000 and prior years pursuant to a reduction in the amounts 
     provided for Annual Contributions Contract Reserve Accounts, 
     and amounts that are recaptured in this account to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That not later than 
     October 1, 2001, the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development shall reduce from 60 days to 30 days the amount 
     of reserve funds made available to public housing 
     authorities: Provided further, That of the total amount 
     provided under this heading, $16,071,975,000, of which 
     $11,231,975,000 and the aforementioned recaptures shall be 
     available on October 1, 2001 and $4,200,000,000 shall be 
     available on October 1, 2002, shall be for assistance under 
     the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (``the 
     Act'' herein) (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.): Provided further, 
     That the foregoing amounts shall be for use in connection 
     with expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy contracts, for 
     amendments to section 8 subsidy contracts, for enhanced 
     vouchers (including amendments and renewals) under any 
     provision of law authorizing such assistance under section 
     8(t) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)), contract 
     administrators, and contracts entered into pursuant to 
     section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act: 
     Provided further, That amounts available under the second 
     proviso under this heading shall be available for section 8 
     rental assistance under the Act: (1) for the relocation and 
     replacement of housing units that are demolished or disposed 
     of pursuant to the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and 
     Appropriations Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-134; Stat. 1321-
     269); (2) for the conversion of section 23 projects to 
     assistance under section 8; (3) for funds to carry out the 
     family unification program; (4) for the relocation of 
     witnesses in connection with efforts to combat crime in 
     public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from a law 
     enforcement or prosecution agency; (5) for tenant protection 
     assistance, including replacement and relocation assistance; 
     and (6) for the 1-year renewal of section 8 contracts for 
     units in projects that are subject to approved plans of 
     action under the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation 
     Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation and 
     Resident Homeownership Act of 1990: Provided further, That of 
     the total amount provided under this heading, no less than 
     $13,400,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund 
     for the development and maintenance of information technology 
     systems: Provided further, That of the total amount provided 
     under this heading, $143,979,000 shall be made available for 
     incremental vouchers under section 8 of the Act, of which 
     $103,979,000 shall be made available on a fair share basis to 
     those public housing agencies that have no less than a 97 
     percent occupancy rate; and of which $40,000,000 shall be 
     made available to nonelderly disabled families affected by 
     the designation of a public housing development under section 
     7 of the Act, the establishment of preferences in accordance 
     with section 651 of the Housing and Community Development Act 
     of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13611), or the restriction of occupancy to 
     elderly families in accordance with section 658 of such Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 13618), and to the extent the Secretary determines 
     that such amount is not needed to fund applications for such 
     affected families, to other nonelderly disabled families: 
     Provided further, That up to $195,601,000 from amounts made 
     available under this heading may be made available for 
     contract administrators: Provided further, That amounts 
     available under this heading may be made available for 
     administrative fees and other expenses to cover the cost of 
     administering rental assistance programs under section 8 of 
     the Act: Provided further, That the fee otherwise authorized 
     under section 8(q) of the Act shall be determined in 
     accordance with section 8(q), as in effect immediately before 
     the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility 
     Act of 1998: Provided further, That $1,200,000,000 is 
     rescinded from unobligated balances remaining from funds 
     appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development under this heading or the heading ``Annual 
     contributions for assisted housing'' or any other heading for 
     fiscal year 2001 and prior years: Provided further, That any 
     such balances governed by reallocation provisions under the 
     statute authorizing the program for which the funds were 
     originally appropriated shall not be available for this 
     rescission: Provided further, That the Secretary shall have 
     until September 30, 2002, to meet the rescission in the 
     proviso preceding the immediately preceding proviso: Provided 
     further, That any obligated balances of contract authority 
     that have been terminated shall be canceled.


                      public housing capital fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to carry out 
     capital and management activities for public housing 
     agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g), 
     $2,843,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005: 
     Provided, That, hereafter, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law or any failure of the Secretary of Housing 
     and Urban Development to issue regulations to carry out 
     section 9(j) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
     U.S.C. 1437g(j)), such section is deemed to have taken effect 
     on October 1, 1998, and, except as otherwise provided in this 
     heading, shall apply to all assistance made available under 
     this same heading on or after such date: Provided further, 
     That of the total amount provided under this heading, in 
     addition to amounts otherwise allocated under this heading, 
     $550,000,000 shall be allocated for such capital and 
     management activities only among public housing agencies that 
     have obligated all assistance for the agency for fiscal years 
     1998 and 1999 made available under this same heading in 
     accordance with the requirements under paragraphs (1) and (2) 
     of section 9(j) of such Act: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, 
     during fiscal year 2002, the Secretary may not delegate to 
     any Department official other than the Deputy Secretary any 
     authority under paragraph (2) of such section 9(j) regarding 
     the extension of the time periods under such section for 
     obligation of amounts made available for fiscal year 1998, 
     1999, 2000, 2001, or 2002: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding the first proviso and paragraphs (3) and 
     (5)(B) of such section 9(j), if at any time before the 
     effectiveness of final regulations issued by the Secretary 
     under section 6(j) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
     (42 U.S.C. 1437d(j)) providing for assessment of public 
     housing agencies and designation of high-performing agencies, 
     any amounts made available under the public housing Capital 
     Fund for fiscal year 1999, 2000, 2001, or 2002 remain 
     unobligated in violation of paragraph (1) of such section 
     9(j) or unexpended in violation of paragraph (5)(A) of such 
     section 9(j), the Secretary shall recapture any such amounts 
     and reallocate such amounts among public housing agencies 
     that, at the time of such reallocation, are not in violation 
     of any requirement under paragraph (1) or (5)(A) of such 
     section: Provided further, That for purposes of this heading, 
     the term ``obligate'' means, with respect to amounts, that 
     the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that will 
     result in outlays immediately or in the future: Provided 
     further, That of the total amount provided under this 
     heading, up to $51,000,000 shall be for carrying out 
     activities under section 9(h) of such Act, of which up to 
     $10,000,000 shall be for the provision of remediation 
     services to public housing agencies identified as 
     ``troubled'' under the Section 8 Management Assessment 
     Program: Provided further, That of the total amount provided 
     under this heading, up to $500,000 shall be for lease 
     adjustments to section 23 projects, and no less than 
     $52,700,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund 
     for the development and maintenance of information technology 
     systems: Provided further, That no funds may be used under 
     this heading for the purposes specified in section 9(k) of 
     the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended: Provided 
     further, That of the total amount provided under this 
     heading, up to $75,000,000 shall be available for the 
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     Housing and Urban Development to make grants to public 
     housing agencies for emergency capital needs resulting from 
     emergencies and natural disasters in fiscal year 2002: 
     Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 
     this heading, $15,000,000 shall be for a Neighborhood 
     Networks initiative for activities authorized in section 
     9(d)(1)(E) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as 
     amended: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, amounts made available in the previous 
     proviso shall be awarded to public housing agencies on a 
     competitive basis as provided in section 102 of the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 
     1989.


                     public housing operating fund

              (including transfer and rescission of funds)

       For payments to public housing agencies for the operation 
     and management of public housing, as authorized by section 
     9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 
     U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $3,494,868,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2003: Provided, That of the total amount 
     provided under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be provided to 
     the Office of Inspector General: Provided further, That of 
     the total amount provided under this heading, $10,000,000 
     shall be for programs, as determined appropriate by the 
     Attorney General, which assist in the investigation, 
     prosecution, and prevention of violent crimes and drug 
     offenses in public and federally-assisted low-income housing, 
     including Indian housing: Provided further, That funds made 
     available in the previous proviso shall be administered by 
     the Department of Justice through a reimbursable agreement 
     with the Department of Housing and Urban Development: 
     Provided further, That no funds may be used under this 
     heading for the purposes specified in section 9(k) of the 
     United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended: Provided 
     further, That of the unobligated balances remaining from 
     funds appropriated in fiscal year 2001 and prior years under 
     the heading ``Drug elimination grants for low-income 
     housing'' for activities related to the Operation Safe 
     Home Program, $11,000,000 is hereby rescinded.


     revitalization of severely distressed public housing (hope vi)

       For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, site 
     revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based 
     assistance grants to projects as authorized by section 24 of 
     the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, 
     $573,735,000 to remain available until September 30, 2003, of 
     which the Secretary may use up to $6,250,000 for technical 
     assistance and contract expertise, to be provided directly or 
     indirectly by grants, contracts or cooperative agreements, 
     including training and cost of necessary travel for 
     participants in such training, by or to officials and 
     employees of the department and of public housing agencies 
     and to residents: Provided, That none of such funds shall be 
     used directly or indirectly by granting competitive advantage 
     in awards to settle litigation or pay judgments, unless 
     expressly permitted herein: Provided further, That of the 
     total amount provided under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be 
     for a Neighborhood Networks initiative for activities 
     authorized in section 24(d)(1)(G) of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937, as amended: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts made 
     available in the previous proviso shall be awarded to public 
     housing agencies on a competitive basis as provided in 
     section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development Reform Act of 1989.

                  native american housing block grants


                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as 
     authorized under title I of the Native American Housing 
     Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 
     U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $648,570,000, to remain available until 
     expended, of which $2,200,000 shall be contracted through the 
     Secretary as technical assistance and capacity building to be 
     used by the National American Indian Housing Council in 
     support of the implementation of NAHASDA; of which $5,000,000 
     shall be to support the inspection of Indian housing units, 
     contract expertise, training, and technical assistance in the 
     training, oversight, and management of Indian housing and 
     tenant-based assistance, including up to $300,000 for related 
     travel; and of which no less than $3,000,000 shall be 
     transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the development 
     and maintenance of information technology systems: Provided, 
     That of the amount provided under this heading, $5,987,000 
     shall be made available for the cost of guaranteed notes and 
     other obligations, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: 
     Provided further, That such costs, including the costs of 
     modifying such notes and other obligations, shall be as 
     defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are 
     available to subsidize the total principal amount of any 
     notes and other obligations, any part of which is to be 
     guaranteed, not to exceed $52,726,000: Provided further, That 
     the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may provide 
     technical and financial assistance to Indian tribes and their 
     tribally-designated housing entities in accordance with the 
     provisions of NAHASDA for emergency housing, housing 
     assistance, and other assistance to address the problem of 
     mold: Provided further, That for administrative expenses to 
     carry out the guaranteed loan program, up to $150,000 from 
     amounts in the first proviso, which shall be transferred to 
     and merged with the appropriation for ``Salaries and 
     expenses'', to be used only for the administrative costs of 
     these guarantees.


           indian housing loan guarantee fund program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 
     184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 
     U.S.C. 1715z-13a), $5,987,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That such costs, including the costs of 
     modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided 
     further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 
     loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 
     exceed $234,283,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     guaranteed loan program, up to $200,000 from amounts in the 
     first paragraph, which shall be transferred to and merged 
     with the appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses'', to be 
     used only for the administrative costs of these guarantees.


              native hawaiian housing loan guarantee fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 
     184A of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 
     U.S.C. 1715z-13b), $1,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That such costs, including the costs of 
     modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided 
     further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 
     loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 
     exceed $40,000,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     guaranteed loan program, up to $35,000 from amounts in the 
     first paragraph, which shall be transferred to and merged 
     with the appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses'', to be 
     used only for the administrative costs of these 
     guarantees.

                   Community Planning and Development

              housing opportunities for persons with aids

       For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with 
     AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), $277,432,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2003: Provided, That the 
     Secretary shall renew all expiring contracts for permanent 
     supportive housing that were funded under section 854(c)(3) 
     of such Act that meet all program requirements before 
     awarding funds for new contracts and activities authorized 
     under this section: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
     use up to $2,000,000 of the funds under this heading for 
     training, oversight, and technical assistance activities.


                 rural housing and economic development

       For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development in 
     the Department of Housing and Urban Development, $25,000,000 
     to remain available until expended, which amount shall be 
     awarded by June 1, 2002, to Indian tribes, State housing 
     finance agencies, State community and/or economic development 
     agencies, local rural nonprofits and community development 
     corporations to support innovative housing and economic 
     development activities in rural areas: Provided, That all 
     grants shall be awarded on a competitive basis as specified 
     in section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development Reform Act of 1989.


                empowerment zones/enterprise communities

       For grants in connection with a second round of empowerment 
     zones and enterprise communities, $45,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, for ``Urban Empowerment Zones'', as 
     authorized in section 1391(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 (26 U.S.C. 1391(g)), including $3,000,000 for each 
     empowerment zone for use in conjunction with economic 
     development activities consistent with the strategic plan of 
     each empowerment zone.

                       community development fund


                     (including transfers of funds)

       For assistance to units of State and local government, and 
     to other entities, for economic and community development 
     activities, and for other purposes, $5,000,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2004: Provided, That of the 
     amount provided, $4,341,000,000 is for carrying out the 
     community development block grant program under title I of 
     the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended 
     (the ``Act'' herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided 
     further, That $70,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian 
     tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act; 
     $3,300,000 shall be available as a grant to the Housing 
     Assistance Council; $2,600,000 shall be available as a grant 
     to the National American Indian Housing Council; $5,000,000 
     shall be available as a grant to the National Housing 
     Development Corporation, for operating expenses not to exceed 
     $2,000,000 and for a program of affordable housing 
     acquisition and rehabilitation; $5,000,000 shall be available 
     as a grant to the National Council of La Raza for the HOPE 
     Fund, of which $500,000 is for technical assistance and fund 
     management, and $4,500,000 is for investments in the HOPE 
     Fund and financing to affiliated organizations; and 
     $42,500,000 shall be for grants pursuant to section 107 of 
     the Act of which $4,000,000 shall be made available to 
     support Alaska Native serving institutions and Native 
     Hawaiian serving institutions as defined under the Higher 
     Education Act, as amended, and of which $3,000,000 shall be 
     made available to tribal colleges and universities to build, 
     expand, renovate and equip their facilities: Provided 
     further, That $9,600,000 shall be made available to the 
     Department of Hawaiian Homelands to provide assistance as 
     authorized under title VIII of the Native American Housing 
     Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 4221 
     et seq.) (with no more than 5 percent of such funds being 
     available for administrative costs): Provided further, That 
     no less than $13,800,000 shall be transferred to the Working 
     Capital Fund for the development and maintenance of 
     information technology systems: Provided further, That 
     $22,000,000 shall be for

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     grants pursuant to the Self Help Housing Opportunity Program: 
     Provided further, That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant 
     made with funds appropriated under this heading (other than a 
     grant made available in this paragraph to the Housing 
     Assistance Council or the National American Indian Housing 
     Council, or a grant using funds under section 107(b)(3) of 
     the Act) shall be expended for ``Planning and Management 
     Development'' and ``Administration'', as defined in 
     regulations promulgated by the Department.
       Of the amount made available under this heading, 
     $29,000,000 shall be made available for capacity building, of 
     which $25,000,000 shall be made available for Capacity 
     Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing for 
     LISC and the Enterprise Foundation for activities as 
     authorized by section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 
     (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), as in effect immediately before June 
     12, 1997, with not less than $5,000,000 of the funding to be 
     used in rural areas, including tribal areas, and of which 
     $4,000,000 shall be for capacity building activities 
     administered by Habitat for Humanity International.
       Of the amount made available under this heading, the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may use up to 
     $55,000,000 for supportive services for public housing 
     residents, as authorized by section 34 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937, as amended, and for residents of housing 
     assisted under the Native American Housing Assistance and 
     Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) and for grants for 
     service coordinators and congregate services for the elderly 
     and disabled residents of public and assisted housing and 
     housing assisted under NAHASDA.
       Of the amount made available under this heading, 
     $42,000,000 shall be available for neighborhood initiatives 
     that are utilized to improve the conditions of distressed and 
     blighted areas and neighborhoods, to stimulate investment, 
     economic diversification, and community revitalization in 
     areas with population outmigration or a stagnating or 
     declining economic base, or to determine whether housing 
     benefits can be integrated more effectively with welfare 
     reform initiatives: Provided, That these grants shall be 
     provided in accord with the terms and conditions specified in 
     the statement of managers accompanying this conference 
     report.
       Of the amount made available under this heading, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, $65,000,000 shall 
     be available for YouthBuild program activities authorized by 
     subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
     Affordable Housing Act, as amended, and such activities shall 
     be an eligible activity with respect to any funds made 
     available under this heading: Provided, That local YouthBuild 
     programs that demonstrate an ability to leverage private and 
     nonprofit funding shall be given a priority for YouthBuild 
     funding: Provided further, That no more than ten percent of 
     any grant award may be used for administrative costs: 
     Provided further, That not less than $10,000,000 shall be 
     available for grants to establish Youthbuild programs in 
     underserved and rural areas: Provided further, That of the 
     amount provided under this paragraph, $2,000,000 shall be set 
     aside and made available for a grant to YouthBuild USA for 
     capacity building for community development and affordable 
     housing activities as specified in section 4 of the HUD 
     Demonstration Act of 1993, as amended.
       Of the amount made available under this heading, 
     $294,200,000 shall be available for grants for the Economic 
     Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety of targeted 
     economic investments in accordance with the terms and 
     conditions specified in the statement of managers 
     accompanying this conference report.


         community development loan guarantees program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the cost of guaranteed loans, $14,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2003, as authorized by section 
     108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as 
     amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
     modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided 
     further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 
     loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 
     exceed $608,696,000, notwithstanding any aggregate limitation 
     on outstanding obligations guaranteed in section 108(k) of 
     the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as 
     amended: Provided further, That in addition, for 
     administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 
     program, $1,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 
     with the appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses''.

                       brownfields redevelopment

       For Economic Development Grants, as authorized by section 
     108(q) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 
     as amended, for Brownfields redevelopment projects, 
     $25,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2003: 
     Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     shall make these grants available on a competitive basis as 
     specified in section 102 of the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.


                  home investment partnerships program

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized 
     under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
     Housing Act, as amended, $1,846,040,000 to remain available 
     until September 30, 2004: Provided, That of the total amount 
     provided under this heading, $50,000,000 shall be available 
     for the Downpayment Assistance Initiative, subject to the 
     enactment of subsequent legislation authorizing such 
     initiative: Provided further, That should legislation 
     authorizing such initiative not be enacted by June 30, 2002, 
     amounts designated in the previous proviso shall become 
     available for any such purpose authorized under title II of 
     the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as 
     amended: Provided further, That of the total amount provided 
     under this heading, up to $20,000,000 shall be available for 
     housing counseling under section 106 of the Housing and Urban 
     Development Act of 1968; and no less than $17,000,000 shall 
     be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for 
     the development and maintenance of information technology 
     systems.


                       homeless assistance grants

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the emergency shelter grants program as authorized 
     under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
     Assistance Act, as amended; the supportive housing program as 
     authorized under subtitle C of title IV of such Act; the 
     section 8 moderate rehabilitation single room occupancy 
     program as authorized under the United States Housing Act of 
     1937, as amended, to assist homeless individuals pursuant to 
     section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; 
     and the shelter plus care program as authorized under 
     subtitle F of title IV of such Act, $1,122,525,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2004: Provided, That not less 
     than 30 percent of funds made available, excluding amounts 
     provided for renewals under the shelter plus care program, 
     shall be used for permanent housing: Provided further, That 
     all funds awarded for services shall be matched by 25 percent 
     in funding by each grantee: Provided further, That the 
     Secretary shall renew on an annual basis expiring contracts 
     or amendments to contracts funded under the shelter plus care 
     program if the program is determined to be needed under the 
     applicable continuum of care and meets appropriate program 
     requirements and financial standards, as determined by the 
     Secretary: Provided further, That all awards of assistance 
     under this heading shall be required to coordinate and 
     integrate homeless programs with other mainstream health, 
     social services, and employment programs for which homeless 
     populations may be eligible, including Medicaid, State 
     Children's Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assistance for 
     Needy Families, Food Stamps, and services funding through the 
     Mental Health and Substance Abuse Block Grant, Workforce 
     Investment Act, and the Welfare-to-Work grant program: 
     Provided further, That $2,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
     under this heading shall be available for the national 
     homeless data analysis project: Provided further, That 
     $6,600,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall 
     be available for technical assistance: Provided further, That 
     no less than $5,600,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: 
     Provided further, That $500,000 shall be made available to 
     the Interagency Council on the Homeless for administrative 
     needs.

                            Housing Programs


                    housing for special populations

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For assistance for the purchase, construction, acquisition, 
     or development of additional public and subsidized housing 
     units for low income families not otherwise provided for, 
     $1,024,151,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004: 
     Provided, That $783,286,000 shall be for capital advances, 
     including amendments to capital advance contracts, for 
     housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the 
     Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental 
     assistance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of such 
     Act, including amendments to contracts for such assistance 
     and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for up 
     to a 1-year term, and for supportive services associated with 
     the housing, of which amount $50,000,000 shall be for service 
     coordinators and the continuation of existing congregate 
     service grants for residents of assisted housing projects, 
     and of which amount $50,000,000 shall be for grants under 
     section 202b of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q-2) 
     for conversion of eligible projects under such section to 
     assisted living or related use: Provided further, That of the 
     amount under this heading, $240,865,000 shall be for capital 
     advances, including amendments to capital advance contracts, 
     for supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as 
     authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
     Affordable Housing Act, for project rental assistance for 
     supportive housing for persons with disabilities under 
     section 811(d)(2) of such Act, including amendments to 
     contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring 
     contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, and 
     for supportive services associated with the housing for 
     persons with disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) 
     of such Act, and for tenant-based rental assistance contracts 
     entered into pursuant to section 811 of such Act: Provided 
     further, That no less than $1,200,000, to be divided evenly 
     between the appropriations for the section 202 and section 
     811 programs, shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
     Fund for the development and maintenance of information 
     technology systems: Provided further, That, in addition to 
     amounts made available for renewal of tenant-based rental 
     assistance contracts pursuant to the second proviso of this 
     paragraph, the Secretary may designate up to 25 percent of 
     the amounts earmarked under this paragraph for section 811 of 
     such Act for tenant-based assistance, as authorized under 
     that section, including such authority as may be waived under 
     the next proviso, which assistance is five years in duration: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary may waive

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     any provision of such section 202 and such section 811 
     (including the provisions governing the terms and conditions 
     of project rental assistance and tenant-based assistance) 
     that the Secretary determines is not necessary to achieve the 
     objectives of these programs, or that otherwise impedes the 
     ability to develop, operate, or administer projects assisted 
     under these programs, and may make provision for 
     alternative conditions or terms where appropriate.


                         flexible subsidy fund

                          (transfer of funds)

       From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all uncommitted 
     balances of excess rental charges as of September 30, 2001, 
     and any collections made during fiscal year 2002, shall be 
     transferred to the Flexible Subsidy Fund, as authorized by 
     section 236(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended.


                  manufactured housing fees trust fund

       For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 
     Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 
     1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), $13,566,000, to 
     remain available until expended, to be derived from the 
     Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund: Provided, That not to 
     exceed the total amount appropriated under this heading shall 
     be available from the general fund of the Treasury to the 
     extent necessary to incur obligations and make expenditures 
     pending the receipt of collections to the Fund pursuant to 
     section 620 of such Act: Provided further, That the amount 
     made available under this heading from the general fund shall 
     be reduced as such collections are received during fiscal 
     year 2002 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2002 
     appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more 
     than $0 and fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be 
     modified as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 2002 
     appropriation.

                     Federal Housing Administration


               mutual mortgage insurance program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       During fiscal year 2002, commitments to guarantee loans to 
     carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the National 
     Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed a loan principal of 
     $160,000,000,000.
       During fiscal year 2002, obligations to make direct loans 
     to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National 
     Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed $250,000,000: 
     Provided, That the foregoing amount shall be for loans to 
     nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with sales 
     of single family real properties owned by the Secretary and 
     formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund.
       For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
     guaranteed and direct loan program, $336,700,000, of which 
     not to exceed $332,678,000 shall be transferred to the 
     appropriation for ``Salaries and expenses''; and not to 
     exceed $4,022,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation 
     for ``Office of Inspector General''. In addition, for 
     administrative contract expenses, $160,000,000, of which no 
     less than $118,400,000 shall be transferred to the Working 
     Capital Fund for the development and maintenance of 
     information technology systems: Provided, That to the extent 
     guaranteed loan commitments exceed $65,500,000,000 on or 
     before April 1, 2002, an additional $1,400 for administrative 
     contract expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in 
     additional guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata 
     amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall 
     funds made available by this proviso exceed $16,000,000.


                general and special risk program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sections 
     238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 
     and 1735c), including the cost of loan guarantee 
     modifications, as that term is defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended, $15,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That these funds 
     are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 
     which is to be guaranteed, of up to $21,000,000,000: Provided 
     further, That any amounts made available in any prior 
     appropriations Act for the cost (as such term is defined in 
     section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of 
     guaranteed loans that are obligations of the funds 
     established under section 238 or 519 of the National Housing 
     Act that have not been obligated or that are deobligated 
     shall be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development in connection with the making of such guarantees 
     and shall remain available until expended, notwithstanding 
     the expiration of any period of availability otherwise 
     applicable to such amounts.
       Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, 
     as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of 
     the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $50,000,000, of 
     which not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be for bridge financing 
     in connection with the sale of multifamily real properties 
     owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under such Act; 
     and of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be for loans to 
     nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with the 
     sale of single-family real properties owned by the Secretary 
     and formerly insured under such Act.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, $216,100,000, of 
     which $197,779,000, shall be transferred to the appropriation 
     for ``Salaries and expenses''; and of which $18,321,000 shall 
     be transferred to the appropriation for ``Office of Inspector 
     General''. In addition, for administrative contract expenses 
     necessary to carry out the guaranteed and direct loan 
     programs, $144,000,000, of which no less than $41,000,000 
     shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the 
     development and maintenance of information technology 
     systems: Provided, That to the extent guaranteed loan 
     commitments exceed $8,426,000,000 on or before April 1, 
     2002, an additional $1,980 for administrative contract 
     expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in 
     additional guaranteed loan commitments over $8,426,000,000 
     (including a pro rata amount for any increment below 
     $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by 
     this proviso exceed $14,400,000.

            Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)


Guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the 
     purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as 
     amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 
     $200,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2003.
       For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
     guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program, $9,383,000, to 
     be derived from the GNMA guarantees of mortgage-backed 
     securities guaranteed loan receipt account, of which not to 
     exceed $9,383,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation 
     for ``Salaries and expenses''.

                    Policy Development and Research


                        research and technology

       For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs 
     of research and studies relating to housing and urban 
     problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by title 
     V of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970, as 
     amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 et seq.), including carrying out 
     the functions of the Secretary under section 1(a)(1)(i) of 
     Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, $50,250,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2003: Provided, That $1,500,000 
     shall be for necessary expenses of the Millennial Housing 
     Commission, as authorized by section 206 of Public Law 106-
     74, with the final report due no later than May 30, 2002 and 
     a termination date of August 30, 2002, notwithstanding 
     section 206 (f) and (g) of Public Law 106-74: Provided 
     further, That $1,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses of 
     the commission established under section 525 of the 
     Preserving Affordable Housing for Senior Citizens and 
     Families in the 21st Century Act, with the final report due 
     no later than June 30, 2002 and a termination date of 
     September 30, 2002, notwithstanding section 525 (f) and (g) 
     of Public Law 106-74: Provided further, That of the total 
     amount provided under this heading, $8,750,000 shall be for 
     the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) 
     Initiative.

                   Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity


                        fair housing activities

       For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise 
     provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights 
     Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 
     1988, and section 561 of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1987, as amended, $45,899,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2003, of which $20,250,000 
     shall be to carry out activities pursuant to such section 
     561: Provided, That no funds made available under this 
     heading shall be used to lobby the executive or legislative 
     branches of the Federal Government in connection with a 
     specific contract, grant or loan.

                     Office of Lead Hazard Control


                         lead hazard reduction

       For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by 
     section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard 
     Reduction Act of 1992, $109,758,000 to remain available until 
     September 30, 2003, of which $10,000,000 shall be for the 
     Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of 
     the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall 
     include research, studies, testing, and demonstration 
     efforts, including education and outreach concerning lead-
     based paint poisoning and other housing-related diseases and 
     hazards: Provided, That of the amounts provided under this 
     heading, $3,500,000 shall be for a one-time grant to the 
     National Center for Lead-Safe Housing.

                     Management and Administration


                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary administrative and non-administrative 
     expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
     not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed $25,000 
     for official reception and representation expenses, 
     $1,097,292,000, of which $530,457,000 shall be provided from 
     the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration, 
     $9,383,000 shall be provided from funds of the Government 
     National Mortgage Association, $1,000,000 shall be provided 
     from the ``Community development loan guarantees program'' 
     account, $150,000 shall be provided by transfer from the 
     ``Native American housing block grants'' account, $200,000 
     shall be provided by transfer from the ``Indian housing loan 
     guarantee fund program'' account and $35,000 shall be 
     transferred from the ``Native Hawaiian housing loan guarantee 
     fund'' account: Provided, That no less than $85,000,000 
     shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the 
     development and maintenance of information technology 
     systems: Provided further, That the Secretary shall fill 7 
     out of 10 vacancies at the GS-14 and GS-15 levels until 
     the total number of GS-14 and GS-15 positions in the 
     Department has been reduced from the number of GS-14 and 
     GS-15 positions on the date of enactment of Public Law 
     106-377 by two and one-half percent: Provided further, 
     That the Secretary shall submit a staffing plan for the 
     Department by January 15, 2002.

                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the Inspector

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     General Act of 1978, as amended, $93,898,000, of which 
     $22,343,000 shall be provided from the various funds of the 
     Federal Housing Administration and $5,000,000 shall be 
     provided from the appropriation for the ``Public housing 
     operating fund'': Provided, That the Inspector General shall 
     have independent authority over all personnel issues within 
     the Office of Inspector General.


                         consolidated fee fund

                              (rescission)

       Of the balances remaining available from fees and charges 
     under section 7(j) of the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development Act, $6,700,000 is rescinded.

             Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight


                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial 
     Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, including not to exceed 
     $500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
     $27,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be 
     derived from the Federal Housing Enterprises Oversight Fund: 
     Provided, That not to exceed such amount shall be available 
     from the general fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary 
     to incur obligations and make expenditures pending the 
     receipt of collections to the Fund: Provided further, That 
     the general fund amount shall be reduced as collections are 
     received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 
     appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more 
     than $0: Provided further, That this Office shall submit a 
     staffing plan to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations no later than January 30, 2002.

                       Administrative Provisions

       Sec. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, 
     or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated 
     with such budget authority, that are recaptured from projects 
     described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney 
     Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 
     note) shall be rescinded, or in the case of cash, shall be 
     remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of budget 
     authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to 
     the Treasury shall be used by State housing finance agencies 
     or local governments or local housing agencies with projects 
     approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in 
     accordance with such section. Notwithstanding the previous 
     sentence, the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the 
     budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or 
     remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with 
     incentives to refinance their project at a lower interest 
     rate.
       Sec. 202. None of the amounts made available under this Act 
     may be used during fiscal year 2002 to investigate or 
     prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful 
     activity engaged in by one or more persons, including the 
     filing or maintaining of a non-frivolous legal action, that 
     is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or 
     preventing action by a Government official or entity, or a 
     court of competent jurisdiction.
       Sec. 203. (a) Notwithstanding section 854(c)(1)(A) of the 
     AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)(1)(A)), from 
     any amounts made available under this title for fiscal year 
     2002 that are allocated under such section, the Secretary of 
     Housing and Urban Development shall allocate and make a 
     grant, in the amount determined under subsection (b), for any 
     State that--
       (1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year under 
     clause (ii) of such section; and
       (2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for fiscal 
     year 2002 under such clause (ii) because the areas in the 
     State outside of the metropolitan statistical areas that 
     qualify under clause (i) in fiscal year 2002 do not have the 
     number of cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) 
     required under such clause.
       (b) The amount of the allocation and grant for any State 
     described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based on the 
     cumulative number of AIDS cases in the areas of that State 
     that are outside of metropolitan statistical areas that 
     qualify under clause (i) of such section 854(c)(1)(A) in 
     fiscal year 2002, in proportion to AIDS cases among cities 
     and States that qualify under clauses (i) and (ii) of such 
     section and States deemed eligible under subsection (a).
       Sec. 204. (a) Section 225(a) of the Departments of Veterans 
     Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, Public Law 106-74 (113 
     Stat. 1076), is amended by inserting ``and fiscal year 2002'' 
     after ``fiscal year 2001''.
       (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allocate to 
     Wake County, North Carolina, the amounts that otherwise would 
     be allocated for fiscal year 2002 under section 854(c) of the 
     AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)) to the City 
     of Raleigh, North Carolina, on behalf of the Raleigh-Durham-
     Chapel Hill, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. 
     Any amounts allocated to Wake County shall be used to carry 
     out eligible activities under section 855 of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 12904) within such metropolitan statistical area.
       Sec. 205. Section 106(c)(9) of the Housing and Urban 
     Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701x(c)(9)) is repealed.
       Sec. 206. Section 251 of the National Housing Act (12 
     U.S.C. 1715z-16) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``issue regulations'' 
     and all that follows and inserting the following: ``require 
     that the mortgagee make available to the mortgagor, at the 
     time of loan application, a written explanation of the 
     features of an adjustable rate mortgage consistent with the 
     disclosure requirements applicable to variable rate mortgages 
     secured by a principal dwelling under the Truth in Lending 
     Act.''; and
       (2) by adding the following new subsection at the end:
       ``(d)(1) The Secretary may insure under this subsection a 
     mortgage that meets the requirements of subsection (a), 
     except that the effective rate of interest--
       ``(A) shall be fixed for a period of not less than the 
     first 3 years of the mortgage term;
       ``(B) shall be adjusted by the mortgagee initially upon the 
     expiration of such period and annually thereafter; and
       ``(C) in the case of the initial interest rate adjustment, 
     is subject to the 1 percent limitation only if the interest 
     rate remained fixed for five or fewer years.
       ``(2) The disclosure required under subsection (b) shall be 
     required for a mortgage insured under this subsection.''.
       Sec. 207. (a) Section 203(c) of the National Housing Act 
     (12 U.S.C. 1709(c)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and (k)'' and inserting 
     ``or (k)''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) by inserting after ``subsection (v)'' the following: 
     ``and each mortgage that is insured under subsection (k) or 
     section 234(c),''; and
       (B) by striking ``and executed on or after October 1, 
     1994,''.
       (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall--
       (1) apply only to mortgages that are executed on or after 
     the date of enactment of this Act; and
       (2) be implemented in advance of any necessary conforming 
     changes to regulations.
       Sec. 208. (a) During fiscal year 2002, in the provision of 
     rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in connection with a 
     program to demonstrate the economy and effectiveness of 
     providing such assistance for use in assisted living 
     facilities that is carried out in the counties of the State 
     of Michigan specified in subsection (b) of this section, 
     notwithstanding paragraphs (3) and (18)(B)(iii) of such 
     section 8(o), a family residing in an assisted living 
     facility in any such county, on behalf of which a public 
     housing agency provides assistance pursuant to section 
     8(o)(18) of such Act, may be required, at the time the family 
     initially receives such assistance, to pay rent in an amount 
     exceeding 40 percent of the monthly adjusted income of the 
     family by such a percentage or amount as the Secretary of 
     Housing and Urban Development determines to be appropriate.
       (b) The counties specified in this subsection are Oakland 
     County, Macomb County, Wayne County, and Washtenaw County, in 
     the State of Michigan.
       Sec. 209. Section 533 of the National Housing Act (12 
     U.S.C. 1735f-11) is amended to read as follows:
       ``Sec. 533. Review of Mortgagee Performance and Authority 
     To Terminate.--
       ``(a) Periodic Review of Mortgagee Performance.--To reduce 
     losses in connection with single family mortgage insurance 
     programs under this Act, at least once a year the Secretary 
     shall review the rate of early defaults and claims for 
     insured single family mortgages originated or underwritten by 
     each mortgagee.
       ``(b) Comparison With Other Mortgagees.--For each 
     mortgagee, the Secretary shall compare the rate of early 
     defaults and claims for insured single family mortgage loans 
     originated or underwritten by the mortgagee in an area with 
     the rate of early defaults and claims for other mortgagees 
     originating or underwriting insured single family mortgage 
     loans in the area. For purposes of this section, the term 
     `area' means each geographic area in which the mortgagee is 
     authorized by the Secretary to originate insured single 
     family mortgages.
       ``(c) Termination of Mortgagee Origination Approval.--(1) 
     Notwithstanding section 202(c) of this Act, the Secretary may 
     terminate the approval of a mortgagee to originate or 
     underwrite single family mortgages if the Secretary 
     determines that the mortgage loans originated or 
     underwritten by the mortgagee present an unacceptable risk 
     to the insurance funds. The determination shall be based 
     on the comparison required under subsection (b) and shall 
     be made in accordance with regulations of the Secretary. 
     The Secretary may rely on existing regulations published 
     before this section takes effect.
       ``(2) The Secretary shall give a mortgagee at least 60 days 
     prior written notice of any termination under this 
     subsection. The termination shall take effect at the end of 
     the notice period, unless the Secretary withdraws the 
     termination notice or extends the notice period. If requested 
     in writing by the mortgagee within 30 days of the date of the 
     notice, the mortgagee shall be entitled to an informal 
     conference with the official authorized to issue termination 
     notices on behalf of the Secretary (or a designee of that 
     official). At the informal conference, the mortgagee may 
     present for consideration specific factors that it believes 
     were beyond its control and that caused the excessive default 
     and claim rate.''.
       Sec. 210. Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant 
     or assistance made pursuant to title II of this Act shall be 
     made on a competitive basis in accordance with section 102 of 
     the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 
     1989.
       Sec. 211. Public housing agencies in the States of Alaska, 
     Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be required to comply with 
     section 2(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as 
     amended, during fiscal year 2002.
       Sec. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
     fiscal year 2002, in managing and disposing of any 
     multifamily property that is owned or held by the Secretary 
     and is occupied primarily by elderly or disabled families, 
     the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall maintain 
     any rental assistance payments

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     under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 that 
     are attached to any dwelling units in the property. To the 
     extent the Secretary determines that such a multifamily 
     property owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible for 
     continued rental assistance payments under such section 8, 
     the Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants of that 
     property, contract for project-based rental assistance 
     payments with an owner or owners of other existing housing 
     properties or provide other rental assistance.
       Sec. 213. (a) Section 207 Limits.--Section 207(c)(3) of the 
     National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1713(c)(3)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``$30,420'', ``$33,696'', ``$40,248'', 
     ``$49,608'', and ``$56,160'' and inserting ``$38,025'', 
     ``$42,120'', ``$50,310'', ``$62,010'', and ``$70,200'', 
     respectively;
       (2) by striking ``$9,000'' and inserting ``$11,250''; and
       (3) by striking ``$35,100'', ``$39,312'', ``$48,204'', 
     ``$60,372'', and ``$68,262'' and inserting ``$43,875'', 
     ``$49,140'', ``$60,255'', ``$75,465'', and ``$85,328'', 
     respectively.
       (b) Section 213 Limits.--Section 213(b)(2) of the National 
     Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715e(b)(2)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``$30,420'', ``$33,696'', ``$40,248'', 
     ``$49,608'', and ``$56,160'' and inserting ``$38,025'', 
     ``$42,120'', ``$50,310'', ``$62,010'', and ``$70,200'', 
     respectively; and
       (2) by striking ``$35,100'', ``$39,312'', ``$48,204'', 
     ``$60,372'', and ``$68,262'' and inserting ``$43,875'', 
     ``$49,140'', ``$60,255'', ``$75,465'', and ``$85,328'', 
     respectively.
       (c) Section 220 Limits.--Section 220(d)(3)(B)(iii) of the 
     National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715k(d)(3)(B)(iii)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``$30,420'', ``$33,696'', ``$40,248'', 
     ``$49,608'', and ``$56,160'' and inserting ``$38,025'', 
     ``$42,120'', ``$50,310'', ``$62,010'', and ``$70,200'', 
     respectively; and
       (2) by striking ``$35,100'', ``$39,312'', ``$48,204'', 
     ``$60,372'', and ``$68,262'' and inserting ``$43,875'', 
     ``$49,140'', ``$60,255'', ``$75,465'', and ``$85,328'', 
     respectively.
       (d) Section 221(d)(3) Limits.--Section 221(d)(3)(ii) of the 
     National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715l(d)(3)(ii)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``$33,638'', ``$38,785'', ``$46,775'', 
     ``$59,872'', and ``$66,700'' and inserting ``$42,048'', 
     ``$48,481'', ``$58,469'', ``$74,840'', and ``$83,375'', 
     respectively; and
       (2) by striking ``$35,400'', ``$40,579'', ``$49,344'', 
     ``$63,834'', and ``$70,070'' and inserting ``$44,250'', 
     ``$50,724'', ``$61,680'', ``$79,793'', and ``$87,588'', 
     respectively.
       (e) Section 221(d)(4) Limits.--Section 221(d)(4)(ii) of the 
     National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715l(d)(4)(ii)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``$30,274'', ``$34,363'', ``$41,536'', 
     ``$52,135'', and ``$59,077'' and inserting ``$37,843'', 
     ``$42,954'', ``$51,920'', ``$65,169'', and ``$73,846'', 
     respectively; and
       (2) by striking ``$32,701'', ``$37,487'', ``$45,583'', 
     ``$58,968'', and ``$64,730'' and inserting ``$40,876'', 
     ``$46,859'', ``$56,979'', ``$73,710'', and ``$80,913'', 
     respectively.
       (f) Section 231 Limits.--Section 231(c)(2) of the National 
     Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715v(c)(2)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``$28,782'', ``$32,176'', ``$38,423'', 
     ``$46,238'', and ``$54,360'' and inserting ``$35,978'', 
     ``$40,220'', ``$48,029'', ``$57,798'', ``$67,950'', 
     respectively; and
       (2) by striking ``$32,701'', ``$37,487'', ``$45,583'', 
     ``$58,968'', and ``$64,730'' and inserting ``$40,876'', 
     ``$46,859'', ``$56,979'', ``$73,710'', and ``$80,913'', 
     respectively.
       (g) Section 234 Limits.--Section 234(e)(3) of the National 
     Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715y(e)(3)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``$30,420'', ``$33,696'', ``$40,248'', 
     ``$49,608'', and ``$56,160'' and inserting ``$38,025'', 
     ``$42,120'', ``$50,310'', ``$62,010'', and ``$70,200'', 
     respectively; and
       (2) by striking ``$35,100'', ``$39,312'', ``$48,204'', 
     ``$60,372'', and ``$68,262'' and inserting ``$43,875'', 
     ``$49,140'', ``$60,255'', ``$75,465'', and ``$85,328'', 
     respectively.
       Sec. 214. Of the amounts appropriated in the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-554), for the 
     operation of an historical archive at the University of South 
     Carolina, Department of Archives, South Carolina, such funds 
     shall be available to the University of South Carolina to 
     fund an endowment for the operation of an historical archive 
     at the University of South Carolina, without fiscal year 
     limitation.
       Sec. 215. Section 247 of the National Housing Act (12 
     U.S.C. 1715z-12) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (d), by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) 
     and inserting the following:
       ``(1) Native hawaiian.--The term `native Hawaiian' means 
     any descendant of not less than one-half part of the blood of 
     the races inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands before January 1, 
     1778, or, in the case of an individual who is awarded an 
     interest in a lease of Hawaiian home lands through transfer 
     or succession, such lower percentage as may be established 
     for such transfer or succession under section 208 or 209 of 
     the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920 (42 Stat. 111), or 
     under the corresponding provision of the Constitution of the 
     State of Hawaii adopted under section 4 of the Act entitled 
     `An Act to provide for the admission of the State of Hawaii 
     into the Union', approved March 18, 1959 (73 Stat. 5).
       ``(2) Hawaiian home lands.--The term `Hawaiian home lands' 
     means all lands given the status of Hawaiian home lands under 
     section 204 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920 (42 
     Stat. 110), or under the corresponding provision of the 
     Constitution of the State of Hawaii adopted under section 4 
     of the Act entitled `An Act to provide for the admission of 
     the State of Hawaii into the Union', approved March 18, 1959 
     (73 Stat. 5).''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) Certification of Eligibility for Existing Lessees.--
     Possession of a lease of Hawaiian home lands issued under 
     section 207(a) of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920 
     (42 Stat. 110), shall be sufficient to certify eligibility to 
     receive a mortgage under this section.''.
       Sec. 216. Notwithstanding the requirement regarding 
     commitment of funds in the first sentence of section 288(b) 
     of the HOME Investment Partnerships Act (42 U.S.C. 
     12838(b)), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     (in this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall 
     approve the release of funds under that section to the 
     Arkansas Development Finance Authority (in this section 
     referred to as the ``ADFA'') for projects, if--
       (1) funds were committed to those projects on or before 
     June 12, 2001;
       (2) those projects had not been completed as of June 12, 
     2001;
       (3) the ADFA has fully carried out its responsibilities as 
     described in section 288(a); and
       (4) the Secretary has approved the certification that meets 
     the requirements of section 288(c) with respect to those 
     projects.
       Sec. 217. Notwithstanding any other provision of law with 
     respect to this or any other fiscal year, the Housing 
     Authority of Baltimore City may use the remaining balance of 
     the grant award of $20,000,000 made to such authority for 
     development efforts at Hollander Ridge in Baltimore, Maryland 
     with funds appropriated for fiscal year 1996 under the 
     heading ``Public Housing Demolition, Site Revitalization, and 
     Replacement Housing Grants'' for the rehabilitation of the 
     Claremont Homes project and for the provision of affordable 
     housing in areas within the City of Baltimore either (1) 
     designated by the partial consent decree in Thompson v. HUD 
     as nonimpacted census tracts or (2) designated by said 
     authority as either strong neighborhoods experiencing private 
     investment or dynamic growth areas where public and/or 
     private commercial or residential investment is occurring.

                    TITLE III--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  American Battle Monuments Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 
     American Battle Monuments Commission, including the 
     acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; 
     purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national 
     cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and its 
     territories and possessions; rent of office and garage space 
     in foreign countries; purchase (one for replacement only) and 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles; and insurance of official 
     motor vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of 
     such countries, $30,466,000, to remain available until 
     expended.
       In addition, for the partial cost of construction of a new 
     interpretive and visitor center at the American Cemetery in 
     Normandy, France, $5,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That the Commission shall ensure that the 
     placement, scope and character of this new center protect the 
     solemnity of the site and the sensitivity of interested 
     parties including families of servicemen interred at the 
     cemetery, the host country and Allied forces who participated 
     in the invasion and ensuing battle: Provided further, That 
     not more than $1,000,000 shall be for non-construction 
     related costs including initial consultations with interested 
     parties and the conceptual study and design of the new 
     center.

             Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant 
     to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, 
     including hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances 
     therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902, and for 
     services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
     individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the 
     maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5 
     U.S.C. 5376, $7,850,000, $5,350,000 of which to remain 
     available until September 30, 2002 and $2,500,000 of which to 
     remain available until September 30, 2003: Provided, That the 
     Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board shall have not 
     more than three career Senior Executive Service positions: 
     Provided further, That, hereafter, there shall be an 
     Inspector General at the Board who shall have the duties, 
     responsibilities, and authorities specified in the Inspector 
     General Act of 1978, as amended: Provided further, That an 
     individual appointed to the position of Inspector General of 
     the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall, by 
     virtue of such appointment, also hold the position of 
     Inspector General of the Board: Provided further, That the 
     Inspector General of the Board shall utilize personnel of the 
     Office of Inspector General of FEMA in performing the 
     duties of the Inspector General of the Board, and shall 
     not appoint any individuals to positions within the Board.

                       Department of the Treasury

              Community Development Financial Institutions


              Community Development Financial Institutions

                          fund program account

       To carry out the Community Development Banking and 
     Financial Institutions Act of 1994, including services 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not 
     to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for ES-3, 
     $80,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2003, of 
     which $5,000,000 shall be for technical assistance and 
     training programs designed to benefit Native American, Native 
     Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native communities, and up to 
     $9,500,000 may be used for administrative expenses, including 
     administration of the New Markets Tax Credit, up to 
     $6,000,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans, and up 
     to

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     $1,000,000 may be used for administrative expenses to carry 
     out the direct loan program: Provided, That the cost of 
     direct loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
     shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these 
     funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the 
     principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $51,800,000.

                   Consumer Product Safety Commission


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 
     Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
     services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
     individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the 
     maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase of nominal 
     awards to recognize non-Federal officials' contributions to 
     Commission activities, and not to exceed $500 for official 
     reception and representation expenses, $55,200,000.

             Corporation for National and Community Service


                National and Community Service Programs

                           Operating Expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 
     Community Service (the ``Corporation'') in carrying out 
     programs, activities, and initiatives under the National and 
     Community Service Act of 1990 (the ``Act'') (42 U.S.C. 12501 
     et seq.), $401,980,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2003: Provided, That not more than $31,000,000 shall be 
     available for administrative expenses authorized under 
     section 501(a)(4) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12671(a)(4)) with not 
     less than $2,000,000 targeted for the acquisition of a cost 
     accounting system for the Corporation's financial management 
     system, an integrated grants management system that provides 
     comprehensive financial management information for all 
     Corporation grants and cooperative agreements, and the 
     establishment, operation, and maintenance of a central 
     archives serving as the repository for all grant, cooperative 
     agreement, and related documents, without regard to the 
     provisions of section 501(a)(4)(B) of the Act: Provided 
     further, That not more than $2,500 shall be for official 
     reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That 
     of amounts previously transferred to the National Service 
     Trust, $5,000,000 shall be available for national service 
     scholarships for high school students performing community 
     service: Provided further, That not more than $240,492,000 of 
     the amount provided under this heading shall be available for 
     grants under the National Service Trust program authorized 
     under subtitle C of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12571 et 
     seq.) (relating to activities including the AmeriCorps 
     program), of which not more than $47,000,000 may be used to 
     administer, reimburse, or support any national service 
     program authorized under section 121(d)(2) of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 12581(d)(2)); not more than $25,000,000 shall be made 
     available to activities dedicated to developing computer and 
     information technology skills for students and teachers in 
     low-income communities: Provided further, That not more than 
     $10,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading 
     shall be made available for the Points of Light Foundation 
     for activities authorized under title III of the Act (42 
     U.S.C. 12661 et seq.), of which not more than $2,500,000 may 
     be used to establish or support an endowment fund, the corpus 
     of which shall remain intact and the interest income from 
     which shall be used to support activities described in title 
     III of the Act, provided that the Foundation may invest the 
     corpus and income in federally insured bank savings accounts 
     or comparable interest bearing accounts, certificates of 
     deposit, money market funds, mutual funds, obligations of the 
     United States, and other market instruments and securities 
     but not in real estate investments: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other law $2,500,000 of the funds made 
     available by the Corporation to the Foundation under Public 
     Law 106-377 may be used in the manner described in the 
     preceding proviso: Provided further, That no funds shall be 
     available for national service programs run by Federal 
     agencies authorized under section 121(b) of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 12571(b)): Provided further, That to the maximum 
     extent feasible, funds appropriated under subtitle C of title 
     I of the Act shall be provided in a manner that is consistent 
     with the recommendations of peer review panels in order to 
     ensure that priority is given to programs that demonstrate 
     quality, innovation, replicability, and sustainability: 
     Provided further, That not more than $25,000,000 of the 
     funds made available under this heading shall be available 
     for the Civilian Community Corps authorized under subtitle 
     E of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.): 
     Provided further, That not more than $43,000,000 shall be 
     available for school-based and community-based service-
     learning programs authorized under subtitle B of title I 
     of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.): Provided further, 
     That not more than $28,488,000 shall be available for 
     quality and innovation activities authorized under 
     subtitle H of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12853 et 
     seq.): Provided further, That not more than $5,000,000 
     shall be available for audits and other evaluations 
     authorized under section 179 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12639): 
     Provided further, That to the maximum extent practicable, 
     the Corporation shall increase significantly the level of 
     matching funds and in-kind contributions provided by the 
     private sector, and shall reduce the total Federal costs 
     per participant in all programs: Provided further, That 
     not more than $7,500,000 of the funds made available under 
     this heading shall be made available to America's 
     Promise--The Alliance for Youth, Inc., only to support 
     efforts to mobilize individuals, groups, and organizations 
     to build and strengthen the character and competence of 
     the Nation's youth: Provided further, That not more than 
     $5,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading 
     shall be made available to the Communities In Schools, 
     Inc., to support dropout prevention activities: Provided 
     further, That not more than $2,500,000 of the funds made 
     available under this heading shall be made available to 
     the YMCA of the USA to support school-based programs 
     designed to strengthen collaborations and linkages between 
     public schools and communities: Provided further, That not 
     more than $1,000,000 of the funds made available under 
     this heading shall be made available to Teach For America: 
     Provided further, That not more than $1,500,000 of the 
     funds made available under this heading shall be made 
     available to Parents As Teachers National Center, Inc., to 
     support literacy activities: Provided further, That not 
     more than $1,500,000 of the funds made available under 
     this heading shall be made available to the Youth Life 
     Foundation to meet the needs of children living in 
     insecure environments.


                      Office of Inspector General

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
     amended, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2003.

               U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses for the operation of the United 
     States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized by 
     38 U.S.C. 7251-7298, $13,221,000, of which $895,000 shall be 
     available for the purpose of providing financial assistance 
     as described, and in accordance with the process and 
     reporting procedures set forth, under this heading in Public 
     Law 102-229.

                      Department of Defense--Civil

                       Cemeterial Expenses, Army


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for 
     maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington National 
     Cemetery and Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, 
     including the purchase of two passenger motor vehicles for 
     replacement only, and not to exceed $1,000 for official 
     reception and representation expenses, $22,537,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                Department of Health and Human Services

                     National Institutes of Health


          national institute of environmental health sciences

       For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 
     Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities set 
     forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
     Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as 
     amended, $70,228,000.

            Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


            toxic substances and environmental public health

       For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances 
     and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set 
     forth in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of the 
     Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
     Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended; section 118(f) of 
     the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 
     (SARA), as amended; and section 3019 of the Solid Waste 
     Disposal Act, as amended, $78,235,000, to be derived from the 
     Hazardous Substance Superfund Trust Fund pursuant to section 
     517(a) of SARA (26 U.S.C. 9507): Provided, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu of 
     performing a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of 
     CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct other 
     appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities, 
     including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical 
     evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited 
     health care providers: Provided further, That in performing 
     any such health assessment or health study, evaluation, or 
     activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be bound by 
     the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading shall be available for ATSDR to issue in excess of 40 
     toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA 
     during fiscal year 2002, and existing profiles may be updated 
     as necessary.

                    Environmental Protection Agency


                         Science and Technology

       For science and technology, including research and 
     development activities, which shall include research and 
     development activities under the Comprehensive Environmental 
     Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as 
     amended; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs 
     and travel expenses, including uniforms, or allowances 
     therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not 
     to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate 
     payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; 
     procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies; other 
     operating expenses in support of research and development; 
     construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
     renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, 
     $698,089,000, which shall remain available until September 
     30, 2003.


                 Environmental Programs and Management

       For environmental programs and management, including 
     necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel 
     and related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or 
     allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
     services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
     individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the 
     maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5 
     U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, 
     maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; 
     library memberships

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     in societies or associations which issue publications to 
     members only or at a price to members lower than to 
     subscribers who are not members; construction, alteration, 
     repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to 
     exceed $75,000 per project; and not to exceed $6,000 for 
     official reception and representation expenses, 
     $2,054,511,000, which shall remain available until September 
     30, 2003.


                      Office of Inspector General

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, as amended, and for construction, alteration, 
     repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to 
     exceed $75,000 per project, $34,019,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2003.


                        Buildings and Facilities

       For construction, repair, improvement, extension, 
     alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 
     or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
     $25,318,000, to remain available until expended.


                     Hazardous Substance Superfund

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive 
     Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
     1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sections 111(c)(3), 
     (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and for 
     construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
     renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; 
     $1,270,000,000 (of which $100,000,0000 shall not become 
     available until September 1, 2002), to remain available until 
     expended, consisting of $635,000,000, as authorized by 
     section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and 
     Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by Public Law 
     101-508, and $635,000,000 as a payment from general revenues 
     to the Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as 
     authorized by section 517(b) of SARA, as amended: Provided, 
     That funds appropriated under this heading may be allocated 
     to other Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) 
     of CERCLA: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
     under this heading, $11,867,000 shall be transferred to the 
     ``Office of Inspector General'' appropriation to remain 
     available until September 30, 2003, and $36,891,000 shall be 
     transferred to the ``Science and technology'' appropriation 
     to remain available until September 30, 2003.


                leaking underground storage tank program

       For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground 
     storage tank cleanup activities authorized by section 205 of 
     the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and 
     for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
     renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, 
     $73,000,000, to remain available until expended.


                           Oil Spill Response

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


                   State and Tribal Assistance Grants

       For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, 
     including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and 
     performance partnership grants, $3,733,276,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which $1,350,000,000 shall be 
     for making capitalization grants for the Clean Water State 
     Revolving Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act, as amended (the ``Act''); $850,000,000 shall be 
     for capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State 
     Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water 
     Act, as amended, except that, notwithstanding section 1452(n) 
     of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, none of the funds 
     made available under this heading in this Act, or in previous 
     appropriations Acts, shall be reserved by the Administrator 
     for health effects studies on drinking water contaminants; 
     $75,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, 
     planning, design, construction and related activities in 
     connection with the construction of high priority water and 
     wastewater facilities in the area of the United States-Mexico 
     Border, after consultation with the appropriate border 
     commission; $40,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of 
     Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 
     infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages; 
     $343,900,000, in addition to $124,725 previously appropriated 
     under this heading in Public Law 106-377 and $498,900 
     previously appropriated under this heading in Public Law 106-
     554, shall be for making grants for the construction of 
     wastewater and water treatment facilities and groundwater 
     protection infrastructure in accordance with the terms and 
     conditions specified for such grants in the statement of the 
     managers accompanying this Act; and $1,074,376,000 shall be 
     for grants, including associated program support costs, to 
     States, federally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, 
     tribal consortia, and air pollution control agencies for 
     multi-media or single media pollution prevention, control and 
     abatement and related activities, including activities 
     pursuant to the provisions set forth under this heading in 
     Public Law 104-134, and for making grants under section 103 
     of the Clean Air Act for particulate matter monitoring and 
     data collection activities of which and subject to terms and 
     conditions specified by the Administrator, $25,000,000 shall 
     be for Environmental Information Exchange Network grants, 
     including associated program support costs: Provided, That 
     for fiscal year 2002, State authority under section 302(a) of 
     Public Law 104-182 shall remain in effect: Provided further, 
     That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Act, the 
     limitation on the amounts in a State water pollution control 
     revolving fund that may be used by a State to administer the 
     fund shall not apply to amounts included as principal in 
     loans made by such fund in fiscal year 2002 and prior years 
     where such amounts represent costs of administering the fund 
     to the extent that such amounts are or were deemed reasonable 
     by the Administrator, accounted for separately from other 
     assets in the fund, and used for eligible purposes of the 
     fund, including administration: Provided further, That for 
     fiscal year 2002, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of the 
     Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the 
     Administrator is authorized to use the amounts 
     appropriated for any fiscal year under section 319 of that 
     Act to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant to section 
     319(h) and 518(e) of that Act: Provided further, That for 
     fiscal year 2002, notwithstanding the limitation on 
     amounts in section 518(c) of the Act, up to a total of 
     1\1/2\ percent of the funds appropriated for State 
     Revolving Funds under title VI of that Act may be reserved 
     by the Administrator for grants under section 518(c) of 
     such Act: Provided further, That no funds provided by this 
     legislation to address the water, wastewater and other 
     critical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the 
     United States along the United States-Mexico border shall 
     be made available to a county or municipal government 
     unless that government has established an enforceable 
     local ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents in 
     that jurisdiction the development or construction of any 
     additional colonia areas, or the development within an 
     existing colonia the construction of any new home, 
     business, or other structure which lacks water, 
     wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure.


                       administrative provisions

       For fiscal year 2002, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and 
     6305(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, in carrying out the Agency's function to implement 
     directly Federal environmental programs required or 
     authorized by law in the absence of an acceptable tribal 
     program, may award cooperative agreements to federally-
     recognized Indian Tribes or Intertribal consortia, if 
     authorized by their member Tribes, to assist the 
     Administrator in implementing Federal environmental programs 
     for Indian Tribes required or authorized by law, except that 
     no such cooperative agreements may be awarded from funds 
     designated for State financial assistance agreements.
       Section 136a-1 of title 7, U.S.C. is amended--
       (1) in subsection (i)(5)(C)(i) by striking ``$14,000,000'' 
     and inserting ``$17,000,000''; and, by striking ``each'' and 
     inserting ``2002'' after ``fiscal year'';
       (2) in subsection (i)(5)(H) by striking ``2001'' and 
     inserting ``2002'';
       (3) in subsection (i)(6) by striking ``2001'' and inserting 
     ``2002''; and
       (4) in subsection (k)(3)(A) by striking ``2001'' and 
     inserting ``2002''; and, by striking ``\1/7\'' and inserting 
     ``\1/10\''.

                   Executive Office of the President


                Office of Science and Technology Policy

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 
     Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the 
     National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 
     Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 and 6671), hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 5 
     U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
     representation expenses, and rental of conference rooms in 
     the District of Columbia, $5,267,000.


  council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality

       For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to 
     the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of 
     Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Environmental 
     Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality Improvement Act 
     of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977, and not to 
     exceed $750 for official reception and representation 
     expenses, $2,974,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
     202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970, the 
     Council shall consist of one member, appointed by the 
     President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
     serving as chairman and exercising all powers, functions, and 
     duties of the Council.

                 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


                      Office of Inspector General

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, as amended, $33,660,000, to be derived from the Bank 
     Insurance Fund, the Savings Association Insurance Fund, and 
     the FSLIC Resolution Fund.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency


                            Disaster Relief

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $664,000,000, and, notwithstanding 42 
     U.S.C. 5203, to remain available until expended, of which not 
     to exceed $2,900,000 may be transferred to ``Emergency 
     management planning and assistance'' for the consolidated 
     emergency management performance grant program; $25,000,000 
     shall be transferred to the Flood Map Modernization Fund; 
     $25,000,000 shall be transferred to ``Emergency management 
     planning and assistance'', for pre-disaster mitigation 
     activities; and $21,577,000 may be used by the Office of 
     Inspector General for audits and investigations.
       In addition, for the purposes under this heading, 
     $1,500,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That such amount 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, as 
     amended: Provided further, That such amount shall be 
     available only to the extent that an official budget request,

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     that includes designation of the entire amount of the request 
     as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is 
     transmitted by the President to the Congress.


            Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program Account

       For the cost of direct loans, $405,000 as authorized by 
     section 319 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Emergency Assistance Act: Provided, That such costs, 
     including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
     defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are 
     available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 
     amount of direct loans not to exceed $25,000,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     direct loan program, $543,000.


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
     including hire and purchase of motor vehicles as authorized 
     by 31 U.S.C. 1343; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 
     U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the 
     per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for 
     senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; expenses of 
     attendance of cooperating officials and individuals at 
     meetings concerned with the work of emergency preparedness; 
     transportation in connection with the continuity of 
     Government programs to the same extent and in the same manner 
     as permitted the Secretary of a Military Department under 10 
     U.S.C. 2632; and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception 
     and representation expenses, $233,801,000.


                      Office of Inspector General

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
     amended, $10,303,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, the Inspector General of the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency shall also serve as the Inspector 
     General of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation 
     Board.


              Emergency Management Planning and Assistance

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to 
     carry out activities under the National Flood Insurance Act 
     of 1968, as amended, and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 
     1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 
     1977, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Federal Fire 
     Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 
     2201 et seq.), the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended 
     (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the 
     National Security Act of 1947, as amended (50 U.S.C. 404-
     405), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, $254,623,000: 
     Provided, That for purposes of pre-disaster mitigation 
     pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5131(b) and (c) and 42 U.S.C. 5196(e) 
     and (i), $25,000,000 of the funds made available for project 
     grants under this heading by transfer from ``Disaster 
     relief'', shall be available until expended.
       For an additional amount for ``Emergency management 
     planning and assistance'', $150,000,000 for programs as 
     authorized by section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention and 
     Control Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.): 
     Provided, That up to 5 percent of this amount shall be 
     transferred to ``Salaries and expenses'' for program 
     administration.


                Radiological Emergency Preparedness Fund

       The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2002, as 
     authorized by Public Law 106-377, shall not be less than 100 
     percent of the amounts anticipated by FEMA necessary for its 
     radiological emergency preparedness program for the next 
     fiscal year. The methodology for assessment and collection of 
     fees shall be fair and equitable; and shall reflect costs of 
     providing such services, including administrative costs of 
     collecting such fees. Fees received pursuant to this section 
     shall be deposited in the Fund as offsetting collections and 
     will become available for authorized purposes on October 1, 
     2002, and remain available until expended.


                   Emergency Food and Shelter Program

       To carry out an emergency food and shelter program pursuant 
     to title III of Public Law 100-77, as amended, $140,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended: Provided, That total 
     administrative costs shall not exceed 3\1/2\ percent of the 
     total appropriation.


                     National Flood Insurance Fund

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 
     1968 (``the Act''), the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 
     1973, as amended, not to exceed $28,798,000 for salaries and 
     expenses associated with flood mitigation and flood insurance 
     operations, and not to exceed $76,381,000 for flood 
     mitigation, including up to $20,000,000 for expenses under 
     section 1366 of the Act, which amount shall be available for 
     transfer to the National Flood Mitigation Fund until 
     September 30, 2003. In fiscal year 2002, no funds in excess 
     of: (1) $55,000,000 for operating expenses; (2) $536,750,000 
     for agents' commissions and taxes; and (3) $30,000,000 for 
     interest on Treasury borrowings shall be available from the 
     National Flood Insurance Fund without prior notice to the 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       In addition, up to $7,000,000 in fees collected but 
     unexpended during fiscal years 2000 through 2001 shall be 
     transferred to the Flood Map Modernization Fund and available 
     for expenditure in fiscal year 2002.
       Section 1309(a)(2) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 4016(a)(2)), as 
     amended, is further amended by striking ``2001'' and 
     inserting ``2002''.
       Section 1319 of the Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4026), is 
     amended by striking ``September 30, 2001'' and inserting 
     ``December 31, 2002''.
       Section 1336(a) of the Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4056), is 
     amended by striking ``September 30, 2001'' and inserting 
     ``December 31, 2002''.
       Section 1376(c) of the Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4127(c)), 
     is amended by striking ``December 31, 2001'' and inserting 
     ``December 31, 2002''.


                     National Flood Mitigation Fund

       Notwithstanding sections 1366(b)(3)(B)-(C) and 1366(f) of 
     the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, 
     $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2003, 
     for activities designed to reduce the risk of flood damage to 
     structures pursuant to such Act, of which $20,000,000 shall 
     be derived from the National Flood Insurance Fund. Of the 
     amount provided, $2,500,000 is to be used for the purchase of 
     flood-prone properties in the city of Austin, Minnesota, and 
     any cost-share is waived.

                    General Services Administration


                Federal Consumer Information Center Fund

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Consumer Information 
     Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
     $7,276,000, to be deposited into the Federal Consumer 
     Information Center Fund: Provided, That the appropriations, 
     revenues, and collections deposited into the Fund shall be 
     available for necessary expenses of Federal Consumer 
     Information Center activities in the aggregate amount of 
     $12,000,000. Appropriations, revenues, and collections 
     accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2002 in excess of 
     $12,000,000 shall remain in the Fund and shall not be 
     available for expenditure except as authorized in 
     appropriations Acts.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration


                           human space flight

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
     conduct and support of human space flight research and 
     development activities, including research, development, 
     operations, support and services; maintenance; construction 
     of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, 
     revitalization and modification of facilities, construction 
     of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, 
     facility planning and design, environmental compliance and 
     restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 
     property, as authorized by law; space flight, spacecraft 
     control and communications activities including 
     operations, production, and services; program management; 
     personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
     allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
     travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor 
     vehicles; not to exceed $20,000 for official reception and 
     representation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, 
     maintenance and operation of mission and administrative 
     aircraft, $6,912,400,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2003, of which amounts as determined by the 
     Administrator for salaries and benefits; training, travel 
     and awards; facility and related costs; information 
     technology services; science, engineering, fabricating and 
     testing services; and other administrative services may be 
     transferred to ``Science, aeronautics and technology'' in 
     accordance with section 312(b) of the National Aeronautics 
     and Space Act of 1958, as amended by Public Law 106-377.


                  science, aeronautics and technology

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
     conduct and support of science, aeronautics and technology 
     research and development activities, including research, 
     development, operations, support and services; maintenance; 
     construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, 
     revitalization, and modification of facilities, construction 
     of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, 
     facility planning and design, environmental compliance and 
     restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 
     property, as authorized by law; space flight, spacecraft 
     control and communications activities including operations, 
     production, and services; program management; personnel and 
     related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; travel expenses; purchase 
     and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $20,000 
     for official reception and representation expenses; and 
     purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of 
     mission and administrative aircraft, $7,857,100,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2003, of which amounts 
     as determined by the Administrator for salaries and benefits; 
     training, travel and awards; facility and related costs; 
     information technology services; science, engineering, 
     fabricating and testing services; and other administrative 
     services may be transferred to ``Human space flight'' in 
     accordance with section 312(b) of the National Aeronautics 
     and Space Act of 1958, as amended by Public Law 106-377, 
     except that no funds may be transferred to the program budget 
     element for the Space Station.


                      Office of Inspector General

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
     amended, $23,700,000.


                       administrative provisions

       Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
     appropriated for ``Human space flight'', or ``Science, 
     aeronautics and technology'' by this appropriations Act, when 
     any activity has been initiated by the incurrence of 
     obligations for construction of facilities as authorized by 
     law, such amount available for such activity shall remain 
     available until expended. This provision does not apply to 
     the amounts appropriated for institutional minor 
     revitalization and construction of facilities, and 
     institutional facility planning and design.
       Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
     appropriated for ``Human space

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     flight'', or ``Science, aeronautics and technology'' by this 
     appropriations Act, the amounts appropriated for construction 
     of facilities shall remain available until September 30, 
     2004.
       Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
     appropriated for ``Office of Inspector General'', amounts 
     made available by this Act for personnel and related costs 
     and travel expenses of the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration shall remain available until September 30, 
     2002 and may be used to enter into contracts for training, 
     investigations, costs associated with personnel relocation, 
     and for other services, to be provided during the next fiscal 
     year. Funds for announced prizes otherwise authorized shall 
     remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until the 
     prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn.
       No funds in this or any other Appropriations Act may be 
     used to finalize an agreement prior to December 1, 2002 
     between NASA and a nongovernment organization to conduct 
     research utilization and commercialization management 
     activities of the International Space Station.

                  National Credit Union Administration


                       central liquidity facility

                     (including transfer of funds)

       During fiscal year 2002, gross obligations of the Central 
     Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new direct 
     loans to member credit unions, as authorized by 12 U.S.C. 
     1795 et seq., shall not exceed $1,500,000,000: Provided, That 
     administrative expenses of the Central Liquidity Facility 
     shall not exceed $309,000: Provided further, That $1,000,000 
     shall be transferred to the Community Development Revolving 
     Loan Fund, of which $650,000, together with amounts of 
     principal and interest on loans repaid, shall be available 
     until expended for loans to community development credit 
     unions, and $350,000 shall be available until expended for 
     technical assistance to low-income and community 
     development credit unions.

                      National Science Foundation


                    research and related activities

       For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science 
     Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875), and 
     the Act to establish a National Medal of Science (42 U.S.C. 
     1880-1881); services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
     authorized travel; maintenance and operation of aircraft and 
     purchase of flight services for research support; acquisition 
     of aircraft; $3,598,340,000, of which not to exceed 
     $300,000,000 shall remain available until expended for Polar 
     research and operations support, and for reimbursement to 
     other Federal agencies for operational and science support 
     and logistical and other related activities for the United 
     States Antarctic program; the balance to remain available 
     until September 30, 2003: Provided, That receipts for 
     scientific support services and materials furnished by the 
     National Research Centers and other National Science 
     Foundation supported research facilities may be credited to 
     this appropriation: Provided further, That to the extent that 
     the amount appropriated is less than the total amount 
     authorized to be appropriated for included program 
     activities, all amounts, including floors and ceilings, 
     specified in the authorizing Act for those program activities 
     or their subactivities shall be reduced proportionally: 
     Provided further, That $75,000,000 of the funds available 
     under this heading shall be made available for a 
     comprehensive research initiative on plant genomes for 
     economically significant crops.


          MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION

       For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construction, 
     commissioning, and upgrading of major research equipment, 
     facilities, and other such capital assets pursuant to the 
     National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, 
     including authorized travel, $138,800,000 to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That the Director shall submit a 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations by February 28, 
     2002 on the full life-cycle costs of projects funded through 
     this account since fiscal year 1995.


                     education and human resources

       For necessary expenses in carrying out science and 
     engineering education and human resources programs and 
     activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 
     1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875), including services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, authorized travel, and rental of 
     conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $875,000,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2003: Provided, That 
     to the extent that the amount of this appropriation is less 
     than the total amount authorized to be appropriated for 
     included program activities, all amounts, including floors 
     and ceilings, specified in the authorizing Act for those 
     program activities or their subactivities shall be reduced 
     proportionally.


                         salaries and expenses

       For salaries and expenses necessary in carrying out the 
     National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 
     U.S.C. 1861-1875); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire 
     of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $9,000 for 
     official reception and representation expenses; uniforms or 
     allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
     rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia; 
     reimbursement of the General Services Administration for 
     security guard services; $170,040,000: Provided, That 
     contracts may be entered into under ``Salaries and expenses'' 
     in fiscal year 2002 for maintenance and operation of 
     facilities, and for other services, to be provided during the 
     next fiscal year.


                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
     amended, $6,760,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2003.

                 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation


          payment to the neighborhood reinvestment corporation

       For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 
     for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as 
     authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 8101-8107), $105,000,000, of which $10,000,000 
     shall be for a homeownership program that is used in 
     conjunction with section 8 assistance under the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937, as amended.

                        Selective Service System


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, 
     including expenses of attendance at meetings and of training 
     for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Service 
     System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101-4118 for civilian 
     employees; and not to exceed $750 for official reception and 
     representation expenses; $25,003,000: Provided, That during 
     the current fiscal year, the President may exempt this 
     appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever 
     the President deems such action to be necessary in the 
     interest of national defense: Provided further, That none of 
     the funds appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in 
     connection with the induction of any person into the Armed 
     Forces of the United States.

                      TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 401. Where appropriations in titles I, II, and III of 
     this Act are expendable for travel expenses and no specific 
     limitation has been placed thereon, the expenditures for such 
     travel expenses may not exceed the amounts set forth therefor 
     in the budget estimates submitted for the appropriations: 
     Provided, That this provision does not apply to accounts that 
     do not contain an object classification for travel: Provided 
     further, That this section shall not apply to travel 
     performed by uncompensated officials of local boards and 
     appeal boards of the Selective Service System; to travel 
     performed directly in connection with care and treatment of 
     medical beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs; 
     to travel performed in connection with major disasters or 
     emergencies declared or determined by the President under the 
     provisions of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Emergency Assistance Act; to travel performed by the Offices 
     of Inspector General in connection with audits and 
     investigations; or to payments to interagency motor pools 
     where separately set forth in the budget schedules: Provided 
     further, That if appropriations in titles I, II, and III 
     exceed the amounts set forth in budget estimates initially 
     submitted for such appropriations, the expenditures for 
     travel may correspondingly exceed the amounts therefor set 
     forth in the estimates only to the extent such an increase is 
     approved by the Committees on Appropriations.
       Sec. 402. Appropriations and funds available for the 
     administrative expenses of the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development and the Selective Service System shall be 
     available in the current fiscal year for purchase of 
     uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
     5901-5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
       Sec. 403. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development subject to the Government Corporation Control Act 
     or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, 
     without regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, 
     for legal services on a contract or fee basis, and for 
     utilizing and making payment for services and facilities of 
     the Federal National Mortgage Association, Government 
     National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
     Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or 
     any member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured 
     bank within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1831).
       Sec. 404. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 405. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     expended--
       (1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or employee 
     of the United States unless--
       (A) such certification is accompanied by, or is part of, a 
     voucher or abstract which describes the payee or payees and 
     the items or services for which such expenditure is being 
     made; or
       (B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to such 
     certification, and without such a voucher or abstract, is 
     specifically authorized by law; and
       (2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit by the 
     General Accounting Office or is specifically exempt by law 
     from such audit.
       Sec. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act to any 
     department or agency may be expended for the transportation 
     of any officer or employee of such department or agency 
     between the domicile and the place of employment of the 
     officer or employee, with the exception of an officer or 
     employee authorized such transportation under 31 U.S.C. 1344 
     or 5 U.S.C. 7905.
       Sec. 407. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
     used for payment, through grants or contracts, to recipients 
     that do not share in the cost of conducting research 
     resulting from proposals not specifically solicited by the 
     Government: Provided, That the extent of cost sharing by the 
     recipient shall reflect the mutuality of interest of the 
     grantee or contractor and the Government in the research.
       Sec. 408. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
     used, directly or through grants, to pay or to provide 
     reimbursement for payment of the salary of a consultant 
     (whether retained by the Federal Government or a grantee) at 
     more than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for level IV 
     of the Executive Schedule, unless specifically authorized by 
     law.

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       Sec. 409. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
     used to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-
     Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory 
     proceedings. Nothing herein affects the authority of the 
     Consumer Product Safety Commission pursuant to section 7 of 
     the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2056 et seq.).
       Sec. 410. Except as otherwise provided under existing law, 
     or under an existing Executive Order issued pursuant to an 
     existing law, the obligation or expenditure of any 
     appropriation under this Act for contracts for any consulting 
     service shall be limited to contracts which are: (1) a matter 
     of public record and available for public inspection; and (2) 
     thereafter included in a publicly available list of all 
     contracts entered into within 24 months prior to the date on 
     which the list is made available to the public and of all 
     contracts on which performance has not been completed by such 
     date. The list required by the preceding sentence shall be 
     updated quarterly and shall include a narrative description 
     of the work to be performed under each such contract.
       Sec. 411. Except as otherwise provided by law, no part of 
     any appropriation contained in this Act shall be obligated or 
     expended by any executive agency, as referred to in the 
     Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 et 
     seq.), for a contract for services unless such executive 
     agency: (1) has awarded and entered into such contract in 
     full compliance with such Act and the regulations promulgated 
     thereunder; and (2) requires any report prepared pursuant to 
     such contract, including plans, evaluations, studies, 
     analyses and manuals, and any report prepared by the agency 
     which is substantially derived from or substantially includes 
     any report prepared pursuant to such contract, to contain 
     information concerning: (A) the contract pursuant to which 
     the report was prepared; and (B) the contractor who prepared 
     the report pursuant to such contract.
       Sec. 412. Except as otherwise provided in section 406, none 
     of the funds provided in this Act to any department or agency 
     shall be obligated or expended to provide a personal cook, 
     chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or 
     employee of such department or agency.
       Sec. 413. None of the funds provided in this Act to any 
     department or agency shall be obligated or expended to 
     procure passenger automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C. 2001 
     with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of less than 
     22 miles per gallon.
       Sec. 414. None of the funds appropriated in title I of this 
     Act shall be used to enter into any new lease of real 
     property if the estimated annual rental is more than $300,000 
     unless the Secretary submits a report which the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the Congress approve within 30 days 
     following the date on which the report is received.
       Sec. 415. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the 
     greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products 
     purchased with funds made available in this Act should be 
     American-made.
       (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into 
     any contract with, any entity using funds made available in 
     this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest 
     extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice 
     describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the 
     Congress.
       Sec. 416. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
     used to implement any cap on reimbursements to grantees for 
     indirect costs, except as published in Office of Management 
     and Budget Circular A-21.
       Sec. 417. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
     2002 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be 
     absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.
       Sec. 418. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for any program, project, or activity, when it is 
     made known to the Federal entity or official to which the 
     funds are made available that the program, project, or 
     activity is not in compliance with any Federal law relating 
     to risk assessment, the protection of private property 
     rights, or unfunded mandates.
       Sec. 419. Corporations and agencies of the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the 
     Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, are hereby 
     authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 
     funds and borrowing authority available to each such 
     corporation or agency and in accord with law, and to make 
     such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
     limitations as provided by section 104 of such Act as may be 
     necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the 
     budget for 2002 for such corporation or agency except as 
     hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections of these 
     corporations and agencies may be used for new loan or 
     mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent expressly 
     provided for in this Act (unless such loans are in support of 
     other forms of assistance provided for in this or prior 
     appropriations Acts), except that this proviso shall not 
     apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty operations of 
     these corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases are 
     necessary to protect the financial interest of the United 
     States Government.
       Sec. 420. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     term ``qualified student loan'' with respect to national 
     service education awards shall mean any loan determined by an 
     institution of higher education to be necessary to cover a 
     student's cost of attendance at such institution and made 
     directly to a student by a state agency, in addition to other 
     meanings under section 148(b)(7) of the National and 
     Community Service Act.
       Sec. 421. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or 
     through reprogramming of funds, no part of any appropriation 
     for the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be 
     available for any activity in excess of amounts set forth in 
     the budget estimates submitted to Congress.
       Sec. 422. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act shall be used to promulgate a final 
     regulation to implement changes in the payment of pesticide 
     tolerance processing fees as proposed at 64 Fed. Reg. 31040, 
     or any similar proposals. The Environmental Protection Agency 
     may proceed with the development of such a rule.
       Sec. 423. The Environmental Protection Agency may not use 
     any of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
     this Act to implement the Registration Fee system codified at 
     40 Code of Federal Regulations Subpart U (sections 152.400 et 
     seq.) if its authority to collect maintenance fees pursuant 
     to FIFRA section 4(i)(5) is extended for at least 1 year 
     beyond September 30, 2001.
       Sec. 424. Except in the case of entities that are funded 
     solely with Federal funds or any natural persons that are 
     funded under this Act, none of the funds in this Act shall be 
     used for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
     expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties to 
     lobby or litigate in respect to adjudicatory proceedings 
     funded in this Act. A chief executive officer of any entity 
     receiving funds under this Act shall certify that none of 
     these funds have been used to engage in the lobbying of the 
     Federal Government or in litigation against the United States 
     unless authorized under existing law.
       Sec. 425. No part of any funds appropriated in this Act 
     shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, other 
     than for normal and recognized executive-legislative 
     relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for 
     the preparation, distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, 
     booklet, publication, radio, television or film presentation 
     designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the 
     Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself.
       Sec. 426. None of the funds provided in title II for 
     technical assistance, training, or management improvements 
     may be obligated or expended unless HUD provides to the 
     Committees on Appropriations a description of each proposed 
     activity and a detailed budget estimate of the costs 
     associated with each activity as part of the Budget 
     Justifications. For fiscal year 2002, HUD shall transmit this 
     information to the Committees by January 8, 2002 for 30 days 
     of review.
       Sec. 427. All Departments and agencies funded under this 
     Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing 
     statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 
     ``E-Commerce'' technologies and procedures in the conduct of 
     their business practices and public service activities.
       Sec. 428. Section 104(n)(4) of the Cerro Grande Fire 
     Assistance Act (Public Law 106-246) is amended by striking 
     ``beginning not later than the expiration of the 1-year 
     period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.'' 
     and inserting ``within 120 days after the Director issues the 
     report required by subsection (n) in 2002 and 2003.''.
       Sec. 429. None of the funds provided by this Act may be 
     used for the purpose of implementing any administrative 
     proposal that would require military retirees to make an 
     ``irrevocable choice'' for any specified period of time 
     between Department of Veterans Affairs or military health 
     care under the new TRICARE for Life plan authorized in the 
     Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 2001 (as enacted into law by Public 106-398).
       Sec. 430. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     used to delay the national primary drinking water regulation 
     for Arsenic published on January 22, 2001, in the Federal 
     Register (66 Fed. Reg. pages 6976 through 7066, amending 
     parts 141 through 142 of title 40 of the Code of Federal 
     Regulations).
       Sec. 431. Subtitle B of title VI of the Robert T. Stafford 
     Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5197-
     5197g) is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 629. MINORITY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DEMONSTRATION 
                   PROGRAM.

       ``(a) In General.--The Director shall establish a minority 
     emergency preparedness demonstration program to research and 
     promote the capacity of minority communities to provide data, 
     information, and awareness education by providing grants to 
     or executing contracts or cooperative agreements with 
     eligible nonprofit organizations to establish and conduct 
     such programs.
       ``(b) Activities Supported.--An eligible nonprofit 
     organization may use a grant, contract, or cooperative 
     agreement awarded under this section--
       ``(1) to conduct research into the status of emergency 
     preparedness and disaster response awareness in African 
     American and Hispanic households located in urban, suburban, 
     and rural communities, particularly in those States and 
     regions most impacted by natural and manmade disasters and 
     emergencies; and
       ``(2) to develop and promote awareness of emergency 
     preparedness education programs within minority communities, 
     including development and preparation of culturally competent 
     educational and awareness materials that can be used to 
     disseminate information to minority organizations and 
     institutions.
       ``(c) Eligible Organizations.--A nonprofit organization is 
     eligible to be awarded a grant, contract, or cooperative 
     agreement under this section with respect to a program if the 
     organization is a nonprofit organization that is described in 
     section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 
     U.S.C. 501(c)(3)) and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of 
     such Code, whose primary mission is to provide services to 
     communities predominately populated by minority citizens, and 
     that can demonstrate a partnership with a minority-owned 
     business enterprise or minority business located in a HUBZone

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     (as defined in section 3(p) of the Small Business Act (15 
     U.S.C. 632(p))) with respect to the program.
       ``(d) Use of Funds.--A recipient of a grant, contract, or 
     cooperative agreement awarded under this section may only use 
     the proceeds of the grant, contract, or agreement to--
       ``(1) acquire expert professional services necessary to 
     conduct research in communities predominately populated by 
     minority citizens, with a primary emphasis on African 
     American and Hispanic communities;
       ``(2) develop and prepare informational materials to 
     promote awareness among minority communities about emergency 
     preparedness and how to protect their households and 
     communities in advance of disasters;
       ``(3) establish consortia with minority national 
     organizations, minority institutions of higher education, and 
     faith-based institutions to disseminate information about 
     emergency preparedness to minority communities; and
       ``(4) implement a joint project with a minority serving 
     institution, including a part B institution (as defined in 
     section 322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1061(2))), an institution described in subparagraph (A), (B), 
     or (C) of section 326 of that Act (20 U.S.C. 1063b(e)(1)(A), 
     (B), or (C)), and a Hispanic-serving institution (as 
     defined in section 502(a)(5) of that Act (20 U.S.C. 
     1101a(a)(5))).
       ``(e) Application and Review Procedure.--To be eligible to 
     receive a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under 
     this section, an organization must submit an application to 
     the Director at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by 
     such information as the Director may reasonably require. The 
     Director shall establish a procedure by which to accept such 
     applications.
       ``(f) Authorization of Appropriation.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,500,000 for 
     fiscal year 2002 and such funds as may be necessary for 
     fiscal years 2003 through 2007. Such sums shall remain 
     available until expended.''.
       Sec. 432. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to implement or enforce the requirement under section 
     12(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended 
     (42 U.S.C. 1437j(c)) relating to community service, except 
     with respect to any resident of a public housing project 
     funded with any amounts provided under section 24 of the 
     United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, or any 
     predecessor program for the revitalization of severely 
     distressed public housing (HOPE VI).
       Sec. 433. Section 1301 of title XIII of Division B of H.R. 
     5666, as enacted by section 1(a)(4) of Public Law 106-554, is 
     amended by striking ``facilities'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``facilities, including the design and construction 
     of such facilities,''.
       Sec. 434. The amounts subject to the fifth proviso under 
     the heading, ``Emergency Response Fund'', in Public Law 107-
     38, which are available for transfer to the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development 15 days after the Director of 
     the Office of Management and Budget has submitted to the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a proposed 
     allocation and plan for use of the funds for the Department, 
     may be used for purposes of `Community Development Block 
     Grants', as authorized by title I of the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1974, as amended: Provided, That 
     such funds may be awarded to the State of New York for 
     assistance for properties and businesses damaged by, and for 
     economic revitalization related to, the September 11, 2001 
     terrorist attacks on New York City, for the affected area of 
     New York City, and for reimbursement to the State and City of 
     New York for expenditures incurred from the regular Community 
     Development Block Grant formula allocation used to achieve 
     these same purposes: Provided further, That the State of New 
     York is authorized to provide such assistance to the City of 
     New York: Provided further, That in administering these funds 
     and funds under section 108 of such Act used for economic 
     revitalization activities in New York City, the Secretary may 
     waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any provision 
     of any statute or regulation that the Secretary administers 
     in connection with the obligation by the Secretary or the use 
     by the recipient of these funds or guarantees (except for 
     requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 
     labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding that 
     such waiver is required to facilitate the use of such funds 
     or guarantees, and would not be inconsistent with the overall 
     purpose of the statute or regulation: Provided further, That 
     such funds shall not adversely affect the amount of any 
     formula assistance received by the State of New York, New 
     York City, or any categorical application for other Federal 
     assistance: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
     publish in the Federal Register any waiver of any statute or 
     regulation that the Secretary administers pursuant to title I 
     of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as 
     amended, no later than 5 days before the effective date of 
     such waiver: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
     notify the Committees on Appropriations on the proposed 
     allocation of any funds and any related waivers pursuant to 
     this section no later than 5 days before such allocation.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Departments of Veterans 
     Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002''.
       And the Senate agree to the same.

     James T. Walsh,
     Tom DeLay,
     David L. Hobson,
     Joe Knollenberg,
     Rodney P. Frelinghuysen,
     Anne M. Northup,
     John E. Sununu,
     Virgil Goode, Jr.,
     Robert B. Aderholt,
     Bill Young,
     Alan B. Mollohan,
     Marcy Kaptur,
     Carrie P. Meek,
     David Price,
     Robert E. Cramer, Jr.,
     Chaka Fattah,
     David Obey,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Barbara A. Mikulski,
     Patrick J. Leahy,
     Tom Harkin,
     Robert C. Byrd,
     Herb Kohl,
     Tim Johnson,
     Ernest F. Hollings,
     Daniel K. Inouye,
     Christopher S. Bond,
     Conrad Burns,
     Richard C. Shelby,
     Larry E. Craig,
       (except for general provision on arsenic),
     Pete V. Domenici,
       (except for general provision on arsenic),
     Mike DeWine,
     Ted Stevens,
                               Managers on the Part of the Senate.

       JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

       The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at the 
     conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the 
     amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2620) making 
     appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
     Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent 
     agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for 
     the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, 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 managers and recommended in the 
     accompanying report.
       The language and allocations set forth in House Report 107-
     159 and Senate Report 107-43 should be complied with unless 
     specifically addressed to the contrary in the conference 
     report and statement of the managers. Report language 
     included by the House which is not changed by the report of 
     the Senate or the conference and Senate report language which 
     is not changed by the conference is approved by the committee 
     of the conference. The statement of the managers, while 
     repeating some report language for emphasis, does not intend 
     to negate the language referred to above unless expressly 
     provided herein. In cases which the House or Senate have 
     directed the submission of a report, such report is to be 
     submitted to both House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       Unless specifically addressed in this statement of the 
     managers or in the House or Senate reports accompanying H.R. 
     2620, the conferees agree to retain the reprogramming 
     thresholds for each department or agency at the level 
     established by the fiscal year 1999 reports.


                    relationship with budget offices

       Through the years, the Appropriations Committees have 
     channeled most of their inquiries and requests for 
     information and assistance through the budget offices of the 
     various departments, agencies, and commissions. The 
     Committees have often pointed out the natural affinity and 
     relationship between these organizations and the 
     Appropriations Committees which makes such a relationship 
     workable. The conferees reiterate their position that while 
     the Committees reserve the right to call upon all offices in 
     the departments, agencies, and commissions, the primary 
     conjunction between the Committees and these entities must 
     normally be through the budget offices. The Committees 
     appreciate all the assistance received from each of the 
     departments, agencies, and commissions during this past year. 
     The workload generated by the budget process is large and 
     growing, and therefore, a positive, responsive relationship 
     between the Committees and the budget offices is absolutely 
     essential to the appropriations process.

                TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

       Of the amounts approved in the appropriations accounts in 
     this title, the Department must limit transfers of funds 
     between objectives to not more than $500,000, except as 
     specifically noted, without prior approval of the Committees. 
     No changes may be made to any account or objective, except as 
     approved by the Committees, if it is construed to be policy 
     or change in policy. Any activity or program cited in the 
     statement of the managers shall be construed as the position 
     of the conferees and should not be subject to reductions or 
     reprogramming without prior approval of the Committees. It is 
     the intent of the conferees that all carryover funds in the 
     various appropriations accounts are subject to the normal 
     reprogramming requirements outlined above. The Department is 
     expected to comply with all normal rules and regulations in 
     carrying out these directives. Finally, the Department should 
     continue to notify the Committees regarding reorganizations 
     of offices, programs, or activities prior to the planned 
     implementation of such reorganizations.

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                    Veterans Benefits Administration


                       compensation and pensions

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       Appropriates $24,944,288,000 for compensation and pensions 
     as proposed by both the House and the Senate, of which not 
     more than $17,940,000 is to be transferred to general 
     operating expenses and medical care.


                         READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

       Appropriates $2,135,000,000 for readjustment benefits as 
     proposed by both the House and the Senate. Deletes bill 
     language proposed by the Senate allowing funds to be payable 
     for any court order, award or settlement.


                   VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

       Appropriates $26,200,000 for veterans insurance and 
     indemnities as proposed by both the House and the Senate.


         VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       Appropriates such sums as may be necessary for costs 
     associated with direct and guaranteed loans from the veterans 
     housing benefit program fund program account as proposed by 
     both the House and the Senate, plus $164,497,000 to be 
     transferred to and merged with general operating expenses.


                  EDUCATION LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       Appropriates $1,000 for the costs of direct loans from the 
     education loan fund program account as proposed by both the 
     House and the Senate, plus $64,000 to be transferred to and 
     merged with general operating expenses.


            VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       Appropriates $72,000 for the costs of direct loans from the 
     vocational rehabilitation loans program account as proposed 
     by both the House and the Senate, plus $274,000 to be 
     transferred to and merged with general operating expenses.


    NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT (INCLUDING 
                           TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       Appropriates $544,000 for administrative expenses of the 
     Native American housing loan program account to be 
     transferred to and merged with general operating expenses as 
     proposed by both the House and the Senate.


  GUARANTEED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING LOANS FOR HOMELESS VETERANS PROGRAM 
                                ACCOUNT

       Provides up to $750,000 of the funds available in medical 
     care and general operating expenses to carry out the 
     guaranteed transitional housing loans for homeless veterans 
     program as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                     VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION


                              MEDICAL CARE

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       Appropriates $21,331,164,000 for medical care instead of 
     $21,282,587,000 as proposed by the House and $21,379,742,000 
     as proposed by the Senate.
       Retains bill language proposed by the Senate delaying the 
     availability of $675,000,000 for equipment and land and 
     structures until August 1, 2002 remaining available until 
     September 30, 2003. The House proposed delaying $900,000,000 
     for the same purposes.
       Retains bill language making $900,000,000 available until 
     September 30, 2003 as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $500,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       Deletes bill language limiting $3,000,000,000 for 
     maintenance and operations expenses as proposed by the House. 
     The conferees strongly support the redirection of medical 
     resources from the maintenance and operations of unneeded 
     buildings to support direct patient care and encourage the 
     efforts to reduce those expenditures as the Capital Asset 
     Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) process moves 
     forward.
       Provides $15,000,000 from medical funds for CARES projects 
     instead of $30,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House 
     did not identify any funds in this account for CARES.
       Retains language proposed by the Senate transferring 
     collected receipts in the medical care collections fund to 
     the medical care account. The House provided transfer 
     authority in a separate medical care collections fund 
     appropriating paragraph.
       For a number of years GAO and the Congress have been 
     encouraging the VA and Department of Defense (DOD) to work 
     together to find ways to share resources and provide better 
     health care for our Nation's military, military retirees, and 
     veterans. The conferees direct the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs, in cooperation with the Secretary of Defense, to 
     submit to the Committees on Appropriations a credible plan by 
     September 1, 2002 for no less than three demonstration sites 
     where the VA and DOD will fully integrate operations, 
     pharmacy services, billing and records, and treatment. 
     Further, the conferees direct the VA to include in the plan 
     VA-DOD sharing options that complement CARES principles. The 
     conferees direct both Secretaries to consider the opportunity 
     presented at the Tripler Army Medical Center for this 
     demonstration program.
       The conferees are dismayed by GAO reports outlining the 
     dismal state of VHA's record on third party collections. The 
     conferees direct the Secretary to undertake a demonstration 
     project for a minimum of two years utilizing not less than 
     $3,000,000 to obtain a private sector contractor to install 
     and operate a total patient financial services system. In 
     addition to the guidelines set forth in House Report 107-159, 
     the demonstration should be developed in a manner that 
     recognizes that this problem exists in all VISNs and any 
     solution for a single VISN must be usable and exportable in 
     an efficient manner to all VISNs. The conferees believe an 
     essential element of this demonstration is the effective use 
     of private sector business services in concert with VA 
     employees.
       The conferees are troubled by the abundance of conflicting 
     information and lack of uniformity across VA's health system 
     in regard to atypical anti-psychotic medications. Providing 
     care for the seriously mentally ill is one of VA's top 
     priorities and requires a special level of commitment, as 
     this population is especially vulnerable and difficult to 
     treat. Atypical anti-psychotic medication prescribing 
     practices must not be used as performance indicators when 
     evaluating a physician's work; nor should price, market 
     share, and corporate interest factor into choosing the best 
     drug to treat mental illness. To this end, the conferees 
     direct the Secretary to communicate clearly to each doctor, 
     facility director and pharmacy manager that atypical anti-
     psychotic pharmaceutical prescribing practices are not to be 
     used as a measure of job performance and reiterate the 
     Department's policy that physicians are to use their best 
     clinical judgment when choosing atypical anti-psychotic 
     medications. However, the conferees are aware that there is a 
     wide price disparity between the currently available atypical 
     anti-psychotic drugs and the Department should feel free to 
     also communicate relative cost data for all atypical anti-
     psychotic drugs to its physicians.
       The conferees direct the VA to keep an open policy with 
     regard to formulating new schizophrenia and serious mental 
     illness treatment protocols as new treatments become 
     available, but those protocols should be based on scientific 
     and clinical studies showing improvements in treatment 
     efficacy or a decrease in side-effects, with cost savings as 
     a subordinate goal to appropriate treatment options.
       The conferees are aware of a proposal to establish a Center 
     for Healthcare Information at the Office of Medical 
     Information Security Service at the Martinsburg VAMC to 
     improve the security of VA's computerized medical records. 
     The conferees direct the VA to report to the Committees by 
     March 1, 2002 on the feasibility of establishing this Center.
       The conferees direct the VA to report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations by August 2, 2002 on the VA's application of 
     viscosupplementation as an alternative means of treating 
     degenerative knee diseases in veterans. The report should 
     include the potential costs and benefits of the procedure as 
     a part of VA's health care delivery and VA's recommendations 
     for future use of the procedure.
       The conferees are aware of local concerns regarding the 
     elements of the April 2001 report titled ``Plan for the 
     Development of a 25-Year General Use Plan for Department of 
     Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles Healthcare Center.'' The 
     conferees strongly urge the VA to work with the local 
     community when formulating a plan to best use the campus 
     for improving veterans' access to VA-provided services.


                     MEDICAL CARE COLLECTIONS FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       Deletes the medical care collections fund paragraph as 
     proposed by the House and instead provides transfer authority 
     in medical care as proposed by the Senate.


                    MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

       Appropriates $371,000,000 for medical and prosthetic 
     research as proposed by the House instead of $390,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees understand that the VA has developed an 
     agreement for intellectual property sharing with university 
     research institutions. Some universities have expressed 
     concerns about a university's right to inventions that are 
     developed from supported research. Further, there are 
     concerns whether the VA's agreements are consistent with the 
     Bayh-Dole Act and similar agreements utilized by other 
     Federal agencies. Accordingly, the conferees direct the VA to 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations by February 1, 
     2002 regarding these concerns. In responding to the 
     Committees, the VA should consult with universities and 
     university associations, including the American Association 
     of Medical Colleges, the Association of University Technology 
     Managers, and the Council on Government Relations.
       The conferees direct the continued partnership with the 
     National Technology Transfer Center at the current level of 
     effort.


      MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENSES

       Appropriates $66,731,000 for medical administration and 
     miscellaneous operating expenses as proposed by the House 
     instead of $67,628,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conferees agree to retain language proposed by the Senate 
     providing a limitation on the availability of funds from 
     Management Field Service reimbursements of September 30, 
     2002.
       The conferees agree that there is concern about the 
     guidance and leadership provided by headquarters to guarantee 
     quality healthcare and sound fiscal management across the 
     system. The VA is directed to submit with the fiscal year 
     2002 operating plan the signed performance agreements of all 
     22 VISN directors, action plans for each VISN on how that 
     VISN will improve collection

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     rates, and financial reports from the three VISNs which 
     received supplemental loans and funding for the second 
     consecutive year summarizing how those VISNs have become 
     financially sound.

                      Departmental Administration


                       GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES

       Appropriates $1,195,728,000 for general operating expenses 
     as proposed by the House instead of $1,194,831,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Retains language proposed by the 
     House allowing funds to be used for the administrative 
     expenses of department-wide capital planning, management and 
     policy activities.
       The conferees agree to fund the Veterans Benefits 
     Administration at not less than $955,352,000. The conferees 
     are optimistic about the recommendations put forward by the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs Compensations and Pensions 
     Task Force and commend the Secretary for announcing his 
     intentions to implement most of the recommendations. The 
     conferees look forward to the fiscal year 2003 budget 
     hearings in hopes that implementation of the short-term 
     recommendations will yield improvements in claims processing 
     times by spring 2003.


                    NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

       Appropriates $121,169,000 for the national cemetery 
     administration as proposed by both the House and the Senate.


                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

       Appropriates $52,308,000 for the Office of Inspector 
     General as proposed by the House instead of $48,308,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees have agreed to provide 
     the higher funding level due to the nation-wide benefit 
     payment review planned in response to the recent benefits 
     fraud investigation in Atlanta, Georgia.


                      CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

       Appropriates $183,180,000 for construction, major projects 
     as proposed by the House instead of $155,180,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate.
       The conferees agree to the projects included in the budget 
     estimate plus $125,000 for planning a national cemetery in 
     the Albuquerque, New Mexico area to be offset from the 
     working reserve. The conferees have provided up to $125,000 
     to start initial cemetery planning activities in Albuquerque, 
     but direct that further funding for cemetery construction 
     activities must be considered in the greater context of 
     funding the country's national veterans cemetery needs as 
     presented in the Department's needs assessment report due 
     December, 2001.
       The conferees agree that the electrical fire at the Miami 
     VAMC presents a unique situation compromising VA's ability to 
     provide patient care in an environment safe for patients and 
     employees and agree to provide $28,300,000 for the emergency 
     repair project even though VISN 8 has not undergone a CARES 
     review.
       The conferees remain strongly supportive of CARES. This 
     nation-wide review is critical to ensuring VA's capital 
     assets can support current and long-term health care needs 
     and are rehabilitated and aligned for optimal efficiency and 
     access. The conferees agree to provide $60,000,000 from 
     construction, major projects, for CARES initiatives, of which 
     $10,000,000 is for Phase III studies. If less than 
     $10,000,000 is required for Phase III, the balance may be 
     used for construction.
       The conferees are strongly encouraged by the 
     recommendations from Phase I of CARES, which if implemented, 
     could re-invest at least $270,000,000 over the next 20 years 
     from capital costs to improving direct access and care for 
     veterans in the region. In support of the Phase I 
     recommendations, the conferees have identified $40,000,000 of 
     the $60,000,000 provided in construction, major projects to 
     move forward with the blind and spinal cord injury center at 
     the Hines VAMC conditional upon the Secretary certifying that 
     a full and open consultation process was conducted regarding 
     the VISN 12 recommendations, implementing Option B of the 
     CARES VISN 12 Service Delivery Options with a developed 
     implementation plan including milestones, and initiating 
     Phase II of CARES.
       As a part of the CARES process in VISN 12, VA recently 
     completed a formal comment process where VA solicited input 
     from a large number of affected and interested parties. The 
     conferees direct the Secretary to certify to the Congress 
     that he has carried out a full and open consultation process 
     with all affected stakeholders and after submission of such 
     certification, finalize decisions regarding CARES in VISN 
     12 not later than January 15, 2002.
       The conferees strongly urge that the Secretary consider the 
     needs for improvements and safety upgrades to the West 
     Virginia National Cemetery in Grafton, West Virginia in the 
     formulation of the Department's fiscal year 2003 budget 
     requirements. The conferees are aware that initial planning 
     documents have been prepared for this initiative and 
     encourage the completion of design and architectural plans 
     within available funds pending this review.


                      FACILITY REHABILITATION FUND

       Deletes $300,000,000 for establishment of the facility 
     rehabilitation fund as proposed by the House. The Senate did 
     not include this account.


                      CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

       Appropriates $210,900,000 for construction, minor projects 
     instead of $178,900,000 as proposed by both the House and the 
     Senate. Retains language proposed by the House limiting 
     additional CARES funds upon notification of and approval by 
     the Committees on Appropriations.


                         PARKING REVOLVING FUND

       Appropriates $4,000,000 for the parking revolving fund as 
     proposed by both the House and the Senate.


       GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES

       Appropriates $100,000,000 for grants for construction of 
     state extended care facilities as proposed by both the House 
     and the Senate.


          GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS CEMETERIES

       Appropriates $25,000,000 for grants for construction of 
     state veterans cemeteries as proposed by both the House and 
     the Senate.


                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Retains eight administrative provisions proposed by both 
     the House and the Senate, seven of which were included in the 
     fiscal year 2001 bill.
       Deletes language proposed by the House eliminating the 
     health services improvement fund.
       Retains language proposed by the House allowing VA to 
     deduct associated administrative expenses from enhanced use 
     proceeds and use those receipts in the same fiscal year the 
     receipts are received.
       Retains language proposed by the House allowing the 
     Department to reimburse from fiscal year 2002 salary and 
     expenses accounts for services rendered to the Office of 
     Resolution Management up to $28,555,000 and the Office of 
     Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication up to 
     $2,383,000. The Senate proposed a similar provision with 
     technical differences.
       Deletes language proposed by the Senate directing the VA to 
     conduct a cost and benefit study on viscosupplementation as a 
     treatment option for knee replacements. The conferees have 
     agreed to instead include report language in the medical care 
     account directing the VA to complete such a study.
       Retains language proposed by the Senate recognizing the 
     North Dakota Veterans Cemetery as a state cemetery eligible 
     under the Grants for State Veterans Cemeteries Program.
       Deletes language proposed by the Senate establishing a 60-
     day wait period for any action related to VISN 12 
     realignment. The conferees have agreed to instead include 
     report language in the construction, major projects account.

         TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

       The conferees restate the reprogramming requirements with 
     respect to amounts approved for each appropriations account 
     within this title. The Department must limit the 
     reprogramming of funds between the programs, projects, and 
     activities within each account to not more than $500,000 
     without prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 
     Unless otherwise identified in this statement of managers or 
     committee reports, the most detailed allocation of funds 
     presented in the budget justifications shall be considered to 
     be approved, with any deviation from such approved allocation 
     subject to the normal reprogramming requirements outlined 
     above. Further, it is the intent of the conferees that all 
     carryover funds in the various accounts, including recaptures 
     and deobligations, are subject to the normal reprogramming 
     requirements outlined above. Further, no changes may be made 
     to any program, project, or activity if it is construed to be 
     policy or a change in policy, without prior approval of the 
     Committees. Finally, the conferees expect to be notified 
     regarding reorganizations of offices, programs or activities 
     prior to the planned implementation of such reorganizations, 
     as well as be notified, on a monthly basis, of all ongoing 
     litigation, including any negotiations or discussions, 
     planned or ongoing, regarding a consent decree between the 
     Department and any other entity.

                       Public and Indian Housing


                        HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

              (INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

       Appropriates $15,640,975,000 instead of $15,694,242,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $15,658,769,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conference agreement assumes an additional $640,000,000 
     in prior year carryover is available to meet section 8 
     renewal requirements based upon a reduction in reserve funds 
     available to public housing authorities (PHAs) as proposed by 
     the House and the Senate. Language is included to implement 
     the change in reserve funds as proposed by the House. The 
     conferees understand that HUD has the authority to provide 
     PHAs with the necessary funds to administer their section 8 
     contracts, nevertheless the conferees direct HUD to ensure 
     that PHAs have the funds to administer all section 8 
     contracts in a normal manner, including vouchers that turn 
     over during the year. In cases where PHAs require additional 
     funds for approved uses and amounts, HUD shall provide to 
     these PHAs the necessary section 8 funds. The conferees also 
     direct HUD to make quarterly reports to the Committees on 
     Appropriations on the status and availability of all section 
     8 reserves maintained by PHAs.
       The conference agreement includes the following:
       Contract Renewals.--$15,725,153,000, of which $640,000,000 
     is derived from prior year carryover, for expiring section 8 
     housing assistance contracts, section 8 amendments, enhanced 
     vouchers, and contracts entered into

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     pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
     Assistance Act. Funds for the renewal of section 811 tenant-
     based assistance is provided under the housing for special 
     populations account as proposed by the House.
       The conferees reiterate the direction included in the 
     Senate report requiring renewal costs for section 8 project-
     based programs to be discretely identified in the fiscal year 
     2003 budget justifications.
       Incremental Vouchers.--$143,979,000 to provide 
     ``incremental'' section 8 housing assistance vouchers to 
     increase the number of low-income individuals and families 
     receiving assistance. Of this amount, $103,979,000 is 
     provided for 18,000 vouchers to be distributed on a fair 
     share basis to PHAs having a voucher utilization rate of at 
     least 97 percent, instead of $157,334,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $98,623,000 as proposed by the Senate. HUD is 
     expected to distribute these vouchers within 90 days of 
     enactment of this Act, and to report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House and the Senate on compliance with 
     this requirement no later than February 15, 2002. The 
     remaining $40,000,000 is provided for 7,900 new vouchers for 
     distribution to non-elderly, disabled residents who are 
     affected by the designation of public and assisted housing as 
     ``elderly-only'' developments, instead of $39,912,000 as 
     proposed by the House. Bill language is included, as proposed 
     by the House and the Senate, to earmark funds for this 
     purpose in recognition of the fact that people with 
     disabilities are often unable to find affordable housing 
     absent section 8 tenant-based assistance.
       The conferees reiterate the House reporting requirement 
     related to identification and remediation of PHAs designated 
     as troubled under the Section Eight Management Assessment 
     Program (SEMAP).
       Contract Administrators.--$195,601,000 for section 8 
     contract administrators as proposed by the House. Modified 
     language is included, similar to language proposed by the 
     House, to designate funds for this purpose. The Senate bill 
     did not include a similar provision.
       Tenant Protection.--$202,842,000 for tenant protection 
     vouchers to replace lost project-based section 8 assistance. 
     Funding for new vouchers under the HOPE VI program is 
     provided within the revitalization of severely distressed 
     public housing (HOPE VI) account as proposed by the House and 
     the Senate.
       Includes language transferring no less than $13,400,000 to 
     the Working Capital Fund for development and maintenance of 
     information technology systems as proposed by the Senate, 
     instead of no less than $11,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       Rescinds $1,200,000,000 from unobligated balances available 
     from the recapture of excess section 8 funds, instead of 
     $886,000,000 as proposed by the House and $615,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Language is included requiring that 
     the rescission be applied against available funds 
     appropriated in fiscal year 2001 and prior years for any 
     account under title II as proposed by the House, instead of 
     requiring that the rescission be applied against available 
     funds appropriated in fiscal year 2002 and prior years in 
     this account as proposed by the Senate.
       Includes language proposed by the House to prohibit the 
     rescission of funds governed by statutory reallocation 
     provisions. The Senate did not include a similar provision.
       Does not include language proposed by the Senate requiring 
     that the renewal of expiring section 8 contracts subject to 
     the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 
     (ELIHPA) and the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident 
     Homeownership Act of 1990 (LIHPRHA) are to be capped at 
     current rents. This means that the rents for these projects 
     shall be renewed on a one-year basis consistent with the 
     plans of action that were approved as part of the efforts to 
     preserve these projects as low-income housing under ELIHPA 
     and LIHPRHA. Nevertheless, the conferees remain concerned 
     that many of these projects were over-subsidized through 
     these preservation efforts. The conferees believe HUD needs 
     to review all these preservation projects and look at 
     restructuring the mortgages and contract requirements where 
     appropriate. The conferees direct HUD to report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations on this review and the status of 
     these projects no later than June 15, 2002.
       Does not include language proposed by the Senate requiring 
     that additional unobligated balances from this account be 
     rescinded and reallocated to other accounts in title II and 
     title III of this Act. The House bill did not include a 
     similar provision.


                      public housing capital fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Appropriates $2,843,400,000 for the public housing capital 
     fund instead of $2,943,400,000 as proposed by the Senate and 
     $2,555,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       Includes modified language designating $550,000,000 to be 
     allocated only to those PHAs which utilized their funds in 
     compliance with statutory timeliness requirements pursuant to 
     the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 
     (QHWRA), similar to language proposed by the House, to enable 
     those PHAs to address their backlog of maintenance needs in 
     addition to their annual maintenance requirements. The Senate 
     did not include similar language.
       Includes modified language making funds available for four 
     years instead of two years as proposed by the House and the 
     Senate.
       Includes language restating the applicability of the QHWRA 
     timeliness requirements to fiscal year 1999 funds as proposed 
     by the House. The Senate did not include a similar provision.
       Includes modified language allowing the Secretary or Deputy 
     Secretary to waive QHWRA timeliness requirements similar to 
     language proposed by the House. The Senate did not include a 
     similar provision.
       Includes modified language requiring the recapture of funds 
     from PHAs not in compliance with QHWRA timeliness 
     requirements similar to language proposed by the House. The 
     Senate did not include a similar provision.
       Includes language to define obligations as proposed by the 
     House. The Senate did not include a similar provision.
       The conferees reiterate the House direction requiring 
     quarterly reports on PHA utilization of capital funds, 
     delineated by PHA and fiscal year, with the first report due 
     no later than February 1, 2002.
       Includes $51,000,000 for technical assistance as proposed 
     by the House, instead of $50,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Of this amount, $10,000,000 is for remediation 
     services to troubled PHAs as proposed by the House. The 
     Senate did not include a similar provision.
       Transfers no less than $52,700,000 from this account to the 
     Working Capital Fund for the development and maintenance of 
     information technology systems, instead of no less than 
     $43,000,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate.
       Includes new language designating $15,000,000 for the 
     Neighborhood Networks Initiative. These funds are to be 
     competitively awarded to PHAs for the establishment and 
     initial operation of computer centers in and around public 
     housing to enhance resident self-sufficiency, employability, 
     and economic self-reliance. These amounts, combined with 
     $5,000,000 provided for under the revitalization of severely 
     distressed public housing (HOPE VI) account, as well as 
     $5,000,000 in current on-going projects, will provide a total 
     of $25,000,000 for the Neighborhood Networks Initiative in 
     fiscal year 2002. The conferees support efforts to close the 
     digital divide, and believe that the needs of public housing 
     residents must be an important part of any initiative to 
     achieve that goal and can help ameliorate drug and crime 
     problems in public housing through new opportunities for 
     education growth and employment opportunities. The conferees 
     expect HUD to work with other Federal agencies to develop a 
     comprehensive approach to address the digital divide, and 
     encourages HUD to submit a proposal as part of the fiscal 
     year 2003 budget to address comprehensively the needs of 
     public and federally-assisted housing residents.
       The conferees remain concerned over the long-term capital 
     needs and viability of public housing projects. The conferees 
     believe that reforms included in the public housing capital 
     fund account will result in a more effective and targeted use 
     of these capital funds and help preserve the investment that 
     has been made in public housing over the years. In addition, 
     the conferees continue to support funding for the HOPE VI 
     program as a complementary program targeted to the 
     revitalization of distressed public housing. The conferees 
     direct HUD to provide by June 15, 2002, a report on the 
     lessons learned from HOPE VI, including best practices and 
     the impact of HOPE VI on surrounding communities as well as 
     the extent to which HOPE VI projects have leveraged private 
     investments and revitalized economic redevelopment in these 
     communities. In addition, the conferees request that HUD 
     provide an analysis of the extent to which the HOPE VI 
     program can be a model for the replacement of the older and 
     distressed section 8 housing stock.


                     public housing operating fund

              (including transfer and rescission of funds)

       Appropriates $3,494,868,000 for the public housing 
     operating fund as proposed by the House instead of 
     $3,384,868,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees have provided an 8.1 percent increase over 
     the fiscal year 2001 level for this account to reflect the 
     merger of funds previously provided for drug elimination 
     activities through the public housing drug elimination 
     program (PHDEP) into this account. The conferees note that 
     PHAs are authorized to use their operating and capital funds 
     for anti-crime and anti-drug activities. It is the conferees 
     understanding that two-thirds of all PHAs fund these 
     activities from within their operating and capital funds, 
     while the remaining one-third of PHAs receive supplemental 
     funding through PHDEP in addition to their regular operating 
     and capital fund allocations. In lieu of continuing to 
     provide a supplementary funding source for selected PHAs, the 
     conferees have instead increased funding for operating 
     subsidies to be distributed to all PHAs. To the extent that 
     additional assistance is required to combat issues and 
     activities related to crime and drugs, the conferees have 
     included modified language designating $10,000,000 to be 
     allocated by the United States Attorney General through 
     existing Department of Justice programs, such as the Weed and 
     Seed program, to address those areas in public, Indian, and 
     federally-assisted housing where additional resources are 
     necessary to augment State and local efforts to effectively 
     fight crime and drugs as proposed by the House. The Senate 
     bill did not include similar language.
       The conference agreement assumes the termination of the 
     Operation Safe Home program as recommended by the Senate. Of 
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     amount provided, $5,000,000 is available to the Office of 
     Inspector General to support the closeout of this program and 
     to transition personnel previously participating in Operation 
     Safe Home to other investigative activities. The House bill 
     proposed $10,000,000 for the Office of Inspector General 
     exclusively for Operation Safe Home, while the Senate did not 
     propose any funding for this activity. In addition, 
     $6,500,000 from prior year funds appropriated under PHDEP for 
     Operation Safe Home operational costs remain available for 
     operational costs necessary to complete on-going activities. 
     Includes new language rescinding $11,000,000 from prior year 
     funds made available for Operation Safe Home which are in 
     excess of amounts necessary to complete on-going activities.
       The conferees do not concur with the language in the Senate 
     report related to the June 7, 2000, settlement agreement with 
     the Puerto Rico Public Housing Authority (PRPHA). However, 
     the conferees expect HUD to ensure that PRPHA is treated in a 
     manner consistent with similar PHAs as HUD develops a final 
     rule implementing a new operating fund formula for all PHAs 
     based upon the results of the public housing operating cost 
     study mandated in Public Law 106-74.
       The conferees expect HUD to provide the Chicago Housing 
     Authority (CHA) with maximum regulatory flexibility as 
     provided for in the Moving to Work Demonstration agreement 
     dated February 6, 2000, as amended, as proposed in the 
     Senate report. The conferees direct HUD to determine CHA's 
     funding allocation in the same manner as all other PHAs.
       The conferees have included direction under the public 
     housing capital fund account in lieu of the direction 
     included in the Senate report under this account related to 
     the long-term capital needs for public housing.


             DRUG ELIMINATION GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING

       The conferees do not provide funding for this account. The 
     conferees have instead merged funding for these activities 
     into the public housing operating fund account, and increased 
     operating funds to accommodate this merger. All activities 
     permissible under the public housing drug elimination program 
     (PHDEP) are authorized activities under the operating and 
     capital fund accounts. In addition, the conferees are aware 
     that some PHAs currently have unspent PHDEP funds available. 
     The conferees intend that PHAs be allowed to continue to 
     spend their PHDEP funds as PHAs transition their anti-crime 
     and anti-drug programs into their annual operating budgets, 
     and encourage PHAs to continue to support such programs.
       The conferees understand that PHDEP was created in 1989, to 
     provide supplemental funding to address the gaps in services 
     and programs available to combat serious crime and drug 
     problems which existed in some areas of public housing, 
     particularly severely distressed public housing. At the time 
     PHDEP was created, Federal assistance to States and 
     localities to address crime and drug problems in local 
     communities, including public housing, was limited. The 
     conferees note that since that time, however, Federal funding 
     to States and localities for police, crime, and drug 
     prevention programs has grown dramatically, particularly 
     through the Department of Justice. Over the last six years, 
     over $9,000,000,000 in new Federal assistance has been 
     provided through the Department of Justice, including funds 
     to deploy over 110,000 new police officers into local 
     communities and funds to establish 1,000 new Boys and Girls 
     Clubs exclusively in public housing.
       The conferees further note that over the last six years, 
     funds have been provided to demolish over 100,000 units of 
     the most severely distressed public housing through the HOPE 
     VI program and the capital fund program, resulting in the 
     revitalization of entire neighborhoods previously adversely 
     impacted by the presence of severely deteriorated housing.
       To the extent that additional assistance is required, the 
     conferees have also included $10,000,000 under the public 
     housing operating fund account to be allocated by the United 
     States Attorney General through existing Department of 
     Justice programs, such as the Weed and Seed program, to 
     address those areas in public, Indian, and federally-assisted 
     housing where additional resources are necessary to augment 
     State and local efforts to combat crime and drugs.


     REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING (HOPE VI)

       Appropriates $573,735,000 for the revitalization of 
     severely distressed public housing program (HOPE VI) as 
     proposed by the House and the Senate. Includes language 
     designating $6,250,000 for technical assistance and contract 
     expertise instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $7,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Includes new language designating $5,000,000 for the 
     Neighborhood Networks Initiative. These funds are to be 
     competitively awarded to PHAs for the establishment and 
     initial operation of computer centers in conjunction with 
     fiscal year 2002 HOPE VI applicants to enhance resident self-
     sufficiency, employability, and economic self-reliance. These 
     funds are not intended to limit the Secretary's ability to 
     award additional funds for these activities as part of the 
     regular HOPE VI process. These amounts, combined with 
     $15,000,000 provided under the public housing capital fund, 
     as well as $5,000,000 in current on-going projects, will 
     provide a total of $25,000,000 for the Neighborhood Networks 
     Initiative in fiscal year 2002.
       The conferees are aware of the valuable efforts made by the 
     Housing Research Foundation to collect and disseminate 
     objective information on the HOPE VI program. The conferees 
     encourage HUD to continue this initiative.


                  NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       Appropriates $648,570,000 as proposed by the House and the 
     Senate. Transfers no less than $3,000,000 to the Working 
     Capital Fund for the development and maintenance of 
     information technology systems as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of no less than $2,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       Includes language to establish a total loan volume of not 
     to exceed $52,726,000 for title VI loans as proposed by the 
     House instead of $54,600,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Includes modified language, similar to language proposed by 
     the Senate, to allow the Secretary to provide assistance to 
     Indian tribes and tribally-designated housing entities to 
     address the problem of black mold consistent with the terms 
     of NAHASDA. The Secretary is directed to work with FEMA, the 
     Indian Health Service, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and 
     other appropriate Federal agencies in developing a plan to 
     maximize Federal resources to address emergency housing and 
     related problems associated with black mold. The House did 
     not include similar language.


           INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       Appropriates $5,987,000 for guaranteed loans for Native 
     American housing on trust lands as proposed by the House and 
     the Senate.


              NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       Appropriates $1,000,000 for guaranteed loans for Native 
     Hawaiian housing as proposed by the Senate. Includes language 
     establishing a total loan volume of not to exceed $40,000,000 
     and provides $35,000 for administrative costs as proposed by 
     the Senate. The House did not propose funding for this 
     program.

                   Community Planning and Development


              HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

       Appropriates $277,432,000 for housing opportunities for 
     persons with AIDS (HOPWA) as proposed by the House and the 
     Senate.
       Includes modified language similar to language proposed by 
     the Senate requiring HUD to renew all expiring HOPWA 
     contracts for permanent supportive housing funded under the 
     non-formula component of the HOPWA program so long as the 
     projects meet all other program requirements. The House did 
     not include a similar provision.


                 RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

       Appropriates $25,000,000 for rural housing and economic 
     development as proposed by the Senate. Includes language 
     requiring funds to be awarded competitively by June 1, 2002 
     as proposed by the Senate. The House did not propose funding 
     for this program.


                EMPOWERMENT ZONES/ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES

       Appropriates $45,000,000 for grants to the second round of 
     empowerment zones instead of $75,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Includes language designating $3,000,000 for each 
     empowerment zone to be used in conjunction with economic 
     development activities detailed in the strategic plans of 
     each empowerment zone instead of $5,000,000 for each zone as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House did not propose funding for 
     this program. The conferees believe that this program should 
     be funded as a mandatory program as originally contemplated.
       The conferees direct the HUD Inspector General to review 
     the use of empowerment zone funds and report the findings to 
     the Committees on Appropriations no later than April 1, 2002.


                       COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       Appropriates $5,000,000,000 for various activities funded 
     in this account, instead of $4,811,993,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $5,012,993,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conferees agree to the following:
       --$4,341,000,000 for formula grants under the Community 
     Development Block Grant program (CDBG), instead of 
     $4,339,300,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate;
       --$70,000,000 for grants to Indian tribes instead of 
     $69,000,000 as proposed by the House and $71,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate;
       --$42,500,000 for section 107 grants, instead of 
     $34,434,000 as proposed by the House and $45,500,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Within the amount provided for 
     section 107 grants, the conference agreement provides the 
     following earmarks:
       $7,000,000 for insular areas;
       $10,500,000 for historically black colleges and 
     universities;
       $3,000,000 for community development work study;
       $7,500,000 for Hispanic serving institutions;
       $7,500,000 for the Community Outreach Partnerships program;
       $3,000,000 for tribal colleges and universities; and
       $4,000,000 for Alaska Native serving institutions and 
     Native Hawaiian serving institutions;

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       --$3,300,000 for the Housing Assistance Council as proposed 
     by the House instead of $3,000,000 as proposed by the Senate;
       --$2,600,000 for the National American Indian Housing 
     Council as proposed by the Senate instead of $2,794,000 as 
     proposed by the House;
       --$5,000,000 for the National Housing Development 
     Corporation for continuation of its program of acquisition, 
     rehabilitation, and preservation of at-risk affordable 
     housing, including $2,000,000 for operating expenses as 
     proposed by the House. The Senate did not propose funding for 
     this program;
       --$5,000,000 for the National Council of La Raza HOPE Fund, 
     of which $500,000 is for technical assistance and fund 
     management and $4,500,000 is for investments and financing as 
     proposed by the House. The Senate did not propose funding for 
     this program;
       --$9,600,000 for the Department of Hawaiian Homelands for 
     assistance as authorized by title VIII of the Native American 
     Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, with 
     not more than five percent for administrative costs, as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House did not propose funding for 
     this program;
       --$22,000,000 for grants to eligible grantees under section 
     11 of the Self-Help Housing Opportunity Program, instead of 
     $21,956,000 as proposed by the House and $20,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate;
       --$29,000,000 for the Capacity Building for Community 
     Development and Affordable Housing program, authorized by 
     section 4 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
     Demonstration Act, as in effect before June 12, 1997, instead 
     of $29,387,000 as proposed by the House and $28,450,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Of the amount provided, at least 
     $5,000,000 shall be for capacity building activities in rural 
     areas as proposed by the Senate instead of $4,989,000 as 
     proposed by the House. Additionally, $4,000,000 is for 
     Habitat for Humanity International, instead of $4,442,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $3,450,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate;
       --$55,000,000 for supportive services, congregate services 
     and service coordinators for residents of public and Indian 
     housing as proposed by the Senate, instead of $54,879,000 as 
     proposed by the House;
       --$65,000,000 for Youthbuild instead of $69,868,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $70,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. This amount includes $2,000,000 for capacity building 
     activities as proposed by the House and the Senate, and 
     $10,000,000 for underserved and rural areas as proposed by 
     the Senate;
       --$42,000,000 for the Neighborhood Initiatives program 
     instead of $25,000,000 as proposed by the House and the 
     Senate. Does not include language proposed by the House 
     related to unobligated prior year balances. The Senate did 
     not include a similar provision. Targeted grants shall be 
     provided as follows:
       $500,000 for the County of Tulare, California, for 
     development of the Dinuba regional vocational training 
     facility;
       $250,000 for the City of Oceanside, California for the 
     Crown Heights neighborhood revitalization project;
       $1,000,000 for the Colorado Mountain Housing Coalition;
       $700,000 for the City of Miami, Florida, Model 
     Homeownership Zone Pilot Project;
       $200,000 for McHenry County, Illinois, for economic 
     development along the Fox River;
       $3,000,000 for the Louisville Community Development Bank 
     for continuation of the Louisville Neighborhood Initiative;
       $750,000 for the City of Brewer, Maine for the 
     redevelopment of its waterfront;
       $750,000 for the City of St. Paul, Minnesota, for the 
     Phalen Village Superblock project;
       $2,500,000 for the Grand Avenue Redevelopment Project in 
     Kansas City, Missouri;
       $1,000,000 for Urban Strategies for the construction of 
     affordable, mixed-income housing for disabled individuals in 
     the Central West End area of the City of Saint Louis, 
     Missouri;
       $750,000 for the City of St. Louis, Missouri, for 
     development of the Forest Park Master Plan;
       $1,000,000 for Beyond Housing, a St. Louis Missouri non-
     profit to preserve homes in the Castle Point, Pagedale and NE 
     University City areas;
       $250,000 for the City of Wildwood, New Jersey, for 
     revitalization of the Pacific Avenue Business District;
       $1,000,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for the 
     Neighborhood Initiative Program;
       $5,000,000 to Home Headquarters in Syracuse, New York for a 
     Home Equity Assurance Pilot Program and other Neighborhood 
     Initiative projects;
       $200,000 to the City of Canandaigua, New York, for Lagoon 
     Park development;
       $200,000 to the City of Albany, New York, for the Corning 
     Park Revitalization Project;
       $300,000 to the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to 
     support the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative, which 
     will demolish many abandoned homes as well as revitalize the 
     areas;
       $200,000 to Universal Community Homes, Philadelphia, 
     Pennsylvania to continue the conversion of more than 500 
     parcels of land into for-sale units to low-and moderate-
     income families;
       $250,000 for the City of Anderson, South Carolina for the 
     Murray/Franklin Street neighborhood revitalization project;
       $10,000,000 for the State of South Dakota to maintain the 
     physical integrity of the Homestake Mine in preparation for 
     the potential development of a major research facility on 
     that site;
       $400,000 for the City of Watertown, South Dakota, for a 
     community revitalization project;
       $300,000 for Campbell County, South Dakota, for economic 
     development activities;
       $1,000,000 for the City of Bellingham, Washington, for the 
     Holly Street landfill redevelopment project;
       $1,000,000 for the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the 
     Menominee River Valley redevelopment project;
       $500,000 for the City of Madison, Wisconsin to develop 
     affordable low income housing;
       $6,000,000 to the Vandalia Heritage Foundation, Inc. for 
     community and neighborhood revitalization and economic 
     diversification initiatives;
       $1,000,000 for the City of Beckley, West Virginia, to 
     revitalize a blighted area;
       $2,000,000 for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America for the 
     operating and start-up costs of clubs located in or near, and 
     primarily serving residents of, public and Indian housing.
       --$294,200,000 for economic development initiatives. 
     Targeted grants shall be made as follows:
       $490,000 to the Kenai Peninsula Borough in Alaska for 
     construction of low-income housing for senior citizens;
       $990,000 for Catholic Community Services for its Adult Day 
     Care facility in Juneau, Alaska to provide day care for the 
     elderly persons;
       $1,250,000 for the United Way community services facility 
     in Anchorage, Alaska to complete construction of a social 
     service facility to serve low-income people;
       $1,500,000 for Alaska Pacific University for the 
     restoration of a historic property in Anchorage, Alaska;
       $1,500,000 for the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska for 
     the expansion of the Alaska Zoo;
       $2,250,000 for Fairbanks, Alaska to provide winter 
     recreation opportunities for military and civilian persons at 
     the Fairbanks North Star Borough Birch Hill recreation area;
       $45,000 to the Hillsboro-Lawrence County, Alabama Boys and 
     Girls Club;
       $50,000 to Guntersville, Alabama to extend sewer lines to 
     the Marshall-Jackson Mental Health Center;
       $50,000 to the City of Decatur, Alabama for improvements to 
     Delano Park;
       $50,000 to the City of Hollywood, Alabama for wastewater 
     infrastructure improvements;
       $50,000 to the Housing Authority of the City of Huntsville, 
     Alabama for the continuation of a music education program;
       $50,000 to Walker County, Alabama for assembly costs of the 
     Walker County Center of Technology;
       $80,000 to Leesburg, Alabama for sewer and water 
     infrastructure expansion to the city boat dock;
       $85,000 to The Whole Backstage Marshall County Theater 
     Group in Marshall County, Alabama for renovation of 
     facilities;
       $100,000 to the City of Selma, Alabama for the acquisition 
     of the Lovelady Building on historic Water Avenue in Selma, 
     Alabama;
       $100,000 to the Northwest Alabama Council of Local 
     Governments for the development of a master plan for the 
     Florence-Lauderdale County Port Authority;
       $100,000 to the Tuskegee Area Health Education Center in 
     Alabama for a rural HIV/AIDS program;
       $115,000 to the Birmingham Building Trade Towers, Inc. for 
     renovation the Birmingham Building Trades Tower in Alabama;
       $115,000 to the University of Montevallo, Alabama for 
     repair of historic structures;
       $125,000 to Brilliant, Alabama for access road improvement 
     and water line extension to industrial park;
       $125,000 to Winfield, Alabama for site work preparation of 
     land for industrial use;
       $150,000 to Family Connection, Inc. in Alabaster, Alabama 
     to construct a facility to house a new diversionary program 
     for first time juvenile offenders in Shelby County, Alabama;
       $150,000 for the City of Mobile, Alabama for the building 
     renovation for the Mobile Opera/Symphony Collaboration;
       $190,000 to Albertville, Alabama for a civic center;
       $200,000 to Jasper, Alabama for recreational park 
     construction;
       $200,000 to the Clark County Commission, Alabama for 
     establishment of the Forestry Museum;
       $400,000 to the Shoals Economic Development Authority in 
     Florence, Alabama for the construction of a joint economic 
     development facility to be used by SEDA and the Shoals 
     Chamber of Commerce;
       $240,000 for the Patient One Medical Transport System of 
     Alabama for wheelchair accessible vehicles, drivers, and 
     program expenses;
       $250,000 to Oakwood College of Alabama for the 
     establishment of a Wellness Center;
       $250,000 for Eufala, Alabama for downtown revitalization;
       $300,000 to BizTech located in Huntsville, Alabama for the 
     construction of a business development facility;
       $300,000 to the City of Mobile, Alabama for improvements to 
     a recreational pier and facilities at McNally Park;
       $300,000 to the Covington County Commission in Alabama for 
     the construction of the second phase of the Covington County 
     Farm Center;
       $350,000 to the Housing Authority of the City of Andalusia 
     to expand their existing preschool programs and facility to 
     accommodate more low-income, high risk children in Andalusia, 
     Alabama;

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       $400,000 to the Alabama Historical Commission for the 
     renovation of the Historic Green County Courthouse in Green 
     County, Alabama;
       $500,000 to the American Village for the construction of 
     Federal Hall and the Liberty Square Expansion in Montevallo, 
     Alabama;
       $500,000 to the City of Hamilton, Alabama for the 
     construction of a call center facility;
       $500,000 to the City of Winfield, Alabama for the 
     construction of a call center facility;
       $500,000 to the Cleveland Avenue YMCA so that they may 
     expand their existing programs to serve more young people in 
     Montgomery, Alabama;
       $500,000 to the Lakeshore Foundation in Birmingham, Alabama 
     to expand their existing facilities to serve a larger 
     population of Alabamians with physical disabilities;
       $500,000 to the National Children's Advocacy Center in 
     Huntsville, Alabama for the establishment of a research and 
     training facility;
       $500,000 to the USS Alabama Battleship Commission for a 
     restoration initiative;
       $1,000,000 to Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama for 
     construction of the Regional Library Resource Center;
       $300,000 for Studio for the Arts of Pocahontas, Arkansas, 
     for a new facility;
       $1,000,000 or the City of DeQueen, Arkansas for the 
     development of a cultural awareness center;
       $50,000 to the Tohono O'odham Tribe in Arizona for 
     development of a veterans memorial monument and park;
       $300,000 Boys and Girls Club of the East Valley, Temple 
     Arizona for its Guadalupe Branch;
       $740,000 to Arizona State University for the establishment 
     of the Center for Basic Research and Applied Research within 
     the Barry M. Goldwater Center for Science and Engineering;
       $1,000,000 to the City of Tucson, Arizona for the Fox 
     Tucson Theatre and Archive Project to restore and renovate a 
     historic theater;
       $30,000 to the City of Temecula, California for the Job 
     Skills and Commuter Census;
       $30,000 to the Cuban Resource Center in Los Angeles, 
     California for community center improvements;
       $50,000 to Easter Seals Tri-Counties in California for the 
     Easter Seals Child Development Center;
       $50,000 to Environment Now in Santa Monica, California for 
     continued development of the Ballona Creek Trail and Bikeway;
       $50,000 to the City of Anaheim, California for the Senior 
     Citizen Wing Expansion of the Brookhurst Community Center;
       $50,000 to the City of La Puente, California for an 
     addition to the La Puente Youth Learning Center;
       $50,000 to the City of Placerville, California for the 
     rehabilitation and development of the Gold Bug Park, the 
     Meagher House;
       $50,000 to the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California for 
     construction of a senior center;
       $50,000 to the County of San Bernardino, California for the 
     youth baseball/softball field complex at Spring Valley Lake 
     in Victorville;
       $50,000 to the County of San Bernardino, California for the 
     Barstow Wading Pool;
       $50,000 to the Mothers of East LA Santa Isabel in Los 
     Angeles, California for improvements to a community garden;
       $50,000 to the West Haven Community Center in Garden Grove, 
     California for construction costs;
       $75,000 to the Angelus Plaza Senior Housing Complex in Los 
     Angeles, California for the acquisition of multi-language 
     translation equipment;
       $75,000 to the City of Long Beach, California for 
     construction of the Admiral Kidd Park Community Center;
       $90,000 to the City of Temecula, California for the Vail 
     Ranch Middle School Basketball Lighting Project;
       $100,000 to the Ed Roberts Campus in Berkeley, California 
     for planning and development of their disability campus;
       $100,000 to Marin City, California for Marin City Cultural 
     and Community Center facility needs;
       $100,000 to the American Film Institute for the 
     establishment of a Screen Education Center for public school 
     teacher training;
       $100,000 to the City of Los Angeles, California for 
     construction needs of the Boyle Heights Youth Technology and 
     Recreation Center;
       $100,000 to the City of Los Angeles, California for the Red 
     Car Trolley study;
       $75,000 to the Fort Ord Re-use Authority in Marina, 
     California for economic development re-use activities at the 
     former Fort Ord;
       $100,000 to the Heritage Camp Foundation in California for 
     its Feria de California program;
       $100,000 to the Housing Trust of Santa Clara County, 
     California for affordable housing efforts in Silicon Valley;
       $100,000 to the Leimert Park Merchants Association in Los 
     Angeles, California for continued revitalization efforts in 
     the Leimert Park Village;
       $125,000 to the City of Los Angeles, California for 
     construction of the Ernest E. Debs Nature Center;
       $150,000 to the City of Modesto, California for 
     infrastructure needs in distressed neighborhoods;
       $150,000 to the City of Vallejo, California for development 
     of a fire suppression system of Mare Island;
       $150,000 to the Davis Street Community Center in Central 
     Alameda, California for facilities needs;
       $175,000 to the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, 
     California for construction needs of the M.H. de Young 
     Memorial Museum;
       $190,000 to the City of Simi Valley, California for the 
     expansion of the Simi Valley Senior Citizens Center;
       $190,000 to the City of Westminster, California for 
     construction of a multi-cultural Community Center;
       $198,000 to the City of Riverside, California and the 
     California Department of Parks and Recreation for the Citrus 
     Park project;
       $200,000 to the City of Eureka, California for Fisherman 
     Dock Area Harbor capital improvement needs;
       $200,000 to the City of Highland, California for the city 
     history museum;
       $200,000 to the City of Inglewood, California for design 
     and construction needs related to a new seniors center;
       $200,000 to the City of Needles, California for blight 
     abatement;
       $200,000 to the City of Twentynine Palms, California for 
     the Twentynine Palms Visitor Center;
       $200,000 to the County of San Bernardino, California for 
     construction of the Hall of Paleontology at the San 
     Bernardino County Museum;
       $200,000 to the County of San Bernardino, California for 
     the Big Bear Zoo relocation and expansion;
       $200,000 to the Town of Apple Valley, California for Phase 
     One of Civic Center Park;
       $200,000 to the Town of Yucca Valley, California for the 
     Southside Community Park;
       $240,000 to the City of Diamond Bar, California for 
     construction of a senior center;
       $240,000 to the Kern County Superintendent of Schools 
     Office for the Mobility Opportunities via Education project 
     as a component of the Southeast Bakersfield, California 
     Redevelopment Project;
       $250,000 for Covenant House California, for purchase and 
     renovation of a new facility for the East Bay Street Outreach 
     and Community Service Center;
       $250,000 for the Center Theatre Group, of Los Angeles, 
     California, for the Culver City Theater project;
       $250,000 for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedom Center of 
     Oakland, California, for facility construction;
       $250,000 to Pacific Union College in Angwin, California for 
     the Napa Valley Community Resource Center;
       $290,000 to the City of Citrus Heights, California for the 
     Sunrise MarketPlace Revitalization Project;
       $290,000 to the City of Stockton, California for the 
     historic restoration of the Fox Theatre;
       $290,000 to the Fund for the Preservation of the California 
     State Mining and Mineral Museum;
       $300,000 for Community Medical Centers of Fresno, 
     California, for renovations to the Fresno Community Regional 
     Medical Center;
       $300,000 to the City and County of San Francisco, 
     California for its Masterlease Hotel program for the 
     homeless;
       $300,000 to the City of East Palo Alto, California for the 
     redevelopment of the Ravenswood Industrial Area;
       $300,000 to the City of Salinas, California for 
     construction of a municipal pool;
       $275,000 to the City of Santa Monica, California for 
     gateway needs at the Santa Monica Mountains National 
     Recreation Area;
       $300,000 to the Sacramento California Housing and 
     Redevelopment Agency for the Sacramento Asian Sports 
     Foundation, to construct a community center;
       $490,000 to El Centro Regional Medical Center in Imperial 
     County, California for construction of a heliport;
       $490,000 to HomeAid to assist efforts to build and renovate 
     homeless shelters;
       $490,000 to the City of Bakersfield, California for the 
     Baker Street Corridor project;
       $490,000 to the City of Monrovia, California for the Old 
     Town Monrovia Revitalization Project;
       $490,000 to the City of Redding, California for the 
     Stillwater Industrial Park;
       $490,000 to the Sweetwater Authority in California for the 
     Sweetwater and Loveland Reservoirs Recreation Project;
       $500,000 to the San Dieguito Transportation Cooperative of 
     California to centralize school bus transportation operations 
     and increase service capacity;
       $740,000 to the City of Lancaster, California to complete 
     the Lancaster National Soccer Center;
       $750,000 for the City of East Palo Alto, California to 
     redevelop the Ravenswood industrial area;
       $750,000 for the West Angeles Community Development 
     Corporation of Los Angeles, California, for development of 
     the West Angeles Plaza;
       $190,000 to the City of Oceanside, California for 
     revitalization of the Crown Heights Neighborhood;
       $800,000 for the Town of Mountain Village, Colorado for an 
     affordable housing initiative;
       $1,500,000 for the City of Denver, Colorado for 
     revitalization;
       $50,000 to the City of Hartford, Connecticut for 
     redevelopment of the North Star Plaza area in the North End 
     community of Hartford;
       $75,000 to the University of Hartford, in Hartford, 
     Connecticut for the Hartt School Performing Arts Center;
       $100,000 to the Town of Derby, Connecticut for restoration 
     of the Sterling Opera House;

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       $300,000 for Connecticut Hospice, Inc., of Branford, 
     Connecticut, for construction of a new facility;
       $800,000 for the Southside Institutions Neighborhood 
     Alliance of Hartford, Connecticut, for neighborhood 
     revitalization in Hartford;
       $390,000 to Norwich Community Development Corporation in 
     Norwich, Connecticut for rehabilitation of the historic 
     Capehart Mill;
       $375,000 to the Domestic Violence Services of Greater New 
     Haven, Connecticut for a domestic violence transitional 
     housing project;
       $490,000 to the Warner Theater in Torrington, Connecticut 
     for facility renovations;
       $50,000 for the Delaware Valley Historical Aircraft 
     Association, Delaware County to complete their building 
     project which will house historic military aircraft presently 
     on outdoor display in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania;
       $50,000 to Delaware Valley Community Health, Inc. for 
     facilities needs at the Maria de los Santos Health Center in 
     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
       $300,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Delaware for 
     facility construction and renovation;
       $750,000 for the YMCA of Delaware for renovations to the 
     Central Branch YMCA;
       $25,000 to the Orlando Community Redevelopment Agency in 
     Orlando, Florida for redevelopment of Otey Place;
       $50,000 to the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in Tampa, 
     Florida for expansion purposes;
       $50,000 to the Tampa Bay, Florida Port Authority for the 
     channelside economic development project;
       $100,000 to the Alachua County Board of Commissioners in 
     Alachua County, Florida for land conservation efforts related 
     to the Emerald Necklace initiative;
       $100,000 to the City of Gainesville, Florida for the Depot 
     Avenue economic development project;
       $200,000 to St. Petersburg Beach, Florida for the Don Vista 
     Community Center;
       $200,000 to the Alachua County Board of Commissioners in 
     Alachua County, Florida for a program to stabilize and 
     revitalize distressed neighborhoods, including the City of 
     Archer;
       $240,000 to the Brevard Community College in Florida for 
     renovations and infrastructure improvements to the Cocoa 
     Village Playhouse;
       $240,000 to the City of Daytona Beach, Florida for the 
     Daytona Beach Boardwalk Revitalization;
       $240,000 to the City of Maitland, Florida for a senior 
     citizens center;
       $240,000 to the Florida Association of Counties for 
     continuation of a national pilot project for assisting rural 
     communities to develop and sustain professional economic 
     development initiatives;
       $450,000 to Bethune Cookman College in Daytona Beach, 
     Florida for costs related to a community services and student 
     union building;
       $340,000 to the City of South Miami, Florida for urban 
     infrastructure upgrades and street enhancements;
       $350,000 for Covenant House, Florida, Inc., for 
     transitional housing;
       $490,000 to Sebring Airport Authority of Florida for 
     development of a light industrial commercial business park;
       $490,000 to the City of Clearwater, Florida for the ``Beach 
     by Design Initiative'';
       $490,000 to the City of Deerfield Beach, Florida for the 
     construction of the Mitigation Operation Center;
       $500,000 to Pinellas County, Florida for the Gulf Boulevard 
     project;
       $500,000 to Pinellas Park, Florida for community hurricane 
     evacuation infrastructure improvements;
       $500,000 to the City of Safety Harbor, Florida to repair 
     and replace brick streets and underground utilities;
       $500,000 to the Miami-Dade County Housing Finance Authority 
     of Florida for the provision of housing within the Liberty 
     City/Model City neighborhoods for public housing residents of 
     those neighborhoods displaced by changes in public housing;
       $740,000 to Edison Community College in Fort Myers, Florida 
     for the renovation of the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts 
     Hall;
       $1,000,000 to Miami-Dade County, Florida for the provision 
     of housing within the Liberty City/Model City neighborhoods 
     for public housing residents of those neighborhoods displaced 
     by changes in public housing;
       $2,000,000 to St. Petersburg, Florida for the Sunken 
     Gardens improvement project;
       $100,000 to Clarkston Community Center, Inc. in DeKalb 
     County, Georgia for renovations;
       $100,000 to DeKalb County, Georgia for development of a 
     multipurpose civic and community center;
       $100,000 to Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia for 
     historic preservation of Packard Hall;
       $150,000 to the Historic Savannah Foundation of Georgia to 
     revitalize housing in the historic Savannah neighborhoods;
       $200,000 to College Partners, Inc in Atlanta, Georgia for 
     community development and revitalization initiative;
       $240,000 to the ARCH Educational Network in Georgia for 
     construction of an education center;
       $240,000 to the City of Macon, Georgia for redevelopment of 
     a Brownfields site;
       $300,000 for Covenant House Georgia, to purchase and 
     renovate a new community service center in Atlanta, Georgia;
       $350,000 for Rockdale County, Georgia, for construction of 
     Georgia's Veterans Park;
       $400,000 for the Tubman African American Museum in Macon, 
     Georgia for construction of the Tubman African American 
     Museum;
       $490,000 to Gwinnett County, Georgia for the Liberty 
     Heights Neighborhood Revitalization Project;
       $490,000 to the Warner Robins Century of Flight Museum in 
     Georgia for facilities expansion;
       $500,000 to the Liberty County, Georgia Development 
     Authority for the Coastal MegaPark for continued planning and 
     engineering studies and infrastructure development;
       $750,000 for development of the Dr. Martin Luther King, 
     Sr., Community Service Center in Atlanta, Georgia;
       $200,000 for the County of Maui, Hawaii for restoration of 
     the Iao Theater in Wailuku Town;
       $300,000 for the County of Kauai, Hawaii, for the Heritage 
     Trails project;
       $500,000 for the YMCA of Honolulu, Hawaii, for 
     reconstruction and expansion of the Kalihi YMCA facility;
       $500,000 for the YMCA of Kauai, Hawaii, for construction of 
     a multipurpose community center;
       $750,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii to establish 
     three new Boys and Girls Clubs of Hawaii in the Hawaiian 
     homestead areas of Papakolea, Nanakuli and Paukukalo;
       $800,000 for the Filipino Community Center, Inc. of 
     Honolulu, Hawaii to develop a new community center;
       $490,000 to the City of Des Moines, Iowa for the 
     redevelopment of the Des Moines Advance Technology 
     Agribusiness Park;
       $500,000 for City of Waterloo, Iowa, for brownfields 
     redevelopment;
       $500,000 for the City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for 
     brownfields revitalization;
       $500,000 for the City of Council Bluffs, Iowa, for the 
     Katelman neighborhood redevelopment project;
       $500,000 for the City of Davenport, Iowa, for the East 
     Davenport Development Corporation mixed-income housing 
     development;
       $500,000 for the City of Des Moines, Iowa, for brownfields 
     redevelopment;
       $500,000 for the Iowa Department of Economic Development 
     for the Main Street Program;
       $500,000 to Homeward, Inc. in North Central Iowa to assist 
     local employers with housing programs and help low- to 
     moderate-income families purchase or remodel existing homes;
       $1,000,000 for Dubuque, Iowa for the development of an 
     American River Museum;
       $290,000 to the City of Jerome, Idaho for the renovation of 
     facilities for a mixed-use community education, health, and 
     technology center;
       $500,000 for the Lewis and Clark State College for the 
     Idaho Virtual Incubator;
       $500,000 for the University of Idaho for a technology 
     incubator at Post Falls, Idaho;
       $1,000,000 for the Clearwater Economic Development 
     Association for the implementation of the Lewis and Clark 
     Bicentennial plan;
       $1,000,000 for the University of Idaho for a performance 
     and education facility;
       $50,000 to Family Focus in Evansville, Illinois for 
     facilities needs;
       $75,000 to Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois for an 
     integrated student services and activities center;
       $90,000 to the Taylorville Community School District in 
     Taylorville, Illinois for construction of a Fine Arts 
     Educational Center;
       $100,000 to Knox College in Illinois for renovations of 
     Alumni Hall for the Abraham Lincoln Studies Center;
       $100,000 to the City of Calumet Park, Illinois for 
     recreation center facility needs;
       $100,000 to the City of Chicago, Illinois for the Lake 
     Calumet Area Land Acquisition Redevelopment project;
       $100,000 to the City of Elgin, Illinois for expansion of 
     the Elgin Child Daycare Center;
       $100,000 to the Haymarket Center in Chicago, Illinois for 
     the purchase and renovation of a facility;
       $100,000 to the Illinois Quad Cities Mississippi Riverfront 
     Redevelopment partnership for redevelopment efforts;
       $100,000 to the Westie Holistic in Chicago, Illinois for 
     expansion of the Youth and Services Division;
       $100,000 to the United Services of Chicago, Inc. in 
     Illinois for a job training project in the Chicago 
     metropolitan area;
       $140,000 to the Morrisonville Emergency Services Facility 
     in Morrison, Illinois for construction of facilities;
       $150,000 for American Lung Association of Illinois for 
     technology upgrades for the Tobacco Quitline and veterans 
     outreach programs;
       $150,000 for Asian Human Services of Chicago, Illinois, to 
     expand its community empowerment programs;
       $150,000 for Catholic Urban Programs of East St Louis, 
     Illinois to expand its emergency housing facility;
       $150,000 for the Shelby County Community Services Agency, 
     of Shelbyville, Illinois, for construction of a child care 
     center;
       $150,000 for the World War II Illinois Veterans Memorial of 
     Springfield, Illinois, for construction;
       $150,000 to Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, 
     Illinois for infrastructure needs related to the development 
     of a University Research Park;

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       $175,000 for the Quincy, Illinois, Housing Authority to 
     expand its community center facilities;
       $200,000 to the City of Berwyn, Illinois for expansion and 
     renovations of public safety and fire facilities;
       $225,000 for the Peace/Education Coalition of Chicago, 
     Illinois for expansion of a community youth center and 
     related programs;
       $240,000 to Cornerstone Services, Inc. in Will County, 
     Illinois for the reconstruction of a warehouse into a 
     developmental training center for adults with disabilities;
       $240,000 to Joliet Junior College of Illinois for the 
     Bridging Community, Economic and Workforce Development 
     Through Local Partnerships Project;
       $300,000 for Casa Central of Chicago, Illinois, for 
     expansion of a community technology center facility and 
     services;
       $300,000 to Sugar Grove, Illinois for drinking water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       $350,000 for Career Transitions Center of Chicago, 
     Illinois, for property acquisition and rehabilitation to 
     develop a social services outreach facility;
       $470,000 to Will County, Illinois for renovation, expansion 
     and facility improvement for the County Courthouse;
       $490,000 to the City of Des Plaines, Illinois for 
     conversion of an existing building into a multi-use community 
     resource center;
       $500,000 for Christopher House of Chicago, Illinois, for 
     construction of a family resource center;
       $500,000 for the City of Moline, Illinois, for riverfront 
     redevelopment efforts in Moline, East Moline, and Rock 
     Island;
       $500,000 to Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois for 
     construction of a new science and technology center;
       $1,300,000 to Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center 
     in Chicago, Illinois for the Center on Research and Aging;
       $50,000 to the City of Indianapolis, Indiana for 
     revitalization efforts focused on the historic Massachusetts 
     Avenue Corridor;
       $50,000 to the War Memorials Commission in Indianapolis, 
     Indiana for continued restoration of the Indiana World War 
     Memorial Plaza;
       $100,000 to the City of South Bend, Indiana for demolition 
     and revitalization in the Studebaker Auto/Oliver Plow Works 
     industrial corridor;
       $140,000 for Tri-State University located in Angola, 
     Indiana for the development of the Tri-State University 
     Center for Educational Excellence;
       $190,000 to the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne, 
     Indiana for construction and outfitting of the proposed 
     Professional Development Center;
       $290,000 to Ball State University of Muncie, Indiana for 
     facilities expansion and renovation of the Midwest 
     Entrepreneurial Education Center;
       $300,000 for the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana, for 
     redevelopment of the Quartermaster Depot;
       $490,000 to the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children 
     in Indiana to expand and enhance services at the autism 
     clinic;
       $500,000 for the Historic Preservation Association of 
     Jasper County, Indiana for the restoration of Drexel Hall;
       $500,000 to the City of Merrillville, Indiana for drinking 
     water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       $650,000 to the City of Hobart, Indiana for sewage 
     treatment facility needs;
       $740,000 to Purdue University in Indiana for the Ultra-
     Performance Nanotechnology Center in West Lafayette, Indiana;
       $1,000,000 for the City of Carmel for its Indiana parks 
     development;
       $240,000 to the City of Manhattan, Kansas for the apron 
     expansion at the Manhattan Regional Airport;
       $490,000 to the City of Hutchinson, Kansas to properly seal 
     all abandoned brine well sites;
       $750,000 to Power Community Development Corporation for 
     development of a grocery supermarket in Wichita, Kansas;
       $1,000,000 to the City of Hutchinson, Kansas for 
     revitalization;
       $70,000 to Allen County, Kentucky for upgrades to the 
     Emergency 911 System;
       $190,000 to Simpson County, Kentucky for repairs and 
     renovation of the Emergency Operations Center;
       $200,000 to the Southern Star Development Corporation for 
     construction of a multipurpose community facility;
       $228,000 to the First Gethsemane Center in Louisville, 
     Kentucky for renovation of facilities;
       $250,000 to the Western Kentucky Growers Association for 
     capital improvements and equipment;
       $275,000 to Brooklawn Youth Services for construction of a 
     multipurpose activities building and gymnasium;
       $347,000 to the Canaan Community Development Corporation 
     for the Canaan Christian Academy child development center;
       $400,000 to the Shiloh Community Renewal Center in Kentucky 
     for facilities reconstruction and rehabilitation;
       $475,000 to the City of Lynch, Kentucky for construction 
     and restoration of facilities associated with the Kentucky 
     Coal Mine Museum;
       $500,000 to the New Zion Community Foundation Development 
     for construction of a community-based consumer center;
       $525,000 to the London-Laurel County Tourist Commission for 
     design and land acquisition for a Civil War historical/
     interpretive theme park in Laurel County, Kentucky;
       $4,500,000 for the University of Louisville for the 
     expansion of its main library;
       $50,000 to the Acadia Economic Development Corporation for 
     establishment of a business incubator in Crowley, Louisiana;
       $90,000 to the City of New Iberia, Louisiana for downtown 
     revitalization;
       $100,000 to Iberia Parish, Louisiana for the New Iberia 
     conference center;
       $100,000 to the Town of Golden Meadow, Louisiana for 
     recreational and job training uses;
       $100,000 to the Town of Grand Isle, Louisiana for the Grand 
     Isle Civic/Conference Center;
       $150,000 to St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana for the 
     planning, design and construction of a civic center/farmers 
     market;
       $200,000 for Booker T. Community Outreach, Inc., of Monroe, 
     Louisiana, for an elderly living center;
       $200,000 for Kingsley House, Inc., of New Orleans, 
     Louisiana, for facility and service expansion;
       $200,000 to the New Orleans Regional Planning Commission 
     for bike paths and recreational infrastructure improvements 
     in the St. Charles, St. Bernard, and Plaquemines Parishes of 
     Louisiana;
       $250,000 for Dillard University of New Orleans, Louisiana, 
     the International Center for Economic Freedom project;
       $250,000 for the City of Donaldsonville, Louisiana, for 
     riverfront development;
       $250,000 to the City of Mandeville, Louisiana for the 
     Mandeville Trailhead Project;
       $250,000 to the Port of South Louisiana for expansion of 
     the Globalplex Intermodal Terminal Facility;
       $275,000 for the Mirabeau Family Learning Center, Inc., of 
     New Orleans, Louisiana, for expansion of facilities and 
     services;
       $290,000 to DeSoto Parish, Louisiana for transportation 
     infrastructure improvements associated with the West DeSoto 
     Industrial Park and Riverfront Park;
       $300,000 for the City of Shreveport, Louisiana, for develop 
     supporting infrastructure for its Convention Center and 
     Downtown Redevelopment project;
       $400,000 for the City of Vidalia, Louisiana for 
     construction of the Gateway Center at the Vidalia riverfront;
       $490,000 to the City of Port Allen, Louisiana for economic 
     development and downtown revitalization;
       $500,000 for the Audubon Nature Institute, Inc., of New 
     Orleans, Louisiana, for development of the Living Science 
     Museum;
       $1,000,000 for the Louisiana Department of Culture, 
     Recreation, and Tourism for development activities related to 
     the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Celebration;
       $50,000 to the Cambridge, Massachusetts Redevelopment 
     Authority for implementation of a public space redevelopment 
     initiative;
       $100,000 to Salem State College in Salem, Massachusetts for 
     construction of an arts center;
       $100,000 to the Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center in 
     Brockton, Massachusetts for construction of a cancer center;
       $100,000 to the City of Lawrence, Massachusetts for parking 
     facility needs in the Lower Gateway area of Lawrence;
       $100,000 to the City of Worchester, Massachusetts for the 
     Gardner-Kirby-Hammond Street neighborhood revitalization 
     project;
       $100,000 to the Computer Access for Empowerment Program in 
     North Worchester County, Massachusetts for a program to bring 
     computer access to needy areas;
       $150,000 for Fall River, Massachusetts, for the Iwo Jima 
     project;
       $150,000 for the Charlestown, Massachusetts, Boys and Girls 
     Club for facility renovations;
       $175,000 to North Adams, Massachusetts for facilities needs 
     related to the Windsor Mills Incubator Project;
       $250,000 to the Mystic Valley Development Commission for a 
     regional technology development project known as TeleCom 
     City;
       $325,000 to Nueva Esperanza in Holyoke, Massachusetts for 
     the Main Street Mercado project and the New Hope Fish Farm 
     project;
       $275,000 to the Baystate Medical Center, Inc. in 
     Springfield, Massachusetts for the Pioneer Valley Life 
     Sciences Initiative;
       $300,000 to the YMCA of Greater Springfield, Massachusetts 
     for rehabilitation of Camp Norwood;
       $350,000 for Fitchburg State College, of Fitchburg 
     Massachusetts, for the development of a new technology 
     center;
       $400,000 for the City of Lawrence, Massachusetts, for 
     economic development activities;
       $70,000 for St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center of Baltimore, 
     Maryland, for development of a new youth center by the 
     Stadium School Youth Dreamers;
       $100,000 to the Fayette Street Outreach Center in 
     Baltimore, Maryland for development of a building into 
     offices and a community center;
       $150,000 for the Rural Development Center, University of 
     Maryland Eastern Shore, for economic development efforts of 
     Delmarva Low Impact Tourism Experiences;
       $240,000 to the Bethesda Academy of Performing Arts in 
     Maryland for continued construction of the ``Imagination 
     Stage Center for the Arts'';
       $240,000 to the Town of Garrett Park, Maryland for 
     renovation of the town center, Penn Place;
       $290,000 for the Enterprise Foundation for stabilization 
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     the Forrest Park and Lauraville neighborhoods of Baltimore, 
     Maryland;
       $300,000 for the Living Classrooms Foundation of Baltimore, 
     Maryland, for expansion of the Workforce Development Center;
       $300,000 for the Ruth Enlow Library System of Garrett 
     County, Maryland, for construction of the new Grantsville 
     Branch library;
       $300,000 to the Spring Dell Center in La Plata, Maryland 
     for construction of a new facility;
       $375,000 to the Bowie Regional Arts Vision Association in 
     Bowie, Maryland for construction of a new concert hall;
       $400,000 for the Women's Industrial Exchange of Baltimore, 
     Maryland, for redevelopment of Charles Street property;
       $500,000 for the Kennedy Kreiger Institute of Baltimore, 
     Maryland, for development of a new community behavioral 
     health center;
       $500,000 for the Montgomery County Department of Housing 
     and Community Affairs, Maryland, for streetscaping and 
     revitalization efforts in Wheaton;
       $500,000 for the Montgomery County Department of Housing 
     and Community Affairs, Maryland, for the Stewartown Homes 
     digital divide initiative;
       $500,000 for the National Federation of the Blind for the 
     development of the National Research and Training Institute 
     for the Blind in Baltimore, Maryland;
       $500,000 for the New Shiloh Community Development 
     Corporation of Baltimore, Maryland, for construction of a 
     multi-purpose center;
       $500,000 for Way Station, Inc., of Frederick, Maryland, for 
     development of the Way Station Community Mental Health and 
     National Education Center;
       $750,000 for the Fells Point Creative Alliance of 
     Baltimore, Maryland, for development of the Patterson Center 
     for the Arts;
       $50,000 to the City of Westbrook, Maine for downtown 
     revitalization efforts including the construction of a 
     parking garage;
       $50,000 to the International Northeast Biotechnology 
     Corridor in Fairfield, Maine for economic development efforts 
     directed at biotechnology companies;
       $100,000 to the Franco-American Heritage Center at St. 
     Mary's in Lewiston, Maine for the redevelopment of the St. 
     Mary's Church into a learning center, museum and performing 
     arts space;
       $1,000,000 for the City of Lewiston, Maine for the funding 
     of a community and economic development center;
       $1,000,000 for the Wiscassett Regional Development 
     Corporation for the Maine Yankee Power Plane Reuse 
     Initiative;
       $140,000 to the Livingston Arts Council for renovations of 
     the Downtown Howell Opera House in Howell, Michigan;
       $140,000 to the Village of Holly, Michigan for the Railroad 
     Depot Renovation Project;
       $150,000 to the Detroit Medical Center in Detroit, Michigan 
     for site readiness efforts related to the Sinai Redevelopment 
     Project;
       $250,000 to the Chippewa-Luce-Mackinac Community Action 
     Human Resources Authority in Michigan for a downtown 
     community revitalization project;
       $250,000 to the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in 
     Dearborn, Michigan for the ``America's Transportation 
     Stories'' project;
       $750,000 for Wayne County, Michigan, for the Wayne County 
     Nutritional Seniors Kitchen;
       $350,000 to NorthStar Varsity Park Redevelopment in 
     Detroit, Michigan for a targeted housing production program;
       $600,000 to the City of Mt. Clemens, Michigan for 
     development and operations of a community recreation center;
       $750,000 for Focus: HOPE of Detroit, Michigan, for facility 
     renovation;
       $750,000 to the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences 
     in Ann Arbor, Michigan for infrastructure costs related to 
     the development and deployment of advanced technologies to 
     the manufacturing base;
       $100,000 to Bemidji State University in Minnesota for 
     construction of the American Indian Cultural Resource Center;
       $100,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Detroit Lakes, 
     Minnesota for facility needs;
       $240,000 to the National Audubon Society for the Audubon 
     Ark Project in Dubuque, Iowa;
       $300,000 to the Audubon Center of the North Woods in 
     Minnesota for a capital project to increase accessibility;
       $340,000 to Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minnesota 
     for the Fairview Health Services' ``Healthy Mothers and 
     Babies Technology Demonstration'' initiative;
       $600,000 for the Mesabi Academy and Martin Hughes School of 
     Buhl, Minnesota, for facility renovation and program 
     expansion;
       $600,000 to the Reuben Lindh Family Services in 
     Minneapolis, Minnesota for facilities rehabilitation;
       $175,000 for the American Indian Opportunities Industrial 
     Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota for rehabilitation of 
     facilities;
       $50,000 for Applied Urban Research Institute of Kansas City 
     Missouri for a study to develop a city-wide plan to assist 
     troubled youth;
       $75,000 to the Kansas City, Missouri for redevelopment of 
     the former U.S. Courthouse;
       $240,000 to Logan College of Chiropractic's in 
     Chesterfield, Missouri for the continued development and 
     construction of a Learning Resource Center;
       $250,000 for the City of St. Joseph, Missouri for downtown 
     redevelopment project;
       $250,000 for the Cuba, Missouri Tourism Center for the 
     historic district improvement project;
       $250,000 for the Sparta, Missouri Community Development 
     Organization for the development of an industrial park;
       $250,000 for the Andrew County Museum and Historical 
     Society in Missouri for expansion of their museum;
       $250,000 for Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge in 
     Missouri for construction of an Education Auditorium, 
     boardwalk and outdoor classroom;
       $250,000 for the Missouri Forest Heritage Center in Shannon 
     Co., Missouri for the construction of a forest resource 
     management center;
       $300,000 for the Central Missouri Lake of the Ozarks 
     Convention and Visitor Bureau community center;
       $300,000 for the City of Fayette, Missouri Downtown 
     revitalization project;
       $300,000 for the Perry County, Missouri Industrial 
     Development Authority to renovate building to serve as a 
     Center for Industry and Education;
       $340,000 to the Central Missouri Food Bank in Columbia, 
     Missouri for construction of facilities;
       $450,000 for the Rolla, Missouri Chamber of Commerce for 
     downtown revitalization project;
       $500,000 for Downtown West Plains Inc., for City square 
     renovation and downtown revitalization project of West Plains 
     Missouri;
       $500,000 for North Central Regional Water Commission in 
     Unionville, Missouri for planning and design of water supply 
     reservoir project;
       $500,000 to the University of Missouri-Rolla for research 
     of affordable housing composite materials;
       $500,000 for Operation Breakthrough in Kansas City, 
     Missouri for facility expansion and redevelopment;
       $500,000 for University of Missouri at St. Louis, Missouri 
     for a mobile vision screening program;
       $1,000,000 for the City of Kansas City Missouri for the 
     City Market renovation project;
       $1,000,000 for the Community Development Corporation of 
     Kansas City, Missouri, for continued revitalization of the 
     northwest corner of 63rd and Prospect Avenue;
       $1,000,000 for the University of Missouri-Kansas City for 
     continued development of it's collaborative Life Sciences 
     Initiative;
       $1,250,000 to the City of St. Louis, Missouri for 
     construction of a multi-purpose community center;
       $1,990,000 to Springfield, Missouri for land acquisition 
     within the Jordan Valley redevelopment area;
       $250,000 for Missouri Western State College in St. Joseph, 
     Missouri for planning and renovation of the Agenstein Science 
     and Math Building;
       $50,000 to the City of Jackson, Mississippi for the linking 
     of cultural and entertainment districts through the extension 
     of Oakley Street;
       $150,000 to Mississippi State University in consultation 
     with the Mississippi Mainstreet Association to promote small 
     town revitalization by utilizing the resources of the Small 
     Town Center;
       $200,000 to Community Connections in Mississippi for a 
     pilot low income housing project in Southern Mississippi;
       $200,000 to Leake County, Mississippi for site preparation 
     and infrastructure improvements for an industrial park;
       $200,000 to the City of Carthage, Mississippi to renovate 
     the historic elementary school auditorium;
       $200,000 to the Oktibbeha County Economic Development 
     Authority in Mississippi for the establishment of an 
     industrial park;
       $250,000 to Jackson State University in Jackson, 
     Mississippi for renovations to the Center for the Study of 
     the 20th Century African American;
       $300,000 for the Chickasaw Trails Industrial Authority in 
     Mississippi for preliminary planning and engineering for an 
     industrial park;
       $300,000 for the Stoneville Research and Education Complex 
     in Stoneville, Mississippi for renovation and expansion;
       $450,000 for Jackson State University in Jackson, 
     Mississippi, for the renovation of the Margaret J. Walker 
     Alexander Research Center;
       $500,000 for Harrisburg Arts and Social Services Center in 
     Tupelo, Mississippi for renovation of facilities and program 
     needs;
       $500,000 for Mississippi State University for a state 
     capacity development initiative;
       $500,000 for the City of Madison, Mississippi for main 
     street reconstruction;
       $1,000,000 for Jackson County, Mississippi for the 
     construction of a county community center;
       $1,000,000 for Mississippi State University for the 
     Mississippi Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems and 
     Engineering Extension Facility;
       $2,000,000 for the University of Southern Mississippi for 
     its National Center for Excellence in Economic Development, 
     Education, Research and Community Service;
       $240,000 to the University of Montana Missoula for the 
     research and economic development enterprise;
       $1,000,000 for Great Falls, Montana for the Missouri 
     Riverfront Park Enhancement project;
       $1,000,000 for MSU-Billings for the development of the 
     Billings Technology Training and Technology program as a 
     business incubator;

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       $1,000,000 for TechRanch of Bozeman, Montana, for 
     development of a technology incubator for the Gallatin area 
     and Eastern Montana;
       $20,000 to the County of Richmond, North Carolina for the 
     demolition of the Imperial Foods Plant;
       $50,000 to Cumberland County, North Carolina for 
     development of the Fayetteville-Cumberland County Dr. Martin 
     Luther King, Jr. Memorial Park;
       $50,000 to the North Carolina Cultural Center in Robeson 
     County, North Carolina for construction of the center;
       $50,000 to the North Carolina Department of Agriculture for 
     the development of a Centralized Agricultural Cold/Freezer 
     Storage Facility and Processing Center in rural Eastern North 
     Carolina at the Global TransPark;
       $100,000 to the North Carolina Community Land Trust 
     Initiative for capacity building and operational support;
       $100,000 to the North Carolina Fair Housing Center for a 
     consumer education campaign to combat predatory lending;
       $100,000 to the Wilson Family Resource Center in Wilson, 
     North Carolina for rehabilitation of facilities;
       $150,000 to the Discovery Place Museum in Charlotte, North 
     Carolina for renovations needs;
       $150,000 to the North Carolina Institute of Disaster 
     Studies for activities related to the mitigation of natural 
     and technological disasters;
       $220,000 to the Town of Troy, North Carolina for the Rent-
     to-Own Housing Pilot project;
       $240,000 to the Albemarle Downtown Development Corporation 
     for green space development;
       $250,000 to OPC Mental Health in Carrboro, North Carolina 
     for renovation of a thrift shop;
       $250,000 to Passage Home in Raleigh, North Carolina for 
     neighborhood restoration in the WE CAN Weed and Seed target 
     area of Southeast Raleigh;
       $250,000 to the Burch Avenue Center in Durham, North 
     Carolina for the construction of a multi-purpose community 
     center;
       $300,000 for Western Carolina University of Cullowhee, 
     North Carolina, for Millennial Campus project;
       $300,000 to Alleghany County, North Carolina for 
     construction of a community center as part of the Alleghany 
     Wellness Center;
       $340,000 to Central Piedmont Community College in 
     Charlotte, North Carolina for construction a workforce 
     development training center;
       $400,000 to Self-Help Ventures Fund in Durham, North 
     Carolina for their revolving loan fund;
       $490,000 to the Mayland Community College in Spruce Pine, 
     North Carolina for the Avery Satellite Campus project;
       $700,000 to Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem State 
     University in North Carolina for construction of a research 
     facility for the Idealliance program;
       $1,000,000 for Henderson, North Carolina for the 
     construction of the Embassy Cultural Center;
       $100,000 to the City of Rugby, North Dakota for 
     implementation of the Rural Economic Area Partnerships 
     strategic plan;
       $400,000 for Lewis and Clark Community Works of North 
     Dakota, for a rural housing development fund;
       $900,000 for Sitting Bull College in Fort Yates, North 
     Dakota for construction of a new science facility;
       $1,000,000 for the North Central Planning Council, North 
     Dakota, to relocate agricultural structures;
       $1,000,000 for the Rural Economic Area Partnerships (REAP) 
     Zones to build on and leverage economic development 
     opportunities in North Dakota;
       $240,000 to the University of Nebraska at Omaha for the 
     Peter Kiewit Institute and the College of Information Science 
     and Technology to conduct research in the area of computer 
     security;
       $240,000 to Walthill, Nebraska for the Walthill Public 
     Schools for construction and equipping of two science 
     laboratory classrooms and facilities;
       $300,000 for the Northeast Family Center of Lincoln, 
     Nebraska, for facility renovations;
       $490,000 to Doane College in Crete, Nebraska for the 
     rehabilitation of the historic Whitcomb Conservator;
       $500,000 for the Girls and Boys Town USA in Omaha, Nebraska 
     to address the needs of at-risk boys and girls;
       $1,000,000 for the Community Alliance in Omaha, Nebraska 
     for its `Building Homes, Rebuilding Lives' program;
       $40,000 for ``My Friend's Place'' in the City of Dover, New 
     Hampshire for emergency shelter needs;
       $140,000 to the Monadnock Ice Center Association for 
     construction and operation of a year-round ice arena downtown 
     Keene, New Hampshire;
       $180,000 for the Laconia Public Library in New Hampshire 
     for facility improvements;
       $190,000 for the Mt. Washington Valley Economic Council's 
     ``Technology Village Incubator'';
       $240,000 to the University of New Hampshire in Manchester, 
     New Hampshire for the relocation of the Engineering 
     Technology Laboratory;
       $340,000 to Lebanon College of Lebanon, New Hampshire to 
     implement a medical and dental training program;
       $350,000 for the New Hampshire Community Technical College 
     for the Emerging Technology Center at Pease;
       $500,000 for Concord, New Hampshire to cleanup brownfields;
       $500,000 for Keene, New Hampshire to cleanup brownfields;
       $500,000 for Milford, New Hampshire for downtown 
     revitalization;
       $1,000,000 for the City of Nashua, New Hampshire to create 
     housing opportunities;
       $50,000 to Hopewell Township, New Jersey for renovations to 
     the Historic Hunt House;
       $50,000 to South Brunswick, New Jersey for design and 
     construction of a new library;
       $50,000 to the Alice Paul Centennial Foundation for 
     continuation of the Paulside Rehabilitation Project in Mount 
     Laurel, New Jersey;
       $90,000 to Fanwood Township, New Jersey for downtown 
     revitalization;
       $100,000 for Morristown Neighborhood House for the 
     infrastructure improvements to the Manahan Village Resident 
     Center Childcare facility in Morristown, New Jersey;
       $100,000 for the Adults and Children Together Against 
     Violence program for the development of violence prevention 
     programs;
       $100,000 to Brookdale Community College in New Jersey for 
     facilities needs related to the New Jersey Coastal 
     Communiversity;
       $100,000 to Passaic County Community College in Patterson, 
     New Jersey for programming and equipment needs;
       $100,000 to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in 
     Englewood, New Jersey for Breast Care facilities expansion;
       $100,000 to Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, New Jersey for 
     dialysis center expansion;
       $140,000 to Burlington County, New Jersey for Fairview 
     Street curb replacement;
       $140,000 to Burlington County, New Jersey for Ark Road 
     sidewalk improvements;
       $200,000 to the Essex County, New Jersey Office of 
     Emergency Management for emergency service needs;
       $200,000 to the Morris County, New Jersey Office of 
     Emergency Management for emergency service needs;
       $200,000 to the Somerset County, New Jersey Office of 
     Emergency Management for emergency service needs;
       $200,000 to the Sussex County, New Jersey Office of 
     Emergency Management for emergency service needs;
       $200,000 to the Urban League of Hudson County, New Jersey 
     for construction related to a workforce development center;
       $240,000 to Mercer County, New Jersey for the KidsBridge 
     Children's Cultural Center;
       $240,000 to the City of North Wildwood, New Jersey for 
     improvements to the beach, boardwalk, and entertainment 
     district of the City;
       $250,000 for the New Jersey Community Development 
     Corporation, of Paterson, New Jersey, for redevelopment of 
     abandoned property;
       $250,000 for the Township of Hamilton, New Jersey, for 
     renovations of a senior center;
       $250,000 to the University Heights Science Park in Newark, 
     New Jersey for historic preservation;
       $290,000 to Mercer County, New Jersey for senior centers in 
     East Windsor and Washington Townships;
       $300,000 for the Borough of Paulsboro, New Jersey, for 
     brownfields redevelopment;
       $490,000 for Valley Hospital's Cancer Care Center in 
     Paramus, New Jersey;
       $300,000 for the Rio Grande Community Development 
     Corporation, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, for construction of 
     the South Valley Economic Development Center;
       $450,000 for Curry County, New Mexico for infrastructure 
     improvements to the Curry County Fairgrounds;
       $490,000 to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of 
     Albuquerque, New Mexico for the construction of a Job 
     Opportunity Center in Barelas, New Mexico;
       $650,000 for the City of Espanola, New Mexico, to build a 
     veterans memorial;
       $1,000,000 for Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless to 
     complete renovation of a health care facility for the 
     homeless in Albuquerque, New Mexico;
       $1,000,000 for the City of Las Cruces, New Mexico for the 
     Model Extension Program for Increasing Homeownership 
     conducted by New Mexico State University;
       $1,000,000 for the Santa Fe Rape Crisis Center in New 
     Mexico to construct a new facility to house the center, 
     including outreach planning offices;
       $1,000,000 for the Southern New Mexico Fair and Rodeo in 
     Dona Ana County for infrastructure improvements and to build 
     a multi-purpose event center;
       $500,000 for the Community Pantry of Gallup/McKinley 
     County, New Mexico, for facility construction;
       $50,000 for the Reno Veterans Memorial Project, of Reno, 
     Nevada, for construction of a memorial;
       $50,000 to the City of Henderson, Nevada for the expansion 
     of a downtown arts district and heritage preservation;
       $100,000 to the Nevada Science Technology Center in Las 
     Vegas, Nevada, for development assistance;
       $150,000 for Boulder City, Nevada, for renovation, 
     modernization, and expansion of public recreation facilities;
       $250,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Carson City, Nevada 
     to establish a new community center;
       $250,000 for the Intertribal Council of Nevada to establish 
     a housing division;
       $290,000 to the City of Reno, Nevada for urban development 
     activities in the city's commercial center;

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       $700,000 for development of a job training facility for 
     workers in the hospitality industry in Las Vegas, Nevada;
       $750,000 for the Reno, Nevada, housing authority for the 
     Friendship Lane housing revitalization project;
       $750,000 for the Smart Start Child Care Center and 
     Expertise School of Las Vegas, Nevada, for construction of a 
     child care facility;
       $1,000,000 for Sparks, Nevada for the revitalization of the 
     West End community;
       $20,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for equipment and 
     renovations to the Syracuse Boys and Girls Club;
       $25,000 to the City of Gloversville, New York to establish 
     a memorial to World War II veterans;
       $25,000 to the Clinton County, New York Office of Emergency 
     Services for communications infrastructure improvements that 
     service the Lyon Mountain and Ausable Forks areas of the 
     county;
       $40,000 to Onondaga County, New York for the installation 
     of a water line for the Sentinel Heights Fire Department;
       $50,000 to Safe Haven, Inc., in Oswego, New York for the 
     continued construction of a museum/interpretive center 
     chronicling the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee;
       $50,000 to the Collins Public Library Board of Trustees for 
     the new Town of Collins, New York Public Library;
       $50,000 to the County of Onondaga, New York for an 
     interpretive center at Baltimore Woods;
       $50,000 to the Hamburg Natural History Society, Inc., for 
     the Penn Dixie Paleontological and Outdoor Education Center 
     in Hamburg, New York;
       $50,000 to the Irish Classical Theatre Company in Buffalo, 
     New York for marketing and expansion of program;
       $50,000 to the Roundabout Theater Company in New York City, 
     New York for facility needs;
       $50,000 to the YMCA of Greater New York for construction of 
     a gym and teen center in Queens, New York;
       $250,000 to the Long Island Aquarium in Bay Shore, New York 
     for facilities needs;
       $70,000 to the Legacies and Landmarks Consortium of Greater 
     Rochester, New York for activities to promote regional 
     tourism;
       $75,000 to the Harbor Child Care Corporation in New Hyde 
     Park, New York for improvements to the existing facility;
       $75,000 to the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning in New 
     York for renovation of the First Dutch Reformed Church;
       $75,000 to the New York City Department of Parks and 
     Recreation for remediation and restoration of the College 
     Point Sports Complex in Queens, New York;
       $80,000 to the Amherst Museum in Amherst, New York for 
     construction of a boat launch facility;
       $80,000 to the Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens, New 
     York for the Teen Education for Every Nationality Program;
       $90,000 to Wyoming County, New York to replace a public 
     safety communications tower and related hardware and computer 
     systems;
       $100,000 to Lewis County General Hospital in Lowville, New 
     York for infrastructure repairs and improvements;
       $100,000 to the City of Auburn, New York for a housing 
     market study;
       $100,000 to the City of Buffalo, New York for the provision 
     of shelter and other services to refugees by VIVE La Casa;
       $100,000 to the City of Ogdensburg, New York for 
     reconstruction of Fort LaPresentation;
       $100,000 to the Metropolitan Development Association in 
     Syracuse, New York for the Genesee Street Armory study;
       $100,000 to the Nassau University Medical Center in East 
     Meadow, Long Island, New York for the renovation and repair 
     of its Hempstead Community Health Center;
       $100,000 to the New York City Planning Commission to study 
     the effects of rezoning Staten Island on the growth of 
     development;
       $100,000 to the Schenectady Family Health Services, in 
     Schenectady, New York for facilities expansion;
       $100,000 to the State University of New York at Potsdam for 
     the creation and operation of a Northern New York Travel and 
     Tourism Research Center to be located at the Merwin Rural 
     Services Institute;
       $100,000 to the Staten Island Freedom Memorial Fund for 
     construction of a memorial in the Staten island community of 
     St. George, New York;
       $100,000 to the Village of Green Island, New York for 
     public access and infrastructure needs;
       $115,000 to the Staten Island Catholic Youth Organization 
     Community Center of New York for expansion of facilities to 
     include a new gymnasium;
       $125,000 to the National Lighthouse Center and Museum in 
     St. George, New York for developing and installing exhibits;
       $50,000 to the Village of Tuckahoe, New York for 
     streetscape improvements;
       $500,000 to Take the Field in New York City, New York for a 
     program to rebuild the public school athletic facilities;
       $150,000 to the Abyssinian Development Corporation for 
     rehabilitation needs of the Renaissance Ballroom and Theater 
     Complex in Harlem, New York;
       $150,000 to the Hillside Children's Center in Rochester, 
     New York for the modernization and upgrade of the facility's 
     Monroe Avenue Campus;
       $150,000 to the Long Island Housing Partnership, Long 
     Island for neighborhood revitalization;
       $150,000 to the Mount Morris Park Community Improvement 
     Association in New York for development of the Parkside Inn, 
     a community economic development initiative;
       $150,000 to the New York City Department of Parks and 
     Recreation in New York, New York for the completion of an 
     irrigation system during the third phase of the Joyce Kilmer 
     Park restoration project;
       $150,000 to the Strong Museum in Rochester, New York for 
     expansion and upgrade of museum facilities;
       $150,000 to the Village of Freeport, New York for the 
     downtown revitalization project;
       $125,000 to the WXXI Public Broadcasting Council in 
     Rochester, New York for building renovations necessary to 
     meet health, safety, and occupational requirements, as well 
     as to meet FCC mandated digital broadcasting standards;
       $150,000 to the City of Auburn for renovations and 
     infrastructure improvements to the Merry Go Round Playhouse 
     in Auburn, New York;
       $190,000 to the Cortland County Business Development 
     Corporation for equipment and infrastructure improvements for 
     Wetstone Technologies;
       $190,000 to the Orange County Mental Health Association in 
     Orange County, New York for the ``Home-To-Stay'' project;
       $200,000 to Onondaga County, New York for infrastructure 
     improvements to the Village of Tully's Water System;
       $200,000 to the Battle of Plattsburgh Association of 
     Plattsburgh, New York to rehabilitate a building to create an 
     interpretive center;
       $100,000 to the City of Buffalo, New York for the repair 
     and rehabilitation by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra of 
     the Birge Mansion;
       $100,000 to the City of Buffalo, New York for the purchase 
     of audiophones for displays and exhibits at the Buffalo and 
     Erie County Historical Society;
       $200,000 to the City of Cortland, New York for the Cortland 
     Sports Complex;
       $200,000 to the City of Hornell, New York, for restoration 
     of the historic depot;
       $200,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for building 
     renovations to the Onondaga Historical Association;
       $200,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for renovations 
     and infrastructure improvements to the Huntington Family 
     Center;
       $100,000 to the City of White Plains, New York for 
     streetscape improvements to Mamaroneck Avenue;
       $200,000 to the State University of New York College of 
     Environmental Science and Forestry for water infrastructure 
     improvements on a portion of Onondaga Creek;
       $150,000 to Fred Daris Underground Theater, Inc. in the 
     South Bronx, New York for the restoration of a theater and 
     the installation of a theater company;
       $225,000 to the Gowanus Canal Community Development 
     Corporation in Brooklyn, New York for development of a 
     comprehensive community development plan;
       $240,000 to Putnam County, New York for a new senior 
     citizens center;
       $250,000 to Covenant House New York for renovation of their 
     crisis center;
       $250,000 to Mary Mitchell Family and Youth Center in the 
     South Bronx, New York for after school and teen programs, 
     improvement of computer lab and family literacy programs, and 
     to increase usage of the center by the local community;
       $250,000 to Onondaga Community College for equipment, 
     training and infrastructure improvements to the Lean 
     Manufacturing Lab;
       $250,000 to Phipps House and We Stay/Nos Quedamos Inc. for 
     the construction of day rooms and gardens at La Casa de 
     Felicidad in the South Bronx, New York;
       $250,000 to the Brooklyn Public Library in New York for 
     construction and renovation of educational and cultural 
     facilities;
       $250,000 to the Central New York Regional Planning and 
     Development Board for the development of the Finger Lakes 
     Open Space and Agricultural Land Conservation Project;
       $250,000 to the City of Hudson, New York for the 
     construction of utility service, boat launch and bulk-head 
     along the Hudson River waterfront area;
       $250,000 to the Cornell Agriculture and Food Technology 
     Park--Geneva Station in Ontario County, New York to continue 
     infrastructure development, design and facilities 
     construction;
       $250,000 to the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, 
     New York City for infrastructure upgrades;
       $250,000 to the State University of New York College of 
     Environmental Science and Forestry for the Syracuse Southwest 
     Community Environmental Center;
       $250,000 to the Staten Island, New York YMCA for facilities 
     expansion to create a South Shore Center Youth/Teen Annex;
       $250,000 for infrastructure improvements to the Tioughnioga 
     Riverfront Development Project in Cortland County, New York;
       $290,000 to Kaleida Health for the planning and design of 
     facilities for Children's Hospital in Buffalo, New York;
       $300,000 to Onondaga County, New York for redevelopment of 
     the Three Rivers Area in the Town of Clay;
       $200,000 to the Village of Saugerties, New York for 
     streetscape improvements in the historical district;
       $250,000 to Carnegie Hall in New York for continuation of 
     Carnegie Hall's Third Stage Project;

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       $250,000 to Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City for 
     facility construction;
       $200,000 to the University Colleges of Technology at the 
     State University of New York for continued development of a 
     Telecommunications Center for Education;
       $200,000 for research and infrastructure improvements for 
     the Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics at Albany, New 
     York;
       $500,000 to the Children's Center in Brooklyn, New York for 
     the construction of a facility to house educational and 
     therapeutic programs for disabled children.
       $200,000 to Rensselaer County, New York for safety and 
     guide rail improvements to county highways;
       $340,000 to the Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks 
     in Tupper Lake, New York, for building construction;
       $350,000 to Onondaga County, New York for waterline 
     improvements in the Town of Skaneateles;
       $400,000 to Polytechnic University, Brooklyn for the 
     National Center for E-Commerce;
       $400,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for renovations 
     to the Sibley Building;
       $450,000 to the Apollo Theater Foundation in Harlem, New 
     York for theater restoration;
       $450,000 to Union College, of Albany, New York for the 
     Union-Schenectady Neighborhood Initiative;
       $490,000 to Madison County, New York for economic 
     development and infrastructure improvements for industrial 
     park sites;
       $490,000 to the City of Rome, New York for site development 
     and infrastructure improvements related to the South Rome 
     Industrial Park;
       $490,000 to the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health 
     System in New York for an emergency room preparedness 
     program;
       $500,000 to the City of Buffalo, New York for the 
     construction of additional facilities at the Burchfield-
     Penney Art Center;
       $500,000 to the State University of New York at Albany for 
     continued development of a manufacturing/workforce training 
     center;
       $700,000 to the City of Auburn, New York for Phase I of the 
     Owasco Riverfront Park Project;
       $990,000 to St. Bonaventure University of St. Bonaventure, 
     New York for renovations of Delaroche Hall;
       $750,000 to the City of Syracuse, New York for the design, 
     development and construction of an International Tourism 
     Center at the Carousel Center;
       $990,000 to the Cancer Institute of Long Island at Stony 
     Brook University, New York to develop and implement a 
     clinical database of breast and prostate cancer patients;
       $25,000 to the Music Conservatory of Westchester, New York 
     for construction and capital improvements on their new 
     facility;
       $125,000 to the City of Yonkers, New York for renovation of 
     the waterfront area around Riverfront Park;
       $100,000 to the Village of Larchmont, New York for 
     streetscape improvements;
       $100,000 to the Endicott Performing Arts Center in 
     Endicott, New York for restoration of the Lyric Theater;
       $50,000 to the Latino Cultural School of Arts in Lorain, 
     Ohio for facilities needs;
       $100,000 to the Akron, Ohio Zoological Park for development 
     of the Environmental Education Center;
       $135,000 to the Ohio Department of Development for 
     continued development of the Black Swamp rural arts 
     initiative in Ottawa, Lucas, Wood, and Fulton counties;
       $15,000 to the Fulton County, Ohio Commission for 
     rehabilitation of a Civil War memorial;
       $200,000 to the National Interfaith Hospitality Network for 
     expanding local network support services;
       $240,000 to Columbus State Community College in Columbus, 
     Ohio for construction of a new child development center;
       $250,000 to the Rural Health Collaborative of Southern Ohio 
     for a Community Health and Wellness Center Initiative;
       $300,000 to the Dayton-Montgomery County Port Authority in 
     Ohio for urban job creation;
       $300,000 to the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences' 
     Center for Community Development at Case Western Reserve 
     University for the Louis Stokes Fellow Program in Community 
     Organization and Development;
       $390,000 to Brown County General Hospital for construction 
     and equipment as part of the Community Health and Wellness 
     Center Initiative;
       $390,000 to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in 
     Cincinnati, Ohio for renovation and expansion of the Medical 
     Sciences Building;
       $400,000 to Clark County, Ohio for infrastructure upgrades 
     for economic development;
       $400,000 to Urbana University in Urbana, Ohio for the 
     renovation of Bailey and Barclay Halls;
       $422,000 to the Richland County, Ohio Emergency Management 
     Agency to purchase electromechanical outdoor warning sirens;
       $490,000 to Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio for 
     construction of facilities for the school's Water Quality 
     Laboratory;
       $490,000 to Lake Metroparks in Concord Township, Ohio for 
     the Environmental Education Center at Camp Klein;
       $500,000 for the City of Cleveland, Ohio for the 
     construction of the Cleveland Intercultural Center;
       $500,000 to John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio for 
     the needs related to the Dolan Center for Science and 
     Technology;
       $750,000 to the Ohio State University for the Neighborhood 
     Revitalization Initiative to improve housing opportunities, 
     public safety/crime reduction, and ``Gateway Center'' 
     Facilities;
       $900,000 for Franklin County, Ohio for purchase of park 
     land;
       $1,000,000 for the City of Dayton, Ohio for the 
     revitalization of historic main Street;
       $1,000,000 for Wellsville, Ohio for improvements to a 
     riverside transportation center;
       $1,000,000 to Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio for a 
     new science facility;
       $1,500,000 to the City of Toledo, Ohio for improvements to 
     the near downtown historic commercial district, and to 
     leverage the potential of not-for-profit community and 
     economic development organizations;
       $140,000 to the City of El Reno, Oklahoma for development 
     of a trolley system;
       $300,000 to the City of Oklahoma City for the Oklahoma Land 
     Run Memorial;
       $490,000 to the City of Bennington, Oklahoma for 
     construction of a multipurpose building;
       $1,490,000 to the City of Midwest City, Oklahoma for Phase 
     II of the City's tornado recovery;
       $50,000 to the City of Newberg, Oregon for transition of 
     the Newberg Central School into a community center;
       $50,000 to the City of Portland, Oregon for the North 
     Macadam Greenway initiative;
       $100,000 to the Rural Oregon Continuum of Care (ROCC) 
     consortium for scattered site transitional housing needs;
       $120,000 to the City of The Dalles, Oregon for the Mid-
     Columbia Veterans Memorial Project;
       $150,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Albany, Oregon for 
     construction of an addition to existing facilities;
       $300,000 for Dalles, Oregon, for development of the Dalles 
     Fiber Optic Loop;
       $550,000 for the Oregon Food Bank for its food distribution 
     efforts;
       $1,000,000 for Eastern Oregon University for construction 
     of a science center;
       $200,000 for Irvington Covenant CDC in Portland, Oregon to 
     develop affordable housing;
       $20,000 to the Dormont Historical Society in Dormont, 
     Pennsylvania for organizational support;
       $20,000 to the McKeepsport Little Theater in McKeepsport, 
     Pennsylvania for facility renovation;
       $30,000 to the Senior Adult Activities Center of 
     Montgomery, Pennsylvania for facilities renovation;
       $40,000 to Juniata County, Pennsylvania for outdoor 
     recreational facilities;
       $45,000 to the Reading Berks Human Relations Council in 
     Pennsylvania for purposes related to its mission;
       $50,000 to the Armstrong County Commission, Pennsylvania 
     for the horse park at Crooked Creek Lake;
       $70,000 to the Briar Bush Nature Center in Montgomery 
     County, Pennsylvania for restoration of the visitors center, 
     refurbishment of the bird observatory, and education program 
     expansion;
       $90,000 to Bucks County, Pennsylvania for design and 
     engineering costs for a beautification effort along Route 13;
       $90,000 to Bucks County, Pennsylvania for the redevelopment 
     and revitalization of the downtown business district of 
     Bristol Borough, Pennsylvania;
       $100,000 for the Philadelphia Zoo, Pennsylvania to expand 
     construction of Children's Zoo;
       $100,000 Punxsutawney Community Center in Punxsutawney, 
     Pennsylvania for infrastructure improvements and renovation 
     of facilities;
       $100,000 to Bucks County, Pennsylvania for infrastructure 
     and area site improvements at the Stainless Inc. property 
     brownfield site in Perkasie Borough;
       $100,000 to Discovery Square, Erie, Pennsylvania for the 
     construction of an educational and cultural complex;
       $100,000 to the Borough of Frackville, Pennsylvania for 
     Central Business District improvements;
       $100,000 to the Borough of Millerstown, Perry County, 
     Pennsylvania for improvements to the Borough Municipal 
     Building, which will allow the Borough to implement several 
     community programs including substance abuse deterrent 
     programs and clinics, Scouting programs as well as senior 
     informational programs and facilities;
       $100,000 to the Borough of New Hope, Pennsylvania for the 
     James A. Michener Museum to build the infrastructure for a 
     satellite facility in New Hope;
       $100,000 to the Borough of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania for 
     Central Business District economic development activities;
       $100,000 to the OLYMPIA ship of Independence Seaport Museum 
     to provide ship repairs which will contribute to the economic 
     development of the Penn's Landing waterfront area in 
     Philadelphia;
       $100,000 to the Urban Redevelopment Authority of 
     Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the Bloomfield-Garfield housing 
     revitalization effort;
       $150,000 to Rostraver Township, Pennsylvania for 
     infrastructure improvements related to an economic 
     development initiative;
       $150,000 to the City of Washington, Pennsylvania for 
     construction and operations needs of a recreation and 
     community economic development center;
       $150,000 to the State College Baseball Club, Inc. for the 
     development and operation of a new sports complex for youth 
     baseball and softball in Centre County, Pennsylvania;

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       $160,000 to the Borough of Wayensboro, Pennsylvania for 
     infrastructure improvements for an industrial area along 
     Ninth street;
       $200,000 to the Allegheny Housing Authority of Pennsylvania 
     to construct the Groveton Village Computer/Support Services 
     Center;
       $200,000 to the Hiram G. Andrews Center in Johnstown, 
     Pennsylvania for an employment program for students with 
     disabilities targeted at emerging technical markets;
       $200,000 to the Scottdale Community Pool Association in 
     Scottdale, Pennsylvania for the facility needs associated 
     with the continued operations of the former YMCA pool;
       $200,000 to the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh 
     in conjunction with Northside Properties in Pittsburgh, 
     Pennsylvania to acquire the 332 unit, scattered site 
     affordable housing development with project-based Section 8 
     rental subsidy;
       $200,000 to the People's Emergency Center Community 
     Development Corporation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for 
     implementation of a Neighborhood Transformation and 
     Revitalization Plan in West Philadelphia;
       $200,000 to the Johnstown-Cambria County Airport in Cambria 
     County, Pennsylvania for customer service area renovation 
     needs;
       $240,000 to the Beaver County, Pennsylvania Corporation for 
     Economic Development for the Riverfront Development Project, 
     Bridgewater Crossing;
       $240,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Erie, Pennsylvania 
     for a facility expansion project;
       $240,000 to the County of Lancaster, Pennsylvania for the 
     Sunnyside Neighborhood Development Project;
       $250,000 to the City of Chester, Pennsylvania for 
     revitalization of its waterfront;
       $250,000 to the City of Scranton, Pennsylvania for the 
     construction of a garage and retail facility at the new 
     hotel/convention center;
       $250,000 to the City of Williamsport of Lycoming County, 
     Pennsylvania for infrastructure development for industrial 
     expansion;
       $250,000 to the Good Shepherd School in Braddock, 
     Pennsylvania for facility renovation;
       $200,000 to the Town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania for the 
     Kernville neighborhood recreation project;
       $250,000 to the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for 
     assistance to Daggett Street homeowners;
       $300,000 for the expansion of facilities of the Re Place at 
     Good Shepard Home, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania which will 
     provide employment opportunities for persons with mental and 
     physical challenges in sales, business administration, 
     mechanical repair, janitorial skills and computer 
     refurbishing;
       $300,000 to the Ogontz Avenue Revitalization Corporation, 
     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to assist with substantial 
     rehabilitation of 40-50 severely deteriorated vacant 
     properties that will be developed as a part of the West Oak 
     Lane community development rebuilding initiative;
       $350,000 for the Urban Development authority of Pittsburgh, 
     Pennsylvania for the Harbor Gardens Greenhouse project;
       $350,000 to the American Cities Foundation in Philadelphia, 
     Pennsylvania for support of the Community Leadership 
     Institute;
       $350,000 to CitiVest in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania for 
     housing and economic development efforts in northeast 
     Pennsylvania;
       $400,000 to the City of Reading, Pennsylvania for the 
     development of the Morgantown Road Industrial Park on what is 
     currently a brownfields site;
       $400,000 to the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia, 
     Pennsylvania for facilities needs;
       $490,000 to the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania for the 
     CORRIDORone Regional Rail program of the Modern Transit 
     Partnership in downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania;
       $490,000 to the University Technology Park, Inc. in 
     Chester, Pennsylvania for construction of the Institute for 
     Economic Development;
       $500,000 to the Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve in 
     Pennsylvania for development of the reserve;
       $700,000 to the American Cities Foundation in Philadelphia, 
     Pennsylvania for support of the Home Ownership Institute;
       $900,000 to the City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania for the 
     development of an entertainment/retail complex which is 
     intended to enhance the economic development provide hundreds 
     of new jobs;
       $1,400,000 to the County of Cambria, Pennsylvania for the 
     design and construction of the Northern Cambria Recreation 
     Facility;
       $250,000 to UPMC Lee Hospital in Johnstown, Pennsylvania 
     for the Convalescent Garden project;
       $25,000 to West Bay Community Action in Warwick, Rhode 
     Island for programs supporting the elderly, the homeless, and 
     children;
       $25,000 to the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency for 
     needs of the First Responders Program;
       $50,000 for the City of Providence, Rhode Island, for inner 
     city recreational facilities;
       $50,000 for the Rhode Island Jewish War Veterans for a 
     veterans memorial;
       $100,000 for the Coastal Institute at the University of 
     Rhode Island for development of a sustainable management plan 
     for Narragansett Bay;
       $100,000 for the Institute for the Study and Practice of 
     Nonviolence in Providence, Rhode Island for construction of a 
     community center;
       $100,000 for the South Providence Development Corporation 
     in Providence, Rhode Island for the development of a 
     recycling facility;
       $100,000 to the Woonsocket Fire Department in Woonsocket, 
     Rhode Island for equipment and technology upgrades associated 
     with fire safety and communications;
       $150,000 for Pell-Chafee Performance Center in Providence, 
     Rhode Island to complete construction;
       $200,000 for Cornerstone Adult Services in Warwick, Rhode 
     Island for the construction of an Alzheimer's day center;
       $200,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Pawtucket, Rhode 
     Island, for development of a new facility;
       $200,000 for the Newport Art Museum in Newport, Rhode 
     Island for historical renovation;
       $275,000 to the town of Smithfield, Rhode Island for 
     continued development and modernization of Deerfield Park, 
     including the expansion of the Smithfield Senior Center;
       $350,000 for the Herreshoff Marine Museum in Bristol, Rhode 
     Island to restore and expand a maritime heritage museum;
       $450,000 for the City of Providence, Rhode Island for the 
     development of a Botanical Center at Roger Williams Park and 
     Zoo;
       $450,000 for the Providence Performing Arts Center for 
     building modernization in Providence, Rhode Island;
       $500,000 for Town of Johnston, Rhode Island for 
     rehabilitation of a senior center;
       $1,000,000 for Traveler's Aid of Rhode Island for 
     relocation and expansion in Providence, Rhode Island;
       $150,000 to the City of Marion, South Carolina for 
     renovations of the Joyner Auditorium, and adjoining space, 
     into a cultural arts center;
       $190,000 to the City of Spartanburg, South Carolina for the 
     Motor Racing Museum of the South;
       $200,000 to South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, 
     South Carolina for planning, engineering, and construction of 
     a multidisciplinary research and conference center;
       $490,000 to the City of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for a 
     Pavilion Area Master Plan;
       $500,000 for Spoleto Festival, USA, of Charleston, South 
     Carolina, for rehabilitation of the historic Middleton-
     Pinckney House;
       $500,000 for the City of Charleston, South Carolina's 
     Homeownership Initiative to create affordable housing 
     opportunities;
       $750,000 for infrastructure improvements to the School of 
     the Building Arts in Charleston, South Carolina;
       $825,000 to Marlboro County, South Carolina for costs 
     associated with the construction and equipping of the Marion 
     Wright Edelman Library in Bennettsville, South Carolina;
       $1,000,000 for the Sea Island Comprehensive Health Care 
     Corporation, Inc., of Johns Island, South Carolina, for 
     affordable housing and economic development purposes;
       $150,000 for the City of Tea, South Dakota, to develop a 
     community library;
       $250,000 for the Lake Area Improvement Corporation of 
     Madison, South Dakota, for development of the Madison 
     Technical Center;
       $300,000 for Black Hills Community Development Corporation 
     of Lead, South Dakota, for economic development efforts 
     related to the closure of the Homestake Gold Mine;
       $300,000 for South Dakota School of Mines and Technology of 
     Rapid City, South Dakota, for renovations and rehabilitation 
     related to the development of the Rapid City Children's 
     Science Center;
       $300,000 for the Flandreau Development Corporation of 
     Flandreau, South Dakota, for infrastructure related to the 
     Flandreau industrial park development;
       $300,000 for the Union Gospel Mission in Sioux Falls, South 
     Dakota, for renovations to the historic Farley Lostcher 
     building;
       $400,000 for the City of Brookings, South Dakota, for 
     renovations and rehabilitation to the historic Brookings 
     Middle School;
       $800,000 for the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Development 
     Foundation for development of a facility that will support 
     technology-based businesses;
       $550,000 for the City of Watertown, South Dakota, for 
     development related to the Hanten Industrial Park;
       $1,750,000 for planning, design, and construction of the 
     Wakpa Sica Reconciliation Place in South Dakota;
       $150,000 for Children's Village in Pine Ridge, South 
     Dakota, for a new facility;
       $150,000 for Wagner, South Dakota, for economic development 
     activities;
       $200,000 for the Aberdeen Business Improvement District of 
     South Dakota for a downtown development revolving loan fund;
       $200,000 for Turning Point/Volunteers of America in Sioux 
     Falls, South Dakota for construction of a youth services 
     facility;
       $50,000 to the Melrose Community Technology Center in the 
     Orange Mound neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee for 
     reconstruction of the historic Melrose School for use as a 
     new community technology center;
       $100,000 to the Memphis Zoo in Memphis, Tennessee for the 
     Northwest Passage Campaign;
       $500,000 to Hamilton County, Tennessee for the Broadband 
     Economic Development Initiative;

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       $740,000 to the Historic Tennessee Theatre Foundation, Inc. 
     for construction and renovation of facilities;
       $950,000 for the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee for the 
     revitalization of the Alton Park neighborhood;
       $1,000,000 for the City of Memphis, Tennessee for the 
     Soulsville Revitalization project;
       $25,000 to the Acres Home Community Development Corporation 
     in Houston, Texas for an athletic complex;
       $50,000 to the Houston Community College in Houston, Texas 
     for development of the 5th Ward Community Technology Center;
       $75,000 to the City of Abilene, Texas for renovation of the 
     historic Wooten Hotel;
       $75,000 to the City of Houston, Texas's Department of 
     Health and Human Services for the Lead Based Paint Hazard 
     Control Program;
       $100,000 to Texas A&M-Kingsville for construction of the 
     Kingsville Center for Young Children;
       $100,000 to the City of Austin, Texas for the expansion of 
     the SMART Housing Project;
       $100,000 to the Heights Association in Houston, Texas for 
     community beautification initiatives;
       $150,000 to the T.R. Hoover Community Development 
     Corporation in Dallas, Texas for completion of the T.R. 
     Hoover Multipurpose Center and purchase of equipment;
       $175,000 to the City of San Angelo Development Corporation 
     in Texas for the establishment of a regional industrial park;
       $175,000 to the Windsor Elderly and Housing Center in 
     Abilene, Texas for elevator replacement;
       $200,000 to Willacacy County Boys and Girls Club in 
     Willacacy County, Texas for a sports complex;
       $200,000 for a design, engineering and economic feasibility 
     study for the Trinity River Visions project in Fort Worth, 
     Texas;
       $300,000 to the Fort Worth Transportation Authority for the 
     development of a public market in Fort Worth, Texas;
       $350,000 to the City of Waco, Texas for the housing 
     assistance program;
       $500,000 for the City of Wichita Falls, Texas for the 
     restoration of the old Holt Hotel property;
       $500,000 to the Victory Art Center in Fort Worth, Texas for 
     the adaptive use and historic renovation of the old Our Lady 
     of Victory building;
       $740,000 to the Globe of the Great Southwest in Midland, 
     Texas for facilities expansion;
       $740,000 to the Old Red Courthouse Museum in Dallas, Texas 
     for the restoration of facilities to house the Museum of 
     Dallas History and preservation and enhancement of artifacts 
     in the collection;
       $1,000,000 for the City of Fort Worth, Texas for the 
     redevelopment of a residential and commercial center along 
     Hemphill Street;
       $1,000,000 for the Greater El Paso, Texas Chamber of 
     Commerce for a local economic development initiative for the 
     creation of jobs and housing;
       $1,000,000 to Alvin Community College, Texas for the 
     Pearland College Center;
       $1,000,000 to the University of Incarnate Word in San 
     Antonio, Texas for the renovation and expansion of the 
     Science and Engineering Center;
       $490,000 for West Valley City, Utah for the construction of 
     the West Valley City Multi-Cultural Community Center;
       $490,000 to the American West Heritage Foundation in Utah 
     for the planning and design of a cultural and interpretive 
     center;
       $800,000 for the City of West Jordan, Utah for the 
     development of a senior citizens center;
       $1,000,000 for Sevier County, Utah for a multi-events 
     center;
       $50,000 to the Town of Boydton, Virginia for economic 
     development activities;
       $70,000 to the Fairfax County Economic Development 
     Authority for the creation and promotion of a video detailing 
     the historical significance of Annandale, Virginia;
       $90,000 to the County of Fairfax, Virginia for the 
     Annandale Community Cultural Arts Center;
       $100,000 to the An Achievable Dream program in Newport 
     News, Virginia for expansion of education programs;
       $100,000 to the Towns of Clarksville and Chase City, 
     Virginia for economic development at their joint industrial 
     park;
       $140,000 to the County of Northampton, Virginia for a 
     Workforce Training and Business Development Center on the 
     Eastern Shore of Virginia;
       $150,000 for the Nelson Center in Lovington, Virginia for 
     renovation and expansion of facilities;
       $150,000 to Winchester County, Virginia for the historic 
     restoration of the Winchester County Courthouse;
       $175,000 to the Arlington Housing Corporation in Arlington, 
     Virginia to improve and expand community centers at low 
     income multifamily properties, and support ongoing affordable 
     housing programs;
       $200,000 to Virginia Highlands Small Business Incubator, 
     Inc. for the development of a regional small business 
     incubator in Southwest Virginia;
       $240,000 to the City of Chesapeake, Virginia for the 
     redevelopment of Campostella Square;
       $240,000 to the Virginia Air and Space Center in Hampton, 
     Virginia for expansion of facilities including the Aviation 
     Gallery and the World's Fair Welcome Center;
       $250,000 to Edgehill Recovery Retreat Center, in 
     Winchester, Virginia for facilities needs;
       $290,000 to the Virginia Holocaust Museum in Richmond, 
     Virginia for facility renovations;
       $400,000 to the Natural Gas Vehicle Association in 
     Arlington, Virginia for continued expansion of the Airport-
     Alternative Fuel Vehicle Demonstration Project at Dallas-Fort 
     Worth International Airport;
       $490,000 to Eastern Mennonite University of Harrisonburg, 
     Virginia for the University Commons project;
       $500,000 to the Glen Burnie Foundation to establish the 
     Museum of the Shenandoah Valley at Glen Burnie in Winchester, 
     Virginia;
       $600,000 to the Arlandria Health Center for Women and 
     Children in Alexandria, Virginia for facilities needs;
       $600,000 for the City of Staunton, Virginia for a local, 
     cultural revitalization initiative;
       $700,000 to the City of Danville and Pittsylvania County, 
     Virginia for the infrastructure improvements for the City/
     County Cyber Park;
       $1,000,000 for the Christopher Newport University in 
     Newport News, Virginia for the development of the Christopher 
     Newport University Fine Arts Center;
       $1,000,000 to the St. Coletta School in Alexandria, 
     Virginia for facilities needs;
       $50,000 to the Essex Junction Lions Club for design and 
     construction of a veterans memorial in Essex Junction, 
     Vermont;
       $100,000 to the Burlington, Vermont Community Land Trust 
     for the start up of the Vermont Employee Ownership Center;
       $100,000 to the Vermont Housing Conservation Board for the 
     building renovation and construction of a battered women's 
     shelter in St. Albans, Vermont;
       $150,000 for the Haskell Free Library for repairs to this 
     historic building located in Derby Line, Vermont;
       $200,000 to the Vermont Foodbank for food shelf activities;
       $300,000 for the Brattleboro Arts Initiative of 
     Brattleboro, Vermont, for the rehabilitation of the historic 
     Latchis Theatre and Community Arts Center;
       $350,000 for the George D. Aiken Resource Conservation and 
     Development Council of Randolph, Vermont for the purchase of 
     equipment;
       $500,000 for the Kaw Valley Center in Vermont, Kansas for 
     infrastructure and community outreach;
       $500,000 for the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board for 
     development of affordable housing at Macauley Square;
       $750,000 to the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board for 
     the development of affordable housing in Vermont;
       $750,000 to the Vermont Institute of Natural Science of 
     Woodstock, Vermont to support construction of a public 
     education and wildlife rehabilitation facility in Quechee, 
     Vermont;
       $2,000,000 for the Lake Champlain Science Center in 
     Burlington, Vermont for facility construction and 
     rehabilitation;
       $50,000 to the City of Poulsbo, Washington for improvements 
     to the public library;
       $50,000 to the Nooksack Indian Tribe in Washington for 
     expansion of the Youth Leaders Center facility;
       $80,000 to the YWCA in Bremerton, Washington for facilities 
     expansion;
       $90,000 to the City of Duvall, Washington for the 
     renovation and conversion of a city-owned building into a 
     youth center;
       $90,000 to the City of Maple Valley, Washington for the 
     construction of a youth center;
       $90,000 to the Greenwater Mutual Water Association of 
     Washington state for construction of a water system to 
     provide fire and domestic flow to the designated rural 
     business center of Greenwater;
       $100,000 to the City of Seattle, Washington for renovations 
     to the Seattle Center Opera House;
       $200,000 to Pierce County Washington for the establishment 
     of the Gig Harbor Peninsula Historical Society and the 
     creation of a museum and cultural center;
       $240,000 to the City of Black Diamond, Washington for 
     engineering and construction of a replacement water main and 
     improvements to the existing pump station serving the Black 
     Diamond region;
       $250,000 to the University of Washington-Tacoma for 
     development of the Institute of Technology;
       $250,000 to the Valley Boys and Girls Club in Clarkston, 
     Washington for facilities construction;
       $300,000 for the City of Renton, Washington, for the Port 
     Quendall brownfields redevelopment project;
       $500,000 to Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington for 
     construction of the Regional Learning and Resource Center;
       $750,000 to Bates Technical College for upgrade of 
     transmission equipment for KBTC-TV, a PBS affiliate in 
     Tacoma, Washington;
       $1,000,000 for the Port of Ridgefield of Ridgefield, 
     Washington for brownfields redevelopment;
       $1,000,000 for the West Central Community Center of 
     Spokane, Washington, for site acquisition and preparation 
     related to the expansion of childcare facilities;
       $50,000 for the Eau Claire Area Industrial Development 
     Corporation, Wisconsin, for the Chippewa Valley Technology 
     Network;
       $200,000 to the City of Madison, Wisconsin for the 
     Affordable Housing Subdivision project;

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       $50,000 to the Medical College of Wisconsin for planning 
     related to a Biomedical Research and Technology Incubator;
       $50,000 to the Urban Open Space Foundation in Madison, 
     Wisconsin for downtown revitalization efforts;
       $80,000 to the Ashland County Sheriff's Department in 
     Ashland, Wisconsin for an Ice Angel Windsled;
       $100,000 for Fairness in Rural Lending in Wisconsin for the 
     Community Lender Partnership Initiative;
       $120,000 to the City of Rhinelander, Wisconsin for 
     construction of a rail spur;
       $275,000 for the African American World Cultural Center in 
     Wisconsin for construction;
       $175,000 for the Centro de la Communidad Unida in Wisconsin 
     for construction of an alternative school for at risk 
     students;
       $200,000 for Adams County, Wisconsin for the construction 
     of an industrial park;
       $200,000 or the City of Beloit, Wisconsin for urban renewal 
     activities;
       $200,000 to the Wausau Kayak/Canoe Corporation in Wausau, 
     Wisconsin for course upgrade;
       $240,000 to St. Norbert College in DePere, Wisconsin for a 
     regional library learning center;
       $300,000 for the City of Appleton, Wisconsin for the 
     reconstruction of College Avenue;
       $300,000 for the City of Sheboygan, Wisconsin to demolish 
     an old manufacturing building;
       $300,000 to Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the 
     modernization of their liberal arts facility for Digital 
     Diagnostic Portfolio Technology;
       $500,000 to Impact 7 for a business development project in 
     Centuria, Wisconsin;
       $1,100,000 to the Northwest Regional Planning Commission in 
     Spooner, Wisconsin for a revolving loan fund to assist storm 
     impacted areas in northwestern Wisconsin;
       $125,000 to the Greenbrier Valley Economic Development 
     Corporation in Lewisburg, West Virginia for a cooperative 
     economic development effort with 4-County Economic 
     Development Authority located in Oakhill, West Virginia;
       $290,000 to Mason County, West Virginia/ Point Pleasant 
     Riverfront Park Committee for a city revitalization project;
       $350,000 for Bethany College in West Virginia to complete 
     work on a health and wellness center;
       $375,000 to Regions 1 and 4 Planning and Development 
     Councils in West Virginia for rebuilding efforts necessitated 
     by flooding;
       $700,000 for the McDowell County Commission to complete the 
     repair and restoration of the Kimball War Memorial in 
     Kimball, West Virginia;
       $900,000 to Concord College in Athens, West Virginia for 
     continued infrastructure development of an information 
     technology training program;
       $1,200,000 to the Mid-Atlantic Aerospace Complex, Inc. for 
     operational needs and to support economic development 
     projects, including facilities construction;
       $2,000,000 for the Webster County Development Authority for 
     construction of a high technology office building and small 
     business incubator in Webster County, West Virginia;
       $2,000,000 for the Wheeling Park Commission in West 
     Virginia to aid in the construction of the National Training 
     Center for Public Facility Managers;
       $2,425,000 to the Institute for Software Research, Inc. for 
     operational and programmatic support and facilities needs;
       $3,000,000 for Shepherd College in Sheperdstown, West 
     Virginia, to complete the renovation of the Scarborough 
     Library;
       $3,600,000 to the West Virginia High Technology Consortium 
     Foundation, Inc. for operations, land acquisition, and 
     development of a high technology business park;
       $1,800,000 for the City of Hinton, West Virginia, for the 
     construction of a high technology office building and small 
     business incubator;
       $1,500,000 for the Appalachian Bible College of Beckley, 
     West Virginia, to complete its student center/library;
       $540,000 to the Teton County Housing Authority of Wyoming 
     for equity contributions in the production of affordable 
     housing units in Teton County, Wyoming;
       $2,000,000 for the Girl Scouts of the USA for youth 
     development initiatives in public housing.
       Includes language transferring no less than $13,800,000 to 
     the Working Capital Fund for development and maintenance of 
     information technology systems, instead of $15,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and the Senate.
       Includes language proposed by the Senate making funds 
     available for three years instead of two years as proposed by 
     the House. The conferees remain concerned by the delay in the 
     obligation and expenditure of funds provided for the CDBG 
     formula program. HUD is directed to review the matter and to 
     provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations no later 
     than April 1, 2002 which identifies the average length of 
     time used by HUD to obligate CDBG funds to entitlement 
     communities and States; the rate at which entitlement 
     communities and States expend these funds, including an 
     identification of those entities not in compliance with 
     statutory timeliness requirements; and recommendations to 
     accelerate the obligation and expenditure of these funds.
       The conferees reiterate the direction included in the House 
     report requiring HUD to inform State and local jurisdictions 
     that people with disabilities must participate in developing 
     the Consolidated Plan and to evaluate plans for such 
     inclusion.
       The conferees reiterate the direction included in the House 
     report requiring HUD to conduct a detailed evaluation of 
     HUD's administrative oversight of CDBG targeting requirements 
     and to report the evaluation's findings to the Committees on 
     Appropriations no later than February 1, 2002.


         COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       Appropriates $15,000,000 for costs associated with section 
     108 loan guarantees as proposed by the House and the Senate. 
     Includes language making funds available for obligation for 
     two years as proposed by the House, instead of one year as 
     proposed by the Senate.


                       BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT

       Appropriates $25,000,000 for brownfields redevelopment as 
     proposed by the House and the Senate.


                  HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       Appropriates $1,846,040,000 for the HOME program instead of 
     $1,996,040,000 as proposed by the House, and $1,796,040,000 
     as proposed by the Senate. Includes language making funds 
     available for obligation for three years as proposed by the 
     Senate, instead of two years as proposed by the House.
       Includes language designating $50,000,000 for the 
     Downpayment Assistance Initiative subject to the enactment of 
     authorization legislation, instead of $200,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House. Language is included allowing these 
     funds to be used for any purpose authorized under the HOME 
     program should such authorization legislation not be enacted 
     by June 30, 2002. The Senate bill did not include funds for 
     this initiative.
       The conferees believe that housing counseling is a critical 
     component of effective homeownership programs, including the 
     HOME Downpayment Assistance Initiative. Not only is housing 
     counseling important in assisting families and individuals to 
     understand homeownership issues, it also helps ensure that 
     first-time homebuyers are protected against predatory lending 
     practices. The conferees expect HUD to ensure that housing 
     counseling is available to all homebuyers participating in 
     programs offered under the Downpayment Assistance Initiative.


                       HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       Appropriates $1,122,525,000 for homeless assistance grants, 
     instead of $1,027,745,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $1,022,745,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees have increased funding for this account above 
     the amounts proposed by the House and the Senate to provide 
     for full funding of Shelter Plus Care renewals within this 
     account, instead of providing this funding in a separate 
     account as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not 
     include funding for these costs. While funding for these 
     renewals has been provided in this account consistent with 
     the manner in which funding was provided prior to fiscal year 
     2001, new bill language is included requiring the annual 
     renewal of all expiring Shelter Plus Care contracts if the 
     program is determined to meet appropriate program 
     requirements and is needed under the applicable continuum of 
     care.
       Includes modified language requiring not less than 30 
     percent of the funds provided under this account, exclusive 
     of amounts for Shelter Plus Care renewals, be used for 
     permanent housing as proposed by the Senate, instead of 35 
     percent as proposed by the House. Includes language requiring 
     that all funds awarded for services shall be matched by 25 
     percent in funds from each grantee as proposed by the House 
     and the Senate.
       Includes language proposed by the Senate providing that 
     funds under this account be made available for three years, 
     instead of two years as proposed by the House. However, HUD 
     is directed to review the obligation rates for funds provided 
     under this account and provide a report to the Committees on 
     steps being taken to accelerate the grant award and 
     obligation process no later than April 1, 2002.
       Includes language providing $2,000,000 for the national 
     homeless data analysis project and $6,600,000 for technical 
     assistance. Language is also included transferring $5,600,000 
     to the Working Capital Fund for the development and 
     maintenance of information technology systems, instead of 
     $14,200,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate.
       The conferees agree that HUD should use the continuum of 
     care process to give preference to communities that use funds 
     for permanent housing to end homelessness for chronically 
     homeless, disabled people and encourage communities to obtain 
     funds for supportive services from non-HUD sources, such as 
     the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department 
     of Labor, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
       The conferees reiterate language included in the Senate 
     report regarding the need for data and analysis on the extent 
     of homelessness and the effectiveness of McKinney-Vento Act 
     programs. Specifically, the conferees direct HUD to continue 
     to work with local communities on a client reporting system, 
     analyze the data within two years, and report to the 
     Committees within 90 days of enactment of this Act on its 
     progress.

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       In addition, the conferees are also providing $2,000,000 to 
     continue the Department's national homeless data analysis 
     project to document the demographics of homelessness, 
     identify patterns in utilization of assistance, and document 
     the effectiveness of the systems. The conferees believe that 
     it is critical to develop an unduplicated count of the 
     homeless population and direct HUD to contract 
     with experienced academic institutions to analyze the data 
     and provide annual reports to the Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       The conferees expect that HUD field staff will oversee the 
     implementation of homeless programs funded under this title. 
     This oversight should include annual site visits and desk and 
     field audits of a representative sample of programs in each 
     jurisdiction. Using this information, HUD should analyze 
     Annual Performance Reports and forward an annual plan for 
     addressing problem areas.
       The conferees reiterate and endorse language in the House 
     report regarding the Secretary's joint task force with the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to identify and 
     target each agency's roles and responsibilities in addressing 
     the needs of the homeless. Recognizing the fact that up to 
     one-third of the homeless population are veterans, the 
     conferees believe that increased coordination is necessary 
     between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and HUD to 
     ensure each agency is fulfilling its appropriate mission. 
     Therefore, the conferees urge the Secretary to include the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs in its task force discussions. 
     The conferees request that the Department keep the Committees 
     apprised of these efforts and provide a report, no later than 
     February 15, 2002, on its findings and recommendations for 
     changes in HUD programs.
       Further, the conferees reiterate the language in the Senate 
     report concerning the Interagency Council on the Homeless 
     (ICH), including placing the Council under the Domestic 
     Policy Office; rotating the Chairmanship among the 
     Secretaries of HUD, HHS, Labor, and VA; requiring the members 
     to meet at least semi-annually; and instructing the Council 
     to quantify the number of their mainstream program 
     participants who become homeless, preventing homelessness, 
     and describing how they assist the homeless.
       The conferees continue to have questions about out-year 
     cost data on contract renewals for the permanent housing 
     programs for the homeless. Accordingly, the conferees direct 
     the Department to include in its fiscal year 2003 budget 
     justifications five-year projections, delineated on an annual 
     basis, of the costs of renewing the permanent housing 
     component of the Supportive Housing Program and separately, 
     the Shelter Plus Care program.
       The conferees reiterate language in the Senate report 
     directing HUD to ensure that State and local jurisdictions 
     that receive homeless assistance funding pass on at least 50 
     percent of all administrative funds to the nonprofits 
     administering the homeless assistance programs.


                       SHELTER PLUS CARE RENEWALS

       The conferees have included full funding for Shelter Plus 
     Care renewals under the homeless assistance grants account 
     instead of providing funds under this separate account as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House did not include funding for 
     this account.

                            Housing Programs


                    HOUSING FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       Appropriates $1,024,151,000 for housing for special 
     populations as proposed by the House instead of 
     $1,001,009,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Includes $783,286,000 for section 202 housing for the 
     elderly as proposed by the House and the Senate. Of this 
     amount, $50,000,000 is for service coordinators and 
     congregate services as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $49,890,000 as proposed by the House; $50,000,000 is for 
     conversion of eligible section 202 projects to assisted 
     living as proposed by the Senate instead of $49,890,000 as 
     proposed by the House; and up to $3,000,000 is for the 
     renewal of expiring project rental assistance for up to a 
     one-year term, the same amount proposed by the House and the 
     Senate. The conferees direct HUD to issue a new NOFA to 
     provide for up to three grants for the conversion of unused 
     or underutilized commercial properties into assisted living 
     facilities for the elderly from funds provided for section 
     202 conversions.
       Includes $240,865,000 for section 811 housing for the 
     disabled as proposed by the House instead of $217,723,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Of this amount, $23,142,000 is for 
     the renewal of section 811 tenant-based rental assistance as 
     proposed by the House. Bill language is included clarifying 
     the authorization of funds under this account for this 
     purpose as proposed by the House. The Senate did not propose 
     similar language and assumed funds for this purpose would be 
     provided under the housing certificate fund account. In 
     addition, up to $1,300,000 is provided for the renewal of 
     project rental assistance for up to a one-year term as 
     proposed by the House and the Senate.
       The conferees reiterate direction included in the House 
     report requiring HUD to review and modify procedures to 
     simplify the section 811 application and review process.
       Includes modified language transferring no less than 
     $1,200,000 to the Working Capital Fund for development and 
     maintenance of information technology systems, instead of 
     $1,000,000 as proposed by the House and $3,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Does not include bill language specifying amounts for 
     project rental assistance renewals as proposed by the Senate. 
     The House did not designate specific amounts for renewals in 
     bill language.


                         FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND

                          (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       Includes language regarding the transfer of excess rental 
     charges to this fund as proposed by the House and the Senate.


                  MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND

       Appropriates $13,566,000 for authorized activities from 
     fees collected in the fund as proposed by the House instead 
     of $17,254,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees expect HUD to place a priority on monitoring 
     safety inspections of homes and the issuance of inspection 
     labels when determining the funding requirements for this 
     program during fiscal year 2002. The conferees also reiterate 
     the direction included in the Senate report requiring the use 
     of all program fees to be fully identified in the fiscal year 
     2003 budget justifications.
       Includes language proposed by the House clarifying that fee 
     collections shall fully offset the expenditures from the 
     fund. The Senate did not propose similar language.

                     Federal Housing Administration


               MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       Appropriates $336,700,000 for administrative expenses as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $330,888,000 as proposed by 
     the House. Transfers $332,678,000 of this amount to the 
     salaries and expenses account as proposed by the Senate, 
     instead of $326,866,000 as proposed by the House.
       Appropriates $160,000,000 for administrative contract 
     expenses as proposed by the Senate instead of $145,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House. Includes language allowing up to 
     $16,000,000 in additional administrative contract expenses to 
     be made available in certain circumstances as proposed by the 
     Senate. The House did not propose similar language.
       Transfers no less than $118,400,000 from administrative 
     contract expenses under this account to the Working Capital 
     Fund for the development and maintenance of information 
     technology systems, instead of $96,500,000 as proposed by the 
     House. The Senate proposed to transfer $160,000,000 from this 
     account and the general and special risk program account but 
     did not designate the amounts to be transferred from each 
     account.


                GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       Appropriates $15,000,000 for subsidy costs to support 
     certain multifamily and special purpose loan guarantee 
     programs. The conferees agree that funding for subsidy costs 
     is to be allocated as follows:
       --$6,919,000 for the section 221(d)(3) program;
       --$5,250,000 for the section 241(a) supplemental loans for 
     apartments program;
       --$377,000 for the section 242 operating loss loans for 
     apartments program;
       --$377,000 for the section 232 operating loss loans 
     program; and
       --$2,077,000 for the section 2 property improvements 
     program.
       The conferees remind HUD that funds provided are to be used 
     only for the programs specified above. The conferees direct 
     HUD to improve management and oversight of all programs 
     within the general and special risk insurance fund to ensure 
     these programs operate in a financially sound manner. HUD is 
     reminded that any deviations from the amounts specified above 
     for each of these programs is subject to reprogramming 
     requirements.
       The conferees are aware that concerns have been raised 
     about the calculation of credit subsidy for multifamily 
     programs. The conferees understand that pursuant to the 
     Federal Credit Reform Act, the Office of Management and 
     Budget (OMB) is responsible for developing the risk model 
     used to estimate the subsidy costs of all Federal credit 
     programs, including FHA programs. Therefore, in lieu of the 
     language included in the Senate report addressing this 
     matter, the conferees expect HUD to work with the industry to 
     review the technical assumptions provided by HUD to OMB for 
     inclusion in the risk model.
       The conferees also expect HUD to upgrade its information 
     technology systems for the mutual mortgage insurance program 
     account and the general and special risk program account. HUD 
     needs to be able to mark each account to market at the end of 
     each business day, including the volume of loan business and 
     the extent of financial risk and exposure under each FHA 
     mortgage insurance program, including the cost of all 
     defaults and foreclosures. The conferees remain disappointed 
     that HUD has not made the collection of this information a 
     priority since, as of January 2001, HUD was responsible for 
     over $500 billion in insured mortgages. As demand for FHA 
     single-family and multifamily mortgage insurance grows, it is 
     imperative that HUD understand the magnitude of its financial 
     exposure and the extent of risk for loss.
       Appropriates $216,100,000 for administrative expenses as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $211,455,000 as proposed by 
     the House. Transfers $197,779,000 of this amount to the 
     salaries and expenses account as proposed by the Senate, 
     instead of $193,124,000 as proposed by the House.

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       Appropriates $144,000,000 for administrative contract 
     expenses as proposed by the Senate instead of $139,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House. Includes language allowing up to 
     $14,400,000 in additional administrative contract expenses to 
     be made available in certain circumstances as proposed by the 
     Senate. The House did not propose similar language.
       Transfers no less than $41,000,000 from administrative 
     contract expenses under this account to the Working Capital 
     Fund for the development and maintenance of information 
     technology systems, instead of $33,500,000 as proposed by the 
     House. The Senate proposed to transfer $160,000,000 from this 
     account and the mutual mortgage insurance fund program 
     account but did not designate the amounts to be transferred 
     from each account.
       The conferees reiterate the direction included in the 
     Senate report requiring HUD to immediately amend its Asset 
     Control Area discount and appraisal structure so that local 
     governments and non-profit purchasers can rehabilitate and 
     resell these properties at rates affordable to low-income 
     residents. The conferees also reiterate the guidance in the 
     Senate report regarding timely demolition of dilapidated 
     homes and the payment of demolition costs.
       The conferees reiterate the recommendation in the Senate 
     report encouraging HUD to bundle and sell defaulted loans 
     through auction in non-Asset Control Areas.

            Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)


GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       Appropriates $9,383,000 for administrative expenses to be 
     transferred to the salaries and expenses account as proposed 
     by the House and the Senate.

                    Policy Development and Research


                        RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

       Appropriates $50,250,000 for research and technology 
     instead of $46,900,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $53,404,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Includes $1,500,000 for the Millennial Housing Commission 
     as proposed by the House. New language is included to extend 
     the reporting and termination dates for this commission. The 
     Senate proposed $1,500,000 and similar extension language 
     under the salaries and expenses account.
       Includes $1,000,000 for the Commission on Affordable 
     Housing and Health Facility Needs for Seniors in the 21st 
     Century, and includes new language to extend the reporting 
     and termination dates for this commission. The House and the 
     Senate did not address this matter.
       Includes $8,750,000 for the Partnership for Advancing 
     Technology in Housing Initiative, instead of $7,500,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $10,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conferees assume $23,000,000 will be allocated to the 
     Housing Survey in fiscal year 2002, the same level proposed 
     by the House and Senate.
       The conferees reiterate the direction included in the 
     Senate report denying demonstration authority without prior 
     congressional approval.
       Language proposed by the Senate designating $3,000,000 for 
     program evaluation activities is not included.

                   Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity


                        FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

       Appropriates $45,899,000 for the Fair Housing Assistance 
     Program (FHAP) and the Fair Housing Initiatives Program 
     (FHIP) as proposed by the House and the Senate. Of this 
     amount, $20,250,000 is for FHIP, instead of $19,449,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $24,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       While overall funding for this account is provided at the 
     fiscal year 2001 level, funding is no longer required for the 
     Housing Discrimination Survey which received $7,500,000 in 
     fiscal year 2001. Rather than reduce the account to reflect 
     this change, the conferees have instead agreed to allocate 
     the $7,500,000 equally between FHAP and FHIP to augment their 
     activities. The conferees expect the additional funds 
     allocated to FHAP to be used to reduce the backlog in case 
     processing.
       In lieu of the direction included in the House report, the 
     conferees direct HUD to expedite utilization of funds 
     provided under this account and to report quarterly on the 
     obligation and expenditure of funds provided, by program and 
     activity, with the first report due no later than February 
     15, 2002.

                     Office of Lead Hazard Control


                         LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

       Appropriates $109,758,000 for lead hazard reduction, as 
     proposed by the House and the Senate.
       Of the amount provided, $3,500,000 is for a one-time grant 
     to the National Center for Lead-Safe Housing to develop a 
     database coordination project to integrate Federal, State and 
     local lead activities, instead of $1,000,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate. The House did not propose a similar provision.
       The conferees agree to allocate funds as follows:
       --$6,500,000 for Operation LEAP, a new initiative to 
     provide competitive awards to non-profit organizations and 
     the private sector for activities which leverage private-
     sector resources for local lead hazard control programs. The 
     conferees direct HUD to provide an implementation plan for 
     this new initiative to the Committees on Appropriations prior 
     to the expenditure of these funds;
       --$80,000,000 for grants to State and local governments, 
     and Native American tribes, for lead-based paint abatement in 
     private low-income housing;
       --$9,758,000 for technical assistance and support to State 
     and local agencies and private property owners; and
       --$10,000,000 for the Healthy Homes Initiative for 
     competitive grants for research, standards development, and 
     education and outreach activities to address lead-based paint 
     poisoning and other housing-related diseases and hazards.
       The conferees reiterate the House report language regarding 
     consideration of a proposal by the Alliance to End Childhood 
     Lead Poisoning to create a Community Environmental Health 
     Resource Center (CEHRC) to provide technical support, 
     training, and education and outreach to community-based 
     organizations to evaluate and control housing-related and 
     community-wide health hazards. While the conferees have not 
     included an earmark for the new organization, the conferees 
     encourage HUD to evaluate a proposal from the Alliance to 
     create the CEHRC and provide a grant if warranted.
       The conferees encourage HUD to work through the Healthy 
     Homes Initiative with other appropriate Federal agencies to 
     conduct research and public education on health hazards 
     associated with mold, excess moisture, and dust.
       The conferees also reiterate the direction included in the 
     Senate report requiring HUD to develop a policy to link 
     Federal education, outreach, and remediation efforts with 
     State, local, non-profit, and private funding.
       Language proposed by the Senate earmarking $750,000 for 
     CLEARCorps is not included. The House did not propose a 
     similar provision.
       Does not include language proposed by the House making 
     technical changes to the Healthy Homes Initiative. The Senate 
     did not propose similar changes.

                     MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       Appropriates $1,097,292,000 for salaries and expenses 
     instead of $1,076,800,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $1,087,257,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Of the total amount provided, $530,457,000 is transferred 
     from various FHA administrative funds as proposed by the 
     Senate, instead of $520,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       Includes language transferring $35,000 from the Native 
     Hawaiian housing loan guarantee fund account as proposed by 
     the Senate. The House did not include a similar provision.
       Includes language providing not to exceed $25,000 for 
     representation expenses, instead of $7,000 as proposed by the 
     House and Senate.
       The conferees agree that funds under this account are to be 
     allocated among object classes at the levels specified in the 
     budget justifications. HUD is reminded that any deviations 
     are subject to reprogramming requirements.
       The conferees reiterate the concerns expressed in the House 
     report regarding HUD's approach to utilizing staff resources 
     and the continued excessive cost per HUD employee as compared 
     to other Federal agencies. Therefore, modified bill language 
     is included, similar to language proposed by the House, 
     requiring the Secretary to submit a staffing plan to the 
     Committees on Appropriations no later than January 15, 2002. 
     The conferees expect this staffing plan to be formulated 
     based on the Resource Estimation and Allocation Process to 
     match staffing requirements with programmatic 
     responsibilities. The plan should identify staffing levels 
     for each program delineated by headquarters and field 
     offices. The conferees also expect this plan to include 
     strategies to reduce the average salary cost per employee 
     while reallocating staffing to address core mission 
     requirements.
       The conferees reiterate the direction included in the House 
     report regarding the annual budget justifications submission.
       The conferees reiterate the direction included in the 
     Senate report prohibiting HUD from employing more than 77 
     schedule C and 20 non-career senior executive service 
     employees.
       The conferees note that the inability of HUD to provide 
     useful data on program expenditures and performance has been 
     a deficiency perennially cited by the Inspector General and 
     General Accounting Office (GAO). The conferees remain 
     committed to improving HUD's capacity to disseminate useful 
     information about the performance of HUD programs to improve 
     the ability of HUD and the Congress to assess the 
     effectiveness of programs and more accurately determine 
     resource requirements. Therefore, the conferees expect that 
     HUD's information technology (IT) strategy will prioritize 
     those investments needed to remedy the deficiencies 
     identified by the Inspector General and GAO. Language has 
     been included in various accounts in title II transferring no 
     less than $351,150,000 to the Working Capital Fund (WCF) for 
     the development and maintenance of information technology 
     systems, an increase of $16,850,000 above the fiscal year 
     2001 level. HUD is directed to provide the Committees on 
     Appropriations a fiscal year 2002 spending plan for the WCF 
     no later than January 15, 2002, consistent with the format of 
     the multi-year IT plan submitted to the Committees on August 
     22, 2001.
       The conferees understand that most of the WCF increase 
     requested for fiscal year 2002 is

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     for the planning and development activities related to the 
     re-competition of the HUD Integrated Information Processing 
     Service (HIIPS) contract. To this point little information 
     has been provided to the Committees about HUD's plans for re-
     competition of HIIPS and the costs associated with 
     implementation of the HIIPS re-competition. Therefore, HUD is 
     directed to provide a comprehensive report on the strategy, 
     status, and out-year funding requirements for HIIPS prior to 
     the expenditure of any of the increase provided for fiscal 
     year 2002.
       The conferees also reiterate the direction included in the 
     House report requiring HUD to submit a multi-year IT plan as 
     part of its fiscal year 2003 budget submission. The conferees 
     request that the Inspector General review this plan and 
     provide its views to the Committees on the ability of this 
     plan to improve oversight and management of HUD programs.
       While the conferees do not adopt the language in the Senate 
     report related to the Office of Multifamily Housing 
     Assistance Restructuring (OMHAR), the conferees are seriously 
     concerned with the manner in which OMHAR is currently being 
     managed. The conferees are deeply disturbed to learn that 
     OMHAR, an office which has enjoyed a unique amount of 
     autonomy in the management of its staffing and the allocation 
     of its funds, has violated the Anti-Deficiency Act in two out 
     of the three years of its existence. As troubling to the 
     conferees is the fact that the Committees on Appropriations 
     were not notified of these violations sooner. The conferees 
     fully intend to investigate the circumstances that led to 
     these violations, and will take action at the appropriate 
     time. In the interim, the Department is directed to revoke 
     OMHAR's funds allotment privileges and provide vigorous 
     financial and management oversight of OMHAR.


                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

       Appropriates $93,898,000 for the Office of Inspector 
     General as proposed by the House instead of $88,898,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Of this amount, $5,000,000 is 
     provided by transfer from the public housing operating fund 
     account, instead of $10,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       Of the amount provided, $5,000,000 is exclusively for anti-
     predatory lending and anti-flipping activities. These funds 
     are to augment, not supplant, funds already being devoted to 
     such activities. The conferees expect that staff previously 
     engaged in Operation Safe Home activities will be redirected 
     to support these efforts. The OIG is directed to submit a 
     staffing plan to the Committees on Appropriations no later 
     than January 15, 2002.


                         CONSOLIDATED FEE FUND

                              (RESCISSION)

       Includes a rescission of $6,700,000 from the Fund as 
     proposed by the House and the Senate.

             Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       Appropriates $27,000,000 for the Office of Federal Housing 
     Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) to be derived from collections 
     available in the Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Fund as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $23,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House. Of the amount provided, $4,000,000 is for a one-
     time increase to address information technology requirements.
       Includes language requiring OFHEO to submit a staffing plan 
     to the Committees on Appropriations by January 30, 2002. The 
     conferees expect this staffing plan to prioritize OFHEO's 
     activities relative to implementation of the new risk-based 
     capital regulation. The conferees are aware that a one-year 
     transition period has been provided for implementation of 
     this rule. Should additional resources be required to 
     implement this rule, the conferees will evaluate such 
     requirements when developing the fiscal year 2003 budget.

                       Administrative Provisions

       Includes modified language related to the allocation of 
     HOPWA funds for the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Raleigh-
     Durham, North Carolina metropolitan areas, similar to 
     language proposed by the House and the Senate.
       Does not include language proposed by the Senate extending 
     section 236 excess income eligibility. The House did not 
     include a similar provision.
       Does not include language proposed by the Senate amending 
     section 223(d) of the National Housing Act to authorize 
     insurance for the purchase of existing hospital facilities. 
     The House did not include a similar provision.
       Includes language repealing the authorization sunset 
     provisions for certain housing counseling assistance 
     activities as proposed by the Senate. The House did not 
     include a similar provision.
       Includes language changing the premium structure for 
     section 203(k) and section 234 single family loans as 
     proposed by the House. The Senate proposed the same changes 
     with minor technical language differences related to 
     implementation.
       Includes language authorizing the Secretary to waive the 40 
     percent rent ceiling under section 8 for an assisted living 
     demonstration project in Michigan as proposed by the House. 
     The Senate did not include a similar provision.
       Does not include language proposed by the Senate expanding 
     HUD's authority to establish and determine the appropriate 
     use of certain mortgage insurance programs for hospital 
     facilities. The House did not include a similar provision.
       Does not include language proposed by the Senate expanding 
     HUD's authority to establish and determine the appropriate 
     use of certain mortgage insurance programs for nursing home 
     facilities. The House did not include a similar provision.
       Includes language authorizing HUD's Credit Watch program as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House did not include a similar 
     provision. This provision will clarify existing law to ensure 
     that HUD has the authority to continue to implement the 
     Credit Watch program. This program allows HUD to identify FHA 
     lenders that originate a large number of loans that default 
     quickly, which can be a key indicator of underwriting 
     problems or fraud, and take corrective actions. By 
     eliminating unqualified or unscrupulous lenders, the 
     conferees hope HUD can reduce the number of foreclosed 
     properties. The conferees also believe that further action 
     may be necessary to protect homebuyers and communities, and 
     expects HUD to consider additional steps that could be taken 
     and report back to the appropriate committees with its 
     recommendations.
       Includes language requiring all title II programs to comply 
     with the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform 
     Act of 1989 as proposed by the Senate. The House did not 
     include a similar provision.
       Includes modified language exempting Alaska, Mississippi, 
     and Iowa from the statutory requirement of having a resident 
     on the board of a PHA, similar to language proposed by the 
     Senate. The House did not include a similar provision. The 
     conferees are concerned that barriers continue to exist in 
     some States which preclude full implementation of the 
     statutory requirement that public housing residents be full 
     participants on PHA boards. While language is again included 
     providing exemptions to this requirement, the conferees 
     believe that the States should take the appropriate actions 
     necessary to remove barriers, rather than continuing to seek 
     exemptions from the statute. The conferees direct HUD to 
     review the status of implementation of this requirement, 
     identify the factors precluding full implementation and 
     actions being taken by the appropriate State or local 
     entities to remove these barriers, and report its findings to 
     the Committees on Appropriations no later than May 30, 2002.
       Includes modified language requiring the Secretary to 
     maintain section 8 rental assistance for any HUD-owned or 
     HUD-held property occupied by an elderly or disabled 
     resident, similar to language proposed by the Senate. The 
     House did not include a similar provision.
       Includes language proposed by the Senate amending the 
     National Housing Act to increase the statutory loan limits on 
     certain FHA multifamily and single-family programs. The House 
     did not include a similar provision.
       Does not include language proposed by the Senate related to 
     the construction of a tribal student housing project. The 
     House did not include a similar provision.
       Includes language modifying the authorized purposes and 
     availability of funds provided to the University of South 
     Carolina in Public Law 106-554 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     House did not include a similar provision.
       Includes language amending section 247 of the National 
     Housing Act to change the definitions and eligibility for 
     single-family mortgage insurance on Hawaiian homelands as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House did not include a similar 
     provision.
       Includes language waiving the environmental review 
     procedures for certain HOME projects in Arkansas provided 
     certain conditions are met as proposed by the Senate. The 
     House did not include a similar provision.
       Includes language proposed by the Senate providing flexible 
     use of existing HOPE VI funds awarded for the Hollander Ridge 
     project. The House did not include a similar provision.
       Does not include language proposed by the Senate to change 
     the Fair Housing Act's definition of discrimination based on 
     sex from one based on gender to one based upon victimization 
     from domestic violence. The House did not include a similar 
     provision. The conferees direct HUD to work with PHAs to 
     develop plans to protect victims of domestic violence from 
     being discriminated against in receiving or maintaining 
     public housing because of their victimization.

                    TITLE III--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  American Battle Monuments Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       Appropriates $35,466,000 for salaries and expenses as 
     proposed by the House instead of $28,466,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate. Within the appropriated level, $2,000,000 has 
     been provided to complete the backlogged maintenance work 
     identified prior to fiscal year 1998. The conferees commend 
     ABMC for its diligence in identifying, prioritizing, and 
     completing this necessary maintenance, and expect the 
     Commission to report to the Committees on Appropriations, 
     prior to May 1st of each fiscal year, on the current state of 
     maintenance requirements throughout the cemetery system.
       The conferees have also provided an additional $5,000,000 
     above the budget request for the study, planning, and initial 
     construction

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     costs related to a new visitors center at the Normandy 
     American Cemetery and Memorial near St. Laurent-sur-Mer, 
     France. The conferees are cognizant of the unique 
     circumstances at the Normandy Cemetery, which is both the 
     solemn resting place for 9,387 servicemen and women and a 
     tourist destination for in excess of 1,000,000 annual 
     visitors. Current visitor facilities are entirely inadequate 
     to properly serve those individuals in need of privacy and 
     counseling, as well as those who wish to better understand 
     the historical perspective of the battles that occurred 
     nearby. The conferees intend that in the development of 
     appropriate plans regarding the placement, scope, and 
     character of such a new visitor center, the Commission 
     consult with a variety of entities, including the National 
     Park Service, which may have particular expertise with 
     facilities of this nature.

             CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       Appropriates $7,850,000 for salaries and expenses instead 
     of $8,000,000 as proposed by the House and $7,621,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Of the amount appropriated, 
     $2,500,000 is available until September 30, 2003 and 
     $5,350,000 is available until September 20, 2002. Bill 
     language has been included again this fiscal year which 
     limits the number of career Senior Executive Service 
     positions to three.

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

              COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS


   COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       Appropriates $80,000,000 for the Community Development 
     Financial Institutions Fund as proposed by the House instead 
     of $100,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Includes $5,000,000 for technical assistance designed to 
     benefit Native American communities as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $500,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees 
     agree that Native Hawaiian and Alaskan Native communities are 
     eligible entities for this program.
       Provides $9,500,000 for administrative expenses instead of 
     $8,948,000 as proposed by the House and $9,850,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Provides for a limitation on the amount of direct loans of 
     $51,800,000 as proposed by the Senate, instead of $15,000,000 
     as proposed by the House.
       The conferees agree with the direction of the Senate 
     calling for inclusion of a report on rural lending practices 
     as part of the fiscal year 2003 budget submission.

                   CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       Appropriates $55,200,000 for the Consumer Product Safety 
     Commission, salaries and expenses, instead of $54,200,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $56,200,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The amount provided represents a $1,000,000 increase 
     above the budget request to maintain the current level of 
     staffing and operational expenses.
       The conferees are aware of public concerns about the 
     potential health and safety risks related to the use of 
     chromated copper arsenate (CCA) to treat wood playground 
     equipment. To this end, the conferees direct CPSC to report 
     to the Committees on Appropriations by February 15, 2002, on 
     the steps being taken to identify whether there are 
     significant health and safety risks to children playing on 
     and around CCA-treated wood playground equipment. Such report 
     shall also include the actions CPSC is taking to keep state 
     and local governments, as well as consumers, informed about 
     their findings on the health effects associated with CCA-
     treated wood playground equipment.

             CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


       NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS OPERATING EXPENSES

       Appropriates $401,980,000 for national and community 
     service program operating expenses instead of $415,480,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House did not provide any new 
     funds for fiscal year 2002 operations, but did not eliminate 
     the agency.
       Limits funds as proposed by the Senate to not more than: 
     $31,000,000 for administrative expenses of which $2,000,000 
     is to be for a cost accounting system; $2,500 for official 
     reception and representation expenses; $5,000,000 from the 
     National Service Trust for national service scholarships for 
     high school students performing community service; 
     $240,492,000 for AmeriCorp grants, of which not to exceed 
     $47,000,000 may be for national direct programs and 
     $25,000,000 for E-Corps; $43,000,000 for school-based and 
     community-based service learning programs; $28,488,000 for 
     quality and innovation activities under subtitle H of title 
     I; and $5,000,000 for audits and other evaluations.
       The conferees have agreed to the Senate proposal of 
     $25,000,000 for the National Civilian Community Corps, an 
     increase of $4,000,000 over fiscal year 2001. Additional 
     funds are provided to expand the number of AmeriCorps members 
     serving at the five campuses currently in operation.
       The conferees deleted without prejudice funding for the 
     Veterans Mission for Youth Program as proposed by the Senate 
     and agreed to not fund the Silver Scholarship program. The 
     conferees believe the authorizing committees of jurisdiction 
     should evaluate and legislate these programs in the overall 
     consideration of the Corporation's reauthorization.
       The conferees direct the Corporation to provide quarterly 
     status reports to the Committees, beginning in January 2002, 
     on the implementation of the new cost accounting system and 
     on the expenditure of awards under the Trust Fund. The 
     Corporation should also provide a copy of the Trust Fund 
     award report to the IG. The conferees agree to the Senate 
     proposal to provide not more than $10,000,000 for the Points 
     of Light Foundation of which $2,500,000 may be used for 
     establishment of an endowment; authorizes the Points of Light 
     Foundation to use up to $2,500,000 of previously appropriated 
     funds for this endowment; $7,500,000 for America's Promise; 
     $5,000,000 for Communities In Schools; $2,500,000 for the 
     YMCA; $1,000,000 for Teach For America; and $1,500,000 for 
     Parents As Teachers. In addition, the conferees provide 
     $1,500,000 for the Youth Life Foundation (YLF) for the same 
     purposes contained in the fiscal year 2001 Statement of 
     Managers (House Report 106-988). The conferees also expect 
     YLF to continue its effort in coordinating and collaborating 
     its activities with America's Promise.


                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

       Appropriates $5,000,000 for Office of Inspector General as 
     proposed by both the House and the Senate.

               U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       Appropriates $13,221,000 for salaries and expenses as 
     proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

                       Cemeterial Expenses, Army


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       Appropriates $22,537,000 for salaries and expenses as 
     proposed by the House instead of $18,437,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate. The conferees agreed to include funds over the 
     request to complete construction of the proposed columbarium.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                     National Institutes of Health


          NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

       Appropriates $70,228,000 for the National Institute of 
     Environmental Health Sciences as proposed by the House and 
     the Senate. Of the appropriated amount, $45,824,000 is for 
     research and $24,404,000 is for worker training activities.

            Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


            TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH

       Appropriates $78,235,000 for toxic substances and 
     environmental public health as proposed by the House and the 
     Senate. Bill language has again this year been included which 
     permits the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances 
     and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to conduct other appropriate 
     health studies and evaluations or activities in lieu of 
     health assessments pursuant to section 104(i)(6) of the 
     Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
     Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA). The language 
     further stipulates that in the conduct of such other health 
     assessments, evaluations or activities, the ATSDR shall not 
     be bound by the deadlines imposed in section 104(i)(6)(A) of 
     CERCLA. Funds provided for fiscal year 2002 cannot be used by 
     the ATSDR to conduct in excess of 40 toxicological profiles.
       The conferees once again encourage ATSDR to provide 
     adequate funds for minority health professions and for the 
     ongoing health effects study on the consumption of Great 
     Lakes fish.
       Finally, the conferees have again agreed to cap 
     administrative costs charged by the CDC at 7.5 percent of the 
     amount appropriated herein for the ATSDR.

                    Environmental Protection Agency


                         SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

       Appropriates $698,089,000 for science and technology 
     instead of $680,410,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $665,672,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees have agreed to the following increases above 
     the budget request:
       1. $2,500,000 for EPSCoR;
       2. $4,000,000 for the Water Environment Research 
     Foundation;
       3. $5,000,000 for the American Water Works Association 
     Research Foundation;
       4. $2,000,000 for the National Decentralized Water Resource 
     Capacity Development Project, in coordination with EPA, for 
     continued training and research and development program;
       5. $750,000 for the Integrated Public/Private Energy and 
     Environmental Consortium (IPEC) to develop cost-effective 
     environmental technology, improved business practices, and 
     technology transfer for the domestic petroleum industry;
       6. $750,000 for the Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium (GHP);
       7. $500,000 for the Consortium for Plant Biotechnology 
     Research;
       8. $1,000,000 for the Center for the Study of Metals in the 
     Environment;
       9. $750,000 for the University of South Alabama, Center for 
     Estuarine Research;
       10. $500,000 to the University of California, Riverside for 
     continued research of advanced vehicle design, advanced 
     transportation systems, vehicle emissions, and atmospheric 
     pollution at the CE-CERT facility;

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       11. $750,000 for the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water 
     District for research and design (cost evaluation and 
     environmental studies) of a mitigation project addressing the 
     city's contaminated high groundwater table and dangers 
     presented by liquefaction;
       12. $750,000 to the City of San Bernardino Municipal Water 
     Department's Enhanced Reliability System of Improvements for 
     water distribution and storage in San Bernardino, California;
       13. $1,000,000 to improve the transmission, distribution, 
     and storage of potable water in the City of Needles, 
     California;
       14. $750,000 for planning, design, and development of a 
     groundwater storage system in the City of San Bernardino, 
     California;
       15. $750,000 to the City of Glendale, California working in 
     conjunction with the Utah State University in Logan, Utah, 
     the University of Colorado in Boulder, and UCLA for a 
     research study and pilot treatment plant focused on the 
     removal of chromium 6 from water;
       16. $750,000 to the Central California Air Quality 
     Coalition for a California Regional Sacramento and San 
     Francisco Bay Air Quality study for ozone;
       17. $1,300,000 for the National Jewish Medical and Research 
     Center for research on the relationship between indoor and 
     outdoor pollution and the development of respiratory 
     diseases;
       18. $1,500,000 for the Connecticut River Airshed-Watershed 
     Consortium;
       19. $1,250,000 to the University of Miami in Florida for 
     the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science;
       20. $500,000 for the creation of a Center for Environmental 
     Science, a joint project of the University of Chicago and 
     Argonne National Laboratory;
       21. $1,000,000 for environmental education and research at 
     the Turtle Cove Research Station, Louisiana;
       22. $1,000,000 for the Center for Urban Environmental 
     Research and Education at the University of Maryland 
     Baltimore County;
       23. $250,000 to the University of New England for the 
     National Center for Marine Mammal Rehabilitation and Research 
     in Biddeford, Maine;
       24. $1,250,000 for the Great Lakes Hydrological Center of 
     Excellence partnership by Western Michigan University and the 
     Environmental Research Institute of Michigan;
       25. $500,000 for the Missouri River Institute for research 
     and outreach;
       26. $3,900,000 for the Mine Waste Technology Program at the 
     National Environmental Waste Technology, Testing, and 
     Evaluation Center;
       27. $500,000 to the University of North Carolina at 
     Greensboro for the Bioterrorism Water Quality Protection 
     Program with the aim of developing highly automated and 
     inexpensive testing protocols;
       28. $1,500,000 to the University of North Carolina at 
     Chapel Hill for the Schools of Public Health and Medicine to 
     advance the ``one atmosphere'' approach to determining the 
     health effects of air pollution;
       29. $1,200,000 for the Center for Air Toxic Metals at the 
     Energy and Environmental Research Center;
       30. $500,000 to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Water 
     Sciences Laboratory at the Water Center for field and 
     laboratory equipment;
       31. $500,000 to the University of New Hampshire for 
     groundwater contamination research conducted at the Bedrock 
     Bioremediation Center;
       32. $750,000 for the Cancer Institute of New Jersey for 
     research of the influence of environmental factors in cancer 
     causation;
       33. $1,000,000 for the National Environmental Respiratory 
     Center at the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute;
       34. $100,000 for a study of air quality and noise pollution 
     of the neighborhoods surrounding LaGuardia Airport;
       35. $500,000 to Rockland County, New York for an assessment 
     of environmental hazards in Rockland county and the east side 
     of Manhattan;
       36. $1,000,000 for continuation of the South Bronx Air 
     Pollution Study being conducted by New York University;
       37. $1,500,000 to Syracuse University, New York to develop 
     alternative approaches to assessing the impact of pollutants 
     on environmental systems;
       38. $500,000 to the Syracuse Research Corporation in 
     Syracuse, New York for the development of a Probability Risk 
     Assessment Center;
       39. $500,000 to the Rivers and Estuaries Center on the 
     Hudson in New York for research on river and estuarine 
     environments;
       40. $1,257,000 to the Environmental Technology 
     Commercialization Center in Cleveland, Ohio for the National 
     Environmental Technology Incubator and technology 
     commercialization activities;
       41. $1,000,000 to Saint Vincent College in Pennsylvania for 
     an environmental education and teacher preparation 
     initiative;
       42. $750,000 for a collaborative effort between the 
     University of Tennessee, Western Carolina University and 
     Emory University for the Air Quality Improvements for the 
     Great Smoky Mountains National Park Initiative;
       43. $1,500,000 for the Mickey Leland National Urban Air 
     Toxics Research Center;
       44. $1,000,000 for the Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance 
     Research Center;
       45. $350,000 to the Texas Institute for Applied 
     Environmental Research at Tarleton State University;
       46. $3,500,000 to the University of Houston, Texas for the 
     Texas Learning Computation Center's Environmental Initiative;
       47. $1,500,000 to the National Environmental Policy 
     Institute for implementation of a pilot program to address 
     air quality and pollution in a region through the use of 
     telework;
       48. $100,000 for the University of Vermont's Proctor Maple 
     Research Center to continue mercury deposition monitoring 
     effects;
       49. $250,000 for acid rain research at the University of 
     Vermont;
       50. $1,300,000 for the Canaan Valley Institute to continue 
     to develop a regional sustainability support center and 
     coordinated information system in the Mid-Atlantic Highlands;
       51. $970,000 for the Canaan Valley Institute in close 
     coordination with the Regional Vulnerability and Assessment 
     (ReVA) initiative to develop research and educational tools 
     using integrative technologies to predict future 
     environmental risk and support informed, proactive 
     decision-making to be undertaken in conjunction with the 
     Highlands action program; and
       52. $500,000 for the National Energy Technology Laboratory 
     for continued activities of a comprehensive clean water 
     initiative in cooperation with EPA Region III.
       The conferees have provided an additional $68,200 for civil 
     enforcement and capacity building activities, bringing the 
     fiscal year 2002 funding level for those programs to no less 
     than the fiscal year 2001 level.
       The conferees have agreed to reduce funding for hazardous 
     waste research $1,494,100 below the budget request level.
       The conferees have agreed to provide $4,000,000 from within 
     available funds throughout the Science and Technology 
     account, for the research, development, and validation of 
     non-animal, alternative chemical screening and prioritization 
     methods, such as rapid, non-animal screens and Quantitative 
     Structure Activity Relationships (QSAR), for potential 
     inclusion in EPA's current and future relevant chemical 
     evaluation programs. Activities funded in this regard should 
     be designed in consultation with the Office of Pollution 
     Prevention and Toxic Substances.
       The conferees continue to support the partnership between 
     the EPA and the National Technology Transfer Center and 
     expect the Agency to continue the cooperative agreement at 
     the fiscal year 2001 level.


                 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

       Appropriates $2,054,511,000 for environmental programs and 
     management instead of $2,004,599,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $2,061,996,200 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees have agreed to the following increases to the 
     budget request:
       1. $16,000,000 for rural water technical assistance 
     activities and ground water protection with distribution as 
     follows: $9,000,000 for the NRWA; $3,500,000 for RCAP; 
     $750,000 for GWPC; $1,750,000 for Small Flows Clearinghouse; 
     and $1,000,000 for the NETC;
       2. $1,000,000 for implementation of the National Biosolids 
     Partnership Program;
       3. $2,000,000 for the source water protection program;
       4. $5,000,000 to accelerate the development of new and 
     update current IRIS values;
       5. $1,750,000 for Chesapeake Bay small watershed grants, to 
     be expended as specified in Senate Report 107-43. This 
     increase, along with EPA's redirection of $698,700 in fiscal 
     year 2001 EPM funds to the Chesapeake Bay Program for fiscal 
     year 2002 will result in a total of $21,267,400 available in 
     fiscal year 2002 for the Chesapeake Bay Program. This amount 
     is $539,300 above the fiscal year 2001 level;
       6. $537,600 for the Great Lakes National Program Office for 
     a total program level of $15,500,000;
       7. $5,500,000 for the National Estuary Program for a total 
     program level of $22,553,200. The conferees recommend that a 
     minimum of 65 percent of the funds provided for the National 
     Estuary Program be reserved for programs in the estuaries of 
     national significance for which the Administrator has 
     convened a management conference by the date of enactment of 
     this appropriation Act pursuant to section 320 of the Federal 
     Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, for the development 
     and implementation of a comprehensive conservation and 
     management plan;
       8. $1,545,200 for the Lake Champlain Basin Program for a 
     total program level of $2,500,000;
       9. $2,022,600 for the Long Island Sound Program Office for 
     a total program level of $2,500,000;
       10. $2,500,000 for the National Alternative Fuels Training 
     Consortium;
       11. $200,000 for the Northeast Waste Management Officials 
     Association to continue solid waste, hazardous waste, cleanup 
     and pollution prevention programs;
       12. $500,000 for the Kenai River Center for continued 
     research on watershed issues;
       13. $1,000,000 for the Columbia Basin Groundwater 
     Management Area;
       14. $1,000,000 for the Frank M. Tejeda Center for 
     Excellence in Environmental Operations;
       15. $4,700,000 for America's Clean Water Foundation for 
     implementation of on-farm environmental assessments for 
     livestock operations;
       16. $850,000 for the Southcoast Harbor education and 
     monitoring project;
       17. $2,500,000 for the Southwest Center for Environmental 
     Research and Policy;
       18. $250,000 for the Northwest Straits Commission;

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       19. $4,000,000 for the Small Public Water System Technology 
     Centers at Western Kentucky University, the University of New 
     Hampshire, the University of Alaska-Sitka; Pennsylvania State 
     University, the University of Missouri-Columbia, Montana 
     State University, the University of Illinois, and Mississippi 
     State University, with each Center to receive $500,000;
       20. $1,000,000 to the Gas Technology Institute for the 
     Agricultural Mixed Waste Thermo-Depolymerization BioRefinery 
     Project;
       21. $700,000 for the Alabama Department of Environmental 
     Management for the water and wastewater training program;
       22. $500,000 to the Pima County Wastewater Management 
     Department for a regional water quality research project in 
     Arizona;
       23. $300,000 to Riverside County, California for continued 
     work on the Special Area Management Plan portion of the 
     Riverside County Integrated Plan;
       24. $500,000 to the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors 
     Authority for the development, planning and design of 
     watershed restoration projects;
       25. $750,000 to Ventura County, California for the 
     completion and implementation of the Calleguas Creek 
     Watershed Management Plan;
       26. $250,000 to establish a Santa Ana River Watershed 
     Research and Training Program at the Water Resources 
     Institute of California State University, San Bernardino;
       27. $500,000 to the Sacramento County, California Regional 
     Sanitation District to continue the Sacramento River Toxic 
     Pollutant Control Program and the Sacramento River Watershed 
     Program;
       28. $500,000 to the National Park Service/Golden Gate 
     National Parks Association for the Crissy Field tidal marsh 
     wetlands monitoring and restoration project;
       29. $500,000 for MTBE remedial activities in Santa Monica, 
     California;
       30. $500,000 for cross-media and water quality monitoring 
     in the Sweetwater River watershed, California;
       31. $500,000 for Gateway Cities, California, diesel 
     emissions reduction program;
       32. $250,000 for the Central California ozone study;
       33. $250,000 to Miami-Dade County, Florida for lead 
     screening, testing, outreach education and abatement in the 
     Liberty City neighborhood;
       34. $200,000 to Miami-Dade County, Florida to expand the 
     existing environmental education program;
       35. $500,000 to the Southwest Water Management for fishery 
     and habitat restoration in Lake Panasoffkee, Florida;
       36. $850,000 for the University of West Florida to 
     determine if a connection exists between elevated levels of 
     illness in Northwest Florida and the levels of toxic 
     pollutants in the area;
       37. $1,500,000 to Columbus Water Works in Georgia for an 
     Advanced Biosolids Flow-Through Thermophilic Treatment 
     Process demonstration project;
       38. $100,000 for the American Farmland Trust to continue 
     support for the design for the environment for farms program 
     in Hawaii and the American Pacific;
       39. $400,000 for the County of Hawaii and the Hawaii Island 
     Economic Development Board to establish and implement a 
     community development model for renewable resource management 
     by upgrading solid waste transfer stations into community 
     recycling centers;
       40. $500,000 for the Economic Development Alliance of 
     Hawaii to promote biotechnology to reduce pesticide use in 
     tropical and subtropical agricultural production;
       41. $250,000 for the County of Maui for the control of 
     nuisance seaweed accumulations on the beaches of Kihei, Maui, 
     Hawaii;
       42. $1,000,000 to the Water Systems Council to assist in 
     the effective delivery of water to rural citizens nationwide;
       43. $750,000 for the painting and coating assistance 
     initiative through the University of Northern Iowa;
       44. $750,000 for the Center for Agricultural and Rural 
     Development at Iowa State University for the Resource and 
     Agricultural Policy Systems program;
       45. $500,000 for the Small Business Pollution Prevention 
     Center at the University of Northern Iowa;
       46. $1,000,000 for Boise State University for developing 
     multipurpose sensors to detect and analyze environmental 
     contaminants;
       47. $900,000 for the Environmental Biotechnology Institute 
     at the University of Idaho to develop selenium control 
     technologies;
       48. $2,000,000 for the Coeur d'Alene Basin Commission, 
     established by the State of Idaho to carry out pilot program 
     for environmental response, natural resource restoration and 
     related activities;
       49. $500,000 to the Lake County, Illinois Stormwater 
     Management Commission for an assessment of natural resources 
     in the Upper Des Plaines River watershed;
       50. $500,000 to Raccoon Lake, Centralia, Illinois for 
     implementation of a water supply plan including engineering 
     and design costs;
       51. $500,000 to Purdue University in Indiana for the 
     Contaminant Remediation Optimization Program (CROP);
       52. $200,000 to the City of Shreveport, Louisiana to 
     provide technical support for the Mayor's Clean Air Citizens 
     Advisory Committee;
       53. $100,000 for a regional water and sewer consolidation 
     study in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana;
       54. $4,000,000 for the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration 
     Program;
       55. $200,000 for a study of air quality in the Shreve-
     Bossier area of Louisiana;
       56. $500,000 to the University of Maryland for the Regional 
     Earth Sciences Center and mapping of wetlands in the 
     Chesapeake Bay watershed;
       57. $750,000 for the Maryland Bureau of Mines for an acid 
     mine drainage remediation project;
       58. $1,000,000 for projects demonstrating the benefits of 
     Low Impact Development along the Anacostia Watershed in 
     Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties, Maryland;
       59. $500,000 for the Michigan Biotechnology Institute for 
     development and demonstration of environmental cleanup 
     technologies;
       60. $500,000 to the Cranbrook Education Community to 
     implement a storm water management plan within the Upper 
     Rouge River watershed;
       61. $1,000,000 for the Food and Agriculture Policy Research 
     Institute's Missouri watershed initiative project;
       62. $500,000 for the City of Lake St. Louis, Missouri for a 
     Water Quality study of Peruque Creek Watershed;
       63. $300,000 to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina for the 
     continuation and expansion of the Charlotte Surface Water 
     Improvement and Management program;
       64. $850,000 for continued activities of the North Carolina 
     Central University research initiative;
       65. $400,000 to Wake County, North Carolina for planning, 
     environmental analysis and design of a watershed management 
     plan;
       66. $250,000 to the Crop Life Foundation for a North 
     Carolina Environmental Stewardship Project;
       67. $750,000 to the Town of Rosman, North Carolina for the 
     development of engineering plans for addressing the Town's 
     wastewater infrastructure needs;
       68. $250,000 to Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey 
     for the Environmental Community Revitalization and Research 
     Initiative as a demonstration program;
       69. $200,000 to the Borough of Rutherford, New Jersey for 
     an engineering study of the area's sanitary sewer collection 
     system;
       70. $13,600 for the water quality monitoring program along 
     the New Jersey-New York shoreline for a total of $300,000;
       71. $1,500,000 to continue the sediment decontamination 
     technology demonstration in the New York-New Jersey Harbor;
       72. $100,000 for Fallon, Nevada, for arsenic removal 
     technologies;
       73. $750,000 to Alfred University of Alfred, New York for 
     the Center for Environmental and Energy Research (CEER);
       74. $250,000 to the Town of Babylon, New York for a 
     feasibility study on expanding the Southwest Sewer District;
       75. $500,000 for the development of an Environmental 
     Leadership Institute at Niagara University, New York;
       76. $250,000 to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) 
     to create a National Materials Recovery and Recycling Center 
     of Excellence;
       77. $1,500,000 for continued work on the water quality 
     management plans for the Central New York watersheds in 
     Onondaga and Cayuga counties;
       78. $500,000 to Cornell University in New York for a 
     demonstration project in Skaneateles, Otisco and Oneida Lake 
     Watersheds to study the effectiveness of biological controls 
     in addressing the environmental and ecological problems 
     caused by milfoil, waterchestnuts and other aquatic weeds;
       79. $150,000 to the State University of New York's 
     Environmental School of Forestry for the Otisco Lake 
     Watershed Evaluation Project;
       80. $1,400,000 for the Ohio River Watershed Pollutant 
     Reduction Program;
       81. $500,000 for the Integrated Petroleum Environmental 
     Consortium;
       82. $100,000 to the City of Altus, Oklahoma to conduct 
     environmental engineering studies for the expansion of water 
     treatment facilities;
       83. $130,000 to the City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania for 
     lead screening, testing, outreach, education and abatement;
       84. $500,000 for the Brazos-Navasota watershed management 
     project;
       85. $250,000 for the Envision Utah Project;
       86. $250,000 for the Vermont Department of Agriculture to 
     work with conservation districts to reduce non-point source 
     pollution run-off to the Poultney-Mettowee watershed;
       87. $500,000 to King County, Washington for the Direct 
     Carbonate Fuel Cell Demonstration Project;
       88. $500,000 to Franklin, Grant, and Adams Counties to 
     support the Groundwater Management Area in Washington State;
       89. $50,000 to the Lake Washington Technical College--
     Redmond campus for the next phase of the environmental 
     assessment of a DoD site;
       90. $1,750,000 to the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage 
     District in Wisconsin for a biosolids treatment demonstration 
     project;
       91. $600,000 for a two year study of sewer system 
     improvements for Superior, Wisconsin;
       92. $1,230,000 for on-going activities at the Canaan Valley 
     Institute, including activities relating to community 
     sustainability;
       93. $300,000 for the continued implementation of the 
     Potomac River Visions Initiative through the Friends of the 
     Potomac;
       94. $200,000 to the Polymer Alliance Zone's MARCEE 
     Initiative with oversight being provided by the Office of 
     Solid Waste.
       The conferees have also included an increase of $8,664,000 
     for enforcement activities conducted by the EPA through the 
     Environmental Programs and Management account.

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     Agency-wide, the conferees have restored $15,001,100 for 
     enforcement programs and activities conducted through the 
     Science and Technology, Hazardous Substance Superfund, and 
     Environmental Programs and Management accounts, bringing the 
     Agency funding total for enforcement to slightly more than 
     the fiscal year 2001 level. The conferees expect the Agency 
     to restore federal enforcement positions in accordance with 
     the fiscal year 2001 Operating Plan. The conferees recognize 
     that restoring these enforcement positions may result in the 
     on-board personnel level at EPA to exceed 17,500 FTEs.
       The conferees have agreed to the following reductions from 
     the budget request:
       1. $1,322,900 from Administrative Services;
       2. $2,097,800 from Direct Public Information and 
     Assistance;
       3. $2,298,700 from Public Access programs;
       4. $2,581,200 from Regional Management activities;
       5. $2,896,400 from Reinvention programs;
       6. $3,234,800 from Project XL; and
       7. $11,260,200 as a general reduction.
       The conferees direct the Agency to provide no less than the 
     fiscal year 2001 funding level for continuing operation of 
     the Environmental Education programs.
       The conferees have, within available funds, provided 
     $2,000,000 for the eight Environmental Finance Centers. This 
     represents an increase of $751,000 over the budget request 
     for this excellent program. Also within available funds, the 
     Agency is directed to provide $3,000,000 above the budget 
     request level for implementation of the High Production 
     Volume Chemical Challenge Program; $200,000 for setting 
     standards and to increase awareness of the benefits of 
     ambient temperature glass technology; and $500,000 for the 
     Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies to provide 
     information to the wastewater treatment industry regarding 
     security measures, and to facilitate communication and 
     coordination between the wastewater treatment industry and 
     relevant governmental agencies in order to increase security 
     at wastewater facilities throughout the nation.
       Again this year, the Agency is directed to provide no less 
     than the budget request levels for Pesticide Registration and 
     Re-registration programs. Further, up to $9,000,000 requested 
     to support 87 FTEs in the re-registration program may be used 
     to support tolerance reassessment activities. Bill language 
     has again been included in title IV, General Provisions, 
     prohibiting funds for use to promulgate a final regulation to 
     implement changes in the payment of pesticide tolerance 
     processing fees as proposed at 64 Federal Register 31040, or 
     any similar proposal. Finally, the conferees direct the 
     Agency to use $1,500,000 from within available funds (other 
     than those funds budgeted and provided specifically for 
     registration, re-registration, and tolerance assessment 
     activities) to further demonstrate the current, as well as 
     the proposed expanded role of the Agency, regarding the 
     expedited review and registration of reduced risk pesticides. 
     The Agency is urged to provide for the Committees on 
     Appropriations a detailed report on the results of this 
     demonstration and any specific plans the Agency may have to 
     expand the program.
       The conferees have provided, also from within available 
     funds, $2,000,000 for the Administrator to develop and carry 
     out a lamp recycling outreach program. In order to increase 
     awareness of proper disposal methods among commercial and 
     industrial users of energy efficient mercury-containing 
     lamps, including fluorescent and high discharge lamps, 
     this program should be used to promote lamp recycling, in 
     compliance with the provisions of Federal and State 
     Universal Waste Rules. The program is to be developed 
     jointly with State environmental agencies, and with lamp 
     manufacturers and lamp recyclers, either as individual 
     companies, or collectively through their trade 
     associations.
       The conferees have provided the full budget request for the 
     Endocrine Disrupter Screening Program and direct that no 
     reductions be proposed in the operating plan submission for 
     this important program. In addition, the conferees are 
     encouraged that the Agency is establishing the Endocrine 
     Disruptor Methods Validation Subcommittee (EDMVS) of the 
     National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy (NACEPT). 
     The EDMVS will provide a means by which interested parties 
     can participate to express their concerns and work to ensure 
     a scientifically sound validation process for the animal and 
     non-animal based screens and tests in the developing program. 
     The conferees urge EPA to develop validation processes that 
     incorporate the advice of the EDMVS, and the Agency is 
     requested to provide a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations on the status of the EDMVS by March 15, 2002.
       The conferees are aware of the extraordinary success the 
     military services have achieved in recent years by utilizing 
     pulse technology in vehicles and equipment. This technology 
     has contributed to significant cost savings in battery 
     management programs and has enhanced the ability of the 
     military services to increase the effectiveness of their 
     environmental responsibilities through the extension of the 
     service life of its batteries. In light of this success of 
     the military, the conferees expect EPA to actively 
     investigate the environmental and monetary benefits that 
     could be realized by encouraging government-wide use of pulse 
     technology in the maintenance of the federal vehicle fleet 
     and other applicable equipment.
       In August 2000, EPA published an assessment of the state of 
     the streams of the Mid-Atlantic Highlands area. Because of 
     the importance of the Mid-Atlantic Highlands and the success 
     of the aforementioned assessment, the conferees direct the 
     Agency to prepare a follow-up report on the state of the Mid-
     Atlantic Highlands as a whole by April 15, 2002. Further, 
     consistent with the House Report accompanying H.R. 2620, the 
     Administrator is expected to enter into an interagency 
     agreement with other federal agencies and cooperative 
     agreements with states, local governments and non-
     governmental organizations to carry out the goals of the Mid-
     Atlantic Highlands program.
       The conferees note that EPA's August 1, 2001, draft report 
     on ``The National Costs of the Total Maximum Daily Load 
     Program'' does not provide any information on the cost of 
     regulatory changes to the TMDL program on small businesses, 
     notwithstanding specific language in the statement of 
     managers accompanying the fiscal year 2001 appropriations Act 
     directing EPA to conduct that analysis. The conferees intend 
     EPA to estimate the cost to small businesses from 
     implementation of that rule, whether those costs are imposed 
     directly by EPA or indirectly by State programs implementing 
     EPA regulations.
       The conferees continue to support efforts being undertaken 
     by state energy, environmental, utility and transportation 
     agencies to integrate their programs, policies, and 
     regulations. The conferees encourage the relevant federal 
     agencies to actively support and participate in this effort.
       The conferees are aware that controversy has surrounded 
     adoption of EPA's mixture and derived-from rules. In its 
     adoption of a final rule in May 2001, EPA expressed its 
     intent to continue to pursue actions to provide exemptions 
     for certain low-risk wastes as identified through public 
     comments and scientific documentation. The conferees expect 
     the Agency to expedite the review of any requests for 
     exemptions that may result in the management of certain 
     residues and mixtures as non-hazardous waste, and to finalize 
     those exemptions only where science supports such a 
     determination.
       The conferees agree that unspent funds made available in 
     prior year appropriation Acts for certain activities or 
     projects in Cortland County, New York may be used to fund 
     additional projects specifically in that county.
       The conferees are aware of public concerns about the 
     potential health and safety risks related to the use of 
     chromated copper arsenate (CCA) to treat wood playground 
     equipment. To this end, the conferees direct EPA to report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations by February 15, 2002, on the 
     steps being taken to identify whether there are significant 
     health and safety risks to children playing on and around 
     CCA-treated wood playground equipment. Such report shall also 
     include the actions EPA is taking to keep state and local 
     governments, as well as the public, informed about their 
     findings on the health effects associated with CCA-treated 
     wood playground equipment.
       The conferees are aware of significant and increasing water 
     quality and water quantity problems along the Fox River 
     watershed in Kane, McHenry, Lake, Kendall, DeKalb, and 
     LaSalle Counties, Illinois. The conferees urge that available 
     funds to EPA be used to initiate the development of 
     aggregated watershed data, a watershed-wide Geographic 
     Information System (GIS), overall watershed water quality 
     assessment and modeling, and a framework for facilitating a 
     comprehensive watershed management plan. Any grants made by 
     EPA for this project should be provided to the Illinois EPA.


                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

       Appropriates $34,019,000 for the Office of Inspector 
     General as proposed by the House and the Senate. In addition 
     to amounts appropriated directly to the OIG, $11,867,000 is 
     also available by transfer from funds appropriated for 
     Hazardous Substance Superfund.


                        buildings and facilities

       Appropriates $25,318,000 for buildings and facilities as 
     proposed by the House.


                     hazardous substance superfund

                     (including transfers of funds)

       Appropriates $1,270,000,000 for hazardous substance 
     superfund as proposed by the House instead of $1,274,645,560 
     as proposed by the Senate. Bill language provides that 
     $635,000,000 of the appropriated amount is to be derived from 
     the Superfund Trust Fund, while the remaining $635,000,000 is 
     to be derived from General Revenues of the Treasury. 
     Additional language provides for the transfer of $11,867,000 
     to the Office of Inspector General, and for the transfer of 
     $36,891,000 to the Science and Technology account as proposed 
     by the House instead of $36,890,500 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conferees have agreed to the following fiscal year 2002 
     funding levels:
       1. $910,070,000 for Superfund response and cleanup 
     activities.
       2. $139,346,000 for enforcement activities.
       3. $133,000,000 for management and support.
       4. $11,867,000 for transfer to the Office of Inspector 
     General.
       5. $36,891,000 for research and development activities, to 
     be transferred to the Science and Technology account.
       6. $38,826,000 for reimbursable interagency activities, 
     including $28,150,000 for the Department of Justice and 
     $10,676,000 for OSHA, FEMA, NOAA, the United States Coast 
     Guard, and the Department of the Interior.

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       The conferees have agreed to provide the budget request 
     level of $97,651,600 for the Brownfields program, which 
     includes funding from various programs within the Hazardous 
     Substance Superfund account (totaling $94,977,400) and the 
     Environmental Programs and Management account. The conferees 
     further agree that the fiscal year 2001 funding levels for 
     the SITE program and for the hazardous substance research 
     centers be maintained for fiscal year 2002.
       Once again this year, the conferees support the national 
     pilot worker training program which recruits and trains young 
     persons who live near hazardous waste sites or in communities 
     at risk of exposure to contaminated properties for work in 
     the environmental field. The conferees direct EPA to continue 
     funding this effort in cooperation and collaboration with the 
     National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
       The conferees agree that $100,000,000 of the appropriated 
     amount shall not become available until September 1, 2002.


                leaking underground storage tank program

       Appropriates $73,000,000 for the leaking underground 
     storage tank program instead of $79,200,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $71,947,400 as proposed by the Senate.


                           oil spill response

       Appropriates $15,000,000 for oil spill response as proposed 
     by the House instead of $14,986,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.


                   state and tribal assistance grants

       Appropriates $3,733,276,000 for state and tribal assistance 
     grants instead of $3,436,899,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $3,603,015,900 as proposed by the Senate. Bill language 
     specifically provides $1,350,000,000 for Clean Water State 
     Revolving Fund (SRF) capitalization grants; $850,000,000 for 
     Safe Drinking Water SRF capitalization grants; $75,000,000 
     for the United States-Mexico Border program; $40,000,000 for 
     grants to address drinking water and wastewater 
     infrastructure needs in rural and Alaska Native communities; 
     $1,074,376,000 for categorical grants to the states and 
     tribes; $343,900,000 for cost-shared grants for construction 
     of water and wastewater treatment facilities and 
     infrastructure and for groundwater protection infrastructure; 
     and $25,000,000 for a new Environmental Information Exchange 
     Network grant program.
       The conferees have included bill language which, for fiscal 
     year 2002, authorizes the Administrator of the EPA to use 
     funds appropriated pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act (FWPCA) to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant 
     to section 319(h) and 518(e) of FWPCA. In addition, bill 
     language has been adopted which, (1) will permit the states 
     to include as principal amounts considered to be the cost of 
     administering SRF loans to eligible borrowers, with certain 
     limitations; (2) permits the Administrator to reserve up to 
     1\1/2\ percent of the funds appropriated for the SRF under 
     title VI of the FWPCA for grants under section 518(c) of that 
     Act; (3) for fiscal year 2002, authorizes the states to 
     transfer funds between the Clean Water and Safe Drinking 
     Water SRF programs; and (4) stipulates that no funds provided 
     in the Act to address water infrastructure needs of colonias 
     within the United States along the United States-Mexico 
     border shall be made available to a county or municipal 
     government unless that governmental entity has established an 
     enforceable ordinance or rule which prevents the development 
     or construction of any additional colonia areas, or the 
     development within an existing colonia of any new home, 
     business, or other structure which lacks water, wastewater, 
     or other necessary infrastructure.
       As in previous years, the conferees have included bill 
     language which stipulates that none of the funds provided in 
     this or any previous years' Act for the Safe Drinking Water 
     SRF may be reserved by the Administrator for health effects 
     studies on drinking water contaminants. The conferees have 
     instead provided significant resources for such studies 
     within EPA's Science and Technology account.
       The conferees have included bill language which will allow 
     the Agency to use undesignated funds appropriated in prior 
     years for specific water and wastewater grants approved for 
     fiscal year 2002, but have not included a provision 
     authorizing the expenditure of funds for a new State 
     Enforcement Grant program. Although the conferees are 
     generally supportive of state grant programs, it is believed 
     that additional time is needed for the Agency to review and 
     refine this proposal for inclusion in a future budget 
     submission. The conferees note that this action to 
     disapprove inclusion of this new program has been taken 
     without prejudice.
       Of the funds provided for the United States-Mexico Border 
     program, $7,000,000 is for the El Paso desalination and water 
     supply project, and $2,000,000 is for the Brownsville, Texas 
     water supply project.
       Of the amount provided through categorical grants for air 
     resource assistance grants under sections 103 and 105 of the 
     Clean Air Act, as amended, $10,000,000, an increase of 
     $5,000,000 above the budget request, is for section 103 
     grants to the states to develop regional haze programs under 
     title I, part C of the Clean Air Act. It is the intention of 
     the conferees that these funds be used to aid states in the 
     development of emissions inventories, quantification of 
     natural visibility conditions, monitoring and other data 
     necessary to define reasonable progress and develop control 
     strategies, and to support the states' participation in 
     regional efforts to coordinate their strategies, where 
     necessary, and at the election of the individual states. The 
     conferees direct the Agency to disburse the funds for the 
     regional haze program to the States' regional planning 
     organizations within 30 days of receipt of completed grant 
     applications.
       In addition, the conferees have provided $8,000,000 above 
     the budget request for section 105 air resource assistance 
     grants, $22,593,600 above the budget submission for section 
     106 water pollution grants and $8,000,000 above the budget 
     submission for the new Beach Environmental Assessment and 
     Coastal Health Act (BEACH) grant program. The conferees have 
     agreed to provide the budget request level for section 319 
     non-point source pollution grants.
       The conferees agree that the $343,900,000, together with 
     unallocated funds made available in prior appropriations Acts 
     for communities or other governmental entities for 
     construction of water and wastewater treatment facilities and 
     infrastructure and for groundwater protection infrastructure, 
     shall be accompanied by a cost-share requirement whereby 45 
     percent of a project's cost is to be the responsibility of 
     the community or entity consistent with long-standing 
     guidelines of the Agency. These guidelines also offer 
     flexibility in the application of the cost-share requirement 
     for those few circumstances when meeting the 45 percent 
     requirement is not financially possible. The Agency is 
     commended for its past efforts in working with communities 
     and other entities to resolve problems in this regard, and it 
     is expected that this high level of effort and flexibility 
     will continue throughout fiscal year 2002. In addition, the 
     conferees agree that unspent water and wastewater 
     infrastructure funds totaling approximately $164,000 provided 
     in a prior appropriation Act for Franklin County, 
     Pennsylvania may be spent for other such water and wastewater 
     infrastructure projects in that county.
       The distribution of funds under this program is as follows:
       1. $1,800,000 of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska for 
     sewer and water improvements;
       2. $1,000,000 for Pelican, Alaska water and sewer 
     improvements;
       3. $1,800,000 for Petersburg, Alaska for water and sewer 
     upgrades;
       4. $3,000,000 for the Girdwood, Alaska water extension;
       5. $3,000,000 for addressing above ground leaking fuel 
     tanks in Alaska;
       6. $1,500,000 for Wasilla, Alaska water and sewer 
     improvements;
       7. $900,000 to the City of Sitka, Alaska for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements for the Sawmill Cove 
     Industrial Park;
       8. $500,000 to Tuscaloosa County, Alabama for countywide 
     water and sewer facilities;
       9. $1,000,000 for the Southeast Alabama Regional Water 
     Authority for a water facility project;
       10. $600,000 for Grant, Alabama for wastewater collection 
     and treatment facilities;
       11. $1,000,000 for the City of Jackson, Alabama for water 
     system improvements;
       12. $450,000 to Blount County, Alabama for a wastewater 
     treatment and collection systems;
       13. $1,900,000 to Rainsville, Alabama for a wastewater 
     treatment facility upgrade and expansion;
       14. $500,000 to Arab, Alabama for sewer infrastructure 
     improvements;
       15. $300,000 to Guin, Alabama for sewer infrastructure 
     improvements;
       16. $250,000 to Franklin County, Alabama for water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       17. $300,000 to Sumiton, Alabama for water system 
     infrastructure improvements;
       18. $350,000 to Sardis City, Alabama for sewer 
     infrastructure improvements;
       19. $900,000 to Shelby County, Alabama for wastewater 
     infrastructure improvements;
       20. $2,500,000 to the Alabama Regional Water Authority for 
     the Southwest Alabama Rural/Municipal Water System;
       21. $1,000,000 to the Town of Citronelle, Alabama South 
     Alabama Utilities for water infrastructure improvements in 
     Mobile County;
       22. $500,000 to the City of Jackson, Alabama for 
     construction of a water treatment facility;
       23. $250,000 to the Town of Fulton, Alabama for wastewater 
     infrastructure improvements;
       24. $500,000 to the Mobile County Water, Sewer and Fire 
     Protection Authority for construction of new facilities and 
     upgrades to existing facilities;
       25. $750,000 to the City of Brewton, Alabama for drainage 
     infrastructure improvements;
       26. $1,000,000 to the City of Huntsville, Alabama for water 
     system improvements;
       27. $1,000,000 to Hartselle Utilities for wastewater 
     infrastructure in the City of Hartselle, Alabama;
       28. $1,000,000 to the City of Tuscumbia, Alabama for 
     drinking water infrastructure improvements;
       29. $500,000 to the Limestone County Water and Sewer 
     Authority for drinking water infrastructure improvements;
       30. $500,000 to the West Morgan-East Lawrence Water 
     Authority for drinking water infrastructure improvements;
       31. $115,000 to the City of Luverne, Alabama for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       32. $485,000 to the Clay County, Alabama Water Authority 
     for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;

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       33. $2,000,000 for Union County, Arkansas for a community 
     drinking water system;
       34. $250,000 to the City of Menifee, Arkansas for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       35. $1,000,000 for the State of Arizona Water 
     Infrastructure Finance Authority for making a loan to the 
     City of Safford, Arizona to address the city's wastewater 
     needs, which will be repaid by the city to the Arizona Clean 
     Water Revolving Fund under title VI of the Federal Water 
     Pollution Control Act, as amended;
       36. $500,000 for the Santa Rosa, California, drinking water 
     infrastructure needs;
       37. $500,000 for the Los Banos, California, wastewater and 
     drinking water infrastructure project;
       38. $500,000 for Compton, California, sewer infrastructure 
     needs;
       39. $1,175,000 for Sacramento, California, combined sewer 
     system improvements;
       40. $850,000 for the Placer County, California, wastewater 
     treatment project;
       41. $500,000 for Lake County, California, for the Clear 
     Lake Basin 2000 project;
       42. $2,800,000 for the Olivenhain, California drinking 
     water project;
       43. $500,000 for Oxnard, California, area drinking water 
     infrastructure needs;
       44. $400,000 to the City of Colton, California for storm 
     drain improvements;
       45. $900,000 to the Mission Springs Water District in 
     California to protect groundwater in the City of Desert Hot 
     Springs;
       46. $250,000 to the City of Modesto, California for 
     replacement of the 9th Street storm drain;
       47. $900,000 to the City of Laguna Beach, Orange County, 
     California for water and wastewater infrastructure 
     improvements;
       48. $100,000 to the Calaveras County Water District, 
     California for water infrastructure improvements at the West 
     Point Water System;
       49. $150,000 to the Tuolumne Utilities District of Tuolumne 
     County, California for water supply infrastructure 
     improvements and a canal optimization study;
       50. $1,800,000 to the Cities of Arcadia and Sierra Madre, 
     California for seismic infrastructure upgrades to the 
     drinking-water delivery system;
       51. $485,000 to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern 
     California for the Desalination Research and Innovation 
     Partnership project;
       52. $485,000 to the City of Redding, California for water 
     and wastewater infrastructure improvements for the Stillwater 
     Industrial Park;
       53. $900,000 to the City of Bellflower, California for a 
     water infrastructure project;
       54. $500,000 for the continuation of water infrastructure 
     improvements in Twentynine Palms, California;
       55. $250,000 for the Warren Valley Basin Recharge/Reuse 
     project in Yucca Valley, California;
       56. $500,000 for the Lower Owens River Project in Inyo 
     County, California;
       57. $500,000 for the completion of water infrastructure 
     improvements in the Yucaipa Valley Water District in Yucaipa, 
     California;
       58. $250,000 for the development of a water master plan to 
     serve the water infrastructure needs of the City of Hesperia, 
     California;
       59. $500,000 for planning and design of a sewage treatment 
     and water reclamation facility in Apple Valley, California;
       60. $500,000 for environmental engineering and preliminary 
     design of a regional water recycling facility in Victorville, 
     California;
       61. $485,000 to the City of Compton, California for the 
     Willowbrook Water Main Infrastructure project;
       62. $675,000 to the City of Brea, California for wastewater 
     infrastructure improvements;
       63. $250,000 to the City of Pico Rivera, California for 
     repairs and upgrades of the sewage system;
       64. $540,000 to the City of Lathrop, California to address 
     contamination of the Sharp Depot well;
       65. $250,000 to Mariposa County, California for 
     infrastructure improvements to the Yosemite West wastewater 
     treatment and disposal facility;
       66. $900,000 to the City of Huntington Beach, California 
     for the Huntington Beach Environmental Infrastructure 
     Project;
       67. $675,000 to the City of South Gate, California for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       68. $350,000 to the City of Garden Grove, California for 
     construction of the Yockey/Newland Storm Drain;
       69. $485,000 to the City of Santa Rosa, California for the 
     Santa Rosa Geysers Reclaimed Water project;
       70. $250,000 to the County of Ventura, California for 
     wastewater infrastructure needs in El Rio;
       71. $1,485,000 for the Towns of Naturita and Nucia, 
     Colorado for drinking water infrastructure improvements;
       72. $1,000,000 for the City of Montrose, Colorado for the 
     Montrose Wastewater Inflow and Infiltration project;
       73. $2,400,000 to the City of New Britain, Connecticut for 
     water and sewer infrastructure needs;
       74. $485,000 to the Central Naugatuck Valley Council of 
     Governments for water and wastewater infrastructure 
     improvements in the towns of Waterbury, Wolcott, and 
     Middlebury, Connecticut;
       75. $1,800,000 to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer 
     Authority to mitigate combined sewer overflows into the 
     Anacostia and Potomac Rivers;
       76. $2,000,000 for the Town of Millsboro, Delaware, for 
     wastewater infrastructure needs;
       77. $2,000,000 for Eastern Orange and Seminole Counties, 
     Florida, for wastewater treatment upgrades;
       78. $900,000 to the City of Clearwater, Florida for water 
     and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       79. $485,000 to St Johns County, Florida for septic tank 
     replacement in the West Augustine community;
       80. $250,000 to the City of Jacksonville, Florida for 
     extension of public water hookups;
       81. $485,000 to Hillsborough County, Florida for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       82. $4,000,000 to Miami-Dade County, Florida for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       83. $675,000 to the City of West Palm Beach, Florida for 
     completion of the IPR/Renaissance project, a wetlands-based 
     indirect potable water and wastewater reuse program;
       84. $250,000 for the Central Florida Artificial Enhancement 
     Program/Lake Marden Recharge Project;
       85. $800,000 to the City of Opa-locka, Florida for drinking 
     water, wastewater and sewer infrastructure improvements;
       86. $500,000 to the City of North Miami, Florida for 
     drinking water, wastewater and sewer infrastructure 
     improvements;
       87. $500,000 to the City of North Miami Beach, Florida for 
     drinking water, wastewater and sewer infrastructure 
     improvements in the Highland Village neighborhood;
       88. $500,000 to the City of South Miami, Florida for 
     drinking water, wastewater and sewer infrastructure 
     improvements;
       89. $900,000 to Sarasota County, Florida for the Phillippi 
     Creek Septic Tank replacement project;
       90. $900,000 to the City of Boca Raton, Florida for 
     upgrades to the water treatment plant;
       91. $485,000 to fund the Central Florida Aquifer Recharge 
     Enhancement Program--Surface Water Recharge Projects;
       92. $9,650,000 to the Florida Department of Environmental 
     Protection for the Tampa Bay, Florida regional reservoir 
     infrastructure project;
       93. $2,000,000 for the City of Roswell, Georgia, Big Creek 
     Watershed drinking water and sewer infrastructure needs;
       94. $900,000 to Paulding County, Georgia for the Richland 
     Creek Reservoir Project;
       95. $500,000 to the Guam Waterworks Authority for upgrades 
     to the ground water chlorination system;
       96. $1,000,000 for the County of Hawaii to upgrade its 
     drinking water system;
       97. $1,985,000 for the City of Des Moines, Iowa for 
     wastewater and stormwater infrastructure improvements;
       98. $2,400,000 to the City of Mason City, Iowa for upgrades 
     to its water treatment facilities;
       99. $750,000 for the City of Bancroft, Idaho, for water 
     system upgrades;
       100. $750,000 for the City of Burley, Idaho, to continue 
     work on a wastewater treatment system project;
       101. $250,000 to the Bayview Water and Sewer District in 
     Idaho for the Cape Horn Area Clean Water Compliance Project;
       102. $250,000 to the City of Filner, Idaho for construction 
     of a municipal water system;
       103. $500,000 for Rock Falls, Illinois, wastewater 
     treatment improvements;
       104. $500,000 for Illinois' Clark-Edgar Rural Water 
     District drinking water project;
       105. $500,000 for the Monmouth, Illinois, storm sewer 
     project;
       106. $985,000 for Galena, Illinois, wastewater treatment 
     improvements;
       107. $500,000 for the City of Paris, Illinois, for drinking 
     water infrastructure needs;
       108. $500,000 for the City of Macomb, Illinois, for 
     drinking water infrastructure needs;
       109. $1,000,000 for the City of Lawrenceville, Illinois for 
     a wastewater treatment facility;
       110. $485,000 to the Village of Orland Park, Illinois for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       111. $485,000 to the City of Moline, Illinois for the 
     City's Water Improvement Project;
       112. $1,800,000 to the City of Aurora, Illinois for a 
     combined sewer overflow project;
       113. $250,000 to the City of Sandwich, Illinois for 
     wastewater and stormwater infrastructure improvements;
       114. $900,000 to the Village of Carol Stream, Illinois for 
     expansion of the Carol Stream Reclamation Center;
       115. $485,000 to the City of Chrisman, Illinois for 
     construction of a new sewage treatment plant;
       116. $900,000 to the Village of Metamora, Illinois for 
     water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       117. $250,000 to the Village of Justice, Illinois for a 
     water infrastructure improvement project at the Wesley Fields 
     water system;
       118. $485,000 to the Village of Johnsburg, Illinois for 
     construction of a wastewater conveyance and treatment system;
       119. $900,000 for the City of Fort Wayne, Indiana for a 
     model sewer improvement and stormwater retention project;
       120. $630,000 to the Town of Westfield, Indiana for a sewer 
     system improvement project;
       121. $300,000 to the City of Carmel, Indiana for 
     infrastructure improvements and an ultraviolet disinfection 
     system;
       122. $485,000 to Merrillville Conservancy District in 
     Merrillville, Indiana for wastewater infrastructure 
     improvements;
       123. $1,000,000 for the City of Hays, Kansas for the South 
     Russell County Water Project;
       124. $485,000 to the City of Ottawa, Kansas for the 
     engineering and design of a new wastewater treatment 
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       125. $500,000 to the City of Wichita, Kansas for wastewater 
     infrastructure rehabilitation;
       126. $1,000,000 for Daviess County, Kentucky, for drainage 
     improvements;
       127. $485,000 to Bluegrass PRIDE of Kentucky for cleanup of 
     Bluegrass Rivers and Streams;
       128. $300,000 to the City of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky for 
     water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       129. $200,000 to the City of Irvine, Kentucky for the 
     Irvine Sewer Rehabilitation in Estill County;
       130. $600,000 to the City of Hodgenville, Kentucky for 
     modernization of the sewer system;
       131. $400,000 to the City of Mount Washington, Kentucky for 
     extension of water and wastewater infrastructure for an 
     industrial park;
       132. $250,000 to the City of Owenton, Kentucky for 
     extension of sanitary wastewater collection systems;
       133. $3,600,000 to the City of Somerset, Kentucky for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       134. $1,400,000 to the City of London, Kentucky for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       135. $485,000 to Ohio County, Kentucky for the Regional 
     Wastewater project;
       136. $2,000,000 for the Orleans Parish, Louisiana, sanitary 
     sewer inflow infiltration project;
       137. $500,000 for East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, water 
     and sewer infrastructure needs;
       138. $485,000 to the City of Denham Springs, Louisiana for 
     wastewater infrastructure upgrades at the Livingston Parish 
     sewer districts Nos. 1 and 2;
       139. $900,000 to St. Charles Parish, Louisiana to address 
     noncompliance issues regarding Luling Oxidation Pond;
       140. $200,000 to St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana for 
     water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       141. $900,000 to St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana for water 
     and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       142. $300,000 to the City of New Iberia, Louisiana for 
     water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       143 $100,000 to St. James Parish, Louisiana for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       144. $200,000 to the Bayou Lafourche Freshwater District 
     for drinking water improvements and saltwater intrusion 
     prevention;
       145. $100,000 to the City of Thibodaux, Louisiana for water 
     and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       146. $2,000,000 for the Bristol County, Massachusetts, 
     combined sewer overflow projects;
       147. $350,000 to the City of Lowell, Massachusetts for 
     combined sewer overflow infrastructure support;
       148. $485,000 to the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission for 
     mitigation of combined sewer overflows along the Connecticut 
     River;
       149. $4,800,000 for biological nutrient removal upgrades at 
     the City of Salisbury, Maryland, wastewater treatment plant;
       150. $500,000 for biological nutrient removal upgrades at 
     the Conococheague wastewater treatment plant, Washington 
     County, Maryland;
       151. $485,000 to the Hartford County, Maryland Division of 
     Water and Sewer for a water and wastewater extension for the 
     Oaklyn Manor and Manorville Road communities;
       152. $900,000 to the City of Cambridge, Maryland for a 
     Biological Nutrient Removal upgrade project and a combined 
     sewer overflow project;
       153. $2,000,000 for Vinalhaven, Maine for wastewater 
     infrastructure improvements;
       154. $500,000 for the City of Calais, Maine to develop a 
     safe drinking water system;
       155. $3,000,000 for the City of Negaunee, Michigan, for 
     wastewater treatment upgrades;
       156. $1,000,000 for the Genesee County, Michigan, 
     wastewater treatment project;
       157. $900,000 to the City of Bad Axe, Michigan for water 
     and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       158. $1,800,000 for continuation of the Rouge River 
     National Wet Weather Demonstration Project;
       159. $900,000 to the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan for 
     combined sewer overflow infrastructure improvements for the 
     National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System;
       160. $675,000 to the Village of Almont, Michigan for 
     mitigation of combined sewer overflows and sanitary sewer 
     overflows into the north branch of the Clinton River;
       161. $485,000 to the Detroit, Michigan Water and Sewerage 
     Department for water and wastewater infrastructure 
     improvements;
       162. $2,175,000 to Oakland County, Michigan for 
     infrastructure improvements within the George W. Kuhn 
     Drainage District;
       163. $1,500,000 to the City of Farmington, Michigan to 
     reline a wastewater pipeline;
       164. $1,000,000 for wastewater infrastructure needs of 
     Minnesota's Mille Lacs regional wastewater treatment plant;
       165. $2,000,000 for West Bottoms, Missouri, stormwater 
     improvements;
       166. $250,000 for wastewater treatment planning for South 
     Two-Mile Prairie, Missouri;
       167. $1,500,000 for the City of Lebanon, Missouri, for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       168. $400,000 for Bates County Commission, Missouri, to 
     coordinate and implement efforts to assist local 
     municipalities address their drinking water needs;
       169. $1,500,000 for Camden County Missouri Public Waste 
     Water facility for sewer and water improvements;
       170. $1,500,000 for the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri 
     for waste water and sewer improvements;
       171. $2,000,000 for the City of St Louis, Missouri 
     Metropolitan Sewer District for ongoing improvements;
       172. $2,000,000 for the City of Kansas City, Missouri for 
     Phase II stormwater sewer system in the Central Industrial 
     District;
       173. $2,000,000 for the Table Rock Lake Wastewater 
     Initiative in Missouri as a National Community Decentralized 
     Demonstration Project;
       174. $585,000 to the Clarence Cannon Wholesale Water 
     Commission of Northeast Missouri for water infrastructure 
     improvements;
       175. $4,000,000 for Jefferson County, Mississippi for a 
     water and sewer improvements project;
       176. $3,000,000 for the City of Ocean Springs, Mississippi 
     for wastewater improvements;
       177. $900,000 to the City of Columbus, Mississippi for 
     wastewater treatment infrastructure improvements;
       178. $485,000 to the City of Jackson, Mississippi for water 
     and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       179. $585,000 to the City of Picayune, Mississippi for 
     water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       180. $900,000 to the City of Tupelo, Mississippi for 
     wastewater improvements;
       181. $1,500,000 for Lewis and Clark County, Montana for a 
     wastewater development project;
       182. $200,000 for Deer Lodge, Montana, sewer infrastructure 
     needs;
       183. $500,000 for the Galen Campus sewer upgrade project in 
     Anaconda, Montana;
       184. $2,000,000 for the City of Florence, Montana, for 
     wastewater treatment improvements;
       185. $1,485,000 for Henderson, North Carolina for the 
     second phase rehabilitation and expansion of the water 
     treatment facilities of the Kerr Lake Regional Water System;
       186. $485,000 to the Town of Mooresville, North Carolina 
     Water Treatment Plant for infrastructure improvements;
       187. $675,000 to the County of Union, North Carolina for 
     water infrastructure improvements;
       188. $1,000,000 to the Town of Pittsboro in Chatham County, 
     North Carolina for a water reuse pumping station;
       189. $1,300,000 to Cherokee County, North Carolina for the 
     interconnection of the water distribution systems of the 
     Towns of Andrews and Murphy;
       190. $500,000 to the Town of Burnsville, North Carolina for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       191. $1,000,000 for the Grand Forks, North Dakota, water 
     treatment plant;
       192. $2,000,000 for the Williston, North Dakota, drinking 
     water infrastructure project;
       193. $1,000,000 for Lincoln, Nebraska for wastewater 
     management;
       194. $1,250,000 to the City of Omaha, Nebraska to upgrade 
     sewer and sanitary water infrastructure;
       195. $1,500,000 for the City of Berlin, New Hampshire for 
     water infrastructure improvements;
       196. $500,000 for Salem, New Hampshire to remediate the 
     contamination of private wells;
       197. $1,000,000 for Jaffrey, New Hampshire, for a 
     wastewater treatment facility;
       198. $900,000 to the City of Nashua, New Hampshire for a 
     combined sewer overflow program;
       199. $3,500,000 to the City of Manchester, New Hampshire 
     for a combined sewer overflow project;
       200. $1,000,000 for Vernon Township, New Jersey, for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       201. $1,000,000 for Camden, New Jersey, sewer 
     infrastructure needs;
       202. $400,000 to Fanwood Township, New Jersey for sewage 
     system sanitary improvements;
       203. $2,500,000 to the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission 
     for continued work on wastewater treatment program;
       204. $2,000,000 to the Musconetcong Sewerage Authority in 
     New Jersey to assist the plant in accommodating sewage from 
     Hopatcong and Jefferson Township;
       205. $485,000 for wastewater infrastructure improvements 
     for Strawbridge Lake in Moorestown, New Jersey;
       206. $1,200,000 for the Dona Ana Mutual Domestic Water 
     Consumers Association of New Mexico to upgrade water systems;
       207. $750,000 for the City of Gallup, New Mexico, to 
     upgrade its wastewater treatment plant;
       208. $3,800,000 for the North and South Valley of the City 
     of Albuquerque and the County of Bernalillo, New Mexico for a 
     regional and wastewater project;
       209. $1,350,000 to the City of Bayard, Village of Santa 
     Clara & Ft. Bayard State Hospital in New Mexico for the 
     regional effluent re-use plan;
       210. $1,350,000 to the Village of Ruidoso, New Mexico for 
     the water infrastructure expansion plan;
       211. $900,000 to the City of Belen, New Mexico for the 
     wastewater facilities improvements program;
       212. $300,000 to Santa Fe County, New Mexico to assist in 
     the development of their Small Community Water Systems;
       213. $300,000 to the Town of Bernalillo, New Mexico for a 
     wastewater system improvement project;
       214. $200,000 to the City of Moriarity, New Mexico for 
     water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;

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       215. $100,000 to the Acequia Madre De Carnuel of New Mexico 
     for the creation of a community water system in the Community 
     of Carnuel, Tijeras, New Mexico;
       216. $4,500,000 for the City of Fallon, Nevada for drinking 
     water facility construction;
       217. $485,000 to the City of Fallon, Nevada for 
     construction of an arsenic treatment facility;
       218. $300,000 to the City of Henderson, Nevada for water 
     and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       219. $1,000,000 for drinking water infrastructure needs in 
     the New York City watershed;
       220. $485,000 to the Village of Whitney Point, New York for 
     the Whitney Point Wastewater Collection and Treatment System 
     Project;
       221. $900,000 to Rockland County, New York for extension of 
     water and wastewater infrastructure of the Western Ramapo 
     Sewer District;
       222. $35,000 to the Narrowsburg Water and Sewer District to 
     replace two sand filter beds servicing the Town of Tusten, 
     Sullivan County, New York;
       223. $675,000 to the Town of East Fishkill, New York for 
     drinking water infrastructure improvements;
       224. $675,000 to the Town of New Windsor, New York for 
     upgrades to the existing sewage treatment plant;
       225. $900,000 to the Town and Village of Harrison, New York 
     for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       226. $300,000 to the Village of Larchmont, New York for 
     storm water regulation compliance as a member of the Long 
     Island Sound Watershed Intermunicipal Council;
       227. $250,000 to the Village of Hewlett Harbor, New York 
     for drainage improvements;
       228. $100,000 to the Village of Antwerp, New York to 
     develop a municipal water system;
       229. $200,000 to the Village of Sloan, New York for water 
     and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       230. $1,350,000 to the City of Buffalo, New York Department 
     of Public Works for replacement of water lines;
       231. $1,800,000 to the Town of Clarence, New York for 
     wastewater treatment infrastructure improvements in the area 
     of Clarence Hollow;
       232. $485,000 to Saratoga County, New York for additional 
     sewer lines for the Town of Halfmoon, New York;
       233. $10,000,000 for continued clean water improvements for 
     Onondaga Lake, New York;
       234. $1,500,000 to the Town of Owasco, New York for sewer 
     wastewater improvements;
       235. $2,000,000 for drinking water infrastructure needs in 
     the New York City watershed;
       236. $4,000,000 for water quality infrastructure 
     improvements for Long Island Sound, New York;
       237. $1,500,000 to the Cayuga County, New York Water and 
     Sewer Authority for sewage and wastewater treatment facility 
     improvements;
       238. $500,000 for the Village of Akron, New York for 
     expansion of the wastewater treatment plant;
       239. $500,000 for Byesville, Ohio for the Byesville Water 
     Treatment Plan;
       240. $1,000,000 for the City of Akron, Ohio for its 
     combined sewer overflow long-term plan;
       241. $485,000 to the City of Akron, Ohio for the mitigation 
     of combined sewer overflows through Cuyahoga Valley National 
     Park;
       242. $500,000 for the City of Port Clinton, Ohio for its 
     wastewater treatment plan;
       243. $480,000 to the City of Delphos, Ohio for construction 
     of a regional reservoir;
       244. $743,000 to the City of Lancaster, Ohio for a sewer 
     infrastructure extension project;
       245. $1,800,000 to Clark County, Ohio for water 
     infrastructure upgrades;
       246. $200,000 to the City of Urbana, Ohio for water 
     infrastructure upgrades;
       247. $1,300,000 to the City of Toledo, Ohio for ongoing 
     efforts to upgrade its wastewater treatment infrastructure;
       248. $700,000 to Fulton County, Ohio for the extension of 
     public water and sewer lines to the Village of Tedrow from 
     Wauseon, Ohio;
       249. $750,000 to the Village of Luckey, Ohio for wastewater 
     and combined sewer overflow infrastructure improvements;
       250. $750,000 to Ottawa County, Ohio for sanitary sewer 
     infrastructure improvements for the Village of Clay Center;
       251. $500,000 to the City of Bowling Green, Ohio for sewer 
     treatment plant infrastructure improvements;
       252. $900,000 to the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District 
     for the Doan Brook Watershed Area in Ohio for continued 
     development of a storm water abatement system in the Doan 
     Brook Watershed Area of Ohio;
       253. $720,000 to the City of Martins Ferry, Ohio to provide 
     a water pump to extend the water system;
       254. $765,000 to Harrison County, Ohio for a water tank and 
     lines in the county industrial park;
       255. $387,625 to the Village of Laurelville, Ohio for 
     improvements at the wastewater treatment facility;
       256. $485,000 to Trumbell County, Ohio for wastewater 
     infrastructure improvements to the Belmont Avenue Sanitary 
     Sewer System;
       257. $2,000,000 for the City of Lawton, Oklahoma for the 
     rehabilitation of its wastewater infrastructure;
       258. $900,000 to the City of Normon, Oklahoma for expansion 
     of wastewater treatment facilities;
       259. $1,000,000 for the Lower John Day Region in Oregon for 
     a water and wastewater treatment facilities;
       260. $1,250,000 for the City of Portland, Oregon wet 
     weather demonstration project;
       261. $485,000 to Clackamas County, Oregon for surface water 
     infrastructure improvements;
       262. $385,000 to the City of Medford, Oregon for 
     construction of water and wastewater treatment facilities and 
     groundwater protection infrastructure project program;
       263. $1,000,000 for the Coudersport Borough, Eulalia 
     Township and Sweden Township in Potter County, Pennsylvania 
     for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       264. $2,900,000 for the Three Rivers Wet Weather 
     Demonstration program in the greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 
     area;
       265. $1,000,000 for the Upper Milford Township Sewer 
     Project in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania;
       266. $485,000 to Robinson Township, Pennsylvania for water 
     and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       267. $900,000 to the City of Corry, Pennsylvania for 
     mitigation of combined sewer overflows;
       268. $485,000 to the Borough of Big Beaver, Pennsylvania 
     for construction of a pump station and sewer lines;
       269. $900,000 to the Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority to 
     address combined sewer overflow problems along the 
     Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania;
       270. $250,000 to the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi, 
     Pennsylvania for water infrastructure improvements;
       271. $900,000 to the City of Titusville, Pennsylvania to 
     mitigate combined sewer overflows;
       272. $485,000 to the York City Sewer Authority of 
     Pennsylvania for a wastewater construction project and 
     demonstration;
       273. $485,000 to Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania for 
     construction and repair of a centralized sewer system serving 
     Jefferson Township;
       274. $150,000 to Pocono Jackson Point Water Authority for 
     extension and upgrade of the authority's drinking water 
     system serving Monroe County, Pennsylvania;
       275. $100,000 to Pike County, Pennsylvania for the 
     engineering and design of a centralized sewer system in the 
     Borough of Matamoras;
       276. $500,000 to the Municipality of Guanica, Puerto Rico 
     for wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       277. $3,250,000 for the Narragansett Bay Commission, Rhode 
     Island, for the combined sewer overflow project;
       278. $500,000 for the Town of Warren, Rhode Island, for 
     sewer infrastructure needs;
       279. $485,000 to the Town of Cumberland, Rhode Island for 
     water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       280. $2,000,000 for West Georgetown, South Carolina, 
     regional wastewater treatment system;
       281. $1,000,000 for the Laurens, South Carolina, water and 
     sewer commission;
       282. $900,000 to the Laurens County, South Carolina Water 
     and Sewer Commission for relocation of water lines as part of 
     the SC Route 72 corridor multilane widening project;
       283. $1,000,000 for a Gravity Wastewater Collection System 
     in the Snowden and 6-Mile Communities in Charleston County, 
     South Carolina;
       284. $485,000 to Berkeley County, South Carolina for a 
     water extension project to Cross Community Schools;
       285. $900,000 to the City of Florence, South Carolina for 
     the Pee Dee River surface water facility;
       286. $2,000,000 to the Greenville Water System of South 
     Carolina for infrastructure needs related to high levels of 
     uranium in the water supply;
       287. $900,000 for North Sioux City, South Dakota, water and 
     sewer infrastructure needs;
       288. $2,000,000 for Aberdeen, South Dakota, drinking water 
     facility improvements;
       289. $1,200,000 for Hill City, South Dakota, water and 
     sewer infrastructure needs;
       290. $535,000 to North Valley and Summer City Utility 
     Districts for to extend water service to Bledsoe County, 
     Tennessee;
       291. $200,000 to Sequachie County, Tennessee for the City 
     of Dunlap's continuing rural waterline infrastructure 
     development;
       292. $900,000 to the Watauga River Authority in Carter 
     County, Tennessee for a water infrastructure project;
       293. $250,000 to the Tamina Water Supply and Sewer Service 
     Corporation in Montgomery County, Texas for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements in the community of 
     Tamina;
       294. $675,000 to Bosque County, Texas for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       295. $485,000 to the City of Beaumont, Texas for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       296. $700,000 for the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy 
     District, Utah for a groundwater extraction treatment 
     remedial project;
       297. $1,000,000 for Sandy, Utah for water and sewer 
     infrastructure improvements;
       298. $1,000,000 for the Ogden, Utah for final phase of 
     sewer improvements at the former Defense Depot Ogden;
       299. $200,000 to the City of Ogden, Utah for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       300. $400,000 for Tooele City, Utah for water and 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       301. $720,000 to Logan City, Utah for the wetlands 
     development project;
       302. $250,000 to Sandy City, Utah for infrastructure needs 
     related to usable water lines and storm drainage;

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       303. $500,000 for the City of Norfolk, Virginia, to update 
     wastewater pumping stations;
       304. $700,000 for the Caroline County Dawn Sewer project in 
     Bowling Green, Virginia;
       305. $675,000 to Smyth County, Virginia for wastewater 
     infrastructure improvements in the Allison's Gap community;
       306. $1,800,000 to Prince William County, Virginia for 
     water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       307. $1,840,000 to the Town of South Boston, Virginia for 
     the Sanitary Sewer Overflow Abatement project;
       308. $200,000 to Franklin County, Virginia for preliminary 
     engineering for a water project;
       309. $1,743,000 to Virginia's Heartland Partnership for 
     expansion of the wastewater treatment plant to the Virginia's 
     Heartland Regional Industrial Park located in Keysville, 
     Virginia;
       310. $200,000 to Fluvanna County, Virginia for wastewater, 
     drinking water and water distribution system infrastructure 
     improvements;
       311. $1,350,000 to Richmond, Virginia for continued 
     development of combined sewer overflow improvements;
       312. $1,350,000 to Lynchburg, Virginia for continued 
     development of combined sewer overflow improvements;
       313. $900,000 to the City of Alexandria, Virginia for the 
     sanitary and stormwater sewer reconstruction and extension 
     project to mitigate overflows polluting Four Mile Run Creek;
       314. $485,000 to the County of Northampton, Virginia for 
     wastewater treatment systems improvement and development;
       315. $485,000 to the City of Norfolk, Virginia Utility 
     Department for upgrades to the water distribution system in 
     the Haynes Tract area;
       316. $500,000 to the Government of the Virgin Islands for 
     water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
       317. $2,500,000 for the Pownal, Vermont, wastewater 
     treatment project;
       318. $1,000,000 for East St Johnsbury, Vermont, wastewater 
     treatment project;
       319. $2,000,000 for the City of Bremerton, Washington, 
     combined sewer overflow project;
       320. $1,500,000 for the Wahkiakum County Public Utility 
     District, Washington, drinking water facility project;
       321. $1,800,000 to the City of Bremerton, Washington for 
     the combined sewer overflow treatment plant;
       322. $485,000 to Dallesport Industrial Park in Klickitat 
     County, Washington for construction of a wastewater treatment 
     facility;
       323. $250,000 to the City of Everett, Washington for pre-
     design and facilities planning of combined sewer overflow 
     treatment sites;
       324. $2,000,000 for the Milwaukee, Wisconsin Sewerage 
     District for continued renovations and repairs to the sewer 
     system;
       325. $1,000,000 for the City of Racine, Wisconsin, drinking 
     water treatment project;
       326. $1,900,000 to the Village of Marathon City, Wisconsin 
     for debt repayment on water and wastewater infrastructure;
       327. $1,000,000 for the City of Brokaw, Wisconsin for the 
     extension and expansion of the sewer and water system;
       328. $675,000 to the Inwood Watershed Committee and the 
     Eastern Panhandle Soil Conservation District of West Virginia 
     for the Inwood Storm Water/Water Quality Management Project;
       329. $1,000,000 to the Ohio County PSD, West Virginia for 
     water and sewer infrastructure needs in the West Liberty, 
     West Virginia area;
       330. $2,500,000 to the City of Wheeling, West Virginia for 
     water and sewer infrastructure needs;
       331. $5,000,000 to the Hancock County Commission, West 
     Virginia for water and sewer infrastructure needs;
       332. $350,000 for the City of New Martinsville, West 
     Virginia for water and sewer infrastructure needs;
       333. $182,000 for the National Corrections and Law 
     Enforcement Training and Technology Center, Inc. (NCLETTC) 
     for water and sewer infrastructure needs;
       334. $317,000 for the Barbour County Development Authority 
     in West Virginia for water and sewer infrastructure needs;
       335. $1,041,000 for the Mid-Atlantic Aerospace Complex 
     (MAAC) for water and sewer infrastructure needs;
       336. $250,000 for the Jefferson County Sewer Authority, 
     Missouri for ongoing sewer infrastructure modernization;
       337. $235,000 for Dekalb, Illinois for drinking water 
     infrastructure improvements.
       The conferees expect the Agency to develop a broad working 
     group to review and address the spectrum of wastewater issues 
     as outlined in the House Report accompanying H.R. 2620, 
     request that the Committees on Appropriations be kept 
     apprised of all activities of the working group, and further 
     request that the working group, with the assistance of the 
     Agency, prepare and submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations by July 15, 2002 a report addressing all 
     matters as outlined in the House Report as well as those 
     additional issues determined appropriate by the working 
     group.


                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

       The conferees have included an administrative provision 
     proposed by the House and the Senate which permits the 
     Administrator, in carrying out environmental programs 
     required or authorized by law in the absence of an acceptable 
     tribal program, to award cooperative agreements to federally 
     authorized intertribal groups to assist the Administrator in 
     implementing federal environmental programs for tribes. Funds 
     designated for State financial assistance agreements may not 
     be used for such cooperative agreements.
       The conferees have also included an administrative 
     provision proposed by the House and modified by the conferees 
     which authorizes for fiscal year 2002 EPA's Pesticide 
     Maintenance Program, including the collection of up to 
     $17,000,000 for operation of the registration, re-
     registration, and tolerance assessment programs.

                   Executive Office of the President


                OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

       Appropriates $5,267,000 as proposed by both the House and 
     Senate.
       The conferees agree that the Office of Science and 
     Technology Policy should make the clarification of the 
     International Traffic in Arms Regulation a high priority for 
     resolution. The conferees expect the President's Science 
     Advisor to address and resolve the matter by February 1, 
     2002.


  COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

       Appropriates $2,974,000 for the Council on Environmental 
     Quality and Office of Environmental Quality as proposed by 
     the House and the Senate. The conferees have again this year 
     included language proposed by the House and the Senate which 
     authorizes the Council to operate with one member, that 
     member acting as chairman of the Council.
       Language proposed by the Senate prohibiting CEQ and OEQ 
     from using funds other than those appropriated under this 
     heading has not been included. In lieu of this statutory 
     prohibition, the conferees direct that the CEQ provide, on a 
     quarterly basis beginning January 1, 2002, a brief report 
     outlining the specific use of non-CEQ federal employees. Such 
     report should include, at a minimum, the number of non-CEQ 
     employees utilized for specific programs or projects by the 
     CEQ, the home office of each such employee, the program or 
     project for which the non-CEQ employee is being utilized by 
     CEQ, and the duration each such employee is expected to be 
     involved with such program or project.
       Finally, language has been included which provides a 
     representation allowance of up to $750 for the Chairman of 
     the CEQ.

                 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

       Appropriates $33,660,000 for the Office of Inspector 
     General, the same amount as included in both the House and 
     Senate bill. Funds for this account are derived from the Bank 
     Insurance Fund, the Savings and Loan Insurance Fund, and the 
     FSLIC Resolution Fund and are therefore not reflected in 
     either the budget authority or budget outlay totals.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency


                            DISASTER RELIEF

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       Appropriates $664,000,000 for disaster relief, instead of 
     $1,369,399,000 as proposed by the House and $359,399,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. In addition, appropriates 
     $1,500,000,000 in contingent emergency funding for disaster 
     relief instead of $1,300,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $2,000,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Includes language 
     proposed by both the House and Senate providing for the 
     transfer of $2,900,000 to the emergency management planning 
     and assistance account for the consolidated emergency 
     management performance grants program. The conferees have 
     included two new provisions, neither of which was included in 
     either bill, to allow for the transfer of amounts from the 
     disaster relief account to other program accounts. First, 
     $25,000,000 is available for transfer to the emergency 
     management planning and assistance account for pre-disaster 
     mitigation activities. Second, $25,000,000 is available for 
     transfer to the flood map modernization fund and available 
     for expenditure in fiscal year 2002.
       The conferees are aware that on March 1, 2001 FEMA issued 
     its ``Clarification on SHMPH `Immediate Occupancy' 
     Requirement for using SHMPH Funding to Seismically Upgrade 
     Existing Buildings.'' This Clarification defined parameters 
     for the determination of when the ``immediate occupancy'' 
     requirement in the Seismic Hazard Mitigation Program for 
     Hospitals (the SHMPH Program) would be met by a subgrantee. 
     The conferees urge FEMA to recognize that prior to the 
     announcement of the clarification, many subgrantees in the 
     SHMPH program worked diligently to move forward with their 
     designs and construction in the belief that their plans met 
     the undefined immediate occupancy requirement in the SHMPH 
     program. The conferees urge FEMA to work closely with these 
     subgrantees to ensure no disruption in their design or 
     building schedule as a result of this program 
     announcement.


            DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

       The conferees agree to provide a limitation of $25,000,000 
     on direct loans, a cost of $405,000 for direct loans, and a 
     limitation on administrative expenses of $543,000 for the 
     disaster assistance direct loan program account. The 
     foregoing are the same as provided by both the House and the 
     Senate.


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       Appropriates $233,801,000 for salaries and expenses as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $227,900,000 as proposed by 
     the House. The

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     amount provided does not include the reduction to 
     Preparedness, Training and Exercises as proposed by the 
     House. The amount provided includes $11,000,000 for FEMA's 
     role in consequence management associated with the 2002 
     Olympics and Paralympics as requested in the budget 
     submission. The conferees have not included any funding for 
     an Office of National Preparedness at FEMA. The conferees 
     will entertain such funding in the future when it has had an 
     opportunity to evaluate a comprehensive plan outlining FEMA's 
     role in dealing with terrorism and its consequences.


                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

       Appropriates $10,303,000 for the Office of Inspector 
     General, the same amount as included in both the House and 
     the Senate bills.


              EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       Appropriates $404,623,000 for emergency management planning 
     and assistance as proposed by the House instead of 
     $429,623,000 as proposed by the Senate. The amount provided 
     includes $150,000,000 to carry out the Federal Fire 
     Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as amended by Public Law 
     106-398. The conferees have included bill language which 
     provides that up to five percent of the funds may be 
     transferred to Salaries and Expenses for administrative 
     expenses associated with the program. The conferees are 
     pleased that FEMA was able to implement expeditiously the 
     provision of this program and meet the deadline of September 
     30, 2001 for completion of the first round of grants. The 
     conferees believe that this success was due in no small part 
     to the structure of the program and the decision to limit the 
     program to only six categories of grants rather than the 
     fourteen categories approved in the authorization 
     legislation. The conferees believe that FEMA should consider 
     making grants in the area of emergency medical services, but 
     expansion into other categories should be considered only 
     after substantial progress has been made in addressing the 
     needs associated with fire prevention, firefighting 
     equipment, personal protective equipment, training, vehicles, 
     and wellness and fitness programs.
       The conferees also expect states and localities to maintain 
     their current level of funding support for local fire 
     departments and companies and that any Federal grant funds 
     are to be used solely to enhance local firefighting capacity, 
     equipment needs, vehicles, and fire prevention programs as 
     well as any other eligible uses.
       FEMA is encouraged to undertake an on-going evaluation of 
     the application process for the fire grant program to ensure 
     the widest participation in the program. The conferees are 
     particularly concerned that smaller entities with limited 
     resources may not be able to participate fully and FEMA 
     should consider their circumstances as it evaluates the 
     effectiveness of the program.
       The conferees urge FEMA to continue efforts to simplify and 
     streamline the fire grant application process and direct FEMA 
     to establish an independent advisory committee comprised of 
     professional and volunteer firefighters to provide policy and 
     technical guidance on implementation and administration of 
     the fire grant program.
       In addition, the conferees have agreed to provide 
     $25,000,000 by transfer from the disaster relief account for 
     pre-disaster mitigation activities.
       The conferees are aware of the heightened importance of 
     bringing technology applications to the local, state, and 
     Federal levels of the emergency management community for the 
     purpose of reducing the impact of both natural disasters and 
     terrorist attacks. Therefore, the conferees continue to 
     support the partnership between the National Technology 
     Transfer Center (NTTC) and FEMA and direct continuation of 
     the cooperative agreement at the current level of effort. 
     Additionally, NTTC shall submit a report no later than July 
     1, 2002 that outlines the progress made on the 
     commercialization endeavors and the cooperation between NTTC 
     and FEMA.
       The conferees direct FEMA to maintain the current level of 
     support for the Administrative and Resource Planning 
     Directorate efforts to archive key agency documents by 
     digitization to optical disks.
       The conferees believe that many of the nation's 
     universities are vulnerable to disaster and urges FEMA to 
     continue its Disaster Resistant University program and expand 
     the scope to include safeguarding university assets from acts 
     of terrorism.
       The conferees direct FEMA to ensure the full and complete 
     integration of the American Red Cross into all emergency 
     preparedness planning, training and response activities. 
     Further, during times of disaster, FEMA and agencies 
     signatory to the Federal Response Plan are to support fully 
     the work of the American Red Cross. Support shall include, 
     but not be limited to the following, means of transportation; 
     appropriate security clearances; access to disaster sites and 
     threat information briefings; and planning for continuity of 
     operations of the American Red Cross National Headquarters.
       The conferees are concerned that accurate and timely 
     information is not available to the general public and all 
     relevant government officials during and following an act of 
     terrorism. In an effort to improve communication, the 
     conferees urge the Director of FEMA to work with the Nation's 
     governors and the Mayor of the District of Columbia (DC) to 
     designate a lead intergovernmental and public affairs 
     official in each state and DC to serve as the central 
     coordinator for information coming from Federal and local 
     governments and the central source of information for the 
     public regarding terrorism-related incidents.


                RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND

       Provides for the receipt and expenditure of fees collected 
     as authorized by Public Law 106-377. Both the House and the 
     Senate included this provision in their respective bills.


                   EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM

       Appropriates $140,000,000 for the emergency food and 
     shelter program as proposed by the House instead of 
     $139,692,000 as proposed by the Senate.


                      FLOOD MAP MODERNIZATION FUND

       Appropriates no new funding under this heading for flood 
     map modernization. The conferees have included authority 
     within the disaster relief account to transfer $25,000,000 to 
     this account for flood map modernization activities.


                     NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The conferees agree to include bill language which 
     authorizes the National Flood Insurance Program through 
     December 31, 2002. Both the House and Senate had addressed 
     this issue, but there were technical differences between the 
     respective bills. In addition, the conferees agree to provide 
     for salaries and expenses of up to $28,798,000, $76,381,000 
     for flood mitigation activities, a limitation of $55,000,000 
     for operating expenses, $536,750,000 for agents' commissions 
     and taxes, and $30,000,000 for interest on Treasury 
     borrowings. Finally, the conferees agree that up to 
     $20,000,000 may be transferred for expenses under section 
     1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act.


                     NATIONAL FLOOD MITIGATION FUND

       The conferees agree to provide for the transfer of up to 
     $20,000,000 from the National Flood Insurance Fund to the 
     National Flood Mitigation Fund as proposed by both the House 
     and the Senate. The conferees further agree that $2,500,000 
     of the funds provided in this program shall be used to buy-
     out flood prone properties in Austin, Minnesota.

                    General Services Administration


                FEDERAL CONSUMER INFORMATION CENTER FUND

       Appropriates $7,276,000 as proposed by both the House and 
     Senate.
       The conferees are very supportive of the Federal Consumer 
     Information Center (FCIC) and their efforts to provide the 
     public with important information on government services and 
     publications. The conferees are concerned that a change to 
     the organization, administrative location, or the current 
     function or mission mandate of FCIC could potentially 
     compromise the outstanding services that FCIC currently 
     provides. Therefore, the conferees direct that any such 
     change be clearly outlined in a proposal submitted to the 
     Committees on Appropriations for 30 days of review. Such a 
     proposal shall include the justification for such action, a 
     description of all planned organizational realignments, the 
     anticipated staffing or personnel changes, an assessment of 
     the effect on the current operations of FCIC, and estimates 
     of the proposed changes on future funding needs.


             NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

       Of the amounts approved by the conferees in this agreement, 
     NASA must limit reprogramming of funds between programs and 
     activities to not more than $500,000 without prior 
     notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
     and Senate. Any activity or program cited in this report 
     shall be construed as the position of the conferees and 
     should not be subject to reductions or reprogramming without 
     prior approval. NASA shall provide outyear implications of 
     all reprogrammings and operating plan changes should the 
     Committees request the information.


                           HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       The conferees agree to provide $6,912,400,000 for human 
     space flight instead of $6,868,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate and $7,047,400,000 as proposed by the House. The House 
     had also proposed an additional $275,000,000 for development 
     of a crew return vehicle for the international space station 
     ISS. The funding provided includes a reduction of $50,000,000 
     associated with the cancellation of the Electric Auxiliary 
     Power Unit upgrade which has experienced technical 
     difficulties, an increase of $20,000,000 for high priority 
     safety upgrades for a total of $207,000,000, an increase of 
     $25,000,000 for the repair/replacement of doors on the 
     Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center, a 
     reduction of $20,000,000 from the Human Exploration and 
     Development of Space program, and a general reduction of 
     $75,000,000 from the ISS program. The conferees have not 
     provided any additional funding for the Crew Return Vehicle, 
     for which the House had proposed $275,000,000. The funding 
     level also reflects the transfer of $283,600,000 for ISS 
     research from the human space flight account to the science, 
     aeronautics and technology account.
       The conferees are in agreement with the ISS Management and 
     Cost Evaluation report

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     that in order to establish a credible ISS program that 
     achieves maximum research potential, it is necessary to keep 
     enhancements viable. for this reason, the conferees direct 
     that NASA should provide no less than $40,000,000 for the X-
     38 vehicle.
       The conferees direct that not less than $207,000,000 be 
     made available for Space Shuttle Safety Upgrades, unless NASA 
     outlines in a fiscal year 2002 Operating Plan adjustment, 
     agreed to by the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations, reallocations from this level necessary to 
     preserve balance in NASA's stated priority goals for the 
     Shuttle Program, as follows: (1) fly safely; (2) meet the 
     flight manifest; (3) improve supportability; and (4) improve 
     the system. The conferees agree that further clarification on 
     NASA's shuttle upgrade program is required, including how the 
     program relates to future shuttle alternatives and 
     infrastructure needs. NASA is directed to submit a report 
     addressing these issues by March 15, 2002.
       The conferees are in agreement that the ISS shall be funded 
     at no more than $1,963,600,000 in fiscal year 2002, including 
     civil service compensation.
       When the House and the Senate drafted their respective 
     bills, the Administration had recently proposed dramatic 
     changes to the ISS program in light of a purported shortfall 
     of over $4,000,000,000. The redesigned station was dubbed 
     ``U.S. Core Complete'' and included elimination of the Crew 
     Return Vehicle, the Habitation Module, the Propulsion Module, 
     a 37 percent reduction in ISS science, and undefined 
     ``management efficiencies'' and better cost estimating. It 
     was the position of the House at that time that such changes 
     could not be endorsed given the limited amount of information 
     available to the Congress. It was this lack of information 
     which led the House to conclude that termination of the Crew 
     Return Vehicle was premature, that NASA should be encouraged 
     to pursue an international barter arrangement for development 
     and construction of a habitation module, and that a 
     significant add-back to the ISS science program was 
     warranted. In the hope of getting more information, the House 
     initiated an investigation into the ISS program with the goal 
     of answering basic questions with regard to the real cost of 
     the program, the underlying cause of cost increases, lapses 
     in oversight and the causes thereof, and the extent to which 
     previously identified problems or concerns were not 
     addressed.
       The initial stages of the House investigation have been 
     completed with the conclusion being that the concept of 
     ``U.S. Core Complete'' is ill-defined, that the science 
     program needs to be more rigorously evaluated, that all 
     options for enhancing crew time for research need to be fully 
     explored, and that international agreements need to be 
     evaluated and compliance with such agreements needs to be 
     clarified. It is also the initial conclusion of the House 
     investigation that NASA's lack of an integrated financial 
     management system impedes its ability to determine the status 
     of contract execution and provide program managers with 
     necessary financial information.
       The conferees are in agreement that first and foremost the 
     Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the 
     Administrator of NASA shall submit a report to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House and the Senate which defines 
     in specific detail the U.S. Core Complete configuration of 
     the ISS and provides a ten-year total funding profile for 
     that configuration; clearly defines the content and scope of 
     the research science program; and provides costs and schedule 
     to develop the Crew Return Vehicle. The conferees are aware 
     of ongoing negotiations between NASA and the Italian Space 
     Agency concerning a stretch version of the Multi-Purpose 
     Logistics Module as a substitute for the habitation module. 
     The conferees see the utility of using a proven platform and 
     encourage NASA to move with all deliberate speed, subject to 
     an appropriate and cost-effective barter arrangement.
       The conferees are in agreement that the Director of OMB 
     shall certify and report such certification to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House and the Senate, that any 
     proposal to enhance the ISS design above the content planned 
     for U.S. Core Complete, is (1) necessary and of the highest 
     priority to enhance the goal of world class research in space 
     aboard the International Space Station; (2) within acceptable 
     risk levels, having no major unresolved technical issues and 
     a high confidence in independently validated cost and 
     schedule estimates; and (3) affordable within the multi-year 
     funding available to the ISS program as defined above or, if 
     exceeds such amounts, the additional resources are not 
     achieved through any funding reduction to programs contained 
     in Space Science, Earth Science, and Aeronautics.
       The conferees are aware of a study being conducted by the 
     National Research Council per the direction of the House 
     Committee on Science and the Senate Committee on Commerce, 
     Science and Transportation to address the station research 
     program. If possible, the conferees would like the National 
     Research Council to expand that study to compare and evaluate 
     the research programs of the ISS which can be accomplished 
     with a crew of three and a crew of six; and, an assessment of 
     the probable cost-benefit ratios of those programs, compared 
     with earthbound research which could be funded in lieu of 
     research conducted on the ISS.
       The conferees agree with the direction contained in the 
     Senate report for NASA to empanel a task force to study all 
     options, together with their costs, for enhancing crew 
     research time on the U.S. Core Complete ISS.
       The conferees are concerned that NASA lacks an integrated 
     financial management system and therefore can not adequately 
     manage its programs. NASA is directed to place the highest 
     priority on correcting this fundamental management 
     deficiency, a deficiency which should have been corrected 
     many years ago.
       Finally, the conferees direct the Secretary of State, the 
     Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the 
     Administrator of NASA to submit a joint explanation of how 
     the United States is fulfilling its written commitments to 
     its ISS international partners. This report is due no later 
     than July 15, 2002.
       With regard to the decision by the conferees to reduce the 
     ISS budget by $75,000,000 in fiscal year 2002, the conferees 
     note that the Post-Assembly Operations Cost Estimates 
     (November 1999) and a report on ISS Operations Architecture 
     (August 2000) both called for significant reductions in 
     personnel associated with the program. Yet NASA and the ISS 
     program management refuse to implement the provisions of 
     these two reports for no apparent reason other than the 
     desire to maintain a standing army of personnel. The 
     conferees have reached the conclusion that the only way 
     management will actually manage the program, and thereby get 
     its costs under control, is through being forced to live with 
     less. The conferees are reluctant to take this approach, but 
     find that the intransient management cannot be trusted to 
     make the tough decisions on their own and must be forced to 
     make decisions which are in the long-term interest of the 
     program. NASA is directed to submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House and the Senate a report, 
     concurrent with submission of the fiscal year 2003 budget, 
     which describes its plans for managing and operating the ISS 
     over the life of the station, to include specific manpower 
     and financial needs for operation and support.


                  science, aeronautics, and technology

                     (including transfer of funds)

     Space Science
       The conferees have agreed to provide $2,848,937,000 for 
     space science programs, an increase of $62,575,000 to the 
     budget request.
       The conferees agree with the House that by merging the 
     budgets for aeronautics and space into a single ``aerospace 
     technology'' program element several years ago, NASA has made 
     it virtually impossible to account for the current investment 
     in aeronautics. For this reason, the conferees direct NASA to 
     reestablish a consolidated aeronautics line in the fiscal 
     year 2003 budget submission that comprehensively covers all 
     research base, focused, and advanced technology programs, and 
     related test facilities and civil service costs. NASA should 
     also provide a clear budget crosscut identifying all 
     aeronautics programmatic activities in the current budget 
     structure in its initial fiscal year 2002 operating plan.
       The conferees recognize the need for maintaining core 
     capabilities at NASA centers with responsibility for space 
     science missions and operations. As a result, the conferees 
     will support permitting the Europa Orbiter (EO) mission to be 
     sole sourced intramurally, provided that the NASA 
     Administrator certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 
     of the House and the Senate in the fiscal year 2002 operating 
     plan that such action is essential to maintain said core 
     capabilities. The conferees expect that in making any such 
     determination, the Administrator will guarantee that there is 
     a specific and demonstrable plan to ensure that sufficient 
     core and focused program outer planetary Advanced Technology 
     Development (ATD) funds will be available to extramural 
     entities in industry and academia through full and open 
     competition, with the five-year profile for this competition 
     specified in the fiscal year 2003 budget submission. NASA 
     should proceed with the selection of Europa science 
     instruments as planned and shall cap the total EO program 
     costs (ATD and execution of all phases A/E) at 
     $1,000,000,000. No reduction for EO instrument support to the 
     selected science teams should be made in fiscal year 2002.
       The conferees have not accepted the Senate proposal to 
     reduce NASA's space operations budget by $25,000,000 by 
     transferring Telecommunication and Mission Operations 
     Directorate (TMOD) functions at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory 
     to the Consolidated Space Operations Contract (CSOC). The 
     conferees note that NASA has transferred some non-critical 
     positions to the CSOC contract and direct NASA to continue 
     this effort by transferring no less than five percent of the 
     non-critical positions to CSOC and work toward increasing 
     this percentage in future years if warranted. In addition, 
     the conferees transfer TMOD to the Office of Space Science 
     and direct that any savings resulting from the transfer of 
     TMOD positions be reinvested in science missions.
       The conferees agree to the following changes to the budget 
     request:
       1. An increase of $1,675,000 for the Center for Space 
     Sciences at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
       2. An increase of $3,000,000 for space solar power.
       3. An increase of $1,900,000 for the Mid-American 
     Geospatial Information Center based at the University of 
     Texas at Austin, Center for Space Research.

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       4. The conferees direct $22,000,000 be used to continue the 
     construction of the Propulsion Research Laboratory at the 
     Marshall Space Flight Center, of which $13,000,000 is derived 
     from the Office of Space Science in-space propulsion 
     augmentation and $9,000,000 is derived from the Office of 
     Aerospace Technology in-space propulsion program. The funds 
     remaining in the Office of Space Science in-space propulsion 
     program are to be used for advanced technology development 
     for planetary exploration and shall be competed on the same 
     basis as other advanced technology development programs.
       5. An increase of $3,000,000 for the Sun-Earth Connections 
     program for Solar Probe. NASA should consolidate management 
     for this mission with its existing SEC/Living With a Star 
     program in lieu of the proposed termination.
       6. An increase of $10,000,000 for the Sun-Earth Connections 
     program for Living With a Star (LWS) program for a total of 
     $50,200,000 in fiscal year 2002. The conferees believe that 
     understanding solar variability and its effect on earth and 
     mankind is of paramount importance as we strive to understand 
     our galaxy. Increasing our knowledge of the effects of solar 
     variability and disturbances on terrestrial climate change 
     and being able to provide advanced warning of energetic 
     particle events that affect the safety of humans and space 
     flight are also of particular importance. The proposed 
     funding restoration will allow LWS to proceed on the original 
     NASA plan of Sun-Earth connected System Science whereby both 
     the Solar Dynamics Observatory and the Geospace Missions 
     Network will proceed in a coordinated manner to attain the 
     program objectives. All LWS and SEC program funds in 2002 
     should be used exclusively for relevant ATD, science support 
     and spacecraft development activities. Any capital projects 
     to support the program, apart from the standard de minimis 
     facility renovations under $500,000 should be requested in 
     subsequent years through the standard construction of 
     facilities program element. This LWS funding augmentation is 
     in addition to the $8,900,000 provided for future solar 
     terrestrial probes as requested in the budget.
       7. An increase of $3,000,000 for the Center on Life in 
     Extreme Environments at Montana State University.
       8. An increase of $1,000,000 for the development of 
     advanced materials for batteries and fuel cells, to be 
     conducted by Virginia Commonwealth University.
       9. An increase of $30,000,000 for the Pluto Kuiper Belt 
     (PKB) mission. The conferees direct NASA to proceed with its 
     plan for source selection, but recognize the launch dates may 
     be altered due to delays in the source selection process. 
     Funds provided should be used to initiate appropriate 
     spacecraft and science instrument development as well as 
     launch vehicle procurement. The conferees direct NASA to 
     consolidate PKB development funds within the Outer Planets 
     line beginning in fiscal year 2003.
       The conferees have provided the budget request of 
     $92,100,000 for advanced technology development related to 
     the Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST) and expect NASA to 
     vigorously pursue the development of the NGST and submit an 
     out-year budget plan, concurrent with the submission of the 
     fiscal year 2003 budget, for soliciting development and 
     management proposals with the goal of a launch in 2007. If 
     technical and budgetary constraints preclude the launch of 
     NGST by 2007, the conferees wish to underscore their 
     strong desire that there should be no gap between the end 
     of the operations for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and 
     the onset of operations for NGST. As part of the out-year 
     budget plan, NASA should outline its transition plan to 
     guarantee uninterrupted continuity between HST and NGST.
       The conferees agree to provide the full budget request for 
     the Mars program. NASA is directed to prepare a detailed 
     plan, to be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House and Senate concurrently with the submission of the 
     President's fiscal year 2003 budget request, on future Mars 
     missions beyond the proposed 2007 mission. The plan should 
     have a detailed definition on the program's content, five-
     year budget forecast, and schedule, and shall include a five-
     year profile to make significant advanced technology funding 
     available to extramural partners.
     Biological and Physical Research
       The conferees have agreed to provide $714,370,000 for 
     biological and physical research programs, an increase of 
     $353,450,000 to the budget request.
       The conferees have agreed to transfer a total of 
     $283,600,000 from the Human Space Flight account into this 
     program for research activities associated with the 
     International Space Station. The conferees have not included 
     a transfer from Human Space Flight of civil service and other 
     costs associated with these activities and directs NASA to 
     make such a transfer as part of the operating plan to the 
     extent such a transfer is needed.
       The conferees agree to the following changes to the budget 
     request:
       1. An increase of $338,600,000 for space station research 
     consisting of a transfer of $283,600,000 from Human Space 
     Flight, and an increase of $55,000,000 for the Fluids and 
     Combustion Facility and other priority space station research 
     and equipment.
       2. An increase of $2,750,000 for the Space Radiation 
     program at Loma Linda University Hospital.
       3. An increase of $1,750,000 for Earth University to 
     research Chagas disease.
       4. An increase of $1,450,000 for the development of 
     machine/bio-interface devices to provide advanced diagnosis 
     and countermeasures at the University of Louisville.
       5. An increase of $400,000 for the Center for Research and 
     Training in gravitational biology at North Carolina State 
     University.
       6. An increase of $1,000,000 for the New Jersey NASA 
     Specialized Center of Research and Training. The conferees 
     commend the work of this organization and its application not 
     only to long-duration space missions but its impact on the 
     agricultural and environmental business sectors. The 
     conferees encourage NASA to continue funding these vital 
     efforts and recommends the agency create a technology 
     development and demonstration center in New Jersey focusing 
     on life support issues in closed environments.
       7. An increase of $1,000,000 for high definition 
     telemedicine technology development at Florida Atlantic 
     University.
       8. An increase of $1,000,000 for Southern Methodist 
     University's life sciences program.
       9. An increase of $2,000,000 for multi-user scientific 
     equipment for the Life Sciences Center at the University of 
     Missouri-Columbia.
       10. An increase of $1,500,000 to fund research at the 
     University of Missouri's Center for Gender Physiology in the 
     area of gender-related issues in space flight crews.
       11. An increase of $2,000,000 to fund research at the 
     University of Missouri-Columbia in physical, biological, and 
     biomedical areas which address NASA strategic objectives.
     Earth Science
       The conferees have agreed to provide $1,573,413,000 for 
     earth science programs, an increase of $58,435,000 to the 
     budget request.
       The conferees agree to the following changes to the budget 
     request:
       1. An increase of $1,200,000 for the Advanced Tropical 
     Remote Sensing Center of the National Center for Tropical 
     Remote Sensing Applications and resources at the Rosenstiel 
     School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.
       2. An increase of $428,000 for continuation of emerging 
     research that applies remote sensing technologies to forest 
     management practices at the State University of New York, 
     College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry.
       3. An increase of $1,425,000 for NASA's Regional 
     Application Center for the Northeast.
       4. An increase of $812,000 for operations of the 
     applications center for remote sensing at Fulton-Montgomery 
     Community College, Johnston, New York.
       5. An increase of $14,350,000 for the Institute of Software 
     Research for development and construction of research 
     facilities.
       6. An increase of $750,000 for on-going activities at the 
     Goddard Institute for Systems, Software, and Technology 
     Research, including UAV and remote sensing technology 
     research.
       7. An increase of $750,000 for the Clustering and Advanced 
     Visual Environments initiative.
       8. An increase of $4,750,000 for data storage back-up and 
     recovery services at the Goddard Space Flight Center.
       9. An increase of $1,000,000 for the Triana Science Team to 
     continue its work in preparation for future launch. The 
     conferees recognize that the Triana mission, as reviewed 
     and endorsed by the National Academy of Sciences, is 
     complete and ready for launch. However, due to Shuttle 
     manifest conflicts, Triana has been placed in storage 
     until launch accommodations can be established. The 
     conferees understand that NASA is exploring all launch 
     possibilities for the Triana spacecraft, including 
     potential options involving foreign launch vehicles. The 
     conferees recognize the important scientific contributions 
     to be made by Triana and, if NASA were to identify a 
     suitable launch opportunity for Triana, the conferees 
     would be receptive to NASA's reprogramming resources 
     within available fiscal year 2002 Earth Science funding 
     toward the costs of necessary spacecraft modification and 
     launch integration efforts to accomplish such a launch.
       10. An increase of $750,000 for next generation sensing 
     equipment, to be operated by Ben Gurion University for use in 
     correlating measurements taken by aircraft and satellites in 
     support of programs under the auspices of the Goddard Space 
     Flight Center.
       11. An increase of $3,000,000 from the NASA Earth Science 
     Enterprise to be transferred to the Air Force Research 
     Laboratory (PE 602204F Aerospace Sensors) to develop dual-use 
     lightweight space radar technology. The conferees expect the 
     Air Force to work closely with NASA to identify mutually 
     beneficial technologies.
       12. An increase of $1,425,000 for the United States portion 
     of a joint U.S./Italian satellite development program to 
     remotely observe forest fires.
       13. An increase of $23,500,000 for the Synergy program to 
     develop additional end uses for EOS data.
       14. An increase of $6,000,000 for the EOSDIS Core System to 
     expand its data processing and distribution capacity.
       15. An increase of $2,000,000 for weather and ocean 
     research at the University of Alaska and the University of 
     Massachusetts.
       16. An increase of $3,500,000 for the University of Montana 
     for an International Earth Observing System Natural Resource 
     Training and Data Center.
       17. An increase of $500,000 for the Morehead State 
     University Space Science Center for

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     the reconstruction of the ADAS satellite tracking system.
       18. An increase of $2,000,000 for the University of 
     Mississippi Geoinformatics Center.
       19. An increase of $1,500,000 for George Mason University 
     Center for Earth Observing and Space Research.
       20. An increase of $3,000,000 for the University of South 
     Mississippi for research into remotely sensed data for 
     coastal management.
       21. An increase of $1,000,000 for the Mid-America 
     Geospatial Information Center at the University of Texas.
       22. An increase of $1,500,000 for Idaho State University 
     for the Temporal Landscape Change Research program.
       23. An increase of $500,000 for Utah State University to 
     develop an Inter-mountain Region Digital Image Archive and 
     Processing Center for Landscape Analysis, Planning and 
     Monitoring.
       24. A general reduction of $17,205,000.
       The conferees expect NASA to continue to pursue options for 
     commercial data purchase approaches on all Earth Science 
     Enterprise program Announcements of Opportunity.
     Aero-Space Technology
       The conferees have agreed to provide $2,489,570,000 for 
     aerospace programs, an increase of $113,830,000 to the budget 
     request.
       The conferees agree to the following changes to the budget 
     request:
       1. An increase of $10,000,000 for the Ultra Efficient 
     Engine Technology for a total budget of $50,000,000 in fiscal 
     year 2002.
       2. An increase of $2,850,000 for the Earth Alert project at 
     the Goddard Space Flight Center.
       3. An increase of $2,375,000 for the NASA-Illinois 
     Technology Commercialization Center at DuPage County Research 
     Park.
       4. An increase of $190,000 for the Rural Technology 
     Transfer and Commercialization Center of Durant, Oklahoma.
       5. An increase of $1,900,000 for the University of New 
     Orleans Composites Research Center for Excellence at Michoud, 
     Louisiana.
       6. An increase of $522,000 for the fractional ownership 
     test program.
       7. An increase of $1,425,000 for the Glennan Microsystem 
     Initiative.
       8. An increase of $2,850,000 for the Polymer Energy 
     Rechargeable System.
       9. An increase of $475,000 for continued development of 
     nickel metal hydride battery technology.
       10. An increase of $1,900,000 for Wayne State University 
     for its emerging technology and aerospace programs.
       11. An increase of $950,000 for the University of Alabama, 
     Huntsville, Aviation Safety Laboratory.
       12. An increase of $950,000 to be used for continued 
     development of an electric/diesel hybrid engine at Bowling 
     Green University.
       13. The following programs are to be funded within the 
     Aviation System Capacity program: $4,200,000 for the HITS 
     multilateration sensor and surveillance server for Airport 
     Surface Detection and Management System, $1,200,000 for the 
     development of the Dynamic Runway Occupancy Measurement 
     System, $1,400,000 for development of a Runway Taxi Route 
     Detection and Conformance Monitoring System, and $5,000,000 
     for Project SOCRATES.
       14. An increase of $2,850,000 to expand the Space Alliance 
     Technology Outreach Program, including NASA business 
     incubators, in Florida and New York.
       15. An increase of $950,000 for the Advanced Interactive 
     Discovery Environment engineering research program at 
     Syracuse University.
       16. An increase of $7,600,000 for the National Center of 
     Excellence in Photonics and Microsystems in New York.
       17. An increase of $2,375,000 for the Virtual Collaboration 
     Center at the North Carolina GigaPop.
       18. An increase of $1,900,000 for the Garrett Morgan 
     Commercialization Initiative in Ohio.
       19. An increase of $750,000 for research at Marshall Space 
     Flight Center in the area of interstellar propulsion.
       20. An increase of $1,693,000 for the Dryden Flight 
     Research Center Intelligent Flight Control System research 
     project.
       21. An increase of $950,000 for development of advanced 
     composite materials for a super lightweight prototype 
     structure and a generic carrier for the space shuttle 
     orbiter.
       22. An increase of $8,125,000 for hydrogen research being 
     conducted by the Florida State University System.
       23. An increase of $4,750,000 for space biotechnology 
     research and commercial applications to be conducted at the 
     University of Florida.
       24. An increase of $2,000,000 from the NASA Space Launch 
     Initiative be transferred to the Air Force Research 
     Laboratory (PE 602204F Aerospace Sensors) to install a 
     baseline Silent Sentry System at Kennedy Space Center and for 
     AFRL to conduct an evaluation of the ability for Silent 
     Sentry to replace current range safety infrastructure.
       25. An increase of $2,000,000 for the National Technology 
     Transfer Center.
       26. An increase of $500,000 for aerospace projects being 
     accomplished by the Montana Aerospace Development 
     Corporation.
       27. An increase of $7,500,000 for subsonic transport 
     technology research.
       28. An increase of $7,500,000 for the advanced aircraft 
     program, equally divided between flight research and 
     propulsion and power research.
       29. An increase of $12,500,000 for NASA's rotocraft 
     program, including funding for the NASA-Army university 
     centers component.
       30. An increase of $2,500,000 for the Hubble Telescope 
     Project, Composite Technology Institute at Bridgeport, West 
     Virginia.
       31. An increase of $15,000,000 for aviation safety. The 
     conferees agree that NASA should evaluate the use of retinal 
     scanning displays in the Synthetic Visual Project, which 
     seeks to improve general aviation safety through 
     incorporation of new technologies.
       32. An increase of $2,000,000 for a study of NASA's 
     aeronautical test and evaluation facilities.
       33. An increase of $2,000,000 for advanced research in 
     opto-electronics at Montana State University.
       34. An increase of $2,500,000 for the Delaware Aerospace 
     Education Foundation in Kent County, Delaware.
       35. An increase of $1,500,000 for Tulane University 
     Institute for Macromolecular Engineering and Sciences, New 
     Orleans, Louisiana.
       36. An increase of $6,500,000 for the Stennis Space Center 
     E-complex propulsion test facilities, of which $1,500,000 is 
     for completion of the Test Operations Building.
       37. An increase of $3,500,000 for an addition to the main 
     administration building at the Stennis Space Center. NASA is 
     directed to work with the Department of Defense to ensure 
     that the Department contributes to the construction of 
     facilities unique to its requirements.
       38. An increase of $1,700,000 for the Independent 
     Verification and Validation Facility in Fairmont, West 
     Virginia.
       39. An increase of $2,000,000 for non-destructive 
     evaluation research at Iowa State University.
       40. An increase of $1,000,000 for polymer research at 
     Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.
       41. An increase of $2,000,000 for photonics research at the 
     University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
       42. An increase of $3,000,000 for nanotechnology programs 
     at Purdue University.
       43. An increase of $3,000,000 for the purchase of two 
     upgraded jet engines which require limited configuration 
     changes to the DP-2 vectored thrust testbed aircraft. The 
     remaining funds shall be expended as appropriate for airflow 
     analysis research, flight control research, and flight 
     testing. NASA is directed to provide a long-range research 
     and development plan for the DP-2 vectored thrust program to 
     the Congress by April 15, 2002.
       44. An increase of $1,500,000 for a visitor's center at 
     Langley Flight Research Center.
       45. The conferees agree that NASA needs to increase its 
     investment in facilities at the Wallops Island Flight 
     facility and therefore direct NASA to spend an additional 
     $10,000,000 from within existing funds for infrastructure 
     improvement and technology upgrades to ensure the Wallops 
     facility remains a viable asset for NASA's use and report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate no 
     later than March 1, 2002 on a strategic plan for Wallops 
     future including NASA missions and other business 
     opportunities.
       46. A decrease of $6,200,000 from the Aviation System 
     Capacity program. The goal of the Aviation System Capacity 
     (ASC) program is to enable safe increases in the capacity of 
     US and international airspace and airports. The conferees 
     believe that Aviation System Technology Advanced Research 
     (AvSTAR) will help develop new operational concepts and 
     better understand the benefits of new technologies for 
     reducing aviation system congestion and delays while 
     improving safety. The conferees support the request for 
     Virtual Airspace Modeling as a precursor to AvSTAR.
       47. A decrease of $10,000,000 from the Space Launch 
     Initiative.
       48. A decrease of $10,000,000 from the in-space propulsion 
     program.
     Academic Programs
       Within the Academic programs portion of this account, the 
     conferees recommend a total funding level of $230,810,000, a 
     net increase of $77,110,000 to the budget request. The 
     conferees agree that Lincoln and Cheney Universities in 
     Pennsylvania should be full participants in NASA's Minority 
     University Research and Education Program. The Conferees 
     recommend the following adjustments to the budget request:
       1. An increase of $475,000 for the Richland School District 
     One Aeronautics Education Laboratory, located in Columbia, 
     South Carolina.
       2. An increase of $475,000 for the NASA Educator Resource 
     Center at South East Missouri State University.
       3. An increase of $950,000 for the Carl Sagan Discovery 
     Science Center at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore 
     Medical Center to implement the educational programming for 
     this science learning project.
       4. An increase of $2,375,000 for the JASON Foundation.
       5. An increase of $3,500,000 for continuation of programs 
     at the American Museum of Natural History.
       6. An increase of $950,000 for the Sci-Port Discovery 
     Center at Shreveport, Louisiana.
       7. An increase of $1,900,000 for the NASA Glenn ``Gateway 
     to the Future: Ohio Pilot'' project.
       8. An increase of $475,000 for the Challenger Learning 
     Center of Kansas.
       9. An increase of $475,000 for Challenger Learning Centers 
     in Illinois.

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       10. An increase of $475,000 for the Challenger Learning 
     Center at Wheeling Jesuit University.
       11. An increase of $1,900,000 for the Alan B. Shepard 
     Discovery Center in New Hampshire.
       12. An increase of $3,000,000 to the U.S. Space and Rocket 
     Center for an Educational Training Center.
       13. An increase of $570,000 for academic and infrastructure 
     needs at St. Thomas University in Miami, Florida.
       14. An increase of $950,000 for the Ohio View Consortium.
       15. An increase of $1,900,000 for the Von Braun Scholarship 
     program.
       16. An increase of $3,000,000 for the Alabama Math, 
     Science, and Technology initiative.
       17. An increase of $2,925,000 for the Sci-Quest Hands-on 
     Science Center.
       18. An increase of $1,650,000 for the Alabama Supercomputer 
     Educational Outreach program.
       19. An increase of $1,900,000 to the Educational 
     Advancement Alliance to support the Alliance's math, science, 
     and technology enrichment program.
       20. An increase of $5,000,000 for the National Space Grant 
     College and Fellowship program.
       21. An increase of $475,000 for the Science, Engineering, 
     Math and Aerospace Academy programs at Central Arizona 
     College.
       22. An increase of $340,000 to enhance K-12 science 
     education through a program of the Middle Tennessee State 
     University.
       23. An increase of $5,400,000 for the EPSCoR program.
       24. An increase of $5,000,000 for a planetarium at the Clay 
     Center of Arts and Sciences in Charleston, West Virginia.
       25. An increase of $2,000,000 for the Northern Great Plains 
     Space Science and Technology Center at the University of 
     North Dakota.
       26. An increase of $1,500,000 for flight communications 
     technology at the University of Connecticut.
       27. An increase $1,500,000 for the Science Discovery 
     Outreach Center at the University of North Carolina in Chapel 
     Hill, North Carolina.
       28. An increase of $1,000,000 for the Chabot Observatory 
     and Science Center in Oakland, California.
       29. An increase of $750,000 for the Des Moines Science 
     Center in Des Moines, Iowa.
       30. An increase of $4,000,000 for infrastructure needs at 
     Mauna Kea Astronomy Education Center at the University of 
     Hawaii, Hilo.
       31. An increase of $1,000,000 for the NASA/Bishop Museum 
     partnership in Honolulu, Hawaii.
       32. An increase of $1,500,000 for the Wisconsin Initiative 
     for Math, Science, and Technology education at the University 
     of Wisconsin, Green Bay.
       33. An increase of $250,000 for St. Mary's County Public 
     School Technology Center, St. Mary's County, Maryland.
       34. An increase of $3,000,000 for construction of a life 
     sciences facility at Brown University.
       35. An increase of $2,000,000 for instrumentation and 
     laboratory development at Rowan University in New Jersey.
       36. An increase of $5,000,000 for infrastructure 
     improvements at the School of Science and Mathematics at the 
     College of Charleston in South Carolina.
       37. An increase of $1,500,000 for Muhlenberg College in 
     Lehigh County, Pennsylvania to develop a national model for 
     using NASA data and technologies in the k-12 and higher 
     education classroom.
       38. An increase of $750,000 for the Texas Engineering 
     Experiment Center at Texas A&M University to support the 
     Space Engineering Institute.
       39. An increase of $3,000,000 for the Challenger Learning 
     Center in Kenai, Alaska for the final phase of dormitory 
     construction.
       40. An increase of $500,000 for the Southeast Missouri 
     State University NASA Educator Resource Center.
       41. An increase of $1,000,000 for a Challenger Learning 
     Center in Ferguson/Florissant, Missouri.
       42. An increase of $800,000 for the Science, Engineering, 
     Math and Aerospace Academy programs in Dade County, Florida.


                      office of inspector general

       The conferees agree to appropriate $23,700,000 for the 
     Office of Inspector General as proposed by both the House and 
     the Senate.


                       administrative provisions

       The conferees have included three administrative provisions 
     which have been carried in prior-year appropriations acts and 
     were included by both the House and the Senate. A fourth 
     provision, prohibiting establishment of a non-governmental 
     organization for the International Space Station as proposed 
     by the House, has been included in the conference agreement. 
     The conferees look forward to receiving a comprehensive 
     proposal for managing the ISS science program at which time 
     it will re-evaluate the foregoing prohibition.

                  National Credit Union Administration


                       central liquidity facility

                     (including transfer of funds)

       The conferees have allowed the cap on the Central Liquidity 
     Facility (CLF) lending activities from borrowed funds to 
     remain at the fiscal year 2001 level of $1,500,000,000. As 
     part of the Committees' oversight function, the conferees 
     direct that NCUA provide quarterly reports for fiscal year 
     2002 to the Committees on Appropriations detailing CLF 
     lending activities.
       The conferees have provided $1,000,000 to the Community 
     Development Revolving Loan Fund (CDRLF) as proposed by both 
     the House and Senate. The conferees have agreed to set aside 
     $300,000 specifically for technical assistance grants for 
     fiscal year 2002 as proposed by the Senate.
       For the first time, $350,000 was provided in fiscal year 
     2001 specifically for technical assistance grants. Prior to 
     fiscal year 2001, technical assistance grants were funded 
     solely from interest collected from the revolving loan 
     program. The conferees recognize that the technical 
     assistance grant program is oversubscribed and have agreed to 
     augment the available funds with appropriations again in 
     fiscal year 2002. Additionally, the conferees support the 
     revolving loan program and recognize that demand for loans to 
     assist low-income credit unions remains strong. In order to 
     provide the maximum benefit to both programs from available 
     funds, the conferees have supported both programs by making 
     available the majority of funds for the revolving loan 
     program recognizing that interest accrued on these loans will 
     increase the funds available for technical assistance for 
     low-income credit unions in the future.
       While the conferees are supportive of the CDRLF, the 
     conferees find that the budget submission for the CDRLF lacks 
     the appropriate information for the Committees to base future 
     funding decisions. For fiscal year 2003, and thereafter, the 
     conferees direct that the National Credit Union 
     Administration (NCUA) provide detailed budget justifications 
     for the loan program and technical assistance grant program. 
     The budget justification should include a description of the 
     program including the allowable purposes of loans and grants, 
     the expected number and average amount of loans and grants to 
     be awarded during the fiscal year, an estimate for the 
     balance of the CDRLF, and estimates of future funding needs.

                      National Science Foundation


                    research and related activities

       Appropriates $3,598,340,000 for research and related 
     activities instead of $3,642,340,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $3,514,481,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees 
     have included bill language which provides up to $300,000,000 
     for polar research and operations support and $75,000,000 for 
     a comprehensive research initiative on plant genomes for 
     economically significant crops.
       The conference agreement provides specific funding levels 
     for each of NSF's research activities as follows:
       1. $508,980,000 for Biological Sciences. Of this amount, 
     $75,000,000 has been provided for plant genome research on 
     economically significant crops, including an initiative which 
     invests in high-throughput sequencing (such as full-length 
     cDNA sequencing) of economically important crops.
       2. $515,800,000 for Computer and Information Science and 
     Engineering. Up to $10,000,000 of the appropriated level may 
     be used for operational support of the two terascale 
     facilities.
       3. $467,510,000 for Engineering.
       4. $610,650,000 for Geosciences.
       5. $922,190,000 for Mathematical and Physical Sciences. Of 
     the appropriated amount, $4,000,000 is provided for the 
     Telescope Systems Instrumentation Program (TSIP) and 
     $5,000,000 has been provided for astronomical sciences to 
     augment individual investigator support. The conferees expect 
     NSF to continue its program of upgrading, on a priority 
     basis, its astronomical facilities and equipment, including 
     the Greenbank Observatory and Robert C. Byrd Telescope in 
     West Virginia, and the Very Large Array radio telescope in 
     New Mexico. The conferees have also placed a high priority on 
     mathematics research within the amounts provided for this 
     activity.
       6. $168,900,000 for Social, Behavioral and Economic 
     Sciences.
       7. $229,730,000 for U.S. Polar Research Programs.
       8. $68,070,000 for U.S. Antarctic Logistical Support 
     Activities.
       9. $106,510,000 for Integrative Activities, including 
     $4,000,000 for the Science and Technology Policy Institute, 
     $26,610,000 for the Science and Technology Centers, and 
     $75,900,000 for Major Research Instrumentation (MRI). NSF is 
     expected to continue its ongoing MRI program with developing 
     institutions.
       The conference agreement increases the budget request level 
     for all directorates, and provides specific increases of 
     $25,000,000 for information technology research, $25,000,000 
     for nanotechnology, and $12,500,000 for increased energy and 
     fuel costs in the polar and ocean sciences as well as 
     national facilities in physics and materials. The conference 
     agreement also directs NSF to undertake a study to determine 
     its appropriate role in support of regional innovation 
     activities.
       The conferees have not included funds from within the NSF 
     appropriation for maintaining the integrity of the Homestake 
     Mine site in Lead, South Dakota and instead have provided 
     funding from within the Community Development Fund under 
     title II of this Act. While the conferees acknowledge the 
     role NSF and the National Science Board will play in 
     determining whether the mine is a suitable facility for 
     proposed research, as well as whether such proposed research 
     should be a priority for the NSF, it is not appropriate 
     for NSF to maintain the mine until such determinations are 
     made.

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       In presenting the Budget Estimates and Justification 
     Materials for fiscal year 2003 and beyond, the conferees 
     direct the Foundation to provide five-year plans for all 
     multi-disciplinary programs which specify, among other 
     details, the funding level and justification for each program 
     or project.


          major research equipment and facilities construction

       Appropriates $138,800,000 for major research equipment and 
     facilities construction instead of $135,300,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $108,832,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     Included within the appropriated amount is $16,900,000 for 
     the Large Hadron Collider; $24,400,000 for the Network for 
     Earthquake Engineering Simulation; $35,000,000 for continued 
     development, production, and instrumentation of the High-
     Performance Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental 
     Research (HIAPER); $35,000,000 for Terascale Computing 
     Systems; $15,000,000 for start-up costs of the IceCube 
     Neutrino Detection project; and $12,500,000 for initial 
     construction of the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) 
     radio telescope.
       The conferees note that the amount provided for Terascale 
     Computing Systems represents the initial segment of a three-
     year program expected to cost no less than the budget request 
     of $55,000,000. While the conferees remain committed to this 
     program as outlined by the Foundation, it was determined that 
     funding the program on an annual basis made it possible to 
     provide adequate resources to other priority projects.
       The conferees are aware that the NSF Inspector General has 
     found that funds associated with the construction of large 
     scale research facilities have also come from other NSF 
     appropriation accounts. This obscures the full cost of these 
     projects. The conferees agree that the renamed major research 
     equipment and facilities construction (MREFC) account is to 
     provide resources for the acquisition, construction and 
     commissioning of large scale research facilities. Planning, 
     design, operations, and maintenance costs are contained 
     within the research and related activities account. The 
     conferees also remain concerned about the implementation of 
     NSF's Large Facility Projects Management & Oversight Plan, 
     dated September 2001.
       The conferees have directed NSF to provide a report 
     regarding the full life-cycle cost of each of the projects or 
     facilities funded through this account since its inception. 
     The conferees have taken the unusual step of including this 
     statutory requirement due to its continuing concerns for the 
     expenditure of resources for major research equipment 
     projects and current senior management's ability to 
     adequately address this issue.
       The report should identify, for each project and by fiscal 
     year appropriation account used, the costs of planning, 
     design, and development; acquisition, construction, and 
     commissioning; and operations, management, and maintenance. 
     This report, which should also demonstrate significant 
     implementation of the large facility management and oversight 
     plan, is to be provided to the Committees on Appropriations 
     no later than February 28, 2002.
       The conferees further direct the Foundation to provide, in 
     its annual budget submission to the Congress, a detailed 
     priority-based description, multi-year budget, and milestone 
     plan for all projects funded or proposed to be funded through 
     the MREFC account, including those projects currently in the 
     formal planning and development phase prior to National 
     Science Board approval.
       The conferees have changed the name of the account to Major 
     Research Equipment and Facilities Construction to better 
     reflect the mission to be accomplished with appropriations 
     made available through this account.


                     education and human resources

       Appropriates $875,000,000 for education and human resources 
     instead of $885,720,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $872,407,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree 
     to the following funding levels within this account:
       1. $80,000,000 for EPSCoR. In addition to funds provided 
     through the EHR account for EPSCoR, the conferees expect the 
     NSF to provide an additional $30,000,000 from within the 
     Research and Related Activities account for research to be 
     conducted at EPSCoR institutions, bringing the total NSF 
     EPSCoR effort to $110,000,000.
       2. $28,000,000 for the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority 
     Participation program.
       3. $17,000,000 for the HBCU Undergraduate Program.
       4. $160,000,000 for the Math and Science Partnership 
     program. The conferees have agreed to provide significant 
     funding for this new program despite limited details provided 
     through the budget submission. The Foundation is strongly 
     urged to provide regular, detailed information to the 
     Committees on Appropriations regarding the planning and 
     execution of this new initiative.
       5. $5,000,000 for Noyce Scholarships consistent with the 
     provisions of H.R. 1858 as reported to the House of 
     Representatives.
       6. $11,000,000 for the Office of Innovation Partnerships.
       7. $5,000,000 for a new undergraduate workforce initiative, 
     which is to include a new, merit-based, competitive grants 
     program for colleges and universities for increasing the 
     number of undergraduate degree recipients in science and 
     engineering, consistent with the provisions of S. 1549.
       8. $105,500,000, an increase of $10,000,000 above the 
     budget request, has been provided to increase graduate level 
     stipends for the research and teaching fellowship programs 
     and the trainee program administered by the Foundation 
     through its Graduate Education subactivity. The conferees 
     support increasing the graduate stipend level to $21,500 
     during fiscal year 2002 if funding permits.
       9. $2,600,000 above the budget request for the Human 
     Resource Development subactivity has been provided to 
     establish an initiative that will stimulate the competitive 
     research capacity of Historically Black Colleges and 
     Universities which offer doctoral degrees in science and 
     engineering.


                         salaries and expenses

       Appropriates $170,040,000 for salaries and expenses as 
     proposed by the House and the Senate.


                      office of inspector general

       Appropriates $6,760,000 for the Office of Inspector General 
     as proposed by the House and the Senate.

                 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation


          payment to the neighborhood reinvestment corporation

       The conferees agree to provide $105,000,000 for the 
     Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation as proposed by the 
     House instead of $100,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Language is included in the bill which designates 
     $10,000,000 to support the Corporation's section 8 
     homeownership program, as proposed by both the House and the 
     Senate.
       The conferees remain concerned about the shortage of 
     available, affordable rental housing across the Nation. The 
     Corporation has been successfully producing mixed-income 
     affordable rental housing through the use of ``mutual 
     housing'', acquisition and preservation of existing units, 
     and a focus on asset management. Accordingly, the conferees 
     agree to provide $5,000,000 above the budget request to the 
     Corporation to support additional mixed-income affordable 
     rental developments. The conferees direct the Corporation to 
     include details on how many additional affordable, rental 
     housing units have been created through this set-aside in its 
     fiscal year 2003 budget justifications. The Corporation 
     should also include information on the number of families 
     served that have incomes below 30 percent of the area median 
     income. There is a substantial shortage of available, 
     affordable housing for these extremely low-income families 
     throughout the Nation, and the conferees urge the Corporation 
     to continue its efforts to meet the housing needs of these 
     families. The conferees also direct the Corporation to 
     increase its efforts in smaller metropolitan areas and rural 
     areas where very serious housing problems exist.

                        Selective Service System


                         salaries and expenses

       Appropriates $25,003,000 for salaries and expenses as 
     proposed by both the House and the Senate. The conferees 
     agree to limit reception and representation expenses to $750 
     instead of $500 as proposed by the House and $1,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.

                      TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Retains twenty general provisions proposed by both the 
     House and the Senate and which were included in the fiscal 
     year 2001 Act.
       Modifies language proposed by the Senate prohibiting HUD 
     from spending funds for any activity in excess of amounts 
     described in the budget justification unless otherwise 
     provided for in this Act or through a reprogramming of funds.
       Retains language proposed by the House prohibiting EPA from 
     using funds to implement the Registration Fee system codified 
     in 40 CFR subpart U if the authority to collect fees 
     authorized in FIFRA is extended for one year beyond September 
     30, 2001.
       Retains language proposed by the House amending the Cerro 
     Grande Fire Assistance Act to read ``within 120 days after 
     the Director issues the report required by subsection (n) in 
     2002 and 2003.''
       Retains language proposed by the House prohibiting VA from 
     using funds to implement the proposed requirement that 
     military retirees must choose either VA's or TRICARE's health 
     care system.
       The conferees have included modified language related to a 
     national primary drinking water standard for arsenic as 
     published in the Federal Register on January 22, 2001, 
     instead of language proposed by the House and the Senate. The 
     language adopted by the conferees prohibits a delay in 
     setting a new regulation other than that prescribed in the 
     final rule of January 22, 2001, which includes an arsenic 
     standard of 10 parts per billion (ppb).
       In adopting this legislative provision, the conferees 
     acknowledge that an arsenic standard of 10 ppb will likely 
     pose significant financial costs on many small communities, 
     and many of these communities may find it impossible, because 
     of the financial burden, to be in compliance by 2006 as the 
     rule requires. The conferees are concerned that, because of 
     their complexity, the current waiver and exemption provisions 
     found in sections 1415 and 1416 of the Safe Drinking Water 
     Act, as amended, may not provide sufficient flexibility for 
     the small communities to receive additional time to reach 
     compliance. As a result, the conferees are very concerned 
     that numerous small community water systems may not be in 
     compliance by 2006, and that some very small communities may 
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     their municipal systems in favor of untreated and unregulated 
     private wells which could create significant other health 
     risks for these communities. The conferees agree that the 
     Congress and the Administration must act swiftly to provide 
     both the time and the means for many small communities to 
     meet the new 10 ppb standard.
       To this end, the conferees direct the Administrator of EPA 
     to begin immediately to review the Agency's affordability 
     criteria and how small system variance and exemption programs 
     should be implemented for arsenic. In addition, the 
     Administrator should recommend procedures to grant an 
     extension of time in meeting the compliance requirement for 
     small communities when a community can show to the 
     satisfaction of the Administrator that being in compliance by 
     2006 poses an undue economic hardship on that community. In 
     developing these procedures, the Administrator should 
     consider those actions which can be taken administratively by 
     the Agency and those which will require the enactment of 
     legislation. The conferees do not intend to create loopholes 
     in the Safe Drinking Water Act for compliance to a national 
     arsenic standard. Rather, the conferees wish to emphasize 
     that they expect the Agency to adopt without delay all 
     appropriate available administrative actions permitted under 
     existing law to facilitate reasonable extensions of time for 
     compliance of these communities.
       The Agency is directed to report to the Congress by March 
     1, 2002 on its review of the affordability criteria and the 
     administrative actions undertaken or planned to be undertaken 
     by the Agency, as well as potential funding mechanisms for 
     small community compliance and other legislative actions, 
     which, if taken by the Congress, would best achieve 
     appropriate extensions of time for small communities while 
     also guaranteeing maximum compliance.
       Retains language proposed by the House establishing the 
     Minority Emergency Preparedness Demonstration Program at 
     FEMA.
       Deletes language proposed by the House prohibiting the VA 
     from implementing the ``Plan for the Development of a 25-Year 
     General Use Plan for Department of Veterans Affairs West Los 
     Angeles Health Care Center.'' The conferees have instead 
     included report language in medical care urging the 
     development of a reasonable development plan which is 
     suitable for the community and improves access to VA 
     services.
       Modifies language proposed by the House prohibiting funds 
     to be used to implement or enforce the community service 
     requirement of the United States Housing Act of 1937 except 
     for residents of projects funded under HOPE VI.
       Deletes language proposed by the House prohibiting funding 
     of any person or entity convicted of the Buy American Act.
       Retains language proposed by the Senate requiring HUD to 
     submit a report by January 8, 2002, detailing obligations and 
     expenditures of title II funds for technical assistance, 
     training or management improvement activities.
       Deletes language proposed by the Senate amending section 
     70113(f) of title 49.
       Deletes language proposed by the Senate regarding 
     playground equipment. The conferees have instead included 
     report language under EPA and CPSC directing those agencies 
     to submit reports regarding chromated copper arsenate-treated 
     wood playground equipment.
       Deletes language proposed by the Senate providing 
     $115,000,000 from NSF funds for EPSCoR, which includes 
     $25,000,000 in co-funding.
       Deletes language proposed by the Senate expressing the 
     Sense of the Senate that the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works needs to address the State Water Pollution 
     Control Revolving Fund.
       Inserts language clarifying the use of funds available to 
     NASA from timber sales.
       New language is included to facilitate the use of funds 
     provided through HUD's Community Development Block Grant 
     (CDBG) program to aid in the recovery of New York City from 
     the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The conferees are 
     aware funds appropriated to the President in Public Law 107-
     38 have been set aside to be provided to the State of New 
     York for assistance to New York City for properties and 
     businesses affected by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 
     2001 and to assist in the City's overall economic recovery. 
     Given the extraordinary level of damage to New York City 
     caused by the terrorist attacks and the unique circumstances 
     affecting the economic recovery of the area, the conferees 
     have included language authorizing the one-time waiver of 
     requirements as the Secretary deems appropriate to facilitate 
     this recovery.
       Prior to the release of funds, the conferees expect the 
     State of New York to submit and to secure approval from the 
     Secretary of a plan that would allocate these funds to the 
     highest priority economic development needs to address the 
     emergency situation pursuant to the terrorist attacks of 
     September 11, 2001. Language is also included requiring 
     certain notification requirements on the use of these funds 
     and relevant waivers being granted. The conferees request 
     that HUD provide quarterly reports to the Committees on 
     Appropriations on the obligation and expenditure of these 
     funds.
       The conferees do not expect these funds to be used to 
     compensate or otherwise reimburse insurance companies for 
     losses related to the terrorist attacks. The conferees 
     understand that issues related to insurance costs and the 
     terrorist attacks are currently under review by the relevant 
     House and Senate authorization committees.

                   CONFERENCE TOTAL--WITH COMPARISONS

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 2002 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 2001 amount, the 2002 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2002 
     follow:

                       [In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2001......$108,346,441
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal yea110,671,650
House bill, fiscal year 2002................................112,742,553
Senate bill, fiscal year 2002...............................113,351,308
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2002......................112,742,537
Conference agreement compared with:
  New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2001......+4,396,096
  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal ye+2,070,887
  House bill, fiscal year 2002......................................-16
  Senate bill, fiscal year 2002................................-608,771

     James T. Walsh,
     Tom DeLay,
     David L. Hobson,
     Joe Knollenberg,
     Rodney P. Frelinghuysen,
     Anne M. Northup,
     John E. Sununu,
     Virgil Goode, Jr.,
     Robert B. Aderholt,
     Bill Young,
     Alan B. Mollohan,
     Marcy Kaptur,
     Carrie P. Meek,
     David Price,
     Robert E. Cramer, Jr.,
     Chaka Fattah,
     David Obey,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Barbara A. Mikulski,
     Patrick J. Leahy,
     Tom Harkin,
     Robert C. Byrd,
     Herb Kohl,
     Tim Johnson,
     Ernest F. Hollings,
     Daniel K. Inouye,
     Christopher S. Bond,
     Conrad Burns,
     Richard C. Shelby,
     Larry Craig,
       (except for general provision on arsenic),
     Pete V. Domenici,
       (except for general provision on arsenic),
     Mike DeWine,
     Ted Stevens,
     Managers on the Part of the Senate.

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